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2 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> December 9, 2019 <br /> Present: Selectman Andrew R. Gottlieb, Selectman John J. Cotton, Selectman Thomas F. O'Hara <br /> Selectman Carol A. Sherman, Selectman David W. Weeden <br /> Town Manager Rodney C. Collins <br /> Assistant Town Manager Wayne E. Taylor <br /> Meeting Called to Order by Chairman Gottlieb at 6:30 p.m. <br /> Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room <br /> APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS <br /> Presentation and Discussion of Revised Sewer Project Scenarios; <br /> Finance Director Dawn Thayer, Treasurer/Tax Collector Craig Maven: <br /> The Board of Selectmen met with Dawn Thayer, Finance Director and Craig Mayen, Treasurer/Tax Collector <br /> to review the updated scenarios to fund wastewater. Mr. Mayen indicated that figures are comparable to the <br /> estimates presented to the Sewer Commission by J. Jefferson Gregg of GHD,project engineers. <br /> The Phase I Plan associated to the Wastewater Treatment Facility at Site 4 adjacent to the Transfer Station is <br /> projected to cost $51.2 million for construction. The subsequent phases II and III although not fully defined <br /> are projected to cost $100 in. collectively or$50 in. for each phase. <br /> The Financial Team in considering their projections utilized the assumptions submitted by the Town of <br /> Orleans. <br /> In Phase I of the project scope it is estimated the average cost per homeowner is $153 per year using 0% loan <br /> forgiveness in the projection. The average home value in FY19 is $474,810. The 0% loan forgiveness was <br /> recommended by the State when considering cost assumptions. Offsets to be further defined include <br /> forgiveness possibilities, the room occupancy tax, the Cape& Islands Water Protection Fund, forgiveness and <br /> potential betterment offsets. In FY19 the Room Occupancy Tax was $106,000. The Cape Chamber of <br /> Commerce has projected the Room Occupancy Tax at$1.140 in. The estimated offset at 75% is $83.20 per <br /> taxpayer. <br /> The Financial Team was requested to identify the number of properties that are above and below the average <br /> home value of$474,810. <br /> In Phase I, II and III combined the average cost to the taxpayer without forgiveness is $450.91 per year <br /> without inflation or other variables over a 40 year period. <br /> The estimates presented by the Financial Team are dependent upon the success of the Shellfish Remediation <br /> Program for nitrogen removal an investment of$1.5 in. yearly. <br />