2/20/2020 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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Town of Mashpee Sewer Commission Minutes 2/20/20—Page Two 2. Article to create 2% surtax to fund Wastewater Infrastructure Investment Fund("WIIF") subject to a ballot question at the November election. Joe Lyons question the amount to be gained on each tax bill. The answer was provided—no issue for further discussion. The vote on this article was moved to November due to the timing between its submittal and the May election—the amount of time was not sufficient. This will delay the collection of the revenue until after the November election date. 3. Article to reduce community Preservation Act surtax from 3%to 2%, subject to a ballot question at the November election. No additional discussion on this item The only action needed is to review and edit the question and answer document—details provided in other items. Voucher approvals: -None. Status of other tasks: - Shellfish(any report from Rick York). No comments. Other items: - JBCC shared facility proposal: October 2019 Town Meeting approved $250,000 towards study /no further information. No comments. Other items not reasonably anticipated by the Chair: The Commissioners voted by roll call to add the following item to the agenda. Commissioners Fudala, Lyons, Pittsley and Dunn all voted in favor. - Discussion of proposed public information sheet regarding wastewater plan. Handouts of the Q &A documents from Joe Lyons and Tom Fudala were provided along with a document from Chatham. A one page handout from the Mashpee Clean Waters Facebook page was also provided for discussion. An email from Anne Malone was handed out since she was not able to make the meeting—her comments on the information document were included in her email. The question and answer document from Tom Fudala was reviewed. This item involved significant discussion on each question and answer. All information exchanged was not documented in the minutes as Tom Fudala made the necessary changes to his document. Tom Fudala will then provide an updated version for further review by the sewer commission members. A summary of discussion points is outlined below: • Mashpee Clean Waters Handout: Mary Waygan questioned the cost in the following sentence. "This design is expected to cost each homeowner roughly $150 per year(which will be subject to future votes)." Ken Dunn had reviewed the past selectmen meeting on this subject and the estimated cost from the town financial advisors was less than$150 for the entire phase 1 - $51 million, not just the design portion that is on the May town meeting warrant. • Mike Rapacz: the Joe Lyons document contained a lot of good information. • Ken Dunn: it is my opinion that the document is too long and contains more information than is needed at this point. It should include only what is needed to address the