6/1/2010 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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f i Mashpee Board of Sewer Commissioners Meeting Minutes' June 1,2010 Mashpee Town Hall, Selectmen's Meeting Room Present: Chair Tom Fudala, Oskar Klenert,Burton Kaplan, Jack Malarkey, Ralph Marcelli, Tom O'Hara, Joe Lyons CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order with a quorum by Chairman Tom Fudala at 4:40 p.m. AGENDA ITEMS Welcome to New Member Chairman Fudala welcomed and introduced Joe Lyons,the recently appointed Commissioner representing Precinct 5. The Chair provided Mr. Lyons with a packet of information. Selectman Cahalane, Sewer Commission Liaison It has been recommended that a joint session meeting occur between the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Sewer Commissioners tentatively scheduled for Monday, June 21. The meeting will allow both parties to be informed and updated about Sewer Commission activity. The BOS would like to learn more about anticipated plans for the year which would allow Selectmen to effectively communicate information to residents. Circuit Rider Jerry Potamis, Falmouth Wastewater Superintendent, reported that the Collaborative released two RFPs for circuit riders to assist with financial assistance and models to towns and to provide technical assistance to towns. The technical circuit rider will review town plans to determine whether or not the plan meets generally accepted practices. The contract would be limited and it has been recommended that the circuit riders be familiar with Cape Cod issues but not presently working on the Cape. More information should be available during the first week of June. Cape Cod Water Protection Collaborative Tom Camberari, Cape Cod Commission Water Resources Specialist, reported that the signed contract for a facilitator to develop a memorandum of agreement between Mashpee, Barnstable, Sandwich and Falmouth has been executed by the County Commissioners. Facilitating services will be provided by Andrew Gottlieb with the towns of Mashpee, Falmouth, Sandwich and Barnstable for a sum of$27,000. Mr. Gottlieb, along with representatives from each of the towns, will work toward determining how to share the costs of meeting the TMDLs in the Popponessett watershed and the East Waquoit watershed in a Memo of Understanding(MOU). December 15 is the deadline to complete the work. Mr. Klenert questioned what authority would require payment and Mr. Camberari responded that the decision makers at the table would make the determination but that an MOU was expected to dictate the process. The Chair added that talk has occurred at the staff level among the towns, but the MOU would take it to the decision making level of each of the towns. Chairman Fudala also responded that Falmouth has been working on their wastewater plans and Sandwich has been awaiting funds from the Textron settlement before moving forward with wastewater planning, but had previously expressed interest in Mashpee's efforts. Barnstable has been planning for wastewater but not for watersheds in Mashpee. It was clarified that the funding was from the Collaborative and that the contract was between the County Commissioners and the Board of Selectmen. 1