06/15/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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Page 6 Submitted by the Community Preservation Committee The Community Preservation-Committee recommends approval of Article 9 by a vote of 9-0. Explanation: The goal of thin project is to purchase a privately-owned 11.71-acre active cranberry bog with a- 43'x3O' barn adjacent to Santuit Pond. The project includes-the purchase of several surrounding upland properties to encompass a total of 13.98 acres. The project is proposed to restore the bog to natural wetlands to improve water quality in Santuit Pond through freshwater restoration. The bogs would assist to capture phosphorus within Santuit Pond and mitigate nitrogen in the groundwater to diminish loading in Shoestring Bay. Theproject would also create wildlife habit-at an'd provide open space for passive recreation. Approval of the bog property and upland parcels would eliminate development and create a contiguous 20-acre corridor of open space. Best management practices would be implemented to prevent any adverse impact to the river herring. The Board of Selectmen will make a recommendation on Article-9 at Town Meeting The Finance Committee will -make a recommendation on Article 9 at Town Meeting Stand Alone Article Article 12 (Fin-Corn Report Page 12-13) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer the sum Of$150,000 from revenue available for appropriation to the Board of Health Nuisance Remediation expense account. Submitted by the Board of Health Explanation: On October 15,. 2019, the Board of Health issued an Order pursuant to the Board of Health Nuisance Regulation Part dill Section 5.00 and G.L. c. 111; §123 that Cabral Container commence abatement of the nuisance violation of the accumulated refuse located at 81 Echo Road, Mashpee,. MA within thirty(30)days from the date of said notice was received. No action complying with the Board's,Order has been undertaken to date.- Pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c. 111, §125, which authorizes local boards of'health to "cause,[a] nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness to be removed" upon the property owner's failure to comply with an order that he or she do so, the Board proposes to proceed with the demolition/ removal of the nuisance as the most reasonable and expeditious course of action to abate the nuisance conditions caused by this substantially abused and neglected property. All costs and expenses incurred by the Town in this regard shall -constitute a debt owed to the Town upon the. rendering of an account therefor, and shall be recoverable in an action of contract or by real property lien proceedings pursuant to,M.G.L. c. 139. §3A. This action was deemed necessary by the Board due to the nuisance conditions and persistent refusal to address the same within the timeframes previously ordered. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 12 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 12 by a vote of 4-2 THIS CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING