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Board of Health, Board of Selectmen and Mashpee Water District, and three members to serve as ''at large" appointees. Motion made to amend by Peter White: Motion: The Board of Sewer Commissioners shall consist of seven (7) voters of the Town, one (1) from each of the five (5) precincts and two (2) appointed at large by the Selectmen. Motion to amend passes 123 to 92. Amended motion passes 130 to 89.7:37 P,M Article 10 To see if the Town will vote to reauthorize the Waquoit Bay MEP Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Sewer Commission Explanation: At the October 16, 2006 Annual Town Meeting, the Town voted $23,625 toward a portion (25%) of the costs of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project (MEP) report regarding critical nitrogen loading thresholds for Waquoit Bay (central basin), Childs River and Eel Pond. The remaining costs are being funded by the Town of Falmouth. The project has been contracted and is under way, but will not be completed prior to October 2009. This article seeks to extend the three-year life of the Zoo6 appropriation for an additional. three years in. order to allow funding for completion of the project. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 4-0, one absent. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of -0, one absent. Motion made by Selectman Michael Richardson., Motion: I move the Town vote to reauthorize the Waquoit Bay MEP Account. Motion passes unanimously at 7:37P11 Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the use of, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey to Mashpee Commons Limited Partnership, LLP, an easement for storm water discharge/ retention and drainage purposes in and over a portion of the layout of Nathan S. Ellis Highway, said easement area containing 3,800 square feet, more or less, and shown as "Easement E" on a plan entitled "Easement Plan of Land —Nathan Ellis Highway and 6,4 Steeple Street, Mashpee, MA, dated August 27, 2009, on file with the Office of the Town Clerk; and to authorize the Selectmen to execute any documents or instruments necessary to effect said easement upon such terms as they deem to be in the best interest of the Town, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen 7