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Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. <br /> Motion made by David Leveille. <br /> Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate $446,,419 to provide for road improvement <br /> projects in and for the Town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90 of the <br /> Massachusetts General Laws. <br /> Motion passes unanimously at 9:01 p.m. <br /> Article 8 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds $22,750 to the <br /> Waterways Maintenance Account to be used for maintaining Mashpee Waterways as directed by <br /> the Board of Selectmen, or take any other action relating thereto. <br /> Submitted by the Waterways Commission and Harbormaster <br /> Explanation This money is needed to perform annual maintenance dredging of the <br /> Popponesset Bay channels. <br /> Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. <br /> Motion made by Kenneth Marsters. <br /> Motion-. I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $22,750 from the Waterways <br /> Improvement Account to the Waterways Maintenance Account. <br /> Motion passes unanimously at 9:04 p.m. <br /> Article 9 <br /> To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $200,000 for the purpose of making loans to residents <br /> of the Town for repairing and/or upgrading residential septic systems pursuant to agreements <br /> between the Board of Health and residential property owners, including all costs incidental and <br /> related thereto, and to determine whether this appropriation shall be raised by borrowing or <br /> otherwise, or to take any other action relating thereto. <br /> Submitted by the Board of Health <br /> Explanation: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the Water Pollution Abatement <br /> Trust, is providing 0% interest loans to communities to assist homeowners in complying with <br /> Title V. The loans are available to homeowners at 5% interest, to cover any ongoing costs of the <br /> program. Loansmust be secured by a betterment assessed by the Town on the property being <br /> improved by the loan. Communities are expected to identify those areas in Town where septic <br /> upgrades are needed and direct the funds to those priority areas. In order to qualify for the loans, <br /> town meeting must vote to authorize the Town to borrow funds from the trust. The community <br /> will have 18, years to repay the loan to the Trust. <br /> 14 <br />