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Explanation: Due to normal sedimentation, the previously dredged channels in Waquoit and Popponesset Bays will need dredging soon. To do that, the permits that have expired need to be renewed, and that will require professional engineering services. Recommendation: The Finance Committee will make a recommendation at Town Meeting. Motion made by Selectman Dinizio. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $15,000 from the Waterways Improvement Account to the Waterways Improvement Maintenance Account. Motion passes at 7:35 p.m. Article 13 To see if the Town will vote to provide for design, construction, construction administration and an analysis of remediation alternatives for the closure and capping of the Asher's Path sanitary landfill as required by the Department of Environmental Protection; and for said purpose and expenses incidental and related thereto the Town vote to appropriate and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow $1,263,000 at one time or from time to time pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 8 of the General Laws, or any other enabling Authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, and further to raise and appropriate $500 to the Debt Issuance Account, and to authorize the Board of Health, acting through its Chairman, be authorized to apply for, accept and expend any state or federal grants or loans which may become available for this purpose, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Health Explanation: In 1993 D.E.P. classified unlined, municipal landfills into four categories based on available information. The four categories are Significant Threat, Potential Threat, No Present Threat and Inconclusive Data. The Mashpee landfill originally was categorized as a significant threat, however, after providing D.E.P. with additional information, the landfill was reclassified as a Potential Threat. The D.E.P. initiated negotiations with Mashpee to arrange a landfill closure schedule, as a result, the Town was able to extend the life of the landfill to 1998. However, the D.E.P. requires that the engineering work associated with the closure be completed in advance. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by Selectman Caffyn. Motion: I move the Town provide for design, construction, construction administration and an analysis of remediation alternatives for the closure and capping of the Asher's Path sanitary landfill as required by the Department of Environmental Protection; and for said purpose and expenses incidental and related thereto the Town appropriates and authorizes the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow $1,263,000 at one time or from time to time pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 8(24), of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and 8