03/01/2021 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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2 Board of Selectmen Minutes March 1, 2021 Present: Selectman John J. Cotton, Selectman Thomas F. O'Hara, Selectman Carol A. Sherman, Selectman Andrew R. Gottlieb, Selectmen David W. Weeden Town Manager Rodney C. Collins Assistant Town Manager Wayne E.Taylor Meeting Called to Order by Chairman Cotton at 7:00 p.m. Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room NEW BUSINESS Update on Phase 1 of the Wastewater Plan: Town Manager Rodney C. Collins updated the Select Board on circumstances and financial assumptions related the Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan (CWRMP) which recommends a hybrid comprehensive plan for all areas of Mashpee. This includes the south facing embayment's of Popponesset, Three Bays and Waquoit Bay which would be addressed cooperatively and collectively with the Towns of Sandwich, Barnstable and Falmouth as well as adaptive management approaches for nitrogen credit reduction. Through the shellfish aquaculture remediation program there are nitrogen credit assumptions. The Town may be required to increase shellfish propagation and implement further adaptive management approaches if the Town does not act promptly to address the wastewater plan. A report is expected to be presented by the project engineer GHD, Inc. on March 15, 2021 of estimated cost projections associated to Phase I of the CWRMP. In moving forward, articles are under review for inclusion in the final warrant for the May Town Meeting. The cost projection to address Phase I which includes wastewater and stormwater obligations is $51.2 million over a 30-year period. Additional costs are projected after the completion of Phase I to address additional phases associated to the Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan requires municipalities to include the cost of operations in the calculation of expenses. The estimated cost is $1.2 million per year for Phase I. The operational costs and maintenance of the treatment and collection facility are not included in the $51.2 million cost projection. The GHD cost analysis would further define the costs and the Sewer Commission would then determine the rates to offset these costs. In the wastewater plan, it is expected that outside services would be contracted to control operational functions as well as maintenance assumptions. It is projected the CWSRF loan would be secured offering principal forgiveness at 0% interest. It is expected the average subsidy of the CWSRF loan would be 3.3%for the Town of Mashpee as a Group 1 community. Principal forgiveness is based on a sliding scale, income and demographics. The payback of the CWSRF loan would then be 3.3% less at a 0% interest rate. Projects eligible to receive CWSRF loans are also guaranteed eligibility to receive Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund (CCIWPF) grant funding.