02/25/2021 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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7 Finance Committee Minutes February 25, 2021 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT Article HELD To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to fund implementation and construction of Phase 1 of the Town's comprehensive nitrogen and wastewater management, treatment and disposal improvement plans,including construction of the proposed wastewater Treatment Plant adjacent to the Town's solid waste Transfer Station, sewer mains, pump stations, and related sewer collection system improvements, including all expenses incidental and related thereto(the "Project"), to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen,to issue any bonds or notes that may be necessary for that purpose, and to apply the premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes thereunder, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bond or notes, to pay Project costs and reduce the amount authorized to be borrowed by the amount of the premium so applied, and, further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen and/or Town Manager to apply for and accept any Federal, State, County or other funds that may be available for this purpose and to enter into Intermunicipal Agreements for acceptance of any such grants or funds which shall be used to offset the total appropriation authorized herein, provided, however,that this appropriation and debt authorization shall be contingent upon passage of a Proposition 2%2 debt exclusion ballot question pursuant to General Law Chapter 59, §21C(k), or take any other action relating thereto. Article HELD To see if the Town will vote pursuant to G.L. c.40, §59 and G.L. c.23A, §§3E and 3F to: (a) approve the Tax Increment Financing ("TIF") Agreement between Old Barnstable Road MQS CY Solar Project 2020, LLC and the Town of Mashpee, substantially in the form as is on file with the Town Clerk (the "TIF Agreement"), for private property consisting of solar photovoltaic electric generating improvements to be located at the Quashnet School (Assessors Map , Lots ), Coombs School (Assessors Map , Lots ), and Mashpee High School (Assessors Map , Lots ) pursuant to a lease of portions of said school properties by the Town, and as described more fully in the TIF Agreement, which TIF Agreement provides for real estate tax exemptions at the exemption rate schedule set forth therein; (b) authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute the TIF Agreement, and any documents relating thereto; and (c) authorize the Board of Selectmen to approve submission of the TIF Agreement and Certified Project Application, and any associated documents to the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council, all relating to the project as described in the TIF Agreement to be located at the above-referenced school properties and in the Certified Project Application,and take such other and further action as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain EACC approval, implement these documents and carry out the purposes of this article; or take any other action relating thereto.