11/01/2021 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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In Mashpee Select Board Minutes November 1, 2021 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS Discussion and Confirmatory Acceptance of Layout - Red Brook Road: Article 16 of the May 3, 2021 Town Meeting: Catherine Laurent, Director of Public Works recommended the Select Board accept the layout of Red Brook Road approved by a vote of the May 2021 Annual Town Meeting. It was noted the road has been used and maintained by the Town of Mashpee as a public way for decades. Recently it became known the road layout had not been formally approved by a vote of Town Meeting and therefore not recorded. Upon consultation with Town Counsel Patrick J. Costello, it has been determined a Confirmatory Acceptance of the Layout by the Select Board would be appropriate for the acceptance. Motion made by Selectman Gottlieb the Board vote to accept the layout of Red Brook Road, from the Falmouth/Mashpee Town Line to Great Neck Road South, as more particularly shown on the Plan entitled "Layout Plan of Red Brook Road", dated October 21, 2021, prepared by Cape & Islands Engineering, as a Town way in accordance with the provisions of G.L.c.82, §§ 21 and 23, with a copy of said Plan to be filed in the Office of the Town Clerk. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Gottlieb, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Opposed, none Mashpee Stormwater Management Program_ Update: To conform to the mandates of the Mashpee Stormwater Management program, Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) General Permit the Select Board received an update to comply with public education and outreach for Permit Year 4. Information can be found on the Town of Mashpee website under the heading DPW under the topic Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP). The SWMP was finalized in 2019 and it is updated annually. Minimum control measures include public education and outreach, public involvement and participation, the illicit discharge detection and elimination program, construction site stormwater runoff control, stormwater management in new development and redevelopment and good housekeeping and pollution prevention. The MS4 is jointly administered by the EPA and the MassDEP. The Mashpee MS4 area includes all drainage within urbanized areas. The permit applies to the entire Town of Mashpee with the exception of private roads. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Impaired Water Body Requirements and supplemental Best Management Practices (BMP's) include annual timed messages on nutrient pollution related topics, stormwater management BMP's optimized for nitrogen and phosphorus removal, good housekeeping SOP's for Town properties, and street sweeping twice per year.