09/11/1996 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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Secretary, Board of Selectmen representative, a Finance Committee representative, Town Planner and Town Accountant, among others. 3. The Town should set up a process for dealing with regional facilities to make sure Mashpee`s interests are best represented. Policies 11 and 12 discussed regional facilities. As the local official who may be dealing with a proposed regional facility is project specific, the Board of Selectmen may want to suggest a general policy on the Town's approach to its involvement in dealing with regional facilities. For example, the Economic Development Coordinator could be asked to provide assistance in locating the Courthouse in Mashpee, since there could be direct and indirect economic benefits of having this facility here. In other cases, a regional facility could have negative impacts and the Town should pro=actively plan to avoid such a facility. The Planning Department could serve as the coordinating body in assessing the impacts (positive and negative) of regional facilities, providing a report from which the Board of Selectmen can decide if positive benefits outweighs the negative, or vice versa, before any other action is taken. Fa cilfl es Rei'comm en afl ons Five-Year Capital Improvements Plan Town Hall As noted in the inventory section, Phase I is currently underway and is expected to be complete by Fall 1995. Financing is being provided by a 15-year bond note. DPW Although the DPW has already included a number of equipment needs in the Town's Capital Improvement Program, the only facility currently identified is the salt storage shed, which was approved by May, 1996 Annual Town Meeting. The following three facility items need to be added to the CIP process, since they have been identified as projects needed within 5 years: There is the need for more garage space. The current garage is 480 square feet, which does not provide enough room for equipment, trucks and trailers. The garage is overcrowded during the winter, because the DPW does not want to have the sanders and plowers stored outside during inclement weather. Anotherara e ba should be g g y added by FY 1999. The cost for such a bay needs to be determined. ■ once Town Hall renovation is completed, the Town-owned car fleet may have to be moved here, and the DPW parking lot may need expansion to provide space for these cars. Costs can be estimated once the exact size of an expanded parking lot is known. The timetable is proposed for FY 1999, but may be moved up urgent. if need is • The building needs neer windows, and repainting on the inside and outside, for an estimatedp g . total cost of $2D,Q00. For planning purposes, the cost has been divided into $10,000 apiece, The windows are proposed for FY 2001 and theaintin for FY 2002. p g 30