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Explanation: With the certification of Mashpee's ARTICLE 15 Comprehensive Plan by the Cape Cod Commission in To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or July, 1998, the Town became legally eligible to adopt transfer from available funds $30,000 to the Johns a set of bylaws and regulations requiring payment of pond (Quashnet River) Water Control Structure "impact fees" for various types of new development. Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Such fees are intended to help cover new capital costs for the Town which result from new development, Submitted by the Conservation Commission such as those for new school buildings, public safety Explanation: The fish ladder currently in place is buildings and vehicles, recreation facilities and other only a temporary one,put in by the Division of Marine capital items that the Town would not have had to Fisheries (the previous one was vandalized). The acquire if the development had not occurred. water control structure needs to be completely Development of legally defensible impact fee regula- replaced as it is in serious disrepair and barely func- tions requires the assistance of a consultant with expe- tional. Additionally, its current configuration is not rience in development of impact fees elsewhere to conducive for herring passage. The $30,000 will aug. ,l assist the Town with development of impact fee regu- ment the $60,000 appropriated at the May 3, 2000 lations, calculations and implementing measures Town Meeting for the design, materials and installa. ] which are specific and appropriate for Mashpee. The tion of the fish ladder. May 3, 1999 Town Meeting provided$15,000 toward such consultant assistance. However, the Town's con- Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- sultant selection process determined that those funds mends approval. were inadequate for the required work. This article Motion made by Kenneth Marsters. would provide additional funding to allow the project to be completed. Motion: I move the Town vote to raise and appropri. Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- ate$30,000 to the Johns Pond(Quashnet River)Water Control Structure Account. mends approval. Motion passes unanimously at 8:06 p.m. Motion made by John Cahalane. Motion: I move the Town vote to raise and appropri- ate $62,500 to the Impact Fee Consultant Account, to To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and trans be expended under the direction of the Board of fer $33,000 from the Waterways Improvement Selectmen, for consultant services and associated Account to the Waterways Maintenance Account to be costs related to the development of a Town impact fee used for maintaining Mashpee Waterways as directed bylaw and implementation procedures. by the Board of Selectmen, or take any other action 3 Motion passes at 8:04 p.m. relating thereto. ARTICLE 14 Submitted by the Waterways Commission Explanation: This article provides partial funding for To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or maintenance dredging in Waquoit and Popponesset transfer from available funds $50,000 to the Bays. The total budget for this work is approximately Assessors' Revaluation Account, or take any other $57,000 with the remaining funds to be transferred action relating thereto. from the Town's County Surplus credit. Submitted by the Board of Assessors Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom Explanation: These funds are used for consultants mends approval. and expenses related to the State mandated triennial Motion made by David Leveille. revaluation of real and personal property. Funds will be transferred from the Overlay Surplus Account. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and transfer $33,000 from the Waterways Improvement Recommendation: The Finance Committee recom- Account to the Waterways Maintenance Account to be mends approval. used for maintaining Mashpee Waterways as directed Motion made by George Green. by the Board of Selectmen. Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and Motion passes unanimously at 8:07 p.m. j transfer from the Overlay Surplus Account$50,000 to ARTICLE 17 the Assessors' Revaluation Account. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or Motion passes at 8:05 p.m. transfer from available funds $50,000 to the Legal i 84