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The Board of Selectmen recommend approval of Mashpee waters do not meet Clean Water Act standards Article 33 by a vote of 5-0. because of excess nitrogen entering the Town's estuaries. The Cape Cod Commission has estimated The Finance Committee recommend approval of that reducing nitrogen from outdoor lawn applications Article 33 by a vote of 4-1 (Avis opposed). to coastal estuaries and embayments by fifty percent (50%) could save the taxpayers of Mashpee $40 Motion made by Selectman Carol Sherman. million dollars in sewering and other wastewater treatment expenses. Scientifically we know this can be Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 33 done without affecting the quality of turf in Mashpee. as written in the warrant,with the exception of the last sentence in §1-8. A, which shall be deleted from the §107-2.Applicability bylaw and with the exception of the phrase"or take any action relating thereto". This Bylaw shall apply to and regulate any and all applications of nitrogen and/or phosphorous Motion made and passed to dispense with reading of (phosphate)fertilizer on managed turf areas within the article at 8:54 PM. Town of Mashpee. Motion passes at 8:58 PM. §107-3.Definitions Article 34 "Agriculture" includes farming in all its branches, generally as the cultivation and tillage of the soil, To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By- dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and laws as follows: harvesting of any agricultural,floricultural,viticultural or horticultural commodities, and shellfishing, Delete Chapter 107 in its entirety and replace with the including preparations and delivery to storage or to following: market or to carriers for transportation to market. CHAPTER 107 — MASHPEE NUTRIENT "Best Management Practices" (BMP), means a CONTROL BYLAW sequence of activities designed to limit a nonpoint pollution source.For the purposes of this Bylaw,BMP §107-1.Purpose means the most current edition of"Best Management Practices for Soil and Nutrient Management in Turf A Town Bylaw to conserve valuable waterways and Systems," prepared by University of Massachusetts other resources that increase our property values,that Extension,Center for Agriculture,Turf Program. protect our unique environment vital to our economy, and that reduce the financial burden on taxpayers and "Certified Fertilizer Applicator" means a person property owners by regulating the outdoor application certified by the Cape Cod Commission, Cape Cod of nitrogen and phosphorous on turf.The regulation of Cooperative Extension, or Town of Mashpee fertilizer applications will reduce the overall amount of departments, or any combination thereof, to apply excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering the town's fertilizer and manage turf in conformance with the Resource Areas as defined in The Mashpee Wetlands BMP. Protection Bylaw (Chapter 172; Section 2) and Regulations. Reducing excess phosphorous helps "Compost" or "Organic Compost" means the protect the water quality of Mashpee's ponds and biologically stable, humus-like material derived from streams. Reducing excess nitrogen helps protect and composting or the aerobic,thermophilic decomposition improve the water quality of Mashpee's two valuable of organic matter. estuaries—Waquoit Bay and Popponesset Bay—and their associated bays,coves and waterways;as well as "Fertilizer" means a substance that enriches the soil Mashpee's many ponds and streams. with elements essential for plant growth, such as nitrogen,phosphorus, potassium or other substances; This Town Bylaw is also critical to reducing Mashpee's fertilizer does not include those nutrients that are Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of nitrogen. normally excluded from fertilizer such as chemicals 65