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�ism <br />?own o -Mas h e e Planning Board <br />16 Great Neck Road North <br />Mashpee, .Massachusetts 02649 <br />Currently Willowbend is allowed 853 bedrooms. Willowbend proposes to <br />remove this condition or increase the maximum allowance. <br />Mr. McElhinney stated the bedroom count was a surprise to them when it was brought to their <br />attention. In context to the project, its ancient history. Southworth has never built a single unit <br />that has not been approved by this Board. There has never been any discussion of the <br />bedroom cap in any of the 35 modifications since 1991, in all 32 years. We acknowledge it is <br />there. The bedroom count from 1991 being 853, memorialized the bedroom limit that was set <br />by DEP when the original approval of capacity was set for the groundwater discharge plant. <br />DEP uses a calculation of 110 gallons per day, per bedroom. The original components <br />proposed a plant size built at 113,000 gallons that included 853 bedrooms and other uses, <br />such as locker rooms and the restaurant associated with the golf club. The DEP reviews each <br />connection and extension. Since 2006, the DEP allowed additional bedrooms beyond the cap, <br />based on the developer's demonstration, showing more than adequate capacity in the plant to <br />handle those flows. The plant today has over 1,000 bedrooms connected to it, at its height <br />occupancy in the summer, it typically runs 60-65,000 gallons per day, and during July 4tn <br />80,000. Design capacity goes to 113,000 gallons per day, but the actual physical capacity is <br />130,000 gallons per day. There is plenty of room. Willowbend sought to connect everything <br />done there and beyond to the plant. They connected 200 bedrooms at Cotuit condos, their <br />septic was failing and the pump runs all the way up to the plant. All of Pleasant Park lots and <br />Shoestring Bay lots, which are not technically part of the Special Permit, are connected. He is <br />not suggesting they deserve to be sainted for that, it was conditions on approval, and their <br />philosophy has been to connect everything. Since 2006, DEP allowed those connections and <br />the agreement stands they will be allowed to add until it cannot exceed 80% of permitted <br />capacity on a rolling 30 day basis. They were transparent in terms of what was being built, and <br />none of that was memorialized in the permit. Bedroom count is an irrelevant request of the <br />Board to modify, or to state total bedrooms permitted. Wastewater flow governs the bedroom <br />count, and DEP regulates all of this under their groundwater discharge permit. <br />Mr. Pesce repeated the treatment plant won't exceed 113,000 gallons per day. They are <br />currently at 65,000+/- gallons per day, and 80,000 gallons per day on July 4th, the absolute <br />highest peak flow. He thinks the checks and balances Mr. McElhinney provides are sufficient, <br />they don't build any units without this Board's approval, in their special permit area. Suitable <br />language could be placed, as another check and balance, he wants to be sure nutrient loading <br />from wastewater is also included in the review by DEP. The restriction of operating capacity for <br />the treatment plant is its own corrective policing. <br />Ms. Faulkner did consult with Town Counsel regarding the 853 bedroom cap, they are already <br />over by 140+ bedrooms. She posed the question, at the time of the publication of the Public <br />3 <br />