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of TMs s,s <br /> z. <br /> AU�1MLIUV��y <br /> own qf MaS 2 Panning Board <br /> c� <br /> 16 Great Weck RoadWorth <br /> -Mashpee, -Massachusetts 02649 <br /> Consultant Gabrielle Belfit with Tighe & Bond is present this evening to discuss the <br /> amendments proposed for this section of the bylaw. She has been working alongside the Town <br /> for a while, assisting in meeting requirements for EPA and Mass DEP MS4 permit. These <br /> Code revisions are required for the town's obligations under the Stormwater Management <br /> Permit. <br /> This stormwater permit went into effect July 2018 and was modified in January 2021. In 2020, <br /> Tighe & Bone reviewed Mashpee's code and made recommendations to update both the <br /> General Bylaw and Zoning Bylaw. Edits to the General Bylaw were completed in 2021, and <br /> partial edits were made to the Zoning Bylaw in 2021 and 2022, but not all required elements <br /> were addressed. <br /> EPA was looking carefully into Towns' compliance with all elements, after an audit was <br /> performed in Mashpee, it was found that not all elements or post construction requirements <br /> were addressed. EPA issued an Order of Compliance in April of 2025, giving the Town some <br /> time to complete the required amendments to the Zoning Bylaw, and vote to amend on <br /> October 20th at Town Meeting. <br /> In the Town Meeting Article, the proposed revisions are specific at addressing post <br /> construction stormwater management, for new development and redevelopment, and <br /> developing specific stormwater quality controls to address water body requirements, looking at <br /> required nutrient reductions. <br /> These revisions are proposing minor amendments to language related to implementing low <br /> impact development, unless unfeasible. It includes specific redevelopment as a category the <br /> bylaw applies to, to meet the language. It addresses the phosphorous removal to meet specific <br /> water body requirements, notably Santuit and Ashumet Pond, which are phosphorous <br /> impaired. It provides updates to the MA Stormwater Handbook, as amended. It updates <br /> performance standards throughout the Zoning Bylaw, with very specific detail that is more <br /> stringent than the MA Stormwater Handbook. There are also format suggestions for <br /> readability. <br /> Ms. Waygan asked Ms. Belfit to give the Enforcement Order to the Town Planner for reference <br /> at Town Meeting. <br /> Mr. Tobin noted back in July, the Board directed him, alongside Ms. Belfit, to fine tune the <br /> wording of the code, then EPA provided comments, and those changes did not affect the <br /> recommendations of EPA. <br /> Ms. Faulkner inquired about the process of artificial recharge, a process to spread water on the <br /> ground to fill the aquafer again. <br /> 3 <br />