09/17/2025 PLANNING BOARD Minutes (3)

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of TMs s,s z. AU1MLIUV�y own O MaS Yee Aannjag Board c 16 Great Neck RoadNorth -lashpee, -Massachusetts 02649 October 20, 2025 Town Meeting Warrant - Discussion on Article #4 This discussion was lively, the Warrant has been executed and is posted. Mr. Milbury referenced the article in the Mashpee Enterprise. It talks about limited use of acreage, state funding, and no interest loans would project a cost of$54.00/per person a year to get this completed. He noted a conversation he had with the Water Quality Coordinator. He is sympathetic to people who want to keep their pristine area of open space. He noted most of this is going to be underground. Clean water is a critical issue. There are community workshops mentioned in the article, being held at the Mashpee Town Hall. Ms. Waygan followed up saying the more she researches this, the more she grows concerned. At the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, on page 4 in Plan Book 448, the upper right signature block has signatures belonging to Mashpee Planning Board members. She has never known a subdivision created or approved through Planning, where if you wanted to change uses it did not need to come back to that Special Permit granting authority. On that plan it clearly is listed as open space. What is our jurisdiction? We may have been offered Public Comment to the 2015 Nitrogen Management Plan, but we are not the ultimate approvers. Mr. Balzarini noted, even if the water is treated it still goes into the pond. He needs more information before he decides. He does agree with Mr. Milbury, we need to look into cleaning up the waters. He wants a guarantee they will take phosphate, not just nitrogen. Nitrogen has no effect on ponds. Mr. Oakley stated the northern portion of the Wakeby side gets the biggest loads and algae blooms and seasonal closures are an issue. Initially, this was shocking to most because we were not finding out about this until late in the game, and that is a valid concern. Overall, reduction in phosphorous loads is positive. Ms. Waygan stated they have not gotten access to Town Counsel on this. There is a lot of paperwork missing here. There are no minutes from that meeting, or paperwork noting that decision. There is a Registry of Deeds recording. Mr. Tobin referenced what they were just looking at with the cluster subdivision, the Planning Board has their subdivision plan and the ZBA has their Special Permit. In Mashpee, when the cluster subdivision bylaw was first created, the Special Permit portion was approved by the ZBA, and the Planning Board did the Subdivision. Now, the Planning Board does both. The challenge is in finding the original Special Permit. PUBLIC COMMENT 7