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ORLEANS THIN CLERK
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WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT STEERING COmVirrTEE
Joint Meeting with the
WASTEWATER VALIDATION AND DESIGN COMMITTEE
Minutes of November 20,2008
A meeting ofthe-Wastewater-Management-Steering Committee was callec(trr order ar I I:Ott a:m.zrrthe
Skaket-Meeting Room at the Orleans Town Hall. The following committees were represented:
Wastewater Management Steering Committee: Augusta McKusick(Board of Health); Sims McGrath
(Planning Board); Ann Hodgkinson hoard of Water Commissioners);Judith Bruce(Conservation
Commission); John Hinckley(Board of Selectmen);Walter Bennett(Finance Committee);George
Meservey(Planning Director)and John F. Kelly(Town Administrator). Wastewater Validation&
Design Committee: Judy Scanlon, Greg Horne, Ed Daly, Paul Ammann, Ron Collins, and Jeffrey Eagle.
Board of Selectmen: Mark Carron,David Dunford and Margie Fulcher. Wright-Pierce
Representative: Michael Giggey.
DISCUSMON
John F.Kelly(Town Administrator)handed out a written opinion by Michael Ford(Town Counsel)on
the scope of-thetown meeting Capitallinprovement Plan funds: Kel(yexg(ainec(ttiepurposc of-this
meeting is to get the two committees to consolidate various task lists and funding requests. The group
reviewed the agenda materials. It was noted that certain tasks may need to be moved forward in time,but
Will not be eliminated. Kelly expressed the need to identify the differences between the planning tasks
and the implementation tasks. Michael Giggey stated the importance of how to best make progress
between now and June 30, 2010. Ammann stated that the Validation Committee may recommend
studying the Massachusetts Estuaries-Prof ect-report`s far-Cape Cod I3ay and I,�auset-in the fature.
Ammann stated that they may need additional funding to study the other reports. Michael Giggey
(Wright-Pierce) expressed the need for close coordination between all efforts on wastewater. John
Hinckley stated that the Board of Selectmen would need to expand the charge of the Wastewater
Validation&Design Committee if they want to study other areas. John Kelly declared that the Capital
Improvement Plan cannot be amended until FY 2011 which starts July 1, 2010. Gussie McKusick
expressed her concern regarding pushing the pr*ct-fartherinta the fat=. Jeff Eagte explained the
concept of a peer review and its relevance before proceeding any further. Eagle stated that it will verify
the scientific basis for the project and all reviewers must be independent and everyone in the process
needs to keep an open mind.
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T`A �RE�fRW'
The committee members focused on the first three tasks noted in the following correspondence:
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Wright-Pierce letter entitled "Orleans Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan: Steps to
Move Forward with Wastewater Plan", dated November 12, 2008.
Ammann stated that pre-design at the Tri-Town seems necessary and a group discussion ensued regarding
the need for information before entering negotiation with other towns.
Task 1: The group consensus was agreement on Task 1.
Task 2: The group discussed Task 2 regarding cluster system pre-design and seemed to have a
group consensus ofagreement after the following comments:
• Giggey stated that it impacts the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency
grid :
• Eagle stated that this is a solution and it should not be further designed until the
problem is adequately defined.
• Arim7ann stated that it is okay to continue the study,since it is not very expensive.
• Daly stated that he would like to go through the Wastewater Validation&Design
Committee_program and demonstrated a plan to complete the Wastewater Validation
&Design Committee charge tasks. Daly stated the neecC to complete the validation of
the Pleasant Bay,Rock Harbor and Nauset Estuaries and indicated that the final
Comprehensive Wastewater,Management Plan would be submitted in November of
2616-and the'Design phase'I-in F Y 2011.
Task 3: There was a group consensus of agreement on Task 3.
Task 4: The group discussed-Task 4 and"hadthe following comments:
• Hinckley stated that it is not fundable[sic] within the town meeting article funding.
• Kelly suggested that this could be added to the funding request for an Fit'2010 article
with an explanation to town meeting as this is not part of the FY' 2009 funding
request.
iiie committees discussed the needto break down the FY(2"O'f pFrojectioris forfinding. the committees
discussed the Request-for Proposal status for validation,and questions were raised on the-necessity of
studying inlet migration. Ammann alleged the possibility that the Department of Environmental
Protection might need to alter the-Total Maximum Daily Loads calculations based on changes to the inlet.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen C. Sharpless
Recording Secretary
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