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Home My Public Portal AboutComprehensive Water Planning -- 2015-06-15 Minutes a'E'IN;"s!r/,,,, Town of Brewster Comprehensive Water 2198 Main Street Planning Committee 2 FNA Brewster, Massachusetts 0263 1-1898 i o _ (508)896-370 Ix 1233 brewplan@brewster-ma.gov RPOR PtpgO \\O\\\ TOWN OF BREWSTER MINUTES COMPREHENSIVE WATER PLANNING COMMITTEE (CWPC) Regular Meeting Monday,June 15, 2015 at 4:30 pm Brewster Town Office Building Chairman Paula Miller convened the CWPC meeting at 4:30 pm in the Brewster Town Office Building with members Dan Ryan, Annie Dugan, Elizabeth Taylor, John O'Reilly, Russell Schell, and Dave Bennett present. Absent: Adam Curtis, Bruce Evans Also Present: Sue Leven, Mark Nelson, Chris Miller Recording or Taping Notification The Chair read"As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the Town will be videotaping this public meeting. In addition, if anyone else intends to audio or videotape this meeting he or she is required to inform the chair." AGENDA Supporting Documents: 1. Citizen Forum N/A 2. Meeting with Mark Nelson — Horsley Witten Group a. Discussion of August presentation of IWRMP work b. Discussion of outstanding issues related to IWRMP Topics the Chair did not reasonably anticipate 1. August Presentation of IWRMP work Levin — Introduces Mark Nelson, Horsley Whitten Group Mark Nelson —Mark explains presentation that will be held in August. Overview of different tasks of Phase III and tasks that have been completed. Implementation of Projects since the inception of the Plan. What components are important to present. Phase II report, Bridge Projects with storm water mapping. The GIS file development. Recommendations that came from Phase II. Schoolhouse Pond report. Mill Ponds done by SMAST and proposal. Draft Health bylaw. Stormwater management regulations. What other information is needed? Miller P— Big picture for all of Cape Cod should be included. Thinks it is important to focus on things Brewster does not need to do because of the plan. How we got to where we are and what we need to focus on. Clarifies that Committee will present to Selectmen and have a public forum. Leven —Will present to Selectmen at a special meeting and community meeting and allow public to ask questions. Miller P—Will presentation be publicized? What will be put out for the public to read in order to get them to come to the meeting? CWPC 06-15-15 Ana Brady,Senior Dept.Assistant Video: http://ec4.cc/fe39476d 1 Leven - It will be the same as a public meeting. Will put on Website and Channel 18 and include a short statement of discussion. Miller P— Requests approximate amount of costs to the citizens and to the Town. Nelson—Costs to be determined. Some are little to no costs. Evaluation of shellfish option cost will take place over the next year. Some costs but not determined at this time. Costs are small compared to initial thoughts and options. Leven — Need financial consultant to look how things get divided between the four towns in Pleasant Bay, including shellfish option. Who bears the cost for what project phase? Miller P—Any idea of costs for septic system upgrades or stormwater management? People are required to do some upgrades. Are there any community costs? Nelson—Can give rough estimates depending on technique. We can talk about it in general terms. Stormwater costs are going to be different. Miller P—Who is going to pay? Will there be a group program? Is the town going to pay for remediation or are citizens responsible for their own upgrades. Leven—Town has some money put aside for pond work. This is more of a pilot program. Schell -What is the effect of the treatment of the submerged aquatic vegetation and harvest. Will this fix phosphate balance? What is the desired result? Nelson—There is a fairly clear path to effective treatment and positive impact. SMAST has done the calculation. It's fairly cost effective. Will send the reference from report. Bennett— Presentation will be summary of work done to date. Will there be any discussion as to where we are going? Do you feel like this is a done deal and that we can rely on the different implementations without an alternative to meet the TMDL at Pleasant Bay? Will this be a split discussion? Will we be able to meet the TMDL on Pleasant Bay? Nelson—Confident that the non-traditional changes can work well. Traditional approaches will take many years to see. Shellfish opportunity works well because it is immediate. Permeable reactive barrier is another alternative. Leven —Explains different phases: Phase 1 —data; Phase II —needs assessment for the town; Phase III was alternative and implementation. Bennett—Timeline of phases would be very helpful, what were the major components and what came out of those. Miller—Committee needs an executive summary-Wants a plan —then where does it go. We physically want a plan. Now do we present a plan to the Town? Leven—Contacted Brian Dudley—DEP and he asked for copies of Phases II and III; wrote to Patty Daley—CCC, have not heard back from her. Told her we are not proposing capital projects, so we do not trigger Commission review. Miller— Now does our plan fit with 208 Plan. Nelson— Unknown how it fits with 208 Plan at this time. CCC sees that as an opportunity to see how that works. Brewster has already handled half of the issues by actions taken at the golf course. Brewster is far ahead of the other towns in the form of improvements. Leven — Reads letter from Erin Perry at CCC and asked about WMAs. Will be with EPA for approval. CWPC 06-15-15 Ana Brady,Senior Dept.Assistant Video: http://ec4.cc/fe39476d 2 Miller—Explains TMDLs and how that is supposed to work. No clear answer now. Brewster has handled some of the problems and is far ahead. If Orleans reruns the model they have to be very specific about the information that is put in. It takes constant communication to make sure the towns get credit for what they have done. DEP should be aware of this. Explains how the model works. O'Reilly—What is next after the presentation and plan? Is the Committee finished after that? Leven—The next phase is implementation. It may be this Committee or it may be another Committee. Wanted to advise the public what kind of work was done in preparation of the Plan. Then discuss the implementation phase and who will follow that work. Schell— How likely is it that the HWG action plan will consider and recommend restoration of an oyster reef habitat under the jurisdiction of either Orleans or the Cape Cod National Seashore? Nelson— Discusses shellfish forum. Miller-What monitoring will be done? Nelson—Annual monitoring should be taking place. Golf courses and load calculations should be monitored. TMDL is set up as a load calculation. Bennett— Discusses 208 study. Will Brian Dudley give us feedback? Wants transmittal letter to Dudley to request feedback from him. Leven —Requested that Brian Dudley review the Plan and respond with comments. Miller—Wants Brian Dudley to discuss with the Committee after he sees Plan. O'Reilly—Agrees that DEP should give input prior to presentation. Taylor—Agrees with the DEP input. Schell—Has issues with aquaculture permitting. Bennett-When will there be a draft of the Presentation Leven —Possibly schedule presentation on 8/8/15. Ideally while the summer people are here. Miller— Discusses context of letter to Brian Dudley and who should receive copies. Dave Bennett made a Motion to send transmittal letter to Brian Dudley at DEP, Second by John O'Reilly. All Aye, Vote 7-0-0. Miller— Discusses Growth Management in Pleasant Bay Nelson —Advises that it is in the beginning stages. Miller— Next meeting is going to be on July 20. John O'Reilly made a Motion to adjourn, Second by Ryan Second , All Aye, Vote 7-0-0. CWPC 06-15-15 Ana Brady,Senior Dept.Assistant Video: http://ec4.cc/fe39476d 3 The meeting ended at 5:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Dave Bennett, Vice Chair& Clerk CWPC 06-15-15 Ana Brady,Senior Dept.Assistant Video: http://ec4.cc/fe39476d 4