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Approval of agenda: A motion to approve the meeting agenda was moved and seconded and the committee recorded affirmative votes. Committee members recorded on the transcript as voting in favor included John Kitchener, Caroline Baltzer, Howard Metz and Chair Jill Veith.

Approval of minutes (20 dates): A motion to approve minutes for 20 dates was moved and seconded and the transcript records the following votes in favor: Christie (Christy Kickham), Howard Metz, John Kitchener, Caroline Baltzer and Chair Jill Veith. The motion carried as recorded on the transcript.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned by motion at about 02:20 p.m.; the transcript records ayes from committee members during the roll call on adjournment.

These were procedural actions recorded in the meeting transcript; the committee did not record other formal policy votes on the substantive items presented at the March 5 session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Capital Program Committee - 3/25/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee approved the meeting agenda, voted to approve minutes covering 20 dates and later voted to adjourn. These routine motions were recorded during the March 5 session.","taxTitle","Nantucket County, Massachusetts","taxId",61456,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6103502,"Town staff seeks approval to buy 9 Goldfinch for department-head housing; discussion highlights lack of formal town housing plan",165,2462000,2627000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2794968-b1b0906566701d34da922ac907a9391f&start=2462&end=2627","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2794968-b1b0906566701d34da922ac907a9391f/thumbnail_2462000.jpg","/articles/6103502/Nantucket-County/Massachusetts/Town-staff-seeks-approval-to-buy-9-Goldfinch-for-department-head-housing-discussion-highlights-lack-of-formal-town-housing-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6103502-42792d2709857a9fdc0362a5377cd429/orig.mp4?Expires=1771145854&Signature=WDBD~C33fxI8B58nDnzTSuaH1sBDFve315WfuIOOhkT2Zde20j2omOY9rMPBdnmhxwUJ-qW8EpaM4Hzg7lNrbWrz99V2MdT243RaTqMRurfK538wtbIAHGFrF7u8kv6129VNZGt1Cp4FwKtzfgsaRJmtenGSMAEhfllbAevPj2CuIWoJsgz0hehh~uGJuRf3g5YAXo0RoCXw6oTMb7Qy~aeZx9cd33IR76DCURDs644ONsrDe~mJhPA8EXxAW2po8yUoz~1TriuGab7voKvCiIP~-iKIOBh-icZCTR~B0APPT1ZaMvIl7zgs9M2KlSWY~zX11LjKJ74-xt9zxQplJA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Town staff told the Capital Program Committee March 5 that the town has an accepted offer, contingent on town-meeting approval, to purchase 9 Goldfinch for $1,900,000 to add to the town's inventory of employee housing.

Rick Sears, a town staff presenter, said the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath property would provide department-head-level housing for recruitment and retention. \"We have proposed a purchase price of 1,900,000.0, which has been accepted contingent on town meeting vote,\" Sears told the committee. He said the town currently controls about 20 door fronts and houses roughly 30 town employees; a wait list for town employee housing runs about 25 people.

Committee members expressed divergent views. Some members said owning housing for key employees provides stability and helps attract qualified candidates; others questioned buying a unit that is part of a homeowners association with amenities and suggested rentals or lower-priced purchases instead. Committee members raised fairness concerns about perceived preferential treatment and asked for a clearer, comprehensive town housing policy that would define who qualifies, subsidy levels and how properties will be assigned over time.

Several members noted the Finance Committee and Select Board had already acted: members asked whether the decision had effectively been made; a member replied that Finance Committee had approved the item and that the Select Board supports it. The committee did not take a new vote on the purchase; staff said the item will be presented at town meeting for voters to approve the appropriation.

Sears described operational details: the town typically buys properties outright using previously appropriated funds rather than taking a mortgage; when the town provides a rental subsidy instead, amounts vary and are taxable to the employee. He said the town is working on a housing summit and a fuller policy to guide future decisions.

The committee treated the presentation as informational and spent much of the discussion probing policy and optics ahead of town meeting.","Town staff presented a contingent agreement to buy 9 Goldfinch for $1.9 million as part of employee housing efforts. Committee members debated the purchase price, HOA terms and the need for a broader town housing strategy; staff said the purchase has been accepted contingent on a town-meeting vote and that Finance Committee has already approved.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6103506,"Water staff outlines PFAS treatment system for Well 15; town to use retained earnings to fund equipment",131,1483000,1614000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2794968-b1b0906566701d34da922ac907a9391f&start=1483&end=1614","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2794968-b1b0906566701d34da922ac907a9391f/thumbnail_1483000.jpg","/articles/6103506/Nantucket-County/Massachusetts/Water-staff-outlines-PFAS-treatment-system-for-Well-15-town-to-use-retained-earnings-to-fund-equipment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6103506-dda08f5a2b14f7412b8ae9d35bbf9528/orig.mp4?Expires=1771145854&Signature=eqdLyScJmw5S3oMwdeezUZPAhVonDTd8a~H1hBp7L6Qw3e9X3PEUkV8xKux8WGwmdB0om8BA9NeajXh6VYjhtSn930WKiAQPVMSBAefkvxIuZXZPIg2i~KePdnJhWR62bvGYGPr3sSD~UAlGu3sOPFNmhiwMYlWxpyRVD6AqMQl5oNV8JSbK5FxZ80nWwZ6h4Sgruuz8BEwzED9rK-V3-GN5pJyYq-mb4~~0o0rQFSKcPpAvGD-ck49jCSMTHOOJcYA6XUk~~uLqQGvuE~eY8mNOvsIlbXskoofpdKmc1oBHjKN2IKUuNO9CwoTWPs3p6acZcOflLwf~fb7XEvaLcw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee heard March 5 from a water department representative that the town is building a PFAS treatment system for a public supply well (Well 15) where tests exceeded state and federal guidance. Mark Willette, speaking for the water side, said the underground piping work is nearly complete, equipment has been contracted from ECT in Portland, Maine, and the town expects to assemble and test the system in the spring.

Willette presented cost estimates for the treatment system prior to any building: about $1.4 million for equipment and shipping, $450,000 for site work, $100,000 for engineering and roughly a 20 percent contingency (~$390,000), for a subtotal of approximately $2,340,000. He said a building to house the equipment would add roughly $1.4 million to $1.6 million, bringing the total project cost to about $4,000,000. \"The water commission has voted to use retained earnings. We have close to $12,000,000 in retained earnings,\" Willette said.

Willette said the town discovered PFAS levels above the combined benchmark for the six PFAS compounds used by DEP and EPA. \"When you add all of those together, the sum of those 6 cannot be over 20 parts per trillion,\" he said, describing the regulatory threshold and explaining that the well cannot be returned to service until treated.

The committee heard a timetable: equipment will arrive on tractor-trailer trucks from Portland and the town hopes to have the system assembled and tested by May, with startup contingent on lab results and commissioning. Willette described the treatment technology as ion-exchange resin in canister-style filters. He said resin replacement and disposal are recurring costs: resin changeouts are anticipated every three to four years and current replacement-and-disposal costs are on the order of $400,000 per replacement (new resin plus disposal to an approved hazardous-waste facility), though those costs could change.

Willette also described redundancy and operations: the design includes multiple canisters so the treatment can be rotated and backup canisters and big bags of resin will be stored on site. He said the town is piping other nearby wells into the future treatment location so they can be routed through the system if needed.

Committee members asked about operations, training and backup power. Willette said ECT assembled systems elsewhere, will provide on-site start-up support and training, and that the town is evaluating whether its backup generator can power the treatment system.

The presentation was informational; the Water Commission has already voted to use retained earnings to pay for the system, and no committee vote was recorded at the March 5 meeting.","Water staff told the Capital Program Committee the town is building an ion-exchange PFAS treatment system for Well 15, with an estimated pre-building cost of about $2.34 million and a total including a future building of roughly $4 million; the Water Commission has voted to use retained earnings to pay for it.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6103510,"Capital committee reviews plan to fill $10 million gap for Surfside roads project; bids open April 23",488,198000,686000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2794968-b1b0906566701d34da922ac907a9391f&start=198&end=686","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2794968-b1b0906566701d34da922ac907a9391f/thumbnail_198000.jpg","/articles/6103510/Nantucket-County/Massachusetts/Capital-committee-reviews-plan-to-fill-10-million-gap-for-Surfside-roads-project-bids-open-April-23","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6103510-7978da0aa5ec196135e6b0675f27c83b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771145854&Signature=P4W2iAUpw1WffM3B9gwlBaBvuRRBKVluhL1Fujn9xw0~ubF0n1cbjg3caFBXQNy8dfP8hKa2bWcI89ocuDhleV4uDvWzvdQfzQx-y9ilKDAnmsYkzc2~7lpjdkkISBiuziDsehEVaZaTmbW9v4BynSwlMHh6eS4IFmGKQaq~bHYWWztSh8iONCFmWBg0zkNsZsWpgDNnBDSmVo8p2aGxnD1eDV-Wq4rgBzMZ8aOsavAMjiNk1pfIzqr3PvO~VHde9KVaTtnoi4MfYQ5bqfDqjCmqLgorkx4bHWYpvEW6sgOZedANhJreiGcAmdsRhuq2RFgqt-DUY5FQ6jkSismdzg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Capital Program Committee heard March 5 that the Surfside area roads reconstruction project is now out to bid and faces a funding shortfall the town proposes to fill with reallocated capital balances, a Chapter 90 allocation and PFAS-related funds. Drew Patnode, a department staff presenter, told the committee the project will open for bids on April 23.

Patnode said the construction estimate is $23,500,000 with a 5 percent contingency ($1,100,000). He listed additional line items the committee was shown: about $400,000 for utility relocations, roughly $53,000 for easement payments to abutters, and a $750,000 construction-administration estimate from GPI, the design firm. An amendment to finalize plans and address contaminated soils also increased costs. \"I am happy to report, as of today, the project is out to bid, which is a a pretty, a pretty significant milestone,\" Patnode said.

Patnode said the capital appropriation available for the project is just under $16,000,000, leaving the town nearly $10,000,000 short of the roughly $26,050,000 total budget being proposed. To close the gap, staff proposed using available balances from previously appropriated capital articles for roadway, sidewalk and cobblestone work, combined with about $3,200,000 in Chapter 90 funds through MassDOT and nearly $500,000 in town PFAS-related funding to address contaminated soils near the airport, which together bring the project budget to slightly above the estimated need.

Committee members pressed staff on pacing and capacity. Patnode said the island has limited paving capacity — \"one asphalt plant, one asphalt paving contractor\" — and that other municipal and private projects will compete for construction resources this year and into the fall. He also said the project is heavy on drainage and earthwork: of the $23.575 million construction estimate, roughly $11 million is drainage work, $8 million is earthwork/clearing, about $600,000 is signage and miscellaneous items, and roughly $4 million is paving.

Members asked about signage design and coordination with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. John Kitchener requested that Patnode circle back with BPAC so on-island signage and bike-path treatments are coordinated; Patnode said he meets weekly with Public Works staff and would reach out to BPAC. Committee members also discussed the trade-off of transferring paving funds from other projects and the risk that bid results could exceed staff estimates when bids are opened.

Patnode and committee members said they would report back after bids open on April 23 and, if warranted, provide updated costs and schedule to the committee and the public.

The presentation was informational; no Capital Program Committee vote on transferring funds was recorded at the March 5 meeting.","Staff told the Capital Program Committee the Surfside area roads reconstruction project is out to bid and proposed using existing capital balances, a Chapter 90 MassDOT allocation and PFAS-related funds to cover a roughly $10 million shortfall on the estimated $26 million project.","actionData","errors"]

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