Selectboard - Virtual

Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 6:00pm

 

Note: Start Time of 6pm

The Wellfleet Selectboard will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conference in accordance with the temporary suspension and enhancement of the Open Meeting Law requirements by Governor Baker. Instructions for a Zoom video conference meeting which also allows phone dial-in are given below:

  1. Watch a livestream on Wellfleet’s YouTube Channel located at the following link: www.youtube.com/c/wellfleettownmedia
  2. Join the meeting hosted in Zoom by using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84075685035?pwd=U2d2L1FSWXV6RFNyQnJVNU1UL1gvZz09

    Meeting ID: 840 7568 5035
    Passcode: 229238
    1 929 205 6099 US (New York)

  3. 3. Audio, video, chat, and screen sharing functions will be disabled during the public session. Request to participate by using the “raise hand” function. Meeting ID: 840 7568 5035  | Passcode: 229238

    1. Raise hand in smartphone app – touch bottom of your screen and select “more” - hit “raise hand” button
    2. Raise hand on computer – hit “participants” button on bottom of screen – hit “raise hand” button on bottom of participants panel
    3. Please make sure you properly identify yourself before speaking, rename yourself by selecting the participants button and choosing “more” (or by holding down on your name on a smartphone app) and selecting “rename” - full, legal names only.
    4. Please join the meeting on time.
  4. You may also listen to the meeting by calling in on a phone to +1 929 205 6099 and enter Meeting ID: 840 7568 5035  | Passcode: 229238  Landline callers can participate by dialing *9 to raise their hand.
  5. You may submit questions and comments to the Town using the following email: executive.assistant@wellfleet-ma.gov Comments made during the meeting via e-mail will be sent to Selectboard members AFTER the meeting.
  6. Meeting materials are attached to this agenda, available online at Wellfleet-ma.gov. It is recommended that phone participants access materials in advance of the meeting.
  7. Please follow the following general instructions:
    1. Keep your phone muted at all times when not talking; no one is allowed to unmute themselves during the meeting.
      1. Selectboard meetings are NOT interactive.  If public comments are allowed that’s all, comments only, not questions.
      2. If the Chair is allowing comments during the meeting the number of comments will be limited and may be no longer than one minute.
    2. Do not use speakerphone; do not use Bluetooth devices; mute all background noise.
    3. Please do not speak until the Chair asks for public comments or questions and you have been recognized by the moderator and unmuted.
    4. After the business section is complete no public comments are permitted.  Future agenda items are from the Selectboard, no one else.
  1. It is anticipated that the meeting will be recorded by the Town. Anyone else desiring to record the meeting may do so only after notifying the chair and may not interfere with the conduct of the meeting in doing so.

 

  1. Announcements, Open Session and Public Comments 

Note: Public comments must be brief.  The Board will not deliberate or vote on any matter raised solely during Announcements & Public Comments.

  1. COVID-19 Updates and Recommendations
    1. Discussion on summer employees and the expectations of them – Selectboard Member Wilson
  2. Public Hearings
    1. Discuss and Vote on a new fee schedule at the Wellfleet Marina – William Sullivan, Harbormaster
  3. Board/Committee Appointments and Updates
    1. Disclosure of  Conflict of Financial Interest– Olga Kahn, Planning Board
    2. Appointment of Al Mueller to the Zoning Board of Appeals – Principal Clerk
    3. Appointment of Elisabeth Salén to the Local Housing Partnership – Principal Clerk
  4. Business
    1. 2021 ATM Article Bond Issuance – Town Administrator Broadbent/Miriam Spencer/Heather Michaud
    2. Selectboard to decide to recommend or not recommend school renovation project – Chair DeVasto
    3. Herring River Restoration/High Toss Road Approved Article – Town Administrator Broadbent/Carole Ridley
    4. Spring Tax Insert – Wellfleet Cable Advisory Committee
    5. Opening and Closing of Herring River – Shellfish Constable Civetta
    6. Lt. Island Bridge Repairs – Mark Vincent/Jay Norton
    7. Approval of final RFP for the 95 Lawrence Project – 95 Lawrence Road Task Force
    8. Establishing a real property transfer fee for the Town of Wellfleet – Selectboard Member Wilson
    9. Approval of a Warrant Article for Town Meeting to exempt the Town of Wellfleet from Prevailing Wages on small project – Selectboard Member Curley
  5. Selectboard Reports
  6. Town Administrator’s Report
  7. Topics for Future Discussion

A. All restaurants and businesses that plan to change seating for the upcoming season do need to get permission from Fire, Police, and Health. Make sure the policy that was written last year hasn’t expired.

B. Public Safety Concerns at Cahoon Hollow Beach

  1. Schedule a time for the Wastewater committee to come before the selectboard
  2. Advertise in paper for Beach Rules and Regulations for Public Hearing at the March 23rd Selectboard Meeting
  3. Discussion on the Management of Beach Parking Lots during the summer, White Crest in particular
  4. United States Department of Commerce looking for Selectboard comments
  5. Town Administrator Broadbent 6 month review - Selectboard
  1. Correspondence and Vacancy Reports
  2. Minutes
    1. February 23, 2021
  3. Adjournment