Selectboard - Virtual

Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 7:00pm

WELLFLEET SELECTBOARD

Note: Start Time of 7pm

The Wellfleet Selectboard will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 7:00 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:

Join the meeting hosted in Zoom by using the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85689604806?pwd=blplVFFBZzViQ0xNWkZKMm9iMVdrdz09

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: 856 8960 4806 | Passcode: 611877

Raise hand in smartphone app – touch bottom of your screen and select “more” - hit “raise hand” button

Raise hand on computer – hit “participants” button on bottom of screen – hit “raise hand” button on bottom of participants panel

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.

Please join the meeting on time.

You may also listen to the meeting by calling in on a phone to +1 929 205 6099 and enter Meeting ID: 859 8960 4806 | Passcode: 611877 Landline callers can participate by dialing *9 to raise their hand.

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.

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.

Please follow the following general instructions:Keep your phone muted at all times when not talking; no one is allowed to unmute themselves during the meeting.

Selectboard meetings are NOT interactive.  If public comments are allowed that’s all, comments only, not questions.

If the Chair is allowing comments during the meeting the number of comments will be limited and may be no longer than one minute.

Do not use speakerphone; do not use Bluetooth devices; mute all background noise.

Please do not speak until the Chair asks for public comments or questions and you have been recognized by the moderator and unmuted.

After the business section is complete no public comments are permitted.  Future agenda items are from the Selectboard, no one else.

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.

AGENDA

   I.  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.***

   II.  Explanation of Consent Agenda Procedures

   III.  Consent Agenda Approval without objection is required for the following items:

  • To accept the appointment of Building Commissioner ~ Interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner
  • To accept the appointment of DPW Superintendent ~ Interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner

   IV.  COVID-19 Updates and Recommendations

   V.  Public Hearings

  • Discussion and vote on potential of opening up specific areas of Chipman’s Cove on September 29 for commercial harvest only in order to mitigate potential silting over and mortality of shellfish resources due to dredging-related impacts. ~ Nancy Civetta, Shellfish Constable
  • Use of Town Property Fee Schedule ~ Selectboard Chair Ryan Curley

   VI.  Use of Town Property

  • Macs on the Pier ~ Interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner
  • Missing Voices, LLC. ~ Kory Banning ~ Town Pier ~ Time to be Determined ~ 10/18-11/20

   VII.  Board/Committee Appointments and Updates

  • Natural Resources Advisory Board
  • Harbor Plan ~ NRAB
  • Wellfleet Harbor Flora and Fauna Survey Article for Special Town Meeting ~ NRAB
  • Natural Resources Advisory Board Charge Article for Special Town Meeting ~ NRAB
  • Dredging Update ~ Joe Aberdale POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER
  • COA Advisory Committee Amended Charge ~ Selectboard Chair Ryan Curley
  • Seashore Advisory Council Letter ~ Lili Ann Green

   VIII.  Business

  • Special Town Meeting, Date Time & Location ~
  • Town Administrator Search Consultant, RFP or Alternatives ~ Selectboard Chair Ryan Curley
  • SLFRP /CARES Reimbursement Disbursement ~ Selectboard Chair Ryan Curley
  • East Commercial Street and Main Street Speed Limit Petition ~ Bradley Reichard
  • Dredging Clerk of the Works ~ Interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner
  • Accept the Provisions of at 940 CMR 29.10 ~ Selectboard Chair Ryan Curley
  • 2022 Selectboard Goals ~ Selectboard Chair Ryan Curley

   IX.  Selectboard Reports

   X.  Town Administrator and Assistant Town Administrator Report’s

  • Please see Selectboard Packet for full report

   XI.  Topics for Future Discussion

   XII.  Correspondence and Vacancy Reports

  • Please see Selectboard packet for full report 

   XIII.  Minutes

  • August 27, 2021
  • September 14, 2021

   XIV.  Adjournment

Shellfish Public Hearing 

In accordance with MGL Chapter 130 Sections 52, 57, 58, 60, and 68 and all applicable Town Shellfish Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Wellfleet Board of Selectmen will hold a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following:

-Discussion and vote on potential of opening up specific areas of Chipman’s Cove on September 29 for commercial harvest only in order to mitigate potential silting over and mortality of shellfish resources due to dredging-related impacts.