Wellfleet Selectboard ~ Virtual & In Person (Wellfleet Adult Center)

Wellfleet Selectboard

Note: Start Time of 7pm

The Wellfleet Selectboard will hold a public meeting on May 24, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conference and In Person at the Wellfleet Adult Center 715 Old King’s Highway (in accordance with the temporary suspension and enhancement of the Open Meeting Law requirements by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 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: 856 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.

     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.  Use of Town Property

• Rebecca Arnoldi ~ Use of various beaches and spots throughout Wellfleet ~ She will report her meetings with recreation and beach departments.
• Scott Francis ~ Challenger Sports ~ Baker’s Field ~ 6/27/22 – 7/1/22 (3:30pm – 7:30pm) & 8/22/22 – 8/26/22 (9am – 12pm)

     III.  Licenses

• Fox & Crow ~ Application received May 6, 2022, from The Fox and Crow Inc.; Trudy Vermehren owner 6 Commercial Street, Wellfleet MA, to transfer the Annual all Alcoholic Restaurant License, Common Victualer License and Annual Business License from 6 Commercial Street Wellfleet, MA; to 70 Main Street Wellfleet, MA.
• Fitzgerald Hill LLC, Grant Hester & John O’Toole ~ owners of 70 Main Street location ~ alteration of premise and amending liquor license to allow Fox & Crow to operate at that location.
• The Wellfleet Beachcomber ~ Todd E. LeBart, Mgr. requesting a tent license on the property.

     IV.  Business I

• Donation of 4 parcels of land from Guenther Back’s estate to the Town of Wellfleet into the Care & Custody of the Conservation Commission ~ Tax Accessor Nancy Vail
• COPS Grant ~ Chief Hurley

1. 2022 Municipal Hazard Mitigation Plan ~ Chief Hurley

     V.  Public Hearings

• Beach Rules & Regulations Amendment – LeCount Hollow ~ DeVasto
• May 19, 2022 Memo regarding minimum production hearings.
• Wellfleet ARC grants and acreage being farmed
• Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ James Gray and Allison Gray, Wellfleet, MA, for license #7312 consisting of 0.5 acres on Old Wharf Road.
• Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ David Paine and Kristi Johns, Wellfleet, MA, for licenses #s 851, 863 and 861-B consisting of a total of 2.5 acres on Field Point
• Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ Keith Rose and Lisa Dexter, Wellfleet, MA, for licenses #s 95-25 and 95-26 consisting of a total of two acres on Egg Island
• Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ William Young, Jr., Wellfleet, MA, for grant #01-04 consisting of three acres on Indian Neck
• Status of License Holder Aquacultural Research Corporation (A.R.C.) of Shellfish Grant License #792 with regards to Sections 7.8.1. Eligibility Requirements, 7.8.2. Domicile Requirement and Exception, 7.8.8. Aquaculture Research and Development Projects
• Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ Aquacultural Research Corporation, Dennis, MA, for grant #792 consisting of three acres on Indian Neck

     VI.  Business II

• Public meeting to discuss findings and recommendations of the Finance Team’s internal review of FY2020 & FY2021
• Annual Town Meeting Review
• CBA’s
• Instructions to other bodies/boards/committees on how to meet in person.

     VII.  Selectboard Reports

      VIII.  Town Administrator & Assistant Town Administrator's Report

     IX.  Topics for Future Discussion

     X.  Correspondence and Vacancy Reports

     XI.  Minutes

• April 26, 2022
• May 6, 2022

     XII.  Adjournment

The Wellfleet Selectboard will hold a public meeting on May 24, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conference and In Person at the Wellfleet Adult Center 715 Old King’s Highway (in accordance with the temporary suspension and enhancement of the Open Meeting Law requirements by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 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:

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: 856 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.

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.

Use of Town Property

Rebecca Arnoldi ~ Use of various beaches and spots throughout Wellfleet ~ She will report her meetings with recreation and beach departments.

Scott Francis ~ Challenger Sports ~ Baker’s Field ~ 6/27/22 – 7/1/22 (3:30pm – 7:30pm) & 8/22/22 – 8/26/22 (9am – 12pm)

Licenses

Fox & Crow ~ Application received May 6, 2022, from The Fox and Crow Inc.; Trudy Vermehren owner 6 Commercial Street, Wellfleet MA, to transfer the Annual all Alcoholic Restaurant License, Common Victualer License and Annual Business License from 6 Commercial Street Wellfleet, MA; to 70 Main Street Wellfleet, MA.

Fitzgerald Hill LLC, Grant Hester & John O’Toole ~ owners of 70 Main Street location ~ alteration of premise and amending liquor license to allow Fox & Crow to operate at that location.

The Wellfleet Beachcomber ~ Todd E. LeBart, Mgr. requesting a tent license on the property.

Business I

Donation of 4 parcels of land from Guenther Back’s estate to the Town of Wellfleet into the Care & Custody of the Conservation Commission ~ Tax Accessor Nancy Vail

COPS Grant ~ Chief Hurley

2022 Municipal Hazard Mitigation Plan ~ Chief Hurley

Public Hearings

Beach Rules & Regulations Amendment – LeCount Hollow ~ DeVasto

Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ James Gray and Allison Gray, Wellfleet, MA, for license #7312 consisting of 0.5 acres on Old Wharf Road.

Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ David Paine and Kristi Johns, Wellfleet, MA, for licenses #s 851, 863 and 861-B consisting of a total of 2.5 acres on Field Point

Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ Keith Rose and Lisa Dexter, Wellfleet, MA, for licenses #s 95-25 and 95-26 consisting of a total of two acres on Egg Island

Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ William Young, Jr., Wellfleet, MA, for grant #01-04 consisting of three acres on Indian Neck

Status of License Holder Aquacultural Research Corporation (A.R.C.) of Shellfish Grant License #792 with regards to Sections 7.8.1. Eligibility Requirements, 7.8.2. Domicile Requirement and Exception, 7.8.8. Aquaculture Research and Development Projects

Shellfish S 7.12, 7.12.2, 7.13.3 Minimum Productivity Appeal ~ Aquacultural Research Corporation, Dennis, MA, for grant #792 consisting of three acres on Indian Neck

Business II

Annual Town Meeting Review

CBA’s

Instructions to other bodies/boards/committees on how to meet in person.

Selectboard Reports

Town Administrator’s Report

Topics for Future Discussion

Correspondence and Vacancy Reports

Minutes

April 26, 2022

May 6, 2022

Adjournment

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

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 Selectboard will hold a virtual and in-person public hearing on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wellfleet ACC, 715 Old Kings Hwy, Wellfleet, MA 02667 to consider the following:

• Status of License Holder Aquacultural Research Corporation (A.R.C.) of Shellfish Grant License #792 with regards to Sections 7.8.1. Eligibility Requirements, 7.8.2. Domicile Requirement and Exception, 7.8.8. Aquaculture Research and Development Projects
• Individual votes to consider if each of the following license holders’ grant licenses will be forfeited for failure to meet minimum productivity per Town of Wellfleet Shellfishing Policy and recommendations Sections 7.12 Evidence of Productivity: Use It or Lose It, 7.12.2. Failure to Meet Production Levels and 7.13.3 Notification of Failure to Meet Minimal Requirements.

List is in alphabetical order.

1. Aquacultural Research Corporation, Dennis, MA, for grant #792 consisting of three acres on Indian Neck
2. James Gray and Allison Gray, Wellfleet, MA, for grant #7312 consisting of 0.5 acres on Old Wharf Point
3. David Paine and Kristi Johns, Wellfleet, MA, for grant #s 851, 863 and 861-B consisting of a total of 2.5 acres on Field Point
4. Keith Rose and Lisa Dexter, Wellfleet, MA, for grant #s 95-25 and 95-26 consisting of a total of two acres on Egg Island
5. William Young, Jr., Wellfleet, MA, for grant #01-04 consisting of three acres on Indian Neck