TOWN OF
Chairman Mary-Jo Avellar convened the meeting at
Other
attendees: Town Manager
Recorder:
The following are meeting minutes, in brief.
Pam Parmakian recused herself due to possible
future or potential financial interest.
Attendees: Town Counsel John Giorgio, Environmental
Partners Principal Mark White, DPW Director David Guertin
Open
discussion ensued. In accordance with
State Laws the Town is required to go through RFP process.
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to insert the
following paragraph into the draft RFP language on page 3:
“The Project is also legally subject to the
requirements and restrictions of the Deed from Cumberland Farms Inc. to the
Town (Attachment 4), and the Town Meeting vote approving the acquisition of the
property with Community Preservation Act funds reflected in the Quitclaim Deed
(Attachment 4). Responses to this RFP should reflect all such requirements.”
Motion by: Michele
Couture Seconded by: Lynne Davies Yea
4 Nay
0
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to insert the following paragraph into the draft
RFP language on page 3:
“This RFP has been issued to solicit proposals for the
acquisition and development of this Property.
The preferred development scenario for the Property is approximately 40
rental units to the maximum as allowed by applicable zoning relief as
determined by the Town’s regulatory boards.”
Motion
by: Michele
Couture Seconded
by: Lynne Davies Yea
4 Nay
0
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to insert the
following paragraph into the draft RFP language on page 7:
“To the greatest extent possible, the successful
Proposer will include a mix of bedroom sizes and income levels that closely
reflect the community need as identified by the Housing Needs Assessment
indicated above.”
Motion
by: Michele
Couture Seconded by: Austin Knight Yea 4 Nay
0
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to insert the
following paragraph into the draft RFP language on page 12:
“To the greatest extent possible the successful
Proposer should utilize local workforce and labor in the construction and
management of the property.”
Motion
by: Lynne
Davies Seconded by: Michele Couture Yea 4 Nay
0
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to insert the following paragraph into the draft
RFP language on page 13, under the section regarding Management Plan:
“The successful proposal will clearly describe a well
thought-out property management plan including what entity will perform ongoing
management of the Property once developed.
The plan will specifically outline an independent, transparent, and fair
tenant selection process for both the initial and ongoing tenant selection.”
Motion by: Michele Couture Seconded
by: Austin Knight Yea 4 Nay
0
MOTION: Move that the
Board of Selectmen vote to approve the draft language, as amended, of the
Request for Proposal for an Affordable Rental Housing Development at
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Michele Couture
Yea 4 Nay 0
MOTION: Move that the
Board of Selectmen vote to approve and execute the release deeds subject to
such revisions as, in the opinion of Town Counsel, are necessary, and the
conditions of the delivery of the deed to the Tasha’s on Town Counsel’s review
and approval.
Motion by: Lynne Davies Seconded by: Michele
Couture Yea 4
Nay 0
1B PUBLIC HEARING: MASS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2008
Community
Development Strategy
Chairman Avellar read the Public Hearing
Notice into the record. Opening comments by Michelle Jarusiewicz.
Public
Comments – None
Board of Selectmen Comments
Grant
Administrator Michelle Jarusiewicz gave an extensive presentation on the
background for the Town’s strategy for this grant. She covered Community-Based Planning Requirements,
Mandatory MCDBG Thresholds, Timetables, Previous Projects since FY 2001, what
this Grant could and could NOT be used for.
She included in her presentation and
reviewed Community Development Strategy – FY 2008 for the Town that include:
Planning Tools, Annual Town-wide Policy Goals establishing priorities,
Affordable Community Housing Plan, Economic Development Planning, Local
Comprehensive Plan, EO418 Community Development Plan, Capital Improvement
Program, Fiscal Policy Plan, Action Plan, Affordable Housing, Economic
Development, Funding and Sustainable Development Principles. Also included in her packet was the Priority
Project & Activities as reflected in the Annual Goals Adopted for FY 2008
by the Board of Selectmen.
Open dialogue ensued.
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to accept the Town of
Provincetown's Community Development Strategy under the Massachusetts Community
Development Block Grant’s FY 2008 Community Development Fund program.
Motion by: Michele Couture Seconded by: Austin
Knight Yea 5 Nay 0
1C1 BOARD OF SELECTMEN & PROVINCETOWN
PUBLIC PIER CORP
Annual
Meeting
PPPC Members Present: Lee Ash, Leonard
Clingham, George Hitchcock, Kerry Adams, Anthony (Phil) Tarvers and Pier Manager Rex McKinsey
Chairman Clingham gave opening remarks
followed by an overview financial report from Treasurer Kerry Adams.
Open discussion ensued. No motions made.
1C2 GRANT APPLICATION: PROVINCETOWN PUBLIC
PIER CORPORATION
Mass
DEP Water Quality Program Grant Request
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to authorize the submission of a grant application
by the Provincetown Public Pier Corporation in the amount of $46,400 to the
Massachusetts DEP, Bureau of Resource Protection, Division of Municipal
Services, Boston, MA for the continuation of the Estuarine Water Quality
Monitoring Project which began with a 604(b) grant last year.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Lynne Davies Yea
4 Nay 0
Mary-Jo Avellar returned.
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
Mary-Jo
Avellar recused herself and left the room as her husband is a town employee whose
services are leased to the Provincetown Public Pier Corporation.
Candace Nagle – Read statement into the record as a
member of the Float Owners of MacMillian Pier complaining that the Pier Corp
will not allow float owners to rent their spaces to recreational vessels to
raise additional revenues.
Mary-Jo Avellar returned.
Mike Toland & David Quinn of AmeriCorps – currently working with Shellfish
Constable in
Thanassi Kulopulos – Two wind turbines that were suppose to go
to Eastham that have been paid for and available from the State. We can put
them at the High School and Wastewater Treatment Plant. In process of putting together a group and
have come up with $20 to $30 Million to possibly put a Wind Farm on the Highway
– if the Town is interested, could possibly take the town off the grid. Let me
know what you feel.
Amy Germain - Love hearing and reading about renewable
energy and the Recycling and Renewable Energy Committee is meeting on Thursday,
and we are looking for input and need members on our committee.
Barbara Rushmore – Glad that you were able to squeeze some
money and work out the budget. Maybe town staff should look at the accounting
letters from years past that had corrective suggestions in them. We have to
pave
George Bryant – 1) Suggested that the Board of Selectmen
start being a liaison between other boards once again. 2) Start marking Street
Drains so people know what they throw in them, and what ends up in the harbor.
3) Surprised that the parking lot at Grace Gouveia was repaved, and questioned
the DPW's use of paving as an impermeable surface and not using recyclable materials
for the retaining wall. He wants everyone to understand that this was not the
"green" thing to do. Who paid for it? What warrant article it came
out of? Who authorized it?
Mary-Jo
Avellar recused herself and left the room as her husband is a town employee whose
services are leased to the Provincetown Public Pier Corporation.
Marcene Marcoux - Important that the Pier Corp have a
public meeting regarding their courtesy float.
Mary-Jo Avellar returned.
Regarding Board meetings – please publish if
there is going to be Public Statements.
Hope that when you consider the budget for
2009, that there are going to have to be cuts and restructuring.
Clarence Walker
Mary-Jo
Avellar recused herself and left the room as her husband is a town employee whose
services are leased to the Provincetown Public Pier Corporation
A thought with regards to the Pier would be
potential good news of a possible buyer. 1)
I think the Town and the Pier Corp should be doing some forward thinking
now. 2) In anticipation of the meeting next week we have created the
Provincetown Association of Concerned Citizens.
We are inviting everyone to come to Fanizzi’s next Sunday between 4 and
Mary-Jo Avellar returned.
Cheryl Andrews - First, thank you to all of you for your
hard work. I’m here tonight representing the Provincetown Housing Authority.
Pam Parmakian recused
herself and left the room due to possible future or potential financial
interest.
Asked
for clarification on amount of units the board approved for RFP (40). Was it stricken
or did you keep it.? Answer - We
kept it. Cheryl – That language
wasn’t in the RFP when the three housing groups reviewed it. Frankly, I was rather surprised to see it
appear in the RFP on Friday because the RFP came with a cover sheet saying that
we all had reviewed the draft. The issue
of density, of course, is a big one and it struck me as really important to
make sure that you are clear that we did not vent that issue. If the language stays, what you are saying to
the developers is that you want them to max out the property. Which are you
looking for an Ice House – is my question .. and if so, say that in your
RFP. I just want to call that section of
the RFP to your attention because it wasn’t something that any of the three
housing groups talked about. I didn’t
hear you folks clearly talk about what kind of density you’d like, particularly
under 40B where they are going to be looking to you to know what you want in
your RFP. I just wanted you to be aware
of that, and if that is what you want, so be it, that is your prerogative. And
it was a concern to me because I did sign the original agreement. The Housing
Authority did co-sign the application, and it did say approximately 40. So that seems to be what people are expecting. I appreciated your comments on tenant
selection. I think the Assistant Town Manager did an admirable job, and it may
be something to that that your staff didn’t agree with but the reality is that
we are not experts. We don’t know what the perfect answer is either, but we
came up with one. I would say for the
record there are at least two affordable housing projects in
3. SELECTMEN STATEMENTS
Michele
Couture
MOTION: Move
that the Board of Selectmen vote to plant the tree donated by
Motion by: Michele Couture Seconded by: Austin Knight Yea 5
Nay 0
Public Hearings on paving. We need to have a few meetings,
and we should start having them as soon as possible.
Mr. Bryant mentioned about having liaisons
between Boards. It has come up a couple
of times, and I think it is a great idea.
We have a wealth of experience on boards.
Ms. Marcoux mentioned about the $70K that we
have appropriated for the architecture for Town Hall. I have to disagree with you. We have been
putting this off for quite some time to the detriment of Town Hall. This is the heartbeat of the Town, and I
think that we have done it on the cheap for as long as we possibly can. We need
to get more information as to exactly what is required. There are structural deficiencies in this
building that should have never been allowed to have been put off as long as
they have been. I think we need to take
a good look at having this done in the appropriate and complete manner.
To Thanassi – There is no such thing as a
free windmill. Someone from Congressman Delahunt’s
office seduced me with the idea of two free windmills, and I took that to the
Town Manager. It turns out it was not so very free after all. It is one of our
Board’s policies, and we have had Mass Collaborative here before. We are trying
to get them on our agenda the second week in January.
Shuttle Update – There is a meeting next
week and we should have something soon.
Sidewalk on
Pam
Parmakian
DOR - when are they coming down? Answer – Still scheduled for January.
The
VSB 5 Year Plan – when will we do this? Answer –
Will schedule for a future meeting as soon as possible.
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote to thank
all those involved on the Business
Motion by: Pam Parmakian Seconded by: Austin Knight Yea
5 Nay 0
At the business summit I worked in a group called Infrastructure, and there was an exchange of some good ideas. One of the topics was the ability for our municipalities to accept payments through credit cards. Two days later we received an email from a company called Point and Pay, (at no cost to us), that works strictly with Government Agencies, and allows taxpayers to pay their property taxes and other fees by credit card or debit card so that they are not going to incur late fees or other charges. Town Manager Comments - The Town Manager and Finance Director met this morning to start budget discussion. In that meeting, we did discuss instituting credit card payments, and putting in motion the mechanism in place to have that start as soon as possible.
Is it possible on our Town Board Website to add either contact emails, staff contact, or board member contact?
Lynne
Davies
I want to thank AmeriCorps, and would be
interested in looking at the information they provided.
I want to extend my thanks to everyone who
attended the Business Summit. We were
pleasantly overwhelmed by the number of participants – some first timers, and
some second timers. I am very pleased with the results, and am looking forward
to the workshops and the next meeting on March 18th.
While we have Mr. Guertin here from DPW, can
you shed some light on the Alden Street COA paving? David Guertin – I think the
selectmen should offer a "Thank You" to the Council on Aging who
wrestled with this issue to include one side to remain unpaved. Upon further
discussion, the Council on Aging felt that paving both sides would serve the
population that uses the building better, and therefore staff and M&E altered
the plans at no additional cost. As to the retaining wall, it was in answer to
get as much parking as possible, again a request we acted on, and as to that
choice of materials - it is easily repaired. While we are not 100%, it is looking good, and
we believe we have followed the COA Boards wishes 100%. The funds came
from town meeting Article 1 - Nov. 2006.
In answer for 90 Shankpainter – I do not
want an Icehouse.
Austin Knight
I attended the Selectmen’s Association
Christmas Party last Friday, and the subject came up about generators available
from Federal Bases at no cost to municipalities, that are closing throughout
the country. David Guertin – We
are already on the list for the surplus equipment from the Newport Navy
Base.
Back wall of Grace Gouveia – The COA asked
DPW to increase parking and asked for the concrete wall.
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote
to send a “Thank You” letter those involved at the Sr. Dinner.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Michele
Couture Yea 5
Nay 0
MOTION: Move that the Board of Selectmen vote
to send a thank you letter to all Dillon & Shannon Patrick for sending
packages to the Soldiers.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Michele Couture Yea
5 Nay 0
Mary-Jo
Avellar – None at this
time.
4A APPOINTMENT
– Zoning Board of Appeals
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to reappoint George Stephen Young as a
Regular Member of the Licensing Board with a term expiration date of
Motion by: Michele Couture Seconded by: Pam Parmakian Yea
5 Nay 0
MOTION: Move that
the Board of Selectmen vote to appoint Michelle Haynes Lohn as a
Member At Large on the Visitor Services Board with a term expiration date of
Motion by: Michele Couture Seconded by: Pam Parmakian Yea
5 Nay 0
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