Special Town Meeting
Monday, April 4, 2005 at 6:00 p.m.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Provincetown,
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the Charter and By-laws of
said Town, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town
qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at Provincetown Town Hall on Monday, the Fourth day of April, A.D. 2005
at 6:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following
articles, to wit:
Article 1.
Conveyance of 2.2-acre Care Campus Site to New England Deaconess
Association. To see if the Town will
vote to transfer from the Board of Selectmen for municipal nursing home purposes
to the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of conveyance the parcel of approximately 1.1 acres of land with the existing
nursing home thereon known as the Cape End Manor, having an address of 100
Alden Street (the CEM Parcel), and will authorize the Board of Selectmen
to convey to the New England Deaconess Association (NEDA) the fee ownership
interest in the Cape End Manor Care Campus
Site, so-called, having of a total of approximately
2.2 acres as shown on a plan entitled, “Plan
of Cape End Manor and Portion of St. Peter’s Cemetery” dated August 4, 2004,
which plan is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, comprised of a
portion of the two parcels of land that, together, are known as the St. Peter’s
Cemetery, identified on Assessors Map as 08-2-027 and 08-2-024, having an
address of 124 Alden Street and 116 Alden Street, respectively, the portion
to be conveyed being the parcel of approximately 1.1 acre to be acquired from
the Diocese of Fall River as approximately shown on said plan, and comprised
also of the CEM Parcel hereinbefore referenced, such parcels to be conveyed
subject to a restriction or charitable trust which shall provide that
said land shall be used for medical care purposes, which may include a continuing
care retirement community consisting of an independent living facility, an
assisted living facility and a skilled nursing facility and pursuant to an
agreement between the Town and NEDA that shall provide that the payments in
lieu of taxes that NEDA
has offered to make to the Town in perpetuity shall be paid to and held in
trust by the Community Preservation Committee for community housing purposes, or
take any other action relative thereto.
[Requested by the
Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager,
and the Cape End Manor Board of Directors]
Article 2. Care Campus: $1.9-million in Community Preservation Funds for Community Housing Restriction. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase for affordable housing purposes, pursuant to the Community Preservation Program, an affordable housing restriction or restrictions encumbering the Cape End Manor Care Campus Site, so-called, comprised of a total of approximately 2.2 acres of land with improvements thereon as shown on a plan entitled, “Plan of Cape End Manor and Portion of St. Peter’s Cemetery” dated August 4, 2004, which plan is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, that the affordable housing restriction(s) shall provide in perpetuity or for the longest period permitted by law that at least one unit per $100,000 payment, restricted to occupancy by persons over 62 years of age, shall be developed and made available to low-income households, with local preference for occupancy of such affordable units to be required in accordance with the Board of Selectmen’s policy adopted September 8, 2003, as it may be amended, and further that the affordable housing restriction(s) be accepted by the Town of Provincetown acting by and through its Board of Selectmen under the provisions of G.L. Chapter 184, §§31-32, and that the Board of Selectmen is authorized to apply for and accept gifts and grants for t