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please to silence your cell phones and double check that they are indeed silenced. And if you are making an audio or video recording of this public meeting, please notify me as the chair. And the placement and operation of this recording equipment should not interfere
with the conduct of this meeting. Thank you. Please join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Okay. Does the board have any recognitions tonight? Uh, I do. Cole Stone, I'm going to start with you and then Mr. Mscali. Um, I would like to recognize the 250th anniversary uh committee invol including their liaison
uh member Mosscali, um, Museums on the Green, Reverend and Jolie Drury, Greg Mills, uh, the Conquered Militia, and the Kaboo Jazz uh, duo, plus uh, a number of uh, Falmouth Public Schools students uh, who participated in
yesterday's um, lanterns and lyrics event. It was a the whole day of events was a fabulous kickoff to the 250th anniversary. I learned some history. I enjoyed some music despite the weather. Um it was it was fabulous. So great job to everyone involved. Uh yeah, thank
you. I mean just to uh to echo what uh Miss Goldstone said, uh special shout out to the 250 committee itself. Uh Bob Ripley, Karen Ronaldo, Sandy Souls, Katherine Bumpus, Rachel Love, and and Peter French. They've been meeting
regularly every two weeks. Uh and yesterday's uh uh event and celebration was a culmination of those meetings and more will come. So uh they all uh deserve our gratitude for for doing that. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Brown,
did you have something? Nothing at all. Okay. Any other recognitions? Okay. We'll move into announcements. Any announcements from the board for the public? Miss Goldstone? Uh, I will start just making sure I've got my dates
right. um uh would love to share with the public uh the Opal Lee walk on May 17th um which is going to be a really great community event um to uh kind of a preface to this year's Junth um
celebrations a 2 and a half mile community walk to c to recognize the two and a half years uh between the emancipation proclamation and the actual uh freeing of the final enslaved uh people in this country. Um, so that's a great event. And then that evening, um,
is the Falmouth High Prom and After Prom, which is, uh, a true community event. They are always still looking for volunteers. Um, so, uh, take a look at that if you have any time and ability to to help out with a great event that keeps our high school juniors and
seniors safe after prom. Great. Thank you. Any other announcements? Okay, we'll move into public comment. Is anyone here for public comment? Okay. Public comment may be made on routine matters on the agenda this
evening. Comments are limited to two minutes. Please introduce yourself. And since the matter has not been included on this agenda, the select board may not participate in any discussion or debate of your topic. Please introduce yourself, sir. Thank you. Craig Martin,
precinct 9. Um, flexible class of 80. Um I just the subject was brought up uh a few meetings ago and I thought and it's been well talked about on my dog walks. I have a couple of dogs. Um about
the proposed um off leash areas. Um my dogs I just I'm just I'm filled with salt and sand right now. I'm just coming off chapoy with my two dogs now and they do enjoy freedom and what have you. Um but I recognize the need for a leash law
and um I read a letter in the last enterprise from an appointed um Felmouth official who gave some reasons um for maintaining the leash law but I have different reasons. Um I know it was brought up at the meeting someone one of the board members did say what about
liability? I don't know if there's any case law about liability, but it makes sense um that that there there might be liability, but what I'm more concerned about is um you're going to get you're going to get the troublemaker with the bothersome dog, and I don't see them,
but I know they are out there. Um and you want to have animal control be able to say leash him up, or else if there's no leash law, um in effect, he doesn't have to leash him up. Um he could be a bother. Um, and I'm just saying this gives more um more substance to the
animal controls right to tell the guy to leash him up. Um, so I I really think beyond that it'll be a bureaucratic nightmare. Um, trying to maintain order of who's got the who's got the permits and who doesn't on on the location and then parochial fights in town. How come
the leash how come dogs are off leash in my neighborhood and not elsewhere? Or how come we don't have an unleashed um area in my neighborhood? it'll just be a bureaucratic nightmare. So, there's no good reasons for such. The system works now as is. And there are no I've checked with animal control and I've done I did
this a dozen years ago when BB Woods was the subject. There are no reports of animal u uh animal injuries or people injuries um to this despite the anecdotes that sometimes you see in a letter to the paper there is no evidence of such. So, um it works as it is now
and I and I hope that you leave it as such. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Okay, seeing none, we will move into our committee interviews. The first interview we have is for the Veterans Council Committee, Brian
Kalinan. Is Brian here? Come up to the podium, please, sir. Is there anything that you would like the board to know about you that is not in your application? Uh, no. I think it's complete. Okay. Anyone on the board have any questions or comments about Mr.
Kalanians. Yes, Miss Goldstone. I'm just curious why now? Uh, it's a good question and I don't have a an adequate answer for it. Finally waking up. Slow learner. Just Mr. Mscali, just a question. I sure have you been to any of the meetings.
Yes, I've been to a couple of them so far and uh I think that I can contribute somewhat to them. Any kind of good ideas that you think you know? Yes, I do, but I'd rather float them by them first before they surface in this area. Okay.
Any other questions or comments? I'd make a motion to appoint Brian Callahan Kalinan to the uh Veterans Council Committee. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in
favor? I. Thank you for your willingness to serve. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Appreciate it. Madam Chair, can I make an announcement real quickly? Yes. Folks, uh, in the doorway, if you could come in, there's some seats over here on the far side. We just can't have anybody, uh, blocking the entrance. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Enshaw. Um,
next we'll move into the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging committee, Jim Newman. And Mr. Newman, I'll ask you the same question. Is there anything that you would like the board to know about you that is not in your application? I don't think so. Thank you. Okay.
Questions or comments for Mr. Newman? Miss Goldstone, you may decline to answer on the same grounds as the the last applicant, but I'm curious um what you see as particularly pressing needs in the area of DEIB at the moment. I'm hoping to get educated on that. Um I I
would be maybe speaking out of school to really speculate. Um I think that committee is searching for a bit of a direction from what I've seen. Um hopefully I can contribute to that and sort of contribute just to keeping the committee organized. Um and I can add
some diversity which is nice. So excellent. I think we're all familiar with Mr. Newman's many uh community uh activities and absolutely I for one think he'd be a a great addition to the uh DEIB committee. Is that a motion, Mr.
Mscali? Happy to make it unless someone else would like to. Uh sure. Um, I move appointment of Jim Newman to the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging committee. I'll second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Madam Chair, could we just specify the
uh the date of appointment? So, it's through June just had it uh June 30, 2027. And that's a good reminder if you're going to make the motion, please read the motion that is in your packet. Thank you. I would just comment that I've known Mr. Newman for several years and I'm sure he'll do a fine job on this
committee. Thank you. Okay. So, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor? I I unanimous. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your willingness to serve. Okay. Short-term rental advisory committee. Um Mr. Gesson
is not able to be here. Um he his flight he was coming back from Portugal and his flight got delayed. So, unfortunately, he cannot make it. So we will interview the other candidates and then have a conversation about how we move forward.
So could we start with Cara Foley? Is Cara here? Okay, Mr. Crane. Good evening. Good evening. Is there anything in your uh you would like the board to know that is not included in your application? Thank you. No, Madam
Chair. Okay. Questions or comments from the board? I would comment that Mr. Crane was very involved with the uh previous working group and shared a lot of thoughts and comments and uh I think you attended all the meetings. Am I right about that? Some of them. I can't
say all um maybe. Okay. Yep. Anything that you would like to say to us? I think you all should know me a bit by now and I submitted I think a good application. I hope you'll select me. Okay. Thank you. Thanks. Elizabeth
Klene, welcome. Is there anything you would like us to know that is not included in your application? Well, I think you've all gotten to know me like Mr. crane through the work of the um the working group through the planning board. Um I think I've shown that I'm willing to do
leg work in between. Um and I'd just like to um mention that again that I'm I'm willing to use personal time to do research, make phone calls, and try and connect with other communities. Um but I recognize that there's um a nice list of of applicants and so if I'm not
selected, I do plan on still participating as a member of the public um to stay engaged in the issue. So thanks for your time. Great. Any questions or comments? Miss Goldstone. Miss Klein, you mentioned research that you've been doing both as a member of the affordable housing committee and and on your own. Um, can you just share a
little bit of what that that research has been about and what you've been finding? Sure. Um, so the when the planning group or the the working group started meeting last year, for example, I provided a list of what other
communities on Cape are doing as far as any regulations related to short-term rentals. Um, I got that information by going on to town websites and when I couldn't discern from the town website because sometimes town websites are not super easy to navigate, um, I was
willing to get on the phone and call and talk to, um, town planners or town managers. Um, about the work that they were doing in their community, um, read through the housing production plan multiple times. uh have done things like
gathered research that Provincetown has done through the Donahghue Institute um and uh I I've continue to follow and keep a breast of of short-term rental related changes on Cape Cod in specifically. Thank you. Any other
comments or questions for the applicant? I I would comment similarly that Miss Klein was very active participant with the working group and she her her information was very helpful I think. Thank you Mr. Brown. Thank you. Thanks Ann
Pride. Is Anne Pride here. Okay. Kelly McKan, welcome. Hi. Um, I suppose this was in my application, but I will just reiterate that I have been renting in Falmouth for since 2016 and I've lived in over a
dozen rentals in town and in that time I've seen a lot of yearround Speak a little bit louder. Oh, am I not Is it Is that better? Is it on? Is it on? Is it Is it not on? Sounds low. Is that Try again. There you go. Okay. Um, I've been
renting in Falmouth since 2016. In that time, I've lived in over a dozen different houses. In my time, I've seen a lot of year- round rentals become short-term rentals at the expense of year-round housing. And I just think it will be important to approach short-term rentals with the perspective of how it
affects our year-round housing supply. And for that reason, I think it's important that a renter um be on this committee. But I'll echo what Liz said. there's some good applicants and if I am not selected I think I will remain
engaged um in the public comment process. Thank you. Any questions or comments? Um Mr. Brown, I was curious. I don't recall did you did attend some of the meetings? I attended the first one only.
That's right. You said that in your um but I had work commitments at the other uh times. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Charles McAffrey. Okay. So, this is interesting. We um these folks respond to the invest and
they also we did confirm their attendance. Yes. Thank you. With the exception, as you noted, Madam Chair, of Mr. Gesson, who's unavailable, right? So, we have had the ability to interview three people. We've had one, two, three,
four who are on our list who are not here and we need one as a realtor. So, one realtor has not shown up as well. Correct. That's a requirement of the committee. Could we maybe table this in case they show up late? Maybe they thought it was
supposed to start at 7 like the old time and just didn't pay attention to the schedule yet. I have I have a question though. Um if we proceed and decide you know at least two the two at large assuming no one else shows can the committee get up and running even though
it's not fully we cannot madam chair I'd feel more comfortable um tableabling this until we're able to offer an opportunity for for Mr. guessing to interview given that his he was pl he planned to be here um and is
unable um to I would I would disagree only in that he can't do a phone or video on May 5th um based on the open meeting law um and that would push us off until the 20th
and I think that's a long time to wait to get this committee together to get started just one corre the 19th actually 19th correct I I agree with the chair as as much as I'd be very anxious to hear Mr.
guest and I know of his, you know, involvement in the in the community and he's, you know, on the assembly of delegates and has been, you know, pushing for housing uh solutions here in the county. Uh I don't think we can wait. I'm sorry that we can't, you know,
fully staff it uh staff it this evening, but uh at the very least I hope we can at at our next meeting on May 5th or perhaps this evening if my guess might be correct that other folks might come a little later if we could return
to the item. We can certainly uh put it off to see if other people show up. Um we can give it some time. I I just there are people so many people don't show up. That's that's my concern. But the other thing is we do have people
that did show up and did show up on time to be interviewed. So that's the other um side of the coin. Go ahead. If we do put this off to May 5th, we won't need those people to come back. Is that No, that's correct. Exactly. Exactly. Just so they know. Yes. So I guess the
question is Hold on one second. I guess what I heard you say, correct me if I'm wrong. Could we hold off until later in this meeting? Am I correct? That was my first suggestion. Yeah. So, why don't we start with that and see if the some of the people uh McCaffrey, Foley, Pride,
let's see if they show up. If not, I I think, you know, we we might want to move to at least a point two tonight. Okay. If that sounds fair to the board. Okay. So, we can hold on that um a little bit. Yes, Mr. Zinsky. I certainly wouldn't hold the people that were here,
you know, they shouldn't have to wait here. Agree. You know, they were here on time, so I mean, they can be voted in in an abstentia, right? They don't have to be here. Sure. Right. I mean, it's unfair to keep these people here that have already been here. Correct. The the the board's policy just says that the
candidates need to be interviewed, right? So, they have been interviewed and your chance isn't jeopardized if you leave and you've already been interviewed. Not at all. It's not by me. Not at all. Okay. So, we will move on and we will hold our vote to see if some
other candidates show up. Um, and I do do that just a bit begrudgingly because of the candidates who did show up on time and who are ready for their interviews. So, we can move on to public hearings and our first public hearing. Mr. Zillinsky, for the notice, please.
Thank you, Madam Chair. In accordance to Massachusetts General Law, chapter 87, sections 3 and 4, a public hearing will be held on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:45 p.m. The selectman's meeting office at 59 Town Hall Square, Falmouth, Mass,
to consider the removal of the following public trees. Location, Quaker Road opposite Highland A. Removal of two trees, a red oak and a pitch pine sized at 16 in and 11 12 in. reasoning. Trees will impact sight line of new parking
lot being built for the 300 committee. These trees identified above have been posted for public inspection. Any objections to their removal must be submitted in writing to the tree warden prior to or during the hearing. The mailing address for the tree warden is
Department of Public Works, Town of Falmouth, 416 Griffith Street, Falmouth, Mass 02540. Email Jeremiah. at falmouthma.gov. Phone number 508-4572543 extension 30008.
Mr. Pearson, welcome. Good evening. Jeremiah Pearson, Tree Wart for the town of Palmouth. Uh, raise that mic up just a hair. Perfect. This better. You're tall. Yeah. So, these two trees have been identified as problematic trees for sighteline issues. uh when the engineer
went out to set up plot plan for the upcoming parking lot for the 300 committee. Um both trees are border trees from the woodland and they've been extremely cut back due to extensive utility line clearance. So they're pretty much just sticks. Um I'm my
opinion would be to remove the trees and have two new trees planted in a better spot on County Road. questions from the board. Mr. Mscali, what would be the uh maturity of the
trees that would be planted or and uh sorry, the tree size is usually between two and two and a half inch caliber trees, so they're about 7 feet tall. They're exact age. They're they're young trees, but uh putting in very large caliber trees is also hard to manage
because of the watering needs. Understanding those constraints, um would it be possible to do a 2:1 um planting two trees for each tree that's cut down given that the ones that will be planted will be much smaller?
Yes, that could that could happen. Yes. Two trees per each tree. So, four trees total. Yes. Yeah. Any other questions, Mr. Zillinsky? So, your testimony is that they do they do you consider them a public safety hazard the way they stand up? Um well the engineer identified them
as a public safety hazard for sighteline issues. So yes, that's all. Any other questions from the board comments? Any comments from the public regarding this hearing? Yes, sir. You need to come up
to the podium, please, and introduce yourself. Hello. Uh my name is Raymond Glass. I live on Quaker Road at 702. Uh pretty close to where the parking lot is going to be. Um uh myself and other neighbors have gone
up and down Quaker Road. I know the stretch well. Uh I'm not against taking those particular trees down, but I really don't think they'll do anything. It'll do anything to improve these sight lines. There's a hill, a rise, excuse me, a
little out of breath. Um, there's a rise in earth uh that I think would do that's probably going to do more in terms of obstructing the parking lot entrance or exit uh as opposed to these trees. That's really all I have to say.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments from the public? Okay. Seeing none, I would entertain a motion to close the hearing. So moved. Second. Okay. Have a motion and a second to close the hearing. Any further discussion amongst the boards? Seeing none, all those in favor?
Discussion amongst the board. To to the point that that I think Mr. Mscali began. Um you know, I think we have a practice of uh cutting mature trees and then thinking that a much smaller tree is a onetoone replacement. um when in fact that that's just
biologically, physically not the case. And so I would like to to ask for um that 2:1 uh planting of replacement trees in in this case. Would agree with that. That's a good suggestion.
Any other comments about the uh sight lines? Are there other concerns about the sight lines from that? I Jessica Whitenower is here from the 300 commun if she can speak on that. Hi, thank you Jeremiah and thank you uh
for scheduling this hearing for this evening. The 300 committee land trust. I should introduce myself first. Jessica Written, executive director of the 300 committee land trust. Um our board member Leonard Johnson is with us and consultant um Katherine Garaoley from the compact of Cape Cod Conservation
Trusts. Uh Tom Bunker of BSS design was the consultant hired by the 300 committee. Uh the scope of work that we gave to Tom Bunker was to evaluate the Quaker Road frontage of the land that the 300 committee was acquiring through
the community preservation and the land grant. the two items public safety number one consideration knowing that this site would become a publicly accessible trail head for um as part of the 300 committee's land holdings. So
his task was to identify along the frontage the best location for public safety of vehicles entering and exiting and minimizing natural resource disturbance. So that was the sweet spot. Tom conducted the calculations, of course, provided all of that information
to the DPW engineering division when we submitted the driveway permit. And my understanding is that uh you know the the the site visit that the DPW engineering division conducted identified these two trees. Uh but the permit uh approval process from the
engineering division did include that the review of of all of Tom Bunker's information and and the site distance plan and that was a certainly a concern for the 300 committee wanting to ensure that uh you know public safety is is a number one priority. Great. Okay. Thank
you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Madam Chair, I would move approval of the removal of one pitch pine and one red oak uh uh as the trees will impact the sighteline of the new parking lot construction on Quaker Road opposite
Highland A uh with an amendment to the proposal to plant uh four trees replacement on in another location along County Road. Okay. And I would second that motion. Okay. We have a motion and a second on the floor. Any further discussion amongst the board?
Seeing none, all those in favor. I unanimous. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you, Mr. Zillinsky. For the second hearing, please. Thank you, Madam Chair. In accordance to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 87, sections 3 and 4.
Public hearing will be held on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:45 p.m. in the Selectman's meeting room at 59 Town Hall Square, Falmouth, Mass. Consider the removal of the following public trees. Location 780
Main Street. Removal of five Little Leaf Lynons. Sizes: 22 in, a 17 in, a 16 in, a 16, uh, I'm sorry, a 16 1/2, and another 16 1/2. Reasons Scranton and Main
Intersection Widening Project. The trees identified above have been posted for public inspection. Any obstruction, any objections to their removal must be submitted in writing to the tree warden prior to the or during the hearing. The
mailing address for the tree warden is Department of Public Works, Falmouth, Mass, 416 Gford Street, Falmouth, Mass 02540. Email Jeremiah uh.pearson at falmouthma ma.gov.
Phone number 508-457 2543 extension 30008. Thank you Mr. Zinsky. Mr. Pearson. Hello again. Yes. So all these trees uh their root systems have been deeply impacted
by all the construction that's been going on on that project. Um I feel that that the trees will be unstable. Um, and removing these trees would allow us to replant big trees and we're going to be making that whole area uh more
aesthetically pleasing with the new wall. We're going to be planting ornamental trees and eventually we'll we will putting up banners there for town banners. Um, so it will be it will be a more aesthetic area. Um, but I do feel
like the trees are compromised because of the loss of roots. questions from the board. Mr. Mskelli and and the town will be responsible for planting and paying for these these. Yes, correct. I'm just curious that this wasn't considered when everything was
approved with respect to the widening and what's going on there that we were going to lose these trees. Well, these trees are not in the town right away. They are public trees and there was some misunderstanding of I I consider these still you know something would need a
sha tree hearing um but other people did those misunderstanding. Fair enough. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Miss Goldstone I understand the proposal is to replant um smaller
ornamental trees in this location. That's correct. Does the town have another location? I mean, we're losing really significant 50-ft tall mature trees um that are a pollinator resource as
well as um the carbon that they're they're currently storing. Um I would like to see some sort of replanting plan to make up for some of that in addition to the ornamental trees that would be put in that location. I could give you that. We do we replanted probably seven
trees just this week. We plant about 80 trees a year. So, we try to keep up with this the best we can. Obviously, resources is a big big part of that. Um because my the tree department is is very busy. But yes, I I could we could do supplemental plantings beyond the
five that's going to be replaced. Any other questions or comments? Any comments on this application from the public? Okay, seeing none, I would entertain a motion to close the hearing. So move
second. Okay. I have a motion and a second to close the hearing. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. Discussion amongst the board. Once again, uh member Goldstone keeps uh your feet to the fire with
respect to uh replanting and making things better. So, I certainly think the suggestions and as agreed to by Jeremiah is a is a good plan and I would uh move the approval. I do have a question. Go ahead. How
close is the wall? These are pictures from before. How close is the wall to the actual tree canopy? Uh it's within the drip line. Some some of it's about a foot. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. until all their roots
have been drastically impacted. Okay. I think the wall that they put up looks great by the way. Um so to clarify it would I would move that uh we uh approve the application of the town engineer for the removal of five little leaf lynen trees to accommodate the project to
widen the intersection at Screen A and Main Street. Okay. So you have read the official motion and did we have a second? Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second. Miss Goldstone. Uh, I would like to see the motion amended to include supplemental plantings uh to
account for the carbon and pollinator resources lost with these trees. Okay, so we have an amended motion. Do I have a second on the amendment? Second. Okay, we have an amended motion and we have a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in
favor? I I Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'll move into our third hearing. Uh, Mr. Zillinsky for the notice, please. Thank you, Madam Chair. Notice is hereby given under chapter 1401 183 alpha of general laws as amended by
chapter 299 of the acts of 1926 and amendments there too that Megantit Circle Incorporated doing business as Daily Brew located at 412 North Falmouth Highway, North Falmouth, Mass has applied for an entertainment license and
a Sunday entertainment license. A hearing on the above application will be held in the select board meeting room Falmouth town hall April 28th 2025 at 6:45 p.m. Comments may be sent to the to
select board at falmouth ma.gov per order of the select board licensing board Nancy Robins Taylor Edwin P. Zalinsky I Douglas C Brown Robert P MScali Heather MH Goldstone Thank you
Mr. Mr. Zalinski, Attorney Clower, are you here to represent the applicant? I am. Yes. Thank you, sir. Uh, good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board. For the record, my name is Kevin Clower. I'm an attorney here in town and I'm before you this evening representing. Can you speak up, Kevin? Of course.
Um, I try not to because that's going to reverberate too much. But, um, again, for the record, Kevin Clower. I'm an attorney here in town and I'm before you this evening representing John and Kathy Hickeyi uh who are the members of McGanton Circle LLC and the owners of
the Daily Brew. Uh we are before you seeking a common vixular license and an entertainment license for the location at 412 North Fmouth Highway. Understand these are two separate matters. So we'll be addressing the entertainment license first. Um, it is perhaps the worst kept secret in town that the Daily Brew is
intending to purchase the Silver Lounge location which has recently ceased operations. Uh, Daily Brew is a coffee shop and restaurant serving primarily uh, breakfast and lunch. Uh, they are applying for an entertainment license because their intent is to have uh, one
or two musicians providing entertainment, indoor entertainment only uh, as presently occurs at their Katam location. I should note that the Katama location will be closed and the entirety of the operation will be relocated to the 412 North Falmouth Highway. Can I
ask one quick question? Did I hear you say indoor entertainment only? Yes, we're not requesting outdoor entertainment. Thank you. I just wanted to clarify that. Thank you. Y um so the hours do run from 10:00 a.m. until 10 p.m. because they do intend to hold some occasional special events or dinner
services, but the primary purpose of this is as a breakfast and lunch and coffee shop. Um, it's my understanding that the Silver Lounge has held an entertainment license in this location for many years and has been the site of a restaurant since 1938. I believe all the other information that the board
needs is included in the application package. However, I would be glad to address any questions that you may have at this time. Questions from the board? Yeah, clarify the the hours of operation because it seems like the application
says 10:00 a.m. to 12 a.m. Uh, but you just said 10:00 p.m. So, realistically, anytime you apply for an application, an entertainment license, you typically go a little beyond when you intend to actually operate. Their their their primary purpose here is as a
breakfast and lunch location. However, they they they do intend to do some special events or occasional dinner services. So, they'd like to have the ability to go into the evening uh as needed. Evening is one thing to 12 a.m. is uh is completely other situation.
Yeah. Question. I'm going to go to Mr. Zinsky and I'll come back to Mr. Brown. Can you refresh my memory? Let's get ample parking there. How many parking spaces there? Uh about 80, I believe. No, more than 80. Um I can tell you in a second. Um we
have in the plans I believe it is No, it's about 80 parking spaces that are located there. Yeah, this business does cater quite a bit to the the military people out at Otis, too. You anticipate their patronage as well, even though we're moving just across the line. Yeah, I mean I just think the
location of this coming into Felmouth, one, coming into Felmouth is a great thing. Uh, two, I think it is something that the town needs certainly in that area of town. And and three, I think it provides a service that we don't really have and and we'll will draw from a number of different places, but we have, as you've noted, Mr. Mr. Zinsky, ample
parking at this location. Um, we're not changing the exterior. We're not changing the parking lot. We're not changing the footprint of the building. There will be some upgrades to the interior, but uh otherwise, it's going to, you know, be very much as has operated for almost 100 years. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Chair. And just wanted to get a
little better sense of the nature of the entertainment. Will this be uh like a function room in the evening? Is that the idea? It's uh there was a dining room um where a few tables can be relocated to accommodate entertainment space. What we're talking about realistically for the most part one or
two musicians. The application states one to three, but I if you're having uh breakfast, lunch, coffee shop, it's it's one to two people for the most part. Yeah. I'm just curious about the need for the 12:00 entertainment time if you're not serving dinner. What what
what kind of entertainment? So, there's a number of there's a number of businesses in town that don't necessarily operate in the evening all the time, but have entertainment license that go into the evening to 11 or 12:00 p.m. because periodically they do host events. So, I think that what they're trying to do here is, you know, there
could be a rehearsal dinner there one one evening. Um, and you could take that dining room and make it more of a function space where you'd have a few musicians playing there. There could be any number of private events that could be done there. But they're not intending to operate this as a as a kunident um
where you where the primary purpose is is function space. It's just something else to supplement the business. Okay. I'm going to go to Mr. Mscali and then Miss Goldstone. Yeah. Again, I hate to be a stickler with the hours, but the actually the license that's part of the
application says u Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. which would seem to be inconsistent with what what what you've said before. I just want to point that out and that's kind of where my Sure. No, that would be Yeah, that would be an error in the I just want to make sure
it's right so that we know what uh what's going to be going on there. Thank you, Kevin. Thank you, Mr. Mscali. Miss Goldstone. Yeah, I'll just say as um a fan of Daily Brew where it currently is um that I'm uh excited to see the the opportunity for their expansion and and to see someone else moving into this
iconic space um and I think the ability to to have some music um as they've had both at the the silver and um at Daily Brew in the past is is a reasonable request. I would agree with you. Any other questions or comments from the board? I I'm just I know that the town,
if I may go ahead, I know that the town and other spots have have been thirsting, pardon the pun, for for something like this, a little more cultural, a little more folksy, and I was big on the parking thing, the safety aspect of it, being able to house all
the cars and all this, and and function area is big enough to do just that. So, I think I really like the idea myself. What about the store? The store, that's where the dining room will be. Okay. Yeah, the dining room's expanding into the store. Okay, keep in the caboose.
Okay, any other questions from the board? Any comments from the public on this application? Yes, I will get to you as well, sir. Okay, let her go first. Hi. Can you hear me? Yes. Um, I'm Nancy Weiner
Bizinerary. I'm Bill and Lee Weiner's daughter, uh, the owners back in the day of the Silver Lounge restaurant. Um, I do have property at six Winslow Road, uh, which abuts the Silver Lounge. I think that, um, my question
was the same as yours was parking. Uh, I didn't know what kind of venue they were going to have and I had heard that it was going to be Uncle Bill's Country Store, uh, where they would have some entertainment, which my parents would greatly appreciate. um they were big
into music and so I think this town definitely needs that. But my only question is once again the parking situation um with the people that live down Winslow Road, will that affect them? If it gets too big and if it is just two or
three people then it won't be um but if you were going to have a venue that has for weddings or things like that then there would be a problem. So that's the only issue I see. So I think they would have to talk to their abutters um the
businesses to see if they could use their parking lots uh when they do do that if that's a possibility. So that's the only issue I see. But other than that, I am very pleased that the Silver Lounge uh will stay um and my parents
would be too. And I wish the owners all the best at the Daily Brew. So, I think it will be a great addition. So, thank you very much. Great. Mr. Clower, do you want to address any of those concerns or you want to wait until we get all the public comment? Sir,
yes, please. You need my name and address? Yeah, I just need your name. Uh, Patrick Bennett, 27 Winslow Road. Um, what hours do you intend to have the Sir, please, sir, please address the
board. Okay. I'm sorry. You address your concerns to the board and then we'll give Mr. Clower an opportunity to answer them. Okay. Um, actually, how many days of the week will you be having entertainment? What is it? Just Saturday and Sunday or
throughout the whole week. Okay. Do you have another question? And then I'll ask him to come up and answer all of them. Um, are there any plans for outdoor entertainment? Okay. And then um you did answer the other. That's all I have. Okay. Thank
you, sir. I'm sorry. Thank you. So, could you address the questions? You can have a seat, sir. About the parking in case there is a big event, how many days a week for entertainment, and is there any plan for outdoor entertainment? I
think I represented the three questions. Um in reverse order, I guess. Um there was no plan for outdoor entertainment. And to the extent that they wanted to have outdoor entertainment, they would have to come back before this board, but we're not requesting that at this time uh with no real intent to do so moving
forward. Um the hours of operation this will generally be um you know early afternoon into mid-afternoon. Again, we have the we're looking to have the ability to have the occasional evening event or a special event or function. Uh
that is not the primary purpose of this establishment. it is to serve as a coffee shop, small restaurant. Um, and the days, uh, we've requested, you know, we requested a seven-day license. This is indoor entertainment that, you know, the town has very specific rules about
amplification and where noise can be heard. And if there was an issue, it can be brought before this board, and we have to come back to renew this on a yearly basis anyways. Um, so, you know, in the in the summertime, I think you'd have entertainment more days than not. In the winter, probably not nearly as much. Um, it doesn't make sense to have
someone playing on a Tuesday in February, but it pro it very well might make sense to have someone playing on a Tuesday in July. And just the parking issue, if there were to be a a really big event, so our capacity is limited by part of what limits our capacity is
parking and we have a specific capacity number that is set. Um, it's on the plans. My my plans that are in front of me are just a little bit too small. I I have a PD I have a a flash drive I can pull up if need be. Uh but you know when we go through this process with the building department they look at how
many seats are proposed that dictates the parking and our our occupancies tied to that. And if we exceed that we have other problems. Um if in the event that there was an event that drew more I mean we we have a capacity of under 200. So
and we have almost 80 parking spaces. Generally speaking it's two seats per parking space as the parking requirement. So, I think that we have more than enough parking for the available occupancy. Okay, great. Mr. Brown, outside of uh these unique events
that you mentioned, what would be the normal operating hours of the business? Um, you it would likely go into the early evening, four, five, six. Okay. Any other comments on this application from the public?
You have another one? I don't have. Okay, come on up. take one more comment. Now, I just want to say I grew up in this town and we used to have a lot of entertainment and I would love to see
that come back and I think that they have proven that that's what they want to do and I think they would be respectful. I don't know this couple but um I think it's a definite plus for the town. Great. Thank you. Any other public
comment? Okay. Seeing none, I would entertain a motion to close the hearing. So move. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second to close the hearing. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I I unanimous, Madam Chair. Okay. Discussion amongst the board. Mr. Zalinski. If
there's no discussion, I'll make I'll move. Let me just Is there any discussion? No. Okay. I think we've heard it. Okay. Uh, madam chair and uh, fellow board members, I'd make a a motion to approve the application submitted by McGans at Circle uh, Incorporated doing business as Daily
Brew. I would second that motion. Okay, we have a motion and a second on the floor. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, Madam Chair, excuse me, sir. Um, given the inconsistencies that Mr. Mscali found in the license, do we need to clarify the hours of that entertainment license? I
think we should amend them. So 10:00 a.m. till midnight Monday through Saturday and 11:00 a.m. through midnight Sunday. Yes. Thank you. I'll accept uh Mosul's amendment to my motion. Okay. And I will second the motion. Any further discussion amongst
the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. It's unanimous. Thank you very much. Thanks, Ken. Okay. Thank you. I'm still the next one, too. I know. Well, we're not there yet. Do you think you're going to keep up the old wooden sign over there? I I don't I haven't gotten into that
level of detail, but I we can ask. Neat little landmark feature. Okay, we're going to move into business. Consider a vote to approve an application. I'll take the sign. Thank you very consider a vote to approve an application submitted by Means Circle,
Inc. doing business as the Daily Brew for a common Victor license to be exercised at 412 North Felmouth Highway, North Felmouth. Does the board have any questions regarding this application? Just to clarify though, the hours for this are 6:00 a.m. to 11 p.m. Yeah, I
mean you you know you realistically you stop food service well before. Okay. Just again that's that's what the application says in case somebody wants one last cup of coffee. Right. 6 o'clock 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. That's the coffee. I only care about the morning. I don't
care about the other stuff. 6 o'clock I need my coffee. I've already had three cups by then. Any questions regarding this application? Okay. This is not a hearing, so we do not take uh public comment on this. Any further discussion amongst the board? Madam chair, make a motion to approve
the applications by McGantet Circle, Inc. doing business as Daily Brew for common visual license as presented tonight. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I I unanimous. Thank
you. Good luck with the new business. Thank you all very much. Really appreciate your time. Love it. Okay, we're going to move on. Consider to vote uh vote to approve an application submitted by the Secos Shores
Association for a change of manager of its all alcoholic beverages seasonal club license to be exercised at 7 Fairview Laneies Falmouth. Mr. Renshaw, please. Thank you, Madam Chair. Secure Association is a seasonal folks
folks. We need to move on. Thank you, Mr. Clower. Okay, I'm sorry. [Laughter] Go ahead. Thanks, Madam Chair. The association is a seasonal all alcoholic
beverages club licensed to operate from April through November 30th from 8:00 a.m. to 12 midnight with Sunday hours from 10:00 a.m. to 12 midnight. Seating capacity for 127 guests. The club, as you know, also has entertainment and Sunday entertainment licenses. A
complete application was received by in the select board office on March 27th of this year. A town of Felmouth background check was completed on March 12th. The proposed manager listed several years of restaurant management experience on the application and upon review of the
application there were no objections found by the police fire rescue department or the health departments. Madam chair, it's my recommendation that the select board approve the application by Sro Shores Association for a change of manager for his all alcoholic beverages seasonal club license.
Questions or comments from the board? Go ahead, Mr. Mscali. Do are do we have a complete application because all I see with respect to this manager as employment information starts May 24 to 125
uh and another one 522 to 124. Is there is there more than that that's attached or is is that it? Just want to clarify. Madam chair, select board member Kelly, uh the the materials that you have in your application are complete. That was what was submitted to the select board office.
Any other questions or comments? Is there anyone here from the Sea Coores Association? Yes. Could you just in case and maybe to answer your question, Mr. Mscali? Hello. Hi, my name is Kate Samson.
Welcome. Can you just expand a little bit on on your past experience? Of course. Yes. Um, I actually held a liquor license in MASHBY. I used to run the um Pompus at Raw Bar for years. Um, I opened up both the Estas. Um, I started in MASHBY and
then I went to um, Falmouth Estia. Um, I worked for I I changed over the Warf um, in Falmouth that used to be Sopranos. Um, and then someone else bought the building. So, I decided to uh go for something more, you know, where there
wasn't an end date. Um, and Cos Shores approached me and I took it on. Go ahead, Mr. Brown. Are you the certified? Uh, I'm all the certifies. Yes. Okay. I just didn't see that in here. Yeah, I missed that, too.
Am I correct that this is not open to the public? Is that correct? It's not open to the public. It's just for the members. Yes, members only. Thank you. Any other questions or comments of the applicant?
Okay, I would entertain a motion. Motion to approve the application for a change of manager of a seasonal all alcoholic beverages club license C Coast Shores Association, 7 Fairview Lane, East Falmouth, as presented. Second Skull Stones motion then chair. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Any further
discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I I. It's unanimous. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh we're going to move on to C. Do we have a PowerPoint from you, Attorney Moahan? Yes, ma'am. Was it submitted? Yes, it was. M. Okay. Thank you, Mr.
Wshaw. Thank you, Madam Chair. As Attorney Moahan is setting up, I'll just go through an overview of the project. As you all know, the project is located at 419 quite highway and comprises a total of 3.8 acres. The project is a collaborative effort with the 300 committee land trust, Felmouth Housing
Trust, and the Massachusetts Department of Recreation. Lot one of the project site is approximately 1.1 acres and the trust plans to construct five single family homes for home ownership. Of those five homes, two will be deed restricted at 80% of the area median income or AMI.
One home will be deed restricted at 100% of the AMI and two homes will be deed restricted at 120% of the AMI all in perpetuity. There will be two two there will be two three-bedroom homes and three two-bedroom homes. On February I'm
sorry on September 9th, 2024. The select board of trustees of the Felmouth affordable housing fund approved funding in the amount of $650,000 for construction of the five redistricted homes. On January 21st of this year, the trust submitted an application to the
Felmouth World Housing Fund requesting funding in the amount of $25,000 for predevelopment costs. On February 26th of this year, the trust met with the Felmouth Affordable Housing Fund Working Group, which gave a favorable recommendation to my office. And on
March 13th, the town manager office sent a memorandum to the community preservation committee with positive recommendation. and the CPC met on March 27th and gave their positive recommendation to the select board as trustees of the Felmouth Affordable
Housing Fund. And I believe Miss Mohan is ready to give her presentation. Thank you, Mr. Enshaw. Welcome. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board. Um, I am Laura Moahan. For the record, I am the executive director and in-house counsel for the Falmouth Housing Trust.
Um, just a brief overview. Although I see you're about 20 minutes ahead of schedule. So, does that mean I get an extra 20 minutes, Madam Chair? No way. Go away. Nice try. Go ahead. Anyway, so um, just briefly to refresh your memory, this
parcel was acquired. Hold on one second. Do we have an issue? Just go right ahead. Oh, okay. Thank you. Sorry about that. It's okay. Parcel was acquired
originally by the 300 committee um in 2024 for open space and affordable housing. Um it was divided so that 1.1 acres was made available for housing and 2.7 acres for open space. And the DCR
acquired the 2.7 acres closest to the pond for open space preservation that'll be managed by Webner. and the housing trust acquired the 1 acre closest to the road. Um, and Webner does plan to uh
develop a trail system to connect the other green parcels that you see for the public. Um, we have now been through the zoning board and have received our comprehensive permit and we are starting the road work uh this week. So, the site
clearing has been done. We have building permit applications in. This is the uh color plan showing the location of the five homes. We've um tried to uh develop develop the village setting running uh
uh east to west along the quite highway with traditional New England architecture. Um, our buildings will be solar and EV ready and the visitability features requested by the working group um will be incorporated wider doorways
on the first floor for um handicapped accessibility as well as the first floor bathrooms. This is a rendering of uh what is now going to be called Bigalow Landing Road. So there are the four homes um running uh along quite highway
and then you can see one home tucked in the back. Clancy construction will be doing the work for us as general contractor. And we have a tiered affordability for the project. So two homes at 80%, one at 100% and two homes
at 120% AMI. And this is just a picture of the uh construction that Clancy does on some of our other homes, which will be similar here. The sale prices you'll see here for the two-bedroom, the three-bedroom at 80% AMI. Um and then
the 100% AMI, two-bedroom, and then the 120% AMI. Um two-bedroom and three-bedroom home. obviously well below the current median sales price in town at about 800,000. So this is workforce
housing. It's middle inome housing. Um you're really looking at families that are in the 90,000 to 150,000 um income range per household typically roughly.
So our pre-development costs were hefty. Uh we had about 62,000 in engineering and survey. We had to do some environmental testing and remediation on the existing dwelling because it contained lead and asbestous. So in
order to demolish it, we had to have a full evaluation of the building. Um and then we had to demolish it. So you see another 26,000 there in the demo costs. So the total pre-development costs were 107,000.
Um we are um looking at a $2.97 million budget between the land acquisition which the um affordable housing fund um graciously gave us the funds for that the building and structural and the soft costs um we get to almost 3 million for
five homes. So very expensive um undertaking with the construction. Now since um October uh when we had our last um specs and bids come in um due to the
rise in construction costs, the costs went up about 5 to 7% um with the mo more recent specs. So our budget went up. Um we're also dealing with interest rates close to 7% on construction
financing. So very expensive. Um the engineering and survey has been more than we originally anticipated. Um we were required to make numerous changes through the zoning board process. So that upped our engineering and survey
costs. Um and we ended up um designing to subdivision standards which um was also much more expensive than putting in a driveway. Um but those requests were made by the town to have an actual subdivision road in there and we um
honored that request. We also um were um voluntarily upgraded the septic systems to the Nitro advanced treatment systems um in connection with our collaboration with the 300
committee. Um the 300 committee donated $125,000 to that effort. Um that cost for those systems is about $200,000 um for the five homes. So again, another
cost added to the project, but we're happy to do it. Um we understand that that housing and open space and water resource protection all need to go hand in hand um in Falmouth. So uh we have a philanthropy fundraising number of
590,000. Um we're not quite there yet. This 25,000 will help us a great deal to offset some of those costs. So that's why we're here asking you for for that questions from the
board. I I I'll just make two comments. One, I'm really happy to hear about connecting the water to housing. I don't think you can talk about one without the other. Agreed. And the second piece I I will commend you on is the visitability because that has been an issue and I'm
very happy to hear that all of the units will will have that as well. Miss Goldstone and then Mr. Mscali. Oh, I believe Miss Go ahead. Uh my question is actually for Miss Fish. So if you have a question for So uh so it's going to be a town road. Yes. So uh will there be any
other expenses that the homeowners will Is it a homeowners association? Will there be a monthly uh charge or there'll be a homeowners association? Um, you know, in designing this development, we have to always think carefully about HOA fees um
because we want our buyers to be a to be able to be qualified for mortgages. So, we will create an HOA um because there will be um operation and maintenance um for the septic
systems. Um, the housing trust is going to fund the first 3 years, I believe it is, of the inspection costs for the homeowners because it's not something that we want to saddle the homeowners
with as soon as they um acquire these houses. Uh, these nitro systems have received provisional approval from the D, so they require testing and inspection four times a year. So, we're going to create the homeowners
association. We're going to fund it with probably 10 to 15,000 to fund the O andM for the homeowners for the first few years. This technology is expected to get general approval this year. So, that
and M go down to two years, but the board of health requires two years of quarterly inspections in any event. So, that's the long answer. The short answer is that um there will be a
nominal HOA fee. We're estimating maybe $100 a year for the homeowners to put into the um the HOA to just cover things like maybe landscaping at the entrance or something like that. But otherwise, they will be responsible all for their
own expenses and trails will be by the town as well. plowing and trash by the town. We had to design the road um to the requirements of the DPW engineering in order to have them agree to plow it.
So that was additional engineering costs there. Well, thank you and anticipated my questions as to the impact uh of those HOAs. We've seen some in instances where some of the purchasers in affordable housing developments have
been surprised the increase in their monthly maintenance charges. So, I appreciate what the housing trust is doing to keep that reasonable and and that's really good of you to do. Yeah. I mean, we we have the benefit of doing approvals for eligible buyers, so we
know what buyers can get approved for and what they can't get approved for. And there's the one thing you cannot do is impose an HOA or a condo fee that's you know realistically above, you know, a hundred or $150 a month because they
won't get qualified for mortgages. Um so so you always have to think about in planning these developments, you know, h how are the affordable homes going to pay an HOA fee in order to be able to afford to buy the home? So we try we sort of try to preempt those problems
down the road. And predevelopment costs, have we done that before? We have, right? We have several times. Several times, right, Miss Goldstone? Um, yeah. Thank you. And I'll preface my question for for Miss Fish by saying um I love
this project. Um I think I I love the partnerships between uh the 300 committee and Fmouth Housing Trust. I think that's um a really great partnership helping advance multiple of the town's goals. Um and everything that you've just shared um shows real
thoughtfulness um about um our housing needs, our environmental needs, the community's whole needs. Um, that said, I guess I'm just looking for a little reassurance from our housing coordinator, uh, given what we've already invested in this project,
given our limited affordable housing fund monies and the need to be creating 80 units of housing per year, that this is really the best use of that $25,000 that we could be drawing from our affordable housing fund. We had, for the
record, I'm Kim Fish, the housing coordinator. Um, in the early days when we discussed the $25,000 pre-development costs, we had an applicant and um, the working group was hesitant to recommend it to
town manager to re recommend to you because it's usually very early in the stages of the project where you don't know where it's going to go and it's a grant. It's not a no no interest loan. There's no mortgage. We're just giving it. um we were hesitant but we did grant
it and then we revised the policy and granted it to another project. But when we were discussing it and when we presented it um to the board, it was really on a case-bycase basis really looking at what's in what's coming down
the pike with other projects. Is is this project shovel ready? How far along is it? Um what the benefit of the town? Is it nonprofit for profit? And um this is really a good project and um they put
the IIA system in their costs had increased so significantly along the way that um the working group really felt that this is one of those projects that we I mean we really it this is one of those projects that absolutely it's
worth that $25,000 and we see how much they've already spent. It's not early on. So, we have the benefit of seeing what their pre-development costs are where in other projects we may not have that and we can
their pre-development costs had increased significantly especially tearing down that um other home that was already there. So, and we do have the funds in um the Fmouth affordable housing fund now. Thank you. You're
welcome. Mr. Brown, did you have a question? I would just comment that I do think it's a great project, too. And I'm thankful that you only asked for 25,000 when all your costs have gone up so significantly. So, thanks for your good work. Thank you. Appreciate that. Certainly echo what what what others
have said. It's a great project, good collaboration between the 300 committee, the housing trust and and the and the commonwealth of Massachusetts as well. So, very good project. I support it. Madam Chair, I move that the board acting as trustees of the Felmouth Affordable Housing Fund grant $25,000 to
Falmouth Housing Trust for the pre-development cost for the housing project located at 419 Wquite Highway and authorize the town manager to execute the documents setting forth the financial award to Falmouth Housing Trust. Second that. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board?
Seeing none, all those in favor? I unanimous. Thank you very much and for all your support. And if I could take two seconds to give a little plug for the starter home bylaw because this is a perfect example of where the starter home bylaw could be of such great
benefit. Four units per acre in a village setting. If there was a bylaw in place, this project could be you'd have building permits in two months. And a lot of these costs that we incur in in the housing world, the costs go up and
up and up because of the time it takes to get the permits, which in this case was over a year. So, just to plug how important we feel that starter home bylaw is to to for the town to be considering and hope that the select board will support it. Thank you very
much. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay, we're going to move on to a presentation and a discussion regarding the establishment of a cultural district. Welcome. Come on up. Sure. Oh, and I'd like to thank Miss
Fish as well. She's always helps me. I tell I can't see. Do you want to use this? Yes. Sure. We don't really need paper. All right. Can you all hear me? speak right in please and introduce
yourself. All right. Now, can you hear me? Yes. All right. Perfect. Well, thank you so much for your time. Uh there's many uh people from the cultural council here and I just want to acknowledge them. Uh especially Eileen Caro and George Sh who
um has worked with me for a year getting this information. Also Nikki Ingstrom, Ocean Eversley, and Sarah Anne Glover. So that's um that's how much people are really invested in this. Don't forget to tell us your name. Pardon me. Don't
forget to tell us don't forget. Oh yes. I always say I'm Alice Coochima. I'm the current chair of the Felmouth Cultural Council which acknowledges that a lot of people helped for many many years. In fact, it's the 45th anniversary of the local cultural councils.
Um, I'm going to go zippityda through this slideshow to give you plenty of time to ask me questions. Um, this is our mission statement and as you see uh to foster rich cultural life and contribute to the economic vitality of
our community. They are as this will show highly correlated. The more you invest in rich cultural life, the more economic um payback you get. This is just a place saver. This is what we're here to talk about. Um, cultural
districts for Felmouth Village and Woods Hole. That's the ideal. Um, and I just want to say we've done for a year we have talked to each uh cultural district on the Cape and Islands. There are 10
cultural districts in on the Cape. It's six towns. We either met with them in person or by phone or gotten um feedback in writing. We've also worked um with uh Caroline Cole from Mass Cultural Council
and um she is moving to a new uh position there and so we've also gotten feedback about what the future's going to be. Uh you have time to discuss this. This is not something that we want um a decision necessarily tonight. it would
be great. But um the portal will reopen on July 1st and we just want to give you as much information as you need to um you know consider this initiative. The purpose of a cultural district initially is to shine a
spotlight on the arts and culture and you may not know these two gentlemen. one is a Zigg or the Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Zigg the ZYG 808 um and his father Mallem Deunky professor and they are going to be performing at
Arts Alive and they're going to do individual programs. So, one of the things I want to spend a little time on is this statistic. This is from Mass Cultural Council. Our full-time artists do not
make a livable wage in general. they make 42,000 versus 58,000. Uh that is the livable wage of Massachusetts. This is from the federal census. George Sh who's a musician did a little more background um research and
he tells me that um musicians like uh the ZY 808, they only make 29,000 a year. So, if we can do more to promote the arts, it will really help our individual artists as well as our
nonprofits. Um, so the second thing that we're going to spend more time about is how cultural districts increase economic vitality by marketing to cultural tourists. Um, and this is I know you have all this
information which I did send by email. Thank you, Peter. Um, and this is the economic impact. This is from the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce. It's a study in 2023 um that uh direct visitor spending is
2.7 billion. Local tax revenue for Barnstable County is 88 million. I asked the chamber if they had it for Felmouth. They don't. They said I should ask the town. So maybe you all know how much um arts and culture gives back to the town.
We know it's it's a lot. Um but we don't have the ex exact number. Um what I want to say is when people attend a cultural event, they often make an outing out of it. So in addition to what they spend, let's say, going to a college light
opera musical, they'll go to a restaurant. If they're from out of town, they may stay overnight. So some of these categories are not discreet. They overlap. Um, so the thing that I want to also,
this is the piece of paper, Peter, I took a photo of this, um, and it didn't come out exactly as I wanted it to. What we are missing because we don't have uh cultural districts in Felmouth is um visit masses from the Massachusetts
Department of Travel and Tourism. Every place you go, this is from the Northshore. It will say this is, you know, are you looking for culture? And in if it was Cape Cod, it would be the other six towns who have cultural districts and we're not listed. So, I'm just saying if we could do this, we
would get more attention to our local cultural um assets, which we have many of. All right. I looked for um an image that would give you a visual of what um Mass Cultural Council tells us is that
91% of cultural districts report a 1300% increase in visits. and 240 new new uh businesses have opened. Um so you know I said that m
musicians make 29,000 dancers make $7,700 on average and they are below the poverty line. So I think if anybody could do this they should make a whole lot more money. Um this is just another piece of
information I want you to consider. The AE6 study is the most robust study of um economics. It means arts and economic progress study and this is for Hampton County. I asked mass cultural council
mass cultural council what's the most rigorous study that you have and they said this is it. And as you'll see, 77% of out of town visitors come to town specifically for a cultural event. And
64% of the non-locals and 51% of the locals report that the purpose of their trip was specifically tied to a cultural event. They would have gone elsewhere or they would not have come if it wasn't for the cultural event. Um, and this is
the $60 and the $38. That's additional money that they spend in addition to whatever the admission is for the cultural event. So again, it benefits Main Street businesses, it benefits our restaurants, it benefits everybody.
So, this is where I want to linger, an action plan, and this is where I want to sort of pull back a little bit and and just tell you um what um what we what this is from is the Mass
Cultural Council. We have met with Mike Renshaw on February 20th and um I checked it off Mike that we had support from the town manager's office and we can continue to talk about how to
actually implement this because that wasn't decided but you had all the information as well as some key points about what we've learned. Um, the next step would be a commitment from the select board with a resolution and I
gave you a sample resolution. Again, you don't have to do anything but think about it because we really need to start to implement this um once you're on board. Um, the next um
step once you're on board is community input meetings. What we've learned from the Mass Cultural Council, their advice is use the time that you have to engage and educate the community about developing cultural districts. Use
meetings to assess which community members like um uh two artists who live or work in the district. Um, and what we've talked about, Eileen and George and I, is really,
um, not having it be a top- down model to really have people really think it through together who they think would be, um, good working partners in a partnership. You have to have a partnership agreement before you do the application. And you can't um, apply
until the portal is open. And these applications are at least 33 pages long, which is why it's above my pay grade. And I really think that I'm asking the town to consider how to both apply and to manage cultural districts, which I
think would really help our arts community. The only other thing I'm going to say because there is one more slide but I'll say it now is everything we've learned from the six Cape Towns is do not rely
solely on volunteers. And I say that as a very committed volunteer that you really want to invest in ideally a full-time director of cultural affairs. Barnstable started out with a part-time one in one district and then they went
to a full-time coordinator. Haritch, the the latest has two districts and a full-time coordinator. That's it. So, we have Eileen and George. Do you have questions for us or comments? Questions or comments? Mr. Brown. I was
able to attend a uh virtual meeting with the Mass Cultural Council with Alice and some other folks and uh we preliminarily discussed where a cultural district might be and how big could it be and what type of limitations there are and the director said, you know, you design
your own and we'll see if we approve it, but there's no real model or or definition of where it could be. So I threw out maybe it could be all the way from the Felmouth Art Center up to Highfield Hall and yes and even perhaps
include uh FCTV which is just around the corner maybe. Yeah, it has to be navigable not walkable and since there's a bike path from Felmouth Village down to Woods Hall, you you would then that's what Haritch does. They have a rail
trail then you can connect them. Mhm. So, Miss Goldstone, related to that, um, when I think about our cultural resources and and assets here in Falmouth, um, so many of them are outside of that district, whether it's
um the Navigator, the Portuguese Club, the Cape, like there's a the the agricultural history, there's just a lot of cultural resources that aren't right in downtown. And so I'm curious how you would think about with a even if it's a an expansive definition of downtown, a
downtown cultural dis district and really bringing all of Falmouth's cultural resources to bear with that. That's a really good question. I I went to Wellfleet. Um they have um done something with their website called in the loop which would be sort of like our
village and they have out of the loop. So they can put um assets but it wouldn't be technically part of the district but you could promote everything and what they have also they have a coordinator that's paid out of
their um aotment from Mass Cultural Council and everybody says if Kevin leaves what are we going to do? So that's why I'm saying a town employee would help. But there is a way to at least be inclusive of people who are are outside the footprint although they are
not part of the cultural district which is still a footprint. Mr. Mscali uh in in order for us to proceed would we need to know who the third party manager would would be? Have you had any discussions with anyone? No,
we come to you first always first. uh second actually after Mike um all I can say is you don't have to have a third party you can manage it yourself but if you have a third party then you need a memorandum of understanding I think it
was Beverly no it was Linux who had a third party um but it depends on your vision and your commitment to to say this this is something that requires some investment from the town so reading
between the lines you it seems like you would prefer there not necessarily be a third party manager but that the town undertake this responsibility itself. Yes. I also think it would help coordinate between the cultural council and the cultural district. So and that
was going to be a a question of mine as well. Do you see any impact negative or positive on the cultural council if we adopt the cultural district? Again that's a really good question. I I think
that for example, Province Town and I believe it's also Orleans, they have the cultural council do double duty. I think that's unrealistic. Um I think we're doing so much right now with um really expanding the grants, uh deepening the
pool of applicants, developing our own program with music at the table. I I think that's an overreach, but I think a a coordination that you could have um a meeting that was, you know, like a
liaison between the two and that there would be a a continuous flow of information. I think that would be useful. The difference between a cultural council and a cultural district, a cultural council is really to manage the grant program from the
mass cultural council and the district is really about projects um and and promotion. Right now, the cultural council is doing a whole lot of promotion. It would be great to have somebody who's a paid person who would
do some of the marketing that we're doing ourselves. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Brown, but creating the district provides more opportunities for more grants from Mass Cultural Council. Correct. So could increase our a lotment. Miss Goldstone, one number I didn't see
in your very thorough presentation um is essentially a ratio of the the opportunities for greater funding compared to the investment that we would be making to pay for a staff member or you know that as you said one of the things that came through loud and clear
from the other towns is that this requires resourcing. Correct. So what's that that ratio of required resources to what it opens up for us? I think the best data comes from Haritch where she is um a full-time member. She raises 30
to $40,000 um in and they well they repurposed their middle school into artist studios because they couldn't do affordable housing because of wastewater. So there's a whole bunch of reasons, but
basically they raise enough money to support themselves. Part of that is because they have the artist studios and because she's a town employee, she helps raise money for what would be their human um their counseling uh center. Is
it going to be total? I I can't say for sure what Felmouth would be, but when you think about what we have to offer our assets, everybody has also said it basically it's a no-brainer. Felmouth should have cultural districts. There's no way you wouldn't. You have the assets
and you should have them in two places. Great. Thank you so much. All right. And you we hope you'll ask us back so that you can do the resolution and we can all applaud you. Okay. Thank you. Okay. We're going to move to a
discussion of the statement from the DEIB diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging committee. And I believe our chair is here. Good evening. Can you introduce yourself? Yeah. Uh, I'm not sure. I I sent a PowerPoint
over. I don't know if I sent it in time. If not, I'm just going to You did not send it in time. Okay. And it's this it's the statement, correct? Yes. Okay. Clear the screen. Settle down, Peter. [Laughter]
Out of control. Welcome. Um, thank you. Um, good evening, Madame Chair, board members. Uh, my name is Manan Zud Jonas. I'm the, uh, chair of the town diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
And I'm here tonight with a strong support of our committee members, Melanie Kyoto, um, vice chair, Dr. Amy Bower, secretary Jim Newman, very freshly appointed to
the board as of an hour ago, and u, our leis and as well um, Susan Lumpin. and we're here tonight to present a statement of the DIIB advisory committee to the select
board. Again, I apologize I didn't send the uh PowerPoint in time, so I'm just going to read it. Um during this uh extraordinary unpreceded times our shared values of diversity, equity,
inclusion and belonging are facing also unpreceded challenges. National effort to dismantle DII programs threaten the progress we have made as a town. But we must remain steadfast in
our commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for all. Uh first of foremost um we acknowledge and appreciate the actions that the select board has already taken to uphold these values. Um for instance the recent
workshop on Saturday March 1st addressing immigration is issues is just one of the examples of the town's dedication to inclusivity. We recognize the effort that has gone into making Famoth a place where all
residents regardless of background feel valued and safe and we urge the select board to continually deal with this commitment. standing with vulnerable communities. We are very acutely aware
that immigrant communities, LGBTQ plus individuals, people with diverse religious backgrounds, those with disabilities, other underrepresented groups are increasingly under threat. We commend the town's efforts to support
these populations and uh ask that protections remain steadfast. Now is not the time to retreat from our principles, but rather to reaffirm them. Our ask
tonight, we respectfully urge a select board to reaffirm its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all decision-making processes. We ask the town to continue to actively
support the dignity and rights of our residents, ensuring their voices are heard and their contributions valued. As a committee, we remain committed to our mission and we continue to advocate for policies and initiatives that strengthen our community. With
that, I'm going to quote and reaffirm our mission. The FAM diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging advisory committee promotes an equitable, just and welcoming environment in FAM where all feel
included and respected. We review town policies, procedures and programs through a DEIB lens and make recommendations for improvement to select board. We proactively engage with Fab of town government, community partners, school
districts, resident and visitors to achieve this goal. We welcome all to share any related concerns of the committee and we suggest resources and support as needed. We are committed to fostering an
respectful space where all are welcome to exchange ideas, share information, participate in making FAM a community that recognizes and embraces the inherent warmth and dignity of all
people. In conclusion, Fam has worked hard to become a town where everyone belongs. This is not a time to step back. We stand ready to support the select board in maintaining and
strengthening this commitment, ensuring that FAM remains a place where all people are welcomed, valued, and respected. Thank you, madam. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions or comments?
Miss Goldstone, first of all, I want to thank the DEIB committee for your work. Um and uh for this statement um I wholeheartedly agree that it is not time uh to step back from uh protecting the
most vulnerable in our community and uh continuing to make Felmouth a place where more and more um of our residents feel truly welcome and and included. Um, as someone who does communications work
professionally, it might seem surprising that um, I sometimes question the value of making a statement, particularly in a forum like this where a very small portion of our town will actually see or hear that statement. And that's not to say that it's not important to do, but I
guess um, I wonder what we can do to to go further. Um, one very small idea uh that that as I was reading this I was thinking about is are are there opportunities for signage um in our town buildings or
around town? Are there other ways to get this message out to our residents and to those who visit our town that we are a welcoming and an inclusive um town? And so maybe that's something that the the committee can consider um and others uh
can can provide ideas for how we make this this message um truly visible um to to all of our residents and visitors. Any other comments, Mr. Brown? Well, you know, we can fold it into our uh 250th
uh celebration as well. I don't know if a lot of people know that Felmouth was a haven for Quakers. Quakers were shunned in a lot of towns way back in the early days and they found refuge in Felmouth a lot in West Felmouth and that's why we still have you know a lot of uh history
over there that relates to the Quakers and you know I'm very proud of Felmouth's history of always being inclusive. So, I think we just keep doing what we're doing. And it's good to make a statement that we're not going to change our ways just because there's a nationwide wave of it and we're we're a
town that has its own principles. Are we being asked to do anything specifically right now or this is really just forformational purposes? I don't believe we're being asked to do anything. I think this was brought to us to um put it out there and to reaffirm
our commitment to what you're asking. That's correct. And thank you for both of your comments and we reappreciate the the select board support and the town support and I I think it's interesting that we had this right after our cultural council presentation because they are
not exclusive. Um, and I think it's just another way to your point to weave it into somewhere else in our community and to continue to weave it into other committees if we really want to show that we are what you're asking us to be
as a town. And I to Doug's comment, um it was uh very notable yesterday that during the lanterns and lyrics 250th anniversary event, the committee had um made great efforts to ensure that the uh scripts that were read about
different phases of history um included the contributions of black and Wanog members of the Falmouth uh community during the Revolutionary War during the War of 1812. Um and that the event at the end transition well at the end of the lanterns and lyrics part
transitioned from uh the conquered uh militia uh fif and drum band to uh a Cape Vardian jazz duo um really highlighting the ongoing contributions of the Cape Vardian community to Felmouth. So I think we are seeing that to your point that that integration of a
lot of different um aspects of Felmouth history and culture. Thank you very much. Thank you and um we appreciate your support and thank you for those comments. We have a lot of work to do.
Thank you. Okay, we're going to move um Mr. Wrencher, I'm going to ask you to kick this one off for the Fast Signs of Cape Cod for variance. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh Fast Signs Cape Cod submitted an application on behalf of the property owner Green Pond Holdings LLC for a
signed permit back on February 19th of this year. Um, a copy of that application is attached uh to your package this evening. The sign for to the variance is requested which is located on the right side of the Haven Marina building is not illuminated. And madam chair, select board members, you have copies of the uh the facade of the
building with the with the sign in question uh illustrated. According to the applicant, the logo sign dimensions exceed the permissible height dimension of 36 in as the three pieces, two of which are 24 in and one of which is 7 in total 55 in in height. Uh the logo is a
combination of anchor and helm which you can see from the illustration in your packet. According to the applicant, the building on which the sign and logo is to be mounted is set back from the roadway uh over 75 ft. And with that, Madam Chair, I'll uh turn it over to the applicant who can answer any questions you might have.
Good evening. My name is Mark Connley. I own Fast Signs Cape Cod. Um Fast Signs is uh basically 800 independently owned and operated franchises across the country. just to give you a little bit foresight about that. Um we're located at 40 Evergreen Circle in Mashby, uh
over by Cape Cod Coffee. Um and so as was stated already, uh we've been working on this project. Um the building is set back. The Haven Marina side is uh 36 in high, which is in compliance. The logo is we feel is uh very aesthetically
pleasing to the area being a marina. Um, so it was designed in the sense of having a helm and an anchor and, uh, as was pointed out already, uh, the top piece of them are seven inches. The the almost look like the eyes on the top of an anchor. Um, so that added a little
bit of dimension, but it's not illuminated. Um, I, you know, it's a half inch acrylic. Um, but you need to be able to see it, so it needed to be a little bit bigger because the building is so set back. Um, so we're asking for a variance and an approval. um because
it is kind of a an aesthetically pleasing look, number one. Um number two, it's a very small piece. Um, so it doesn't uh, you know, it's not, you know, it doesn't interfere with uh, the area or any of the abutters
or it's just a it's just a very nice looking, you know, artistic piece that we feel uh, will really look nice on the building as opposed to a blank surface on the building with a garage door on the top. So, it's going to make it look a little nicer. Questions from the
board. Mr. Brown is the actual are the actual signs as depicted just actually letters mounted on the siding with no backing. Yeah, basically the uh they're stud the letters are stud mounted. So all you see is the letters. Okay. Okay. And again I'm just going to repeat it
that it's not illuminated. It is not illuminated. That's really important. It's just a just a piece. You can see the on the top of the building they do have some lights. Uh but you know that's the only light surface that's then that light is existing.
Questions. You won't turn them on, right? I don't turn them on. Questions from the board. Miss Goldstone. I think it's a very um aesthetically pleasing and proportional. You know, it's outside the the measurements, but by eye it looks it looks very fitting. It almost looks like it's always been there,
right? When you look at it. I mean, and from the street, you're not really going to tell, right, that it's a little bit larger. So I would move approval of the variance uh for fast signs Cape Cod uh approve wait approve the variance for a variance
um reading from the script here move uh approve the application from Fast Signs Cape Cod for a variance to sign code 184-18C measurement of sign area for Haven Marina 366 Manont Road East Falmouth as presented. Second. Okay, have a motion and a second. Any further
discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. Unanimous. Thank you. Anybody ever needs any signs, give us a call. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Wshaw, uh, consider the request from the John Wesley United
Methodist Church for a waiver or reduction. Thank you, Madam Chair. The applicant, the church is requesting, uh, as you mentioned, a reduction of the permit fees associated with this event. similar to uh the reduction that's been provided over the course of the past nine years by the select board. Uh you
have you see in your packet a copy of the fee schedule. Um the uh staff and the select board office calculated what the normal fee would have been and then applied this uh this reduction uh to result in a $262.50 reduced permit fee. And as I
mentioned earlier, over the course of the past nine years, Select Board has voted each year to reduce the special event permit fee. Uh the church pays for the uh for this event uh to the $262.50 per that formula. And Madam Chair, select board, it's my
recommendation that the select board uh approve this fee reduction request as it has done the past nine years. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. I'm not sure if the applicant is here tonight, but I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. And I believe that they were not able I
think they notified your office very late this afternoon because I did receive an email from uh Diane Davidson that they were unable to be here tonight. Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a note to remind myself to say that they did notify us late in the afternoon. Questions from the board, comments from the board
consistent with what we've done in the past. Quite reasonable. So, I would support it and uh make the motion uh that we grant the waiver of the special permit fee for the Sunday beach services on Sundays from 7625 to
8325 except 7:13 and 8:17 as presented. I believe that's 8:31. Um, it may be it says 83 here, but it's 8:31 in the comments. Okay, on the standard it's 8:31. So, okay. You're
going to wave wave it to the reduced amount of 26250. 26250 as presented. Yeah. Okay. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. Mr. Mscali, you vote. Did you vote?
Thank you. It's unanimous. No, I figured as much because you made the motion, but I didn't see it. Okay, we're going to move to uh Mr. Wrench. Secondhand dealer license renewal. Thank you, Madam Chair. Select board is being requested to consider approval of the secondhand license
secondhand dealer license renewal for Cape Cod Gold and Silver Coin, which is located at 424 Main Street in Felmouth. Uh the application is to approve a request to renew secondhand dealer license. The select board office staff advised that in discussions with the applicant uh the applicant had a health
issue pretty significant serious health issue which uh made it difficult for him to uh submit the application materials in a timely fashion. Cape Cod gold and silver coin has been licensed as a secondhand dealer at 424 Main Street Felmouth for more than 15 years. Madam
chairman, select board, it's my recommendation the select board uh vote to approve the secondhand dealer license renewal of Cape Cod gold and silver coin as presented. Questions from the board? Administrative matter for a long-standing business. I uh move
approval of the application for renewal of the secondhand dealer license for Cape Cod gold and silver coin as presented. I'll second the school. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. Unanimous. Thank you. And before we get
to the consent agenda, I see that Mr. McAffrey is here. So, I would ask the board to um allow him to be interviewed. Yes, please. Certainly. Mr. McAffrey, please come up to the podium. And is there anything about you a that we don't know? and go that's a
question that you want to tell us that and B that you did not put in your application that you would like the board to know uh no I did mention that I do participate in Airbnb and have for 14 years the form in which I participate is
I rent uh for short-term I don't allow weekly rentals I I mainly get one and two nights transient visitors to town. It's in my home. I don't rent when I'm not there. And I provide them breakfast. I am actually
uh approved under the zoning law as a boarding or rooming house. uh in my district. Uh but what has my participation in Airbnb resulted is that I've followed the business and all of the controversies
and positive and negative things about the short-term rental industry. So, I'm well aware of that. That combined with my professional experience having drafted numerous local regulations associated
with land use and development uh will help me contribute and I think my commitment to the character of the town and preserving that uh is evidenced by the many committees and boards I've
participated in. Um it's a complex issue. Uh the perceived uh negatives of disruptive behavior in residential districts and distortion of
the housing market by some of the short-term rentals are issues that we need to address. We may have some regulations in place. I think it may come down to be primarily a zoning issue. Uh but we need to understand clearly
what we need to regulate and we will need to regulate this and yet the history of the town has welcoming to transient
visitors. In the past we had many rooming houses 100 years ago as we had hotels. uh summer residents have typically often rented their home for a few weeks out of the out of the season. Those are valuable aspects of the town's economy
and and culture uh that need to be preserved, but some aspects of short-term rental do have a negative effect and we must address those in a very targeted way.
Thank you. questions or comments for Mr. McCaffrey? No, I think that was a very good explanation of his position. So, thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, so we're back to Sorry, I missed I wasn't aware of the meeting. I got a call that you were doing it. So,
so we are back to looking to uh appoint two members. Um we talked about Mr. Gesson who cannot be here tonight and cannot be here on the 5th. So what would the board how would
the board like to move forward? We we interviewed Mr. McAffrey, Mr. Crane, Miss Klene, and Ms. McKon, how would the question if we were to appoint the two uh at large at large members tonight and we would still be waiting for a
realtor to fill that one role that we've identified. So, we wouldn't constitute the committee tonight, but at least we'd make some progress. Yes, good point. How would the board like to move forward? Would you like to vote the two
at large members this evening? Well, I would not be uh I wouldn't have a problem with that because my two picks would be the two people that I feel like were the most active during the process of the the previous working group. That would be Mr. Crane and Miss Klein. That
would be my position. Although we've got all these good candidates, but they were the most active and contributed the most. Okay. Any other comments? I support Mr. Brown's premise on that.
I I definitely um I think that the in addition to to her involvement uh in that previous process that the the research that Miss Klein has been doing and the connections that she's been fostering um would be very very valuable for um this committee moving forward.
Um, as others have said, I think we have a number of really qualified candidates and um, some really important different perspectives that could be brought to this work between um, Ms. McKon's uh, experience as a renter. Uh, Mr.
McAffrey's experience with um, writing regulations and also as a really old school Airbnb host. Um, love that he's actually there when he provides him breakfast and probably a master class in something with breakfast. Um, and then
Mr. Crane's experience um both his family's experience um with short-term rentals um and his experience with the process and with the town to date. I think there's there's um it's it's a difficult choice. We might
need a bigger committee, but I'm but I'm hearing the name of Elizabeth Klene. I've heard it from three different people now. So, why don't we do one at a time perhaps? Would you like to motion to I would be thrilled to uh nominate uh Liz Klene to
for the short-term rental advisory committee. I would second that. Okay, we will second that. Okay. So, we have a motion and a second to appoint Elizabeth Klene. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I I unanimous. Okay, there's one.
Okay, I'm gonna I'll jump in because I haven't had an opportunity if I may. Um, madam chair, of course. Of course. Uh, but as was pointed out uh about before, Mr. Crane has been involved at the since the very beginning with respect to this
question. Um, he had submitted detailed information uh with respect to the uh town meeting. I think that that discussed this a while ago uh back in November. Uh and uh I feel that he would
be a good uh addition to the uh to the committee and I would support his uh nomination as well. Motion. Uh take it as a motion. Yes. I'll second it. Okay. Okay, I have a
motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board hearing? None. All those in favor? I no. Okay. But that's three to two. So that carries. Correct. Correct. Okay. So we
have appointed uh Mr. Crane and Ms. Klene. But following along on what Mr. Brown said, "I think we, you know, as we go forward, we may want to consider the possibility of of increasing the uh the committee." Uh, it may get a little
unworkable if it's too many people. I'm just saying we may want to consider it. I think what I I'd like to get that recommendation from the board as they're doing their work. I I agree that it we could look at it, but I'd like to hear from them and if they feel like they need additional people, that would be my
suggestion. I was also really heartened to hear um multiple applicants say that even if they didn't get the position involved in particular. Yes, Miss McKon said that and and Mr. McAffrey I hope that you'll also be and with the working group model previously
that input was well taken and was incorporated. It's a very collaborative effort. Okay. So we have appointed our two at large members and we're going to move on to the consent agenda. I'll read each item on the consent agenda. If any board member would like to hold an item,
please notify me as the chair. Licenses consider the request from the Landfall, Inc. Doing business as Landfall Restaurant 9, Luscam Road, Luskam A and Woods Hole to extend its seasonal allcoholic common Victor license until January 2,
2026. Consider a vote to approve an application by the Markonus Restaurant Group, Inc. located at 117 Main Street, Falmouth, for a change of DBA for its all alcoholic beverages restaurant license. Consider a vote to approve an
application for a special one-day wine and malt liquor license, Grey Matter Marketing, Cape Cod Brewfest, Cape Cod Fairgrounds, 1220 Nathan Ellis Highway, East Falmouth, Saturday, 9:2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Consider a vote to approve an
application for a special 1-day wine and malt liquor license. Lupus Foundation of New England, Cape Cod Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival, Cape Cod Fairgrounds, 12:20 Nathan Ellis Highway, East Thalmouth. Saturday 8:1625 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Consider a vote to approve three special 1-day wine and malt licenses, Fresh Pond, Holy Ghost Society, 408 Cap Carriage Shop Road in East Falmouth, Sunday 68 from 12:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 6:28 from 400 p.m. to 10 p.m.
and Sunday 6:29 from 12:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 8:1625 from 2:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. Consider a vote to approve a special 1-day wine and malt beverages license for the West Falmouth Library
annual Garden Party, 525 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, Saturday, 6:14 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Consider a vote to approve a special 1-day wine and malt beverage license for the West Falmouth Library Art Show opening 525
West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, 8:13 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Administrative orders. Approve the warrant for the annual town election May 2025. Consider a vote to approve a request from the Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod for a variance
to sign code 184-30 movable portable a mobile signs D1A for the placement of five off- premise promotional signs for a plant sale at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds. 51725. Consider a vote to amend the charge for the East Damoth Library Building
Advisory Committee. Oh, please. Thank you. Consider a vote to approve an intermunicipal agreement for the sale of surplus intermediate oyster seed from Falmouth to the town of Yarmouth. Consider a vote to authorize
Marine Environmental Services to file a 2025 Seapport Economic Council grant application. Hold. Please consider a vote to appoint the planning board's nominee Charlotte Harris as its representative member to the short-term rental advisory
committee. Consider a vote to appoint the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce nominee Peg Eholm to it as its representative member to the of the golf advisory committee. Madam chair, I'll move the um the um consent agenda consent agenda agenda
with the exception of Miss Goldstone's holds. Okay, we're going to hold item number three and number five. I have a motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I I Okay, we're going to kick number three back to Miss
Goldstone. Uh so my understanding from the packet was part of the goal of this was to expand the membership but as I read the amended draft I don't think I saw a change in the membership numbers. So I just wanted to clarify that that was the request to go 7 to9 that
was the intent and somehow this revision is does not have that incorporated. So if we could amend the the mission as presented and in the second sentence the committee shall consist of five members and after the
word members if we can insert and one alternate who shall serve until the committee is dissolved. Could we send it back to the committee and have them resubmit it? I want to make sure that whatever they want is is properly represented. I I certainly can. It was this board
that actually made the change before the appointment, but happy to do that. Would you send it back to them? Sure. Thank you. And number five, Miss Goldstone. Uh I was just curious if we could get some more details on what the nature of the the proposed renovation of the Harbor
Masters Office and Marina Park is. Um it mentions uh evidence of uh I guess vulnerability to to climate events. Um and I wasn't aware of that of what those those issues were. It was just a matter of curiosity there.
So, I don't have a lot of details. Um, we can certainly uh reach out to Greg Frasier uh with me and and obtain some more details. As you all know, part of the uh the improvements and renovations um are to the marina uh office building itself. Um I'll I'll have to reach out.
We can uh Madam Chair, we can uh hold this until the next meeting and we'll have some more information to report back. Okay. Is that going to um impact any filing timelines? That's my only concern. Is this timesensitive? I I agree with grants
usually are, right? Yeah. And that's what I'm worried about. I don't recall when they submitted the request to make this evening's agenda. I don't recall any time sensitivity. Uh let me try to pull up. It's a great
question. Was it Christina that submitted this request? Oh, maybe. How would the board like to proceed? Do you want to wait for the information? Unfortunately, Madam Chair, I can't I can't find anything that indicates one way or the other with regards to time sensitivity. Um, most of
these are sensitive. Um, typically if there's a deadline, I ask that the department heads put that in the uh in the write up in the summer just to bring that to the board's attention. So, we would have to report back. And they're looking for this for the feasibility and schematic design of the Marina Park
improvements. Correct. That's correct. That's correct. Yeah. Total project budget of $200,000 of which 160,000 would be supported via the grants. I'm just a little worried about um waiting.
My only concern. The deadline. Okay. Uh FY26 Seport Economic Council grant program application portal opens June 125 with applications due June 30. That's what I'm seeing. But seem to indicate there's no
urgency week. We That's right. We've got a meeting May, right? Perfect. Okay. So, the deadline's not this week. Would the board like to hold send three back to that committee, send this back to me for more information, and bring it back? I
think that's reasonable. Yeah, we can. Certainly. Yes. Okay. So, that's what we'll do. We'll hold those. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Well, let's review and vote to approve the minutes of the public sessions March 24th, 2025 and April 7th,
2025. And Mr. Mscali, I was absent at both of those meetings. So, I will abstain. That's right. You were. Madam Chair, I I uh move approval of the minutes of the meetings of public sessions March 24 and April 7, 2025. I'll second Miss Gold Colestone's motion
approve minutes. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion amongst the board? Seeing none, all those in favor? I I. All right. Town manager supplemental report. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, couple of important updates. I wanted to provide an update to the board and the community with
regards to the trotting park youth baseball fields. Um, we met a couple of weeks ago with our LSP lesson site professional, Arcadus, who was in the process of completing that more detailed investigation in regards to the test drillings and test wells to look at uh
hydrarology and water flow towards or not uh Long Pond. Um, part of the meeting, the focus of the meeting, however, was to schedule and coordinate with the LSP a community forum. We're tentatively, not tentatively, we've locked the date in May 22nd um in the evening. I think we're looking at 6:30
start time, but that may change. But May 22nd is the date we've reserved uh Lawrence School auditorium for this public forum. Arcadus, the license site professional, Mr. Jim Lucer, and the uh individual who is responsible for preparing the uh the risk assessment
report will be on hand to answer questions, very specific questions in regards to that uh risk assessment and the process. Uh the DPW director, Mr. McCartney will also kind of give an uh an outline overview of the timeline and next steps and action steps. But I wanted the board to know that May 22nd
is that date that we've identified for a public uh community forum. 6:30 I think it's 6:30 starts on and that may change and if it does we'll make sure we get the word out. Um and Peter McConn Peter Mccardy Peter Johnson Stab the assistant town manager has been
great updating the town's website. Uh we have a couple of other documents that we're working to clear right now through the LSP arcades uh to post that information on the on the website as well. And uh the second update I'm going to turn over to the assistant town manager. It's in regards to uh green pond phase one sewer uh the borrow and
some really great news that we received back from is it mass? Yes. Um yes. Yes. So we got some good news. Uh, I'll just start. Um, the Great Pond sewer service area, the large project, the town meeting just approved, $60 million. It
was uh we've received the formal uh notice that the town has been included on what the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust calls the intended use plan which means that we have secured funding for
the 0 to 2% interest loan and we have to go through that application process to make sure it is a 0% and not a 2% and we continue to feel confident about that. There's no no determination on that to this point. Wasn't expected. But um so that that was very much expected that we
got that news. The positive news is that the board will recall that there had been an announcement of a contemplated change in the funding whereby only the first $50 million of a project would be
guaranteed and then the remaining any remaining costs would have to compete for funding in subsequent years. And what we learned, and this was just after town meeting, is that the change that was contemplated has not been made. So
the town's project being included this year is assured of funding not only for the 50 million that we'll receive this year but the remaining amount toward the entire project. And the superintendent's estimate is about an additional 5
million um will be eligible for state revolving fund funding from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. So we won't have to worry about competing for that funding. And then there was one other piece that was identified in the
notice and that is there is uh loan forgiveness beyond the lowinterest loans that is based on a community's median income relative to the state median income. And Falmouth is
is in the 95% to 100% of state median income. So, we're just below state median income and as such qualified for a loan forgiveness subsidy of 3.3%. Which translates to um a little over a million dollars. So,
some great news on the funding, really, really good news. Will we be able to get this information out before the election? Uh because I think it'll be relevant with respect to the ballot question. It's a really good point. No. So, if we can certainly with the assistance of the enterprise and maybe
get a press release out or something with respect to the what we have, I think it'll be important for people to know that before the election, we can work on that. I think we should absolutely advertise that. I think you're 100% correct. Can I have a question? Did they resend the entire uh
plan to cap the funds or just the ones that were in the queue? So it is rescended for all the projects approved this year and last year. Um well I guess last year was already guaranteed. So it's rescended for now. Next year new projects next year they
may still change the rule to work around it. Okay. And I think that's equally as important to say because it speaks to the timeliness of the vote. Y and the important point. Thank you. Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay. Select board reports. Nothing. It's only been not even a week
since we've seen you. So, well, and then you're going to see us again in another week, Miss Goldstone. Well, in addition to the the mass 250 or the 250th anniversary event, um I was able to attend uh last Wednesday a really um
moving Holocaust remembrance um event at Famouth Jewish Congregation. Um the film that they showed uh was called Sabotage. It's a documentary that I believe is pretty widely available. um and is an incredible story of um an uprising uh in
the Avitz um death camp and was really a like I said very very moving evening and it was wonderful to see um a lot of community members there and affirming the importance of understanding history and uh to quote one of the the people hosting it uh the importance of
understanding what resistance requires of each of us. So, thank you, Trusty. Anything else, Mr. Zillinsky? I attended the CCMPO meeting again today, which was by calendar date would be my last as a
sitting board member. I didn't know if anybody had any interest in it or up to some discussions on who we think may have the time or desire to serve on that board because we certainly don't want to lose the seat. I have an
interest in it. I can't guarantee that I'll be around today to attend. Well, I'm going to keep asking you then. Okay. So, so I'll let you know on We're hoping we're hoping that on the 20th, Mr. Brown, and if not, it'll be Mr. Msgi. Okay.
Well, it could be a department head, too, but I think it would be more relevant to be able to have somebody on the board. It's a It never usually lasts any more than an hour and a half, and it's always on Zoom. And if you can't attend, if you have somebody to sit in for you, like a
department head or what, as long as they can make their quorum, yeah, I just encourage everybody to go to the website for the information because so much information comes in in that one hour. It'd be hard to even do notes. you're better off watching the meeting back to
get um I sent the town manager some uh some crashed statistics for Cape Cod and it was pretty interesting today where our most dangerous intersections. You hear Mark Finnman talk about Brick Hill Road being one of those and it was
pretty it was pretty informative the map that they have and the work that they've done over the last five years of where the danger spots are. So stuff like that uh is important and where the money's going and when it's coming. So we'll keep going. I forgot I guess apparently
it was a busy week. Um uh I virtually attended uh part of uh one of the state's uh community engagement events around the energy facility sighting board. Um uh well it looks like or sounded like uh some modifications since
I had last looked at what they were proposing for the processes. Um so uh something I need to to dig into more certainly and would encourage others to also take a look at that. It looks like some of the requirements for community engagement and the processes around that board um may have been modified in in
large part in response to uh community feedback um looking to be more inclusive. So yeah, the inclusivity part is good, but I don't like the part that it's uh constructive approvals, you know, because we saw ourselves how difficult communications and navigation
can be with these large companies and it's troubling that there would be a constructive approval even considered. So such a big thing. So we'll see. Mr. Mscali, I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. I will so
move second. Okay. I have a motion and a second to adjurnn. All those in favor? I unanimous. [Music] [Music]
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