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Special Town Meeting
September 25th, 2021
Due to inclement weather the Special Town Meeting of September 25th , 2021 was
adjourned until September 26th , 2021 at 1 : 00pm .
In accordance with procedure the following met at the Stony Brook Elementary School
at loam on September 25th , 2021 ; Moderator Charles L . Sumner, Constable Roland W .
Bassett, Jr . , Town Administrator Peter L. Lombardi , and the Town Clerk, Colette M .
Williams .
The Moderator, Charles L. Sumner called the meeting to order at loam .
MOTION made by the Constable , Roland W. Bassett , Jr. : I move to adjourn until
Sunday, September 26th , 2021 , at 1 : OOpm . Here at the Stony Brook Elementary
School.
Seconded by Town Administrator Peter Lombardi,
ACTION : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION made by the Moderator, Charles L. Sumner to adjourn the Special Town
Meeting to a "Time Certain" , September 26th , 2021 at 1 : 00pm .
Seconded by Peter Lombardi.
ACTION: ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
In addition to the September 25th meeting to adjourn , the Town Moderator posted notices
to the inhabitants of Brewster of this pending change . These notices were posted in all
locations the Town Meeting Warrant had previously been posted , at the Stony Brook
School , and on electronic billboard signs located outside of Town Hall and the Stony Brook
School.
► Town Meeting reconvened at 1 : 00pm September 26th, 2021 .
Moderator Charles L . Sumner called the meeting to order at 1 : 22pm
As in May, due to the Covid- 19 Pandemic this Town Meeting was again held outdoors , on
the White Caps Baseball Field . The Moderator thanked staff and volunteers who helped
with set-up and dealing with all of the logistics pulling this production together so
successfully . The Moderator requested everyone remain seated and line up socially
distanced at the microphones if they wish to speak, all votes will be by voter cards and not
voice .
The counters and tellers were Sally Andreola, Pamela Smith , Lauren Elliott- Grunes , David
Briggs , Glenda Normand , June Cameron , Robert Harris , Jayanne Monger, Assistant Town
Clerk and Thaddeus Nabywaniec , Francis L . Smith , Board of Registrars .
A quorum was present with 1495 of 8 , 579 voters . 17% of the registered voters in town .
The Moderator verified service of the Warrant with the Town Constable , Roland Bassett,
Jr . of September 3rd , 2021 , being no objections the Moderator dispensed with the reading
of the Articles
1 : 32pm
Article 1 - 500 W. H . Besse Cartway
To see if the Town will authorize the Select Board to acquire , by purchase , gift, and / or
eminent domain , the parcel of land with the improvements thereon located at 500 W . H .
Besse Cartway, Brewster, containing 66 acres , more or less , shown on Assessors Map 84
as Parcel 45 , and described in a deed recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in
Book 1388 , Page 1185 , for habitat protection , watershed protection , open space ,
conservation and passive recreation , active recreation , community housing, and / or
general municipal purposes , and for the purpose of granting conservation easements
and / or restrictions on such portions of the property that the Select Board may determine
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to provide for habitat protection , watershed protection , open space , conservation and
passive recreation purposes , and to raise and appropriate , transfer from available funds ,
and / or borrow a sum to fund the foregoing acquisition and the payment of all costs
incidental or related thereto ; provided , however, that the appropriation authorized
hereunder shall be contingent upon approval by the voters of a ballot question to exclude
the amounts to pay for any bonds or notes authorized for this purpose from the provisions
of Proposition 21/2 , so called , and to authorize the Select Board to convey the foregoing
conservation easements and / or restrictions to charitable corporations or trusts whose
purposes include conservation of land or water areas on such terms and conditions as the
Select Board deems appropriate , and , further, to authorize the Select Board and / or its
designee to apply for, accept and expend any state and / or federal grants and / or loans or
other public or private funds that may be available for the foregoing purposes and to take
any and all actions and execute any and all documents necessary or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing purposes ; or take any other action in relation thereto .
Motion made by Select Board Member Edward " Ned" Chatelain • That the Select Board
is authorized to acquire , by purchase , gift, and/ or eminent domain, the parcel of
land with the improvements thereon located at 500 W. H . Besse Cartway, Brewster,
containing 66 acres , more or less , shown on Assessors Map 84 as Parcel 45 , and
described in a deed recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Book 1388 ,
Page 1185 , for habitat protection , watershed protection , open space , conservation
and passive recreation , active recreation , community housing, and/ or general
municipal purposes, and for the purpose of granting conservation easements and/ or
restrictions on such portions of the property that the Select Board may determine
to provide for habitat protection , watershed protection , open space , conservation
and passive recreation purposes ; that $ 6 , 000 , 000 is appropriated to pay costs of the
foregoing acquisition, including the payment of all costs incidental or related
thereto , and that to meet this appropriation, $ 250 , 000 shall be transferred from
Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings , $ 1 , 750 , 000 shall be transferred from Free
Cash, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, is authorized to
borrow $4 , 000 , 000 under and pursuant to G. L. c . 44 , §7( 1 ) or pursuant to any other
enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor; provided,
however, that the appropriation authorized hereunder shall be contingent upon
approval by the voters of a ballot question to exclude the amounts to pay for any
bonds or notes authorized for this purpose from the provisions of Proposition 2 :Y2 , so
called, and to authorize the Select Board to convey the foregoing conservation
easements and/ or restrictions to charitable corporations or trusts whose purposes
include conservation of land or water areas on such terms and conditions as the
Select Board deems appropriate , and, further, to authorize the Select Board and/ or
its designee to apply for, accept and expend any state and/ or federal grants and/ or
loans or other public or private funds ( including any additional amounts transferred
from water system retained earnings) that may be available for the foregoing
purposes, which amounts shall reduce the amount of the total borrowing authorized
for this purpose , and to take any and all actions and execute any and all documents
necessary or convenient to accomplish the foregoing purposes . Any premium
received upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote , less any such
premium applied " to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes ,
may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with
G. L. c . 44, §20 , thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such
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costs by a like amount .
Amendment made by Brewster Voter Gary Kaser: I move to amend the main motion
by adding the following language after the words "general municipal purposes' .
"provided, however, that said parcel shall not be used for community housing,
and/ or general municipal purposes absent further approval by vote of Town
Meeting. "
Brewster Voter Peter Norton : I move the previous question.
ACTION On Motion to move theyrevious question . Adopted. Voter Cards .
ACTION on Amendment by Gary Kaser. Defeated. Voter Cards .
Brewster Voter Diane Conrad: I move the previous question.
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ACTION on motion to move the previous question . Adopted. Voter Cards.
ACTION on Main Motion presented by Edward " Ned" Chatelain : Adopted by a
Moderator declared greater than 2 / 3 vote . Voter Cards .
2 : 17pm
Article 2 - 3057 Main Street
That the Select Board is authorized to acquire , by purchase , gift, and / or eminent domain ,
the parcel of land with the improvements thereon located at 3057 Main Street, Brewster,
containing 54 . 7 acres , more or less , shown on Assessors Map 101 as Parcel 45 , and
described in a deed recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Book 1388 , Page
1188 (excluding therefrom the parcel shown on Assessors Map 101 as Parcel 46) and in
Certificate of Title No . 30242 , for habitat protection , watershed protection , open space ,
conservation and passive recreation , active recreation , community housing, community
center and / or general municipal purposes , and for the purpose of granting conservation
easements and / or restrictions on such portions of the property that the Select Board may
determine to provide for habitat protection , watershed protection , open space ,
conservation and passive recreation purposes , and to raise and appropriate , transfer from
available funds , and / or borrow a sum to fund the foregoing acquisition and all costs
incidental or related thereto ; provided , however, that the appropriation authorized
hereunder shall be contingent upon approval by the voters of a ballot question to exclude
the amounts to pay for any bonds or notes authorized for this purpose from the provisions
of Proposition 21/2 , so called , and to authorize the Select Board to convey the foregoing
conservation easements and / or restrictions to charitable corporations or trusts whose
purposes include conservation of land or water areas on such terms and conditions as the
Select Board deems appropriate , and , further, to authorize the Select Board and / or its
designee to apply for, accept and expend any state and / or federal grants and / or loans or
other public or private funds that may be available for the foregoing purposes and to take
any and all actions and execute any and all documents necessary or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing purposes ; or take any other action in relation thereto .
Motion made by Select Board Vice - Chair David Whitnev: To see if the Town will
authorize the Select Board to acquire , by purchase , gift, and/ or eminent domain, the
parcel of land with the improvements thereon located at 3057 Main Street, Brewster,
containing 54. 7 acres, more or less , shown on Assessors Map 101 as Parcel 45 , and
described in a deed recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Book 1388 ,
Page 1188 ( excluding therefrom the parcel shown on Assessors Map 101 as Parcel
46 ) and in Certificate of Title No . 30242 , for habitat protection, watershed
protection, open space , conservation and passive recreation , active recreation,
community housing, community center and/ or general municipal purposes , and for
the purpose of granting conservation easements and/ or restrictions on such portions
of the property . that the Select Board may determine to provide for habitat
protection, watershed protection, open space , conservation and passive recreation
purposes ; that $ 20 , 000 , 000is appropriated to pay costs of the foregoing acquisition,
including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto , and that to meet
this appropriation , the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select Board, is
authorized to borrow said amount under and pursuant to G. L. c . 44 , §7( 1 ) or pursuant
to any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor;
provided, however, that the appropriation authorized hereunder shall be contingent
upon approval by the voters of a ballot question to exclude the , amounts to pay for
any bonds or notes authorized for this purpose from the provisions of Proposition
21/2 , so called, and to authorize the Select Board to convey the foregoing
conservation easements and/ or restrictions to charitable corporations or trusts
whose purposes include conservation of land or water areas on such terms and
conditions as the Select Board deems appropriate , and, further, to authorize the
Select Board and/ or its designee to apply for, accept and expend any state and / or
federal grants and/ or loans or other public or private funds that may be available for
the foregoing purposes , which amounts shall reduce the amount of the total
borrowing authorized for this purpose , and to take any and all actions and execute
any and all documents necessary or convenient to accomplish the foregoing
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purposes . Any premium received upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by
this vote , less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of
such bonds or notes , may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote
in accordance with G. L. c . 44 , X20 , thereby reducing the amount authorized to be
borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount .
Brewster Votere � v PJablonski: I move the previous question .
ACTION on Motion to move the question. Adopted. Voter Cards .
ACTION on Main Motion presented by Select Board Vice -Chair David Whitney.
-= Adopted by a Moderator declared greater than 2 / 3 vote . Voter Cards .
2 :30pm
Article 3 - Maintenance and Upkeep of Properties
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from free cash the sum of $ 200 , 000 to pay costs
associated with the maintenance , security, operations , repair and / or rehabilitation of the
parcels of land and the improvements thereon located at 3057 Main Street and / or 500
W . H . Besse Cartway , with said moneys to be expended under the direction of the Select
Board ; or take any other action in relation thereto .
Motion made by Select Board Member Kari Hoffmann : I move to approve Article No .
3 as printed in the warrant .
ACTION on Motion presented by Select Board Member Kari Hoffmann : Adopted by a
Majority. Voter Cards .
Select Board Chair Cynthia Bingham . I move to dissolve the Special Town Meeting
of September 26th , 2021 .
ACTION on Motion presented by Select Board Chair Cynthia Bingham . Unanimously
Adopted. Voter Cards .
► The Special Town Meeting of September 25th , 2021 and reconvening on September 26th ,
- 2021 was dissolved at 2 : 36pm .
A True Copy Attest:
Lutmt . a • t/.!J
Colette M . Williams , MMC / CMMC
Town Clerk
Brewster, MA
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