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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
May 8 , 1989
In accordance with the warrant , the Annual Town Meeting was held in the
Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium , Monday , May 8 , 1989 .
The meeting was called to order at 7 : 00 P. M . by the Moderator, Stephen L.
Doyle . The Tellers were Dorothy A. Grenier, June F . Gallant , Doris W . Powell ,
and Edwin J . Blease . Checkers were Carl Scrivener, Jean Gage, Antoinette Mara ,
Mary Tucker, and Mitsy Unger.
A quorum was present .
The Warrant was read by Assistant Town Clerk , Donna Luscombe with the ex-
ception of the Articles which were read as they were being considered .
RECESSED Annual Town Meeting in order to open Special Town Meeting at
7 : 15 P. M .
RECONVENED at 9 : 00 P. M .
ARTICLE 1 . To act upon the Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen ,
Town Officers and other Special Committees .
REPORT OF
THE SIGN REGULATION REVIEW AND REVISION COMMITTEE
As you may recall , we were appointed as a result of a vote at the Annual Town
Meeting of May 1988 . The members are as follows :
Janet Francis , representing the Historic District Committee
Joyce Libby, representing the former Sign Committee
Frances Malone , representing the Board of Trade
Alan McClennan , representing the Board of Selectmen
Marjorie Pierce , representing the Planning Board
John Sickman , representing the Moderator
Jane C. Wagoner, representing the Board of Appeals
At the organizational meeting , held August 3 , 1988 , Joyce Libby was elected
Chairman , Janet Francis , Vice Chairman and Alan McClennan , Secretary .
The Committee has met generally twice a month since its organization . We have
reviewed the sign regulations of several Cape towns and State and national
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sources . We used the code suggested under Article 101 of the Annual Town
Meeting of May 1988 as our editorial base . We have had our quarrels , each of
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us having had a different background and interest in signs . We have made
ur Review and Revision work within a month
major progress and will complete o
or so . When that is done we propose to produce a number of copies to transmit
to the several boards , commissions and committees and will be asked to hold
one copy as a "counter copy " for review by the public . After a period of review
and comment , the Committee proposes to send a final version to the Selectmen
for inclusion in the next Special Town Meeting and to the Planning Board for
presentation at a Legal Public Hearing .
Respectfully presented ,
Alan McClennan , Secretary
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 2 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer ,
with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to borrow money from time to
time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning July 1 , 1989
of the General Laws , Chapter 44 , Section 4
in accordance with the provisions
and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one ( 1 )
year, in accordance with the General Laws, Chapter 44 , Section 17 .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 3 . To see if the Town will vote to take no action regarding its
Herring or Alewife Fishery .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 4 . To see if the Town will vote to delete the Personnel Bylaw
(Sections 1 through 31 ) now in existence with the exception of the wage scales
and substitute the text of a new Personnel Bylaw , to become effective July 1 ,
1989 as printed herein :
PERSONNEL BYLAW
SECTION 1 . PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION
The purpose of the personnel bylaw is to establish fair and equitable per-
sonnel policies and to establish a system of personnel administration based on
merit principles that ensures a uniform , fair and efficient application of per-
sonnel policies . This bylaw is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by
Article LXXXIX of the Constitution of the Commonwealth and General Laws ,
Chapter 41 , Sections 108A and 108C .
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SECTION 2 . APPLICATION
All Town departments and positions shall be subject to the provisions of this
bylaw except elected officers , employees with personal contracts , employees of
the school department and members of the Police Department . The provisions
of this bylaw shall not be applicable to employees covered under collective
bargaining agreements except where such collective bargaining agreements ex-
pressly so provide .
SECTION 3 . PERSONNEL BOARD
(a ) Composition , Terms of Office .
The Board of Selectmen shall serve as the Personnel Board under the authority
of Chapter 41 , Section 108C of the General Laws . The term of office shall be
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concurrent with the term of each Selectman .
(b ) Powers and Duties .
The Board shall be responsible for establishment and maintenance of a personnel
system based on merit principles , the classification and reclassification of posi
tions , an annual compensation plan , and the development of personnel policies
pursuant to Section 5 of this bylaw .
SECTION 4 . PERSONNEL SYSTEM
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to Section 5 . The personnel system shall make use of current concepts of person -
nel management and shall include but not be limited to the following elements :
(a ) Method of Administration . A system of administration which assigns
specific responsibility for all elements of the personnel system , including :
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maintaining personnel records , implementing effective recruitment and selection
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processes , maintaining the classification and compensation plans , monitoring
the application of personnel policies and periodic reviews, and evaluating the
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(b ) Classification Plan . A position classification plan for all employees sub
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ject to this bylaw shall be established , based on similarity of duties performed
and the responsibilities assumed so that the same qualifications may be reason-
ably required for, and the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to ,
all positions in the same class . No employee may be appointed to a position not
included in the classification plan .
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(c ) A Compensation Plan . A compensation Ian for all
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this bylaw shall consist of :
( 1 ) a schedule of pay grades including minimum and maximum rates for
each grade ; and
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pay grades .
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(d ) A Recruitment and Selection Policy . A recruitment , employment , pro "
motion and transfer policy which ensures that reasonable as
onable effort is made to
attract qualified persons and that selection criteria are job related .
(e ) Personnel Records . A centralized record keeping system which main-
tains essential personnel records .
ries of personnel
lishes the
(f ) Personnel PolicNehich personnel employed byltheswhich Town are and
rights and benefits to
the obligations of said employees to the Town .
(g ) Other Elements . Other elements of a personnel system as deemed ap-
propriate or required by law .
SECTION 5 . ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF PERSONNEL POLICIES
The Board of Selectmen /Personnel Board shall promulgate personnel policies
obligations
astfollows employees subject to this bylaw .
defining the rights , benefits
Policies shall be adopted or amended
(a ) Preparation of Policies . The Board of Selectmen /Personnel Board shall
prepare policies or amendments to policies . Any meember of the oard three emp oof Semay
men , Personnel Board , the Executive Secretary ,
or any ion by the Board of Selectmen /Personnel Board .
suggest policies for considerat
The Board of Selectmen /Personnel Board need not consider any proposal
already considered in the preceding twelve months . Any person proposing a new
or amended policy shall provide the substance and the reason for the proposed
policy to the Board of Selectmen /Personnel Board in writing . The Board of
Selectmen /Personnel Board shall hold a public hearing on any proposed policies
or amendments . Any proposed policies or amendments shall be posted at least
five (5 ) days prior to the public hearing in prominent work locations , and a
copy of all proposals shall be provided to the Town Clerk .
(b ) Public Hearing . The Board of Selectmen /Personnel Board shall present
the proposed policy (ies ) or amendment (s ) , the purpose of the proposal ,
and
may
implication of any proposed
change at the public hearing . Any person
attend the hearing , speak and present information . Within twenty (20 ) days
e Personnel Board / Board of Selectmen shall con -
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sider the proposed policies and may vote to adopt the policies , (with or without
modifications ) , reject the policies , or indicate that further study is necessary .
Policies shall become effective upon approval of the Personnel Board / Board of
Selectmen , unless some other date is specified .
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY
The provisions of this bylaw and any regulations adopted pursuant to this
ylaw provision or regulation is held invalid , the re -
bylaw are severable . If any b
maining provisions of the bylaw or regulations shall not be effected thereby .
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pro SECTION 7 . EFFECTIVE DATE
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This bylaw shall take effect on July 1 , 1989 . Personnel policies existing prior
to said date as presented in " Chapter 36 , Personnel Bylaw" will remain in effect
ain for at least ninety (90 ) days from said date and until promulgation of new
policies in accordance with Section 5 herein .
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ARTICLE 5 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel Bylaw
Classification Schedule to be effective July 1 , 1989 , by adding the following
apft Nnew positions in the Personnel Bylaw Classification Wage and Salary Schedule
as follows :
ES ( 1 ) Public Works Class I Truck Driver
40 hours
es Grade 5 $211132 . 80 — $26 , 748 .80 and to raise and appropriate the sum
N of $ 17 ,723 .00 for this purpose .
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t (2 ) Town Treasurer/Collector
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I Grade 10 $28 , 187 . 25 — $35 ,678 .37 and to raise and appropriate the
iI ' sum of $28 ,350 .00 for this purpose .
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(3 ) Environmental Resource Coordinator
As Required
Grade 8 $23 ,734 .62 — $30 ,002 . 70
Expenses — $ 11 , 180 .00 and to raise and appropriate the sum of
$30 ,290 .00 for this purpose .
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 6 . To see if the Town will vote to approve and allow the District
Department of Veterans ' Services , following the December 8 , 1988 vote of its
governing body , to exempt from the provisions of Proposition Two and One
Half, so- called , the sum of Eight Hundred Nine and 97 / 100 ($809 .97 ) Dollars
which is the amount by which its assessment to the Town of Brewster otherwise
exceeds the limits of Proposition Two and One- Half .
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ARTICLE 7 . To see if the Town will vote to approve the 1989-90 budget
t for the Nauset Regional School District and to raise and appropriate , and /or y
transfer from available funds , as its apportioned share thereof, a sum of money
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for this purpose .
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ARTICLE 8 . To see if the Town will vote to approve the annual Regional
School District Budget for the Cape Cod Regional Technical School District for
the fiscal year beginning July 1 , 1989 , and to raise and appropriate , and /or trans -
fer from available funds , as its apportioned share thereof, a sum of money for
this purpose .
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ARTICLE 9 AS AMENDED
ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Thirteen million , Nine hundred , Eighty-eight thousand , Four hundred and
00 / 100 ( $ 13 ,988 , 400 .00 ) Dollars to defray Town charges and expenses , in -
cluding educational funding , for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1990 .
1 Selectmen 's Secretary $23 ,054 .00
2 Expenses 151200 .00
3 Capital Improvement 10 ,000 .00
4 Merit Adjustment 1261600 .00
5 Educational Reimbursement 2 , 500 .00
6 Executive Secretary 471250 .00
7 Staff Wages 75 , 570 .00
8 Expenses 51900 .00
9 Out of State Travel 700 .00
10 Building Maintenance 28 ,350 .00
11 Registrar 's Salary 300 .00
12 Expenses 11 , 650 .00
13 Community Center Salaries 44 ,866 .00
14 Expenses 60 ,955 .00
15 Accounting Salaries 60 , 684 .00
16 Expenses 21450 .00
17 Audit Expense 15 ,000 .00
18 Data Process Expense 43 ,200 .00
19 Assessor 's Salaries 57 , 330 .00
20 Expenses 29 ,027 .00
21 Treas . /Collector Salaries 93 ,005 .00
22 Expenses 89 ,950 .00
23 Town Clerk /Clerical 91087 .00
24 Expenses 97075 .00
25 Out of State Travel 500 .00
26 Election Expenses 81600 .00
27 Board of Health Salaries 77 ,010 .00
28 Expenses 7 ,015 .00
29 Out of State Travel 275 .00
30 Visiting Nurse Assoc. 71000 .00
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31 Council on Aging Salaries 71 , 516 .00
32 Expenses 12 , 125 .00
33 Board of Appeals Expense 9 ,361 .00
_ 34 Planning Board Salaries 23 ,308 .00
35 Expenses 8 , 150 .00
36 Police Dept . Salaries 724 , 126 .00
37 Expenses 45 ,235 .00
38 Station Expense 62 , 702 .00
39 Out of State Travel 11200 .00
40 Cruiser Expense 29 ,000 .00
41 Dog Officer Expense 81000 .00
42 Sealer of Weights/Measures 1 , 750 .00
43 Expenses 250 .00
44 Fire Department Salaries 341 ,229 .00
45 Fire Expense 37 ,850 .00
46 Rescue Expense 131119 .00
47 Shellfish Constables 131703 .00
48 Expenses 21500 .00
49 Shellfish Propagation 4 , 500 .00
50 Building Inspector Salaries 107 ,743 .00
51 Expenses 6 ,035 .00
52 Gas Inspector Salary 3 , 100 .00
53 Expenses 250 .00
54 Plumbing Inspector Salary 24 ,257 .00
55 Expenses 500 .00
56 Wiring Inspector Salary 19 , 168 .00
57 Expenses 263 .00
58 D . P. W . Salaries 445 ,303 .00
59 Expenses 175 ,291 .00
60 Solid Waste Expense 155 ,000 .00
61 Dutch Elm Disease 600 .00
62 Snow & Ice Control 44 , 150 .00
63 Road Machinery Expense 36 ,260 .00
64 Insect Pest Control 21000 .00
65 Diesel Fuel Expense 23 ,800 .00
66 Water Department Salaries 224 ,799 .00
67 Out of State Travel 300 .00
68 Office Expense 10 , 165 .00
69 Operating Expense 87 ,447 .00
70 Building Expense 3 ,490 .00
71 Equipment Expense 71855 .00
72 New Position/Clerical 81909 .00
73 H . D . C . Expenses 10 ,496 .00
74 Region Assessment 11255 .00
75 Conservation Commission Salaries 44 ,930 .00
76 Expenses 12 ,000 .00
77 Out of State Travel 50 .00
78 Library Expenses 179 ,898 .00
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79 Recreation Department Salaries 44 ,785 .00
80 Expenses 30 ,903 .00
81 Golf Department Salaries 263 ,698 .00
82 Expenses 161 ,086 .00
83 Out of State Travel 2 ,080 .00
84 Cart Path Expense 10 ,000 .00
85 Historical Committee 150 .00
86 Punkhorn Advisory Committee 500 .00
87 Alewife Committee 150 .00
88 Expenses 11000 .00
89 Finance Committee 1 ,400 .00 '
90 Capital Outlay Committee 500 .00
91 Insurance Study Committee 150 .00
92 Nickerson State Advisory Committee 150 .00
93 Water Quality Committee 150 .00
94 Committee for the Handicapped 150 ,00
95 Old Mill Sites Committee 21600 .00
96 Land Acquisition Committee 2 ,025 .00
97 Out of State Travel 0 .00
98 Memorial /Veteran 's Day Expense 1 ,300 .00
99 Gasoline Expense 28 , 100 .00
100 Telephone Expense 27 ,000 .00
101 Town Meeting Expense 21600 .00
102 Town Reports Expense 11 ,000 .00
103 Legal Expense 100 ,000 .00
104 Professional Expense 35 ,000 .00 '
105 Legal Advertising 21500 .00
106 Insurance Expense 324 ,750 .00
107 Street Lighting 12 ,600 .00
108 Christmas Lights 100 .00
109 Insurance /Group Health 400 , 56300
110 Unemployment 10 ,000 .00
111 Town Share / FICA 25 ,000 .00
112 Debt Service 2 ,861 ,025 .00
113 Nauset Regional School 2 ,588 ,867 .00
114 Brewster Elementary School 21231 ,67300
115 Out of State Travel 482 .00
116 Cape Cod Technical School 255 ,635 .00
117 Tri - Town Septage Plant 278 ,000 .00
118 County Retirement 243 ,560 .00
119 Veterans ' Services 18 ,720 .00
120 Pension /Massachusetts 800.00
121 Pension/Arlington 400 .00
122 Cape Cod Greenhead Fly 207 .00
GRAND TOTAL $ 13 ,9881400 .00
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED
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ARTICLE 10 . To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensa -
tion of all elected officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 , Chapter 41 ,
of the Massachusetts General Laws as amended , for the twelve - month period
beginning July 1 , 1989 as follows :
ELECTED OFFICIALS
FY 1989 FY 1990
Moderator $ 300 .00 $ 300 .00
Selectmen Assessors ( 5 )
Chairperson 1 ,250 .00 11250 .00
Other Members 41000 .00 41000 .00
Town Clerk 81662 . 50 23 ,735 .00
Town Treasurer/Collector 25 ,987 .50 —0—
Constable 250 .00 250 .00
Water Commissioners ( 3 )
Chairperson 800 .00 800 .00
Other Members 11400 .00 11400 .00
Total $42 ,650 .00 $31 ,735 .00
and to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-one thousand seven hundred
thirty-five and 00 / 100 ( $31 ,735 .00 ) Dollars for this purpose .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of One
hundred twenty-five thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 125 ,000 .00 ) Dollars from the
Overlay Reserve Account to fund the Finance Committee Reserve Account ,
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 12 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select-
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men to grant an easement to Commonwealth Electric Company for the installa
tion and maintenance of an overhead transformer which will provide service to a
proposed lime feed station for well No . 1 & 2 off Freeman 's Way .
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ARTICLE 13 . To see if the' Town will vote to accept and establish a re
cycling program in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 ,
Section 8H , as amended , and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of
Selectmen to appoint a Recycling Commission ,
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 14 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select-
men to develop plans, solicit bids and enter into contracts for the Old Town
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Hall /Council on Aging Building to install a new septage system and to raise and
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appropriate the sum of Nine thousand and 00 / 100 ( $9 ,000 .00 ) Dollars for this leeIll
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purpose .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 15 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
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of Sixty thousand and 00/ 100 ( $60 ,000 .00 ) Dollars for design services and
other planning expenses in connection with the construction of a new Town
Hall Building to be located at the site of the existing Town Offices on Route %
6A, Brewster, MA. 1%
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ARTICLE 16 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of One
hundred seventy-five thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 175 ,000 .00 ) Dollars , in addition
to all other sums previously appropriated , to pay the Town 's apportioned lump.
sum share of the cost of constructing sewage treatment and disposal facilities
for the Orleans , Brewster, and Eastham Ground Water Protection District
Treatment Plant , and that to raise this appropriation , the Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen , is hereby authorized to borrow said sum ,
under and pursuant to Chapter 44 , Section 8 ( 15 ) , of the General laws , or any s
other enabling authority , and to issue bonds or notes of the Town .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 17 . To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 12 - 29 (A . ) ,
Article 11 of Chapter 12 of the Code for the Town of Brewster , entitled Capital
Outlay Committee to increase the figure of $25 ,000 .00 to $50 ,000 .00 .
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 18 . To see if the Town will vote , in order to meet ongoing pay-
ment obligations, to transfer from the following :
1 . Road Betterment Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of One
hundred Fifty-five thousand , Seven hundred Eighty -five and 76/ 100 1
( $ 155 , 785 . 76) Dollars .
2 . Water Betterment Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of Seventy=
five thousand , Nine hundred Seventy-seven and 35/ 100 ( $75 ,977 .35 ) Dollars .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 19 . To see if the Town will vote to rescind the Treasurer 's authori - E
zation to borrow as follows : `
1 . Five thousand eight hundred sixty-eight and 11 /100 ($5 ,888 . 11 ) Dollars
from Article 2 of the Special Town Meeting , dated May 21 , 1970 . %.
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d " 2 Two thousand and 00/ 100 ($2 ,000 .00 ) Dollars from Article 17 of the Annual
s Town Meeting , dated May 9 , 1983 .
3. Six thousand seven hundred fifty-nine and 00/ 100 ( $6 ,759 .00 ) Dollars from
Article 94 of the Annual Town Meeting , dated May 5 , 1987 .
i4 . Sixteen thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ( $ 16, 500 .00 ) Dollars from Article
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le ARTICLE 20 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and /or
eel transfer from available funds the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand and
00/ 100 ($ 120 ,000 .00 ) Dollars for design services , other planning expenses and
any other committee expenses in connection with the construction of a new
elementary school in Town , and to authorize the New Elementary School
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Building Committee to solicit bids and to contract and expend funds .
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MEETING adjourned at 10 : 20 P . M . until May 9 , 1989 at 7 :00 P . M .
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MEETING called to order at 7 :00 P. M . May 9 , 1989Ile I .
ARTICLE 21 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
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purchase of the following equipment and meter for use at the Captains Golf
Course :
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1 . Fairway Aerifier $20 ,000 .00 Replace
ell 1 2 . 3 Rotary Mowers 21000 .00 "
3 . Driving Range Vehicle 21500 .00 "
4 . Backhoe Attachment 61500 .00 New
5 . Rototiller P . T. O . 31000 .00 "
6 . Flo- meter & Pit 51500 .00 "
TOTAL $39 , 500 .00
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ARTICLE 22 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Two thousand Five hundred and 00 / 100 ($2 , 500 .00 ) Dollars for publications
of attractions , amenities and services of the Town in the form of the Brewster -
Guide and Map published annually by the Brewster Board of Trade, Inc. with
such appropriation to be augmented in a minority amount to those majority
funds raised and furnished privately by the Brewster Board of Trade , Inc.
ADOPTED
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ARTICLE 23 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Ambulance
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of Fifty thousand and
00 / 100 ( $50 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to meet the following Rescue related expenses :
RESCUE and FIRE Protective clothing Twenty thousand and 00 / 100
( $20 ,000 .00 ) Dollars ; Rescue fund operation Fifteen thousand and 00/ 100
($ 15 ,000 ) Dollars ; Immunizations and testing Two thousand five hundred and
00 / 100 ($2 , 500 .00 ) Dollars ; Rescue Equipment replacement and purchase
Five thousand and 00 / 100 ( $5 ,000 .00 ) Dollars ; and radio modifications Seven
thousand five hundred and 00 / 100 ( $7 ,500 .00 ) Dollars . Said funds to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Fire Chief for this purpose .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 24 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Seven -
ty-five Thousand and 00 / 100 ($75 ,000 .00 ) Dollars , as partial cost to extend a
12 " water main along Crowell 's Bog Road , from Sheep Pond Road intersection ,
west to Tanglewood Road , Tanglewood Road to Capt . Baker Road and along %
Capt . Baker Road , approximately 1 ,970 feet and an 8 "water main along Long :
Pond Circle from Capt . Baker Road , to ' Tanglewood Road intersection , and from .
the intersection of Capt . Baker and Tanglewood , along Tanglewood to inter
section at Long Pond Road approximately 1 ,675 feet ; that to raise this appro
priation , the Treasurer , with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , is hereby :;
authorized to borrow said sum under and pursuant to Chapter 44 , Section 8 ( 5 ) ,
of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority , and to issue bonds or u
notes of the Town ; that betterments shall be assessed upon the property owners
to repay the Town the above cost , with interest , in full compliance with the
Water Betterment Assessment Program ; and that the sum of Twenty Thousand
and 00 / 100 ($20 ,000 .00 ) Dollars be raised and appropriated to be combined
with the borrowed funds for the above purpose .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 25 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of One ,
hundred fifty thousand and 00 / 100 ($ 150 ,000 .00 ) Dollars from the Water
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account to the Water Construction Ac-
count , to authorize the expenditure thereof under the direction of the Board of
Water Commissioners and to appropriate these funds for the construction of
new water main , for the extension of existing water mains , for the payment of
water works projects and for the general enhancement of the Town 's water
system for this purpose .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 26 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Water Re-
ceipts Reserved for Appropriation Account the sum of Ten thousand and
00 / 100 ( $ 10 ,000 .00 ) Dollars for furnishing and installing electronic flow me -
tering systems and total flow telemetry system on the Town of Brewster Public
Supply Wells .
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p, RTi� To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt , as Chapter
1 � 1 , Sections 100 - 1 through 100 -4 of the Code of the Town of Brewster,
r Massachusetts , the following bylaw , entitled " Handicapped Parking : "
RESERVATION OF PARKING SPACES
Section 1 . Any person or body that has lawful control of a public or private
way or of improved or enclosed property used as off-street parking areas for
businesses , shopping malls , theaters , auditoriums , sporting or recreational
ti facilities , cultural centers , residential dwellings , or for any other place where the
public has a right of access as invitees or licensees , shall be required to reserve
parking spaces in said off-street parking areas for any vehicle owned and oper-
ated by a disabled veteran or handicapped person whose vehicle bears the
distinguishing license plate or placard authorized by General Laws , Chapter 90 ,
Section 2 or Chapter 632 of the Acts of 1985 as amended .
FORMULA FOR NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
Section 2 . Where the number of parking spaces in any such area is more than
fifteen ( 15 ) but not more than twenty-five ( 25 ) , there shall be one handicapped
IR parking space ; more than twenty-five (25 ) but not more than (40 ) , five ( 5 % )
percent of such spaces but not less than two ( 2 ) handicapped spaces ; more than
forty (40 ) but not more than one hundred ( 100 ) , four , (4 % ) percent of such
spaces but not less than three ( 3 ) handicapped spaces ; more than one hundred
(100 ) but not more than two hundred (200 ) three ( 3% ) percent of such spaces
but not less than four (4 ) handicapped spaces ; more than two hundred (200 )
but not more than five hundred ( 500 ) , two (2 % ) percent of such spaces but not
less than six ( 6 ) handicapped spaces ; more than five hundred (500 ) but not more
than one thousand ( 1 ,000 ) , one and one- half ( 1 'h % ) percent of such spaces but
not less than ten ( 10 ) handicapped spaces ; more than one thousand ( 1 ,000 )
but not more than two thousand (2 , 000 ) one ( 1 % ) percent of such spaces but
not less than fifteen ( 15 ) handicapped spaces ; more than two thousand (2 ,000 )
but less than five thousand ( 5 ,000 ) , three-fourths ( 3/4 ) of one ( 1 % ) percent of
such spaces but not less than twenty (20 ) handicapped spaces ; and more than
five thousand (5 ,000 ) one-half ( '/Z ) of one ( 1 % ) percent of such spaces but not
less than thirty (30 ) handicapped spaces .
IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION OF HANDICAPPED SPACES
Section 3 . All parking spaces designated as reserved under the provisions of the
above paragraph shall continue to be so reserved unless a change in designation
is authorized in writing by the Building Inspector and shall be identified by the
use of above grade signs with white lettering against a blue background and
shall bear the words " Handicapped Parking : Special Plate Required . Unauthor-
ized Parking Subject to Fine and Towing At Owner's Expense " . Such spaces
shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway ; shall be adjacent
to curb ramps or other unobstructed methods permitting sidewalk access to a
handicapped person ; and shall be twelve ( 12 ) feet wide or shall consist of two
( 2 ) eight (8 ' ) foot wide areas with four (4 ) feet of cross hatch between them .
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VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
Section 4 . It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to have unauthorized
vehicles within parking spaces designated for use by disabled veterans or handi-
capped persons as authorized by the above paragraphs or to leave such a vehicle
as to obstruct a curb ramp designed for use by handicapped persons as a means
of egress to a street or public way . The penalty for violation of this bylaw shall `
be fifteen and 00 / 100 ( $ 15 .00 ) Dollars . The vehicle may be removed according
to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 266 , Section 120D . The penalty for
failure to establish and maintain handicapped spaces and signs required by the
above paragraphs in this bylaw shall be Fifty and 00 / 100 ($50 .00 ) Dollars for
each day such failure continues . As an alternative to criminal enforcement , this
bylaw may , in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 , Section
21D , be enforced in a non-criminal proceeding by either (a ) the building in .
spector and assistant building inspectors or (b ) any member of the police de-
partment . Any enforcement person taking cognizance of a violation of the bylaw
may , as an alternative to initiating criminal proceedings , give to the offender a
written notice to appear before the Clerk of the Orleans District Court at any
time during office hours but not later than twenty-one (2 1 ) days after the date y '
of the notice unless the civil fine is sooner paid .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY '
ARTICLE 28 . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Thirty
thousand and 00 / 100 ($30 ,000 .00 ) Dollars by transferring the sum of Nineteen
thousand and 00 / 100 ($ 19 ,000 .00 ) Dollars from Article 21 of the January 26,
1987 Special Town Meeting and to raise and appropriate the sum of Eleven
thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 11 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to authorize the Land Acquisition
Committee to solicit bids , enter into contracts , and expend these funds in
pursuance of its land acquisition objectives , to include planning assistance , real
estate appraisals , and other legal and professional support services for the con -
tinuation of the townwide land acquisition program .
ADOPTED YES 231 NO 154
ARTICLE 29 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select
men to grant Land Transfers/Tax Titles to the following areas :
1 ) The real property which is shown on the Brewster Assessor's Map 39 as
Parcel 40 to the Brewster Conservation Commission ,
2 ) The real property which is shown on the Brewster Assessor's Map 50 as
Parcel 9 to the Brewster Water Department ,
3 ) The real property which is shown on the Brewster Assessor's Map 40 as
Parcel 63- 17 to the Brewster Housing Authority .
ADOPTED YES 350 NO 16
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TTo see if the Town will vote to raise and
A_ RICLE 30 . appropriate the sum
ed of Three thousand and 00 / 100 ($3 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to dredge and maintain the
Ji tidal ditch between Paine 's Creek and Freeman 's Pond in order to improve
Ie Water quality and maintain mosquito control .
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1e transfer the amount of Five thousand and 00 / 100 ($5 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to be
� r = added to the Conservation Fund ,
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ARTICLE 32 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
7 of Fifteen thousand and 00 / 100 ($ 15 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to conduct one Hazardous
eev K%3Waste Collection Day in Fiscal Year 1990 for Brewster residents only .
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ARTICLE 33 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Brewster Wetlands
Protection Bylaw as follows :
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a ) By deleting therefrom the last sentence of Section 4 ; and
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b ) By deleting the first sentence of Section 5 and inserting in place thereof the
following :
Any person filing an application or a Request for Determination with the
Commission at the same time shall give written notice thereof, by certified
mail or hand delivery to all abutters and abutters to abutters within 300 '
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of the lot which is the subject of such application or Request for Determi -
nation , according to the most recent records of the Assessor, and to all
other ' persons as the Conservation Commission shall in writing require .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 34 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select
men to convey to James M . Day the Town 's interest in the real estate shown on
Assessor' s Map 39 Parcel 7 - 1 , being . 92 acres , more or less located on Run Hill
Road , in consideration of and subject to the granting of a Conservation Re-
striction and the siting of a single family dwelling and driveway as shown on a
plan entitled , "Topographical Plan of Land In Brewster Massachusetts Prepared
For James M . Day , Scale 1 " = 20 ' — Dated February 2 , 1989 , Prepared by
Eldredge Engineering , 1038 Main Street Chatham , MA 02633 ", on file with
the Conservation Commission ; and subject to the construction of a 10 ' proposed
walk , in accordance with a proposed agreement and Conservation Restriction
between James M . Day and the Conservation Commission ,
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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ARTICLE 35 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate , transfer
from available funds and /or borrow a sum of money to be added to Article 13
of the October 17 , 1988 Special Town Meeting to further fund the payment of
expenses relative to the construction of an addition to the rear of the Library
for the installation of an elevator , and other energy improvement measures .
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ARTICLE 36 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of One hundred thirty-four thousand two hundred and 00 / 100 ( $ 134 ,200 .00 )
Dollars for the purpose of purchasing , equipping and maintaining the following
equipment :
1 . one ( 1 ) front end loader ( Replacement ) 90 ,000 .00
2 . one ( 1 ) roll -off trailer ( New ) 401000 .00
3 . one ( 1 ) striping machine 41200 .00
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 37 AS AMENDED
ARTICLE 37 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Two hundred eighty-five thousand and 00 / 100 ( $285 ,000 .00 ) Dollars for
Capital Projects as follows :
1 ) Stony Brook Road / Reconstruction and Paving $97 ,396 .00
2 ) Underpass Road Sidewalk /Construction 85 ,000 .00
3 ) Drainage (4 locations ) Installation 401000 .00
4 ) Drainage Study /Old Mill Building Area
10 ,000 .00
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and to appropriate the additional sum of Fifty -two thousand six hundred four
and 00 /100 ($52 , 604 .00 ) Dollars for the Stony Brook Road Project from
available funds under Chapter 15 , Acts of 1988 , as the State 's share of the cost
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of work under Chapter 90 , Section 34 (2 ) (a ) of the General Laws provided
that Stony Brook Road be reconstructed and paved within the layout of the
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AMENDED MAIN MOTION ADOPTED YES 213 N0158
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ARTICLE 38 . To see if the Town will vote to amend and confirm the autho
rization granted pursuant to Articles 83 , 85 and 86 of the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Brewster held on May 9 , 1988 to lay out and make public the
private ways known as Leland Road , Ranney Road and Cliff Pond Road , Fair
Oak Drive , Windswept Road , Birch Lane , Cedar Lane , Locust Lane , Laurel Lane ,
Holly Avenue , Oak Lane , Maple Lane , Poplar Lane and Hickory Lane by
authorizing the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift , purchase or by eminent i
domain the drainage easements shown on plans entitled " Plan Showing Drainage ,
Easements Located on Lots in Brewster, MA to be recorded in the Barnstable
County Registry of Deeds , prepared for the Town of Brewster by Ryder and
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nsfer ilcox, Inc . , P . E . & R . L . S . , So . Orleans , MA, copies of which are on file with
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ARTI� To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select-
men to lay out and make public the private ways known as Cottage Lane , Staf
ford Terrace , Sturbridge Way , Old Salem Road , and Essex Way all west of Red
sura Top Road by a plan to be created by Ryder & Wilcox , Inc . reflecting the metes
00 ) y, and bounds as shown on Land Court Plan 38727A, sheets 1 through 4 and
/ ing " Land ' Court Plan 32393E sheets 1 and 2 , recorded with the Barnstable County
Registry of Deeds , Plan Book 459 and Page 88 , in accordance with Article 50
of the Annual Town Meeting of 1974 , Betterment Assessment , and to authorize
the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift , purchase or eminent domain , the
land`, easements , rights therein , and further authorize the Board of Selectmen to
proceed with the reconstruction of said ways where it has been determined by
the Selectmen that all of the provisions of Article 50 of the Annual Town
Meeting of May 1974 have been complied with ; to appropriate and to authorize
the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , to fund the total
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g� cost of said acquisition , engineering , construction , and other expenses inci
dental thereto , through borrowing One hundred fifty-four thousand eight
m hundred and 00 /100 ( $ 154 , 800 .00 ) Dollars and to raise and appropriate and /or
or transfer from available funds a sum of Fifteen thousand four hundred eighty and
00 / 100 ($ 15 ,480 .00 ) Dollars for bonding and interest charges for a period not to
exceed ten ( 10 ) years, said total sum to be repaid to the Town by owners of
w lots abutting the ways as provided in said Article 50 .
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ARTICLE 40 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and /or
r transfer from available funds the sum of Sixty-seven thousand and 00 / 100
eel 1% ( $67 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to authorize the Recreation Commission to develop plans ,
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solicit bids and enter into contracts , and to expend these funds for the purpose
of redesigning and upgrading the Brewster Elementary School ballfield or to
take any other action relative thereto .
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ARTICLE 41 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Twelve thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 12 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to authorize the Recrea-
tion Commission to develop plans , solicit bids and enter into contracts for the
purpose of creating two (2 ) Little League baseball fields on the property of the
former Monomoy Camp site , presently owned by the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts located on Route 6A and that said funds will not be expended until the
Town of Brewster has received written authorization from the Nickerson State
Park Advisory Committee and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to lease the
property for use as recreational fields .
ADOPTED
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ARTICLE 42 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select-
men to appoint a five (5 ) member committee to carry out a preliminary evaluaw
tion of a new municipal golf course in the Punkhorn Parklands area and to
report back to the 1990 Annual Town Meeting .
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ARTICLE 43 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
CHAPTER 179 INDEX , ARTICLE IX, SPECIAL REGULATIONS, SECTION
179 -38 by eliminating the present Title and substituting the following :
SECTION 179 -38 . PLANNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR ROW COM -
MERCIAL
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ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 44 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
ARTICLE 1 , GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 179-2 , DEFINITIONS, i '
SUBSECTION B . , by eliminating the present definition of a PLANNED
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and adding the following :
PLANNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT — The development of a tract of land
in single or consolidated ownership for commercial purposes where the uses
shall be contained in more than one ( 1 ) building and the development shall be
served with common parking areas .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ,
ARTICLE 45 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
ARTICLE 1 , GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 179-2 , DEFINITIONS,
SUBSECTION B . , by eliminating the present definition of ROW COMMER -
CIAL and adding the following :
ROW COMMERCIAL — A structure or use containing more than one commer-
cial unit, each unit divided from others by firewalls , party walls , separation walls
or other walls so as to be separate and distinct from each other unit . Each unit
contained shall be a permitted use and may be separately owned .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 46 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
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ARTICLE 11 , ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS, Section 179- 6 , WETLANDS
CONSERVANCY DISTRICT B . 2 by inserting after the last sentence of that
section ending with the word "chapter ", the following :
Areas designated on the soil survey field sheets as "made land " may be accorded
Wetlands Conservancy District status if an onsite investigation determines that
the filled area covers a Conservancy District Soil or Soil Association ,
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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ect ART1� 47 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
lua ARTICLE IV , USE REGULATIONS, SECTION 179 - 11 , TABLE OF USE
to REGULATIONS ( b ) , Table 1 , Use Regulations to read as follows :
TABLE 1
USE REGULATIONS
W R - R R - L R - M C- H C- L V- B I M R D
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Retail & Service
(except as provided
M in Sec. 179- 38 )
I% 24 . Row Commercial — — — P P P
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 48 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
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ARTICLE V , AREA AND BULK REGULATIONS, SECTION 179- 16 , TABLES
OF REGULATIONS, Table 3 , HEIGHT AND BULK REGULATIONS, so that
it will hereafter read as follows :
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Maximum Maximum Maximum Building Maximum Building
Permitted Permitted Coverage of lot Coverage of
Height Height ( covered area as Buildable
( Note 1 ) ( Note 2 ) percent of total Uplands within
District (feet ) (stories ) lot area ) lot area
R - R 30 2 '/z 15
R - L 30 21/2 20
R - M 30 21/2 25
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C- H 30 21/2 40 % * *
C- L 30 21/2 40 %
V- B 30 21/2 30 %
30 2 50
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* * Except 25 % for multifamily dwellings .
ADOPTED YES 332 NO 3
ARTICLE 49 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW,
ARTICLE VII , OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS,
SECTION 179- 23 , by eliminating the present Subsection A. (2 ) and adding :
(2 ) Driveways leading to or from a street to or from a single area shall be
surfaced with bituminous or cement concrete material and shall be graded and
drained so as to dispose of all surface water runoff . Despite the provisions of the
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preceding sentence , parking or loading areas containing nine (9 ) or fewer spaces
may be graded with a four- inch layer of aggregate or processed stone material .
Parking and loading areas containing ten ( 10 ) or more spaces shall be surfaced
with bituminous concrete or cement concrete material and contain a drainage x
system design based upon the rational method using a ten - year design storm .
The computations used to arrive at the design shall be made available to the
Building Department .
ADOPTED YES 323 NO 7
ARTICLE 50 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW
ARTICLE IX, SPECIAL REGULATIONS, SECTION 179 - 38 . , by eliminating
the present SUBSECTIONS A, B , C, D , E , F & G and adding the following
A . The tract in single or consolidated ownership at the time of application
shall be at least three (3 ) acres in size for a Planned Business Development
and a minimum of forty thousand (40 ,000 ) square feet and a maximum
of three (3 ) acres for Row Commercial . Row Commercial or Planned
Business Development shall contain a minimum of twenty-five percent
(25 % ) open green space and a maximum of twenty-five percent ( 25 % )
building coverage . In either case , percentage figures are based on Build
able Uplands as defined in ARTICLE I , GENERAL PROVISIONS, SEC
TION 179 -2 — DEFINITIONS ( B ) .
B . Uses in a Planned Business Development shall be contained in more than
one ( 1 ) building . Each building shall be separated from another by at least
twenty-four (24 ) feet .
C . The building footprint shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25 % ) of the
Buildable Upland of the land involved .
D . Planned Business Developments or Row Commercials shall be served by
one ( 1 ) common parking area and by common exit and entrance areas . '
E . Reduction in parking space requirements shall not exceed more than ten
percent ( 10 % ) of those required under normal applications of require-
ments of the C, VB or I Districts but shall not allow any reduction in the
number of loading areas required .
F . The design and construction of any ways for motor vehicles within the
Planned Business Development or Row Commercial shall be subject to the
Land Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Brewster .
G . The Planned Business Development or Row Commercial shall be served
by public water and public sewerage if available within five hundred (500 )
feet or by communal supply and disposal systems approved by the Massa-
chusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering and the
Brewster Board of Health .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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Low Density ) District which lies within four hundred feet (400 ' ) north of Route
6A and three hundred feet (300 ' ) south of Route 6A as that way approaches
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ej and passes into the Town of Orleans and by also changing into a "V- B " ( Village
Business ) District that "C- L " ( Commercial Low Density) District which lies in
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the area of Route 6A and Paine 's Creek RoadI ell .
ADOPTED YES 337 NO 20
ARTICLE 52 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the ZONING BYLAW
by changing into an " R- M " ( Residential Medium Density ) District that " C- L "
( Commercial Low Density ) District which lies within four hundred feet (4001 )
north of Route 6A and three hundred feet (3009 south of Route 6A as that way
approaches and passes into the Town of Orleans and also changing into an
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" R - M " ( Residential Medium Density ) District that " C- L " ( Commercial Low
Density ) District which lies in the area of Route 6A and Paine 's Creek Road ,
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ARTICLE 53 . To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase or by gift
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or to take by eminent domain under Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 79 ,
and any other authority for conservation , passive recreation , and watershed
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Protection purposes , as provided in Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 40 ,
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Section 8 (c) , the real property described as follows :
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For a total of : 35 . 10 ( more or less )
That a sum of money is hereby appropriated for the costs of acquiring such
land , including costs incidental and related thereto ; that to raise this appropria-
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borrow a sum of money under and pursuant to Chapter 44 , Section 7 (3 ) of the
General Laws or any other enabling authority , and to issue bonds or notes of
ell the Town therefor ; that a further sum of money is raised and appropriated for
the purpose of paying interest on temporary notes issued in anticipation thereof ;
that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to apply for, accept and
I lee , expend any funds which may be provided by the Commonwealth or otherwise
to defray a portion of the costs of acquiring this property , provided that the
amounts of bonds or notes issued hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of
any such grant received prior to the sale of such bonds or notes ; and that the
Town of Brewster Conservation Commission is authorized to manage and
control the property described herein ; provided that no money shall be ex
pended or borrowed under this vote unless the Town shall have voted at a regu
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lar or special election to exempt the amounts required to pay the bonds and
notes from the limitations of Proposition 2 '/2 so called . {
DEFEATED YES 226 N0135
ARTICLES 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , AND 63 WERE ADOPTED AS A
BLOCK WITH A TOTAL SUM OF $30 ,040 .00 .
ARTICLE 54 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Four thousand and 00/ 100 ( $4 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to be used for the Brewster
children being served by the Cape Cod Child Development Program , Inc . ( Head
Start ) ; and to authorize the Brewster School Committee to enter into a contract
for said services .
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 55 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Three thousand one hundred eleven and 00/ 100 ( $3 , 111 .00 ) Dollars as pro -
vided in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40 , Section 5 , Clause 39 , to help
defray expenses in providing facilities for training , rehabilitation and employ-
ment of mentally retarded and handicapped residents of the Nauset Workshop,
Inc . and to authorize the Brewster School Committee to enter into a contract
for said services .
ADOPTED ell
ARTICLE 56 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Five thousand three hundred and fifty-nine and 00/ 100 ( $5 ,359 .00 ) Dollars
to help defray expenses of the Cape Cod Mental Health Association d /b /a Center
for Individual and Family Services of Cape Cod for counseling services to indi -
viduals , children and families ; substance abuse counseling services ; Family Media-
tion services ; psychiatric day treatments ; residential services to teen mothers ;
and supported work services for mentally ill individuals ; and to authorize the
Board of Health to enter into a contract for said services .
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 57 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Nine thousand three hundred forty-two and 00/ 100 ($9 , 342 .00 ) Dollars for
outpatient residential and rehabilitative services for the mental health needs
of the residents of the Town of Brewster to be rendered by the Lower Cape
Human Services Committee , Inc . , and to authorize the Board of Health to
enter into a contract for said services .
ADOPTED
ARTICLE 58 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum r
of Three thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ($3 ,500 .00 ) Dollars to help defray
expenses of the Cape Cod Council on Alcoholism , and to authorize the Board
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ind of Health to enter into a contract for said services .
ADOPTED
RTILA CLE 59 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
A of One thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 1 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to help defray expenses of
Access House , Inc . in serving adolescent girls from the Town of Brewster , Ma . ,
and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract for said ser-
im vices .
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ARTICLE 60 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Two thousand and 00 / 100 ($2 ,000 .00 ) Dollars , to provide legal advice and
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representation to Brewster residents over the age of sixty , by Legal Services for
Cape Cod and Islands , Inc . through its Elder Law Project , and to authorize the
» Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract for said services .
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ARTICLE 61 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Two hundred fifty and 00 / 100 ($250 .00 ) Dollars to help defray expenses
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within the Town of Brewster of Sight Loss Services , Inc . Cape Cod and Islands ,
a Cape based , human service organization that services the newly blind , the
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visually impaired , and people with progressive eye disease , and to authorize the
Board of Selectmen to enter into_ a contract for said services .
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ADOPTED
le% ARTICLE 62 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate , and /or
transfer from available funds , the sum of One thousand five hundred and 00 /100
( $ 1 ,500 .00 ) Dollars to help defray costs of providing energy and food programs
and services provided by the Cape and Islands Self- Reliance Corporation to the
residents of the Town of Brewster , and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
enter into a contract for said services .
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
le ARTICLE 63 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of One thousand four hundred seventy-eight and 00 / 100 ( $ 1 ,478 .00 ) Dollars
to help defray expenses of Independence House , Inc. , Cape Cod 's resource cen -
ter for battered women and their children and Rape Sexual Assault Victim /
Survivors , and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract
for said services .
ADOPTED
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ARTICLE 64 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate , and /or
transfer from available funds , a sum of money to add to the Pension Fund ,
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
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ARTICLE 65 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash the
sum of Seventy-five thousand and 00 / 100 ( $75 ,000 .00 ) Dollars and to raise and
appropriate the sum of One hundred Twenty -five thousand and 00 / 100
( $ 125 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to add to the Stabilization Fund .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
MEETING ADJOURNED at 10 : 40 P . M .
At rue copy , ATTEST :
Donna Luscombe
ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK
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