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Report of the
SPECM TOWN MEETING
September 22 , 1986
In accordance with the Warrant , the Special Town Meeting was held in the
Brewster Elementary School Cafetorium , Monday , September 22 , 1986 . The
meeting was called to order at 7 : 04 p . m . by the Moderator , Stephen L . Doyle .
The tellers were Dorothy Grenier , June Gallant , Gladys Curtis , Doris Powell ,
Edward Sabatini , Edwin Blease and J . Ogden Tyldsley , Jr . Checkers were
Dorothea Dugan , Carl Scrivener , Mary Tucker , Margo Cathie and Christopher
Williams . A Quorum of 216 was present .
The Warrant was read by the Moderator , Stephen L . Doyle , with the exception
of the Articles which were read as they were being considered .
ARTICLE 1 . 1 move the Town vote to increase the number of members of the
Board of Selectmen from three to five members with the term of office to
remain at three years ; to provide on the ballot at the Annual Town Election in
1987 for the election of one member of the Board of Selectmen for one year ,
one member for a term of two years and one member for a term of three years ,
and those members so elected shall be paid at a rate of $ 1 ,000 .00 per year for
the balance of the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1987 ; said Board of Selectmen
shall continue to serve as the Board of Assessors , as the Personnel Board and as
the Department of Public Works .
Move to vote by Secret Ballot .
ADOPTED 293 YES 213 NO
ARTICLE 2 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the first sentence of Section
25 — Longevity — of the Personnel By - Law to read as follows : " Permanent
full -time employees will receive an annual payment after six ( 6 ) years of
continuous employment of One Hundred Fifty and 00/ 100 ( $ 150 . 00 ) Dollars
per year up to a maximum of dine Hundred and 00/ 100 ( $900 . 00 ) Dollars " and
to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred and 00/ 100 ( $700 . 00 ) Dol -
lars to fund any adjustment resulting from such change .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 3 , To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel By - Law Clas -
sification Schedule effective July 1 , 1986 ( retroactive ) , adopted by Special
Town Meeting of August 25 , 1985 , by taking the following action :
Deleting :
Superintendent/ Engineer DPW No . 80- 1 - 1 ( DH ) Group 16
Superintendent Water Department No . 50- 1 - 1 ( DH ) Group 15
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Adding :
Fire Chief No . 90- 14 - 1 ( DH ) Group 16 ( '/2 Rate for step 6 )
Superintendent DPW No . 80 - 1 - 1 ( DH ) Group 15
Assistant Health Agent ( Part -Time 19 hrs ) No . 30 -3 - 1 Group 6
Operating and Planning Manager No . 50 - 1 - 1 ( DH ) Group 16
Water Department
Health Agent No . 30- 1 -2 ( DH ) Group 12
Director , Council on Aging No . 110- 1 -2 ( DH ) Group 9
Assistant Inspector ( Part -Time ) No . 100 -3 - 1 Group 9
Building Department
Custodian , Building ( Part -Time ) No . 150-4 - 1 Group 6
and to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty -two thousand nine hundred
twenty and 61 / 100 ($22 ,920 . 61 ) Dollars to add ( for payment retroactive to
July 1 , 1986 ) to the following wage and salary accounts and to place ( retro-
active to July 1 , 1986 ) the following positions in the classification by Salary
Group and step as listed below :
Personnel By- Law Classification Plan
EFFECTIVE July 1 , 1986
Raise &
Salary Appro-
Group Position Title & Number Incumbent's Step priate
16 Fire Chief 90 - 14 - 1 ( DH ) '/2 rate 6 $ 1 ,810 .
7 / 1 /86 rate $ 13 ,230 . Proposed rate $ 15 ,040 .
16 Superintendent 120- 1 - 1 ( DH ) 5 $ 2 ,308 .
Golf Course
7 / 1 /86 rate $25 ,740 . Proposed rate $28 ,048 .
16 Operating & 50- 1 - 1 ( DH ) 6 $ 2 ,887 •
Planning Manager , Water Department
7 / 1 /86 rate $ 27 , 193 . Proposed rate $30 ,080 .
12 Health Agent 30 - 1 -2 ( DH ) 6 $ 21460 .
7 / 1 /86 rate $22 ,594 . Proposed rate $25 ,054 .
9 Director , Council on Aging 30 -3 - 1 1 $ 41129 . 21
7 / 1 /86 rate $ 12 ,546 .79 Proposed rate $ 16 ,676 .
9 Asst . Building 100 -3 - 1 4 $ 91326 . 40
Inspector ( PT )
7 / 1 /86 rate ( New Position ) $ 10 . 61
Total $22 ,920 . 61
Any cost of living increase approved in Article 4 of this Special Town Meeting
shall not be added to the individual rates proposed in this Article .
ADOPTED
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ARTICLE 4 , To see if the TSTM — 9/22/86
Town will vote to amend the Personnel By - Law Wage
and Salary Scale adopted by Special Town Meeting of August 25 , 1985 and the
Personnel By Law Fixed Rate Unclassified Wage and Salary Schedule by increas - ARTICLE 3 . To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 15 — Other Paid
ing the same b six 6 Leave , paragraph a , by eliminating the following from the first sentence : "one
Y ( ) percent and adjusting the rates therein accordingly and
to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty -one thousand seven hundred sixty - to be charged to sick leave . " To become effective July 1 , 1986 .
nine and 00/ 100 ($21 , 769 . 00 ) Dollars needed to fund the Wage and Salary
Account of eligible employees covered by the Personnel By - Law . All Part-time ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
temporary personnel who are employed on a part time basis less than six ( 6)
months ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel By - Law , Sec-
per year are excluded and excepted from receiving the six ( 6) percent tion 6B , to read as follows :
increase . Said increase is permanent, is a cost of living adjustment beginning
Fiscal Year 1987 and is to be retroactive to July 1 , 1986 , 1 . Upon satisfactory completion of theprobationary period , 6
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY months , a new employee may receive a step increase , as recom -
mended by the Department Head , on his/her anniversary date of
ARTICLE 5 hire , or July 1 . , whichever comes first .
1 . 1 1 move the Town vote to amend the Personnel By— Law
( Retroactive to July 1 , 1986 ) by adding the amount of One hundred and 00/ 100 2 . Subsequent step rate increases shall be effective July 1 of each
($ 100. 00) Dollars to the following classifications after application of the cost of year upon a recommendation of the Department Head or Adminis-
� living allowance
trative Authority and approval of the Personnel Board ,
PI Rescue Member ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
PS-8 Rescue Lieutenant $509 . 75
$578 . 00
PSI Rescue Captain
$782 . 00 ARTICLE 10 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Fortythree thousand three hundred sixty eight and 00/100 ($ 43 , 368 . 00)
6) by changing PS- 10 Rescue Paramedic to :
h: move the Town vete to amend the Personnel By - Law ( Retroactive to July
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Dollars to be used to meet the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining
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agreement effective July 1 , 1986 between the Town and the Office and Profes -
PS- 10 Rescue Paramedic sionai Employees International Union Local 6 , AFL —CIO .
$ 1 ,500.00
and to raise and appropriate the sum of Three thousand seven hundred and ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
OOf100 ($3,70Q6pQ) Dollars to fund the above .
ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
ADOPTED Thirty -one thousand four hundred fifty -four and 06/ 100 ( $31 ,454 . 06 ) Dollars
to be used to meet the terms and conditions of collective bargaining agreement
ARTICLE 6. 1 effective July 1 , 1986 between the Town and the Service Employees Interna -
move the Town vote to amend the Personnel By - Law Fixed Rate
Schedule by taking the following action : tional Union Local 254 .
Deleting : ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
Plumbing Inspector No . I-6
$ 11 ,009 .80 ( including ARTICLE 12 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
transportation ) Three thousand six hundred twenty -seven and 00/ 100 ( $3 ,627 . 00 ) Dollars to
Adding : fund a part-time position of Senior Clerk for the Board of Health for fifteen ( 15 )
Plumbing Inspector No . 1-6 $ 18hours per week from October 1 , 1986 through June 30 , 1987 .
, 759 . 80 ( including
Effective July 1 , 1986 . transportation ) ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ARTICLE 13 . To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Hall Study
Committee to proceed with the alteration and reconstruction of the Town Hall
ARTICLE 7 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and a in accordance with the plans prepared by the Preservation Partnership identified
ppropriate the sum of as Scheme 2 ( 1990 ) prepared in accordance with the vote passed under Article
Five hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 500 . 00) Dollars for the receptionist 's salary account .
5 of the May 12 , 1986 Special Town Meeting .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
DEFEATED
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ARTICLE 14 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
or
transfer from available funds or undertake a combination therreof inorder/to ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
generate and make available the sum of Four hundred ninety thousand and
00/ 100 ($490,000 . 00 ) Dollars and to a ARTICLE 19 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
expanding and modernizing the existing Town ' Hall by construct ne purpose of
y 9 equipping
Fifteen thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 15 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to complete the funding of
the Brewster share of a three town project conducted by the United States
and furnishing an addition or additions thereto and by reconstructing, renovat-
ing and making extraordinary repairs to the existing building in combination Geological Survey ( USGS) , for the purpose of detailed definition of the water
with One million and 00/ 100 ($ 11000 ,000 . 00) Dollars reviousl a table lens underlying Brewster , Dennis and Harwich . —
for the same purpose by the Town at its August 26 , 1985 Special Town Meeting ,
which sum will include funds for the relocation expense from the current tem - ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
porary site to the renovated Town Hall and for incidental expenses , to authorize
the Selectmen to apply for and receive funds from any source (state , federal or ARTICLE 20 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
other) in order to defray the expenses of this project . Fifteen hundred forty and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 ,540 .00 ) Dollars to service all heating —
units and controls and to clean the boiler and service the oil burner controls in
DEFEATED the Community Center Building .
ARTICLE 15 . 1 move the Town will vote to transfer from free cash the sum of ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
Twenty -five thousand and 00/ 100 ($25 ,000 . 00 ) Dollars for an auxiliary well
ARTICLE 21 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
and irrigation pump at the Captains Golf Course .
Fifteen hundred and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 ,500 .00 ) Dollars to add to the wage and salary
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY account in the Community Center .
ARTICLE 16 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
to grant an easement merit to Commonwealth Electric Company for the installation
and maintenance of wires , poles , transformers , piers , abutments , ARTICLE 22 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
and conduits in
the Brewster Industrial Park situated off Freeman 's Way , and to act full Thirty -five hundred and 00/ 100 ( $3 ,500 .00) Dollars to install a fire suppression
thereon . Y system over the cooking range in the kitchen area of the cafeteria of the
Community Center ,
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 17 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
One thousand sixty and 57/ 100 ($ 11060 . 57 ) Dollars to pay for the following ARTICLE 23 . MOTION : That the sum of Two million eight hundred forty
thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 2 ,840 ,000 .00 ) Dollars is hereby appropriated for com -
unpaid bills from previous fiscal years :
pleting the design and constructing , originally equipping and furnishing an addi -
New England Medical Labs , Inc . tion or additions to the Brewster Elementary School and for remodeling , recon - —
William E . Crowell , Jr . $ 5 ' 20 structing or making extraordinary repairs to the existing facility , including costs
William A . Golden , M . D . 768 ' 75 incidental and related to the carrying out of the project and its financing ; that
Cape Cod Times 35 . 00 to raise such appropriation the Treasurer , with the approval of the Selectmen , is
A . M . Sulkin , Inc . 69' 62 hereby authorized to borrow the sum of Two million eight hundred fifteen
Arbortech 15 . 00 thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 2 ,815 ,000 .00 ) Dollars under and pursuant to Chapter —
Orleans Medical Center 132 . 00 645 of the Acts of 1948 , as amended and supplemented , or any other enabling
35 . 00 authority ,
and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor ; that the Brewster —
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Total Elementary School Building Committee established by vote of the Town at the
$ 1 ,060 .57 Annual Town Meeting of May 12 , 1986 is authorized to take such aetion as may
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY be required to carry out and complete the project ; and that the sum of Twenty -
five thousand and 00/ 100 ($25 ,000 .00 ) Dollars is raised and appropriated for
the purpose of paying costs of preparing , issuing and marketing said bonds or
ARTICLE 18 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and aphe sum —
Brewsterts share of notes and for paying interest thereon , including interest in temporary notes in
Twenty -five thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 251000 .00 ) Dollars as
Regional Septage Treatment anticipation thereof ; provided that no money shall be expended or borrowed
interest and charges on Bond Anticipation notes for Re
Plant .
under this vote unless the Town shall have voted at a regular or special election
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to exempt the amounts required to pay the bonds or notes from the limitations
of Proposition 2 'h , so -called .
1985 in Barnstable Deeds Book 4515 at Page 268 ; the Water Commissioners
d that said Lot 6 is no longer needed by the Town .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY having already vote —
ADOPTED
Moved the Town vote to reconsider Article 1 of this Special Town Meeting ,
DEFEATED %% % ARTICLE 30 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to borrow
the sum of Twenty -one thousand and 00/ 100 ($21 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to install —
approximately 1 ,000 feet of eight inch ( 8 " ) watermain on Maple Lane in the
ARTICLE 24 . To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 640 of the
of 1985 . Acts Town of Brewster , property owners to repay the Town with interest in full —
compliance with the Water Betterment Assessment Program ,
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 25 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and a ARTICLE 31 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Nine hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 900 . 00) Dollars to conduct a Spe appropriate
on . of —
Thirty -five thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 35 ,000 .00) Dollars for the purpose of con
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ducting a comprehensive water system study in the Town of Brewster for the
Water Department .
ARTICLE 26 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ADOPTED
One thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 11500 .00 ) Dollars to improve the Tax
Collector 's computer program . ARTICLE 32 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY Twenty thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 20 ,000 .00) Dollars to be used in conjunction
j with the money already appropriated in Article 81 of the Annual Town Meet-
ing of May 12 , 1986 for the purpose of installing an eight inch ( 8 " ) test well and
ARTICLE 27 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and a
pproTen thousand seven hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 10e sum of
Automatic Electronic Ballot Counter . 1700 .00) Dollars to riate hto puchase an to conduct a pumping test for the purpose of establishing a public water supply
well in the Town of Brewster and to continue the well exploration program .
DEFEATED ADOPTED
ARTICLE 33 . 1 move that the Town vote to amend the Zoning By - Law of the
ARTICLE 28 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
to convey to the Housing Authority of the Town of Brewster for the sum of One Town of Brewster by adding thereto the following provisions as Section V ,
and 00/ 100 ($ 1 .00) Dollar for the purpose of providing a location for low cost Paragraph G :
family rental housing , the real estate which is owned by the Town of Brewster 1 . The " R - R " Zoning District located in the southwest portion of the
and which is shown as Lot 3 on Assessors ' Map 53 . Town of Brewster has already been declared to be a highly sensitive area
ADOPTED which is the subject of ongoing research , study and planning by the Town .
This period of study is scheduled to end on June 30 , 1987 .
ARTICLE 29 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town through its 2 . Through June 30 , 1987 there is hereby imposed in this area a mora -
Board of Selectmen and Water Commissioners to accept a Qui
' tclaim Deed of a torium on new construction , and no building permit ( s ) shall be issued for
parcel of unregistered vacant land off Route 137 containing 87 ,800 ( 2 . 02 acres) any new principal structure in this area during this period of time ,
square feet and being shown as LOT 3 on a Plan prepared for Estelle Gillespie by
Nickerson & Berger on file at the office of the Brewster Planning Board and to 3 . Notwithstanding the foregoing , this moratorium shall not apply to
be recorded in the Barnstable Registry of Deeds and in exchange therefor and in
consideration thereof authorize the Town to convey to Estelle Gillespie and construction on those lots which have the -
prescribed length of frontage
Sophia Campbell a parcel of vacant land shown as Lot 6 on a plan in Barnstable on ways which have been formally laid out by the Town of Brewster and
Registry of Deeds Plan Book 360, Page 31 by a Quitclaim Deed ; said parcel accepted as public ways or ways shown on a plan approved and endorsed —
being owned by the Town pursuant to an order of Taking recorded on May 3, in accordance with the Subdivision Control Law , the construction of
which has been completed in accordance with Brewster Planning Board
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requirements prior to the effective date of this by -law , or on those lots :
for which a valid building permit for a new principal structure hasell
ARTICLE 37 • To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
been Three thousand three hundred and 00/ 100 ($3 ,300 .00 ) Dollars for the removal
issued or applied for as of September 22 , 19860
of material in the scrap metal pile .
ADOPTED YES 217 N018
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ARTICLE 34 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By - Law of the ARTICLE 38 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Town of Brewster by adding thereto the following Ten ' thousand nine hundred ninety and 00/ 100 ( $ 10 ,990 . 00 ) Dollars for the
PARAGRAPH C . 2 ; 9 provisions as SECTION I
excavation of trench number 8 at the Landfill .
Certain lots are exempted from current dimensional requirements by MGL ADOPTED
Chapter 40A , Section 6 . In addition , one single family dwelling may be erected
on vided such lot is :any lot , regardless of common ownership with that of adjoining land , pro- ARTICLE 39 . 1 move the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven
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thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 7 ,000 .00 ) Dollars for development of a site plan for the
1 . Ian a landfill .
Shown on a
p approved and endorsed in accordance with the Sub-
division Control Law , and the roads shown on such plan have been in - ADOPTED YES 141 NO 76
stalled according to Planning Board requirements as set forth at the time j
of approval of such a plan and a release from covenant or other security ARTICLE 40 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
has been obtained ;
One thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 1 ,500 . 00 ) Dollars for the maintenance
of septage lagoons at the landfill .
or 2 . Shown on a plan endorsed "Approval Under the Subdivision Control
Law Not Required , " and the lot complied with all applicable provisions of ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
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the Zoning By - Law in effect at the time of endorsement of such plan .
ARTICLE 41 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
In either case , the lot must have been created after June 25 , 1978 and must be to dispose of excess fill from the Sanitary Landfill and road reconstruction pro -
buildable under other applicable non -zoning provisions of the law , and any jests, by offering the same to the Townspeople of Brewster to be removed from
structure to be located on such lot must conform with the setback requirements the site at the expense of the grantee , provided that no such fill is removed from
in effect at the time of plan endorsement . the Town except in accordance with Article 86 of the May 13 , 1974 Annual
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY Town Meeting , or to take any other action relative thereto .
ARTICLE 35 . To see if the Town will vote to accept a Chapter 811 Grant from INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
the Commonwealth for Thirty -nine thousand six hundred sixty and 00/ 100
( $39 ,660 . 00 ) Dollars . ARTICLE 42 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
One thousand nine hundred fifty and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 ,950 .00 ) Dollars for the devek
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY opment and construction of a parking area and sidewalk on the westerly side of
the park known as "The Egg . "
ARTICLE 36 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
Twenty -two thousand four hundred three and 00/ 100 ( $ 221403 . 00 ) Dollars to
be used under the
provisions of Chapter 140 , Section 2 , Acts of 1985 for the ARTICLE 43 . I move the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One
Purposes of repairing and/or resurfacing Long Pond Road ( Route 137 ) or any thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 ,000 . 00 ) Dollars to construct a wood access ramp for
other Town road approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Commonwealth the handicapped at Robbins Hill Landing or such other landing as the Commit-
tee for the Handicapped of Massachusetts Department of Public Works . Reimbursement for said work peed shall designate in conjunction with the Board of Select-
to be returned to Free Cash . men .
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
ARTICLE 44 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
to accept as a gift a Quitclaim Deed from Robert Brewster Sherman and I . Marie
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ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law,
SECTION VI , TABLE 2 , AREA REGULATIONS, Minimum Required Lots
( 1 ) by deleting therefrom the following : Dist
rict Use Area
Lot R - R Any per- (sq .
mitted 1001
Dist Front- Yards ( 3 -7 ) structure 1001
rict Use Area age ( 2 ) Front Side Rear or princi - for t
R - R (sq . ft. ) ( ft. ) ( ft. ) ( ft. ) ( ft, ) pal use seco
Any per- 601000+ 150 40 25 25 dwe
mitted 60 ,000 unit
struct- for the a du
ure or second
princi - dwelling The " R - R " Zoning Dis
pal use unit of
be designated as a MORATO
a duplex Article .
and inserting in place thereof the following : Amended Main Motion Adopt
Lot ARTICLE 36 . To see if th
Dist Front- YardsSECTION VI , AREA, I-IEIG
rict Use ( 3-7 )
Area age (2 ) Front Side Rear deleting the present NOTE 5 ,
R - R Any per- (sq . ft. ) ( ft. ) ( ft. l ( ft. ) Mal
mitted 100 ,000+ 200 40 25 25 5. No building excep
structure 100 ,000 purposes shall be within 50
or princi - for the area or , if subject to flooding
pal use second elevation .
dwelling
unit of Adopted YES 204 N
a duplex
ARTICLE 37. To see if t
Amended Main Motion : SECTION XII , WATER RE
I move that Article 35 be amended as follows : Zoning By - Law, SEC and D . 2 . b . to read as follows :
TION VI , TABLE 2, AREA REGULATIONS, Minimum Required Lots ( 1 )
by deleting therefrom the following : ilk, D .2 Special Permit U
parcel of land , whether owne
Lot
Dist" Front- Yards b. Any use which re
rict Use Area ( 3 7 )age (2 ) Front Side Rear 1 natural state with no more
) ( ft. ) ( ft. ) ( ft. ) vegetation or the creation
R - R (sq . ft. ) ( ft.
Any per- 601000+ 150 40 25 25 the area of the parcel .
mitted 60 , 000
struct- for the Paragraphs a , c and d
ure or second
princi- dwelling Withdrawn
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a duplex MEETING ADJOURNED A
and inserting in place thereof the following : RECONVENED AT 7 : 05 P .
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Moved to consider Articles 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 and 75 next. ARTICLE
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Adopted developing of the Brewst
these funds under the
ARTICLE 70. I move that the Town vote to transfer from the Road Better- nancing Authoritys
ment reserved for appropriation account the sum of Seven thousand nine hun-
dred eighty seven and 98/ 100 ($7 , 987 . 98 ) Dollars to pay State House Notes Adopted YES 155
380435 of which Six thousand one hundred thirty-seven and 00/ 100
($6, 137 .00) Dollars is to pay the principal and the sum of One thousand eight ARTICLE 39 . I move
hundred fifty and 98/ 100 ( $ 1 , 850 . 98 ) Dollars is to pay the interest. Thirteen thousand and
gineering and appraisin
Adopted unanimously UNDERPASS ROAD ap
ARTICLE 71 . 1 move that the Town vote to transfer from Water Betterments Adopted
reserved for appropriations account the sum of Eighty nine thousand one ARTICLE 40. I move
hundred sixty- nine and 09/ 100 ($89, 169 . 09 ) Dollars to pay State House notes, thousand and 00/
350-359-370-390-406-414 and 423 of which Sixty-eight thousand nine hundred Fifty
fifty and 60/ 100 ($68 ,950. 60) Dollars is to pay the principal and Twenty sidewalks along the ea
thousand two hundred eighteen and 49/ 100 ( $20 ,218 .49 ) Dollars is to pay ft.
interest. Adopted
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 41 . I
ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred forty ti '
Twenty seven thousand six hundred forty-one and 55/ 100 ( $27 ,641 . 55 ) Dollars of installing drainage
to pay State House Note 443 , Twenty seven thousand and 00/ 100 ( $27 ,000 . 00 ) HILL ROAD from
Dollars is for the principal and Six hundred forty-one and 55/ 100 ($641 . 55 ) approximately 1 ,800
Dollars is for the interest.
Adopted
Adopted unanimously ARTICLE 42. To
ARTICLE 73 . 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of trasnfer from Valla
Four thousand eight hundred and 00/ 100 ($4 , 800. 00 ) Dollars to purchase new Track Type L
twelve voting booths , complete with voting systems. Department of Publ
Adopted unanimously
Withdrawn
ARTICLE 74 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Twenty three thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 23, 000. 00 ) Dollars to pay for contracted ARTICLE 43 . I
Thirty eight tho
banking services.
Dollars to purcha
Deafeated the Sanitary Land
ARTICLE 75 . To see whether the Town will authorize its Treasurer/Collector Adopted unanim
to enter into a compensating balance agreement or agreements for fiscal year ARTICLE 44 . T
1986 pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 53F of the General Laws. Works through t
Defeated
one ( 1 ) 1962 Will
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ARTICLE 38. 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Twenty five thousand and 00/ 100 ( $25 ,000. 00 ) Dollars for engineering and
developing of the Brewster Industrial Park and to authorize the expenditure of
fer from the Road Better- these funds under the direction of the Brewster Industrial Development Fk
Seven thousand nine hun - nancing Authority .
o pay State House Notes Adopted YES 155 NO 109
shirty-seven and 00/ 100
m of One thousand eight
the interest. ARTICLE 39. 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Thirteen thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 13 ,000. 00 ) Dollars for the purpose of en-
gineering and appraising the laying out of sidewalks along the easterly side of
UNDERPASS ROAD approximately 5, 200 ft.
from Water Betterments
hty nine thousand one Adopted
pay State House notes, ARTICLE 40. 1 move that the Town vote to raise and a
: thousand nine hundred ppropriate the sum of
Fifty thousand and 00/ 100 ( $50 ,000. 00 ) Dollars for the purpose of constructing
principal and Twenty
1sidewalks along the easterly side of UNDERPASS ROAD approximately 5, 200
. 49) Dollars is to pay
ft.
Adopted
' Ppropriate the sum of ARTICLE 41 . 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
($27, 641 . 55 ) Dollars One hundred forty thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 140 ,000 . 00 ) Dollars for the purpose
I ($27, 6 ($27, 0Dollar of installing drainage and paving with bituminous concrete , a section of RUN
10 / 100 ( ($641 . 55) HILL ROAD from Stoney Brook Road to the Sanitary Landfill , a distance of
approximately 1 ,800 ft.
Adopted
Propriate the sum of ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or
Dollars totrasnfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase and equip one ( 1 )
purchase new Track Type Loader or Compactor for use at the Sanitary Landfill by the
Department of Public Works or take any other action relative thereto.
iropriate the sum of Withdrawn
Pay for contracted
ARTICLE 43 . 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Thirty eight thousand five hundred thirty-three and 00/ 100 ( $38, 533 . 00 )
Dollars to purchase and equip one ( 1 ) new Heavy Duty Dump Truck for use at
the Sanitary Landfill by the Department of Public Works ,
reasurer/Collector
nts for fiscal year Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 44 . To see if the Town will vote to allow the Department of Public
Works through the Board of Selectmen to auction , sell , or otherwise dispose of
one ( 1 ) 1962 Willys Jeep or take any other action relative thereto.
Adopted unanimously
163
ARTICLE 45. I move
Thirty four thousand that the Town vote
three hundred to raise and appropriate the sum of
to purchase and install a Weighingseventy and 00
for the Department of P s Station with / 100 ($34, 370. 00) Dollars a . Provided the width of sa
Public Works . Scale at the Sanitary Twenty ( 20 ) feet at Landfill Y point.
Adopted an
b. Provided the reconstruct
result in the removal of any trees ex
ARTICLE 46 I move existing rock walls or portions thereo
Six thousand fift _ . that the Town vote to raise and
c. The reconstruction , instal !
one ( 1 ) new Y move and 00/ 100 n Vol to appropriate a manner which is consistent with Tu
One Snow Plow ) Dollars to the sum of
sell, trade or otherwise for the De Purchase and install pursuant to Chapter 67 of the
dispose l Department of Public Act
one ( 1 ) circa 196 Works and to of Article 96 of the May 13 , 1974 Br
Adopted unanimously 0 Wausau Snow Plow,
No. 2 To see if the Town will
ARTICLE 47, men to appoint a Special Scenic Road
ThirtyI move that the Town vote
five thousand to raise and two members who are residents livin
to purchase and a nine hundred sixty- four and 02 appropriate m of past or
quip one / 100 the sum present members of the Bre
Public Works and to trade ( 1 ) new Front End ($35' 96402) Dollars Kings Highway Historic District Corn
544- B Front End sell oro Loader for the pe Brewster Conservation Commission
Loader. otherwise dispose of o Partment of
one ( 1 ) 1978 John Deere Works ) to study and report to the ne
Adopted unanimously resurfacing and reconstructing Sceni (
Scenic Roads having been designaj,
ARTICLE 48. Brewster Town Meeting ) and to raise
Four thousand I move that the Town vote and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars forth
and install a fence ne for the Sed fifty to raise and
and 00/ 100 ($41950x00)appropriate the sum of
Septic Lagoon at the Dollars to Amended Main Motion :
Adopted unanimously Landfill . Purchase
I MOVE THE TOWN TO VOTE
ARTICLE 49. I move that the FOLLOWS :
Three thousand and e Town vote
building a road island / 100 ($3 000. 00 to raise and appropriate the sum of To raise and appropriate the su
expended reconstruction and ($25, 000 . 00 ) Dollars to reconstruct,
under the direction Of Board of sleoadd bituminous concrete a section of TU
Adopted unanimously Route 137;
Selectmen, % ALDEN DRIVE to New England Tel
proximately 2, 200 feet, such sum to
ARTICLE 50. To see if viously appropriated under Article 2
men C engage the the Town will vote Meeting and Article 75 of the May 9, 1
and development onsurveying and to authorize the Board c.
of enum gineering services Of Select- The reconstruction of this portio
and appropriate the Plans for the formal to necessary for the desi by the Brewster Department of Public
Pay for these services and of Five thousand your of Joe Long's Road se
and t Of J to raise tendent, with the advice and approval
to take any other action relative $5' 000. 00) Dollars to and advantageous to the Town . Such'
Adopted thereto, course of the existing pavement, but sh
feet in width that is entirely within the
ARTICLE 51 No The work authorized hereunder
sum not to exceed 1 TO see if the Town will vote 1986 and be carried through to completi
reconstruct, ' Twenty five thousand to raise and a
install drainage and resurface and 00/ 100 appropriate a Amended Main Motion Adopted
Tubman Road, from with bitu ($25' 000. 00) Dollars to
Company p the Intersection of Alden Drive to New
Y ole No. 9- % a distance of a section of
approximately w England Tele ARTICLE 52 . 1 move that the Town v
Y 2, 200 feet. Phone Eleven thousand three hundred and 00/
the water wheel at the Stoney Brook Mill
164 Adopted unanimously
165
raise and appropriate the sum of
nd 00/ 100 a . Provided the width of said road as reconstructed shall not exceed
:h Scale at the Sani000) Dollars Twenty ( 20 ) feet at any point.
a
Y Landfill b . Provided the reconstruction , installation and resurfacing shall not
result in the removal of any trees exceeding four ( 4 ) inches in diameter nor any
existing rock walls or portions thereof.
c. The reconstruction , installation and resurfacing shall be completed in
) ise and appropriate the sum of a manner which is consistent with Tubman Road 's designation as a Scenic Road ,
pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Acts of 1973 and the unanimous vote in favor
Dollars to purchase and install
rtment of Public Works and to of Article 96 of the May 13 , 1974 Brewster Town Meeting,
50 Wausau Snow Plow,
No. 2 To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Select-
men to appoint a Special Scenic Road Committee of seven members ( comprising
two members who are residents living on the Scenic Roads and one each from
se and appropriate the sum of past or present members of the Brewster Historical Society , the Brewster Old
02/100 ($35 864. 02 Kings Highway Historic District Commission , the Brewster Planning Board , the
oadfor the 6 ) Dollars Brewster Conservation Commission and the Brewster Department of Public
2 ad one Department of Works ) to study and report to the next Annual Town Meeting on guidelines for
( 1 ) 1978 John Deere resurfacing and reconstructing Scenic Roads in the Town of Brewster ( said
Scenic Roads having been designated by Article 96 of the May 13 , 1974
Brewster Town Meeting ) and to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand
and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars for the expenses of said committee .
and appropriate the sum of Amended Main Motion :
950. 00) Dollars to purchase
fill .
I MOVE THE TOWN TO VOTE TO AMEND ARTICLE 51 TO READ AS
FOLLOWS :
and appropriate the sum ofTo raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five thousand and 00/ 100
( $25,000 . 00 ) Dollars to reconstruct, widen , install drainage and pave with
>r road reconstruction and
ane Road and Route 137; bituminous concrete a section of TUBMAN ROAD from the intersection of
ALDEN DRIVE to New England Telephone Pole No . 9 /2, a distance of ap-
3oard of Selectmen.
proximately 2 , 200 feet, such sum to be used in conjunction with sums pre-
viously appropriated under Article 24 of the January 6 , 1983 Special Town
Meeting and Article 75 of the May 9 , 1983 Annual Town Meeting .
orize the Board of The reconstruction of this portion of TUBMAN ROAD shall be performed
ect by the Brewster Department of Public Works to the extent that its Superin -
s necessary for the design Longs tendent, with the advice and approval of the Selectmen , deems it economical
9 Road, to raise and advantageous to the Town . Such reconstruction shall generally follow the
)0 ($51000. 00) Dollars to
tive thereto. course of the existing pavement, but shall result in a new roadway twenty ( 20' )
feet in width that is entirely within the Town -owned layout.
The work authorized hereunder shall commence no later than October,
1986 and be carried through to completion as expeditiously as possible,
raise and appropriate a Amended Main Motion Adopted
($25, 000. 00) Dollars to
us concrete , a section of ARTICLE 52 . 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
New England Telephone Eleven thousand three hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 11 , 300 . 00 ) Dollars for repairs to
10 feet,
the water wheel at the Stoney Brook Mill .
Adopted unanimously
165
ARTICLE 53 . To see if the Town will vote to
Forty thousand and
communications console 100 ($40' 000. 00 raise and appropriate the sura of
authorize the or the , ) Dollars to purchase
Chief of p olice and Fire co and equip a radio MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10 : 06 P. M . TO REC
toward the
Police to trade the existin mmunications center, MAY 15 , 1986a
Purchase price, g console ; said funds and to
Withdrawn to be used
THE MEETING WAS POSTPONED THURSDq
LACK OF QUORUM ,
ARTICLE 54. I move
Thirty five that Town vote to raise and RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY MAY 19, 1986 A
thousand and 00/ 700 ($35000. 00 appropriate the sum of
under Ambulance 243, refurbish the body
mens e p ) Dollars to replace the chassis MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 : 14 P. M , MO
equipment necessary for the vehicle, °n said vehicle, and
direction of the Fire Chief, Said funds purchase re
to be expended under) the
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to rais
Adopted unanimously Two thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ($21500 .0
the attractions , amenities and services of the To
ARTICLE 55. I move that the Town vote to raise Brewster Guide and Map published annually by T
Ten thousand and Ove that
ise and withsuchapublicappropriationtobeaugmentedin
modifications to be ($ 10, 000. 00) Dollars for rehabp'ta ion ,e the sum of majority funds raised and furnished privately by T
moiled under the be done oon f Engine 239 ( 1974 said a
Mack , repairs and ppropriation to be in accordance with Chapt
the Fire Chief. ) Said funds to be eX _ take any other action relative thereto .
Adopted unanimously
Adopted
ARTICLE 56. I move that the �
Five thousand and town vote to raise and a ARTICLE 60. 1 move that the Town vote to amend
Hepatitis vac
a�� ($5'000. 00) Dollars for the appropriate the sum of tection By Law as follows, for the
members of the Fire De Purpose of str
as many Police Officers as fu Purpose of Providing the Wetlands Protection By- Law with the administ
direction of the Fire nils allow. Department Rescue Squad and Wetlands Protection Act, M . G . L . c. 131 Sec. 40 :
Chief. Said funds to be expended
under the
Adopted unanimously By deleting from Section 4, Paragraph 3 the w
therefor the word "may " ;
ARTICLE 57. To see if the By deleting from Section 5, Paragraph 1 th
the Brewster Firefighters Town will vote to aBy adding to Section 5, Paragraph 7 the won
ghters Association accept the followin
and the Rescue S g gifts from ances are consented to by the applicant. " ;
Squad Association : Be deleting from Section 5, Paragraph 2 the w
7 Maxim 75 foot Aerial Ladder and associated e
7 Ice Rescue Board therefor the word, "five
4 Manual Resuscitators equipment By deleting from Section 10, Paragraph T t
20 Individual flashlights stituting therefor the word " may "; and
2 Marine Band radios By deleting from Section 14 , Paragraph 2 the
7 Compass substituting therefor the words "and shall amend t.
Section 8 to comply with such decision ".
)opted unanimously
Adopted unanimously
TICLE 58. To see if
TILL dispose °f the Town will authorize
the erwi, rplus to the Fire Department,7972 Ford Ambulance/ServiceF ruck* Said
sell or
Said vehicle
pted unanimously
166
167
T
. .
appropriate the sum of
:hase and equip a radio MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10 : 06 P . M . TO RECONVENE THURSDAY
ications center, and to MAY 15 , 1986 .
said funds to be used
THE MEETING WAS POSTPONED THURSDAY MAY 15 , 1986 DUE TO
LACK OF QUORUM .
RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY MAY 19 , 1986 AT 7 : 00 P. M .
aropriate the sum of
a replace the chassis MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 : 14 P . M . MONDAY MAY 19 , 1986
and purchase replace-
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
expended under the
Two thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ( $ 2 ,500 . 00 ) Dollars for publication of
the attractions , amenities and services of the Town in the form of the 1986
Brewster Guide and Map published annually by The Brewster Board of Trade
with such a public appropriation to be augmented in a minority amounttothose
ropriate the sum of majority funds raised and furnished privately by The Brewster Board of Trade ;
itation, repairs and said appropriation to be in accordance with Chapter 475 , Acts of 1969, or to
id funds to be ex- take any other action relative thereto .
Adopted
ARTICLE 60. 1 move that the Town vote to amend the Brewster Wetlands Pro-
�priate the sum of tection By - Law as follows , for the purpose of streamlining administration of
pose of providing the Wetlands Protection By- Law with the administration of the Massachusetts
3escue Squad and Wetlands Protection Act, M . G . L . c. 131 Sec. 40 :
vended under the
By deleting from Section 4 , Paragraph 3 the word "shall " and substituting
therefor the word "may " ;
By deleting from Section 5 , Paragraph 1 the words "free of charge" ;
By adding to Section 5, Paragraph 7 the words "unless further continu -
'wing gifts from ances are consented to by the applicant. " ;
Association : Be deleting from Section 5, Paragraph 2 the word "ten " and substituting
therefor the word , "five " ;
auipment By deleting from Section 10 , Paragraph 1 the word "shall " and sub-
stituting therefor the word " may " ; and
By deleting from Section 14 , Paragraph 2 the words "or regulation " and
substituting therefor the words "and shall amend the Regulations pursuant to
Section 8 to comply with such decision " .
Adopted unanimously
lief to sell or
Said vehicle
9
167
I move that Articles 92 -99 be advanced and considered in the following order :
Article 99 marketing the bonds or notes and for
Article 97 issued in anticipation thereof ; that the',
Article 95 Five hundred thousand and 00/ 100 ( $
Article 94 called , from the Commonwealth to de
Article 92 this property , provided that the amount
Article 93 shall be reduced by the amount of any:
Article 98 such bonds or notes ; and that the Co '
Article 96 manage and control the property descri
be expended or borrowed under this vo
Adopted unanimously regular or special election to exempt th
notes from the limitations of Propositio
ARTICLE 99. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift from Leonard E . Adopted unanimously
Trost the property which he owns on Griffiths Pond in Brewster and shown on
Brewster Assessor's Ma .No. 35, as Lot 79 and to authorize the Conservation
Commission to manage and control the ARTICLE 95 . I move that the Board
any other action relative thereto, property herein described, or to take acquire by purchase or to take by the ex
of eminent domain under Massachusetts
Adopted unanimously tion and related purposes the property
shown on Brewster Assessor' s Map No .
ARTICLE 97, f move that the Board of Selectmen be hereby a plan of land entitled "Plan of Land i
acquire by purchase or take b Y authorized to of Brewster, Scale : 1 in . = 100 ft. ,
Purposes as Y eminent domain or otherwise for conservation Land Surveyors , Route 6 and Pine Pt,
provided in Chapter 40, Section 8C,
property owned by Carleton of the General Laws, the which is available for inspection at t:
S . Francis III , bounded and described as shown in fully described in the deeds recorded
Certificate of Title 38761 as follows :
Book 1464 , Page 691 , and Book 2104 , P
Easterly and Southeasterl mately 9 . 6 and 15 . 2 acres ; that the su
Y by the westerly and northwester) sand four hundred and 00/ 100 ($377 ,
Hill Road, twenty hundred sixty-seven and 3/ 100 of Run
(2, 067. 13) feet; for such purchase and related expenses
Westerly by land now or former) the costs of issuing temporary notes r
eighty -six and 81 / 100 of ized to borrow the sum of Three h
John J . Lopes et al , three hundred priation the Treasurer, with the approv
Southwesterly by said land ( 386 . 81 ) feet;
now or formerly of John J . Lopes et al , and by ($ 356 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars under and purs
land now or formerly of B C
hundred ninet Lawrence et al , about two General Laws , or any other enabling a
Westerly and Northwesterly by U Y 'three ( 293) feet; the Town therefor ; that the sum of
Northeaster) y Aper Mill Pond ; and 00/ 100 ( $21 ,400 .00 ) Dollars is raised
Y b land now or formerly of Nauset Realty Trust, about three
hundred thirteen (313 ) feet; preparing, issuing and marketing the
paying interest on notes issued in anti
containing a number of acres ; that the sum and expend a portion of the costs of a
seven hundred and 00/ 100 ®f Nine hundred fifty-one thousand amount of bonds or notes authorized h
such ($951 , 700. 00) Dollars is herebya
Purchase and related expenses and costs, including financing costs and the of any such grant received prior' to the
appropriated for
costs of issuing temporary notes related thereto ; that to raise this appropriation , Conservation Commission is authorize
the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of described herein ; provided that no mo
borrow the sum p priation ,
of Nine hundred thousand and 00/ 100tmen , is authorized to this vote unless the Town shalt have
under and pursuant to Chapter 44, Section 7 ($900, 000. 00) Dollars exempt the amounts required to pay t
other enabling authoirt (3) , of the General Laws, or any Proposition 2'/a , so-called .
that the sum of Fift y° and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor;
y one thousand seven hundred and 00/ 100 Dollars is raised and appropriated for the / Adopted unanimously
($ssu ng an )
Purpose of preparing issuing and
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;.
° red in the following order :
marketing the bonds or notes and for the purpose of paying interest on notes
issued in anticipation thereof ; that the Town accept and expend an expected
Five hundred thousand and 00/ 100 ( $ 500 ,000 .00 ) Dollar Self- Help Grant, so-
called , from the Commonwealth to defray a portion of the costs of acquiring
this property , provided that the amount of bonds or notes authorized hereunder
shall be reduced by the amount of any such grant received prior to the sale of
such bonds or notes ; and that the Conservation Commission is authorized to
manage and control the property described herein ; provided that no money shall
be expended or borrowed under this vote unless the Town shall have voted at a
regular or special election to exempt the amounts required to pay the bonds or
notes from the limitations of Proposition 2 '/a , so-called .
t as a gift from Leonard E . Adopted unanimously
in Brewster and shown on
thorize the Conservation ARTICLE 95 . I move that the Board of Selectmen be hereby authorized to
�ein described, or to take acquire by purchase or to take by the exercise of the Town of Brewster' s powers
of eminent domain under Massachusetts General Laws or otherwise for conserva-
tion and related purposes the property owned by Boys' and Girls' Camp, Inc . ,
shown on Brewster Assessors Map No . 38 as Lots 81 and 82 ; and also shown on
a plan of land entitled " Plan of Land in (West ) Brewster, as surveyed for Town
be hereby authorized to of Brewster, Scale : 1 in , = 100 ft. , April 1986 , Slade Associates , Inc . , Reg.
Land Surveyors , Route 6 and Pine Pt . Rd . , Wellfleet MA 02667 ° ° , a copy of
herwise for conservation
which is available for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk , and more
the General Laws, the
fully described in the deeds recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in
id described as shown in
Book 1464 , Page 691 , and Book 2104 , Page 61 , respectively , containing approxi -
mately 9 . 6 and 15 . 2 acres ; that the sum of Three hundred seventy-seven thou -
hwesterly lines of Run sand four hundred and 00/ 100 ( $377 ,400 .00 ) Dollars is hereby appropriated
,en and 13/ 100 for such purchase and related expenses and costs , including financing costs and
the costs of issuing temporary notes related thereto ; that to raise this appro-
pes et al , three hundred priation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen , is author-
ized to borrow the sum of Three hundred fifty-six thousand and 00/ 100
($356 ,000 .00 ) Dollars under and pursuant to Chapter 44 , Section 7 ( 3 ) , of the
J . Lopes et al , and by
rence et al , about two General Laws , or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds or notes of
the Town therefor ; that the sum of Twenty one thousand four hundred and
00/ 100 ($21 ,400 . 00 ) Dollars is raised and appropriated for the purpose of
IIty Trust, about three preparing, issuing and marketing the bonds or notes and for the purpose of
paying interest on notes issued in anticipation thereof ; that the Town accept
and expend a portion of the costs of acquiring this property , provided that the
red fifty- one thousand amount of bonds or notes authorized hereunder shall be reduced by the amount
reby appropriated for of any such grant received prior to the sale of such bonds or notes ; and that the
inancing costs and the Conservation Commission is authorized to manage and control the property
ise this appropriation , described herein ; provided that no money shall be expended or borrowed under
this vote unless the Town shall have voted at a regular or sp
nen , is authorized to
ecial election to
$900, 000. 00 ) Dollars exempt the amounts required to pay the bonds or notes from the limitations of
3eneral Laws, or any Proposition 2'/2 , so-called .
F the Town therefor;
30/ 100 ($51 , 700. 00 ) Adopted unanimously
reparing issuing and
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All Offices , Board '
Adopted unanimously give to said Committee
ARTICLE 96 . To see if the Town will vote to accept from Gradon W . Morse, anticipated projects and
a Conservation Restriction as defined in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter Meeting action during the
184 , Section 31 , over a portion of said Gradon W . Morse 's property known as The Committee sh
Lot 19 , Stoney Brook Road and more fully described in Certificate of Title
No. 42986 and to raise and a expenditures and the effe
appropriate the sum of One thousand two hundred
and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 ,200 . 00 ) Dollars to cover the cost of legal and surveying fees No expenditure s
incurred by said Gradon W . Morse in connection with the grant of the Con
servation Restriction to the Town of Brewster or to take any other action not been presented to t '
relative thereto , shall first have submitted ;
Withdrawn To provide inform
officials concerning mana
ARTICLE 61 . To see if the Town will accept a secretarial desk from Joanna
Kingsley .
The Committee sh
Adopted unanimously of such outlays for the `
mittee and Selectmen an
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept grant monies awarded for capital program recom
Right-To- Know reimbursements . undertake such investigat
Adopted unanimously The report shall
Committee shall deposit
ARTICLE 63 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Adopted
One thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 1 ,000 . 00 ) Dollars for the expense of the Brewster
Housing Authority .
ARTICLE 65 . To see i
Adopted unanimously
machine to Harold May ,
% approve the sale for On
ARTICLE 64 . To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee known as the V . F . W. or to take an
the Capital Outlay Committee , consisting of five members to be appointed by Adopted unanimously
the Selectmen to the three year terms, and the Town Treasurer and Town
Accountant serving ex-officio without right to vote . The term of the five public
members shall be staggered so that no more than two shall expire in one year , To see i
ARTICLE 6
A 6 .
and none of the five appointed members shall serve on any other Town Board A reference 6 . property
which proposes capital outlays to be reviewed by the Committee . Any vacancy
shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. The Committee shall Indefinitely postponed
choose its own officers. It may spend such sums as shall annually be appro-
priated for its use .
I move that Article 67 b
The purpose of the Committee shall be : Defeated
To study proposed capital outlays or acquisitions in excess of Twenty ARTICLE 67. To see i
five thousand and 00/ 100 ($25, 000 . 00 ) Dollars for any one project, whether to ter 64G Section 3A , an
be spent during one year or over several years , to make recommendations con- of 4 percent ; said excise
cerning the priority of such proposed outlays , and to inform the Town of the
possible impact of such expenditures for the next five years .
f
172
. All Offices , Boards and Committees shall by November 1 of each year,
give to said Committee on forms prepared by it, information concerning all
lorse , anticipated projects and capital expenditure by them which will need Town
apter Meeting action during the ensuing five years .
vn as
The Committee shall consider the relative need , timing and cost of these
Title
Title expenditures and the effect each will have on the financial position of the Town .
idred
1 fees
- No expenditure shall be recommended for a capital outlay which has
CorsCon
o not been presented to the Committee on a timely basis , unless the Committee
ctishall first have submitted a report explaining the omission .
To provide information and guidance to the Town and appropriate Town
officials concerning management of debt and cash flow .
canna
The Committee shall prepare an annual report containing a capital budget
of such outlays for the next fiscal year for presentation to the Finance Com -
mittee and Selectmen and for inclusion in the Annual Town Report, and also a
!d for capital program recommendation for the five following fiscal years . It may
undertake such investigations and hold such hearing as it may deem necessary .
The report shall be distributed with the Annual Town Warrant. The
Committee shall deposit the original with the Town Clerk .
im of Adopted
caste r
ARTICLE 65 . To see if the Town will vote to approve the sale of one sewing
machine to Harold May , for the sum of One and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 . 00) Dollar, and to
approve the sale for One and 00/ 100 ( $ 1 .00 ) Dollar of one sewing machine to
the V . F . W. or to take any other action relative thereto .
can as
ed by Adopted unanimously
Town
)ublic
year, ARTICLE 66 . To see if the Town will vote to use the name " Castiglioni Park"
Board in reference to property formerly owned by Mrs . Castiglioni .
cancy
a shall Indefinitely postponed
ppro-
I move that Article 67 be indefinitely postponed .
Defeated
/verity ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept the General Laws , Chap-
her to ter 64G Section 3A, and to impose a local room occupancy excise at the rate
s con- of 4 percent ; said excise shall take effect on the first day of July 1986 .
of the
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ARTICLE 78. To se
Fourteen thousand t
Amended main motion : to purchase one new
To see if the Town will vote to accept the General Laws, Chapter 64G Section and to equip this tru
3A, and to impose a local room occupancy excise at the rate of 2 percent ; or take any other act
said excise shall take effect on the first day of January 1987 .
Amended Main Motion Adopted
YES 142 NO 93 Adopted unanimous
ARTICLE 79 . To i.
ARTICLE 68 . To see if the Town will vote to keep the following foreclosure Six thousand and 0
properties in accordance with Article 21 of the August 26 , 1985 SPECIAL the Water Departm
TOWN MEETING : Piercing tool , or to
Map No. Lot No. Adopted unanimo
38 86
38 89 ARTICLE 80 . T
39 45 Ten thousand an
44 27 a corrosion contr
50 52 or to take any oth
53 3
50 60 Adopted
39 39
ARTICLE 81 .
Adopted unanimously Thirty -five thoi,
installing one w '
ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of establishing
of Two thousand and 00/ 100 ($2 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to the 044 Legal and Pro- continue the w
fessional Expense Account for the implementation of the Right To Know law . thereto .
Withdrawn f' Adopted unani
n vote to transfer the sum of
ARTICLE 76 . I move that the TowOne hundred ARTICLE 820
twelve thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 112 ,000 .00) Dollars from the Water Receipts Five thousand
Reserved for Appropriation Account to the Water Construction account, to of the interior
authorize the expenditure thereof under the direction of the Water Depart= and venting, or
ment , and to appropriate these funds for the construction nt of water works
ew water mainsf
for the extension of existing water mains , for the pay Adopted unani
projects and for the general enhancement of the Town 's water system , or to
take any other action relative thereto. ARTICLE 834
Thirteen thou
Adopted unanimously Bary surveyin
possible acqu
ARTICLE 77 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Thirty-two shown as Lo
thousand and 00/ 100 ($32 ,000 .00) Dollars , from the Water Receipts Reserved aw 1986 Loader possibly estall
for Appropriation atercDenartment andtt to be totrade one to e1974 Loader Backhoe or
Backhoe for the W p Adopted un .
to take any other action relative thereto.
Adopted unanimously
174
ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Fourteen thousand three hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 14 , 300 .00) Dollars to be used
on to purchase one new 1986 Four Wheel Pick- Up Truck for the Water Department,
,it; and to equip this truck with a snowplow, and to trade one 1979 Pick-up Truck,
or take any other action relative thereto .
Adopted unanimously
ire ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
kL Six thousand and 00/ 100 ($6 ,000 .00) Dollars for one 2000 B Piercing tool for
the Water Department, and to trade , sell , or otherwise dispose of one 2000 B
Piercing tool , or to take any other action relative thereto .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
10 ,000 . 00) Dollars for the purpose of conducting
Ten thousand and 00/ 100 ($
a corrosion control study in the Town of Brewster, for the Water Department,
or to take any other action relative thereto. 4
t
Adopted
ARTICLE 81 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Thirty -five thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 35 ,000 . 00) Dollars for the purpose of
' m installing one eight-inch test well , and to conduct a pumping test for the purpose
o- of establishing a public water supply well in the Town of Brewster , and to
continue the well exploration program , or to take any other action relative
thereto .
Adopted unanimously
�d
its ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
to Five thousand and 00/ 100 ( $5 ,000 .00) Dollars for the repairs and maintenance
rt- of the interior of well house one and two , also, to include certain equipment
Is• and venting , or to take any other action relative thereto*
ks
to Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 83 . 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
Thirteen thousand and 00 / 100 ($ 13 ,000 . 00) Dollars in order to pay the neces-
sary surveying , title , appraisal , and engineering costs in connection with the
/O possible acquisition by purchase or by eminent domain of the parcels of land
=d shown as Lots 50 , 56 , 57 and 58 on Brewster Assessor's Map for the purpose of
er possibly establishing a new Wellfield , or to take any other action relative thereto.
Dr
Adopted unanimously
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ARTICLE 84 . To see if the Town will vote to transfer the following funds :
Loops Program $ 606 . 02
Article 43 , May 1981
Article 60 , May 1983 Town of Orleans 44 . 51
Article 71 , May 1984
Town of Orleans 2 ,854 . 13
Truck 104 . 70
Article 52 , May 1985 Truck 26 .00
Article 77 , May 1984 31856 .72
Setucket Road 21411 .65
Birch Lane ( betterment) 31690 .63
Setucket Road ( betterment) 4 ,249 . 10
Standish Heights ( betterment) 11991 .07
Herring Brook ( betterment)
totalling Nineteen thousand eight hundred thirty-four and 53 / 100 ( $ 19 ,834 . 53 )
Dollars and to appropriate this sum for the purpose of installing water mains ,
consisting of 8 inch pipe , along Maple La n of Brewster ,
r wster , nBarnstabl )
County , Massachusetts , a distance of approximately
feet , or to take any other action relative thereto .
Defeated
ARTICLE 85 . To see if the Town will vote to rescind any previously taken
votes regulating times of commencement for Special Town Meetings , and to
vote to change the time for Special Town Meetings which do not fall within
gs to 7 : 00 o 'clock in the evening to com
Annual or other Special Town Meetin
mince with the call of the next Special Town Meeting .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 86 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Select-
men to lease , for exhibition to the public , the principal building on the recently
rewstr Historical
the Board oft
tSelectmen acquired Casiglioni Po lease the oerty to the her build ngs on thio authorize
s property and to take
any other action relative thereto .
Adopted unanimously
e the
um of
Eight thousand and 00 / 100 ($8000 . 00) Dollars to pARTICLE 87 . To see if the Town will vote to raise aydBpewoterr' stsharesof the
9
regional cost for monitoring wells .
Adopted unanimously
e and priate sum Of
ARTICLE 88. To see if the Town will Center vote t ans' spayrollaporr�erv ' cesrendered
money to meet the Community
or to take any other action relative thereto .
through June 30 , 1986
Withdrawn
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own vote to authorize the Board of
ARTICLE 100. I move the nent domain ,
tmen to
tnder
take by the exercise of the Town of Brewster powers by em
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 79 , in order to lay out and make public
the private way known as Derrick Road , as shown on Land Court Plan number
34870 .0 or (sheet 4 ) together with drainage
easements
and all f other
necsaid essary
appurtenances , and because the acceptance , purchase ,
ck
Road will benefit those property owners who have an interest in said Road , to
assess therefor betterments and or this purpose raise or to take any other actdion Pelati a roprie thereto .the m
of Six and 00/ 100 ($6 .00) Dollars ,
Adopted
ARTICLE 101 . To see if the tloappropriatewill
authorize
enine
men to acquire by purchase , an P
and 00/ 100 ( $39 . 00 ) Dollars , or gift or to take by the exercise of the Town of
terBrewster's
in powers of eminent domain ,ake public the privatetts General ways knownaassChapm
Stone-
ter 79 , in order to lay out a
henge Drive , Bog Pond Road and Oakwood Road , all as shown on the plans
recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 291 , Pages
39, es0,
and 41 , together with drainage easements and all other necessary app
and because the acceptance , purchase , or taking of said Stonehenge Dririve ho Bog
Pond Road ' nsaid roadnd s o assess therod Road will efor betterthose
mentss as follows :
STONEHENGE
an interest ,
STONEHENGE DRIVE
Owner
Robert J . Walsh
Robert J . and Karen L. Walsh
Ruth W . Roberts
Alfred and Marjorie R . Walker
Harold S . and Ruth A. Adams
Robert F . McNulty Jr . , et ux
Kenneth E . and Kathryn J . Benn
Eugene L . Morand et ux
Harold A . and Dorothy Forsberg
James Leo Hoar
BOG POND ROAD
Owner
Leslie D . Stark
Jennifer Bejtlich and Peter D . Start
Lawrence E . Schlessinger
Harry N . Kretzmer
Robert A . and Mildred E . Butler
John and Miriam E . Gunther ( 2 lots )
Albert S . and Hazel M . Munro
Dorothy D . Bova
James A . and Mary N . Robinson
John R . and Joan H . Etz
William J . and Gertrude O ' Neal
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ME 1111111111111111111111111111IN
Francis Burnett et ux
Robert F . McNulty et ux
Robert T . Whitty
Reinhardt and Katherine Bauer
Albert G . Weller et ux
Albert R . and Helen T . Meline
Joseph and Dorothy Mattia
Robert T . and Norma C . Babbitt
Francis and Marion K . Abbey
Eleanor Finacchio
Arthur and Dorothy Roach
OAKWOOD ROAD
Owner
Frank and Florence Barbieri
Leslie D . and Janet E . Stark
Edward W . and Patricia Herbert
William J . and Gertrude O ' Neal
Bernard J . and Helen H . Dolan ( 2 Parcels )
or to take any other action relative thereto .
x
Withdrawn
ARTICLE 102. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Five thousand one hundred and five and 00/ 100 ($5 , 105 .00 ) Dollars to help
defray the expenses of the Center for individual and Family Services of Cape Y
Cod for services to children and their families and to individuals experiencing
problems resulting from abuse of drugs . Said funds to be expended under the
direction of the Board of Health , or to take any other action relative thereto ,
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 103 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of One thousand seven hundred and fifty and 00/ 100 ($ 1 ,750 . 00) Dollars to
help defray expenses of the Cape Cod Council on Alcoholism , said funds to be
expended under the direction of the Board of Health , or to take any other
action relative thereto .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 104 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Two thousand one hundred sixty -six and 00/ 100 ( $2 , 166 .00 ) Dollars as
provided in Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 40 , Section 5, Clause 39 , to
help defray expenses in providing facilities for training, rehabilitation and
employment of mentally retarded and handicapped residents of the Town of
Brewster who attend the Nauset Workshop , Inc. and to authorize the expendi -
ture of these funds under the direction of the Brewster School Committee .
Adopted unanimously
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ARTICLE 105 . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Seven thousand four hundred and thirty-three and 00/ 100 ( $7 ,433 . 00)
Dollars for outpatient, residential and rehabilitative services for the mental
health needs of the residents of the Town of Brewster to be rendered by the
Lower Cape Human Services Committee, Inc. , said funds to be expended under
the direction of the Board of Health , or to take any other action relative thereto.
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 106. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of One thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 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 .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 107. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
of Six hundred fifty and 00/ 100 ($650 . 00 ) Dollars to help defray expenses of
Independence House , Inc. , Cape Cod 's resource center for Battered Women and
their children . Said funds to be expended under the direction of the Board of
Selectmen .
Adopted unanimously
ARTICLE 108. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or
take from available funds the sum of One hundred thousand and 00/ 100
($ 100,000 . 00 ) Dollars to add to the Pension Fund .
Withdrawn
ARTICLE 109. 1 move that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
One hundred thousand and 00/ 100 ($ 100 ,000 .00 ) Dollars to add to the Stabili -
zation Fund .
Defeated YES 129 NO 72 ABSTAINED 18
ARTICLE 110. 1 move that the Town vote to transfer from free cash in the
Town 's Treasury , the sum of Two hundred eighty thousand and 00/ 100
($280,000 . 00 ) Dollars to be used for the reduction of taxes or to take any other
action relative thereto .
Adopted
ARTICLE 111 . To see if the Town will vote to issue the following resolution
and direction to the Board of Selectmen :
WHEREAS the Barnstable County Tercentenary Conference on November 16 ,
1985 brought together 140 leaders from all across the County to identify
affordable housing as a critical problem for Cape Cod , and
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WHEREAS the conference produced a series of specific recommendations for
further study and action ,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Brewster declares
that housing is in insufficient supply at affordable cost for its work force and is
a critical community problem ; and FURTHER that the Selectmen be, and here=
by are , directed to appoint a Task Force to work with similar groups through-
out Barnstable County to develop strategies and programs to implement con .
ference recommendations within the Town .
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9 : 50 P. M .
A True Copy ATTEST :
Barbara A . Vaughn , CMC
Town Clerk
Report of the
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 12, 1986
In accordance with the warrant, the Special Town Meeting was held in the
Brewster Elementary Cafetorium , Monday , May 12 , 1986.
This meeting was called to order at 9 : 14 P. M . by the moderator Stephen L .
Doyle . The tellers were Dorothy Grenier, June Gallant, Gladys Curtis , Doris
Powell , J . Ogden Tyldsley Jr. , Ruth Hanlon and Edwin Blease . Checkers were
Dorothea Dugan , Carl Scrivener, Jean Gage and Margo Cathie . A quorum of
216 was present.
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk Barbara A . Vaughn , CMC, with the
exception of the Articles which were read as they were being considered .
ARTICLE 1 . To see if the Town will vote to accept a grant from Elder Affairs
in the amount of One thousand five hundred and 00/ 100 ($ 1 , 500. 00 ) Dollars ;
to be used for the completion of a concrete ramp at the Senior Center.
Adopted unanimously
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