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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2023-03-06 Special Town Mtg Warrant for Posting TOWN OF BREWSTER SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 6TH, 2023 Barnstable, ss To : Roland W . Bassett, Jr. Constable of the Town of Brewster Greetings : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and inform the Town of Brewster inhabitants qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Stony Brook Elementary School, 384 Underpass Road , on Monday, March 6, 2023, next, at 6 : 00 p . m . o' clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles : NO FURTHER WING ISLAND BOARDWALK FUNDING ARTICLE NO . 1 : To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following : No funds previously appropriated by the Town shall be expended by the Town in any way, including without- limitation for staff time, or to pay any consultant or professional or outside contractor, for any design , permitting, construction , or promoting in any way of a boardwalk to Wing Island , or other re-design or modification of the existing access to Wing Island , provided that any invoice for payment submitted by such consultant or professional or outside contractor prior to the date of the warrant for this Special Town Meeting may be paid from sums previously appropriated or grants or gifts previously received ; nor shall the Treasurer approve for payment any warrant for 'payment approved by the Select Board that includes an authorization for payment of any sums that would be in violation of this Article . It is further the sense of the Town Meeting to the Select Board , and the Select Board is hereby advised by the Town Meeting, that, no grants or gifts received by the Town which the Select Board is authorized by law to accept or expend , shall be expended for staff time, or to pay any consultant or professional or outside contractor, for design , permitting, construction , or promoting in anyway of a boardwalk to Wing Island , or other re-design or modification of the existing access to -Wing Island , or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Citizen ' s Petition ) ( Majority Vote Required ) TRANSFER CARE , CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF WING ISLAND AND CHANGE USES ARTICLE NO . 29 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care, custody, and control of the land acquired by the Town of Brewster pursuant to an Order of Taking dated July 14, 1961 and recorded on July 28, 1961 in Barnstable Deeds at Book 1123 Page 170 (Wing Island , so-called ) from the Select Board to the Brewster Conservation Commission to be used for conservation , open space, and passive educational purposes, said land to be managed by the Conservation Commission for such purposes, or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Citizen ' s Petition ) ( Majority Vote Required ) RESCIND DRUMMER BOY MASTER PLAN VOTE fi ARTICLE NO . 3 * To see if the Town will vote to rescind its vote to accept the "2021 Drummer Boy Park Master Plan " taken under Article 12 of the November 15, 2021 Special Town Meeting or to take any other action relative thereto . ( Citizen ' s Petition ) ( Majority Vote Required ) TOWN OF BREWSTER SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 6TH, 2023 You are hereby directed to serve this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting as aforesaid . Given under our hand and Seal of the Town of Brew er affix th ' 13t" 9 February 2023 . V David C. Whitney, Chair Edward B . Chatelain , Vice-Chair Kari Sue Hoffmann , Clerk Mary W . haffee Cynthia A. Bing am I , Roland W. Bassett Jr, duly qualified Constable for the Town of Brewster, hereby certify that I served the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of March 6t", 2023 by posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town on the 13' day of February, 2023 . Brewster Town Offices Cafe Alfresco Brewster Ladies Library Brewster Pizza House Millstone Liquors �8 Roland W . Bassett, Jr. Constable