HomeMy Public PortalAbout2015-09-02 Special Town Mtg Warrant TOWN OF BREWSTER
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
SEPEMBER 2, 2015
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 Cafetorium on
Wednesday, September 2, 2015, next, at 7:00 p.m. o'clock in the evening, then and
there to act upon the following articles:
CONSENT CALENDAR
In the interest of expediting Town Meeting and saving valuable time for discussion of
key issues, the 1994 Fall Yearly Town Meeting created the "Consent Calendar" in order
to speed the passage of articles which appear to raise no controversy. The purpose of
the Consent Calendar is to allow the motions under these articles to be acted upon
as one unit and to be passed by a unanimous vote without debate.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE TAKEN UP AS THE FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS AT THE FALL YEARLY TOWN MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2015.
If you have any questions about these articles, motions or the procedure please feel
free to call Charles L. Sumner, Town Administrator, at 508-896-3701 before Town
Meeting.
At the call of the Consent Calendar, the Moderator will call out the numbers of the
articles, one by one. If any voter has doubt about passing any motion, or wishes an
explanation of any subject on the Consent Calendar, THE VOTER SHOULD STAND
AND SAY THE WORD "HOLD" IN A LOUD, CLEAR, VOICE WHEN THE NUMBER
IS CALLED. The Moderator will then inquire as to whether the request to hold is for
a question or for debate. If the purpose of the request was merely to ask a question,
an attempt to obtain a satisfactory answer will be made, and if that occurs, the article
will remain on the Consent Calendar absent a further request to hold. If the purpose
of the request was to hold the article for debate, the article will be removed from the
Consent Calendar and restored to its original place in the warrant, to be brought up,
and debated and voted on in the usual manner. No voter should hesitate to exercise
the right to remove matters from the Consent Calendar. It is the view of the voters as
to the need for debate that is significant, not that of the Town Officials who put
together the Consent Calendar. However, it is hoped that voters will remove articles
from the Consent Calendar only in cases of genuine concern.
After calling of the individual items in the Consent Calendar, the Moderator will ask
that all items remaining be passed as a unit by a unanimous vote.
Please review the list of articles and motions proposed for the Consent Calendar which
follows. Complete reports can be found under each article printed in this warrant.
Please review them carefully.
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR WARRANT ARTICLES
No. 8 Grant of Utility Easement / Well No. 3 Board of Selectmen
No. 11 Town Code Amendment / Town Meetings Board of Selectmen
No. 12 Zoning Bylaw Amendment / Affordable Accessory Unit Planning Board
No. 13 Zoning Bylaw Amendment / Establishment of Districts Planning Board
No. 14 Zoning Bylaw Amendment / Signs Planning Board
No. 16 Zoning Bylaw Amendment /Site Plan Review Planning Board
No. 17 Zoning Bylaw Amendment / Natural Resources Protection Planning Board
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UNPAID BILLS
ARTICLE NO. 1: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds
a sum of money to pay bills incurred but unpaid during a previous fiscal year, as
follows:
a Custom Drug Testing Inc. $135.00
b. Cape Cod Engraving $ 32.00
c. Nauset Disposal $278.00
Grand-total $445.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Nine-tenths (9/ 10ths) Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
CAPITAL AND SPECIAL PROJECTS EXPENDITURES
ARTICLE NO. 2: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate,
transfer from available funds and/or borrow a sum of money for the purpose of
funding the following capital acquisitions and special project expenditures, to be
undertaken during Fiscal Year 2016, including the payment of all costs incidental
and related to the carrying out of these projects and their financing, as well as, any
professional, design, and engineering service costs; to authorize the Town
Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money
pursuant to Chapter 44 of the General Laws and/or any other enabling authority
and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefore, provided that the amount of the
notes or bonds issued hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of the sales
proceeds, grant funds, and other money received before the sale of such notes or
bonds; to transfer from available funds an additional sum of money for the purpose
of paying for the preparation, issuance and marketing of bonds and notes issued
hereunder and for paying interest on temporary notes issued in anticipation thereof;
to authorize the Town Administrator to sell, trade, lease, exchange or otherwise
dispose of, in the best interests of the town, old equipment or vehicles deemed
available, the proceeds from any such disposition to be applied toward the cost of
acquiring the following equipment or services; and to authorize the Town
Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a contract or contracts,
and expend the funds for the following purposes:
1. Board of Selectmen: Request Totals
a. Professional Facilitator for Coastal 86 Beach $10,000.00
Visioning Meetings
b. Government Study Phase 2 - Consulting $7,000.00
Services
c. Map Updates $5,000.00
d. Hazardous Waste Collection Program $11,000.00
e. Town Buildings 86 Facilities Repair 86 $29,000.00
Maintenance Projects _
f. Water Quality Compliance 86 Enforcement $10,000.00
g. Technology Projects $30,000.00
h. Local Comprehensive Planning Expense $25,000.00
i. All Citizens Access Project $10,000.00
Sub-total $137,000.00
2. Fire Department:
a. Dispatch Services Expense $27,000.00
b. Rescue Service Expense $10,000.00
c. Ambulance Lease Payment $25,000.00
d. Radios/Communications Equipment $30,000.00
e. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) $10,000.00
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f. Apparatus Lease Payments $108,000.00
g. Ambulance Replacement Lease $53,000.00
h. Hazardous Materials Equipment/Supplies $4,000.00
i. Emergency Management Planning Fund S 10,000.00
Sub-total $277,000.00
3, De 'artment of Public Works:
a. Road/Drainage Repairs $150,000.00
b. Roadside Mower Equipment Replacement $125,000.00
c. Pick-up Truck Replacement $40000.00
Sub-total $315,000.00
4, Police Department:
a, Fire Arms Replacement $12,500.00
b. In-Car Cruiser Video Cameras $50,000.00
Sub-total $62,500.00
5. Golf Department:
a, Aerifier Equipment Lease Payment $18,252.00
b. Greens Aerifier Replacement $27,000.00
c. "Workman" Utility Vehicle Replacements (3) $77,000.00
Sub-total $122,252.00
6. Elementary School Department:
a. HVAC Repairs $15,000.00
b. Technology Upgrades $30,000.00
c. Interior/Exterior Painting $15,000.00
d. Carpet 8v Tile Replacement $20,000.00
e Refurbishment of Trolley Wall $12,000.00
Sub-total $92,000.00
7. Ladies Library:
a. Technology Project $5,000.00
b. Library Parking Lot Improvements $302,500.00
c, Library AC Chiller Replacement $61, 250.00
Sub-total $368,750.00
Grand Total $1,374,502.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required or Two-thirds (Board of Selectmen)
Vote Required if borrowing is
requested)
DEBT BUDGET
PRINCIPAL & INTEREST FUNDING
ARTICLE NO. 3: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money
for the purpose of funding principal and interest expenses for the following capital
& equipment projects:
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Item: Category:
Item Description Funding Source
1. Crosby Mansion Septic System Transfer the sum of$32,679.00 from
Project the Crosby Mansion Revolving Fund
2. Golf Department Course Transfer the sum of$40,431.00 from
Improvement & Repair Project the Golf Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation account
3. DPW Open Top Containers, Transfer the sum of$25,869.00 from
Closed Top Containers and Free Cash
Compacting Equipment
4. Stony Brook School Window Transfer the sum of$43,843.00 from
Repair Project Phase II Free Cash
5. Eddy Elementary School Transfer the sum of$105,297.00 from
Renovation Project Free Cash
6. Well No. 3 Access Road Transfer the sum of$302,230.00 from
Improvement Project Water Revenues account
7. Route 6A Water Infrastructure Transfer the sum of$3,702.00 from the
Project Water Revenue account
Grand Total $554,051.00
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required (Board of Selectmen)
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
Cable Franchise Fee Account
ARTICLE NO. 4: To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of SEVENTY
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($70,840.00) from
the Cable Franchise Fee account for the 2016 fiscal year for local cable television
related purposes, including, but not limited to the general public purpose of
supporting and promoting public access to the Brewster cable television system;
training in the use of local access equipment and facilities; access to community,
municipal and educational meeting coverage; use and development of an
institutional network and/or municipal information facilities; contracting with local
cable programming services providers and/or any other appropriate cable related
purposes, or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
FUEL ASSISTANCE FUNDING
ARTICLE NO. 5: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash the
sum of TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($12,500.00)for the Lower Cape Outreach Council, Inc. and to authorize the Board
of Selectmen to enter into contracts with this organization in order to provide fuel
assistance services for residents of Brewster, or to take any other action relative
thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT
Purchase of Conservation Restriction
ARTICLE NO. 6: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to acquire a perpetual conservation restriction under General Laws,
Chapter 184, Sections 31 through 33, on two parcels of land designated on Brewster
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Assessors' Map 93 as Parcels 53 and 54, located at Long Pond Road, in (South)
Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, consisting of 2.23 acres and 2.32
acres, respectively, and more accurately shown as Lots 4 and 3, respectively, on a
plan of land entitled, "Plan of Land in Brewster, Mass., Prepared for Edward
Campbell, Record Owner: M. Sophie Campbell, Moran Engineering Co., 941 Main
Street, So. Harwich Mass. 02661, Scale: 1" = 60', Date: January 14, 1997," and
recorded with the Barnstable Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 531 Page 2, a copy of
which is on file with the Brewster Town Clerk; to acquire said conservation
restriction for conservation and passive recreation purposes for the general public,
consistent with the provisions of Mass. General Laws, Ch. 40, §8C, 310 C.M.R.
22.00, and Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts; to transfer the sum of One Hundred Thousand and 00/100
($100,000.00) Dollars from the Fund Balance Reserved for Open Space to pay
costs of this acquisition, and all other costs incidental and related thereto; to
authorize the Conservation Commission to assume the monitoring and enforcement
authority of the conservation restriction on the properties; and to authorize the
Board of Selectmen and Conservation Commission to enter into all agreements and
execute any and all instruments as may be necessary on behalf of the municipality
to effect this purchase; or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Community Preservation Committee)
MUTUAL EASEMENTS
Brewster Ladies' Library & Brewster Baptist Church
ARTICLE NO. 7: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to convey and acquire cross-easement rights pursuant to an Easement
Agreement by and between the Town of Brewster and the Brewster Baptist Church,
Inc., on and over two parcels of land known respectively as the Brewster Ladies
Library and Brewster Baptist Church properties, and designated on Brewster
Assessors' Map 57 as Parcels 38 and 39, and located at 1822 and 1848 Main Street,
Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, consisting of .93 acres and 11.65
acres, respectively; the Easement Areas to be conveyed as part of the Easement
Agreement are more accurately shown on a plan of land entitled, "Easement Sketch
Plan Prepared for Town of Brewster and Brewster Baptist Church, Scale 1"=60',
July 28, 2015, J.M. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Professional Engineering &
Surveying Services, 1573 Main Street, P.O. Box 1773, Brewster, MA 02631," a copy
of which is on file with the Brewster Town Clerk; to convey and acquire said cross-
easements for the purpose of constructing and maintaining certain improvements
to the parking lots and driveways on both properties, and for access, ingress and
egress within the Easement Areas, all as shown on the Easement Sketch Plan, so
as to provide for the passage of motor vehicles and pedestrians to and from the
abutting parking areas, parking in the parking areas, and rights to install and
maintain utilities, signage and drainage, if necessary; and to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to enter into all agreements and execute any and all instruments as may
be necessary on behalf of the municipality to effect this Cross-Easement Agreement;
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
GRANT OF UTILITY EASEMENT
Electricity to Well No. 3
ARTICLE NO. 8: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to grant to Eversource, for no consideration, an easement to install and
maintain an underground electric transmission network over, on, and under Town
property, identified on the Town's Assessors' Maps #119 and #120 as parcels # 4
5
and #2, respectively, and further identified by deed recorded at the Barnstable
County Registry of Deeds in Book 1355, on Page 1046, in order to provide electrical
service to the Town's Public Drinking Water Well #3, located off of Freemans Way,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two-thirds Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
CITIZENS'PETITION/Enhancing Beach Access in Brewster
Comprehensive Community-Based Planning
ARTICLE NO. 9:
To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Selectmen to implement the
following measures:
Whereas
• Brewster is a premier Bay and beach destination with a strong sense of
neighborhood community, based on its relaxed, rural, un-commercial
character.
• Increasing demand from residents and visitors for beach parking
seriously exceeds the capacity at Town landings on peak summer days.
• Parking spaces adjacent to beaches have been lost in recent years, and
continue to be lost, due to climate forces outside the Town's control.
• The intensity of beach traffic threatens public safety, rural character, and
quality of life in many neighborhoods, while less accessible public locations
offer large, underutilized areas of beachfront.
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• The town's reactive and fragmented approach is not addressing aggregate
needs, assessing the range of opportunities, and making the best use of
scarce public funds to meet beach access and public safety priorities.
• Community-based planning, flexibility, and innovation are essential to meet
rising demand for beach access and preserve the quality of beach
neighborhoods, while addressing the uncertainties and threats relating to
coastal erosion and climate change.
Therefore
An immediate moratorium shall be imposed on the execution of all Town projects
that involve the removal, relocation, and/or creation of permitted parking spaces
at Town landings or within 1 mile of existing landings or other publicly owned
coastal properties. This moratorium shall apply to the Town's proposed parking
relocation at Breakwater Beach but not to other Town projects designed
specifically to maintain and protect existing parking footprints at Town landings,
or to solely resolve drainage, pollution, and/or safety priorities on beach roads
and at car parks.
The moratorium shall be lifted only after a comprehensive Brewster Beach Access
Plan----an overarching guide to Town projects as described above—has been
developed, vetted, and approved. The Plan shall be designed to enhance
Brewster's reputation as a premier beach and living destination with a strong
sense of community. Developed through an open and objective community-based
process, the Plan shall establish the Town-wide framework of goals, priorities, and
criteria required to evaluate future landing, beach access, and parking projects.
The Plan shall address all types of beach access in all seasons, with the goal of
safely meeting the needs and wants of beach-goers of all ages, inclinations, and
physical capabilities, along with those of the neighborhoods involved.
Projects implemented under the Plan shall be designed to maintain and
improve beach access across Town and to optimize access at individual Town
landings based on site-specific conditions while increasing public safety and
maintaining the character of designated "Scenic Roads." All such projects shall
require Town Meeting approval prior to execution.
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To foster public engagement, objective analysis, and consensus-building, the
community-based process used to create the Brewster Beach Access Plan shall
include these connected tasks:
1. On-line surveys and targeted outreach shall be conducted to gather
opinions, needs, and preferences of all categories of Town landing users and
public beach-goers, including year- round residents, seasonal residents,
weekly renters, and day/weekend trippers; families, the elderly, and disabled
individuals; recreational fishing and boating enthusiasts; dog and horse
owners; the business community (particularly hospitality, shellfishing, and
real estate); and abutters to, and neighborhoods hosting, Town beach access.
2. A beach access study shall be conducted to assess the types of access
presently and potentially available at each Town landing and public beach, as
well as the actual usage, both for peak season (July 1 - Labor Day) and over
the entire year. This study shall address parking availability, linear feet of
beach front, bike and pedestrian access, density and types of traffic on beach
roads, parking permit sales, parking enforcement, visual and physical access
from parking lots, boating and shellfishing accommodations and permit sales,
public safety, coastal erosion, climate change, and other considerations.
3. An options analysis study shall be conducted to identify and assess the
potential benefits and costs of projects to maintain and improve access and
supplement parking near Town landings and State beaches during the peak
season. This study shall address options including but not limited to
satellite parking, beach shuttles of all kinds, and biking and walking trails.
Tasks 1-3 above shall be conducted in coordination with Brewster's Planning
Board, Coastal Committee, Conservation Commission, All-Citizens Access
Committee, and other entities as designated by the Brewster Board of
Selectmen, jumpstarted using an initial and immediate funding allocation of
$20,000 by the Town. Funding shall be drawn first from any remaining funds
under the May 2012 Town Meeting appropriation to study possible parking lots
on State property between Crosby Lane and Linnell Landing Road, and then
from other sources as designated by the Board of Selectmen in consultation with
the Brewster Finance Committee.
These tasks—and the associated findings—shall be integrated within the public
engagement and consensus-building activities specified in the Town's June 2015
grant application, "Developing a Coastal Resiliency Strategy for Brewster," if
approved under the state's FY 16 Coastal Community Resilience Grant Program.
Alternatively, the Town shall consider an additional appropriation at the Fall
Special Town Meeting supporting the development of the Brewster Beach Access
Plan within the context of climate resiliency and adaptation.
Under the direction of the Brewster Planning Board, the Brewster Beach Access
Plan shall be prepared for public review and comment. Final review and approval
of the Plan shall occur through public hearing processes before Brewster's
Planning Board, Coastal Committee, Conservation Commission, and All-Citizens
Access Committee, then Brewster's Board of Selectmen. After affirmative votes by
each board, the Plan shall be adopted and the moratorium imposed herein shall
be lifted.
Town Code shall be amended as needed to reflect the provisions of this article.
(Majority Vote Required) (Citizen's Petition)
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TOWN LANDING AND BEACH IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
ARTICLE NO. 10:
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds
and/or borrow a sum of money for the purpose of funding a series of planning
activities and improvements to the parking, drainage and access facilities, as
described at the locations listed in the summary attached hereto; to be undertaken
during Fiscal Year 2016, including the payment of all costs incidental and related
to the carrying out of these projects and their financing, as well as, any professional,
design, and engineering service costs; to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the
approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money pursuant to Chapter
44 of the General Laws and/or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds or
notes of the Town therefore, provided that the amount of the notes or bonds issued
hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of the sales proceeds, grant funds, and
other money received before the sale of such notes or bonds; to transfer from
available funds an additional sum of money for the purpose of paying for the
preparation, issuance and marketing of bonds and notes issued hereunder and for
paying interest on temporary notes issued in anticipation thereof; to authorize the
Town Administrator to sell, trade, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of, in the
best interests of the town, old equipment or vehicles deemed available, the proceeds
from any such disposition to be applied toward the cost of acquiring the following
equipment or services; and to authorize the Town Administrator to solicit bids
and/or proposals, enter into a contract or contracts, and expend the funds for the
following purposes:
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Location: Project Expense:
a Breakwater Beach: Funding Sources:
Project Estimate $268,350 State Grant $155,000
Prior Town Meeting Auth.
from Comm. Pres. Grant $59,675
Prior Town Meeting Auth.
for Construction Adm. $10,000
Beach Sand Article $8,675
Free Cash $35,000
Sub-total $268,350
b Ellis Landing: Funding Source:
Partial Roadway Paving - $39,833 State Chapter 90,
Drainage Improvements - $30,000 Town Road Bond &
Parking Lot Paving - $10,046 Road/Drainage Account $90,779
Landing Ramp System - $101,500 Free Cash Transfer - $101,500
Contingency $10,900
Sub-Total $192,279
Sub-Total $192,279
c Linnell Landing:
Reclamation & Construction $25,800 Funding Source:
Partial Roadway Paving - $48,000 State Chapter 90,
Drainage Improvements - $58,000 Town Road Bond &
Parking Lot Paving - $20,000 Road/Drainage Account $147,370
Contingency - $15,570 Free Cash Transfer - $20,000
Sub-Total $167,370 Sub-Total $167,370
d Fisherman's Landing (Sheep Pond) Funding Source:
Partial Roadway Paving $15,000 State Chapter 90,
Drainage Improvements $67,000 Town Road Bond &
Parking Lot Paving - $16,500 Road/Drainage Account $116,350
Guard Rail/Curbing, etc $30,000 Free Cash Transfer $25,000
Contingency $12,850
Sub-Total $141,350
Sub-Total $141,350
e Slough Pond Landing: Funding Sources:
Permitting - $2,000
Construction Materials - $3,000 Free Cash - $5,000
Sub-total $5,000 Sub-Total $5,000
Funding
f Long Pond Boat Ramp & Landing: Funding Sources:
Permitting & Design $20,000 Prior Town Meeting Auth. $10,000
Free Cash - $10,000
Sub-Total $20,000
g Paine's Creek Foot Bridge: Funding Sources:
Permitting - $2,000
Construction Materials - $4,500 Free Cash - $6,500
Sub-total $6,500 Sub-Total $6,500
h DCR/Nickerson Park Beach Access Funding Sources:
Planning: Free Cash - $10,000
Professional Services $10,000
Sub-Total $10,000
i DCR/Nickerson Park Beach Access Funding Sources:
Construction:
Site Grading $5,000 Free Cash - $30,000
Paving $7,500
Drainage $5,000 Sub-Total $30,000
Construction Materials $5,000
Gates $5,000
Contingency $2,500
Sub-total $30,000
Total Transfer from Free Cash Grand Total $243,000.00
including the payment of costs incidental and related to carrying out these projects,
as well as any professional, design and engineering service costs, and to authorize
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the Town Administrator to solicit bids and/or proposals, enter into a contract or
contracts, and expend these funds for this purpose, or to take any further action
relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required or Two-thirds (Board of Selectmen)
Vote Required if borrowing is
requested)
AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE
Town Meetings
ARTICLE NO. 11: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 48, Article I,
Section 48-1 of the Code of the Town of Brewster, Massachusetts, as follows
(proposed changes are bolded and underlined):
Delete the current language:
The Town will hold two regularly scheduled Town Meetings. The Spring
Annual Town Meeting for the transaction of all business for the town, other
than matters to be determined by ballot, shall be held on the first Monday in
May at 7:00 p.m. The Annual Election for the election of officers and such
matters as are by law determined by ballot shall be held on the third Tuesday
in May. Whenever the Annual Election for the election of officers and such
matters as are by law determined by ballot falls fewer than two weeks after
the scheduled beginning of the Spring Annual Town Meeting then the Annual
Election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May. The Fall Yearly Town
Meeting will be held the third Monday in November to address the
transactions of all business for the town. Whenever this schedule places it in
the same week as Thanksgiving Day, the Fall Yearly Town Meeting shall be
held instead on the second Monday in November.
And substitute the proposed language:
The Town will hold two regularly scheduled Town Meetings. The Spring
Annual Town Meeting for the transaction of all business for the town, other
than matters to be determined by ballot, shall be held on the first Monday in
May at 7:00 p.m. The Annual Election for the election of officers and such
matters as are by law determined by ballot shall be held on the third Tuesday
in May. Whenever the Annual Election for the election of officers and such
matters as are by law determined by ballot falls fewer than two weeks after
the scheduled beginning of the Spring Annual Town Meeting then the Annual
Election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May. The Special Town
Meeting will be held the third Monday in November to address the
transactions of all business for the town. Whenever this schedule places it in
the same week as Thanksgiving Day, the Special Town Meeting shall be held
instead on the second Monday in November.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
Definition: Affordable Accessory Single-Family Dwelling Unit
ARTICLE NO. 12: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the
Brewster Town Code, Zoning, Article I, Section 179-2, Definitions, deleting the "S"
in "AASDU" so that it reads:
AFFORDABLE ACCESSORY SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT (AADU) - Affordable
housing, either attached or detached, as an accessory use to a single-family
dwelling. It shall have a maximum of two bedrooms and a maximum of 900 square
feet of area. [Added 11-5-2007 FYTM, Art. 201
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or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two Thirds Majority Vote Required) (Planning Board)
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
Establishment of Districts
ARTICLE NO. 13: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the
Brewster Town Code, Zoning, Article II, Section 179-3, Establishment of
Districts, by deleting paragraph D, which includes the following text:
D. The Corridor Overlay Protection District is a town-wide overlay protection
district which is superimposed over all existing zoning districts. [Added
5-9-1994 ATM, Art. 25]
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two Thirds Majority Vote Required) (Planning Board)
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
Signs
ARTICLE NO. 14: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the
Brewster Town Code, Zoning, Article V, Section 179-21 (first mention),
Enforcement; abandoned signs; appeals, by renumbering the section to 179-
20.7, so that it reads:
§ 179-20.7. Enforcement; abandoned signs; appeals.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two Thirds Majority Vote Required) (Planning Board)
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
Special Permits
ARTICLE NO. 15: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the
Brewster Town Code, Zoning, Article X, Section 179-51, Special permits A. (5)
Findings, by deleting the second occurrence of the word "Development" and
replacing it with the word "Site," so that it reads:
(d) For developments subject to Chapter 83, Site Plan Review, it is
recommended that applicants incorporate development standards
specified under Chapter 83, as well as applicable development standards
specified in this Zoning Bylaw (Chapter 179), to better coordinate
permitting under both bylaws.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two Thirds Majority Vote Required) (Planning Board)
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
Site Plan Review
ARTICLE NO. 16: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the
Brewster Town Code, Zoning, Article XII, Section 179-67B, Severability, by
deleting "67-B" from the numbering and renumbering the section "179-68, so
that it reads:
§ 179-68. Severability.
or to take any other action relative thereto.
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(Two Thirds Majority Vote Required) (Planning Board)
ZO1VING BYLAW AMENDMENT
Natural Resources Protection Design
ARTICLE NO. 17: To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 179 of the
Brewster Town Code, Zoning, Article XIII, Section 179-51.1, Permanent
Preservation of Open Space Land, A., Ownership of Open Space Land, (1) (b) by
deleting the numbers "4.6.2" and replacing them with "179-75.1B" so that it
reads:
(b) Conveyed to a nonprofit organization, the principal purpose of which is
the conservation or preservation of open space, with a conservation
restriction as specified in 179-75.1B below. Such organization shall be
acceptable to the Board as a bona fide conservation organization; or
or to take any other action relative thereto.
(Two Thirds Majority Vote Required) (Planning Board)
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS
ARTICLE NO. 9 : To act on any other business that may legally come
before this meeting.
(Majority Vote Required) (Board of Selectmen)
And 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 Brewster affixed this ,nom
day of August, 2015.
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Benjamin W. deRuyter , Chairman Patric' E. Hughes‘ Vice-Chairman
Peter G. Norton, Clerk Joh heodore Dickson
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James W. F1ey
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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 September 2,
2015 by posting attested copies thereof, in the following locations in the Town on
the %t hday of August, 2015.
Brewster Town Offices Brewster Farms Brewster
Ladies Library Brewster Pizza House
The Brewster Store Millstone Liquors
U. S. Post Office Cafe Alfresco
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Roland W. Bassett, Jr. instable
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
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