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Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting of March 6, 2002
Town Hall Hearing Room
Present: Chair Dennis O Pickard, David Wright, Gerald Parent; Rex Peterson, Assistant Town
Administrator
Excused: Lisa Brown
Chair OSD #02-01, Greta Einig, 7 & 10 Castelo Court, Lot #s 13 & 13.1, Map #15, consolidation of 2 lotsOpen Space Committee, Presentation of Proposed Warrant Article for Annual Town Meeting Warrantpreliminary list (73 acres) containing every piece of town-owned land that looked as if it needed protection was compiled; this list was never voted upon by the Committee and should not have been sent out. Secondly, on 2/19 the Committee reviewed all the pieces of land and produced a second list (28.9 acres); this was voted upon and submitted to the BOS. The BOS instructed the Open Space Committee to choose five pieces from the list; these pieces (on Williams Pond, Gull Pond Road, Chequesset Neck, Paine Hollow Road, and Drummer Cove Marsh) comprise the parcels (12.44 acres) named in the warrant article to come before Annual Town Meeting. Discussion followed:
Helen Wilson stated her belief that there is not resistance to these lots being open space but that everyone (i.e., Affordable Housing Task Force, Planning Board, Conservation Commission) should have a chance to study assesorPlaue agreed but reiterated that these five pieces are appropriate for conservation use and not for housing; she wants to hold a public hearing to disseminate information about this land and explain Open SpaceWilson emphasized that there is a positive effect of people gathering together on an issue and suggested that Ms. Plaue take her presentation to the Board of Health, also.
Alan Platt, from the audience, discussed the process that was initiated by the Open Space Committee. He stated that Ms. Plaue had narrowed the initial list to five parcels and if she were allowed present a description of them to the Board, it would be obvious that these properties are non-controversial. He added that at this time town-owned land can be put up for auction, but if such land were put under conservation, it would have additional protection.
Wilson expressed her opposition to voting on a recommendation of the warrant article tonight without having made site visits to the properties.
Ms. Plaue then described the parcels:
Williams PondGull Pond RoadChequesset Neck Road and Freeman AvenuePaine Hollow RoadDrummer CoveGerry Parent asked how the properties were obtained; Plaue indicated that she did not know in three cases. Parent also emphasized that the Board should know if there were any deed restrictions on these pieces of land.
Alfred Pickard stated that there might be issues of access from other properties and that knowledge of the assessed values of the parcels would be helpful.
The Chair listed areas affording problems to the BoardFrom the audience, George Moe commented that the piece on Gull Pond Road has been considered for a well site and asked if conservation would change this. Plaue replied that it would depend upon how the conservation was written; however, only individual wells, not a large system which would service the town, would be allowed.
Alan Platt stated that while land in the Land Bank goes straight to the Conservation Commission, these parcels would be identified clearly and their use would be defined. The Chair stated that a management plan would be helpful; Jan Plaue replied that there is no defined management plan for these. She added that Open Space is trying to prepare a report with the aid of Americorps on all the open, town-owned land.
Rex Peterson spoke of the time logistics involved: the BOS would consider the warrant article on the following Monday and Peterson suggested that the Planning Board state that it would not object to its placement on the warrant. The article could then come back to Planning Board for recommendation. The Chair saw no problem with continuing on with the process. Parent noted that there had been questions raised needing clarification, that it appeared that the 5 parcels were the beginning of a long list, and that he would prefer for the future to make the process as clean and easy as possible. (Plaue pointed out that a six weeks period existed to explore possibilities before Town Meeting.) Helen Wilson asked if any of the sites were in jeopardy in the
near future; Plaue did not know. Discussion concluded with the consensus of the Board being that the process could continue, with the necessity for more information on the questions and problems stated above; Chair OSprint Proposal for Co-Location on Nextel TowerSite and project plans showing the antenna specifications in greater detail
Written responses to Sections F & G of the pre-application check-list prepared by Atlantic Communications Technologies, Inc.
Cellular coverage maps in clearer form than those previously submitted
A report on public exposure to radio-frequency emissions prepared by William E. Irwin, a Health Physicist and Radiation Protection Officer employed by Harvard University and previously employed by M. I. T.
Chair Oindicated that enough information seemed to have been submitted for the Board to deem the process complete and that Sprint would now be responsible for supplying the requirements for amend the motion to read Minutes of 2/6/02 & 2/20/02Accessory Dwelling Units Warrant Article discussionDimensional Special Permits ArticleReports on Meetings:
Peterson, David Wright, and Gerry Parent reported on the Infrastucture Meeting held that morning by staff people from the Cape Cod Commission; the meeting came out of the Regional Policy Plan and dealt with growth density. The Commission asked what Wellfleet wanted to get out of an infrastructure plan: a Wellfleet plan or a lower Cape regional plan? Sub-regional plans for the lower Cape, such as the Seashore study and the USGA survey, were to be synthesized by a group of interns from Tufts University. Parent commented that nothing was determined, that the meeting was a Chair OMail3/4/02 memo from Fire Chief Alan Hight approving the Miller/Miner SD#02-02
Chief HightPacket from DRI meeting at Cape Cod Commission
The Chair noted that the next meeting would be the Public Hearing of 3/20/02 and would take place in the Library Meeting Room. Gerry Parent moved and Alfred Pickard seconded adjournment; unanimous. The meeting was adjourned at 9:25.
Respectfully submitted,
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Frances J. Castillo, Assistant to the R. Dennis O Committee Secretary
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