Pond Property Planning Cmt (Rm A)

POND PROPERTY PLANNING COMMITTEE 

MEETING AGENDA

2198 Main Street  

            January 10, 2024 at 4PM

This meeting will be conducted in person at the time and location identified above.  This means that at least a quorum of the members of the public body will attend the meeting in person and members of the public are welcome to attend in person as well.  As a courtesy only, access to the meeting is also being provided via remote means in accordance with applicable law.  Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting/hearing will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast or affect remote attendance or participation, unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on this agenda, which includes an applicant and its representatives, should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly.

Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner:

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89802325739?pwd=Y3dETmUvWHdoTlB0dklOaVlEekdxQT09

Passcode: 467353

        US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 436 2866 Webinar ID: 898 0232 5739 Passcode: 467353 

To request to speak: Tap Zoom “Raise Hand”, then wait to be recognized.

When required by law or allowed by the Chair, persons wishing to provide public comment or otherwise participate in the meeting, may do so by accessing the meeting remotely, as noted above. Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast live, in real time, via Live broadcast (Brewster Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestream.brewster-ma.gov), or Video recording (tv.brewster-ma.gov).

Please note that the Pond Property Planning Committee may take official action, including votes, on any item on this agenda.

1. Call to Order

2. Declaration of a Quorum

3. Meeting Participation Statement

4. Recording Statement: As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the Town will be video and audio taping as well as broadcasting this public meeting.  In addition, if anyone else intends to either video or audio tape this meeting they are required to inform the chair.

5. Public Announcements and Comment: Members of the public may address the Pond Property Planning Committee on matters not on the meeting’s agenda for a maximum of 3-5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion. The Pond Property Planning Committee will not reply to statements made or answer questions raised during public comment but may add items presented to a future agenda.

6. Review and Discuss Key Takeaways from Forum #3 & Public Comment – Reed Hilderbrand

7. Review and Discuss Pond Property Plan & Remaining Policy Decisions – Reed Hilderbrand

8. Review and Discuss Town Partnership with Mass Audubon

9. Short Term Uses of Property Updates

a. Town plans for spring tour days- April 6 and 10th

b. Town plans for interim parking for the property

10. FYIs

11. Approval of Minutes from October 18, 2023 and November 15,2023

12. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair

13. Questions from the Media

14. Next Meetings: January 23 (Joint with Select Board and Bay Property Planning Committee) and February 7, 2024, Virtual Community Forum #4 February 15, 2024 at 6pm

15. Adjournment

Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:

1/5/2024