Select Board (Rm A)
Town of Brewster Select Board
2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
(508) 896-3701
SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street
December 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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:
Phone: Call (312) 626 6799 or (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID:890 9291 0526 Passcode: 509224
To request to speak: Press *9 and wait to be recognized.
ZoomWebinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89092910526?pwd=WHM2V3hrVklhSTloWWhVU09kanUzQT09
Passcode: 509224
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 for any item listed in this section the Select Board may take officials action including votes.
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. Executive Session
a. To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body – 3057 Main Street & 400 W.H. Besse Cartway
6. Public Announcements and Comment: Members of the public may address the Select Board on matters not on the meeting’s agenda for a maximum of 3-5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion. The Select Board will not reply to statements made or answer questions raised during public comment but may add items presented to a future agenda.
7. Select Board Announcements and Liaison Reports
8. Town Manager’s Report
9. Consent Agenda
a. Meeting Minutes: July 21 and December 4, 2023
b. Appointments: Amanda Bebrin (Bay Property Planning Committee) and Corey Gill (Zoning Board of Appeals)
c. Facility Use Application: Brewster Conservation Trust
d. Letter of Support for Brewster Cemetery Association for Community Preservation Act Funding
e. Request to Declare Surplus Items for Sale: Captains Golf Course
f. Town Landing and Public Beach Access Request: Point of Rocks
g. Fee Waiver Request: Brewster Historical Society
10. Discuss and Vote on Friends of Brewster Dog Park Request to Purchase & Install Two Gazebos at Brewster Dog Park
11. Debrief on Summer 2023 Brewster Community Pool & Discuss Recommendations for Summer 2024 – Joint Meeting with Bay Property Planning Committee & Recreation Commission (Select Board FY24-25 Strategic Plan Goal SC-1)
12. Discuss and Vote on Proposed 2024 Captains Golf Course Rates and Additional Non-Resident Memberships
13. Discuss and Vote on Potential Changes to Non-Commercial Shellfish Rules & Regulations
14. Update on Request to Amend Regional School Agreement & Status of Tuition Agreements for Provincetown & Truro – Tom Fitzgibbons & Rick Draper, Nauset Regional School Committee
15. Discuss and Vote on AT&T Cell Tower Lease Amendment (1657 Main Street)
16. FYIs
17. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair
18. Questions from the Media
19. Next Meetings: January 8, January 10, January 22, and January 23, 2024
20. Adjournment
Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:
12/14/2023
