October
17, 2006
Bourne
Veterans' Memorial Community Center
239
Main Street
Buzzards
Bay, MA 02532
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Attendance:
Town Administrator
Thomas M. Guerino
Board of Selectmen:
Linda M. Zuern, Chairman
Stephen F. Mealy, Vice-Chairman
Jamie J. Sloniecki
Judith W. Conron
John J. Harrington -
not present
Call the Meeting to Order
Meeting was reconvened from Executive
Session at 7 :00 P.M.
Approval of Minutes -
None
Public Comment -
Non-Agenda Items
George Seaver had two questions on the
procedures of the Town Meeting Override vote and were they legal and/or
ethical?
Correspondence
Selectman Sloniecki reviewed the
correspondence. Correspondence is on file in the TA office for review.
Selectmen Conron and Mealy will attend a
training session for the Local Licensing Authorities from 12:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m.
at the Yarmouth Town Hall.
TA Guerino referenced a letter from Mr.
Lafarge regarding a resident running an illegal business on County Road. The
letter was forwarded to Town Counsel and is being reviewed by the Building
Inspector.
Donald Jacobs/Donald Ellis -
licenses
Don Jacobs spoke on the process involved
in placing 4 historic buildings in Bourne on the National
Register - Town Hall, Bournedale
School House, Coady School and the Historic Society Building.
They felt they needed the Selectmen's approval before starting the long
application process. It will cost approximately $5,000 to register each and
funding will come out of CPA funds. By being on the National Register it helps
the Town in obtaining grants. If placed on the National Register, the buildings
continue as they are now.
Selectman Conron made a MOTION,
SECONDED by Selectman Sloniecki to accept their request to make application
for the 4 buildings to be considered for the National Register -
Town Hall, Historic Society
Building, Bournedale School House and
Coady School. UNANIMOUS
VOTE
Selectman Zuern thank both Mr. Ellis
and Mr. Jacobs for all of the work
they do for the town.
Licenses/Permits:
a. Aptucxet Post VFW -
Change in Manager
An application for a transfer in Manager
only from Anthony Manfredi to Edward W. Cygan.
The CORI was submitted, but has not been
returned. T A Guerino addressed the requirement for the installation of a
sprinkler system. They are aware of the situation and will comply as required.
Don Jacobs, Charter Member of the Post,
spoke in support of the transfer.
Selectman Sloniecki made MOTION,
SECONDED by Selectmen Mealy to approve as requested pending the CORl
return. UNANIMOUS VOTE
b. Change of hours for
Sagamore Inn
Selectman Sloniecki made a MOTION,
SECONDED by Selectman Mealy to approve the change in hours of operation to
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. UNANIMOUS
VOTE
County Commissioners
Mary LeClair and Bruce Lambros
Mr. Lambros reviewed the list of services
provided by the County to the Town of Bourne in 2006.
Cape
Cod Commission.
· Affordable
Housing Programs
· Marine
Resources Program
· Planning
and Regulatory Programs
· Transportation
Program
· Water
Resources Program
· Cape
Cod Cooperative Extension
· Cape
Light Compact
· Health
& Environment
Mary LeClair provided a brief summary of
what they offer. This can be viewed on line at www.barnstablecountv.org.
Regional services provided:
· Registry
of Deeds on line
· Economic
Development Council
· Children's
Cove
· Fire
Training Academy
· Resource
Development.
· Purchasing
· Wellness
& Professional Development
Selectman Conron asked how the Pocasset
Assisted Living facility was doing and were they a part of that?
The County put the land up and the
Commissioners helped secure the funding through the State for the project.
Affordable Housing as relates to
CanalSide
Representatives
of the Housing Partnership Committee Sue Ross and Mary- Ellen Wilczynski and
Bourne Housing Action Plan Committee were present.
Ms. Ross spoke on the Housing Action Plan
and the need to expand affordable housing in Bourne in an environmentally
conscientious way and ways good for the Town.
She explained how the action plan fits
into the whole CanalSide.
Mary-Ellen Wilczynski said the plan was a
culmination of two years work. They received a grant from the Cape Cod
Commission to hire a consultant.
The average medium income is $45,000.00
in which a person could purchase $160,000 mortgage. The medium price of a house
in Bourne last year was $320,000 with the need of an average income of
$90,000.00 and only 15% have made that income.
When looking at the affordable housing
inventory Bourne has the 2nd highest on the Cape. Bourne would need to add
another 258 units to the stock in order to achieve the 10%.
The plan in place is called a
"planned production" and has been certified by the State. Under the
plan the Town would need to ad 58 units a year or 117 every 2 years.
Highlights of the plan were:
· make
town property available for affordable housing, convert existing properties to
affordability, promote adaptive reuse of existing structures, construct
affordable living options for seniors and continue to work with developers on
fine tuning comprehensive permit projects.
Preservation would be providing loans to
current homeowners with assistance, reducing the cost of homelessness and
marketing affordability of existing stock.
She went on further to say this was just
touching on the points on the in-depth plans. They are using the CPA Funds to
hire an affordable housing specialist.
There was a lengthy dialog with questions
and answers regarding how CanalSide would fit into the Housing Action Plan.
Sign Warrant for November Election
The Board of Selectmen signed the Warrant
for State General Election.
Town Administrator Report
T A Guerino announced that the fee
structures for the liquor licenses and Board of Appeals will be reviewed at the
next meeting.
A draft protocol for the Reverse 911 is
being sent to Boards and Committees.
The Budget letter to departments went out
today, with a budget due on November 22. He asked the Board to make a
determination on where they want the budgets to come in and their priorities
witl1in the next 6-8 weeks.
Selectman Conron asked that the T A give his
professional opinion as to what they should be considering.
Selectman Mealy said at the STM on
Monday, a man asked for an overview for not just this year, but where is the
town going, how will they go for an additional $13 million override, its effect
on the budget and town and what else is coming. He felt that it needed to be
addressed and asked if it could be done within the next several weeks for the
upcoming ballot question?
T A Guerino said they were putting the
5-10 year inventory together. From the facilities aspect, they know some of
what needs to be addressed. The Capital Working Group is back to work and will
have an answer to the gentlemen's question.
There was a discussion on priorities and
what to expect in the future for other departments, infrastructure needs,
possible additional overrides and the budget process.
Selectman Zuern recused herself from the
vote on the School Ballot Question in light of a possible conflict of interest.
Selectman Conron said she was
disappointed that the vote on the School was not deferred to another meeting.
She was happy to see the turnout and would have been ecstatic if everyone had
been notified properly. She said that she still has not heard a good discussion
between the citizens of the pros and cons of the school.
Selectman Sloniecki said it might not
have been handled in the way that they would do it again. The Chair presented a
motion and it did not go the way they thought it would, but they had every
intention on recessing until November 1. They can't change the vote and now
need to decide the next step.
Selectman Conron said if they were going
to schedule another election for this question, she would make it contingent on
the fact that people with absentee ballots are notified of the election.
Selectman Mealy asked if they could
provide an information sheet at all of the polling places?
Selectman Conron made a MOTION,
SECONDED by Selectman Sloniecki to set a new election date for November 29,
2006 for the purpose of overriding proposition 2 1/2 -
Ballot question read by Selectman Sloniecki.
SO VOTED
Selectman Conron said she would ask for a
revote if they cannot do the absentee ballot notification.
Joan Delapp, Jim Mulvey and Trude Sparks
expressed their opinions on the school issue.
Selectmen Mealy explained why they chose
the next election date.
He also said he felt there was an amply
amount of confusion on the last ballot vote on whether they had to vote because
town meeting had not voted He has wrestled with the question and felt this is
the right thing to do.
Selectman Mealy tried to explain the
confusion evolving around the school Issue.
Each of the Selectmen expressed their
opinions on the ballot questions.
Selectman Sloniecki -
passed
Selectmen Mealy and
Sloniecki attended the Massachusetts Municipal Association's fall conference
for Selectmen with three elements to the conference: small municipal government
management, land use reform, and crisis management and dealing with the media.
He also spoke of the Fire Station open house in Sagamore.
Selectmen Conron and
Zuern attended the Cape Cod Selectmen and Councilor's meeting with various
speakers. One speaker spoke on restoring the marshes and fish runs. She then
said they needed to write a letter in support. T A Guerino said the letter was
sent.
She spoke on the National Flood Insurance
Rating Systems where if certain things are done within the Community you could
receive a 5-10% discount on flood insurance and thought that would be something
they should look into.
Selectman Zuern said
she learned a lot about mosquitoes at the meeting. She spoke on the Nye Grant
Report with over 40 programs funded by the Nye Grant this year.
She also spoke on the ribbon cutting on October
20 at 3:30 p.m. for the Sagamore Rotary; the open house at the new fire station
and attended the base tour.
She expressed her concern with the
Special Town Meeting on Monday and the need of having a communication system.
She had hoped that it would be recessed, but if it weren't that they would have
dialog and discussion and was disappointed that it did not happen.
The Town Administrator asked if the Board
of Selectmen would entertain the sponsorship as a Board of a forum relative to
the school? TA Guerino said that he would try to have presenters on both sides
of the school issue.
TA Guerino said they had scheduled
November 7 as a public hearing on the goals and that is the same date as the
State Election. The public meeting
will be held on November 21 rather than
on the date of the State Election.
Selectman Sloniecki made a MOTION,
SECONDED by Selectman Mealy to adjourn. UNANIMOUS VOTE