January 13, 2020

“Mr. MacAskill moved approve the 190 mile relay road race application from Ragnar Events, LLC for Saturday, May 9, 2020, with a start time of 2:30 PM. Seconded by Mr. McManus. Mr. MacAskill said that he had several complaints this week, requesting that they ask the event leaders, whether by letter or verbal, to leave Harwich the way that they found it and to clean up after themselves. Last year, Sand Pond was a mess with trash all over the parking lot. If they are going to approve this; they need to let them know they need to clean up after themselves. Mr. Ballantine confirmed that they will work with Mr. Powers to add that to the requirement. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: MacAskill, second: McManus)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

“Mr. Howell said that he would like to make a motion to empower Mr. Harris to be involved in remote participation for the time period that was specified in the original request. Seconded by Mr. McManus. Mr. McManus said that when you appoint people for the committees and you know that they will be away for a period of time, they should not just replace them when you know they would be away. Mr. MacAskill said that he would like to respond to Mr. McManus' comments. He said that Mr. Harris was not put on the Planning Board knowing that he was going to be away, nor had he been in the past. They have a Selectmen's policy that they should re-write, if other members of the Board agree with Mr. McManus. They have a policy voted by the Board that gives you 4 missed meetings, before you go back in front of the interview committee. He does not want to re-write it, because he feels the public deserves to have someone in front of them when pitching the case on their project and not on video. If the Board does agree it should be brought back to have a discussion on changing the policy that is in place. Mr. Ballantine said that his suggestion was a policy that they only do one at a time. He has thought about it and he thinks he would rather not make changes, but just as a Board they need to pay attention to it. The next one that comes up they may decline because it is to many. Mr. Howell said this is an exception in his mind, and he does not think they want to toy with the broader policy in general. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: Howell, second: McManus)

Read it in the official minutes, page 19 (PDF)