July 13, 2020

“Mr. Howell moved that they appoint Mr. Stephen Ford as the Vice Chair. Seconded by Mr. MacAskill. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: Howell, second: MacAskill)

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“Mr. Howell moved that they appoint Mr. Michael MacAskill as Clerk. Seconded by , Mr. Ford. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: Howell)

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“Mr. Ford moved to approve the Interim Town Administrator's recommendation to grant permission of NSTAR Electric Company D/B/A Eversource Energy Eversource for the purpose of the installing approximately 28° of conduit and cable and 1 handhold #61/H22C in town road to provide service to customer at 119 Julien Road, subject to conditions from staff. Seconded by Mr. Howell. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: Ford, second: Howell)

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“Mr. Ford moved to vote to refer the zoning amendment relative to "Essential Services" to the Planning Board for required public hearing. Seconded by Mr. McManus. Mr. MacAskill said that he had asked this to be moved up to consent agenda, because this is something that had previously been voted by the Board, and there was a public hearing. He said that they are only doing it again because there is a time lapse, because there's no Town Meeting until September. So they will have expired the public hearing, and will be required to have another one. He said that he had spoken with the Planner, who said it was very standard, so he did not see the need to leave it under new business. 'All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: Ford, second: McManus)

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“Mr. MacAskill moved that they postpone this item until they get further information. Seconded by Mr. Howell. Ms. Lisa O'Neill, Owner, Irish Pub, asked to speak, and asked if they could consider the 8:00 pm tonight, and they could put it on the agenda for another time for 10:00 pm? She said that their business is about 5% of what they used to do, and this is really tough for them, because people do not want to go inside. She said that she would really like it if they could consider the 8:00 pm license. She said if they want to talk about noise control or volume, they can talk about it. Mr. Ballantine said that he appreciates that, but besides the change in time, there was additional information needed as well. He said that they will try to schedule for Monday, when they can have answers to those questions. Ms. O'Neill asked if she could answer the questions now, because the season is short. . Mr. Ballantine said that they cannot do that without a site plan review. Ms. O'Neill said that Mr. Powers does have a site plan for the outdoor seating, for where the band would be in the perimeters. Mr. MacAskill said that he is not trying to hold Ms. O'Neill up, and the last time, he made a motion immediately to allow them to go to 00 am. He said by no means is he trying to hold them up, and he appreciates the shortness of the season, being in small business. He said that they have shown a great deal of support to the Irish Pub, but they also have a group of residents that they also owe something to, and it is not part of their packet tonight showing anything information. He said that given the last business that they approved a license out there, it was a very different time, and people filled the room, and they filled the room today with emails, which should also be part of the public record. This board owes it to the public to show a plan at least on paper, that people could look at in the packet and allow for some debate on this. He said that he recognizes the difference between Harwich Port and West . Harwich and that they showed that when they gave them the 1:00 am license indoors. He said it really is based on what part of town they are in and they really have not taken this up publicly to talk about the Irish pub and. outside entertainment and what kind of music. He said that in the end, he is going to ask for the same site plan and diagram showing the direction and music and what they are going to do for containment. He said that also he thinks that their police chief should weigh in. He is not trying to hold them up, but he does not feel like it's a complete topic, and they need to be able to show the rest of the residents that they are taking this seriously. Mr. Powers said that the expansion of the hours from the original request would require a new notice, and they have missed the deadline to get in the newspaper, being the Chronicle, so they could not do it next Monday. He said that the soonest it could happen is two weeks.. He added that he did not believe that the site plan they had received by the applicant would provide what they were looking for showing where the music would be located. Ms. O'Neill said that it would not because they thought that they would be back indoors, and they are super disappointed and they are being generous when they say that they are at 5% of their sales compared to last year, so they are very desperate. Mr. Ballantine said that what they are asking for is the band location or live music, and how it is going to comply with noise containment in respect to the neighborhood. Ms. O'Neill said that they will get them the new plan and asked to confirm - that they will be on the agenda for next Monday? Mr. Ballantine confirmed and said that they have a motion and a second. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: MacAskill, second: Howell)

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“Mr. MacAskill moved that they approve the monthly spending plan for August, September, and October 2021 budget, and authorize the Chair to sign. Seconded by Mr. Howell. All in favor, motion carried by unanimous vote.” (Motion: MacAskill, second: Howell)

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