Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an agenda and details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, Feb. 27
- Animal Welfare Committee, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Visitor Services Board, 10 a.m.
- Board of Assessors, noon
- Shank Painter Corridor Planning Subcommittee, 6 p.m.
- Planning Board, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4
- Conservation Commission, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5
- Bicycle Committee, 1 p.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Historic District Commission, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 6
- Council on Aging, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Joint Water Meeting
At a joint meeting of the Provincetown and Truro select boards on Feb. 24, board members got an update on the effort to find a new wellfield site that could provide freshwater capacity for future growth in both towns.
A potential well site just east of the Walsh property does not appear particularly promising, water superintendent Cody Salisbury told the boards. It is too close to the existing wellfields just north of the Walsh property and would likely lead to salt water being drawn upwards into the wellfield if both sites were to be pumped at maximum capacity at the same time, Salisbury said.
Instead, the towns are looking at another parcel owned by the town of Truro, which Salisbury described as “site C-5” and which is numbered 75 Higgins Hollow Road. It would require further study to determine how wells there might affect the Pamet River, Salisbury said, but it is at a great distance from the wellfields that the towns already use.
Provincetown is also pursuing a $600,000 effort to renovate electrical equipment at the wells at the former North Truro Air Force Base in the Cape Cod National Seashore, Salisbury said. Those wells are officially a redundant supply, but Provincetown is negotiating with the National Seashore to see if they can be deemed a part of the town’s regular water supply.
“The park brings in 3.8 million visitors per year, and they need to help us provide water for those visitors,” said Truro Select Board chair Sue Areson.
“That was our proposal to the National Seashore,” said Provincetown Town Manager Alex Morse — “that it would benefit the park itself and the region.” —Paul Benson
