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, April 17
- Scholarship and Trust Administration Committee, 3 p.m.
- Open Space Committee, 4 p.m.
- Board of Health, 4 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Monday, April 21
- Town Hall closed for Patriots Day
- Housing Authority, 5:30 p.m., 44 Harry Kemp Way
Tuesday, April 22
- Licensing Board, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23
- Coastal Resiliency Advisory Board, noon
- Harbor Committee, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 24
- Planning Board, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Coastal Resiliency
The coastal resiliency plan outreach meeting that had been scheduled for April 17 has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 1 at 3 p.m. at town hall, according to Community Development Director Tim Famulare.
The session should run from 3 to 6 p.m. and will allow participants to learn more about coastal flooding adaptation measures that can be taken by individual homeowners, small groups of affected neighbors, and the town itself.
Historic Design Standards
An item in the capital improvement plan approved by town meeting voters on April 7 could bring changes to decisions made at the historic district commission. A $50,000 allocation in Article 16-2 would pay for a consultant who could help the commission review its policies and adopt new design guidelines or regulations.
Petitioned Article 22, which was brought by voter Jon Sinaiko and which passed with only a few votes against, asked the town manager and select board to direct the historic district commission to allow fire resistant materials including fiber-cement siding and artificial slate shingles in the historic district.
Although that article was nonbinding, the new consultant could help the commission work through the feedback from town meeting voters and determine whether any such materials could be compatible with its overall mission. —Paul Benson
