Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join.
Thursday, March 31
- Climate Action Committee, 10:30 a.m.
Monday, April 4
- Conservation Commission, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5
- Board of Health, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
Conversation Starters
New Town Meeting Date
The 2022 annual town meeting date has been changed from Tuesday, April 26 to Saturday, April 30, with a rain date of Sunday, May 1. The select board also voted unanimously on March 22 to shift the event outdoors as a Covid-19 precaution. It begins at 11 a.m. at the Truro Central School ballfield.
Bob Weinstein, the select board chair, expressed strong support for this move, commenting that by acting “in deference to immunocompromised individuals,” this would “encourage the widest participation.”
Meanwhile, Jarrod Cabral, director of the DPW, is contacting vendors to secure equipment for the outdoor meeting — a time-sensitive task as town meeting season approaches and municipalities descend on a limited supply of tents and other needs.
Host Community Agreement
The Hatchery is one step closer to becoming Truro’s one and only marijuana manufacturing and cultivation facility at 1 Noons Heights.
On March 8, the select board approved the host community agreement that the company had spent months negotiating with the town. The Hatchery can now move forward and apply for licenses from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission.
As an impact fee to the town, the Hatchery will pay 3 percent of its gross revenue from all marijuana sales — the highest impact fee allowed by law, explained Jonathan Silverstein, the town counsel.
In addition to this fee, the Hatchery will also need to fork out an up-front one-time payment of $30,000 for the “beautification or installation of landscaped lands in the vicinity of the project,” Silverstein said.
The company will also pay the town $10,000 a year to maintain the landscaping and for beach cleanup.
Select board member Kristen Reed and town manager Darrin Tangeman took the lead in negotiating the agreement. Reed told the board, “I think they’re going to be respectful and good neighbors in our community.” —Jasmine Lu
