Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. 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 at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, July 6
- Council on Aging, 10 a.m., VMCC
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m., Town Hall
Monday, July 10
- Select Board, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 11
- Licensing Board, 5:15 p.m., Town Hall
Wednesday, July 12
- Cemetery Commission, 3 p.m.
- Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee, noon, Town Hall
Conversation Starters
Eight New EMS Hires
At this year’s town meeting and election, voters approved a Proposition 2½ override to transition Provincetown to a full-time in-house EMS team. The fire dept. swore in the resulting eight new hires on June 27.
According to a press release, this group of employees includes a combination of firefighter-EMTs and firefighter-paramedics. A majority hold the latter credentials, “which is a great boost for the town,” Town Manager Alex Morse said at the June 26 select board meeting.
The town will continue to contract with the Lower Cape Ambulance Association for the next three fiscal years.
Safety at the Old Reliable
Two business owners abutting the dilapidated former Old Reliable Fish House property at 227R Commercial St. told the select board that the conditions at the site, which developer Christine Barker plans to turn into a mixed-use hotel, restaurant, and condo project, pose ongoing safety concerns.
“Somebody’s going to get hurt at that property,” Loic Rossignon, one of the owners of the Canteen at 225 Commercial St., told the board. “I know the situation is complicated, but in the meanwhile, the town needs to have a plan for when this catches on fire, because it’s a question of when, not if.”
Patrick Patrick, who owns Marine Specialties at 234 Commercial, said that the town “should be looking at an interim plan for public safety on that site” while Barker’s plan winds its way through board approvals and Land Court appeals filed by Patrick himself.
In February, Patrick challenged Barker’s latest special permit from the planning board, saying that it “[took] advantage of a perceived loophole in the inclusionary zoning bylaw.” —Amelia Roth-Dishy
