Voting Note: The presidential primary election is Tuesday, March 5. Each party’s candidates, as well as candidates for state and town party committees, are on the ballot. Early in-person voting is underway until March 1. Check the town’s website for when and where you can vote.
Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are held 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 are at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, Feb. 29
- Open Space Committee, 4 p.m.
Friday, March 1
- Select Board, 11:15 a.m.
Monday, March 4
- Council on Aging Board, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
Tuesday, March 5
- Conservation Commission, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6
- Historic District Commission, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 7
- Open Space Committee, 4 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Warrant Is Closing
The warrant for town meeting on April 1 will be closed at a brief select board meeting on March 1. At that point, all the articles will be fixed in their final form, with no changes permitted except by amendment on the floor at town meeting.
Citizen-initiated “petitioned articles” must be submitted to the town clerk by March 1 as well. There is already one set to go on the warrant: a request by Jean Marino to make the intersection of Commercial Street and Standish Street into an all-way stop with blinking stop signs. At present, drivers on Commercial Street do not have to stop at that intersection unless there are pedestrians in the crosswalk.
Town Manager Alex Morse told the select board there could be more articles coming. The open space committee has scheduled an extra meeting on Feb. 29 to consider an article that would block the Old Colony Nature Trail, which is the former roadbed of the Old Colony railroad, from ever being paved as part of a rails-to-trails initiative.
Parking and Bicycle Survey
The town government launched a survey last week to assess the public’s interest in the addition of town-owned parking spaces along Route 6 between Conwell Street and Shank Painter Road, as well as the installation of multi-use pedestrian and bicycle improvements along that corridor or elsewhere.
The Municipal Parking and Multi-Use Path Feasibility Survey can be found on the “News” section of the town’s website. A public meeting to discuss the results will take place on Monday, March 18 at 5 p.m.
One impetus for the survey is the future Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary visitor center, which is slated to be built on the municipal parking lot at MacMillan Pier and displace 60 town-owned parking spaces.
Another is a regional effort to improve bicycle connectivity by repurposing old railroad rights-of-way into paved bicycle trails. —Paul Benson
