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 25
- Animal Welfare Committee, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Board of Health, 4 p.m.
- Public Pier Corp. Board, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 26
- Cemetery Commission, 1:30 p.m., online
Wednesday, May 1
- Historic District Commission, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 2
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Pier Commission
The select board voted on April 22 to create a new advisory pier commission to replace the Provincetown Public Pier Corp., which was disbanded by a vote of town meeting on April 1.
The commission, appointed by the select board, will include two members who are tenants on town-owned MacMillan Pier: one from the fishing fleet on the pier’s east side and one from the commercial excursion fleet that serves tourists on the west side.
The other three members will be at large, with two being Provincetown residents and the third having no residency requirement. (Many pier users, including a significant share of commercial fishermen, now live in Truro.) There will be two alternates.
The commission will advise the select board on the rates charged to tenants of the pier as well as on operational needs and capital improvements. Ultimate authority for setting rates will rest with the select board.
Scooter Regulations
The licensing board has requested direction from the select board on whether it should promulgate more detailed regulations for the two companies in town that provide scooter rentals, Town Manager Alex Morse told the board on April 22.
Board members were enthusiastic.
“I’ve talked to people at the scooter companies, and they can limit the speed those vehicles can go,” said Leslie Sandberg.
John Golden said that motorized vehicles were not allowed to run against the flow of traffic on Commercial Street, and that the town should enforce that law.
Austin Miller said that he was worried about forcing scooters onto Bradford Street. “Bradford is not a safe street to do anything but drive a car,” Miller said.
Chair David Abramson said the board would not vote on the subject that night, even to refer it to the licensing board, since the issue had not been properly advertised in the meeting agenda.
“It can be on our next meeting agenda,” said Abramson, “but it wasn’t posted on this one.”
—Paul Benson
