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, Feb. 6
- Council on Aging Board, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Police Chief Search online forum, 3 p.m., online only
- Open Space Committee, 4 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
- Shank Painter Corridor Planning Subcommittee, 6 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 10
- Select Board, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 11
- Finance Committee, 2 p.m.
- Licensing Board, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
- Coastal Resiliency Advisory Board, noon
- Cemetery Commission public hearing, 1:30 p.m.
- Harbor Committee, 2 p.m.
- Cemetery Commission, 3 p.m.
- MacMillan Pier Commission and Harbor Committee joint meeting, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13
- Community Preservation Committee, 5 p.m.
- Planning Board, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Traffic on MacMillan Pier
The harbor committee and MacMillan Pier Commission are holding a joint meeting at 3 p.m. on Feb. 12 to discuss the congestion created by the loading and unloading of passengers on the Boston ferries.
The meeting is billed as a workshop at which the public can share ideas to improve traffic flow, and it will be held in person at town hall with an online-participation option.
The presence of private vehicle traffic on MacMillan Pier that isn’t directly related to the town’s fishing fleet has vexed some administrators in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, select board member Leslie Sandberg said on Jan. 13. Whether private vehicles should be allowed to drive onto the pier to pick up or drop off ferry passengers is now up for negotiation.
“My understanding is you’ve got a problem with the Army Corps of Engineers, you’ve got somebody there who’s not closing out the 2016 permit for the wave attenuator, and FEMA wants to close out the permit and they’ve been stopped,” said Sandberg to DPW Director Jim Vincent.
“I share your view that we should be able to drive down there,” said Sandberg, “but this person wants only commercial vehicle traffic. I think she’s being unreasonable, but she’s got a big stick here.”
“It’s supposed to be water-dependent uses out there, and that can be interpreted different ways,” said Vincent.
The joint meeting on Feb. 12 will help gauge public sentiment on whether private cars should be allowed to take passengers to the ferry terminal or not. —Paul Benson
