Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting that interests you on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, April 17
- Nauset Communications Subcommittee, 9 a.m., online only
- Council on Aging, 9:30 a.m., Adult Community Center
- Select Board public hearing on temporary marina regulations, 5 p.m., Adult Community Center
- Energy and Climate Action Committee, 7 p.m., Adult Community Center
Monday, April 21
- Town Hall closed for Patriots Day
Tuesday, April 22
- Board of Health public hearing on septic and tobacco regulation, 5:30 p.m., Adult Community Center
- Select Board, 6 p.m., Adult Community Center
Thursday, April 24
- Community Forum Meet the Candidates and Town Meeting Warrant Review, 5 p.m., Adult Community Center
Conversation Starter
Affordable in Perpetuity
The Maurice’s Campground Planning Committee voted on April 9 to recommend to the select board that all year-round housing developed at Maurice’s should be restricted to the income bracket it initially was intended to serve in perpetuity.
Affordability is calculated relative to area median income in Barnstable County, which changes as incomes earned change. The vote was in part a response to concerns raised at the community meeting on April 2 that a for-profit developer might want affordability restrictions that eventually expire.
Member Tim Sayre abstained from the vote, saying he was worried that affordability restrictions might conflict with the town’s ability to fund certain units for municipal staff, which is newly allowed under the state’s seasonal communities designation. “I think we should own a few of the places over there, as a town,” Sayre said. —Tyler Jager
