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ARTICLE 4 (Long-term Lease Extension Authorization – Academy Hill Property)
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to extend the lease of the Academy Building located at 4 Westminster Street, on such terms and
conditions as the Board of Selectmen determine to be in the best interests of the Town, for an additional 20 year period beyond what was authorized under Article 34 of the
1980 Annual Town Meeting, so that the extended lease would terminate on March 26,
2076, and, if necessary, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to file a Home Rule Petition exempting the lease extension from the public bidding requirements of G. L. c.
30B, § 16; or to take any other action related thereto.
(Board of Selectmen) FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTION: Moved that the Board of Selectmen is hereby
authorized to extend the lease of the Academy Building located at 4 Westminster Street,
on such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen determine to be in the best interests of the Town, for an additional 20 year period beyond what was authorized
under Article 34 of the 1980 Annual Town Meeting, so that the extended lease would terminate on March 26, 2076, and, if necessary, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
file a Home Rule Petition exempting the lease extension from the public bidding
requirements of G. L. c. 30B, § 16.
ARTICLE 5 (Suspension of Our Island Home Funding Request; Establishment of Work Group)
To see if the Town will vote to: suspend until the next Annual Town Meeting, any and all consideration and final decisions regarding the relocation, design, staffing, site
control, and demographics of Our Island Home, the purpose of such deferral being to
immediately create a workgroup to resolve financial and otherwise unanswered questions or open issues. Such a workgroup shall consist of two members of the
Friends of Our Island Home, two members of the Our Island Home Family Council, a member from the Town Finance department or Finance Committee, a representative
from the Board of Selectmen, a representative from Our Island Home Administration,
and two Citizen-at-Large positions — one chosen by the BOS, one chosen by proponents of this article, and to include information, reports and input without limit from
the Town of Nantucket’s previously and/or currently engaged consultants as may be requested by the workgroup for the various aspects of implementing a new plan for the
future Our Island Home. The first meeting of the new workgroup shall take place no later
than November 1, 2016. Or to take any other action related thereto.
[The Board of Selectmen, upon advice and consent of the workgroup, may make constructive changes to the language of the mission of the workgroup as may be
necessary or advisable toward perfecting the role of the workgroup in order to achieve the intent of this article, which is to resolve open issues and attempt to generate broad
consensus for the successful future of Our Island Home while improving and
maintaining the existing facility during the development of our new facility.]
(Frances E. Karttunen, et al) FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTION: Moved not to adopt the Article.
Page 44 Town of Nantucket October 17, 2016 Special Town Meeting Warrant with Finance Committee Motions