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Task Force
Recommendations to the Select Board
May 19, 2020
Economic Recovery
Economic Roundtables
•Communication
•Use of Public
Spaces
•Permitting and
Temporary
Regulations
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Communications
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Communications
•Tone
›Be positive –stress that the Island is safe and people are welcome here!
›Stress personal responsibility –physical distancing and wearing masks where physical distancing is not possible, following current advisories, etc.
•Actions
›Share the Governor’s Reopening Advisory Board Guidelines regarding regulations for business reopening –and clarify if there are any restrictions unique to Nantucket
›Develop a video promoting the Island and allow businesses to share the video on their websites and provide it to clients.
›Develop a comprehensive written communication for visitors and seasonal residents that describe the situation on the Island and reviews orders.
›Post signage regarding mask requirements and recommendations in high visibility public locations and provide signage for businesses and share appropriate exceptions
›Collaborate with schools, camps, and other child service agencies to encourage parents to educate their children on wearing masks as required.
›Encourage use of alternative modes of transportation to minimize need for parking throughout the Island.
•Services
›Hire and place ambassadors at all points of entry (airport, ferry terminals) and provide information on orders and requirements.
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Use of Public Spaces
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Use of Public Spaces –Streets &
Sidewalks
•Develop a circulation and use plan for public right of way in the downtown and mid-Island:
›Close selected downtown streets at certain times to promote retail/restaurant activity.
›Create marked curbside pick up zones for retail and
restaurants. East and West sides of Downtown.
›Establish one-way street periods on mid-island streets to allow parking for mid-island restaurants/venues.
•Advocate for a late night SSA freight boat to allow deliveries to be made early morning before streets are closed.
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Use of Public Spaces –Outdoor
Access
•Advocate for additional flexibility to allow venues to use parking lots for outdoor dining & permit alcohol licenses to extend to outdoor space.
•Expedite local permitting process to allow alcohol in outdoor
spaces where it is currently prohibited if permitted by State Law.
•Permit and encourage use of downtown pocket parks for carryout dining.
›Approach private organizations (St Paul’s/Atheneum/ Dreamland) to use their open spaces for dining/take out.
•Provide picnic benches in open spaces (closed
streets/pocket parks) for take out dining.
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Use of Public Spaces –Parking Changes
(To allow street closures)
•Encourage use of Valet by partnering with local merchants to share the cost of subsidizing the valet.
•Utilize parking lot at Saltmarsh Center for public use.
•Explore allowing parking at mid-island fire station for use as
a potential park and ride and for local restaurant use (to allow restaurants to use their lots for dining).
•Advocate with RTA to allow private shuttles from Park & Rides to different locations.
•Create longer-term parking outside of Core district.
•Encourage public transportation/reduce NRTA fees.
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Permitting and
Temporary Regulations
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Permitting and Temporary
Regulations –Proposed Changes
•Relax parking lot requirements to allow other temporary uses to occur in parking lots.
•Relax time constraints and uses on tent requirements for the 2020 season
›Allow for open air markets/dining; and
›Allow private home tent permits cancelled in 2020 to carryover to 2021without impacting the number of allowable permits for 2021
•Expand hours at restaurants to allow late seating.
•Loosen restrictions on food truck locations.
•Relax sidewalk merchandise and wares by-law.
•Loosen permitting to allow more catering on beaches.
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Permitting and Temporary
Regulations –Safety matters
•Follow state guidelines and procedures to assist
businesses with contact tracing for employees, guests
and customers.
•Provide local businesses with information on sourcing
necessary PPE.
•Develop and publish procedures to keep public spaces
clean and sanitized.
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Permitting and Temporary
Regulations –Child Care
•Assist summer camps with rapid re-openings when
orders permit.
•Assist day care centers and summer camps with
implementing appropriate safety and health
precautions.
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