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Home My WebLink AboutSUMMARY (FINAL) - (NO Markup)_2021073008503104451 Town of Nantucket   OFFICE OF THE TOWN & COUNTY CLERK 16 Broad Street NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554-3590  June 5, 2021 Annual Town Meeting The following is a summary of the articles called and discussed, and the vote taken by the 2021 Annual Town Meeting held at the Backus Lane Playing Fields, Nantucket on June 5, 2021. Meeting was called to order by Moderator Alger at 9:02 a.m. Of 9246 Registered Voters, 1022 were present for an 11% voter turnout. Channel 18 livestreamed the proceedings. Option Technology’s electronic check- in services and hand-held voting devices were distributed and utilized throughout the course of this meeting. After the reading of the Return of the Warrant, a voice vote was held to accept the utilization of “Town Meeting Traditions and Procedures”, in addition to “Town Meeting Time”. The vote was unanimous. Next, a sample “practice” vote was held so that voters could familiarize themselves with the Option Technology devices. ****************************************************************************************************** The Articles were called by the Moderator w/ reading of revised motions on the following articles: 8,14,16, and 46 The following articles were called: 8,10,14,34,35,36,37,38,47,48,52,54,55,56,57,60,63,65, 66,67,68,69,70,80,82,86,87,89,90,97,99,100,110 The following “Pot of Uncalled Articles” was voted by 4/5ths Vote: Yes: 668, No: 24, in accordance with the motions recommended by the Finance Committee, or, in the absence of a Finance Committee Motion, then in accordance with the motions as recommended by the Planning Board, as printed in the Finance Committee Report, with technical amendments brought forward during the course of the meeting: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,39, 40,41,42,43,44,45,46,49,50,51,53,58,59,61,62,64,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,81,83,84,85, 88,91,92,93,94,95,96,98,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,111 & 112 A Vote was then held to discuss the following Articles out of order: 90,38,8,10, and 97 and was approved by a Majority Vote – Yes: 571 No: 282 2 Unless otherwise specified, the motion adopted is the positive motion of the Finance Committee or the Planning Board as set forth in the Warrant Booklet and the Technical Amendments document. Sense of the Meeting: Small Mesh Fishing Gear: Yes: 236 No: 15 Article 1: Receipt of Reports (Not Called) Adopted by 4/5ths Vote Article 2: Appropriation: Unpaid Bills (Not Called) - Adopted by the required 4/5ths vote. . Article 3: Appropriation: Prior Year Articles (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 4: Revolving Accounts: Spending Limits for FY 2022 (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 5: Appropriation: Reserve Fund (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 6: Fiscal Year 2021 General Fund Budget Transfers (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 7: Personnel Compensation Plans for Fiscal Year 2022 (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 8: Appropriation: Fiscal Year 2022 General Fund Operating Budget (Called) - Adopted. Yes: 575 No: 99 Article 9: Appropriation: Health and Human Services (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 10: Appropriation: General Fund Capital Expenditures (Called) - Adopted by two-thirds vote. (Yes: 594, No: 99) Article 11: Appropriation: Newtown Road Transportation Improvements (Not Called) - Adopted by two-thirds vote. Article 12: Appropriation: Reconstruction of Lovers Lane (Not Called) - - Adopted by Two-thirds vote. Article 13: Appropriation: Construction & Improvements to Children’s Beach Storm Water Pump Station (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 14: Appropriation: Supplemental Funding for Construction of Nobadeer Field House: (Called) - Motion to amend the Article to increase the appropriation to $2,000,000 adopted. The main motion, as amended, was adopted by the required two-thirds vote – Yes: 369 No: 136 Article 15: Appropriation: Fiscal Year 2022 Enterprise Funds Operations (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 16: Appropriation: Enterprise Funds Capital Expenditures (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 17: Enterprise Funds: Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Transfers (Not Called) - Adopted. 3 Article 18: Appropriation: Waterways Improvement Fund (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 19: Appropriation: Ambulance Reserve Fund (Not Called - Adopted. Article 20: Appropriation: Ferry Embarkation Fee (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 21: Appropriation: County Assessment (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 22: Appropriation: Finalizing Fiscal Year 2022 County Budget (Not Called)- Finance Committee Motion to Take No Action Adopted Article 23: Appropriation: Affordable Housing Trust Fund (Not Called) – Finance Committee Motion to Take No Action Adopted. Article 24: Appropriation: Affordable Housing Trust Fund (Not Called) - Adopted by two-thirds vote Article 25: Rescind Unused Borrowing Authority (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 26: Appropriation: Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 27: Renewal of Board of Health Septic System Betterment Loan Program (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 28: Special Stabilization Fund for Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 29: Appropriation: Fiscal 2022 Senior Work-Off Program (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 30: Appropriation for Special Purpose Stabilization Fund for Airport Employees Accrued Liabilities (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 31: Appropriation for Special Purpose Stabilization Fund for Town Employee Accrued Liabilities. (Not Called) - Finance Committee Motion to take no action adopted. Article 32: Appropriation: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Preservation Committee (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 33: Community Preservation Committee: Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Transfers (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 34: Appropriation: Incineration of Solid Waste (Called) (C. Williams). Motion to recommend that the Select Board pursue a solid waste facility was adopted – Yes: 189 No: 61 Article 35: Appropriation: Legal Opinion for Beach Access (Called) (C.Williams). Motion to pursue a legal opinion was adopted – Yes: 166 No: 130 Article 36: Appropriation: Hazardous Waste (Lowell) (Called). Motion to pursue a hazardous waste facility was adopted - Yes: 254 No: 46 4 Article 37: Re-Establish Parks & Recreation Department (Zodda) (Called) Motion to re- establish the Parks & Recreation Department was adopted by Majority Vote – Yes: 280 No: 41 Article 38: Affordable and Year-round Housing Stabilization Fund (Reade). Motion to amend the Article to change the percentage to 1/3 was adopted. Motion to dedicate a portion of the rooms tax to a Year-Round Stabilization Fund beginning on July 1, 2022, as amended, was not adopted by required 2/3rds Vote – Yes: 478, No: 305 Article 39: Zoning Map Change: CTEC to R-5 - Grey Lady Lane & Bartlett Road (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 40: Zoning Map Change: RC-2 to R-5 – 8 & 10 Appleton Road (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 41: Zoning Map Change: RC-2 to CTEC – Appleton Road, Bartlett Road & Perry Lane (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 42: Zoning Map Change: R-5 to CN – Bartlett Road and Young’s Way (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 43: Zoning Map Change: RC-2 to R-5 and/or CN – 33 Old South Road and 24 Ticcoma Way (Not Called - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 44: Zoning Map Change: RC-2 to R-5 – Toms Way (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 45: Zoning Map Change: RC to CN – Francis, Union, Washington Streets & Salt Marsh Way (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 46: Zoning Map Change: R-20 and LUG-2 to VR-Osprey & Tautemo Way, & Hummock Pond Rd. (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 47: Zoning Bylaw Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment: Technical Amendments (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 48: Zoning By-law Amendment: Swimming Pool – Residential (Called) - Adopted by the required 2/3rds Vote – Yes: 226 No: 83 Article 49: Zoning Map Change: RC-2 to CN and/or LUG-2 and LUG-2 to CN-Bartlett Farm Road/Bartlett (Not Called) - Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 50: Zoning Map Change: R-5 to CN-10 and 12 Young’s Way (Schulz) (Not Called) - Adopted by 4/5ths Vote Article 51: Zoning Map Change: SR-10 to SR-1 or SOH – 10 Clifton Street (Brescher) (Not Called) - Planning Board motion to take no action adopted.. Article 52: Zoning Map Change: R-10 to CN – 3 Cobble Court (Ottison) (Called) Not adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Yes: 163 No: 137 Article 53: Zoning Map Change: VR to VN – Polpis & Chatham Road (Von Kampen) (Not Called) – Planning Board motion to take no action Adopted. 5 Article 54: Zoning Map Change: VR to R-20 – Chatham Road, Monomoy Road, Milestone Road & Polpis Road (Von Kampen) (Called) - Not Adopted Yes: 133 No: 181 Article 55: Zoning Map Change: LUG-1 to R-20 – Chatham Road (Ryder) (Called) - Not Adopted Yes: 74 No: 203 Article 56: Zoning Map Change: LUG-1 to VR - 8 & 10 Chatham Road (Ryder) (Called) – Motion to amend Zoning Map Adopted by required 2/3rds vote – Yes: 208 No: 88 Article 57: Zoning Map Change: R-20 to R-5 – Mayflower Circle & Evergreen Way (Williams) ( Called, call Withdrawn). Planning Board motion to take no action was adopted: Yes: 246, No. 10. Article 58: Zoning Map Change: R-20 to CTEC and/or CN – Old South Road and Airport Road (Hanlon) (Not Called) Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Article 59: Zoning Map Change: LUG-1 to R-40 – 18 Evergreen Way (Ryder) (Not Called) - Adopted Article 60: Zoning Map Change: LUG-2 to R-20 – Rugged Road (Schreiber) (Called). Motion to amend the Zoning Map was not adopted by required 2/3rds vote. Yes: 133 No: 129 Article 61: Zoning Map Change: LUG-3 to LUG-1 – Driscoll Way (Driscoll) (Not Called) – Planning Board motion to Take No Action Adopted. Article 62: Zoning Bylaw Amendment: Island Perimeter Restrictions (Molden) (Not Called) - Adopted by required two-thirds vote. Yes: 668 No: 24 Article 63: Zoning Bylaw Amendment: Commercial Mid-Island – Height Restriction (Oliver) (Called) - Sutton Motion to amend Article by adding a footnote to the maximum height adopted. Motion to amend the CMI Zoning Bylaw, as amended, was adopted by two-thirds vote – Yes: 186 No: 49 Article 64: Zoning Bylaw Amendment/Home Rule Petition: Coastal Erosion Liability Waiver (Atherton) (Not Called). Planning Board motion to take no action adopted. Article 65: Affordable Housing Requirements (Lowell) (Called). Motion to refer to the Select Board and the Planning Board to develop a special act or bylaw was adopted by Majority Vote – Yes: 159 No: 64 Article 66: Public Property Damage (Lowell) (Called). Motion to refer to the Select Board and Planning Board to develop a zoning or general bylaw was adopted by Majority Vote - Yes: 184 No: 30 Article 67: Prohibiting Roundabouts Near Schools (McGrady) (Called). Motion to prohibit roundabouts near schools adopted by Majority Vote: Yes: 106 No: 103 Article 68: Real Estate Transfer: Land from Roadway/Roundabout purposes to School Committee Control (McGrady) (Called). Motion to recommend that the School Committee not declare the land surplus adopted by Majority Vote – Yes: 90 No: 78 Article 69: Complaint Committee (Williams) Called - . Motion to establish a Complaint 6 Committee not Adopted – Yes: 73 No: 77 Article 70: Bylaw Amendment: Noise (Called) - Adopted by Majority Vote: Yes: 98 No: 38 Article 71: Bylaw Amendment: Noise (Zimicki) (Not Called). Finance Committee motion to take no action adopted. Article 72: Bylaw Amendment: Council for Human Services (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 73: Bylaw Amendment: Animals (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 74: Bylaw Amendment: Car Rental Agencies (Not Called) – Finance Committee motion to take no action adopted. Article 75: Bylaw Amendment: Single use plastics (Mandel) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 76: Bylaw Amendment: Bicycles (Right of Way) (Golding) (Not Called) - Adopted By 4/5ths Vote Article 77: Bylaw Amendment: Bicycles (Passing Buffer Zone) (Golding) (Not Called) - Adopted by 4/5ths Vote Article 78: Bylaw Amendment: Bicycles (Accident Database) (Golding) (Not Called) – Finance Committee motion to take no action adopted by 4/5ths vote Article 79: Bylaw Amendment: Outdoor Lighting (Williams) (Not Called). Finance Committee motion to take no action adopted by 4/5ths cote Article 80: Bylaw Amendment: Noise – Gas-powered Leaf Blowers (Lindner) (Called). Motion to adopt the Article as written was adopted: Yes: 110, No: 40 Article 81: Bylaw Amendment: Community Preservation Committee (Beaugrand) (Not Called) - Adopted by 4/5ths Vote Article 82: Bylaw Amendment: Streets and Sidewalks (Kuester) (Called. Motion to adopt the Article as written was adopted: Vote – Yes: 109 No: 35 Article 83 Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Town Sewer District Map Changes – Evergreen Way & Monohansett Road (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 84: Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Sewer District Map Change – 18 Evergreen Way (Ryder) (Not Called) Finance Committee to Take No Action Adopted. Article 85: Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Sewer District Map Change – 154R Cliff Road (Swain) (Not Called) Finance Committee Move to Take No Action Adopted. Article 86: Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Sewer District Map Change – 18 Kimball Avenue (Swain) (Called). Article not Adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Yes: 71 No: 62 Article 87: Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Siasconset Sewer District Map Change – 8 Isobel’s Way (Beaudette) (Called) Article not adopted by the required two-thirds vote. Yes: 43 No: 86 7 Article 88: Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Sewer District Map Change – 1 Morgan Square (Geddes) (Not Called) Finance Committee Move to Take No Action Adopted. Article 89: Bylaw Amendment: Board of Sewer Commissioners/Sewer District Map Change – Kimball Avenue & Heather Lane (Williams) (Called). Article not adopted by the required two-thirds vote: Yes: 22 No: 109 Article 90: Bylaw: Short Term Rentals (Glidden) (Called. Motion to adopt the Article with amendments not adopted – Yes: 297 No: 625 Article 91: Bylaw: Safety of Drinking Water (Glowacki) (Not Called) - Finance Committee motion to take no action adopted. Article 92: Home Rule Petition: Real Estate Exchange of Nantucket Islands Land Bank’s Nobadeer Playing Fields for the Town of Nantucket’s Mill Hill Park (Not Called) - Adopted. Yes: 668 No: 24 Article 93: Home Rule Petition: Amending the Town Charter Relative to the Audit Committee (Not Called) - Adopted. Yes: 668 No: 24 Article 94: Home Rule Petition: Town Charter – Select Board Amendment/Airport Capital Projects (Not Called) - Adopted. Yes: 668 No: 24 Article 95: Home Rule Petition: Issuance of Pension Obligation Bonds and Notes (Not Called) - Adopted. Yes: 668 No: 24 Article 96: Charter Change: Mailing of the Town Meeting Warrant (Barada) (Not Called) Adopted by required two-thirds vote. Yes: 668 No: 24 Article 97: Home Rule Petition: Allocate Portion of Land Bank Real Estate Transfer Fee to Support Year-Rund Housing (Mohr) (Called). Motion to amend the Article to provide for a term of five years with 3 five extensions as authorized by Town Meeting adopted. Motion to adopt the Article, as amended not Adopted Yes: 205 No: 572 Article 98: Real Estate: Long Term Lease Authorization/Airport (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 99: Real Estate Acquisition: 114 Orange Street (Called) - Adopted. Yes: 110 No: 22 Article 100: Real Estate Conveyance: 114 Orange Street (Called) - Adopted. – Yes: 114 No: 12 Article 101: Real Estate Acquisition: 64 North Liberty St. (Not Called) Adopted. Article 102: Real Estate Acquisition: Morgan Square (Callahan) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 103: Real Estate Conveyance: Morgan Square (Callahan) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 104: Real Estate Acquisition: Hancock Street (Maier) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 105: Real Estate Conveyance: Hancock Street (Maier) (Not Called) - Adopted . Article 106: Real Estate Acquisition: “Way” Off Quail Lane (Garnett) (Not Called) - Adopted 8 Article 107: Real Estate Conveyance: “Way” Off Quail Lane (Garnett) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 108: Real Estate Acquisition: “Way” Off Hawthorne Lane (Roethke) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 109: Real Estate Conveyance: “Way” off Hawthorne Lane (Roethke) (Not Called) - Adopted. Article 110: Adopt Indigenous Peoples Day locally (Osley) (Called). Article Adopted as written By Majority Vote: Yes: 81 No: 49 Article 111: Appropriation: Stabilization Fund (Not Called) - Finance Committee motion to Take No Action adopted. Article 112: Appropriation: Free Cash (Not Called) - Finance Committee motion to take no action adopted. At 5:50 p.m. at the June 5, 2021 adjourned session Moderator Alger recognized Dawn Holdgate, Chair of the Select Board, who moved to dissolve the 2021 Annual Town Meeting. The motion was seconded and Adopted by Unanimous Voice Vote.