In memory of Jay A. Siegel, PhD, 1946–2017

On September 25 2017, Jay A. Siegel, PhD died at his home in Mt. Arlington, New Jersey at the age of 71. At the time of his death due to heart failure, Dr Siegel was highly regarded internationally as a forensic chemist, educator and prominent advocate for quality in the forensic sciences. Jay was born in Washington, DC, USA on April 16 1946. He received a PhD degree in chemistry from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA in 1975. Early in his career, Jay developed strong interest in the forensic applications of chemistry. Following employment as a forensic chemist with the Virginia Bureau of Forensic Sciences, Jay launched decades of professional activity as an educator and research scientist with Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN, USA. His university experience included serving as department chair but primarily focused on educating many undergraduate and graduate students who have in their own subsequent careers made many contributions to forensic science. His international recognition included visiting professor roles at universities in Australia and China. Jay received many prestigious honours and awards during his long career. These include the Paul L. Kirk Award in 1975 from the Criminalistics Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). Jay was named Distinguished Fellow by the AAFS in 2009. Also in 2009, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from The George Washington University and in 2012 the Distinguished Service Award from the Midwest Association of Forensic Scientists. Jay served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Forensic Sciences from 1983 to 2008 and the Forensic Sciences Research from 2016 to 2017 and as a commissioner for the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) for six years beginning in 2003. Throughout his career, Jay was a strong advocate for quality and scientific rigour in the practice of forensic science. He was selected to serve on the National Research Council Committee that led to the 2009 publication of the influential “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward.” Jay authored books and numerous publications in relevant scientific journals within his interests in forensic chemistry and the forensic sciences in general. He was an editor (with Pekka J. Saukko) for the Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences published in 2012 by Academic Press. Over the years, I enjoyed many discussions with Jay regarding issues within the forensic sciences and developments relating to AAFS. He could always be counted upon for strong, thoughtful positions on topics of mutual interest. From 2008 to 2016, I served as the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Forensic Sciences. During this time, I recall many conversations with Jay concerning the quality of publications in the forensic sciences, especially relating to his own specialty of forensic chemistry. In my additional role as Chair of the Forensic Science in Focus Book Series for AAFS, I called Jay, challenging him to organize a quality, edited book on forensic chemistry to be published in the series that would address many of the shortcomings we had discussed previously. Jay accepted this challenge and responded with a carefully edited manuscript with contributions from many of his colleagues. The volume “Forensic Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications” was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2015. In my view, Jay Siegel represents an ideal role model for all of us in the forensic sciences. His work demonstrated how academia and forensic practice are not mutually exclusive. Like Jay, we should all strive for the highest quality in forensic science possible and embrace the challenges of constructive criticism and the advances of new research.


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that Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers would not be allowed in Zone Res 3 or Zone Res B. This effort failed to get the required 2/3rds vote needed.
The Board of Selectmen is firmly committed to seeing a Medical Marijuana Dispensary sited in Town. To date, a number of locations have been approved. We watch the State and Federal authorities warily, as they continue to place hurdles in the regulatory pathway making the Planning Process, quite difficult. Our public sewer system misbehaved on July 11 th this year. Following an electric power surge at the plant, a cascade of issues resulted in a loss of vacuum in the system. Staff is to be highly commended for notifying the properties on the sewer to limit use until the vacuum was restored. Thanks to their diligence and the forward thinking actions taken, there was no discharge of sewage to the surface. Still, our public toilets had to be closed, and porta-potties installed downtown for approximately 24 hours. Later that evening, about 8000 customers experienced a power outage from Eversource.
September saw the completion of two years of service from our new Town Manager David B. Panagore. The selectmen work with the Town Manager and set goals in June for the next fiscal year. We work to maintain the level of service our residents, property owners and visitors expect, and also to pursue our policy initiatives: specifically working to build sustainability into our town's economy and working with planning experts to see that the town changes in ways that are consistent with our values. We continue to support efforts to provide year-round housing and employment opportunities.
The Board wishes to congratulate our Town Manager as we head into our next year. David joined us September of 2015 and continues to help us approach our policy-making role in a thoughtful and educated manner.
2017 closed with First Light, a new-concept annual event to promote year-round economic activity. Provincetown saw more people in the street, more businesses open and finished the year with a wonderful Fireworks display off of MacMillan Pier. Thank you to all the folks that participated. For those that appreciate a bit of history and culture, our local indigenous and native people, the Wampanoag, have taught us that their name means, People of the First Light…because the East Coast inhabitants are the first to see the sunrise.
As the year 2020 approaches, the Board continues to work with the Provincetown First Landing Park Board of Directors and now the Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum, to design and implement a 400 th Commemoration of the First Landing of the Mayflower and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in our harbor, in 1620. The signing of this document is seen by many historians as the first of several documents that established governments or governing rules based on the consent of the governed. John Adams and many historians have referred to the Mayflower Compact as the foundation of the U.S. Constitution written more than 150 years later. We look forward to telling the story about what took place in our harbor, almost 400 years ago, one more time.
The Board of Selectmen would like to extend our thanks to the many volunteers who make Provincetown the special place that it is, and to all of the Board members who serve hundreds of hours a year because they care.
We would like to specifically recognize the work of Rita "Hersh" Schwartz on the Visitor Services Board, George Haunstrup on the Water & Sewer Board, and Dennis Minsky on the Conservation Commission. These folks leave their respective boards after serving at least a full 9 years. We are never surprised when they continue their public service and volunteer for another Board or committee. Thank you.
We extend our gratitude for the great work performed by all of our approximately 200 year-round and seasonal Town employees. We also welcome Elizabeth Paine as our Board secretary. Ms. Paine joined us in February. We send a fond farewell to our colleague Raphael Richter, who served from 2014 to 2017 including his last year, as our Chairman. We welcome our newest member, Louise Venden who joined us in May.
In addition to these regular meetings, the selectmen enjoyed and participated in a range of other activities including parades, Memorial and Veteran's Day Services, the Massachusetts Municipal Association convention in Boston, Barnstable County Selectmen's Association meetings, and visits with our State Senator Julian Cyr and our State Representative Sarah K. Peake.

Cheryl L. Andrews, Chair
Town Manager I am happy to submit the Town Manager's 2017 Annual Report for the Town of Provincetown. By Charter, the Town Manager is responsible for the administration of all Town functions, while the Board of Selectmen, as the policy making body, sets the goals.
Last summer, the Board of Selectmen adopted fifteen goals and identified over Town of provincetown-ma.gov sixty short, medium and long term tasks in support of those goals. Our primary goal is to increase the year round population. Adopting this goal has been a great help to staff over the past several months as we work on, and through, our various efforts. It has provided us with both a question to ask and a measure for our results. It asks the simple question, "Is what we are doing going to support this goal of increasing year round population?" Whether we are working on library and community programs or establishing the water and sewer rates, we asked ourselves whether our plans and actions were supporting this goal. In addition, we have goals promoting housing, year round jobs, quality government and preserving and enhancing our community. In what follows, I will highlight progress we've made in pursuit of our goals and highlight our staff accomplishments. I continue to be impressed by the commitment and quality of Town staff.
Looking forward, I believe our next major goal is to adopt a second overarching goal, one that focuses on our decision making process, on the way we as a community make decisions, that makes a strong commitment to how we undertake our community based decision making. In the past two years, we put a good deal of effort into our outreach process. In my short experience, I have seen how early engagement with the community and working the process through the relevant boards, at community meetings, online and on PTV leads to improved discussions, project modifications and better outcomes. We have continued these efforts in line with our fifteenth goal, developing programs that foster community education on issues of public concern. This past year, we continued our efforts; I continued my radio show on the first Friday of every month on WOMR on topics of local concern. I continued to manage Town Talk on Facebook; however issues regarding civility continue to be a challenge. We published a Town Meeting Times for the Annual Town Meeting and held an issues forum in the last fall. This year, three special town meetings precluded us from having an issues forum in the fall, but we were able to hold a well-attended session in early February of 2018. We have found this forum very useful to garner input and to have more informed discussion in advance of Town meeting.
This year we experienced some staffing changes at Town Hall and many other changes which I will highlight below. We continue to attract quality candidates, promoting from within and welcoming new additions to our community to continue to grow our professionalism and our diversity. In the Town Clerk's Office, we were all sad to see Doug Johnstone depart for what seems an almost too enjoyable retirement to judge by the smile on his last day, yet I am a happy to report that Darlene Van Alstyne has been promoted to the position of Town Clerk and right away she ably led us, with the Town Moderator and staff, through two special town meetings and an election on top of her regular duties. After working alone for a few months, we welcome Assistant Town Clerk Ana Ruiz, a welcome addition to Town Hall staff. Over in the Finance Department, our Finance Director, Josee Cardinal Young, is In Community Development we bid farewell to Town Planner Gloria McPherson, who has moved on to another community. In her place, David Gardner has taken up her responsibilities and taking over direction for all of our planning, housing, permitting and development responsibilities as Assistant Town Manager for Planning and Community Development. I feel ever more confident in the Community Development operations, vision and efforts to finalize a Long-term Comprehensive Plan (LCP) this coming year.
In pursuit of our housing goals, this past winter of 2017 the Board of Selectmen, Town Staff and Town boards moved swiftly to authorize the acquisition of 26 units of housing at Harbor Hill. While the transaction is still in process due to clearing a complicated title through the State Land Court, the project will be underway this coming year. While through the Growth Management permitting process, two one-bedroom community housing condominiums were arbor Hill. cemfvoe3fedeveloped at Winslow Farms. Our Housing Specialist, Michelle Jarusiewicz, conducted the marketing, outreach, and the application and lottery process for these community housing units which are expected to close before Spring and target households individuals with income up to 150% Area Median Income.
Regarding economic development, we made progress both in planning and production. Working with UMass-Dartmouth's Center for Public Policy, they produced a Baseline Assessment of Economic Conditions in Provincetown, which focused on and provided up to date baseline information on overall economic, job and housing conditions, and then zeroed on growth management and sewer usage and capacity. In the Tourism sector, we started the year off with our second successful First Light celebration which continues to grow each year. During the summer, we welcomed an additional 12 cruise ships and Bay State Cruises extended their ferry session into November, helping to boost Halloween through Holly Folly. In Town, while things got off to slow start due to the weather in For the waterfront economy, we completed the federal permitting of the floating docks and wave attenuation system, all of which will further protect the harbor, and our fishing and boating fleets. Three million dollars is now pending approval at FEMA for the wave attenuator and floating docks project additionally, working with our FEMA/MEMA partners, we have received $315,834 in storm damage reimbursements for MacMillan pier.
In addition, for our arts and entrepreneurial sector, after placing the old community center at 46 Bradford Street out to bid, we received three bids, two for housing (seasonal workers) and one for economic development (an arts entrepreneurial center). After review by a panel of community members, the Board of Selectmen adopted their recommendation of the arts entrepreneurial center, Provincetown Creative Commons, who entered into a ninety-nine year lease and is expected to being construction this winter and open their doors later this coming year.
In regard to public facilities and infrastructure, Town Meeting approved a new Police Station on Jerome Smith Road. Design work continues through the able partnership of the Building Committee and the Department of Public Works. Phase Three (3) of Commercial Street reconstruction was completed, along with a ribbon cutting by the State Secretary of Economic Development. In the fall, the Board of Selectmen approved both water and sewer rates for the next ten years, which should restore financial stability to these Enterprise Funds, but not before experiencing a near disaster of the sewer system on July 11, 2017. Our Department of Public Works working with our emergency management team narrowly averted a major shut down and admirably handled a near collapse of our downtown sewer system operation.
Emergency management has, for such reasons, been on our minds this year. This past year, we completed the relocation of our computer data center to the Veterans Memorial Community Center. We accomplished this project using staff resources, a team of Municipal Information Services and the Department The Housing Office continues to work on implementation of numerous housing programs including assisting the Assessor's office on review of the annual tax exemption program for eligible year-round rentals; the self-sufficiency program; resales of deed-restricted units and other strategies. All interested parties are invited to read the Housing Playbook and to attend sessions on housing related issues -we need your input and participation! I would like to thank all the volunteers that work tirelessly on housing issues -especially the Community Housing Council, the Community Preservation Committee, and the Year Round Rental Trust!

Michelle Jarusiewicz, Housing Specialist & Grant Administrator
Town of provincetown-ma.gov or in the alternative for the acquisition of said parcels directly by the Town of Provincetown, after consultation with the Trust, should it be deemed to be in the best interests of the Town and the Trust, and for the remodeling, reconstruction, and making extraordinary repairs to the buildings and site improvements; provided that said appropriation shall be contingent on the passage of a Proposition two and one-half debt exclusion vote; and further to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire said parcels by purchase, gift, eminent domain, or otherwise, including submitting a bid to the United States Bankruptcy Court, for the purpose of creating year-round market rate rental housing in the Town pursuant to said Act; and further, if said parcels are acquired directly by the Town of Provincetown, to transfer the care, custody, control, and management of said parcels to the Trust to be used by the Trust for all purposes authorized under said Act; or to take any other action relative thereto.

2/3 rd 's Vote Required
Kevin Mooney moved to appropriate the sum of $10,700,000 for the acquisition of four parcels of land (containing 1.2 acres in total) and the 26 housing units thereon, together comprising the Harbor Hill Condominium, located at 3, 4, and 8 Harbor Hill Road and at 37 Bradford St. Extension, Provincetown, all as described in Certificate of Title No. 120282 filed with the Barnstable Land Court, and owned by Eastwood Property Investors Limited; said funds to be used to aid the Provincetown Year-Round Market Rate Rental Housing Trust ("Trust") pursuant to Section 3(e) of Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2016 ("Act") so that the Trust may acquire said parcels in its own name, including all costs incidental and related thereto, including without limitation the submission by the Trust of a sealed bid to the Bankruptcy Court, or in the alternative for the acquisition of said parcels directly by the Town of Provincetown, after consultation with the Trust, should it be deemed to be in the best interests of the Town and the Trust, and for the remodeling, reconstruction, and making appropriate repairs to the buildings and site improvements; that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to borrow $10,700,000, pursuant to General Laws Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8, or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds and notes therefor, provided, however, that no sums shall be borrowed or expended hereunder unless and until (1) the Town shall have voted to exclude the amount required to pay for the bonds or notes issued for said project from the limitation on total property taxes set forth in Chapter 59, Section 21C of the General Article 1.
To Hear Town Reports. To see if the Town will vote to hear the reports of the Town Officials and Committees and to act thereon.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen]
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 5-0-0 Raphael Richter moved that the Town vote to hear the reports of the Town Officials and Committees and to act thereon: Beth Singer -Provincetown School Building Committee report on the restoration of the Provincetown School Building. Motion Passed.

Article 2. FY 2018 Operating Budget.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $25,887,352 to fund operating budgets for the several Town departments for Fiscal Year 2018 in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 1 of the Provincetown Charter, as follows: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to fund the Town of Provincetown's assessment for the CCRTHS FY2018 operating budget; or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 5-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 5-0-0 School Committee Recommends: 3-0-0 David Panagore moved that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $110,000 for its assessment for Cape Cod Technical Regional High School for FY 2018. Motion Passed.

Article 4. FY 2018 Enterprise Funds.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the following amounts for enterprise funds of the A. Recreation -$18,273 for the installation of bicycle racks and bike repair stations at various locations across town, and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager in consultation with the Bicycle Committee. B. Historic -$50,000 for the implementation of Bas Relief Monument and Bas Relief Park Conservation Plan, and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager. C. Historic -$100,000 for exterior restoration of 46 Bradford Street, the former Community Center, including the repair or replacement of the roof, exterior trim, siding, windows, and door, and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager subject to a grant agreement between the Town and the lessee. D. Historic -$51,000 for the implementation of the conservation of priority stones at the Alden Street Cemetery Phase 2, and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager in consultation with the Cemetery Commission. E. Community Housing -$50,000 for the development of Cape Cod Village, a housing development for autistic adults, and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager subject to a grant agreement between the Town and the owner. F. Community Housing -$50,000 for a Housing Down Payment Assistance Program through the Provincetown Housing Office, and said funds to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager. G. Community Housing -$122,541 for the Community Housing Office, including a full-time Housing Specialist and CPA administration along with pro-rated benefits and expenses. H. Administrative Expenses -$20,000 for CPA administrative expenses;

Article 8. FY 2018 Capital Improvements Program.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds the following sums to defray the costs of the Fiscal Year 2018 Capital Improvements Program submitted in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 2 of the Provincetown Charter as follows, provided that one or more of the appropriations listed below shall be contingent on a Proposition 2½ capital outlay or debt exclusion ballot question: System, and costs related thereto; 3. Storm Water Management -$100,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works to be used for ongoing improvements to the Town's drainage system in conjunction with applying for various grants that may become available, and costs related thereto; 4. Shank Painter Road Design Phase -$55,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works to fund concept development and preliminary design for the rehabilitation of Shank Painter Road, and costs related thereto; 5. Pavement Management Plan -$225,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works to continue additional roadway paving maintenance as outlined in the Town-wide Pavement Management Plan, and costs related thereto; 6. Bas Relief Restoration and Park Improvements -$750,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the restoration of the Bas Relief Monuments and for improvements to the Bas Relief Park, and costs related thereto; 7. Long Point Dike Improvement Project -$51,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the engineering and design of the restoration of the Long Point Dike, and costs related thereto; 8. Police Fleet Upgrade Plan -$78,520 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Chief of Police for the purchase of two police sedan interceptor vehicles, and costs related thereto; 9. DPW Street and Sidewalk Maintenance and Repair -$50,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for maintenance and repair of streets and sidewalks, and costs related thereto; 10. Public Works Fleet Replacement -$270,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for the purchase of a Highway Department loader and a sanitation trash trailer, and costs related thereto; 11. Public Works Building Maintenance -$60,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for the repair or replacement of all rubber roofing at the Veterans Memorial Community Center, and costs related thereto; 12. Public Works Facility -Highway Garage -$125,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for the development of final design plans and bid specifications for the Phase I Highway Garage on the site located at 24 Race Point Road, and costs related thereto; 13.Use of Parking Funds for Parking Kiosk -$20,000 from the Parking Fund to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the purchase and installation of one parking kiosk, and costs related thereto; 14.MUNIS Payroll Software -$59,634 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the acquisition of the MUNIS Payroll system software, and costs related thereto; 15. Fire Department Air Pack Replacement -$45,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Board of Fire Engineers for the purchase of air pack replacement units, and costs related thereto; 16. Fire Department Ambulance Equipment -$62,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Board of Fire Engineers for the purchase of one new power stretcher and other ambulance equipment, and costs related thereto; 17. Water Department Security Upgrades -$75,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for enhanced security at the Knowles Crossing Water Treatment Facility, and cost related thereto; or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Article 8. FY 2018 Capital Improvements Program. 8-1.
Police Station

2/3 rd 's Vote Required
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 3-2-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 6-1-0 Building Committee Recommends: 5-0-0 Raphael Richter moved that the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $8,625,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works for the design and construction of the Provincetown Police Station on the site located at 16 Jerome Smith Road, and costs related thereto, that to meet this appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow $8,625,000 pursuant to General Laws Chapter 44, sections 7 and 8, or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds and notes therefor; provided that the appropriation shall be contingent on the passage of a Proposition 2 and ½ debt exclusion by the voters of the town in accordance with General Laws Ch. 59 section 21C(m); and further, that any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with G.L. c.44, §20, thereby reducing by a like amount the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs.  Tom Donegan moved that the Town vote to appropriate from Water Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings the sum of $75,000 to pay for enhanced security at the Town of provincetown-ma.gov Knowles Crossing Water Treatment Facility, and cost related thereto. Motion Passed.

Article 9. Change Date of Annual Town Meeting and Annual Town Election -A Home Rule Petition / Charter Change.
To see if the Town will vote to instruct its senator and representative in the General Court to file a home rule petition for a special act to read as follows; provided however, that the General Court shall be authorized to make ministerial, clerical, and editorial changes of form only to said bill, unless the Board of Selectmen approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to approve such amendments: AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN SECTION 1. Section 2-3-1 of the Charter of the Town of Provincetown, which is on file in the office of the Archivist of the Commonwealth as provided in Section 12 of Chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended as follows: "The annual town meeting shall be held on the first Monday in April May of every year and shall be called to order at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of transacting all business of the annual town meeting except the election of such officers and the determination of such matters as are required by law to be elected or determined by ballot." SECTION 2. Section 2-4-2 of the Charter of the Town of Provincetown, which is on file in the office of the Archivist of the Commonwealth as provided in Section 12 of Chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended as follows (Deletions shown in strike-through and new text shown as underlined): "The regular elections to any office shall be by official ballot held on the first second Tuesday in May June of each year." SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen]
and new text shown as underlined) To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown General Bylaws by amending the following sections to read as follows (said amendment to take effect in accordance with General Laws Chapter 40, Section 32 and upon enactment of the special act requested by the Home Rule Petition in Article 9): 4-1-1. Date. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday in April May of every year and shall be called to order at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of transacting all business of the Annual Town Meeting except the election of such officers and the determination of such matters as are required by law to be elected or determined by ballot.
4-5-1. Annual Election. Beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m. on the first second Tuesday in May June of every year, there shall be held that part of the Annual Town Meeting devoted to the election of officers and to such other matters as, by law, must be determined by a ballot.
or to take any other action relative thereto.

Board of Selectmen Recommend Indefinite Postponement: 5-0-0
Erik Yingling moved that the Town vote to indefinitely postpone Article 10. Motion to Indefinitely Postpone Passed.

Article 11. Mandatory Retirement Age of the Fire Chief -A Home Rule Petition.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for the enactment of special legislation entitled "An Act Authorizing the Town of Provincetown to Continue the Employment of Michael Trovato" as set forth below, provided however that the General Court shall be authorized to make ministerial, clerical, and editorial changes of form only to said bill, unless the Board of Selectmen approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to approve such amendments.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN TO CONTINUE THE EMPLOYMENT OF MICHAEL TROVATO
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Michael Trovato, a member of the fire department of the town of Provincetown, may continue to serve in such position until May 31, 2024, until the date of his retirement, or until the date he is relieved of his duties by the Board of Fire Engineers, whichever occurs first; provided, however, that he is mentally and physically capable of performing the duties of his office. The town may, at its Town of provincetown-ma.gov own expense, require that Michael Trovato be examined by an impartial physician designated by them to determine such capability. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 5-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 5-0-0 Board of Fire Engineers Recommends: 5-0-0 Robert Anthony moved that the Town vote to approve Article 10 as printed in the warrant. Motion Passed.

Article 12. Commercial Street Security Improvements. (A non-binding resolution)
To see if the Town would like the Town Manager to investigate and return to the next town meeting with a funding request for permanent safety installations throughout Commercial Street intersections that will protect the public from vehicular danger during peak pedestrian times. Such installations would be permanently installed in the street and would be able to raise and lower easily and temporarily by public safety officials or other designated persons to allow the system to be deployed at appropriate times and to be minimally noticeable when not in use, as well as to provide access to authorized vehicles such as residents of the temporarily closed areas, public conveyances, and others deemed appropriate by public safety officials; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Board of Selectmen Recommends: 3-2-0
Raphael Richter moved that the Town vote to approve Article 12 as printed in the warrant. Motion Does Not Pass.

Article 13. Zoning Amendment Regarding Detached Structures. (A nonbinding resolution)
To see if the Town shall instruct the Planning Board to work with all other relevant boards and committees to develop zoning and other related bylaw changes, additions, or deletions and return to the next town meeting with articles that allow for detached structures to be used as detached bedrooms for workforce housing, and/or find other ways that bylaws can be modified to allow for workforce housing use both seasonal and year-round; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 15. Petitioned Article -To Fund An Additional Egress For Maushope Housing.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow the sum of $90,000 (ninety thousand dollars) to build 3 back decks (or porches) with stairs at the rear of Maushope, 44 Harry Kemp Way, at the rear of the units on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors and to replace one window of each unit facing north with an outward opening door so that each resident has a second way out in case of fire. All renters in Provincetown, both year round and seasonal, must have two exits as our local building code requires; or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Submitted by Barbara Rushmore and others]
Board of Selectmen Reserves Recommendation: 5-0-0 Finance Committee Does Not Recommend: 5-0-0 see if the Town will vote to, as the sovereign authority, direct that the Board of Selectmen uphold and implement all terms and conditions of the April 4, 2011 Special Town Meeting, Article 5, titled "Sale of the Community Center Building," and order them to rescind, void, and, or nullify, any and all leases or other agreements awarded, or attempted to be awarded, pursuant to a bidding process that did not adhere to the requirement that the premises be sold and not leased, and to further authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell said parcel, pursuant to the procedures set forth in General Laws Chapter 30B, on such terms and conditions that promote the ideals as articulated in the Provincetown Housing Playbook; the land being all or a portion of Assessors Map No.7-2, Parcel No. 62, located at 46 Bradford St., and commonly known as the Community Center Building; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 18. Establishment of The Scholarship and Trust Administration
Committee. To see if the Town will vote to establish the Scholarship and Trust Administration Committee as an advisory board comprising of three members and one alternate member appointed by the Board of Selectmen, and two regular members and one alternate member appointed by the School Committee to administer the John Anderson Francis Family Scholarship Fund, the Captain Joseph F. Oliver Scholarship Fund, the Town Scholarship Fund and such other public trusts as the Committee may be assigned by the Board of Selectmen. Such administration shall be in accordance with the terms of each trust, as amended, or, if changed circumstances necessitate amendment, by agreement of the Board of Selectmen and, in the case of Scholarship Funds, the School Committee. Investment of the principal of each trust shall be determined by the Town, unless otherwise provided by the creator of such trust; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 20. Reduce Pier Corporation Rent to $1. (A non-binding resolution)
To see if the town will vote to approve the following non-binding resolution: Whereas the requirement for the Pier Corp to pay rent to offset a $2.8 million local match for $16 million in grant funding was proposed by consultants Provincetown 2017 Annual Town Report 43 preparing a business plan for grant applications; and at that time, their financial analysis relied on general predictions of future performance and maintenance costs of a yet to be designed new pier, and the rent was an estimated number to secure funding from various state and federal agencies; Whereas the Pier Corp has paid the Town over $1.8 million in rent since inception and these payments have undermined the pier's ability to maintain the facility; Whereas compounding the negative impact of the rent payment on operations, the below market rates charged to commercial fishermen for dock space have never been subsidized by the Selectmen as agreed to by the ProFish MOU of 2001, the enabling legislation, and the 20-year lease; Whereas the economic benefits to the Town from Pier Corpation operation of the Town Wharf such as the ferries, whale watch and other excursions, artist studio trapsheds and the Provincetown based commercial fishing fleet far exceed the rent and embarkation fees the town receives from the pier; Whereas the Comprehensive Survey of MacMillan Pier funded by STM 2016 Article 12 recommends annual maintenance work that is not currently fully funded due to a requirement to pay rent; Whereas Pier Corporation has had to defer maintenance to fund its obligations for rent to the Town and that deferred maintenance is outlined in the Bourne report; and Whereas MacMillan Pier and the Pier Corporation itself are assets of the Town of Provincetown; Now therefore, the Town Meeting Body directs the Board of Selectmen to reduce rent for MacMillan Pier to $1 starting in FY 2019, with funds to be used for the maintenance and operation of the pier and for any excess revenue for the operation be returned to the Town as specified in the MOU dated August 10, 2015; or to take any other action relative thereto. Herbert Hintze moved that the Town vote to approve a non-binding resolution as printed in the warrant under Article 20. Motion Passed.

Article 21. Visitor Services Board -Amendments to Board Composition.
To see if the Town will vote to amend its previous vote under Article 64 of the April 5, 1999 Annual Town Meeting relative to the composition of the sevenmember Visitor Services Board as follows: Change one member nominated from the Arts Community to read, one member nominated from the Arts, Culture and Heritage Community, Town of provincetown-ma.gov which shall be filled after inviting nominations from the following arts and cultural organizations in Provincetown: 1) Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 2) Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, 3) Provincetown 400, 4) Provincetown Historic Celebrations, 5) Fine Arts Work Center, and 6) Provincetown Theater; Change one member nominated by the Women Innkeepers of Provincetown to one member nominated by Innkeepers, which shall be filled after nominations from the following organizations: 1) Women Innkeepers of Provincetown, 2) Distinctive Inns of Provincetown, 3) Provincetown Chamber of Commerce Innkeeper Members and 4) Provincetown Business Guild Innkeeper Members; Change one at-large member to one member nominated from restaurants, which shall be filled after inviting nominations from the following organizations: 1) Provincetown Chamber of Commerce Restaurant Members and 2) Provincetown Business Guild Restaurant Members; Change one at-large member to one member nominated from retail establishments, which shall be filled after inviting nominations from the following organizations: 1) Provincetown Chamber of Commerce Retail Shop Members and 2) Provincetown Business Guild Retail Shop Members; Therefore, the Visitor Services Board representative composition will be as follows: 1) Arts, Culture and Heritage, 2) Provincetown Chamber of Commerce, 3) Provincetown Business Guild, 4) Inn keepers, 5) Restaurants, 6) Retail Shops, and 7) At-Large Member; or to take any other action relative thereto. [Requested by the Visitor Services Board] Visitor Services Board Recommends: 6-1-0 Board of Selectmen Recommends Indefinite Postponement: 5-0-0 Rita Schwartz moved that the Town vote to approve Article 21 with the following addition: Add the sentence "One Provincetown business shall not have more than one representative on the Visitor Services Board" at the end of the article.
Cheryl Andrews moved to indefinitely postpone article 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown General Bylaws by amending section 15-7 as follows: 15-9. Exclusions. 15-9-1 Categorical Exclusions: The Commission shall exclude from its purview the following: 15-9-1-1 Maintenance and repairs that do not alter or replace material, as defined in Section 9.2. 15-9-1-2 The color of paint. 15-9-1-3 Exterior lighting. 15-9-1-4 Gutters and downspouts. 15-9-1-5 Signage. 15-9-1-6 Storm windows and window air conditioners. 15-9-1-7 Satellite antennae, or similar equipment, provided they are located to minimize visibility from a Public Way. 15-9-1-8 Temporary Buildings or Structures subject, however, to conditions pertaining to the duration of existence and use, as the Commission may reasonably specify. 15-9-1-9 Terraces, walks, sidewalks and similar structures, provided that any such Structure is substantially at grade level. 15-9-1-10 Flagpoles, sculpture, mailboxes (freestanding or attached), window boxes, house numbers, and garden furniture. 15-9-1-11 Buildings that are less than 50 years old are exempt from review, with the following conditions: Alterations which affect more than 25% of a façade must comply with the Guidelines. Additions which increase such Building by more than 25% must conform with Guideline 15 New Construction and Additions. 15-9-1-12 Piers/Wharves: Additions and alterations to piers and wharves, including all mechanical and maritime-related Structures and equipment, are exempt from review.
15-9-1-13 Cemeteries: All cemetery Structures are exempt except Buildings and fences. 15-9-1-14 Plant material and trees. 15-9-1-15 Solar panels, provided that (1) panels are low profile and mounted no higher than 3 inches above the roof surface, (2) panels are set back from the edge of the roof, (3) the array is parallel to the edges of the roof, and is aligned in a regular and rectangular pattern with no missing panels, and (4) the panel frames and cells, pipes, and wires are dark or match the surrounding roof in color; otherwise, an administrative review shall be required.
And 15-11 Appendices APPENDIX 1. PROVINCETOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT GUIDELINES 3. EXEMPTIONS FROM REVIEW. The following items shall be exempt from review by the Commission: o. Solar Panels, provided that (1) panels are low profile and mounted no higher than 3 inches above the roof surface, (2) panels are set back from the edge of the roof, (3) the array is parallel to the edges of the roof, and is aligned in a regular and rectangular pattern with no missing panels, and (4)  16. TREES 16-1. Purpose Trees contribute to the health and well-being of the Town of Provincetown (the "Town") and its residents and wildlife. Trees also help define the Town's ambience and streetscape and enhance property values. The purpose of this bylaw is to preserve and protect public shade trees in Provincetown in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 87, and to provide standards for the proper care of town trees. 16-2. Definitions 16-2-1. "Public shade tree" means any tree within or on the boundaries of a public right-of-way except for a state highway, including any tree planted by or on behalf of the Tree Warden on any adjoining land, upon the written consent of the owner of such land, at a distance of 20 feet or less from the layout of such public way, all in accordance with the provisions of G. L. c. 87, s. 7. 16-2-2. "Town tree" means any tree in a public park or other place owned, controlled or leased by the Town of Provincetown except trees on conservation lands managed by, or resource areas or their buffer zones under the jurisdiction of, the Provincetown Conservation Commission. 16-2-3. "Public right-of-way" means the strip of land controlled or owned by the Town within which a public street or road lies. Typically the public rightof-way is wider than the road surface and often includes curbs, sidewalks, utilities, public shade trees and grass strips. 16-2-4. "Person" means any individual or entity as defined by Section 1-2-5 of the Provincetown General Bylaws. 16-2-5. "Drip line" means a vertical line running through the outermost portion of the crown (i.e., the outer branch tips) of a tree and extending to the ground. 16-2-6. "Tree removal" means the cutting down of any public shade tree and any other act that will cause such a tree to die within a three-year period, 49 including but not limited to improper or excessive pruning and construction, demolition and excavation activities. 16-2-7. "Excessive pruning" means the removal of more than one-third of the tree canopy or cutting back the limbs to a point that prevents the natural growth of the tree. 16-2-8. "DBH (Diameter at Breast Height)" means the diameter of the trunk of a tree 4 ½ feet above the existing grade at the base of the tree. 16-2-9. "Tree fund" means a fund to be established hereunder as a revolving fund pursuant to G.L. c. 44, s. 53E1/2, for use by the Tree Warden for the purchase, planting, protection and care of public shade trees and town trees. 16-3. Jurisdiction 16-3-1. Tree Warden This bylaw applies to all public shade trees and town trees in the Town. The Tree Warden shall have jurisdiction over all trees to which this bylaw applies and as set forth in G.L. c. 87, s. 2. 16-3-2. Coordination With Other Town Regulators If any public shade tree or town tree may be impacted by construction, demolition or excavation activities under the jurisdiction of the Town's Building Department, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, or other Town Department or Board, such regulatory agency shall (1) require the owner of the affected property and any person engaging in such activities to comply with the provisions of this bylaw and (2) notify the Tree Warden of such activities. 16-3-3. Planning Board For projects that require Planning Board Site Plan Review or Special Permit, the provisions of Sections 16-4-2 and 16-5 of this bylaw shall be waived and all tree and landscape requirements shall be made part of the Planning Board Site Plan Approval or Special Permit. The Planning Department shall forward Site Plan Review and Special Permit applications to the Tree Warden for review and comment. No Site Plan Approval or Special Permit shall be issued without written comments from the Tree Warden, unless such written comments are not received by the Planning Board within 30 days of the date the application is submitted. 16-4. Activities Requiring a Permit 16-4-1. A public shade tree or town tree may not be trimmed, pruned or removed by any person other than the Tree Warden until and unless the Tree Warden issues a written permit pursuant to this bylaw. 16-4-2. Such a permit shall also be required of any person for (1) planting a public shade tree or town tree, (2) engaging in construction or demolition activities within the drip line of a public shade tree or town tree, and (3) engaging in excavation activities that may disturb a public shade tree or town tree, including but not limited to the installation of utility lines. 16-5. Tree Planting The Tree Warden shall issue standards for planting public shade trees and town trees for which a permit is required under Section 16-4-2. Such standards Town of provincetown-ma.gov shall include (1) listing of trees acceptable for planting, (2) site selection, (3) priorities for tree planting locations, (4) spacing of street trees, and (5) planting guidelines. 16-6. Prohibited Activities It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any of the following activities relating to public shade trees or town trees: (1) topping tree branches, (2) stubbing tree branches, (3) girdling tree trunks, (4) cutting or poisoning tree roots, (5) causing any other kind of injury, and (6) pollarding the top and branches of a tree if done by any person other than a certified arborist. 16-7. Permit Application Procedures 16-7-1. A person who wishes to initiate any activity affecting a tree for which a permit is required under this bylaw shall submit an application to the Tree Warden in accordance with application requirements issued by the Tree Warden. Application forms shall be available at the office of the Town Clerk and the office of the Tree Warden. There shall be no fee for filing an application. 16-7-2. The permit issued by the Tree Warden may specify schedules, terms, and conditions as deemed appropriate by the Tree Warden. For activities except removal, the Tree Warden shall issue or deny the permit within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of a completed application. A permit shall be valid for one hundred twenty (120) days from issuance unless the permit specifies otherwise. 16-8. Public Hearing 16-8-1. Except as provided in G. L. c. 87, s. 5, the Tree Warden shall not remove a public shade tree, or grant an application to any person for the removal of a public shade tree, without first conducting a public hearing. Where a public hearing is required, the Tree Warden shall, in accordance with the provisions of G. L. c. 87, s. 3, issue a notice of the time and place of the hearing, which notice shall identify the size, type and location of the tree to be cut down or removed. The Tree Warden shall also post the notice in two or more public places in Provincetown, including the Town's website, and in public view upon the tree at least seven (7) days before such hearing and publish it in a newspaper of general circulation in Provincetown once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than seven (7) days before the day of the hearing, or if no such local newspaper exists then in accordance with the provisions of G. L. c. 4, s. 6. The costs of notice, posting and publication shall be borne by the applicant. 16-8-2. When a public hearing must be held under the provisions of this bylaw and also under G. L. c. 40, s. 15(c), Scenic Roads Designations, such hearings shall be consolidated into a single public hearing before the Tree Warden and the Planning Board. 16-8-3. When the public shade tree to be removed is on conservation lands managed by, or resource areas or their buffer zones under the jurisdiction of, the Provincetown Conservation Commission, the public hearing required under the provisions of this bylaw shall be consolidated into a single public 51 hearing before the Tree Warden and the Conservation Commission. 16-9. Approval Criteria The Tree Warden shall approve removal of a public shade tree or town tree under this bylaw upon a determination that one of the following criteria is satisfied: 16-9-1. The tree interferes with structures, utilities, streets, sidewalks or proposed necessary improvements for which there is no alternative; 16-9-2. The tree is dead, diseased, terminally injured, in danger of falling, dangerously close to existing structures, causing disruption of public utility service, causing drainage or passage problems upon rights-of-way, or posing a threat to pedestrian or vehicular safely; or 16-9-3. There is no alternative to removal of the tree as determined by the Tree Warden. 16-10. Mandatory Applicability of State Standard In accordance with the provisions of G. L. c. 87, s. 4, the Tree Warden shall not remove or grant a permit for the removal of a public shade tree if, at or before the public hearing required by this bylaw, objection in writing is made by one or more persons, unless such removal is approved by the Board of Selectmen. 16-11. Appeals Any decision of the Tree Warden under this bylaw may be appealed to the Board of Selectmen. The appeal must be in writing and must be received by the Board of Selectmen within thirty (30) calendar days of the issuance of the Tree Warden's decision. The Board of Selectmen shall make a final decision within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of the appeal request. 16-12. Tree Replacement Any person who removes a public shade tree or a town tree, including the driver of any vehicle that knocks down or severely injures such a tree, shall be required to replace it, within twelve (12) months of the date of its removal, at such person's cost, and in accordance with the permit application procedures set forth in Section 16-7, as follows: 16-12-1. The replacement tree shall be purchased from a certified tree nursery professional approved by the Tree Warden. Such professional shall plant and ensure the health of the tree for three years. 16-12-2. The replacement tree shall be of the same or similar species or such other species as deemed advisable by the Tree Warden and shall have the same or equivalent size as measured in DBH inches as that of the tree that was removed. 16-12-3. If a tree of equivalent size cannot be obtained or is not appropriate, the Tree Warden shall determine a suitable alternative including planting two or more smaller replacement trees that are the largest available and appropriate for transplanting, and payment to the tree fund for the value of the tree that was removed, as determined by a certified arborist based on standards in the industry.
Town of provincetown-ma.gov 16-13. Emergencies 16-13-1. Pruning or removal shall be allowed without a permit for any public shade tree or town tree that is determined by emergency response officials to create a public hazard so as to immediately endanger public safety or cause an immediate and severe disruption of public services. Such officials shall complete a written record of any such determination and submit it to the Tree Warden within fourteen (14) calendar days of such determination. 16-13-2. The Tree Warden may waive the provisions of this bylaw as an emergency response to a hurricane, windstorm, flood or other act of nature. 16-14. Enforcement 16-14-1. Any person who violates any provision of G. L. c. 87, s. 3-5, relating to the trimming, cutting or removal of public shades trees shall be subject to fines of up to $500 for each separate offense, as provided by G. L. c. 87, s. 6. Where any person violates any provision of this bylaw but not the provisions of G. L. c. 87, the person shall be subject to fines of up to $300 for each separate offense. Each act causing damage to a separate tree shall constitute a separate offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Fines shall be assessed and collected under G. L. c. 40, s. 21D process. 16-14-2. These remedies shall not be in derogation of the Town's right to enforce the provisions of G. L. 242, s. 7, against any person who without a permit willfully cuts down, girdles or otherwise destroys a public shade tree or town tree, or the Town's right to apply or enforce any other Massachusetts law or Town bylaw. 16-14-3. Fines and damages paid to the Town under this bylaw, G. L. c. 87, or G. L. c. 242, shall be paid into the Tree Revolving Account. 16-15. Severability If any part of this bylaw is for any reason declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court, every other part shall continue in full force and effect. Or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
pursuant to MGL C.44 S53E 1/2, for the receipt of fines from violations of the Tree Bylaw to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $10,000 annually, for planting and maintenance of trees on public lands and in the public way and other costs related under the direction of the Town Manager; provided, however, that the Tree Revolving Fund shall be established only upon the approval of the Tree Bylaw in accordance with G.L. c 40, §32; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 28. Establishment of the Council on Aging Meal Revolving Fund.
To see if the Town will vote to establish a revolving account for meal programs for the Council on Aging, as established pursuant to MGL C.44 §53 E1/2, to allow receipts from donations to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $100,000 annually, to be expended for meal program costs under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of the Council on Aging; or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Town Manager]
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 5-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 5-0-0 Chris Hottle moved that the Town vote to approve Article 28 as printed in the warrant. Motion Passed.

Article 29. Zoning Bylaw Amendment: Article 4, Section 4180. Inclusionary Housing Bylaw. (Deletions shown in strike-through and new text shown as underlined)
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown Zoning Bylaws, by inserting a new Section 4180 as follows: Section 4180 Inclusionary and Incentive Zoning Bylaw 1. Purpose and Intent The primary purpose of this bylaw is to: (a) Encourage the creation of a range of housing opportunities for households of all incomes, ages and sizes in order to support a strong, stable and diverse year-round community and a viable and healthy local workforce and to prevent the displacement of Provincetown (b) Mitigate the negative impact of residential development on the availability and cost of housing; (c) Protect the long-term affordability of such housing through appropriate, enforceable restrictions that run with the land; (d) Provide a mechanism by which residential development can contribute in a direct way to increasing the supply of Affordable and Community Housing in exchange for a greater density or intensity of development than is otherwise allowed as a matter of right and to the exclusion of the protections that are varied or waived that would normally be afforded under the Zoning Bylaw; (e) Support  (2) The allowable density for an eligible project: • Located in the Res2, Res3, ResB, TCC and GC Zoning Districts; or Town of provincetown-ma.gov • Located in the Res1 Zoning District where the lot size is 60,000 square feet or greater; and • Of which 20% or more of the dwelling units are Affordable or Community Housing units (after the density bonus is applied) may be based on the number of bedrooms able to be served by a non-varianced septic system contained on the same parcel, so that the project may have up to as many dwelling units as bedrooms that can be supported.
(3) To facilitate the objectives of a density bonus, the Planning Board shall have the authority to modify or waive any lot or dimensional regulations, multiple buildings per lot regulations, and parking regulations as appropriate and necessary to accommodate the additional unit(s) on the site as part of the Special Permit relief; except that no lot shall have less than 25% of the minimum lot area required for its zoning district. (1) The maximum building height for an eligible project: • Located in any Zoning District, but not in the High Elevation Protection Overlay District; and • Of which 20% or more of the dwelling units are Affordable or Community Housing units may be up to an additional five (5) feet above the maximum building height than would otherwise be allowed under this ZBL, and kneewalls may be five (5) feet, rather than the three (3) feet otherwise allowed under this ZBL, to allow for the creation of a full third story while maintaining the character of a 2½ story structure.
(2) The Planning Board may require that the third story be stepped back to minimize the appearance of mass from the street.  (b) Affordable and Community Housing units created in accordance with this bylaw shall use deed restrictions that require the units to remain income restricted in perpetuity or the longest period allowed by law and for so long as the unit or project does not conform to the otherwise applicable underlying zoning requirements and any such restriction shall be held by the Town and be released only by a vote of Town Meeting as provided for by state law. Such restriction shall also grant the Town a right of first refusal to purchase a unit in the event that a subsequent qualified purchaser cannot be located, which the Town shall have the right but not the obligation to exercise and shall not release the deed restriction if a qualified purchaser cannot be located.
(c) No Building Permit shall be issued for any units in the development until the Planning Department receives evidence that the Affordable Housing restriction has been approved by DHCD, or the Community Housing restriction has been approved by Town Counsel. (1) Building Permits for any phase shall be issued at a ratio of five (5) market rate units to one (1) Affordable/Community Housing unit. Building Permits for subsequent phases shall not be issued unless all the required Affordable and/ or Community Housing units in the preceding phase are constructed and the deed restrictions recorded. The last unit permitted, constructed and occupied shall be a market rate unit.
(2) The project may also be constructed in its entirety with all permits issued at once, provided that the occupancy permits are issued at a ratio of five (5)  Developments shall not be phased or segmented to avoid compliance with conditions or provisions of this bylaw. "Segmentation" shall be defined as subdividing one parcel of land into two or more parcels of land in such a 61 manner that each parcel can support only a single dwelling unit or phased development that cumulatively results in a net increase of two or more dwelling units above the number existing thirty-six (36) months earlier on any parcel or set of contiguous parcels held in common ownership or under common control on or after the effective date of this Section 4180. 11. Conflict with Other Bylaws The provisions of this bylaw shall be considered supplemental of existing zoning bylaws. To the extent that a conflict exists between this bylaw and others, the more restrictive bylaw, or provisions therein, shall apply.

Severability
If any provision of this bylaw is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the bylaw shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this bylaw shall not affect the validity of the remainder of Provincetown's zoning bylaw.
And by amending Article 6, Growth Management, Section 6500, their entirety and replacing them with a single definition as follows: Seats: Spaces for sitting or standing, associated with an eating or drinking establishment, with a table, shelf, bar or counter greater than 8 ½ inches in depth on which to set food or drink, without regard to service, shall be considered seats for the purposes of Growth Management. Outdoor benches and chairs adjacent to and facing, but not fenced, roped or otherwise separated from, a public or private way, without an associated 8 ½ inch surface on which to set food and drink, and which are available as a public amenity, shall not be considered seats.
Fixed Standing Spaces: for standing within an eating and/or drinking establishment or outside such an establishment on the property of that establishment, where fixed counters and/or shelves are provided for the resting of food and/or beverages and where public restrooms are required shall constitute seats for the purposes of the Growth Management By-law at a measurement of one seat for each 18" of linear distance, or at the distance specified in the state building code, whichever is the lesser.
Seats: All seating, of any kind and nature, provided within an eating and/or drinking establishment, or outside such an establishment on the property of that establishment, shall constitute Seats for the purposes of the Growth Management Zoning By-law, without regard to the provision of waitron service. Or to take any other action relative thereto. Stephan Cohen moved to divide the articles 30 and 31 and consider each article separately. Restaurant Use: A use shall be considered a Restaurant Use if it involves the preparing, heating and/or cooling of food or beverage, with or without seats, whether eat-in or take-out, except that the heating and cooling of water, the cooling of prepackaged food and beverages, and the heating of prepackaged food and beverages by a customer using a microwave shall not constitute a restaurant use. Or to take any other action relative thereto. For the next 11-20 1,500 750 For the next 21-30 2,000 1,000 For the next 31-40 2,500 1,500 For the next 41 units and beyond 3,000 2,000 Or to take any other action relative thereto. removed and placed on the regular agenda for discussion and separate vote by the Town Meeting body), and requested that any voter wishing to remove an article from the consent agenda do so by stating "hold" after she announced the Article number.

Article 35. Room Occupancy Tax -A Home Rule Petition.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation applying the local room occupancy tax to seasonal rentals as set forth below; provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to said bill, unless the Board of Selectmen approves amendments thereto prior to enactment by the General Court, and provided further that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition. AN  Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, in addition to the authority to impose a local excise tax upon any transfer of occupancy of any room or rooms as may be set forth in and authorized by Chapter 64G Section 3A of the Massachusetts General Laws or other law, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Town of Provincetown shall, commencing on the first day of the fiscal year that begins after the effective date of this Act, be authorized to impose a local excise tax upon the transfer of occupancy of any room in a seasonal rental property or other transient accommodations located within said Town by any operator at the rate of up to but not exceeding 6% of the total amount of rent of each such occupancy.
Section 2. For the purposes of this chapter, all terms used herein shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the same meanings as set forth in Chapter 64G Section 1 of the Massachusetts General Laws and as follows: "Occupancy," the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room or rooms in a bed and breakfast establishment, bed and breakfast home, hotel, lodging house, motel, seasonal rental property or other transient accommodation designed and normally used for sleeping and living purposes, or the right to the use or possession of the furnishings or the services and accommodations, including breakfast in a bed and breakfast establishment or bed and breakfast home, accompanying the use and possession of such room or rooms, for a period of 90 consecutive calendar days or less, regardless of whether such use and possession is as a lessee, tenant, guest or licensee.
"Seasonal rental property or other transient accommodations" shall mean any bed and breakfast home, as defined by Chapter 64G, Section 1 of the Massachusetts General Laws and any residential or commercial dwelling, dwelling unit or part thereof, unit of a condominium as defined by Chapter 183A of the Massachusetts General Laws or time-share as defined by Chapter 183B of the Massachusetts General Laws, used for the lodging of guests or invitees in exchange for rent. Section 3. No excise shall be imposed upon for the transfer of occupancy of any room in a seasonal rental property or other transient accommodations if the total amount of rent is less than $15 per day or its equivalent or if the accommodation, other than a bed and breakfast home, is exempt under the provisions of Chapter 64G, Section 2 of the Massachusetts General Laws.
Section 4. All operators of seasonal rental property or other transient accommodations shall be responsible for assessing, collecting, reporting and paying such local excise tax as set forth in Chapter 64G, Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7A of the Massachusetts General Laws and shall be liable in the same manners as operators in Chapter 64G, Section 7B of the Massachusetts General Laws.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 36. 0.5% Real Estate Transfer Fee -A Home Rule Petition.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation authorizing the Town to impose a 0.5% Town of provincetown-ma.gov real estate transfer fee as set forth below; provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to said bill, unless the Board of Selectmen approves amendments thereto prior to enactment by the General Court, and provided further that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN TO IMPOSE A 0.5% REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE. Section 1. There is hereby imposed a real estate transfer fee equal to 0.5% (half percent, ½%) of the purchase price upon the transfer of any real property interest in any real property situated in the Town of Provincetown. Said fee shall be the liability of the purchaser of such property interest, and any agreement between the purchaser and the seller or any other person with reference to the allocation of the responsibility for bearing said fee shall not affect such liability of the purchaser. The fee shall be paid to the Town of Provincetown. The first $250,000 collected in each fiscal year shall be deposited in the Town's Capital Improvement Stabilization Fund. The remaining funds collected each fiscal year shall be deposited into the Town's General Fund.
Section 2. The following transfers of real property interests shall be exempt from the real estate transfer fee: A. First time homebuyers who live in the home for at least 5 years. A lien shall accompany the deed stating that "There is running with the land a lien equal to the amount of fee exempted, plus accumulated interest and penalties until such time as all conditions of this sub-section are met." B. Transfers to the government of the U.S., the Commonwealth, the Town of Provincetown and any of their instrumentalities, agencies or sub-divisions, such as the Provincetown Housing Authority. C. Transfers made without additional consideration to confirm, correct, modify or supplement a transfer previously made. D. Transfers of convenience with consideration under $100 which include: name change, into trusts, out of trust, etc. E. Transfers to any charitable organization as defined in Clause 3 of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws or any religious organization providing that the real property interests so transferred will be held solely for public charitable or religious purposes. F. Transfers between family members, marriage partners, parents and children, grandchildren, stepparents and stepchildren, brothers and sisters.
Section 3. A. The fee imposed shall be due at the time of the transfer of the real property interest. B. The buyer shall pay interest on any unpaid amount of the fee at the rate the Town collects on unpaid real estate taxes. 71 C. The Town shall notify a buyer by registered or certified mail of any failure to discharge the amount in full of fee due. D. All fees and interest required to be paid under this Act shall constitute a personal debt of the buyer and may be recovered in an action of contract.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect on passage; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 37. Expanding Residential Property Exemption -A Home Rule Petition. (Deletions shown in strike-through and new text shown as underlined)
To see if the Town will vote to petition the General Court to enact a special act of the Town of Provincetown, the text of which is set forth below, and that the General Court be authorized with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to make constructive changes in the text thereof as may be necessary or advisable in order to accomplish the intent of this legislation to secure its passage, as follows:

AN ACT INCREASING THE EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding Section 5C of Chapter 59 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, with respect to each parcel of real property classified as Class One, residential, in the Town of Provincetown as certified by the commissioner of revenue to be assessing all local property at its full and fair cash valuation, and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, there shall be an exemption equal to not more than 20% of the average assessed value of all Class One residential parcels within the Town; provided, however, that the exemption shall be applied only to (1) the principal residence of the taxpayer as used by the taxpayer for income tax purposes, and (2) a residential parcel occupied by a registered voter of the Town of Provincetown, other than the taxpayer, occupied on a year-round basis and used as his or her principal residence for income tax purposes. This exemption shall be in addition to any exemptions allowable under Section 5 of said Chapter 59; provided, however, that the taxable valuation of the property, after all applicable exemptions, shall not be reduced to below 10% of its full and Town of provincetown-ma.gov fair cash valuation, except through the applicability of Section 8A of Chapter 58 of the General Laws and Clause 18 of said Section 5 of said Chapter 59. Where, pursuant to said Section 5 of said Chapter 59, the exemption is based upon an amount of tax rather than on valuation, the reduction of taxable valuation for the purposes of the preceding sentence shall be computed by dividing the amount of tax by the residential class tax rate of the Town and multiplying the result by $1,000. For the purposes of this paragraph, "parcel" shall mean a unit of real property as defined by the Board of Assessors of the Town in accordance with the deed for the property and shall include a condominium unit. SECTION 2. A taxpayer aggrieved by the failure to receive the residential exemption authorized under this act may apply for the residential exemption to the Board of Assessors of the Town of Provincetown in writing on a form approved by the Board within three months after the date on which the bill or notice of assessment was sent. For the purposes of this act, a timely application filed under this section shall be treated as a timely filed application pursuant to Section 59 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect as of July 1, 2018, and shall apply to taxes levied for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2018; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 38. Cape Cod Greenhead Fly Control District Assessment.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,438.75 for Greenhead Fly Control as authorized by Section 24, Chapter 252 of the General Laws; and authorize the Town Treasurer to pay said appropriation into the State Treasury; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 39. Fireworks Celebration.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $32,000 to be ex-pended under the direction of the Town Manager for costs associated with the July 4 th and New Year's fireworks displays; or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager]
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 4-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 5-0-0 Visitor Services Board Recommends: 7-0-0 David Gardner moved to raise and appropriate $32,000 for purposes of Article 39: Fireworks Celebration, under the consent agenda. Motion Passed.

Article 40. Local Option Tax on Sale of Recreational Marijuana.
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws Chapter 64N, Section 3, which will allow the Town to collect a local sales tax in the amount of 2% upon the sale or transfer of marijuana or marijuana products by a local retailer operating with the Town; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 41. Amendments to Personnel Bylaw/Classification and Compensation Plan. (Deletions shown in strike-through and new text shown as underlined)
To see if the Town will vote to amend Schedules A, B and C of the Town's Classification and Compensation Plan as follows: Schedule A: To amend Schedule A, "Permanent Full and Part-time Non-Union Positions," of the Classification and Compensation Plan of the Town, effective July 1, 2017, by replacing the existing compensation plan with the following new compensation plan as adopted by the Personnel Board:

Article 42. Expenditures from the Tourism Fund.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Tourism Fund the sum of $700,000 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and the Visitor Services Board to fund the following expenditures which market, beautify or enhance tourism in Provincetown pursuant to Chapter 178 of the Acts of 1996: 1. $135,000 for coordination/support of the Visitor Services Board and the Tourism Department, and costs related thereto; 2. $380,000 for marketing, and costs related thereto; 3. $50,000 for municipal projects, and costs related thereto; 4. $125,000 for tourism grants, and costs related thereto; 5. $10,000 for Beautification Committee, and costs related thereto; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 43. FY 2018 Human Services Grant Program.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $79,775 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, to fund grants to assist nonprofit agencies and organizations to maximize available resources to meet needs identified by the community by providing services to local residents, particularly those of low and moderate income and those who are uninsured or underinsured, as follows: AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod $9,000 Alzheimer's Family Caregiver Support $6,000

Article 44. Veterans Exemption. (Municipal Modernization Act)
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of G.L. c.59, §5, Clause Twenty-Second G, rendering the spouse of a veteran or a deceased veteran with title to the veteran's domicile, eligible for an exemption, or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 45. Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund. (Municipal Modernization Act)
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of G.L. c.32B, §20 to create another Post-Employment Benefits Fund for the current and future liabilities of the Town for group health insurance benefits for retirees and their dependents, which fund may be expended by a two thirds vote of Town Meeting and designate a trustee or trustees, and further, to direct that such trustee or trustees adopt and file a declaration of trust and take all other actions as required by said section; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 46. Use of Bond Proceeds. (Municipal Modernization Act)
To see if the Town will vote to supplement each prior vote of the Town that authorizes the borrowing of money to pay costs of capital projects to provide that, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, the premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes thereunder, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to pay project costs and the amount authorized to be borrowed for each such project shall be reduced by the amount of any such 79 premium so applied; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Board of Selectmen Recommends: 5-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 5-0-0
David Gardner moved to approve Article 46 as printed in the warrant under the consent agenda. Motion Passed.

Article 47. General Bylaw Amendment: Chapter 8, Section 5 -Licenses and Permits of Delinquent Taxpayers. (Municipal Modernization Act) (Deletions shown in strike-through and new text shown as underlined)
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws Chapter 40, Section 57, as amended by Sections 37 and 38 of Chapter 218 of the Acts of 2016 (the Municipal Modernization Act, so-called); and further to amend Section 8-5 of the Town's General Bylaws as follows: 8-5. Licenses and permits of delinquent taxpayers. 8-5-1. List of delinquent taxpayers. The tax collector or other municipal official responsible for the records of all Provincetown taxes, assessments, betterments and other municipal charges, hereinafter referred to as the tax collector, shall annually, and may periodically, furnish to each department, board, committee, commission or division, hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority, which issues licenses or permits including renewals and transfers, a list of any person, corporation, or business enterprise, hereinafter referred to as the party, that has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges for not less than a twelve month period, and that such party has not filed in good faith a pending application for an abatement of such tax or a pending petition before the appellate tax board; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 48. FY 2018 Revolving Funds.
To see if the Town will vote to continue for FY 2018 the following revolving funds established pursuant to MGL Chapter 44, Section 53E½: 1. Preservation of Town Hall Auditorium: To allow receipts from the rental and custodial fees charged for the public use of Town Hall Auditorium to Town of provincetown-ma.gov be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $75,000 annually, to be expended for the repair, updating, refurbishing, operations and maintenance of the Town Hall auditorium under the direction of the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen; 2. Shellfish Grants: To allow receipts from Shellfish Grants and Recreational Shellfish Licenses to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $2,500 annually, to be expended under the direction of the Shellfish Warden and the Harbormaster for the purpose of shellfish seeding and cultivation on public shellfish areas; 3. B-Street Garden: To allow receipts from the annual community garden membership fees charged for the public use of the community garden to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $2,500 annually, to be expended for the repair, updating and maintenance of the B-Street Garden under the direction of the Town Manager and the Conservation Commission; 4. Fuel Reimbursement: To allow receipts from the sale of fuel to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $125,000 annually, to be expended for the purchase of fuel under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of Public Works; 5. Council on Aging Transportation: To allow receipts from donations to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $10,000 annually, to be expended for the transportation cost under the direction of the Town Manager and the Director of the Council on Aging; 6. Affordable Housing: To allow fees received by the Town from the sale and resale of affordable housing dwellings, fees paid for monitoring services provided by the Town, fees paid to ensure compliance with affordable housing restrictions and agreements and donations earmarked for affordable housing purposes to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $10,000 annually, to be expended for costs associated with the administration, management and support of affordable housing in the Town, including, without limitation, cost of marketing and conducting lotteries under the direction of the Town Manager and the Housing Specialist; 7. Facilities and Grounds Rental Revolving Fund: To allow receipts from the rental and custodial fees charged for the public use of Town-owned facilities and grounds to be segregated into a special account; and with funds therefrom, up to a limit of $10,000 annually, for janitorial hired staffing and other costs related to rental costs under the direction of the Town Manager; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 49. General Bylaw Amendment: Revolving Fund Bylaw (G.L. c.44, §53E ½). (Municipal Modernization Act). (Deletions shown in strikethrough and new text shown as underlined)
To see if the Town will vote pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c.44, §53E½, as most recently amended, to amend the General Bylaws by inserting a new bylaw establishing various revolving funds, specifying the departmental receipts to be credited to each fund, the departmental purposes or programs for which each fund may be expended, and the entity authorized to expend each fund, such bylaw to provide as follows:

Article 3. Charter Commission Expenses.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from free cash the sum of $6,575 for the printing and distribution of the Final Report of the Provincetown Charter Commission, which must be distributed by law according to the provisions of MGL 43B, Sec. 11, to each residence of one or more registered voters; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 4. CIP Request for MUNIS Purchase Orders/Requisitions Module.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $13,537 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for costs associated with the acquisition of the MUNIS Purchase Order and Requisitions Module; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Article 5. National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center in Provincetown.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $25,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for costs associated with the conceptual design to determine the feasibility and location of a National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center in Provincetown; or to take any other action relative thereto. Tom Donegan moved that the town vote to transfer $25,000 from 910 Employee Benefits and Other Insurance to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for costs associated with the conceptual design to determine the feasibility and location of the Garry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center in Provincetown. Motion Passed.

Article 6.
Housing Tenant Rights Assistance. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager to fund a grant to a non-profit agency for the services to support tenants' rights advocacy and education; or to take any other action relative thereto. [Requested by the Board of Selectmen] Board of Selectmen Recommends: 4-1-0 Finance Committee Does Not Recommend: 7-0-0 Tom Donegan moved that the Town vote to transfer $25,000 from 910 Employee Benefits and Other Insurance to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager to fund a grant to a non-profit agency for the services to support tenants' rights advocacy and education. Motion Passed.

Article 7. CIP Request for Analysis of the Parking Control and Revenue Collection Systems for the Municipal Parking Lots.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow $25,000 Town of provincetown-ma.gov to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the cost associated with the analysis of the Town's parking control and revenue collection system and to prepare bid specifications; or to take any other action relative thereto.

[Requested by the Town Manager]
Board of Selectmen Recommends: 5-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends: 5-0-0 Cheryl Andrews moved that the Town vote to transfer $25,000 from the Parking Fund for the cost associated with the analysis of the Town's parking control and revenue collection system and to prepare bid specifications. Motion Passed.

Article 1: Petitioned Article by Barbara Rushmore and Others.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise four parcels of land located at 132, 134, and 136 Bradford Street and 10 Conwell Street, including the buildings and parking lot located on said parcels, for general municipal purposes including but not limited to the site for a new police station; and further identified as Parcel Nos. 12-1-77-0 consisting of 30,710 square feet, 12-1-77-A consisting of 62,160 square feet, 12-1-78-0 consisting of 7,520 square feet; and 12-1-82-0 consisting of 92,565 square feet; and further to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow a sum of money, to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the DPW Director, for said acquisition and for the design and construction of a new police station on said parcels, including costs incidental and related thereto; provided that said appropriation shall be contingent on a Proposition 2 and ½ debt exclusion ballot question; or to take any other action relative thereto.  Cheryl Andrews moved to amend the main motion by substituting the following as the new main motion: I move that the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise three parcels of land located at 132, and 134, Bradford Street and 10 Conwell Street, including the buildings and parking lot located on said parcels, for public parking purposes, and further identified as Parcel Nos. 12-1-77-0 consisting of 30,710 square feet, 12-1-77-A consisting of 62,160 square feet,; and 12-1-82-0 consisting of 92,565 square feet, more or less; and further to appropriate the sum of $13,201,000, to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the DPW Director, to acquire the parcels identified in this vote, and to make improvements on the parcels to accommodate a municipal public parking lot, including all costs incidental and related thereto; that to meet this appropriation, the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow $13,201,000, pursuant to General Laws Chapter 44, Sections 7 or 8, or any other enabling authority, and to issues bonds and notes therefor; provided that said appropriation shall be contingent on a Proposition 2 and ½ debt exclusion ballot question; and further, that any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with G.L. c.44, §20. Cheryl Andrews moved that on all matters to come before the September 13, 2017 Special Town Meeting, requiring a two-thirds vote by statute, that a count need not be taken unless the vote so declared is immediately questioned by seven or more registered voters. Motion Passed.

Article 1: Petitioned Article by Stephanie Page and Others.
The following petition is submitted to the Town of Provincetown for consideration: The petitioners hereby request a vote to reverse Article 13. Zoning By-law Article 1. Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Zoning Bylaw shown below, which was enacted at the Special Town Meeting -Monday, October 21, 2013. Petitioners seek to prohibit the siting of any Medical Marijuana Treatment Center within the Res 3 Res B zone making the following modification to Section 2440 as follows: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown Zoning Bylaws, Article 1, Definitions, Natural Grade, as follows: Natural Grade The lower of: (1) the existing grade or elevation of the ground surface prior to human-made alteration at the time of application for a building permit, special permit, variance or site plan approval; or (2) the grade or elevation of the ground at any time within 20 years prior to the date of such application, as shown on any plan or by any other evidence deemed to be reliable by the Zoning Enforcement Officer in his/her discretion. To determine the applicable natural grade, which may not be artificially heightened to raise the elevation of a structure, the critical topographical data shall be provided as required by the Zoning Enforcement Officer. On any lot exhibiting evidence of fill not authorized, the Zoning Enforcement Officer may require the applicant to provide a professional soil analysis to determine the natural grade. Or to take any other action relative thereto.

Board of Selectmen Recommends PB amendment 2-1-1 Planning Board Recommends amendment 3-0-0
Gloria McPhearson moved to amend the motion by removing the words… "the lower of…" and "or (2) the grade or elevation of the ground at any time within 20 years prior to the date of such application," so as to read as follows: Natural Grade The existing grade or elevation of the ground surface prior to human made alteration at the time of application for a building permit, special permit, variance or site plan approval, as shown on any plan or by any other evidence deemed to be reliable by the Zoning Enforcement Officer in his/her discretion. To determine the applicable natural grade, which may not be artificially heightened to raise the elevation of a structure, the critical topographical data shall be provided as required by the Zoning Enforcement Officer. On any lot exhibiting evidence of fill not authorized, the Zoning Enforcement Officer may require the applicant to provide a professional soil analysis to determine the natural grade.

Article 4: Recreational Marijuana Sales Tax.
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws Chapter 64N, Section 3(a), as recently amended by Section 13 of Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2017, and to authorize the Town to impose a local sales tax upon the sale or transfer of marijuana or marijuana products by a marijuana retailer operating within the Town to anyone other than a marijuana establishment, at the rate of 3 percent of the total Town of provincetown-ma.gov sales price received by the marijuana retailer as a consideration for the sale of marijuana or marijuana products; or to take any other action relative thereto.

Requested by the Town Manager
David Panagore moved to approve article 4 as printed in the warrant. Board of Selectmen Recommends 4-0-0 Finance Committee Recommends 6-0-0 Board of Health Recommends 3-0-1 Motion passed.

(Deletions shown in strike-through and new text shown as underlined) To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown General Bylaws by amending
Section 16-14-1 as follows: 16-14-1. Any person who violates any provision of G. L. c. 87, s. 3-5, relating to the trimming, cutting or removal of public shade trees, shall be subject to fines of up to $500 for each separate offense, as provided by G. L. c. 87, s. 6. Where any person violates any provision of this bylaw but not the provisions of G. L. c. 87, the person shall be subject to a fines of up to $300 for each separate offense. Each act causing damage to a separate tree shall constitute a separate offense. Fines shall be assessed and collected under the G. L. c. 40, s. 21D process; or to take any other action relative thereto.  In June, after 14 years of service, Doug Johnstone retired as The Town Clerk of Provincetown. Doug will forever be remembered for his courage in standing up to Governor Mitt Romney's discriminatory attempt to ban Massachusetts town clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, at the threat of being arrested. Doug's efforts for preserving and protecting Provincetown's rich history through the Provincetown History Project proved to be invaluable. His wealth of knowledge and expertise made him, not only a valuable resource for information, but also a great mentor. It has been an absolute pleasure to share an office with him. His passion, dedication, and love for the job and the Town make him a tough act to follow.

Town Counsel
During 2017, Town Counsel provided significant legal services to the Town, including the rendering of numerous legal opinions, approving contracts as to form, attending Town Meetings, and meeting with the Board of Selectmen and various other Town boards. There are currently 11 active litigation cases involving the Town which are pending in various courts. Six cases were closed in 2017.
Town Counsel has been working closely with Town Administration and the Board of Selectmen to acquire the 26-unit Harbor Hill Condominium, which is currently in bankruptcy. After the Town was awarded the bid by the Bankruptcy Trustee, Town Counsel has been working closely with special bankruptcy counsel to monitor the progress of the Bankruptcy Trustee to terminate the time share condominium in the Land Court. As soon as that termination process is complete, the Town and the Bankruptcy Trust will complete the conveyance of the property to the Town. In the meantime, we have also been advising the Trust on several issues including the form of ownership of the units and the procurement of property management services.
Town Counsel has also provided significant legal services to the Conservation Commission in enforcing the Wetlands Protection Act and the Town's Wetlands Bylaw regarding the mechanic dredging of clams in the harbor. Those services continued in 2017.
There were two significant land use issues that arose in 2017. The first involved the proposal by CVS Pharmacy to locate a store on Bradford Street. That proposal was the subject of litigation in 2017, the results of which are reported in the Litigation Status Report. With respect to the property located at 350 Bradford Street, we have been advising the Building Commissioner and the Zoning Board of Appeals with respect to an enforcement order issued by the Building Commissioner concerning the height of the new buildings.
Town Counsel continues to provide a number of training sessions to Town staff and boards and committees on compliance with the Open Meeting Law, the new Public Records Law, and the Conflict of Interest Law. We also have provided substantial legal services in connection with numerous public records requests and open meeting law complaints, and we have provided substantive training to staff and the various land use boards, including the Historic District Commission.
We extend our appreciation to the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager for their confidence in retaining this firm. We also appreciate the assistance and cooperation received on all matters from the Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting, the Town Manager, department heads, and the boards and committees with whom we have worked. We look for-99 ward to working with the members of the Town government in the future. KP Law, P.C., Town Counsel In this case, the Union claims that the Town should have followed a different process than it did when hiring a new police officer, allegedly in violation of Article XXII of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and Section 6-2-1 of the General By-Laws. An arbitration hearing previously scheduled has been postponed, and the case is in abeyance.

Sinaiko et al. v. Provincetown Zoning Board of Appeals
Barnstable Superior Court C.A. No. BACV2015-00496 (24200-0383-IMQ) This is an appeal of the Zoning Board of Appeals' decision to deny the appeal of the issuance of a building permit for the property located at

Town of Provincetown, by and through its Conservation Commission and Harbormaster v. Stellwagen Bank Fisheries Corporation
Barnstable Superior Court C.A. No. 1572CV00387 (24200-0377-GJC) This is an action 1) to enforce the Conservation Commission's order with respect to defendant's use of a hydraulic dredge for clam fishing in the Town's waters in Cape Cod Bay, and 2) to enforce the Town's Harbor Regulations assessing dockage and usage fees upon the defendant's vessel. The case was stayed pending the Appeals Court's decision in the Aqua King case. Although the Aqua King case has been decided, no further action has been taken to return this case to the Superior Court's docket. We expect that a scheduling conference will be held in the near future and a trial date will be set. In this case, a former employee whose employment was terminated a leged that she was discriminated against on the basis of her sexual orientation, gender, and subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation. The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination dismissed the complaint in 2017. This action was a suit by the condominium association to collect unpaid condominium/association fees from a unit owner. The Town was named as a defendant pursuant to a recorded Notice of Sewer Betterment Assessment lien. The Court allowed a motion for summary judgment and entered judgment in favor of the condominium association on April 12, 2017, allowing the sale of the condo unit.

Animal Welfare Committee
The mission of the Animal Welfare Committee, (AWC), whose members are appointed by the Board of Selectmen, is to advise the Board, the Animal Control Officer, or any other pertinent municipal entities on issues relative to animal welfare for domestic pets and urban wildlife in Provincetown.
The AWC orders and maintains the dog waste stations on all town landings. The recyclable bags are paid for by the town through the DPW budget. Stations that have deteriorated are ordered and paid for through the AWC budget which is filled by private donations. We inspect and refill each station daily during the summer, less often during the shoulder season and semi-weekly in the winter. In addition, committee members are part of the Emergency Shelter team and are responsible for the pet component if the shelter, serving Provincetown and Truro, opens during a weather or other emergency. AWC is happy to have a volunteer veterinarian on call.
Members of the AWC created numerous public service announcements that were broadcasted on WOMR, PTV, Provincetown Dogs Facebook page and published in The Banner. We continued to pass out a card sized handout to be distributed around town and in guest houses with advice for visitors on such subjects as foxes, seals on the beach, dogs in cars, emergency contact numbers, etc. The printing is paid for by an AWC member.
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Art Commission
We continue to remain abreast of developments in state and national animal welfare policies and have officially registered our opinions on some national proposals to lift some regulations regarding factory farming and others.
We held a joint meeting with the Disability Commission to discuss regulations for Service Animals in town. Since there is an increasing population of "emotional support" animals, we feel that it would be helpful to develop a handout advising the public and business owners in town regarding what is permissible and regulated by the American Disabilities Act. This will be a joint project for the spring.
We receive regular updates on the status of the Cape Wildlife Center and Wildcare both of which seem to be doing well with the help of private donations. They are the two entities that will accept, for rehabilitation, injured wildlife that are transported by members of AWC. When our Animal Control Officer, who attends our meetings, calls for help with transport, AWC answers. T h e A n i m a l We l f a r e C o m m i t t e e m e e t s o n t h e t h i r d T h u r sday of the month at noon in the Veteran's Community Center on Winslow Street. We welcome interested parties to our meetings.

Carol MacDonald, Chair
The Art Commission met three times in the calendar year 2017. The Commission members remain committed to the highest standard of care for the works held in the Town's Collection and continues their stewardship as it has since the founding of the Commission in 1959. The conservation of works on paper continued vigorously during the last year, resulting in works restored to prime condition returned to safe storage. It is anticipated that such work will continue into the next year under the watchful eye of the Chairman as funding permits.
We are fortunate to be able to draw on the assets in our gift fund, compiled primarily from the sale in the past of the Four Season's posters. Former member Diane Damrell Shumway, who passed away in 2017, was a visionary who suggested this project and among many who oversaw its completion and watchdogged while it was successfully launched as a funding source for the Commission. It continues to benefit our work to this day.
The Oliver Chaffee painting, "Room at Chantemesle", previously conserved was reframed and is now a highlight of the artwork at the public library, currently in the reading room. Other works have been highlighted at the Council on Aging, including a previous gift of a Romanos Risk by the artist's wife, the late Grace Risk, which was hung in the dining room with the assistance of the DPW. One goal for the coming year is to move artworks in storage into more visible public venues as time and space permit.
The loan to the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum of several key artworks continued during calendar 2017 included in the "The Great Provincetown Summer" exhibition examining that pivotal year, 1916, in the history of Provincetown. The works included "Summer Garden," oil on canvas by E. Ambrose Webster, "Sailboat," white-line print on paper by Blanche Lazzell, "Three Figures," white-line print on paper by Agnes Weinrich and, finally, "Under the Wharf," woodblock print on paper by Mary Bacon Jones.
We remain grateful to the employees of the Town of Provincetown for their respect for the work hung within their precincts and their emotional investment in the welfare of the works under our purview.

Barnstable Assembly of Delegates
Once again, the question of function and structure of Barnstable County government has come into focus. This discussion will continue in 2018, with a possible Charter review.
The budget process highlighted questions concerning the role of the Assembly. Several sections of the budget, including the Human Rights Commission and the Water Protection Collaborative, had simply been eliminated by the Board of Regional Commissioners. Efforts to return these to the proposed document were rebuffed by a ruling from Counsel, that we could not add lines not in the proposed budget.
The Water Protection Collaborative faced substantial reorganization. Through hearings of the Natural Resources Committee, which I a proud to Chair, consensus process brought a recommendation which was adopted, folding the Collaborative into the existing structure of the Cape Cod Commission. It continues the critical, court-mandated oversight of water quality in our Cape watersheds.
The Human Rights Commission Coordinator had a reduction in weekly hours from 19 to 13, restored by the Assembly, but overridden by the Commissioners.
The budget was approved in May, with a reduction of about $1 million from the prior year, at $28.7M. The capital budget was also approved, to fund repairs to the courthouses, for which the state pays rent.
Over the year, several supplemental appropriations were made for both cleanup and legal services related to the chemical contamination of Barnstable Town well fields attributed to foam used at our Fire Training Academy.

Cape Light Compact
Cape Cod Commission-drafted Ordinances concerning Growth Incentive Zones, and an Eastham District of Critical Planning Concern, were approved in the fall. Also, several non-binding Resolutions were approved. One called for an increase in the offshore buffer zone for Ocean Herring. Another, which I submitted, petitioned Gov. Baker to expedite removal of the spent fuel rod assemblies at Pilgrim Nuclear Station to dry casks.
Finally, my Resolution in opposition to the agreement between the County Sheriff-not any longer under Barnstable County jurisdiction-and Immigration and Customs (ICE) was introduced in December. This generated intense public interest and discussion, but was defeated in January 2018.

Brian O'Malley, Provincetown Assembly of Delegates
Cape Light Compact JPE is an intergovernmental organization consisting of the 21 towns on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard and Duke's County. The Compact's mission is to serve our 200,000 customers through the delivery of proven energy efficiency programs, effective consumer advocacy, and renewable competitive electricity supply.
Effective July 1, 2017, the Cape Light Compact reorganized and reconstituted itself as a joint powers entity pursuant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40 Section 4A1/2, becoming the first joint powers entity in Massachusetts.
Reorganizing as a joint powers entity protects member towns from potential liabilities and mandates greater financial accountability through expanded reporting requirements to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and member Towns, and designation of Treasury functions to an independent entity.

POWER SUPPLY
Electricity pricing in 2017 was less volatile than prior years due to relatively stable natural gas prices, which resulted in lower and more stable electricity pricing overall. Worth noting is that, unlike in years past, residential and commercial pricing for June through December was higher than for January through June due to increased capacity market costs beginning in June 2017. The capacity market is managed by New England's bulk power grid operator, ISO New England, and is designed to ensure that enough electric generation capacity is built and available to provide power when called upon to meet peak demand. Capacity market costs are paid for by all New England electricity customers through their power supply prices.
The most notable change in the Compact's power supply program is that, in January 2017, the Compact went 100% green! Being a green aggregation means that 100% of Compact's power supply customers' annual electricity usage is met with renewable energy certificates (RECs). Each REC represents the generation of 1 megawatt hour (1,000 kilowatt hours) of electricity produced by a renewable resource, such as wind or solar. By retiring RECs to match the Compact's customers' usage, Compact customers are financially supporting renewable energy resources, including resources located on Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts.
The Compact also selected a new residential supplier, NextEra Energy Services of Massachusetts (NextEra), who has been serving the Compact's commercial customers since 2014, which means that all of the Compact's residential, commercial, and industrial customers are now served by NextEra. In addition to being the Compact's green aggregation supplier, NextEra pledged to deposit all premiums paid for RECs, plus their supplier and retail fees (expected to total over $3 million per year), into a trust fund to be used solely for the development of new renewable energy resources. Now, by purchasing electricity through the Compact, all Compact power supply customers are supporting renewable energy and acting locally to combat climate change. The Compact is proud that our residential price under the new green aggregation program was lower than Eversource's basic residential pricing for all of 2017. At the regional market level, despite stable pricing this year, New England continues to face electricity pricing challenges associated with the limited pipeline capacity that delivers natural gas to electric generators, which supply over fifty percent of New England's electricity. The pipeline constraint is only an issue for a limited number of hours in the winter, when natural gas is also used for heating homes, creating a supply shortage and increased pricing for generators, thereby increasing the price for every megawatt hour they produce. Until such time as this issue is addressed, either through additional infrastructure, demand reduction or other targeted programs, the possibility of future high winter pricing remains, and as such, consumers should still expect seasonal pricing fluctuations for the foreseeable future.
As of December 2017, the Compact had approximately 4,410 electric accounts in the Town of Provincetown on its power supply.

CONSUMER ADVOCACY
Since 1997, Cape Light Compact has advocated for the ratepayers of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard at the local and state level. In 2017, the Compact continued its focus on grid modernization, reviewing the plans submitted by the utilities in August 2015. The Compact was granted full intervenor status in 2016 in Eversource's grid modernization plan review docket at the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), which allowed the Compact to take an active role in the adjudicatory review process of the plan. This included retaining experts to analyze Eversource's plan and present expert witness testimony, submitting information requests to Eversource, and submitting briefs. The Compact expects the DPU to issue a decision on the matter in 2018.
In January 2017, Eversource filed a rate case with the DPU, which is the first fully litigated rate case since the 1980's. This will determine the charges that Eversource is allowed to impose on the distribution side of the electric bill, which will affect all residents and businesses on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. The Compact was granted full party status in this proceeding as well. The Compact has several concerns with the proposal, as it decreases customers' ability to manage their bills by imposing increased customer charges and introducing demand charges for customers that did not previously have demand charges. Increased customer charges and demand charges decrease the incentive to participate in energy efficiency programs and install behind the meter generation. Eversource sought a 10.5% return on equity as part of the rate case, which is higher than the national average for a regulated utility. In their revised filing on June 1, 2017, Eversource proposed to shift approximately $30 million per year of costs from Western MA customers (and Eastern MA commercial customers) on to Eastern MA residential customers, which includes the Cape and Vineyard. The Compact opposed this shift, because charges incurred to serve those customers should be paid for by those customers and not subsidized by Eastern MA residential customers.
On November 30, 2017, the DPU issued the first rate case Order which allowed a 10% return on equity, approved energy storage pilot projects in Wellfleet and Martha's Vineyard, and approved an electric vehicle charging infrastructure buildout, among other decisions. The DPU did not approve the other aspects of Eversource's proposed Grid Modernization Base Commitment, instead stating that those would be decided as part of the grid modernization docket, a decision consistent with separation of the rate case and grid modernization dockets that the Compact and other parties advocated for. All rate designrelated issues, including the Western to Eastern MA cost shifting, increased customer and demand charges, and the Monthly Minimum Reliability Charge for net-metered customers will be decided in the second Order, expected by the end of December 2017. The Compact will inform stakeholders of the DPU decisions on the rate case once the review of the decisions is completed.
The Compact also participated in regulatory proceedings at the DPU related to the retail electric market, pushing for policies that promote a competitive power supply market while ensuring common-sense protections for consumers. Funding for the energy efficiency programs (i.e. energy audits for homes and businesses, rebates on the purchase of energy efficient appliances and energy education in our schools) comes from the monthly customer "energy conservation" charge on each customers' electric bill, which is multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours used during the month ($0.02301 for residential customers and $0.01823 for commercial and industrial customers).

ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Other Cape Light Compact Efforts Include: • 10 ENERGY STAR® qualified homes were constructed in the Town of Provincetown.
• and another two at the September Special Town Meeting were approved: • An amendment to change the definition of natural grade • An amendment to add the requirement for height and foundation surveys in order to catch construction mistakes sooner in the process.
The Planning Department extends our thanks to all the board and commission members we work with, who volunteer countless hours of their time to help balance the pressure for growth in our Town with the need for the preservation and protection of our natural and built environments.

Community Preservation Committee
The Community Preservation Committee is the gatekeeper of funds allotted by the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act (CPA) dedicated for open space, affordable housing, and historic preservation the Community preservation in Provincetown is a public process and the CPC strongly encourages broad participation from all residents. Housing: Cape Cod Village-Broad and substantial regional support has been given to a group which is developing 3 acres of land in Orleans for the creation of long-term housing for 15 autistic adults along with a community center. $50,000 Down Payment Assistance Program-This program proved to be successful in its inaugural year. As part of the Pathway to Ownership several community members received these funds to purchase homes in town. $50,000 Housing This year members mourned the passing of Mr. Richard Olson who appeared annually with passionate requests for restoring the town's cemeteries. He was a former member of the Board of Selectmen and will be missed by many. Members also mourned the sudden passing of devoted and thoughtful CPC member Ms. Judy Cicero in November. She was a passionate member of the CPC and other boards for many years. Her guidance and insight as an at-large member contributed much to our discussions. She will be missed.
The CPC makes its' recommendations to Town Meeting for any use of the Community Preservation Funds. No funds can be expended for CPC recommended projects without Town Meeting approval.

Cultural Council
The Provincetown Cultural Council (PCC) is the Local Cultural Council of the larger Massachusetts Cultural Council Program. The Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences annually. The program promotes the availability of rich cultural experiences for every Massachusetts citizen. Administered by 2,400 municipally appointed volunteers, the LCC network consists of 329 councils serving all 351 Massachusetts cities and towns. Each year, local councils award more than $2 million in grants to more than 5,000 cultural programs statewide. These include school field trips, afterschool programs, concerts, festivals, lectures, theater, dance, music, and film. LCC projects take place in schools, community centers, libraries, elder care facilities, town halls, parks, and wherever communities come together.

Historic District Commission
The Historic District Commission is pleased to report on its regulatory activities during 2017.
The Historic District Commission continued to ensure the promotion of the cultural, economic, education and general welfare of the members of the Town through three mandates. First, to preserve and protect the distinctive characteristics of the buildings and places significant to the history of Provincetown. Second, to maintain and improve the settings of our buildings and maintain our historic streetscape. Third, to encourage design compatible with the buildings existing in the area and to help maintain the historic village, fishing, and artistic, cultural, commercial and residential character, which distinguishes Provincetown as a desirable community for residents and visitors.
The Historic District Commission worked on many residential and commercial projects during 2017 to maintain the historic nature of these buildings. We worked to guide and regulate construction to conform to the Historic District Guidelines. We are captivated by the architectural history of Provincetown and work to maintain the unique characteristics that continue to make Provincetown distinctive.
We want to report that the Historic District Commission's work during 2017 involved issuing 288 Certificates of Appropriateness and more than 300 Administrative Reviews. We stand as the second busiest Historic District Commission in the state of Massachusetts.
This year Thomas Biggert served as Chair and Marcene Marcoux served as Vice Chair. The remaining Commissioners were Laurie Delmolino, Lisa Pacheco Robb and Martin Risteen excelled as our Alternate. We thank Lisa Pacheco Robb for her work on the Commission and wish her well in her future endeavors. We were pleased to have Martin Risteen be nominated by the Provincetown Business

Historical Commission
The Historical Commission met 6 times during 2017. We support by the Town Clerk's office and its effort to manage the artifacts held in trust by the Town. Significantly, the Heritage Museum records have been added to the Provincetown History Preservation Project with photographs, substantial content has been added this past year with the efforts of seniors under the tax program, they also plan and execute the exhibits in the display cases of Town Hall and the lobby of Council on Aging. We are grateful for the vital assistance. We will sorely miss the support and counsel of Town Clerk, Doug Johnstone who retired during the year. He was a quiet force behind the Provincetown History Project, now part of the Digital Commonwealth.
Our advice continues to be sought on all matters relating to the care of historic buildings owned by the Town. We are also represented on the advisory committee to the Bas Relief restoration project, our members are committed to bringing this monument, by nationally known artist Cyrus Dallin, and the surrounding "Town Green" to its full glory in time for the 2020 celebration.
Guild to be their representative. We also appreciated the work and insight of Alternate Rita "Hersh" Schwartz. We are pleased to have such a dedicated and professional Commission.
Presently, the work of the Historic District Commission is enriched with the involvement of our Building Commissioner Annie Howard who serves as our staff liaison. We appreciate her involvement in the Historic District Commission and we are grateful for the time she dedicates to our efforts. We also have Ellen Battaglini as Permit Coordinator who handles applications and coordinates the paperwork involved in carrying out our work in the Historic District.

Scholarship & Trust Administration Committee
We continue to be gratified by the sales of the book "Building Provincetown" by David W. Dunlap, who donated his services to create this legacy volume. At this juncture we have sold 90% of the second printing and stock is less than 100 copies. The proceeds from the sale of this book fund the Historical Commission Gift Fund, and are being used, in part, to preserve, display and protect the historical artifacts and archive collection of the Town. Among the projects completed in the last year was the conservation of a mid-19 th century original plan for a dike proposed for East Harbor. Initiated and continuing is the restoration of an example of the 1858, Henry Francis Walling map which includes Barnstable County. When completed we hope to display it at Town Hall.
Finally, as part of his continuing generosity, Mr. Dunlap made revisions to the Historic Provincetown Walking Tour. With the assistance of the Tourism Office, a third printing was completed in the spring of 2017 in time to begin distribution during the season. We estimate that over 85,000 maps have been distributed free to visitors at this point.

Stephen Borkowski, Chairman
The Scholarship and Trust Administration Committee was formed by a vote at the 2017 Town Meeting, merging the John Anderson Francis Family Scholarship Committee and the Town Scholarship Committee. The newly formed committee is responsible for administering scholarship funds including the John Anderson Francis Family Scholarship, which originated with a bequest from Cecilia C. Francis, the Captain Joseph Oliver Scholarship, which began with a bequest from Captain Joseph Oliver, and the Town Scholarship, paid out from a fund comprised of contributions from countless Provincetown residents. It is also authorized to administer such public charities as the Town shall delegate.
In the spring of 2017, the Town Scholarship in the amount of $1000 was awarded to Patrick P. Silva. In addition, a total of $4000 in scholarships from the Captain Joseph Oliver Scholarship Fund were awarded to Mr. Silva and to Brendan Kaeselau, contingent upon the completion of their first years of college, in accordance with the requirements of the Fund.

Management Information Systems
The MIS Department accomplished several key initiatives in 2017. We always strive to find ways to improve efficiency throughout town government, and 2017 was no exception. Highlights include the relocation of the datacenter from the basement of Town Hall to Veterans Community Center (VMCC); the installation of a new virtualization platform, the installation of interactive boards and learning stations at the school; and the implementation of a cloud-based system for transparent financial reporting.
These initiatives were handled with careful attention by MIS Analyst Lynne Martin and MIS Technician Tyler Keyes. Their hard work and dedication is appreciated by the staff they support, and the trust they've earned enables them to provide solutions to daily challenges, both big and small.
At Provincetown Schools, MIS assisted with: • The installation and configuration of a security surveillance system. • The installation and configuration of several next-generation interactive displays. • The installation and configuration of several three-dimensional interactive learning stations. • The enablement of user directory synchronization to the cloud, which allows for the provisioning of Microsoft online services. • The deployment of Microsoft's Minecraft: Education Edition.
• The application for E-Rate reimbursement, which helps fund telecom-Scholarship Fund was $1,139,837.68. As of the same date, the balance of the Captain Joseph F. Oliver Scholarship Fund was $499,552.63, and the balance of the Town Scholarship Fund was $5,786.26. The Committee would like to thank Finance Director Josee Cardinal Young for her assistance and Town Treasurer Alex Williams, who not only hit the ground running but has unraveled vestigial mysteries that have long surrounded the scholarship funds. We have also benefitted greatly from the insights and perspective of several new members and alternates, Lory Santos, Ngina Lythcott, and -far too briefly -the late Judy Cicero.
Provincetown has always been very generous to its resident students. As they complete their secondary education and move on to colleges and universities, the financial support from our community scholarships remains vital. Through the partnership and generous support of residents and businesses alike, we look forward to the continuing educational success of our residents. Robert D. Speiser, Chair 118 provincetown-ma.gov Town of munications, internet connectivity, and network infrastructure.
On the municipal side, MIS coordinated: • The datacenter relocation from the basement of Town Hall to VMCC, which effectively mitigates the threat of water damage due to a potential flood. • The installation of a new hyper-converged virtualization platform, which shares storage and resources across several physical appliances. • The replacement of firewall devices in several town buildings • A major upgrade to MUNIS, the Town's financial system, which prepares us for the introduction of several new modules. • The ongoing support of Accela, the Town's online permitting and licensing system. We have lots planned for 2018. Some initiatives include: • The implementation of several new MUNIS modules, including payroll, purchase orders, and utility billing. • The formation of a partnership with Barnstable County to identify ways to improve business continuity by potentially shifting certain on-premise services to the cloud. • The implementation of additional OpenCape fiber connections in several town buildings. • The continued expansion of our asset management solution to include mobile devices, tablets, printers, copiers, and other technology equipment. • The replacement of several servers.
• The continued implementation of Accela.

Zoning Board of Appeals
MIS is poised to make 2018 another successful year. We look forward to finding solutions to the new challenges it may bring.

Beau S. Jackett, Information Systems Director
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is charged with hearing and deciding appeals for relief from the Zoning By-Laws via special permits and variances, as well as appeals from those aggrieved by a decision or action of the Building Commissioner. The ZBA usually meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month for a work session and public hearing. The meetings are posted and open to the public, with the rare exception when the Board convenes an Executive Session.
A full board consists of five regular members and five alternate members. Zoning appeals are usually heard by five members and require a super-majority of four votes in favor to grant a special permit or variance. The ZBA makes every attempt to serve the community by hearing applications as scheduled, but this is not always possible, especially when there is not a full complement of members.
A ZBA member may have a scheduling conflict from time to time, may be absent due to illness or may need to recuse themselves due to a conflict of interest. As a courtesy to applicants, the ZBA gives the applicants the option of waiting until a full complement of five members is assembled to hear the case. By right, the ZBA may proceed to hear the application with only four members, which is a quorum. The applicant is advised that in such cases any motion by the ZBA would require a unanimous vote for passage. There were a few occasions this year when applicants preferred to be heard by the full ZBA, requesting that their application be postponed until the following hearing, when it was expected that five members would be available to hear the case. It is an unfortunate inconvenience for all concerned when this happens and the ZBA endeavors to minimize it as best they can by notifying applicants of the situation as soon as possible, giving them the option of postponement until the next scheduled hearing. This can almost assuredly be avoided by having a full roster of ZBA members. We closed calendar year 2017 with a five-member board and one alternate, for a total of 6 members.
The Board heard 83 cases during 2017. The majority were Special Permit applications. The Zoning By-Laws provide specific criteria for the granting of a Special Permit. Namely, that the applicant must show (and the ZBA must find, in writing) that the benefits of the proposal to the Town or the neighborhood outweigh any adverse effects such as congestion, hazard, or environmental degradation. There are very strict criteria for granting a Variance: in part, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the by-law would involve substantial hardship, financial or otherwise, to the petitioner and must owe, among other things, to the soil conditions, shape, or topography of the land. The ZBA considers each application on 120 provincetown-ma.gov Town of its own merits without any benefit of precedence. The ZBA strongly believes in the rights of property owners to use their property as they wish, but encourages them to do so within the confines of the Zoning

Board of Assessors
The Board of Assessor's primary responsibility is the valuation and administration of 7,526 Real and Personal Property accounts. In addition, the Assessor's office is responsible for the processing of personal exemptions, property transfers, scale calculations, abutter's lists, permit and cyclical reviews, mailing address changes, motor vehicle and boat excise abatement processing as well as many other duties and responsibilities.

Major Accomplishments in 2017
This year we celebrated Bike Month in May for the first time, with a series of events in collaboration with MassBike and MassDOT.
The multi-year Outer Cape Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan process came to a close early in the year and the Master Plan was adopted by the Board of Selectmen at the Fall Traffic Hearing. This plan gives town a framework for moving forward with bicycle improvements in town and a reference document to measure progress into the future.
Our advocacy for "climbing lanes" was successful with the approval of a new climbing lane on Bradford Street up the hill from Central St. to Carver St. This section of road has one of the highest number of motor vehicle crashes and is the most challenging hill for bicycling in town. We saw an upcoming repaving project as an opportunity for a Complete Streets approach to improving safety and asked for a bike lane to be included in the layout of the road. The climbing lane will allow motor vehicles to pass slower-moving people on bikes and help reduce the amount of passing over the yellow center line. The selectmen voted 4-1 to approve the new bike lane and it will be painted in the spring when this section of Bradford Street is repaved.
Provincetown was recognized as one of the most bikeable places in the United States by PeopleForBikes.org's ranking of 303 cities and towns. We scored 79 on their "bicycle network analysis" scale, in a tie for first place nationwide and ahead of well-known bike towns such as Davis, CA. For more details, visit http://peopleforbikes.org/bna/ 147

Outreach & Education:
The updated Provincetown Bicycle Map & Safety Guide brochure went to print with its annual print run of 25,000 copies. Two new street banners went up on Commercial Street during the summer months reminding everyone to "slow down" and "light up the night" to encourage bike light use.
Bike Month in May was a smashing success, and for the first time the Board of Selectmen issued a proclamation recognizing Bike Month. We put up new "Celebrate Bike Month" banners on the light poles in Portuguese Square next to Town Hall along with banners celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the Province Lands Bike Trail. Events included a Bike to Work Day breakfast at Town Hall; a bike repair clinic with demonstrations of common repairs; the Blessing of the Bikes by Reverend Kate on the lawn at the UU Church; and the Children's Bike Rodeo in collaboration with the Police Department. In June, we again participated in the annual WorldFest event to reach out to seasonal workers with the bike safety quiz, free bike lights, and free bike safety checks from Ptown Bikes.
Bike Racks: Town Meeting approved our Community Preservation Grant application for funding to purchase new bike racks and two bike repair stations. Those will be installed around town in the spring of 2018. The biggest new installation will take place at the Johnson Street Parking Lot, where we will install a repair station and increase bike parking from 4 spaces to 40 spaces. This spring we will submit our application to the League of American Bicyclists for designation as a "Bicycle Friendly Community" to recognize the work that has been done and receive feedback on policies and efforts that would help make Provincetown the most welcoming and safest place for bicycling on Cape Cod.
The Cape Cod Commission is kicking off a study of a possible reduction of lanes on Route 6 to allow space for a multi-use path to create a safe bikeway from the Truro town line all the way to Herring Cove Beach.
We will continue to advise the Board of Selectmen on how to make riding a bike safer while meeting the town's environmental goals and reducing congestion on our narrow roads.
The committee is always looking for new members and welcomes input from the community at large, so please feel free to reach out in person at one of our meetings, via email, or online through our Facebook page at http://BikeProvincetown.org Rik Ahlberg, Chair 148 provincetown-ma.gov Town of

Board of Fire Engineers
Provincetown Fire/Rescue & Emergency Services proudly serve and protect the residence and countless visitors to the town of Provincetown annually. We are responsible for all phases of Fire Prevention, Fire Protection and EMS Services. This year the Provincetown Fire Department answered approximately 162 fire related calls. Once again, we consider ourselves very fortunate that all calls were answered safely. The Rescue Squad and the Lower Cape Ambulance crews continue to be extremely busy with all types of calls and hospital runs. Every year many more different types of affairs continue to happen in Provincetown all year round. These events have proven to be very successful and we are all pleased with the results, however, a longer season and more visitors do put more of a demand on this department. With the addition of Seashore Point to our community we find that this too puts more of a demand on our EMS service. This department answers as many EMS calls as most full time departments and we have the farthest run to a hospital than any other town in the Commonwealth.
Provincetown becomes a small city during the Spring, Summer and Fall seasons with the amount of visitors that come here. The demand put on our volunteer department for this type of service became to much for us to handle on our own. To answer these demands we teamed up with the Lower Cape Ambulance Association. They are a non-profit organization and they make our ambulance runs to the hospital and answer rescue calls for this department.
Our arrangement with Lower Cape Ambulance Association provides excellent advanced life support care to our citizens for a fraction of the cost of any other option available. This arrangement works well and helps allow us the ability to maintain our completely volunteer/call fire department. If it were not for the well-balanced mix between these two organizations we would be forced into a full time fire department. A full time fire department would cost a lot more and we would not have as many personnel on call when we need them.
We saw the need to put our rescue people on duty in the station during the busy season many years ago. We started out by putting one Paramedic and one EMT on duty in the Shank Painter Station twenty-four seven from Memorial Day through Columbus Day weekend, which was approximately 150 days. This coverage helps to take the load off of The Lower Cape Ambulance Association and the mutual aid system during our busiest time of the season. The calls have continued to increase so we have seen the need to increase the coverage. We are asking to extend the Rescue standby coverage for 2018 to 210 days. This would give us coverage from May 1st to approximately November 30th. We are also asking to hire a second crew to be on duty 27/7 for July and August. The 2017 season was extremely busy for fire and rescue. We found ourselves calling for mutual a lot last season mostly during July and August. This is really not fair to our surrounding departments. There were many times this year when they left their own towns without coverage because there crew was sent to cover Provincetown. The mutual aid system works well but we need to be self sufficient as much as we can. There are days now when the need is there now to have a Provincetown Fire Department ambulance staffed and in the station 24/7 365 days a year. However, with the volunteer rescue personnel, Lower Cape Ambulance and mutual aid we do get through those busy days when multiple calls come in all at once. I think the additional crew for July and August will help our situation. We will continue to watch the call volume and ask for what we think will be needed as time goes on.
If it looks like we can handle the call volume with Lower Cape Ambulance our Summer standby crew and the extra crew being hired for July and August then we will hold at 210 days until we see the need to ask for more days of coverage.
We have our entire fleet of ambulances and fire apparatus on a scheduled replacement program. The ambulances get a lot of wear due to the distance that they travel for every run to Cape Cod Hospital. They have to pass very strict inspections by The Department of Public Health and Boston Emergency Medical Services. We need our ambulances to be in excellent condition and ready to make that run when needed. This scheduled replacement program is listed out in our Capital Budget. We are extremely grateful to the community for their continued support to make sure our requests for these new ambulances and fire apparatus are met. The Fire Department side of this department is always being called out for various types of incidents and it is also very busy. We are thankful for the state of the art equipment that we now have to work with. We have a fleet of custom built Ferrara Fire Apparatus that have worked out extremely well for our narrow streets.
We answered a fire call on Memorial Day weekend at The Red Shack and Surf Club Restaurant in Lopes Square that turned into a three alarm fire. This fire was well under way with fire through the roof and extending to The Coffee Pot Restaurant on our arrival. The fire was contained to the building of origin with minor damage to The Coffee Pot Restaurant. We are thankful to every member of this department and the mutual aid companies that came to our assistance. They managed to contain the fire to the building of origin and no injuries were reported. We received many donations to purchase equipment to contain a fire like this with minimum manpower. The first donation came in while we were still on scene from The Lobster Pot Restaurant. They were impressed by the Blitz Gun that was put in the alley way to serve as a water curtain between the buildings. They gave us a donation to buy another blitz gun. Then we got a donation from Fanizzi's Restaurant and Seamens Bank so we could buy two more. We received many donations after this fire from the community for us to buy more equipment. We are thankful for the support that we received from the community. We responded to numerous calls on January 4th due to the high tide and flooding. We responded to the report of a cottage on fire at 10 Commercial street. Commercial Street from the West End parking lot to the Provincetown Inn rotary and beyond were under water. We responded with the Fire Chiefs new car, Engine One and Engine Three. There was a river of salt water coming across Commercial Street and we got caught in the tide with water over our wheels. We have considerable damage to these vehicles to being submerged in the salt water. We have claims onto the insurance company and we don't know what the end result of this damage will be at this time. These trucks may have to be replaced now and this will throw off our scheduled replacement and budgeting program.
We are now paying our volunteer firefighters $50.00 for responding to each fire call. This paying by the call started out as a pilot program a few years ago to compensate the members for time lost from their regular jobs to answer fire calls. I am happy to report that this system is working out well. We are now paying them $50.00 per fire call. The line item this expense $40,000.00. It would cost us at least twice that amount to hire one full time firefighter. We have to look to the future and ease into a realistic fire department budget. This is a small compensation for the members that show up to every call. This will help to keep the volunteers interested and give them some compensation to make up for the money that they lose when they leave their jobs to respond to a fire incident. This will also allow us to build up the fire department budget slowly so if we have to go to a full time someday it will not be such a shock to the budget.
We are trying to keep the volunteer fire department going for as long as possible.
We are now paying our members $75.00 for each fire drill that they attend. The department requires a monthly drill and members are required to make 75 percent of all drills. The monthly drills are on Sunday mornings and usually last four hours or more. We need to compensate the members for giving up one Sunday a month to keep up with the training required to get the job done and done safely. These two programs of paying them by the fire call and drills shows our appreciation for what they do and gives them a little compensation for time lost from their regular jobs.
We have combined the State required Fire, Oil and Gas Inspections with the duties of the electrical and plumbing inspector duties as another measure to save money and save us from hiring a full time firefighter to perform those inspections. John Brown our Electrical inspector does the fire and oil burner inspections and Hank Hautanen our plumbing inspector does our LP gas tank inspections. We are now handling this through the Building Commissioners budget compensating these men for their time. We should be collecting enough for each inspection to cover what they are being paid. These inspectors and the wiring and plumbing inspectors before them have been doing this for many years with no extra compensa-151 tion. This is just another area that the Chief and the Board of Fire Engineers have worked with other departments within the town to combine duties save the town a lot of money.
Our goal has always been to operate as a volunteer department for as long as possible. This not only saves the town a lot of money, but it provides a large number of personnel to any type of incident when needed. If we had a full time department, you would get two or three firefighters on duty for that shift and most times that would not be enough personnel to handle the incident. To date our system works well. However, we have and continue to lose many members of this department due to lack of affordable housing in our town. Many of our dedicated members have moved from our community because of the lack of affordable homes or affordable year-round apartments. The time has come, if we are going to save this department, to find some kind of housing for our people. We need two and three bedroom homes and apartments that are available and affordable.
The membership of this department has historically been made up of fishermen, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and the folks from our local appliance company, Gas company, oil company, insurance agency, basically the tradesmen and women of our community. When we answer any type of call we have an expert on the scene for any type of incident that we could possibly be called out to handle. That is what has made this department so great. I can't think of any other department that could turn out to an incident with this many people with that kind of talent. Some of us are second; third and fourth generation firefighters and we would like to see this proud tradition continue for another one hundred years.
I will be starting my 27th year as Fire Chief and it is an honor to be the Chief of this department with these amazing firefighters. They do a fantastic job at every incident that they are called upon to deal with. We are very fortunate to have every one of them. We need to find a way to keep these people here for all of the services that they provide to our community. With the loss of our high school it is much more difficult to keep this tradition going. Without the high school and families living here I am afraid that we will lose the very people that have for so many years kept this department going and have provided many other services to this community. Our members give a great deal of their time for little or no compensation. This is a very dangerous business and all we have ever asked for is the proper equipment to protect us so we can get the job done to better serve the citizens of Provincetown.
We are thankful for everyone's support of this department. We have to meet the same training requirements as full time departments. We asked that our members be compensated for their time when taking these Commonwealth of Massachusetts mandatory classes. Our request was met and we are now compensated for classes that are required by the state to keep us certified as First Responders. In The Firemen's Association is continually thinking of ways to raise money. These funds are used to make improvements around the station, purchase equipment, maintain the Franklin J. Oliver Scholarship Fund and for many other projects. They purchased our thermal imaging camera and receiver monitor for $12,000.00. Thermal imaging makes it a lot safer for firefighters during interior fire attack and makes the chances of finding someone trapped in a fire and smoke filled building much greater.
Our 1936 American LaFrance Fire Engine is back on the road. However, it appears that Kevin will always be working on a few minor mechanical issues. This project took a lot more time, patients and money than originally anticipated. This piece of fire apparatus is part of our firefighting history and a lot of time and effort have gone into this project. This is the oldest motorized piece of fire apparatus that we have managed to retain. With the help of Kevin Ainsworth we are getting all of the minor issues with this truck resolved. We use this piece of fire apparatus in the Fourth of July Parade and we are using it for funerals. Kevin continues to make improvements in our 1936 American LaFrance and it is on the road for many events. Deputy Chief Roderick continues to work very hard on all grants for equipment that come available. In the past he won a grant for $125,000.00 to replace our self-contained breathing apparatus and another to replace our air compressor. This allowed us to replace our old air compressor that was purchased by The Provincetown Fireman's Association in 1994 and was in need of replacement. He has saved the town thousands of dollars by being successful with these grant applications. He is currently working on a grant to replace all of our fire department radios. The radio frequency will be changed to a digital system of distribution within the next few years. This means that all of the radios will have to be replaced. If Deputy Chief Roderick is successful with at a grant for this expense he will once again have saved the taxpayers a lot of money.
The Provincetown Rescue Squad Association has historically raised the money to purchase all equipment needed to keep the Rescue Squad operating. They used to even raise the money to pay for half of the ambulances. This effort takes a lot of time and effort by our members. We saw the need a couple of years ago to add a line item to our budget for supplies for the Rescue Squad. We discovered that due to the tough economic times that we are experiencing the donations are just not coming in like they used to. The Association will continue to try and raise money to offset the cost to operate the Rescue Squad but at this time the money just is not there. Once again we truly appreciate the community coming together and supporting us so we can make all of this work. It takes a lot of effort on the part of the members but without the support of the community it would not be successful.

Building Department
The mission of the Building Department is to protect the lives and safety of the residents and visitors of the Town. This is accomplished through inspections, enforcement, and compliance with local ordinances, by-laws, and 780 CMR Massachusetts State Building Code. We protect our residents and visitors by protecting the buildings we use. Fees collected by the department go into the general fund. Our current fee schedule was adopted in 2005. A goal for 2017 was to complete the review of the fee schedule for relevance to the cost of operating the department. That review indicated that most fees will remain stagnant; however, the fees associated with plumbing, electrical, gas and mechanical permits are potentially going to increase. Building permits are subject to project valuations, whereas plumbing, electrical, gas and mechanical are based on number of fixtures and are the concentrated areas of review.
The graph illustrates the number of permits issued each month in 2017. The blue represents 1 & 2 family building permits, and the red represents the non-1 & 2 family building permits. All permits are reviewed for building code, local zoning, health and conservation compliance.
The Building Department enjoyed a stable staffing of Inspectors for the first time in four years. I personally would like to thank all in the Department of Community Development for their support of the Building Department. We are all in this together and cannot function without cooperation and communication.

Harbor Committee
We are wrapping up a year-long process for the second renewal of our Harbor Plan. When approved in 1999, our Harbor Plan was only the fourth in the Commonwealth. The Plan has helped focus attention of our needs and desires for the Harbor, redevelopment of our piers and protection of our beaches. It also serves as guidance for the State when licensing waterfront properties. We are required to update and amend the Plan every five years. This is a particularly good time for this renewal process to occur. We want to loop in the recently completed Hazard Mitigation Plan and the incorporate the Local Comprehensive planning process now underway. Additionally, we have made good progress on a number of other harbor projects and want to circle back for additional public participation.
To that end, we have enlisted Urban Harbors Institute (UHI) from UMass Boston to assist us with that public process. We held a number of forums over the last year to engage and inform the next iteration of Provincetown Harbor Plan. In an attempt to get out of Town Hall and show off some places of interest, we held forums at the Library, West End Racing Children's Community Sailing building (formerly West End Racing Club), at the Cape Codder, Center for Coastal Studies under the whale at Larkin Hall and Year Rounders' Festival. UHI staff also interviewed dozens of stakeholders and interested parties.
All of this effort is designed to find out what vision people have when they think of Provincetown Harbor. And we did get a lot of input and opinions; in some cases conflicting. We are working through all the input to try to create a balanced, thoughtful Plan that serves all the interests in Provincetown. Fortunately for the members and staff, we do not have to cut this plan out of whole cloth. We have a really good framework with the existing plan.
In other areas, we participated in the planning for the Stellwagen Visitors Center, commented on Town Meeting articles, and made progress on beach nourishment. We have commented and watched as Fishermen's Wharf has transformed and expanded to meet the needs of transient boaters. We are cognizant of these changes affecting how the local public uses this facility and area of the harbor (e.g. public access, fuel docks, and the buildings). Our goal is to ensure the public amenities are coordinated with the other access programs we are working on. We rely on and work with our Police, Fire and Rescue departments regularly to assist citizens in times of need or parade and event days. We regularly train with Coast Guard Station Provincetown and other Coast Guard assets in the area. We are looking for ways to work with Truro to provide assistance and services to improve efficiency. We provide a home for tide gauge equipment that reports to the U. S. Geologic Service (USGS) in real-time. We have improved out weather instrument package to push data out to the weather services. Whether the National Park, Marine Fisheries, EPA and DEP, or our other public or private partners, working together moves us all forward. With that, let's move on to the stats: We are up to as many as 13 ferry stops with a capacity of over 5000 passengers a day. We run a daily pump-out service for vessel holding tanks from May to November to help keep our harbor clean. When we are not busy with the operation, maintenance and repair of 4 cranes, two ice machines, 4 vessels and associated docks, moorings, blocks and gear needed to effectively manage the pier and harbor, we provide harbor patrols to regulate boating traffic.
With all the commercial and recreational traffic in this harbor, we have three top priorities; public safety, ensuring ferries and excursions are not delayed, the fishers have equipment they can rely on and can quickly move fresh product off the pier. Myriad recreational uses are monitored for safety and opportunities for education. In carrying out our priorities, we take seriously our role as Gateway ambassadors for Provincetown. With all this activity, Provincetown Harbor and MacMillan Pier is becoming the Port of Provincetown.
This summer was our second season with cruise ships visiting Provincetown. This sector has brought in 11 port calls with 1,994 people visiting Provincetown this season. Pier Corp revenue was $6,500 for this sector and we have recently increased rates. We anticipate adding two more small ship companies (Victory 159 II and Wind Star) in 2018 with 25 total port calls next season. We are already getting small ship bookings for 2019.
On May 18 th we started a daily log of ferry passengers to assist managing daily passenger loads. This information will provide data to determine proper staffing levels. The total number of passengers was over 175,000 who used the pier as their entry into and exit from Provincetown. The Massachusetts Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grant program provides a holding tank pump-out service free of charge to vessels in the harbor. This long standing program provides a reimbursement of 75% of the total expenditures including labor and funds spent on the pump-out vessel. Labor costs ($17,872) were borne by the Pier Corp budget. There is a cap of $11,000 on the grant reimbursement and the funds go to the Town pumpout revenue account. We will review the grant agreement to address this issue.
Many of the vessels we pump out are located on moorings. There was an 8% increase in mooring revenue between 2016 and 2017. This season moorings revenue totaled $92,630 to date, up from $84,965 last year in part due to rate increases and an increase in moorings from 420 in 2016 to 430 in 2017.
On March 6, 2017 we began using our new harbormaster database within the Mapsonline program to track events and incidents on the pier and in the harbor. This is the first year we are using our moorings program in this manner. We will be adjusting the datasets and parameters this winter to better reflect departmental activities. PC or Arrest (pass to PPD) 3

seasonal log entries
As our services and scope of work has expanded, we are still working under the 160 provincetown-ma.gov Town of old harbormaster department system. We have proposed and implemented some changes, notably a business manager; however, unanticipated events lowered the normal number of staff members due to various reasons. While this affected our ability to respond, the staff went above and beyond their normal work schedules and productivity.
Our front office admin/dispatch, Jarrod Koskey, has taken on the additional duties as acting business analyst until the status of the position can be settled. In all, the number of personnel dropped by three seasonal personnel and one year round position over the course of the summer. We also doubled up on second shift personnel to handle the recreational evening activities on the pier. Ideally, our goal is to have two full time employees in the office supporting the department; one to operate the day to day functions of the front desk and dispatch and a second person for business analysis, budgets and financial reporting, collect and manage performance measures, and ensure grant and financial reporting to our state and federal partners is consistently maintained in compliance with awards and permit conditions.
The Town Pier and Provincetown Harbor have certainly changed over the years. Be sure to check the Shellfish and Pier Corp reports as well. We are busier than ever. I would like to thank my second in command, Luis Ribas, Shellfish Constable Steve Wisbauer and our seasonal staff for their caring, professional approach to the job. Of course, we couldn't do this work without the dedicated volunteers on Pier Corp, Harbor and Shellfish Committees. The dedication they all have for Provincetown's' marine environment is commendable.

Board of Health
In its efforts to protect and promote the environmental and public health of Provincetown, the Board of Health and the Health Department initiated many improvements and achieved significant progress in 2017. Here is the Annual Report.

Regulatory/Licensing
• Ceased operation of an unlicensed clinic in Provincetown.
• Offered required trainings for licensees in Provincetown, including ServSafe, Choke Safety, and Fats, Oils and Grease. • Eliminated unnecessarily burdensome steps of the licensing process, including requiring new licensees to appear before the Board of Health, and requiring pre-opening inspections for compliant existing food service establishments. o Tobacco cessation -offered a free tobacco cessation program. Program was cancelled due to lack of attendants.
o Winter Wellness Speaker Series -free speaker series on ways to stay healthy in the winter months.
o Hidden Hazards in the Arts -free training on hidden hazards in art media for artists and hobbiests. nual Report evaluates the effects of growth on our resources over the past year, including but not limited to potable water supply, solid waste disposal, wastewater disposal, and the inventory of affordable housing.
As stated in Section 6100 of the Growth Management Zoning By-Law, the purpose of growth management is to maintain the rate of development at a level which will allow the Town to provide in a planned and rationale manner adequate public services and facilities to meet the needs of its current and future population without overburdening the Town's natural resources or the capacities of existing and planned public facilities, particularly with respect to provision of potable water, wastewater disposal, and solid waste disposal. The by-law also states that the purpose is to encourage affordable housing development and year-round economic development.
The purpose of the Growth Management Zoning By-Law is supported by the Town-wide Policy Goals adopted by the Board of Selectmen for FY2018 which include increasing the year-round population and promoting policies that promote housing and economic opportunities, while maintaining community character. In recent years, the Growth Management Zoning By-Law has been amended to support this purpose by improving the procedures for Economic Development Permits so as to promote economic opportunities and including an annual review of the inventory of affordable housing. The bylaw has also been amended to accommodate the Inclusionary Bylaw and to encourage the creation of year round rental housing units.

Finding -Water Withdrawal Limitations During the Peak Season
The Annual Growth Management review and Board of Selectmen approval of allocations for each of the Growth Management categories is dependent upon the "finding that the Town is in compliance with the water withdrawal permit issued by" the DEP. The permit limit is an average daily water withdrawal of 850,000 gallons with "non-compliance" at 950,000 gallons.
Since 2004 the Town has not approached the permitted limit, a direct result of the management systems and infrastructure put in place to promote water conservation and reduce unaccounted for water (UAW). With the investment in infrastructure since 2010 and the continuing conservation and unaccounted for water efforts, as well as the planned Capital Investment Plan investments, there is no reason to think that meeting this permit limit will be an issue in the future.
The average daily water withdrawal of 613,943 gallons for 2017 was 26% lower than the 2004 amount, and 21% lower than the 2010 amount. Water withdrawals would need to increase by over 25% above the 2017 average daily water withdrawal amount for the permit limit to be reached, and there are no plans or proposals that would significantly increase the cur-rent water withdrawal amounts, assuming unaccounted-for-water losses stay consistent with the last five years (at or below 20%) as an increase in unaccounted-for-water losses will cause increased withdrawals.
However, during the summer peak period for water consumption, including a number of July and August weekends in addition to the July 4th holiday and Carnival Week peak periods, the water system is limited by the maximum daily withdrawal amounts specified in the DEP Water Management Permit and by safe yields for each of our three wellfields. Nearly all the total water withdrawal volume that is available for consumption on a peak demand day is being used, even though annual water consumption has been flat or declining over the past 10 years and unaccounted for water shows an overall decline for this time period. Our annual use may be decreasing but as it has for numerous years, our peak day and peak summer weekend use remains close to our maximum daily withdrawal capacity from all of our DEP Water Management Act permitted sources.
The overall annual production trend for 2017 was the lowest in several years, down 10% as compared to 2016. Each month of 2017 was down significantly as compared to 2016 with the exception of October and November, which held flat. The peak season water production for July and August was down 3% and 4% respectively.
The current DEP Water Management Permit is restricted to an average annual withdrawal of 850,000 gallons per day from all sources. The North Union Field well site is restricted by a Water Management Permit authorizing a maximum daily withdrawal of 734,000 gallons per day. The Knowles Crossing Wellfield has a safe yield of 216,000 gallons per day and the Paul Daley Wellfield has a safe yield between 800,000 and 900,000 gallons per day, or approximately 600 gallons per minute. The total maximum daily withdrawal capacity from all sources is approximately 1,814,000 gallons. Current peak day demands occur around July 4th and Carnival, with water withdrawals near 1,800,000 gallons. However, demands close to these peak day demands have been observed during other weekends in July and August. The average daily water volume sent to the distribution system for the month of July and August was 1.2 million gallons in both 2016 and 2017. The average peak demand for water sent to the distribution system for the last five seasons (2013 thru 2017) has been 1.72 million gallons with water withdrawals for this time period close to 1.8 million gallons, the difference being due to water treatment plant losses.
The water storage tanks are utilized for both fire protection and to supplement peak hourly demand periods when the system demand exceeds the pumping capacity. The tanks are filled to higher elevations in the peak season and are typically cycled 10-12% daily for several reasons: (i) to perform water turnover to avoid water quality issues, (ii) to have the ability to re-fill within a 16-18 hour time period, and (iii) to maintain adequate levels for firefighting during peak demand periods.
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Finding -Wastewater Treatment Limitations During the Peak Season
Although not a formal limiting factor for the Annual Growth Management review and approval of allocations, the peak flow wastewater treatment capacity is currently the most important limiting factor now that meeting the water withdrawal permit is no longer a problem, and therefore this limited treatment capacity should be an important consideration for this Annual Growth Management review.
Limited peak flow wastewater treatment capacity is not a new issue for Provincetown, and in fact it has been the case ever since the sewer system was planned nearly 20 years ago to be able to accommodate only the downtown businesses and other property owners who needed a sewer system primarily because they could not accommodate their peak period needs with an onsite system. Even before construction began on the sewer system, the interest in a sewer connection began to grow and has continued to grow. Provincetown's "growth-neutral" sewer became a "managed growth sewer" and a governed system, leading to several phases involving both optimization of the original vacuum sewer and addition of gravity sewers to serve new areas where there was sufficient interest so that the betterments from new users, often combined with government grants, covered the cost to serve them.
As of December 31st, 2017, 1,051,500 GPD of the available Title 5 design flow has already been committed to 1,041 properties that have either already connected or are planning to connect to the sewer system. With only about 7% of the Plant capacity remaining in February 2015, the Board of Selectmen approved the recommendation of the Dept. of Public works to implement a "State of Limited Capacity" policy and the Water & Sewer Board amended their Rules and Regulations in May 2015 so as to carefully manage this scarce resource.
The State of Limited Capacity policies that were implemented in 2015 by the Town boards and the Administration established the procedures for recommending and approving up to 50,000 GPD of Title 5 design flow gallons to be allocated to the four priority use categories recommended by the Administration and formalized by the Board of Selectmen: (i) Public Health emergencies for failed systems, (ii) Economic Development Permit (EDP) requests, (iii) Affordable Housing requests, and (iv) Municipal services needs.
Finding -Solid Waste Disposal While we have a license that allows us to handle to a maximum of 5,000 tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) annually at the Transfer Station, we have yet to exceed that threshold. The institution of new recycling strategies, as brought forward by staff and the Recycling & Renewable Energies Committee, has resulted in a noticeable decrease in waste tonnage and a moderate increase in recycling. In 2017, we had a minor reduction of 6 tons of solid waste 167 as compared to 2016. The Town also saw a sizable decrease of 116 tons in recycling. Our recycle rate dropped slightly from 35 percent in 2016 to 33 percent in 2017. We hope to rebound and improve our recycle rate in 2018.
A likely reason for the decrease in recycling is that neighboring Town of Truro is now accepting single stream recyclable materials. Private haulers may now choose to tip their loads in Truro rather than returning to Provincetown before completing their route. Consider an annual review of the Economic Development Permit Policy Statement by the Board of Selectmen to ensure (i) that the criteria fully support the vision of the community and the population goals that can sustain a year-round community, including giving preference to those economic development and employee housing requests that clearly support the year-round community, and (ii) that the necessary enforcement and Administration procedures are in place to successfully implement the Board's policies. As reported in the first section, the conclusions presented in the UMass Dartmouth Report include the suggestion that "there is a need for creative a l t e rnative approaches to encouraging and supporting more year-round activity".

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Review the policies and procedures for both Growth Management and for Economic Development Permits to ensure that there are adequate enforcement provisions in place. The Administration has drafted an Amendment to General By-law 15-5 -Economic Development Permits -for possible consideration at the 2018 Annual Town Meeting to address the enforcement issues for Economic Development Permits.

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In the future, update the Annual Growth Management review and tracking as needed, as well as by-laws, rules and regulations, and policies to include the provisions of the 2017 Annual Town Meeting voter approval of the Inclusionary Zoning By-Law and to ensure consistency for the definitions for housing category designations 4.
Include an Economic Activity Report in the Annual Growth Management Review, similar to the inclusion of the Annual Review of the Inventory of Affordable Housing

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Continue to incorporate a review of both the water withdrawal and wastewater capacity limitations during the peak season into the Annual Growth Management Report.

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Include in the 2018 Annual Growth Management review an update of the Treatment Plant peak flow data and available capacity by the Dept. of Public Works, including a review by AECOM of the reserves needed for peak day rain events and other hydraulic flow and biological treatment process conditions that may impact peak day capacity.

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Add a table for the State of Limited Capacity category usage in the "Finding -Tracking Building Permits -per category" section of this report and consider using a two-part tracking system for allocations in the future (town-wide versus served by the sewer) to more clearly highlight the capacity limitations of the existing sewer system and provide Town board decision-makers with more useful information for their consideration.

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As recommended in the "Finding -Wastewater System Flow at the Plant" section of this report, update the total Title 5 gallons that can still be allocated for use under the "State of Limited Capacity", utilizing the corrected equivalent Title 5 design flow gallon number for the agreed upon available maximum day flow (MDF) Plant capacity, and review this number in the future for the Annual Growth Management review.

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As recommended in the "Finding -Wastewater System Flow at the Plant" section of this report, for employee housing uses that are approved for an Economic Development Permit, use gallon allocations from the State of Limited Capacity housing category rather than from the economic development category.

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Given the State of Limited Capacity and the direction provided by the voters through their approval of Article 10 at the April 2015 Special Town Meeting, continue to assess the need for improvements and to investigate options that can ensure that the Town will have sufficient waste-water infrastructure in the future to support the vision of the community and the goals for housing and economic opportunities that can sustain a year-round community, as well as provide assurances to the business community that there will be sufficient infrastructure to serve their needs.

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Consider amending the Growth Management Zoning By-law to change the date that the Annual Report is due from January 15th to January 22nd so that the Administration has the necessary time to prepare the report after the end of the calendar year. The Annual Growth Management Public Hearing would then occur at the Board of Selectmen's 2nd meeting in February, which would still allow time to approve Growth Management and Economic Development Permit requests in time for business owners to make their necessary improvements before the summer season.
Finding -Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Annual Update A common thread throughout all of the town's planning documents is the need for affordable housing. Affordable housing has been a town-wide goal since 1997 and again is among the top goals in the FY'18 annual town-wide goals. The availability of stable housing is intrinsically linked to our economic development. No business is untouched by the need for housing. While housing costs plateaued for a bit, they are again on the rise. This pressure threatens the ability of residents to remain in Provincetown and the ability of businesses to access the labor force needed during the critical summer months and the offseason. Provincetown has seen significant out-migration of residents (and the labor force) due to housing pressures. This has impacted the school system, which facing a declining enrollment due to an exodus of families, had the last graduating high school class in 2013. The Town of Provincetown completed a Needs Assessment and a Housing Action Plan in 2013/2014. The process included two Affordable Housing Summits inviting all members of the public to participate on 12/9/13, 1/10/14, and 2/28/14. Reports and additional information are available at the town's website. While the great recession leveled the escalation, the housing market is revving up again as property owners that waited out the recession are now putting up their properties for sale. These sales often lead to current tenants being evicted to sell the property as vacant; which in turn often is purchased as a second home with weekly rentals; thus eliminating both year-round and seasonal rentals. Housing costs -IF a unit is found -remain out of reach for the largely low and moderate income population [HUD: 57%] and for those of median and middle income as well. This was demonstrated in the application rounds for the new rentals on Shank Painter Road, Stable Path, and 26 Alden Street -many applicants were above income and ineligible to apply. The Housing Action Plan calls for designated staff to focus on housing. Town Meeting has consistently supported efforts to provide for affordable housing.
In 2017, the Town of Provincetown hit the ground running for community hous- ing; with the Year-Round Rental Housing Trust special legislation approved by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor on 11/3/16 [Chapter 305, Acts of 2016] AND with the opportunity to purchase a 26-unit condominium in foreclosure at Harbor Hill. The Town and the newly created Year Round Housing Trust Board of Trustees were very busy. Special Town Meeting on 2/6/17 overwhelmingly approved the bonding for the acquisition of this property for middle and market rate rentals. The Town continues to pursue that process. The Trust has hired an architectural and engineering firm to perform the assessment and design work for the renovations with the goal to begin those renovations as soon as possible after acquisition. In turn, to provide some rental units as soon as possible with rolling rent-ups as units become available. This acquisition speaks to the need for stable housing across a broad range of incomes. Year round rentals are simply not available at any income level.

The Goal
To implement a consistent, robust and aggressive housing program that builds on the efforts outlined in the Community Housing Action Plan, expanding it to include three categories of housing: 1) Affordable Housing, 2) Community Housing, and 3) Seasonal Workforce Housing. complete, our total deed restricted units will be 264 units. As housing prices have steadily risen, outstripping the ability of anyone on a median income to secure housing, this has steadily pushed the need for housing at below market prices up into higher income levels. The production of Community Housing can respond to this need and will require a focused effort on par with our affordable housing production, while recognizing that as of today the overwhelming number of programs and financial tools available are for Affordable rather than Community Housing.

Licensing Board
In 2017 a good amount of time was spent working with the MIS department to complete the implementation (with testing/error correction) of the Accela permitting system.
The Licensing Board and Department continued in their education and enforcement efforts in order to increase compliance with licensees.
The Licensing Department continued to increase and improve communication with licensees through the use of Constant Contact and began continued the use of the 'newsletter' with information regarding licensing issues as well as other Department of Community Development information.
Current Board Regular members are Frank Thompson, Chair; Shawn Byrne, Zachary Luster, Guy Barbarulo, and Robert Cameron. As of 1/1/18 the board is currently looking to fill both alternate spots. The Board held 23 meetings in 2017 (including 1 non-meeting day work sessions and 1 special meetings to hold a show cause hearing) and, with the assistance of the Licensing Agent, processed over 550 licenses. Revenue to the Town through the licensing process totaled more than $300,000. The main goal for 2018 is to make the Accela software system available to the public for licensing of local businesses. With much work now complete on the backend we are ready to open the system up to the business community for new licenses and renewal of existing licenses. We will also host training sessions for licensees on how to effectively use the Accela system for licensing of their businesses. To continue our education program, which includes TIPS and liquor security training sessions. To continue to work with the Compliance Officer on code compliance issue and to work with other departments on how this position can better service health, zoning, etc., on compliance issues. To work with the newly created Events Coordinator on ways to streamline the auditorium rental process as well as come up with ideas for needed improvements to the Hall. Tim Hess, the new Coordinator is currently working on the replacement of the current seats used in the Hall. We have also discussed ideas for fund raising for improvements to the Hall which will continue in 2018. To join the municipal Licensing Association.

Parking Department
The Provincetown Parking Department manages the parking system in Provincetown by coordinating a number of functions including on and off street parking, parking meters and kiosks, parking permits, regulations and enforcement. Provincetown has two manned parking lots with a staff of 15 full time seasonal employees working from 8am to 12midnight 7 days a week. MPL handles an average of 8000 vehicles a week and Grace Hall does an average of 6000 per week from the beginning of April to the end of October. The upgrades in technology to these parking lots provide our visitors with payment options of credit card or cash. The town has contracted a company Desmond Associates to review the entire parking system in town. This will include both parking lots equipment and booths. As visitors continue to visit our town it is important to operate with the latest and greatest equipment and technology. The town upgraded the kiosk last year to a new generation of machines and now there are eleven. The new technology in these machines has proven to be most effective and a proven revenue stream. Our visitors can choose any of three languages English, French and Spanish. We also selected a smart phone app. Passport Parking. This app. downloaded by the visitor to their smart phone allows the visitor to select the designated numbered parking spot either at the kiosk or the mechanical parking meters and pay for parking through this app. This has proven to be popular with our visitors.

Police Department
Your police department finally has consensus for a new home. In these two words, I say…THANK YOU! I wanted to take a moment to reflect on this project thus far and recognize the hard work of everyone involved.
Our Building Committee has been meeting regularly for the past five years. When we first convened, there were still many uncertainties about the process and what the ultimate result would be. The people of Provincetown had mixed feelings about our previous station and remained concerned with location, renovation, and design. I am proud to say that each member dedicated themselves to establishing a productive dialog that led us to where we are today.
To the voters of Provincetown, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your time, patience, and commitment to building a suitable police facility for the men and women of the Police Department.
The Provincetown Police Department is committed to building relationships with community members while providing the highest level of service to keep our citizens and visitors safe. As the Chief of Police, I will continue to provide and share our on-going efforts with the community in order to maintain and build public trust.
Community policing is at the heart of our organization and is emphasized at every level. Our community partnerships are established through the daily efforts of our officers and support staff to maintain the confidence of those we serve.
Top priorities for members of the Police Department are to foster relationships through dignity and respect, mentor young people and to solve identified neighborhood problems.
174 provincetown-ma.gov Town of I am excited about the future of the Provincetown Police Department and remain dedicated to our unwavering promise to keep our community safe.

Statistics:
It is my pleasure to present the 2017 Annual Report of the Provincetown Police Department. It is my intent that this report will provide the community with insight into the Department's successes in meeting the needs of the community and how it will continue to provide quality services in the forthcoming year.
The total number of detainees saw a very slight increase in 2017 with 197 arrests and an increase of 154 people held for being incapacitated by alcohol. This was a total of 351 people processed in our booking room or held in our jail cells. Your police officers continue their progressive track to remain more focused, more proactive and more outgoing. They continue to collaborate with our community, its citizens, businesses and visitors.
Some quick examples of their community commitment include: Two officers are serving as basketball coaches for school children. We currently partner to provide an on-call school resource officer who supports the school when needed. Your police officers are regularly present during the opening and closing procedures at our school. They routinely respond when needed to conference with staff, teachers and parents and also, read to the primary year classes once a month.
Public Outreach: The Police Department believes that our outreach objectives can be most effectively achieved through a partnership with those who we serve each day. The goal is to build sustained trust and cooperation between our department and the community we serve. Communication leads to understanding and a wellinformed public will assist us in addressing any community identified concerns. The Provincetown Police deliver their message to the public in a variety of ways. The Department's outreach efforts continue to grow on Facebook. We regularly post news releases, alerts, public service announcements, outreach information and occasional crime prevention tips. We strongly encourage the public to follow us on Facebook.
Opioid Crisis: As many in town are aware, the most significant concern we face is the problem of substance use addiction and the ancillary crime associated with it. The men and women of the Provincetown Police Department encourage those suffering the painful grip of addiction to come to us for assistance prior to the police having contact with them through an arrest or other means. When anyone walks into our station or approaches one of our officers on the street to ask for help in finding treatment, we will assist them in the process -no questions asked.
All of the news articles about substance abuse issues in our region have proven that it's time to eliminate the negative attitudes associated with addiction, educate people about substance abuse disorders and celebrate those who choose recovery. Individuals struggling with the grueling battle of addition need guidance and encouragement from those who have travelled the same dark and twisted roads.
There are a few methods we use in finding help: 1. The Provincetown Community Resource Navigator (CRN) program, operated by Outer Cape Health Services, assists residents of Provincetown who are struggling with needs related to substance use and behavioral health issues, along with related needs for social services that contribute to these challenges. The Navigator helps these individuals identify services, access them via refer-ral and stay connected. This program works closely with all local and regional community agencies to obtain referrals and coordinate services best to meet the needs for clients.
The Navigator helps clients either in office on the second floor of the Provincetown Library or in by direct intervention out in the community, working with its public safety partners.
Scheduled Office Hours: 10:00 am -noon, Wednesday-Friday or by appointment. For services, kindly contact the Navigator directly at 774-722-5704 or via email at navigator@outercape.org 2. Gosnold of Cape Cod can be reached at 800-444-1554 and will help in getting substance abuse treatment using their Cape-based outreach plan.
For the rest of us, we should make an effort to learn about addiction and celebrate the gains made by those in recovery, just as we would support people who have managed other health conditions. It is important to recognize and understand that treatment works and recovery is possible.
Parades, Races and Celebrations: The Provincetown Police Department assists dozens of special events each year with a variety of services including traffic safety, crowd control and special event services. Your officers are assigned to these events ensuring the public's safety while assisting with charity walks, manning the route of a road or bike race, concerts, picnics, parades and sporting events.
We receive countless requests year-round for help with charitable events. With your commitment to safety and community relations, many of these positions are funded by the police department and we are proud to help.
The larger events held in town require the creation of event plans drawn up and passed out to officers, who execute such duties as closing roads and detouring traffic. Event plans are constantly evolving and are evaluated during each event to ensure their effectiveness. All of the 2017 events were successful. Staffing: This past June, Lieutenant Greg Hennick graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The 268th Session of the National Academy consisted of leaders in law enforcement from 47 states and 24 countries. The two hundred and twenty-seven graduates represented law enforcement agencies ranging from cities to small towns, from colleges and every branch of the military.
At the Academy for 10-weeks, he integrated with other law enforcement leaders, living in academy dorms, undergoing strenuous physical training and classroom instruction by seasoned special agents and students earned Master's level college credit hours from the University of Virginia. In our 111-year history, Lieutenant Hennick is the first member of this department to ever participate in this training program. It's a huge professional accomplishment and we thank him for his professional service to all of us.
As you read this, Sergeant Carrie Lopes will begin her final month of service with our community. She has provided notice of her intent to retire after 32-years of service. In December, Seasonal Officer Brian Keyes left the department after many years of dedicated summer service. We made significant strides forward when Police Officers Kas-Wayne Samuels and Jefferson Willis joined the team after graduating from the regional police academy in November. Student Police Officer Shannon Beloin is currently attending the basic course of training and will begin service with the department in field training starting in August. Having worked side-by-side with these incredibly dedicated men and women, I know that they are a group to be proud of.

Community-Oriented Policing:
Today is one of the most challenging times ever for the men and women who don the uniform of a police officer. The profession is a balancing act between enforcement and understanding, misinformation and truth, protection and threat, heavy criticism and high praise. On any given day, law enforcement officers may receive accolades or attacks, yet the daily task never changes -maintain order within the humanity of which they are a part.
The job may seem overwhelming, and one may wonder why anyone would want to take on such a task during such difficult days. For me, satisfaction comes in aiding the community I love and finding balance within to be the most important aspect of law enforcement. The focal point must remain on service! The definition of a law enforcement officer is a moving target; but what I do know, with certainty, is that it takes a special, unique person. You hear the words "a calling" in the context of the clergy. I truly believe it's the same for a police officer. You have to have a calling. You have to have a servant's heart to go out and deal with other people's problems. Officers are coming to work day in and day out under various conditions. Within that context, they remain willing to go out and assist; and sometimes that call they answer is on the worst day of another person's life.
The Provincetown Police Department strives to build the best police team possible. When it comes to hiring, it can be hard to find potential police officers with the right mindset. We do not settle for individuals who are just capable of doing the job. We want those individuals with a servant's heart. We are very selective. Finding the right people for this community is a big part of the culture of the agency and those chosen must be representative of our town. It is about the special character of each individual and nothing else. The result is evident.
In spite of the pressures and the balances of the profession, the Provincetown Police Department is held in high regard by its community. We are looked to as an example of a proactive, community-oriented police department -a welcoming group that is made up of individuals who are just as human as the rest of us. Yet we seek to understand our collective humanity and serve it as best as we can. It is a very difficult job and our officers are just that, human. They are asked daily to make split-second decisions that could ultimately have an outcome of life or death. That's a great deal of pressure. We're asking them to do a tremendous job, so I ask our community to continue to support them.
Policing continues to be one of the greatest professions.

Provincetown Public Pier Corporation
2017 was a great year for the Pier Corp. We and the BOS are aligned in our commitment to maintaining MacMillan Pier as one of the town's greatest assets. Thanks to the town manager and the BOS, we, the board of directors of the pier, are working with the Town's DPW and the other Town departments to ensure that the Pier continues to be a major economic engine while meeting the diverse needs of our community.
With the arrival of over 140,000 ferry passengers during the season, close to 100,000 whale watchers, passengers from the cruise ships, and many other recreational boat traffic, the pier has become a major port and hub of activity here in Provincetown. The 55 commercial fishing vessels which bring in over $9 million worth of seafood to town making the pier a more than viable commercial workplace. It is obvious that MacMillan Pier is a major economic driver.
During the course of the season, the pier is involved with over 39 different organizations and their events. We see these events as critical to our mission to make the Pier a great resource for all. We are delighted to participate and are proud of our staff for undertaking this work while also performing routine tasks that keep the Pier running seamlessly.

Rescue Squad
Thanks to the town people and their confidence in us we were able to add monies to our budget to maintain the pier in a safe and reliable condition. FEMA has finally come through with some funding and we are on the right track for reimbursement for the damage done to the pier during past storms. FEMA has also agreed to provide funding for the wave attenuator, a critical component in mitigating storm damage and associated expense We have also begun to rebuild our reserve funds, depleted by storm damage repair, so that we will be in a better position to handle future unexpected weather events.
We continue to find ways to improve coordination between the Pier Corp and the town. This year we hired an auditor from the same firm the town uses, and we set up Quick Books with the help of the town treasurer. Both these measures will simplify record keeping and increase transparency thereby strengthening the relationship between the town and the Pier Corp.
The future also looks bright. We have plans to increase the use and income of the Pier. We are working on a new formula for the pricing, assignment and criteria to determine the allocation of both the slips and subsidies to the commercial fishing fleet. We are presently exploring the addition of new ferry companies with new destinations as well as more size appropriate cruise lines. Both will increase the number of passengers visiting Provincetown to take advantage of our tourist centered village. Adding new trap sheds and increasing the exposure of them will be to our advantage as well as a welcome addition to the arts in town.
We are very proud of the success of MacMillan Pier and the safety it provides the people who use it. We have a great staff and they are dedicated to the wellbeing and enjoyment of everyone who walks on the pier and enjoys its beauty.

Herbert Heintz, Board of Directors
This year, there were over 1000 rescue calls in the Town of Provincetown. In the stats, one will find just under 1000 patient care reports were generated for specific calls, while many more requests for service were for things like blood pressure checks, lift assists, citizen assists, medical questions etc. These calls were handled by the Provincetown Rescue Squad and Lower Cape Ambulance Personnel. Lower Cape Ambulance staffs the department with personnel year round and the Provincetown Rescue Squad provides additional staffing during the summer months and shoulder seasons), as well as supplemental coverage and call assistance during the winter months.
Each year it seems we are tasked with adopting new equipment, medicine or protocols that are geared toward helping patients, providers or both. At the end of 2017, the state added new non-opiod pain relief as an option, to our list of medications we carry on our ambulances. All medicines carry sideeffects and contra-indications, our new medicines being no exception. But now, we have a couple more options in our bag, to help provide pain relief to our patients. All of our paramedics have been trained in the new medication protocols.
For the third year in a row, the Provincetown Rescue Squad and Provincetown Fire Department organized the annual fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, "Fill the Boot." We are proud to report that we have raised over $22,000 total in the last three years for this organization. Our event is held during Labor Day weekend and we are extremely grateful for the generous support from the community, as well as the patience shown while you have to travel through the "tolls," sometimes even multiple times during the weekend.
The Rescue Squad continues to look for new members. Membership requires first responder certification level, working towards a minimum of EMT-Basic certification. Obtaining EMT-Basic certification isn't always easy. Most courses are 5-6 months long 2 nights a week and an all-day-Saturday type of set up. More recently, institutes have been offering on-line training for this certification, where most of the class is done from your computer, and then some of the work is done in a classroom. No matter which way someone chooses to get certified, the classes are expensive, time consuming, cumbersome and the course work can be rather difficult. Once a course is passed, the student then needs to pass national written and practical testing. With an EMT-Basic card in hand, the new EMT must then go through a minimum of another 50 hours of in-house local training, including familiarization of equipment, and for Provincetown, this includes 10 hospital transports. Every two years the EMT-Basic must do a minimum of 40 hours of continuing education training, in addition to any new training, protocols or other updates that may come down from the state or from within the department. For a Paramedic (EMT-Paramedic) certification, one needs to be an EMT-Basic already, and then it's typically another 2 year process of school, clinical time at a hospital and field training/internship time on an ambulance, and then passing the national written and practical exams. Both certification levels, are a lot of work, especially for people who do this as a second job. The extra time and difficulty, coupled with the difficulty in finding affordable housing in Provincetown and the nearby surrounding towns, can make it difficult to retain Rescue members, or find new members who are willing to put in the time to do the training. This year we lost some members due to them moving up Cape or because they let their certification go.

Shellfish Committee
Provincetown has a long history of harvesting clams for recreational purposes. To initiate, promote and manage its shellfisheries, the Town purchases and plants shellfish stock, patrols shellfish areas for safety, enforces regulations and seeks ways of enhancing the value of this activity to its citizens. Our shellfish program continues to increase in scope.
The popularity of recreational shellfishing was seen on Sunday November 12 th , 2017. With fair weather and a midday low tide, over 125 individuals were enticed to walk the flats and dig for quahog. The first two months of the 2017-18 season saw 545 baskets of shellfish landed compared to 460 baskets the previous season. To insure local resources can accommodate this added pressure from harvest, the Shellfish Committee and Department have refined the yearly order that recreational areas are opened. This, combined with targeted and increased propagation efforts, is nourishing future dig areas and producing a consistent yearly harvest.
We are beginning to hear aquaculture success stories. With permitting done over the past two years we are increasing both the quantity of harvest and the efficiency that space is utilized. Provincetown continues to encourage the return of aquaculture as an industry.
Through funding from the Harbor Access Gift Fund, Bennett Pier has been repaired and allocated as a shellfish nursery to serve both the Town and local aquaculturists. At present, the Pier contains two working nursery boxes. An article for consideration at this year's Special Town Meeting is the addition of 4 more nursery boxes to expand this facility to capacity.
We have deployed a communal culling barge in the intertidal area. Multiple economic stimulus grants have been awarded to growers. Access to the countywide seed bid program has provided an option for quality shellfish seed.
This year the comprehensive updated harbor plan is being finalized.

Human Services Community Housing Council
In 2017 the Provincetown Community Housing Council (CHC) continued its mission to support the development of community housing opportunities in Provincetown that support socio-economic diversity for the residents of the Town through housing planning, resource identification and community outreach. Working with the Town Housing Office and the Town's Housing Specialist, the Council works to support and advance the preservation of existing community housing options, housing education, and the creation of new community housing opportunities. The council also administers the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and implements the Town's approved Housing Policy and Action Plan as opportunities arise. In December 2017 construction was completed on two one-bedroom deed-restricted affordable housing units at the Winslow Farms development that received community housing through the CHC. One of these units will be sold with income eligibility up to 120% AMI and the other with income eligibility up to 150% AMI; the Housing Office and Housing Specialist have completed the sale outreach, marketing and lottery for these two units and the expected sales are anticipated to close in February 2018.
Additionally, the Housing Office and Housing Specialist managed the resale of two deed-restricted housing units. The resale of the first unit closed in April 2017 and the second unit was withdrawn from sale by the owner who decided to remain in the unit.
The Council also continues to provide financial support for the Homeless Prevention Council of Lower Cape Cod for emergency housing, counseling and assistance to prevent homelessness. The Pathway to Ownership program, encouraging Provincetown residents to prepare for ownership, that was sponsored by the CHC through the Housing Office and managed by the Housing Specialist continues to be offered with new online availability this year through the Lower Cape Community Development Partnership. Self-sufficiency classes include such topics as Budgeting, How to Rebuild Your Credit, and How to be a Successful Tenant. The CHC also provides scholarships for residents that complete the home ownership preparation classes. New in 2017 the Pathway to Ownership program was expanded, with CPA funding assistance, to include buyer down payment and closing cost assistance. This program offers up to $10,000.00 per eligible applicant for financial assistance for affordable housing purchase down payment and closing cost expenses.
The CHC and the Housing Specialist continue to seek creative ways to expand affordable housing options across a full range of incomes and to address greater utilization of existing resources and properties. Maintaining and creating affordable year-round housing remains critical to the future of our community.

Council on Aging
Since 1972, the Provincetown Senior Center has been a welcoming resource and activity center for seniors and their families. Our mission is to promote the well-being and independence of older adults by identifying their needs and interests, developing supportive programs, coordinating community services and advocating on their behalf. This has been a year of growth and expansion at the Senior Center as the number of residents 60 years of age and older in Provincetown continues to increase dramatically. PROVINCETOWN POPULATION 60+ 2010-938 residents (31% of population) 2016 In 2017, we offered 195 programs and services and served 885 people, including older adults as well as their families. It is thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers and a truly committed staff that we are able to continue to meet the needs of older adults in Provincetown. Our outreach program continues to be extremely active. Conducting over 400 home visits annually, our Outreach Coordinator offers case management and confidential support services to older adults. We are the "go to" center for seniors and can assist in a myriad of ways.
Providing almost 1800 rides last year, our transportation program helps to ease social and geographic isolation with regular trips to Hyannis, COA lunches and special events, Provincetown Library, Stop & Shop, elections, in-town medical appointments and up-Cape cultural, meal and social outings. In addition, a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Federal Administration for Community Living helps to fund door-to-door rides to medical appointments Cape-wide.
One of the most significant areas of expansion in the past year was in nutrition programs and services. When Elder Services of Cape Cod & the Islands decided to regionalize their Outer Cape programs, we were able to continue to offer an on-site weekly lunch program without an interruption in services. Attendance has almost doubled since that time and it remains one of our most popular programs. We have also been pleased to host two new food programs: (1) Meals in Motion (through the Family Pantry of Cape Cod and the Boston Food Bank) is a mobile food pantry offering eligible residents a variety of perishable and non-perishable items monthly, (2) Foods to Encourage (through the Lower Cape Outreach Council and the Barnstable County Department of Health & Environment) is a bi-monthly program open to all residents and includes free cooking demonstrations, bags of fresh produce, recipes and health monitoring (blood pressure/glucose). The Senior Center Pantry continues to be very busy and is open to all town residents.
One of our primary goals at the Senior Center is to provide varied opportunities for people to connect with others. Socialization is extremely important to the well-being of older adults and is at the foundation of our programming. At the Center, fitness, art and computer classes are especially popular as are live arts and entertainment programs. We also participated in a regional celebration of National Senior Center Month and were pleased to collaborate with the Recreation Department and Provincetown Schools on intergenerational programming.
Through PTV and WOMR, the Senior Center is able to reach homebound seniors through regular programming. Events are televised on Channel 99 and 'Specially for Seniors, a monthly radio show hosted by the Director, airs on WOMR. Each month we distribute 725 copies of our newsletter Coastlines and it is available 188 provincetown-ma.gov Town of on the town website. We can also be followed on Facebook.
The Senior Center staff works closely with the Provincetown Police Department to promote senior safety in the community. The Police Department offers phone reassurance and lock-box programs and hosts bi-annual lunches at the Senior Center. We sincerely appreciate the Department's commitment and dedicated service to seniors. In addition, the COA Director is involved in Town emergency planning with a focus on the needs of special populations.
We continue to strengthen collaborative efforts with Town departments, human services providers, cultural institutions and other organizations, working with 30 groups in 2017.
The COA staff is actively involved in advocacy for seniors on a regional level as well. This past year has been one of transition as we welcomed new members, a new Town ADA coordinator and new commission officers. It has also been one of stability as we continue to maintain the blue beach mats with the help of the DPW and offer free wheelchair and Mobi Beach chair rentals with the assistance of the staff at the Chamber of Commerce.
Additional wheelchairs were purchased this year and our rental equipment has finally found safer winter storage thanks to the COA. Two additional Handicap parking spaces have been approved by the Selectmen for the front row of the MacMillan Parking Lot.
Our new informational brochure is in its final stages, ready for printing and distribution in the spring. Collaboration with the Animal Welfare Committee has started around a new informational card for all businesses and dog owners that will clarify the regulations about Service and Emotional Support Animals.
As we end 2017 we look forward to the coming year with enthusiasm as we work towards more visibility in the town as a valuable resource to citizens, business owners and visitors.

Housing Authority
This has been a very disrupted and interrupted year for PHA. The year has been consumed searching for a new Executive Director (ED). In the interim we hired a consultant and an Interim ED to get us through the early months of the first search. But by November we were confronted with the need for a second search to satisfy DHCD, our state funding agency. Local advertising was the issue and so we set out on another search which is to close on January 19, 2018.
In the meantime, the commissioners had to step in to help keep the office moving, keep the bills paid and the deposits made. We thank with the greatest of gratitude Kristin Hatch who gave us many service hours and know how, and David Ketchum, our long time Secretary for his endurance and excellent work during the transition.
Tim Seaton, our maintenance coordinator, has been an outstanding new employee and we thank him for his understanding and compassion for our residents.
We have had several major issues during this year. We had to replace the Rinnai heater in the common room at Maushope in mid winter; we have had a vacancy 190 provincetown-ma.gov Town of with dramatic room damage to be repaired; a septic system needing ongoing attention; and ongoing and general care of the buildings.
Several important projects have been put on hold while we search for an ED.
Examples are: we have the desire to be a smoke free Authority and will continue that effort this year; we have an affordable housing shortage and need to expand Maushope housing opportunities, a challenging project to say the least; and we will fundraise to make possible program expansion.
During this year PHA continued to manage and operate the following subsidized housing programs:

Board of Library Trustees
Throughout 2017, the Provincetown Public Library continued to bolster its function as a community staple and cultural center through its high caliber offerings of programs, services, and materials. The Library is honored that Provincetown continues to invest much of its resources into both our department and physical space. Through our unique offerings and continued growth, we seek to actively engage and cater to our community, which has been so supportive of us.
Programming and Partnerships: During the 2017 fiscal year, the Library continued to offer a robust schedule of programs and workshops spanning a wide range of topics. We sought to foster a strong sense of community, provide interesting and informative events for patrons to attend year-round, and cultivate and encourage Provincetown's literary and arts community. Ongoing partnerships with the Family Equality Council for First Light and Family Week, along with collaborative programming with the Health Department, Recreation Department, Provincetown Schools, the Council on Aging, and Seashore Point, undoubtedly improved both the quality and reach of the Library's programming schedule, while also continuing to connect the Library with different segments of our population. Highlights from these collaborations include the Winter Wednesdays program, which provides the community with an array of compelling, free courses over February and March, Tech Time at the COA, which provides seniors with dropin technology assistance, and the Seashore Point Book Club, an outreach staple for the Library. Furthermore, the Board of Library Trustees has worked with the Public Landscape Committee to continue to improve the front lawn and its visual appeal, and with the Provincetown Art Commission in order to showcase selections from the Town's wonderful collection of art.
The Library also strengthened its dedication to bettering Provincetown through its recent participation in the First Light celebration, including a special Story Time featuring Miss Richfield 1981, as well as donations to the soup kitchen through the Food for Fines initiative, and by serving as a satellite for Outer Cape Health Services, and as a model for other libraries Cape-wide, by hosting the Provincetown Community Resource Navigator. These programs and initiatives demonstrate the ways in which the Provincetown Public Library functions as more than simply a traditional public library, but as a vibrant, versatile community and cultural center.
Achievements: The Provincetown Public Library was ranked third in the nation for libraries with expenditures between $400,000 and $999,999 by Library Journal, and also received a 5-star service rating. This ranking and our nation-leading performance is largely attributed to the high community use of our department, the extensive amount of programming offered by the Library, and the availability of public computers and wireless internet. In addition, the Library strengthened and developed its series of annual events established by the Board of Library Trustees that are designed to pay tribute to outstanding members of the literary, art, and academic communities and to highlight Provincetown's strong cultural and arts heritage.

Staff:
The Library boasts a staff of twelve which includes three full-time, professional positions and nine part-time circulation aides. This staffing level allows the Library to be seven days per week year-round. In addition to shelving and other daily maintenance needs, our circulation staff provides a wide range of services including cataloging, research assistance, technology assistance, or a friendly face to interact with on any day of the year. Amy Raff, the new Library Director, will begin in February 2018, and will lead the Provincetown Public Library into the future with her expertise in strategic planning, collection development, and fundraising. Warm and friendly, she brings a passion for libraries and a wealth of experience to the Library, having served as Director of both the Woodstock (NY) and Howland (Beacon, NY) Public Libraries. As she begins what she calls her "dream job" she will have highly professional support from library staff, including Brittany Taylor, who, along with recently obtaining her Masters degree in Library and Information Science, will shift from Interim Director to Assistant Director. In her numerous roles, Ms. Taylor has provided the troubleshooting and maintenance needed to keep the Library's collection management system and public use computer services running at a high level. She has also provided outreach, education opportunities, and programming to the community, worked to define and improve on Library policies, comply with state requirements and best practices, and solidify the Library as a community center focused on public service. Nan Cinnater, our Lead Librarian, works to continuously improve and expand the quality and scope of our book collection. She also manages our archival and database services, coordinates the Library's collaborative programming with Provincetown Schools, and serves as the director of the ever-growing Provincetown Book Festival.
We rely heavily on the community through several committees and boards to create a truly inclusive and transparent department. The Provincetown Public Library remains unique on the Cape in that it is open the most hours of any public library, and the only one with 7-day access year-round. We are deeply committed to providing access to our residents through both the busy months of the season and the slower winter months when the library is the only literal and metaphorical light. As public libraries become much more than just repositories for books, the Provincetown Public Library seeks to continue to honor the tradition of our great institution and community by offering a strong collection and access to learning materials, while also remaining versatile and open to the ways in which we can continue to enhance ourselves and our services. In a community as diverse as Provincetown, the Library aims to have something for everyone. As always, we are grateful for the support of town government and our residents, and for the excellent staff on whom we rely to ensure that the Library continues to meet the needs of the community. Community oriented, nationally recognized, the Provincetown Public Library is a central source and anchor for all nonprofits, arts and academic organizations, and individuals living in and visiting our town.

Laura Shabott, Chair Brittany Taylor, Interim Director
Recreation Department 2017 will be marked as a year of improvement for the Recreation Department. The Recreation Department's focus in 2017 was improving the quality of all programs. The ultimate goal is to help retain residents, and to help with the Board of Selectmen's number one goal: to increase the year-round population. The Recreation Department is limited in what it can contribute to that goal, but we feel it is important to provide what we can to help encourage residents to stay here year-round. After discussions between the Recreation Commission and the Recreation Department, it was clear that the emphasis should be on improving current programs. This will fulfill the needs of the community by providing solid, quality programming. The first programs that went under review and were revamped were the family-oriented programs.
How many times has anyone said, "Please, be nice and try to help others?" I know I have said it about a million times in my ten years here. So, instead of saying it a million and one times, the Assistant Director and I decided to drastically change the way the Summer Program is operated. We changed it by creating a theme that 195 directly focused on team building. The children in all age groups were divided into eight, even teams and competed in weekly physical and mental challenges. Points were awarded based on team placement in these challenges and the most recent scores were on display in the lobby of VMCC. Each team was competing for the 1 st place prize: To be "Rec Director" for the day. There was a way to earn bonus points by helping others, being kind and being polite. Please view this from a child's perspective first: I want to win, so I must work with my team and be kind to others in order to do so. Now view this from an adult perspective: children are working together on tasks and children are helping each other and using kindness and polite words. Now this is a hard sell to elementary school-aged children, so we needed the entire staff to buy into this theme. I say this every year, but we really do have the best staff. Every single staff member demonstrated what a real team leader looks like and encouraged this theme with enthusiasm every day. It is imperative that they do, because the counselors are not only supervisors of the children, but also role models to them. When I say it was successful, it was more than what we had envisioned for the theme. Children were helping others off the ground, the older kids were helping younger kids with all activities, they were being polite to each other, and all while having fun. The program was not only successful in terms of behavior, it also meet last year's participation numbers seeing 133 children total with an average of 66 children per day. Aside from the theme, we did participate in our annual field trips to the Cape Playhouse, Water Wizz, Wellfleet Movie Theater, Bass River Sports, Long Point, Beach Forrest, ice-skating at Charles Moore Arena, and the Inflatable Park. Overall, we were very pleased with the results with the 2017 Summer Program, and in my opinion, it was our best one yet.
Like all years, the Summer Program has to end before Labor Day, and kids have to go back to school. However, our annual After-School Program starts in September, which offers childcare to children whose parents have to finish their workday. This program was initially developed in September 2007. During after school, Recreation provides supervised activities for children ages 4 and up. Children do homework and complete their nightly assignments before participating in pre-planned age-appropriate activities.
Friday Movie Night for the children of Provincetown remains a very popular program. From 5:30 pm until 8 pm, the Recreation Department provided two different age-appropriate movies and popcorn for kids to enjoy, allowing parents a few free hours without children on a Friday night. Movie Night was well received by parents, and participation remained high through the four-month period that this program was offered.
This past year has been another successful one for all the young athletes of Provincetown. Children from kindergarten through sixth grade participated in soccer, basketball, baseball, and softball throughout the school year. The department has 196 provincetown-ma.gov Town of seen a slight increase in participation in sports from previous years. Youth sports provide the children of Provincetown with a safe activity, where they can learn the fundamentals of teamwork and have friendly competition with neighboring towns, which include: Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Chatham, Harwich, and Brewster. The department relies heavily on our group of volunteer coaches; without them, it would be impossible to have sports teams. Thank you to them for their willingness to help the youth of Provincetown.
As part of a survey handed out two years ago, it was outlined that the department was not providing programming for ages 13-16, and there was a demand for programming. The Recreation Department started a pilot teen hangout program on Friday nights from October through December to gauge what the interest would be. The program yielded an average attendance of nine children per event. While it is not an overwhelming amount, it is encouraging and is a good number to build upon. The department will be looking to continue to provide this program in 2018, and grow attendance.
Throughout the year, we always have special events that are not always regularly scheduled. The department looks to build on participation of each event, and this year we can say that we did accomplish that.

Tourism Department
The Provincetown Office of Tourism and the Visitor Services Board, has been working on many projects to increase visitation, create awareness and improve our local economy. Our efforts are focused on the different segments of business offered to visitors. During fiscal year 2017 we continued to use cutting edge digital geo-farming campaigns targeting travelers with interest in ecotourism, arts & culture, entertainment, food and LGBTQ lifestyle. We expanded the Social Media frenzy with targeted advertising campaigns. The Giant Adirondack Chair commissioned has been a success with visitors waiting their turn for a photo opportunity to share on Social Media platforms. , we identified new regional marketing opportunities and attended consumer tradeshows to reach international and domestic audiences.
The advertising is a combination of digital impressions, digital and print ads (usually complimented by a digital component), social media and radio. Two years ago we added outdoor advertising through the use of billboards; this year we increased the number of billboards from one to six in the spring and six in the fall to maximize outdoor exposure on six major arteries from Central MA to the North Shore. The Provincetown Chamber of Commerce and the Provincetown Business Guild receive annual Cooperative Marketing Grants to enhance the Town's marketing efforts. The Tourism Fund also provides Marketing Grants. These annual grants primarily support the marketing of events in the shoulder and winter seasons. We encourage organizations to apply for these grants, which support visitation to Provincetown. We have expanded our media exposure by profiling Provincetown to the press with monthly news releases. These news releases cover all aspects of the We are focused on a research and development process to provide the best available information to create a strategic a robust strategy and marketing plan for the long-term economic growth of Provincetown. The current Five-Year Plan is in place to bring the Town through the end of 2023. Our continued research will identify new avenues and opportunities, which, together with our Communications Agency, will be honed to provide the best well-rounded campaigns to support Provincetown's business development and its largest economic engine -Tourism, estimated to exceed $200m annually. The Provincetown Office of Tourism thanks the Visitor Services Board for their service and looks forward to sharing more about the growth and successes of our efforts each year. Anthony Fuccillo, Director 200 provincetown-ma.gov Town of

Veterans Services
The following report is of the activities of the The VSB continues to look beyond print advertising to include more digital components, including billboard advertising on I-93, the Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 3 and Route 128. Social media presence was given a large boost, culminating in 27,000 current "likes" on Provincetown's Facebook page. Collaboration and partnering with the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce and the Provincetown Business Guild through matching co-operative grants given to both organizations strived to expand our marketing power and not to duplicate efforts. Similarly, the VSB implemented a change in the grant structure, granting five matching grants to Provincetown's five year-round, non-profit cultural institutions automatically. These grants, given to the Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Fine Arts Work Center, the Provincetown Theater, and the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, require that in order to receive the $5000 in grant money the organization must spend $10,000 in marketing. Effectively, this doubles the marketing investment made by the VSB.
In an effort to further fulfill its mission of growing tourism in the shoulder 202 provincetown-ma.gov Town of season, the VSB continued to fund the New Year's fireworks and to market the successful community event First Light Provincetown. We look forward to supporting future opportunities to increase business development through continued marketing efforts with the Tourism Office.

Rick Murray, Chair
The Provincetown Airport Commission is pleased to report continued safe and valuable regional air operations at the Outer Cape's only public airport.
The airport's commercial operator, Cape Air, continued providing non-stop service between Boston Logan International Airport and Provincetown and also continued seasonal service between White Plains, NY and Provincetown. The total number of enplanements in 2016 was down again, in large part due to national shortage of pilots which reduces the ability of the airline to operate a full schedule. We also had to close the airport for more than two weeks in early November to complete needed safety improvements to our taxiways, described below. Consequently, the number of enplanements (passengers boarding in Provincetown) dropped for the third straight year and reached only 8,760. This is the first time since 1993 that we have not met the 10,000 passenger threshold which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses to determine an airport's Federal and state capital project funding. The Airport Commission has been focused on increasing passengers for many years now, but the pilot shortage is beyond the control of either the Town or Cape Air. We are heartened by the continued commitment from Cape Air to serve the transportation needs of the residents of Provincetown and neighboring communities, and together, we will strive to increase ridership above the 10,000 passenger level.
The airport also continues to serve the needs of hundreds of general aviation pilots and passengers who visit or live on the outer cape.
Our lease with Cape Air for scheduled airline services and Fixed Based Operations for General Aviation has expired and we have engaged in lease negotiations over the past year with Cape Air to reach agreement on continued service by Cape Air. We look forward to continuing the excellent relationship we have enjoyed with Cape Air over the past 20 years, and are committed to working together for many more years to come. We value them for their ongoing operations which keep the airport open and provides a vital year-round transportation link for the Town's businesses and residents.

Airport Commission
Jacobs Engineering Group continues to be our primary consultant, and we work closely with them to obtain the necessary permits to allow the Master Plan to go forward. In conformity with that plan this year we are in the planning stage of some important projects, including: Construction of Westerly Taxiway (TW) System Improvements, Relocation of East End Taxiway, Improvement of Access Road to Approach Light System, and the plan to upgrade and expand the Security Camera System at the Airport. Additionally, we have received approval from the Army Corps of Engineers allowing us to make significant progress in the implementation of the next phases of the Master Plan. As was the case in 2016, the airport continued to qualify for 90% capital project funding by the federal government and 5% funding by the state. This means that the Town will only be responsible for providing 5% of permitted capital improvement projects.
Law enforcement officer (LEO Contract) obligations continues to be a financial consideration, as the Town is not fully reimbursed by the Federal government for the law enforcement manpower required to be on-site when TSA personnel are screening passengers. The Provincetown Police Department continues to be supportive in finding ways to minimize the costs associated with this TSA requirement but funding in the future looks even less certain and we may face some critical decisions regarding funding security at the airport.
The Commission wishes to acknowledge veteran Airport Manager, Butch Lisenby, for his continued oversight of daily airport operations. He has been especially instrumental in providing continuity with respect to communications between Cape Air, Jacobs Engineering, the Airport Commissioners, Town staff, contractors, suppliers, and regulatory agencies. His continued attention to day to day operations is effective and vital to the smooth operations at PVC.
Finally, we want to thank the people of Provincetown, as without their support the operation of this terrific regional airport would not be possible.

Beautification Committee
In 2017 the (former) Beautification Committee went before its Authority, the Board of Selectmen, and the name of the committee was changed to The Public Landscape Committee. This new name better reflects the work the committee does and its overall responsibilities; beautifying Provincetown is the outcome of the committee's work. The activities of the committee are now reflected in its revised Mission Statement: to develop public spaces and landscapes, streetscape designs for publicly-owned properties, parks, traffic islands, parking lots, byways and playgrounds. The committee is committed to participating in the design process for town-owned properties, and the active oversight and involvement in 204 provincetown-ma.gov Town of the installation, refurbishment and maintenance of public spaces.
The Public Landscape Committee works with and coordinates with Provincetown Boards, Committees and Commissions, Town staff, non-profit groups, public-spirited individuals and business to achieve an overall improvement in the appearance, experience in, functionality and beautification of Provincetown's public spaces.
This At the Gifford and Hamilton Cemeteries (along the right hand side of Cemetery Road going up from Alden Street) the Commission has had in hand a professional needs assessment for the preservation of fallen, damaged, and at risk gravestones. We also have in hand a CPC grant for the estimated cost and we await the Town's issuance of an invitation for bids to get the project accomplished, which has been delayed, but is now promised for early spring.
Turning to the Alden Street Cemetery, Old Section (left hand side of Cemetery Road going up from Alden Street), the Committee has already allocated some $10,000 of its discretionary funds (The "Expendable Portion" of the "Perpetual Care Trust Fund") for a needs assessment by Monument Conservation Collaborative (MCC), who have previously created such assessments for the Winthrop Street and Hamilton and Gifford Cemeteries. MCC identified enormous needs, noting fallen and damaged gravestones that have been neglected for way too many years. Their report identifies four categories of need, Priority 1 being described as "Hazardous -immediate action -47 markers a danger to themselves, to adjacent markers and to passersby" and Priority 2 being described as "Unstable -asap -31 markers that are "unstable either on their bases, having failing or failed repairs, or extremely tilted. Some also fractured." A CPC grant for these was awarded and approved by Town Meeting in 2016, and an invitation for bids to accomplish these projects was intended for Spring, 2017, but was delayed and the work and 206 provincetown-ma.gov Town of projects have not been accomplished. Priority 3, described as "206 markers fallen or as needing re-set into new bases", and Priority 4, described as "21 -plus markers extremely weathered -evaluate" are now the subject of an upcoming CPC application. In connection, we would like to note that the Cemetery Commission has also previously expended $10,000 from its discretionary funds for emergency repairs to 22 more monuments at Alden Street, Old Section, which were deemed by MCC to be most at risk to themselves, adjacent markers, and to visitors. As time has progressed, additional gravestones have become in need of conservation and the condition of markers that were originally slated for repair under these assessments have worsened. We speculate that additional projects for ongoing conservation will be needed.
In summary, our goal remains that by the time of the 400 th Anniversary of the Pilgrim's arrival, our historic headstones, including those of many "Mayflower" descendants as well as the markers of the Soldiers and Patriots who served in the Revolutionary War, will be able to stand up straight, be properly conserved, and reflect our town's pride and respect for those who have lived and died in Provincetown before us. After all, many of us will join them in our cemeteries one day. It would be nice to have assurance that each of our markers will be well cared for, too! It is with great thanks and appreciation that we acknowledge the support of all those who have contributed to the Cemetery Gift Fund; to Michelle Jarusiewicz, Grant Administrator; to the DPW Director, Rich Waldo and his staff, including our new Deputy Director Steve Wlodkowski, whose cooperative efforts have been outstanding; to Provincetown Historian Amy Whorf McGuiggan for her expertise, kindness, and willingness to assist us in our ongoing efforts; to The Daughters of the Revolution and their commitment to valuable historic research. A sincere thanks to Paul Mendes and the VFW; to Tom Steele and the American Legion; to Town Clerk Darlene Van Alstyne who manages Cemetery affairs at Town Hall; to Cemetery Superintendent, Tony Lemme and his staff who continue to extend their great cooperation in maintaining our cemeteries, and with heartfelt gratitude and thanks to Richard Olson, whose commitment and dedication to the Cemetery Commission and to the preservation of Provincetown's history will be honored and remembered as we continue to maintain and preserve our cemeteries .

Conservation Commission
The Provincetown Conservation Commission's responsibility is the administra- Provincetown has many daunting challenges in the face of global warming and rising sea levels that impact our waterfront resources. The Conservation Commission will continue to review its regulations and policies in the coming year in efforts to improve the Town's resilience to these changes, while at the same time, upholding state and local regulations that govern our jurisdiction. This future will require constant learning on the part of the commissioners and its staff to continue to make unique, innovative and sound recommendations for solutions to these issues.

Open Space Committee
The Open Space Committee is composed of a group of appointed volunteer citizens whose primary responsibility is the recommendation of expenditures from Land Bank funds, which result from a 3 % surcharge on Provincetown property taxes. These Open Space recommendations, which are presented to voters at annual and special town meetings, involve the acquisition of undeveloped land in Provincetown for the purposes of conservation and passive recreation.
The Open Space Committee investigates undeveloped properties within the town, and evaluates their relative merits for acquisition. The criteria that the committee Provincetown 2017 Annual Town Report 209 employs in these evaluations include the following: the wildlife habitat value of a given property, the adjacency of a given property to other conservation land, and the risk of development. The committee also attempts to achieve a balance of conserved land in terms of its location throughout the town, that is in both east and west ends of town.
The Open Space Committee cooperates with other town boards and related groups in its efforts, including the Provincetown Conservation Commission, the Provincetown Community Preservation Committee, and the Provincetown Conservation Trust. In particular, the committee works in conjunction with the Commission and the Trust in the stewardship and maintenance of land acquired with Land Bank funds; 3% of this fund (that is 3% of the 3% surcharge) each year is reserved for this purpose.
In 2017 the committee has contacted various property owners in town regarding the protection of their land either through possible acquisition or the purchase of conservation restrictions. It was also involved in the ongoing stewardship of existing Town properties, including the B Street Community Garden, the Shank Painter Uplands area, the Hawthorne property, and the Sateriale property.
In particular, there has been progress in planning for restoration efforts at the B Street Conservation Area, including the elimination of invasive species, the establishment of butterfly meadows, walking trails, benches, and other amenities for public use and enjoyment. Future goals include the further restoration of our conservation lands, and continued outreach and education efforts to inform townspeople and visitors of the many options available to them for the enjoyment of the beautiful open spaces in Provincetown.
We very much regret the loss this year of a valued member of the committee, Judy Cicero.
The Open Space Committee looks forward to another productive year in 2018.

Department of Public Works
DPW Administration: Our department continues to operate at a high level, contributing to the overall professionalism of the Public Works Industry.
Our administrative staff has tolerated stressful situations professionally, by maintaining their composure and methodically communicating a response plan. On July 11 th our sewer central vacuum station experienced a major power interruption that shut down operations at the facility. The shutdown occurred on a cloudy Tuesday in July, during Bear Week, with multitudes of day trippers 210 provincetown-ma.gov Town of descending upon Provincetown. This was a near perfect storm for our downtown sewer system. Our administrative team, along with the help of other individuals, immediately issued a "Code Red" notifying business owners and residents of the impending emergency. Our team was able to diagnose the problem, develop a strategy to mitigate, and then communicated effectively with the public.
Throughout the year our department has had to respond to many emergencies including significant snow-related emergencies, as well as the serious fire that occurred at the Surf Club. Our involvement and role, was to ensure that the Fire Department had enough water supplies and the appropriate pressure to combat fires. We were also tasked with ensuring that the roads be kept clear for police and emergency responders enabling them to do their duties effectively. It needs to be understood that our First Responders are not a 2-legged stool of Police/Fire, but rather a 3-legged stool comprised of Police/Fire and the DPW.
It was a great accomplishment to see our department take the helm of the Police Station Construction Project. Our department led the project through a gauntlet of public outreach sessions, board meetings, and engineering/ architectural roundtables bringing successfully a project forward to a Town meeting. With the help and direction of the Building Committee, we were able to gain support for the project that had failed historically to win approval for nearly 9 years.
Our department has been fortunate in welcoming new leadership to our team, with the hire of DPW Deputy Director, Steven Wlodkowski. Steven brings to our staff, years of experience in both the private and public sectors, where we felt the benefit immediately. He joins a strong administrative team comprised of Cody Salisbury, Sherry Prada, Donald Morin, Jane Petterson, & Melissa Myers.

Buildings and Grounds:
Under the direction of Foreman, Tony Lemme, this division performs several hundred work tasks per year. The department can be seen in the spring, preparing grounds for the upcoming peak tourism season. During the summer, crews are out performing building upgrades and necessary repairs while maintaining all town-owned lawns and trash barrels. The building maintenance program continues in the fall, with additional ground maintenance, seasonal set-up of festival lighting and displays. Winter time can constitute a mélange of snow and ice operations at all town-owned facilities. Building maintenance, HVAC repairs, and equipment maintenance are also a component of winter. In addition to these duties, our talented crew of skilled custodians, keep our facilities clean (and operational) year-round for the thousands of tourists who enjoy all that Provincetown has to offer.
Our skilled staff is in high demand, as they continue to complete assignments, and receive accolades for their work. For example, in addition to undertaking a complete rehab of the Harbormasters public restrooms, they have also repaired (and upgraded) the Library outbuilding which will be used as overflow storage. They were also tasked with the management of cemetery improvements at the historic Winthrop Street Cemetery.
We have seen a direct correlation between focusing more energy on improving and maintaining our biggest Town assets, (i.e., our buildings) and the cost savings derived from expensive repairs as a result of neglect. A good maintenance plan focuses on the small tasks that extend the life of a useful asset. Simple tasks such as scraping, and staining exterior decking, can contribute to significantly extending the life of an exterior egress. The department has adjusted well to the new building maintenance program, and takes personal pride in maintaining our historic town-owned properties.

Highway:
The Highway Department consists of Foreman Ray Duarte, seven skilled staff members, one mechanic, and two seasonal staff members. The department provides a broad scope of duties, which includes but is not limited to storm water maintenance, roadway repair & maintenance, snow & ice operations, beach raking, and tree maintenance. They also provide significant, supporting roles to other departments in the realm of providing traffic control with sawhorses during parades or other large events. Our single mechanic maintains all Town-owned vehicles providing support to the Police, Fire Administration, School, Council on Aging and Public Works Departments.
The department also oversaw the completion of the Commercial Street Reconstruction Phase III project. To this end, staff was instrumental in providing contractors with an institutional knowledge of the workings of existing infrastructure, and advised on how to manage traffic. While repairs were underway on Commercial Street, Town staff was making improvements to other storm water infrastructure to collectively improve the system. It is with these efforts, along with administration management, that lead Provincetown in the direction of another grant award to start the design and planning process of a Phase IV project.
These individuals perform several non-routine tasks daily, and are responsible for keeping our town in readiness from a perspective of cleanliness, and our roads safe for our residents and tourists alike.
Transfer Station and Sanitation: Transfer Station Foreman, Scott Bronsdon and Sanitation Foreman, Chris Roderick, both display an ambitious character when it comes to the handling and pick-up of waste. Assisted by a strong team of skilled staff members, these individuals handle all of our solid waste and recycling needs.
The sanitation crew is routinely exposed to brutal weather conditions all year long. They begin their day at 4:00 a.m. and collect several tons of solid waste and recyclable material combined each year. In winter months, they are also tasked with the collection of all Town-related barrels scattered intermittently, 212 provincetown-ma.gov Town of throughout our community. Although this is back-breaking work, rarely do we receive a complaint from staff, even when faced with wind-chills falling well below zero. They are "all business" when it comes to their daily responsibilities.
The transfer station crew, continues to provide remarkable service, in spite of the "less-than-glamorous" aspects of waste handling. Moreover, these guys managed well through a difficult year of tractor-trailer breakdowns, market volatilities, a new recycle program, and under-staffing issues. They manage a busy transfer station and can often be seen chipping brush, turning compost piles, mowing capped landfill, bundling cardboard, managing scrap metal piles, all while assisting individuals with their trash, recycling or swap shop needs. Transfer Station operations generate a significant amount of revenue for the Town of Provincetown. As such, our guys are responsible to ensure that everything operates smoothly and properly.
While we have a license that allows us to handle to a maximum of 5,000 tons annually (at the Transfer Station), we have not yet exceeded that threshold. For 2017, we had a minor reduction in solid waste of 6 tons, but we also saw a sizable reduction in recyclable materials of 116 tons. Overall, our town-wide recycle rate dipped slightly from 35 percent (35%) in 2016, to 33 percent (33%) in 2017. We will strive to improve that rate in 2018.
One likely contributor for the decrease in recycling is that the neighboring Town of Truro is now accepting single-stream recyclable materials at their facility. Private haulers may now choose to "tip" their loads in Truro rather than returning to Provincetown prior to completing their route.
Wastewater: The Wastewater Division has had a busy year undergoing a comprehensive financial review and rate study to ensure the long-term health of the enterprise fund. The sewer team narrowly averted an environmental disaster on July 11 th , 2017 when a massive power interruption, compromised the main power panel to the downtown vacuum station. This event coincided with one of our largest tourism attractions "Bear Week." This event was complicated further, by the fact that it was a cloudy day, and many day trippers gravitated to Provincetown as it was not a "beach day." Our dedicated team was able to get the electric panel back-up and running, and limped the vacuum system along until full vacuum was restored. No significant sewer overflows occurred. It took nearly 48 hours of round-the-clock finessing of the system, but our well trained staff and contractors were able to get the job done.
A financial proforma was prepared to ensure the stability of the enterprise fund. We began researching ways to expand the capacity at the wastewater treatment plant. Over the years, many funding sources such as Town Meeting appropriation and USDA loans were used to fund connections and expansion of the system.
It was imperative that we put into place, a checks and balances review as small errors in planning could lead to extensive debt. In the end, we were able to pass a 10-year rate that would ensure that debt payments would be covered in the future.
In 2018, we plan to continue discussion on our system expansion and begin to review the extension of our long-term, design-build-operate contract with AECOM who will be in year 17, of a 20-year contract.
Water Department: Under the direction of Water Superintendent Cody Salisbury, the Water Department is responsible for providing its customers with safe, high-quality drinking water adhering to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) drinking water regulations and standards. The Department operates (and maintains) three groundwater sources located within the Town of Truro. These include the Knowles Crossing Wellfield, the Paul Daley Wellfield, and the North Union Field Well Site. Combined, these sites have a total of eleven gravel-packed wells, and provides water to over 3,800 customers located within Provincetown and North Truro.
The Water Department is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of a 1.2 million gallon-per-day water filtration facility providing treatment for the Knowles Crossing and Paul Daley wells, and a 734,000 gallon-perday corrosion control facility, located at the Paul Daley Wellfield which provides treatment for the North Union Field wells. The water distribution system is comprised of approximately 42 miles of water main, two water storage facilities, one booster pump station, 700 gate valves and 282 fire hydrants. Additionally, the department is responsible for testing 181 registered backflow prevention devices located throughout the system.
The year 2017, showed continued success in water loss recovery. As a result, the overall water production was the lowest in several years. The Water Department successfully secured a Massachusetts DEP grant in the amount of $75,000 in order to conduct a structural, conditional analysis on over two miles of Asbestos Cement (A.C.) water main throughout the system, and also to procure thirty leak noise correlating data loggers. The data loggers allow the Department to capture noise data throughout the system (for several days) in order to pinpoint leaks in a specific area. The loggers successfully identified several leaks, thus recovering an estimated thirty gallons per minute of water loss.
The Water Department distribution field staff members provided extraordinary assistance with the Phase III Commercial Street Re-Construction Project. Field staff provided locations for services and mains (for the initial survey) and construction drawings. They also assisted with general construction oversights during the installation of the renewed 12" ductile-iron water main and service 214 provincetown-ma.gov Town of connections. In addition, field staff performed over 1,500 work orders, consisting of turn-ons and off, leak investigations, meter related issues and Dig-Safe mark outs.
The Water Department Treatment staff successfully operated both the Knowles Crossing Filtration Facility and the South Hollow Corrosion Control Facility, conducting over 246 bacteriological samples per the Massachusetts DEP required schedule. This included individual samples for ten regulated contaminants, monitoring groundwater well performance, and performing several preventative maintenance operations at both facilities during 2017. The Mission of the DPW: In addition to responding to all daily DPW matters, continued emphasis will be directed toward: (a) improving upon asset management; (b) improving the overall condition of our roadways; (c) generating additional revenue and cost-control measures; (d) addressing storm water issues; (e) seeking new grant opportunities; and (f) ensuring a transparent, courteous and respectful workplace that benefits all staff members. Richard J. Waldo, P.E., Director

Recycling & Renewable Energy Committee
The Recycling and Renewable Energy Committee met 20 times in 2017 and most of the year maintained 7 members. One of our major projects was to help advance Provincetown's designation as a Green Community. Eric Larsen, deputy director of the DPW, also attended our meetings and was extremely helpful. He left his position in March and has been replaced by Sherry Prada who has been even more helpful. Other town employees have attended our meetings such as David Gardner, assistant town manager and Tim Famulare, conservation agent.
BUDGET -Eric reported in January that our FY18 budget was approved by the BOS, as well as a request for funds for a bottle filling station as part of the Recycling Equipment line item. Also approved was an extra $9000 to convert remaining streetlights to LEDs. Approximately $30k was saved in 2017 on the new streetlights. DEP awards were announced. Provincetown was awarded an RDP grant for $3600 which paid for recycling totes and a case of recycling stickers, with a balance of $500+ for additional recycling needs. DPW reported that we have increased our recycling rate by 4500 tons, a significant increase.
BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS -Sherry is working with Annie Howard and Ray Duarte regarding signage at the existing and upcoming stations. Signs will feature a universal logo for bottle filling stations, and our wheel logo (which we hope to redesign sans the word "bags"). As for number of times the stations have been used, VMCC is at 3315, town hall is at 2,048, MPL (installed 7/20/17) is at 3,522, Firehouse 2 ( installed 8/10/17) is at 1,649 and the one at the east end Playground has no place for numbers.
OUTER CAPE ENERGY -Jay has been our contact member and he has been very involved. He reported that the next informational meeting on solar panel installation will be 1/17 at the Center for Coastal Studies. The RFP has been issued and a vendor will be selected by the end of January.
BUTTLERS -Laura applied for a grant from CARE (Creating A Responsible Environment) for the Cape and Islands and they appropriated $1,485 for the purchase of 30 Sidewalk Buttlers. DPW got 14 Buttlers out on Commercial Street by Earth Day, April 17th. DPW collected the butts and by end of year had collected approximately 5,000 butts.
COMPOST PROGRAM -Lydia and Laura attended the Cape Cod Composting Network meeting at the end of 2016 and Lydia and Tess attended the next Cape Cod Composting Network meeting in April. It was agreed that a centralized location mid-Cape would be necessary for town-wide recycling. The weight of food 216 provincetown-ma.gov Town of waste (including liquids) is a huge concern. Taking it out of the trash could save the town hauling money. In March, Lydia and Tess went to a compost meeting and Tess agreed to be the Provincetown representative. Tess checked in w/ Kari Parcell regarding funding for rain barrels and composting equipment. There is funding potentially thru MA DEP for townwide curbside compost and/or recycling collection ($20/cart, max $100k via reimbursement grant). For residents, funds are available for towns to buy certain equipment to enhance diversion and recovery programs (backyard composting, water collection).
ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS -We're a little over 800 "sessions" for 2017. Financially, the Town has received $2,179.39 from the stations for the year.
RENEWABLE ENERGY BENEFITS -For FY17 the total is $59,346; $24,744 in savings from the Transfer Station PV system and another $34,602 savings and cash from the eight wind and PV systems from which Provincetown is an off taker. OUTREACH -Lydia suggested tapping into local organizations like COA, the school, and social media to publicize Solarize Plus and our other initiatives. PTV and WOMR are also good outlets, and Jay plans to ask David Panagore to highlight the solar program on his radio show. A press release will go to the Banner and other outlets. We reserved the firehouse several times to promote our projects and had a table at the Yearrounders' Festival and distributed information about recycling, the buttlers and solar programs.
Elise contacted area trash and recyclables collectors to see whether they separate the recycling from the trash before disposal. Nauset sends all their waste and recycling to ABC Disposal; Laura suspects that MSW is landfilled and is not sure whether they separate out recycling. Rodericks doesn't separate trash from recycling. Devita requires separation when towns mandate it, and discusses w/ the customer to prevent commingling. Frasier separates where the towns mandate but doesn't require separation if customer doesn't do it. As for 2018, we will continue with these same projects.

Water & Sewer Board
This Board met 8 times; reviewed and acted on 28 abatement requests, of which 12 requests for water bill abatements and 3 requests for sewer abatements were approved. The Board approved 3 sewer flow revisions, and certified the Peak and Off-Peak Billing Commitments to the Tax Collector. It remains the consistent policy of this Board that abatements will not be granted for fixture-related leaks. The annual total water withdrawal for the year 2017 was 224,089,460 gallons, a ten percent (10%) reduction over 2016. This equates to an annual average daily withdrawal of 613,943 gallons per day, a figure below our permitted withdrawal of 850,000 gallons per day. Aggressive leak detection in 2017 resulted in decreased water withdrawals and substantial water loss recovery.

Kathleen Meads, Co-Chair
Public Schools

Superintendent of Schools
2017 was a relatively quiet year in Provincetown Schools until the end, when it turned out to be the final year with Kim Pike as our Principal. After 8 ½ years in this essential leadership role, Provincetown Schools looks, feels, and IS a very different place, a substantially better place than it was prior to Kim Pike.
Under her leadership we have accomplished much to be proud of. We have become an established International Baccalaureate World School that focuses on developing students who are global citizens. We have created a safe, supportive, predictable learning environment that celebrates diversity, individuality, and community. 218 provincetown-ma.gov

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Provincetown Schools is now a collaborative, collegial, environment for students and teachers who are eager to learn, to grow and to take risks. Our community partnerships with the PTA, PAAM, Coastal Studies, FAWC, and the PMPM have grown exponentially creating exceptional opportunities for our students and teachers. International travel to Costa Rica has given 7th and 8th graders a unique, life altering experience.
Under Ms. Pike's leadership we have become a technologically sophisticated District; with 1:1 devices for students in grades 3-8, banks of devices for younger students, a state-of -the-art collaboration area in our media center, and a z-SPACE lab where teachers and students engage in virtual and alternative reality learning. Under Ms. Pike's leadership we have a faculty of very high quality teachers.
We have teachers who have been recognized as outstanding leaders at the state level, who have gone on to work internationally, and to receive fellowships for further study. The educational program has also grown. During Ms. Pike's tenure we added Wee Care in Provincetown, an infant/toddler program for working parents. We have expanded Spanish instruction for all students.
We have added violin instruction for grades 1-4 and an instrumental program for older students. STEAM has come to Provincetown students as well as Mindfulness, an intervention/enrichment program in both math and literacy, a social/ emotional and health curriculum. After school enrichment and summer school have become rich additions to the educational program. Most recently we have been working on piloting a winter Saturday Program. Ms. Pike has led these initiatives with skill, energy, creativity, and dedication to the children and families that make up our school community.
Yes, 2017 was quiet, but the past 8 ½ years have been productive, successful, creative years for Provincetown Schools! THANK YOU, MS. PIKE! Beth Singer, Superintendent 226 provincetown-ma.gov Town of named "New Science Teacher of the Year" by the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers. Mr. Gifford teaches science in the Middle Years Program (MYP) and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) to grades 1-8. Congratulations, Mr. Gifford! As an International Baccalaureate World School, we are required to be evaluated every five-years by the International Baccalaureate Organization for re-validation. The Primary Years Program (PYP) has just completed that process. A visiting team spent 2 days at Provincetown Schools visiting classrooms, talking with teachers, students, parents, and community partners. They were very impressed with the school and will be sending us a report of commendations and recommendations for our continued growth on the IB journey. Next year our MYP will engage in the same process. The MYP is currently submitting its self-study.
Learning opportunities for children at Provincetown Schools are facilitated by technology. And 2017 was a big year for us. We added several software programs including Google Classroom, which is an ideal way for parents, teachers and students to interact with one another and be able to access what is happening in classrooms each day. We also initiated coding experiences for the PYP through Cubeto and Scratch Jr., while the MYP approached coding skills through Tynker. School year '17 was also a year for hardware expansion. A zSpace lab was installed in the media center. zSpace combines elements of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality to engage students in exploration and experiential learning. zSpace is a great match for our IB approach to teaching and learning. This very student -centered environment encourages inquiry, risk taking, problem solving and collaboration, while building confidence and expanding interests. Finally, we installed a large active board in the Media Center and 4 smaller panels in classrooms. These active panels operate by touch and stylus and are highly interactive. Students use them for project work, language learning, and playing collaborative instructional games. Students and faculty love the boards! As a result of last year's auditorium restorations, the newly named "Fishermen Hall" had a successful year of hosting student events. Everyone is welcome to attend these wonderful events. When school was not in session, it served as another Town venue for entertainment. Peregrine Theater's production of Chicago and the Gold Dust Orphans' Greece were great summer tenants. We look forward to continue our sharing of Fishermen Hall.
Oceana Soccer came to Provincetown in 2017 expanding the soccer program, the season, and the experiences for our students. We have also added a late bus for our high school students at Nauset, so that those who practice sports after school can get home. We share this bus with Truro.
After many years of high quality service, at the end of the year Tony Brack-Provincetown 2017 Annual Town Report 227 Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Cape Cod Regional Technical High School will provide an opportunity to acquire high quality technical, academic, and social skills preparing our students for success in our changing world. Cape Cod Regional Technical High School (CCRTHS) was established in 1973 as a public technical high school. The CCRTHS district draws students from 12 towns extending from Mashpee to Provincetown. For our school year 2016-2017, we had 623 students enrolled in 17 different technical programs with an operating budget of $14,459,300*. (*The annual budget and town assessments are based on the previous school year's October 1 enrollment.) The town of Provincetown had five students enrolled at CCRTHS as of October 1, 2016. The assessment for Provincetown in FY17 was $57,489* based on the previous year's enrollment.

Highlights from Cape Cod Tech 2016-17 School
Year Cape Cod Regional Technical High School wishes to thank all twelve towns for approving our building project. We are now in Design Development with tentative date for start of construction as November, 2018. For more information go to: http://www.capetech.us/domain/50.
• Graduated 135 seniors in June 2017; one from Provincetown.
• CCRTHS students meet the same academic standards required by the state as our sending schools. • CCRTHS has improved public and community relations by serving community members in our technical shops allowing communities to realize significant savings in labor charges.
ett the PSC Chair resigned for personal reasons. And, often his husband (they are parents of two of our students) was the only person of the public who attended PSC meetings. We will miss Tony's leadership.
We are sorry to see our Principal, Kim Pike, leave after 8 ½ years, to take advantage of another opportunity that is perfect for her. She led the faculty to make the education of our children their personal priority. Meanwhile, the Superintendent will start a global (after all, we are an IB World School) search for a new principal early in 2018. Finally, we are grateful that Jeffrey Slater, a Provincetown resident who had already been a substitute teacher at our School, and has experience and training as a principal has stepped in as our Interim Principal. Ngina Lythcott, Chair 228 provincetown-ma.gov Town of • Thirty-Nine students received John and Abigail Adams Scholarships.
• The National Technical Honor Society inducted 75 students. • At the SkillsUSA State level competition; 47 students attended of which 13 students won medals. Medals won: 3 Gold, 6 Bronze and 4 Ribbons. Eight students qualified to go on to the National Competition. • At the SkillsUSA District level competition, 62 students attended of which 9 students medaled. Medals won: 3 Gold, 5 Bronze and 1 Fourth Place. • At the 2017 Future Farmers of America (FFA) Massachusetts State Convention, 6 Team Awards were received by 15 students. Awards included: Nursery Landscape 3 rd Place, Floriculure 4 th Place, Chapter Exhibit 4 th Place, Agri-Science 2 nd Place, Quiz Bowl 2 nd Place, and Turf Management 1 st Place/ CDE State Champions. • In Auto Collision 80% of grade 12 students were employed as of graduation day with 75% of those employed being in the trade. This shop completed 164 jobs for the public with a savings of $60,000 to Cape Cod residents.
• Auto Technology has converted from laptops to Chromebooks and Google docs. All shop students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade became SP2 Safety certified and half of the students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade became Student ASE certified.
• The Carpentry Department curriculum parallels National Education & Research Construction and participates in school-wide reading and writing initiatives. This year the shop had 7 females enrolled and 7 students on Co-Operative placements. All juniors and seniors completed the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHA) certification. • The Cosmetology program expanded enrollment by offering a summer camp program to 5 th -8 th graders and reaching out to non-traditional students. Community Services offered included 'Mannies for Nannies' and 'The Wig Bank'. The program also offered 512 services to clients, saving the public more than $22,000. All seniors passed the Cosmetology State Board Exam. • Culinary Arts received a four star rating from the Board of Health. Students were engaged in community outreach to the Food Bank and Soup Kitchen. The Hidden Cove Restaurant continues to be a hands-on opportunity to practice learned skills in the shop curriculum. • Dental Assisting increased their curriculum for digital radiography. Students participated in the State Leadership Conference, District SkillsUSA and State SkillsUSA competitions. The shop offered summer camp for 5 th -8 th graders and adult education for the school's evening program.
• Early Childhood Education reported: 6 seniors and 2 juniors placed in teaching internships, 5 seniors were recommended for Mass ECE teacher Six of their eight seniors went on to college to study Engineering. The shop offered two courses in 3D modeling software and added opportunities for their students to take online certifications and calculus. • Graphic Arts enjoyed their largest 9 th grade class yet and are proud of one student's work chosen for a state-wide honor, the design of the Massachusetts state pin for the SkillsUSA competition. The shop focused on 21st century skills of web design and graphic user interfaces. • Health Tech had a total of 62 students, the largest of all shops and achieved the highest grade point average. Five seniors were placed in internships at Cape Cod Hospital in the Emergency Room, Maternity, and IV therapy; and one at the Pain Management Center. Three students went out on co-operative education placements and 100% of juniors successfully passed their State Certified Nursing Exam and received their licenses. • Horticulture shifted the greenhouse program towards food. There was no use of synthetic pesticides in the greenhouse this year. By tracking student formative assessment scores throughout the year to identify skills and knowledge, students have finished in the top 5 in all of their competitions in Future Farmers of America (FFA) Career Development Education.
• HVAC collaborated with the Plumbing Shop to open another avenue for licensing of graduating HVAC students. They collaborated with HVAC Instructors from other technical high schools to assist with curriculum development and delivery. All six seniors achieved their EPA Section 608 Universal Certification; 3 achieved Exemplary Student Project Awards; and 4 students participated in co-operative education placements.
• Marine Services made significant progress aligning current curriculum to the new format of scope and sequence for Vocational Technical Education.
The students in this shop serviced more than 50 jobs for customers, saving them more than $20,000 in competitive labor costs.
• The Information Technology shop accomplished their goals to update textbooks and significantly increased the amount of hardware available to create more engaging labs that reflect real-world implementations of technology. Their students operate the school's Helpdesk for technical support.
• The Plumbing Department had 15 students on co-operative education placements this year. • The Welding Shop began a three year transition to closing. One of their biggest accomplishments was the retention of all the seniors from September to graduation. Also this year the students were introduced to all positions of welding. The seniors were able to "stick weld" aluminum while all students practiced pipe welding. • Cooperative Education reported 109 juniors and seniors qualified for job placements or internships for real-life work experience. Grades of C or better in academic classes and B or better in shop/theory classes are required. Lead teachers actively solicit employment opportunities for students with employers and track performance with the Program Coordinator. • The Computer/21 st Century Learning department implemented a new technology-based Personal Finance curriculum. Students were polled during class for specific interest/ability levels to ensure student interest and eliminate re-teaching known concepts. • In the English Department's Advanced Placement Language and Literature classes, nearly a third of the students received qualifying scores, consistent with the state average of all high schools. Eleventh and twelfth grade teams continued to collaborate effectively on the Junior Proposal and the Senior Project Papers. • The Math Department added more problem solving activities into lesson plans; increased academic opportunities for students with honors level and advanced math classes; and created additional opportunities for students to showcase their talents in math competitions. • The Athletic Department offered a "no-cut, no-fee" program in which all students can participate without fees. The following sports are offered: baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. • The Science Department maintained rigorous 90 day courses for 11 th & 12 th grade. The department used project based assignments, an organized notebook system, and Google Classroom in their curriculum. MCAS results for 10 th grade were favorable. • The Social Studies Department increased Criminal Justice to three classes due to high demand. Honors classes successfully expanded to include all grades. Both 9th and 10th grade honors classes were at capacity and served as a feeder program for upper-class AP courses. • The Spanish Department was active in the community with Diversity Day, Philanthropy Day and Cape Cod Arts. • Special Education successfully implemented a uniform homework policy