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Article 32. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of installing a new ceiling in the new Auditorium.
Unanimous Voice Vote Voted: to reconsider Article 24.
Carried Yes 98 No 40
Voted : to accept the layout of the re-location and widening of a Town way, Samoset Road, so-called from the intersection of Herring Brook and Samoset Road to the waters of Cape Cod Bay, with boundaries and measure- ments as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of December 1964 and authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase, gift or eminent domain any lands or interests in any lands within the lines of said layout necessary for this purpose, and for this purpose use funds appropriated from Chapter 782 Account.
Yes 116 No 22 Article 25. Voted : to reconsider 25.
Unanimous Vote
Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to meet the Town's share of Chapter 90 Highway work, and that in addition, the sum of $12,000.00 be transferred
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from available funds in the Treasury to meet the State and County share of the work, the re-imbursement from the State and County to be restored upon receipt to un- appropriated funds in the Treasury.
Unanimous Voice Vote Article 26. Voted : to reconsider Article 26.
Voted : that the Town appropriate from available funds on deposit in the bank under Chapter 782 Account and Chapter 822 Account to be used in conjunction with Chap- ter 90 funds for the construction of the portion of Samoset Road from the intersection of Samoset and Herring Brook Road to the waters of Cape Cod Bay.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 33. Voted : that the Town accept the following by-law : "no person shall have more than one unregistered car or truck ungaraged on his premises in a residential district at any time unless authorized by the Board of Selectmen. In no event will an unregistered unsightly car or truck be stored in the front yard."
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 34. Voted: that the sum of $500.00 received from the Commonwealth for use of the Eastham Library be available to the Trustees for the purchase of books or other lawful expense in conformance with provisions of Chapter 672 of the Acts of 1963.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 35. Voted : that the Town vote to amend and change the zoning by-law by adding further regulations to Section V A :
Section V A paragraph 1 now reads as follows: "the following uses are allowed in the 'Permissive Use' area provided said use or uses are not injurious, noxious, or offensive to the neighborhood and only if authorized by the Board of Appeals."
(a.) "Hotels, Motels or Inns" and to insert the fol-
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lowing: "a parking space of 125 square feet per rental unit, plus one additional parking space of 125 square feet for each ten rental units or fraction thereof shall be re- quired for motels. The entire structures and buildings shall not cover more than 20 per cent of the land area used for motels."
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 36. Voted: to amend and change the zoning by-law relative to Section V which reads as follows : "Districts C and D: In Districts C and D premises and (or) buildings may be used for the following purposes only :
"1. Any use designated or authorized in and for Dis- triets A and B.
"2. Stores, restaurants, filling stations, garages, re- pair shops, paint shops, antique businesses, furniture shops manufacturing of house framing, cabinets, furniture and like products" and to insert the following: "Motels, sub- ject to specifications regulating their use as set forth in Section V A as amended."
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 37. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 38. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $1.500.00 for the purpose of painting traffic lines on the Town Roads and for the purchase and erection of signs under the direction of the Police Department.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 39. Under this Article the following motion was made and seconded : That the Selectmen be requested by vote to call a Special Town Meeting within 30 days, for the purpose of entertaining an Article to appoint a Special Building Committee to study, prepare proposals and sketches to obtain cost estimates to do all necessary work in preparation to submit recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting. Said Committee to consist of
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seven (7) members including one ( member of the Board of Selectmen, one (1) member of the Planning Board, one (1) member of the Finance Committee, one (1) Building Contractor, appointment to be made by the Moderator and that the Selectmen be further requested to include an Article to appropriate a sum of money for the Special Town Office Committee. The Selectmen called a point of order due to a standing committee appointed previously to study all expansion needs within the Town. The Moder- ator ruled against this motion stating that in his opinion the request for a special town meeting should be made through the regular channels either by petition or called by the Selectmen.
A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Maurice A. Moore and to Mr. Doyle, the Moderator, for their service to the Town.
The Town was honored with the presence of three representatives from the Government Department of Com- munity Development who were allowed to observe our Town government procedures. Mr. Wachara Saokomut was from Thailand; Messrs. Prem B. Singh and Subarna Rana came from Nepal. The assembly extended a cordial welcome to these representatives from Southeast Asia which at this time of writing is embroiled in a battle of survival against Communism.
Voted: to dispense with the reading of the minutes.
There being no more business to come before the meet- ing adjournment was voted at 9:02 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the County of Barnstable :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Thursday, the Eighth (8) day of April next at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Special Building Committee, to consist of seven members including one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Planning Board and one Building Con- tractor, appointments to be made by the Moderator; said committee to prepare proposals and sketches and obtain cost estimates for Town Office space and submit recom- mendations to the next Annual Town Meeting, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the use of said committee, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to install a tile ceiling in the auditorium basement, in conjunction with the ceiling to be installed in the Auditorium as authorizedd by vote of the Town under Article 32 at the Annual Town Meeting, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the School Committee for purposes of sharing with nearby towns in
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a study of long range school needs, or take any action relative thereto.
Tabled at the request of Mr. Sydney Pierce.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the present rental schedule for the Auditorium and estab- lish a new schedule which will provide that persons and or organizations renting the Auditorium will be responsible for custodian and police fees, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Recommended $5.00 for organizations originating in Eastham, all others $20.00, plus additional fees of $10.00 each for police and custodian.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Planning Board, for the purchase of sub-division maps and for some clerical assistance, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $500.00
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treas- ury. the sum of $1,500.00 to be spent under the provisions of Chapter 90, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 7. To hear the reports of Committees and to do or act on anything which may legally come before this meeting.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the post office in North Eastham and the post office in Eastham seven days at least before the date of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant
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with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals this Thirty-First day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Five.
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman FRED G. LaPIANA, JR. ROBERT J. ERICKSON Board of Selectmen
MINUTES SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 8, 1965
Pursuant to the conditions of the foregoing warrant, the voters assembled in the Eastham Auditorium, and, there being a quorum present, the meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator, Robert C. Penney. Richard Woodland, and Richard H. Nickerson were appoin- ted to act as tellers and were duly sworn to the perfor- mance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
The call and service of the meeting were read and, there being no objections, the reading of the Articles with- in the warrant omitted.
Voted: that Article 1 be amended to read as follows:
To see if the Town will vote to appoint a SPECIAL TOWN OFFICE BUILDING COMMITTEE to study, pre- pare proposals and sketches, obtain cost estimates, and to do all necessary work in preparation to submit recommen- dations and or articles to the next Annual Town Meeting.
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Said committee to be made up of seven (7) members to include one member of the Board of Selectmen, one mem- ber of the Planning Board, and one building contractor; appointments to be made by the Moderator and that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the ex- penses of the committee.
Carried by Voice Vote
Voted: that Article 1 be accepted as amended.
Carried by Voice Vote
Article 2. Voted: to install a tile ceiling in the audi- torium basement in conjunction with the ceiling to be in- stalled in the auditorium as authorized by vote of the Town under Article 32 at the Annual Town Meeting.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 3. Indefinitely postponed. (Article relative to school survey request.
Article 4. Voted : to rescind the present rental schedule for the new auditorium and establish a new schedule as follows :
For organizations originating in Eastham $5.00 For organizations originating outside of
of Eastham or profit making individuals $20.00 Fees for Police and Custodial duties as specified by the Selectmen.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 5. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the Planning Board to be used for the purchase of sub-division maps and clerical assistance.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 6. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $1.500.00 to meet the Town's share of Chapter 90 highway work and that in addition the sum of $4,500.00 be trans- ferred from available funds in the Treasury to meet the State and County share of the work the re-imbursement
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from the State and County to be restored upon receipt to unappropriated funds in the Treasury.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Article 7. The following Resolutions were adopted under Article 7:
Be it resolved: whereas the citizens of the Town of Eastham wish to preserve the natural beauties of the Town, we hereby resolve to instruct the Selectmen to appoint an architectural committee, consisting of a chairman and four additional members.
Be it resolved : that we direct the Finance Committee to prepare a five year plan of major capital outlays for municipal purposes in conjunction with the Board of Se- lectmen and other Town officials and to submit said plan to the Annual Town Meeting and thereafter revise.
Voted: that the reading of the minutes be dispensed with.
Unanimous Vote
There being no more business to come before the meet- ing adjournment came at 8:55 P. M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
Attest : A True Copy
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, s. s.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the County of Barnstable :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the Six- teenth (16) day of November next at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars ($21.000.00). for the purpose of purchasing the property, with improve- ments thereon known as the Tri-Craft Building which is sixty feet by thirty-eight feet (60' x 38') located on Brack- ett Road and containing an area of 1.25 acres, more or less. and being a part of Lot 1 in Block 41 as shown on the Assessors' Maps, or take any action relative thereto. Recommended, Yes 8 No 1
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift of land from Edna M. Walker, being Lot 46 in Block 48 as shown on the Assessors' Maps, or take any action relative thereto.
No recommendation required.
Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and to do or act on anything which may legally come before this meeting.
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You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the post office in North Eastham and the post office in Eastham seven days at least before the date of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this Eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Five.
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman FRED G. LaPIANA, JR. ROBERT J. ERICKSON Board of Selectmen
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MINUTES
November 15, 1965
Pursuant to the conditions of the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled in the Eastham Auditorium, and, there being a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator, Robert Penney. John B. Curtiss and Kenelmn Collins were appointed to act as tellers and were duly sworn to the faithful per- formance of their duties by the Town Clerk. The call and service of the meeting were read by the Town Clerk, and there being no objections the reading of the Articles in the warrant omitted.
Article 1. Voted : that the sum of $21,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing the prop-
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erty with improvements thereon known as the Tri Craft Building located on Brackett Road and containing an area of 1.25 more or less and being a part of Lot 1 in Block 41 as shown on the Assessor's maps and authorize the Select- men to execute this purchase and take any action relative thereto.
89 Yes 18 No
A motion to have this Article tabled was defeated by a vote of 66 no 18 yes.
Article 2. Voted : that the Town accept as a gift, land from Edna M. Walker being Lot 46 on Block 48 as shown on the Assessors' Maps and containing an area of 1.9 acres more or less.
Unanimous Voice Vote
Mr. Warrenton Williams delegate from Eastham on the County Planning Commission described the aims and duties of the Commission and asked that support be ex- tended to the efforts of the group.
There being no objections, reading of the minutes was omitted, and there being no further business to come before the meeting adjournment was voted at 8:25 P. M.
L. Isabelle Brackett
Town Clerk
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INSURANCE IN FORCE ON TOWN PROPERTY December 31, 1965
Town Hall $155,200.00
Elementary School
293,500.00
Public Library 40,400.00
Fire Station 31,600.00
Old Windmill
7,000.00
Highway Garage (old fire station)
6,500.00
Fire Alarm Tower
6,500.00
Comfort Station
1,100.00
Tractor Shed
1,500.00
Boilers and Machinery, Town Hall and School
25,000.00
Fire Trucks and Equipment 24,950.00
Highway Equipment 11,770.00
Public Liability Insurance is carried on three fire trucks, rescue truck, rescue boat, Police cruiser, Town Nurse car, tractor and trailer.
Workmen's compensation insurance is carried on the basis of the annual payroll.
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LIST OF JURORS
Preparted under Chapter 243, General Laws, as amended.
NAME
OCCUPATION
MAIL ADDRESS
Walter L. Wiegle
Retired
North Eastham
Dana H. Seaverns
Retired
North Eastham
George R. Bridgwood
Cottage Owner
Eastham
Alonzo Dumoulin
Retired
Eastham
Elmer T. Ackerman
Retired Eastham
Nelson E. Walsh
Retired
Eastham
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman
FRED G. LaPIANA, PR.
ROBERT J. ERICKSON
Board of Selectmen
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BREWSTER - ORLEANS - EASTHAM AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, INC.
To the Board of Selectmen :
The year of 1965 was another of continued successful service to the residents and visitors of the area. This past summer, we purchased a new ambulance, so that we could maintain our high degree of service. The funds for the purchase of this ambulance came from our special replace- ment fund and the trade-in of our old ambulance.
The State, during the past year, required that the three towns served entered into written contract with us for our services. The contracts were prepared by our council and signed by all concerned.
Our old ambulance traveled 97,008 miles during the five years we had it, and at the end of the year, we had approximately 12,000 miles on the new ambulance. We carried 311 patients on 313 runs. Oxygen was administered a number of times. As in past years, a number of the runs were to off Cape points, including the following areas; Boston, Providence, Fitchburg, Taunton, Worcester, Con- cord, and New York. The 315 patients carried were dis- tributed as follows :
Brewster 64
Eastham
59
Orleans 118
Other 74
Total 315
It should be noted that the 74 patients identified as "Other" represented mostly summer visitors and originated in the towns served, although a few were courtesy runs for neighboring towns.
We cover for neighboring towns when their ambu- lances are out of town, and they do the same for us.
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Our financial statement is as follows: Total Funds on hand January 1, 1965 $16,821.95 Receipts during the year have been:
From Donations $ 3,762.50
Interest on Deposits in Savings Bank 504.38
Fed. Tax Refund on 1965 purchase Of Ambulance 198.50
Due from Directors
8.00
For Oxygen 222.50
Appropriations from the three Towns 12,000.00
Tips for Driver and Helper on one run 10.00
Tax Withholdings 1.158.90
Employer's Reimbursement under State Taxes 4.23
$17,869.01 $34.690.96
Expenditures during year have been : New Ambulance (Plus Tax, Less Trade-In) $9,903.20
Salary of Robley E. Fulcher, Driver 5,200.00
Wages of Assistants on Calls 2,255.00
Wages of Assistants on Standby 182.50
Salary of Harry F. Childs, Assistant Treasurer 600.00
Storage of Ambulance
365.00
Gasoline, Oil, Repairs, New Snow Tires Wheels & Valves 1,584.46
Radio, Antenna and Supplies
for Ambulance 21.55
For Meals on Runs
232.95
For Laundry 49.62
Insurance on Ambulance 418.93
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 222.94
Bank Charge cashing Foreign Check 1.38
Fidelity Bond for Asst. Treasurer
60.00
Printing. Postage and Supplies
for Asst. Treasurer 101.98
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Minutes Book for Clerk 19.70
Toll Charges, Trip to New York 4.85
Oxygen 15.85
Tips for Driver and Helper on one run 10.00
Tax Withholdings 1,123.01
$22.372.92
Balance on Hand December 31, 1965
$12,318.04
In Replacement Fund
$10,550.01
In Operation Account
1,476.38
In Tax Withholding Account
291.65
$12,318.04
It should be noted that while our appropriations from the three towns total $12,000.00 our operating expenses come to $12,469.72.
This is now two years in a row that our expenses have excelled our appropriations.
All donations and interest received by us are placed in our special Fund for the replacement of the Ambulance when necessary. It should be noted that this is our only source of income with which to replace the Ambulance.
The following men give freely of their time to serve as a Board of Directors for the Association: Harold H. Claflin, Brewster; John A. Johnson, Brewster; Richard J. Vandermay, Eastham; Warrenton A. Williams, Eastham; Urban S. Livingston, Orleans; Foster T. Backus, Orleans; Robley E. Fulcher, Sr., Orleans.
Your Ambulance Association is ready to serve the needs of the area, both day and night. We have a well trained driver and assistant. Those who served on the Ambulance during the past year performed an excellent job and deserve a vote of thanks from the communities served.
Respectfully submitted,
URBAN S. LIVINGSTON, President WARRENTON A. WILLIAMS, Clerk-Treasurer
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REPORT OF THE EASTHAM APPEALS BOARD
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
In an effort to conform to the general request for conciseness and brevity in annual reports, all discussion of recently adopted or presently proposed by-laws and articles dealing with Zoning and or Planning will be elim- inated from this report, and only a listing of hearings held and a brief history concerning immediate Appeal Board matters and members will be offered.
As has so often been the case in the past, your chair- man and Board members received many inquiries and held many informal discussions with prospective appel- lants. Several initial applications never came to hearing and were "settled out-of-court", so to speak, as the result of advice and counsel of the Board. There follows a listing of the ten cases that came to final hearing, and these are set down under the names of the appellants in chrono- locical order together with the final disposition of each. A separate folder containing the original documents, data, and testimony relating to each case rests on file with the Town Clerk for those desiring to review the proceed- ings in a particular case.
1. January 13 Leslie S. and Gertrude Morse
............ ..... Granted
2. January 13 Charles W. Chase ..... ..... Granted
3. February 3 Peter J. Meize Granted
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4. February 3 Robert H. Mathewson Denied
5. March 31 Robert Thayer Granted
6. March 31 John F. and Mary C. Quinlan Granted
7. May
26 Robert W. Smith, Frank Freeman Jr. and Jeanne Anderson ....... Granted
8. May 26 Richard H. and Elizabeth J.
Penney Denied
9. November 17 Robert Thayer Granted
10. November 17 William R. Payne Granted
Dominic J. and Anthony J. Creonte, who were granted, on September 9, 1964, the right to build a motel on land abutting the Town Hall property on the South, informed the Board of Appeals that various problems encountered had hindered initiation of construction work, and infor- mally asked for and were granted a one-year extension of time under paragraph 14 of the local rules and regu- Jations of the Appeal Board.
During the past year several changes have taken place in the composition of the Board membership.
Early in the year Mr. George D. Dickie passed away after a lengthly illness. His years of conscientious and faithful service to the Town as a regular Board member are to be commended, and his jolly good humor and wise counsel have been, and will be, sorely missed.
Later in the spring Mr. Edward L. Philbrick, Jr. found his work taking him so far from the Cape each day that he felt it necessary to move away from Eastham and off the Cape. The Board appreciates the numerous
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efforts he made to hurry the long distance home on hear- ing nights so that he might serve.
In order to attempt to fill the vacancies thus created, the Board of Selectmen first appointed Mr. George B. Allen who found it necessary to resign for personal reasons before having actually served.
Later Mr. Herman M. Polley consented to accept an appointment to membership, leaving the Board still one member shy of its full complement of seven, composed of five regular members and two alternates. The names of those presently serving, including that of your chairman are as follows: Lt. Col. (Ret'd). Stillman D. Covell, Mrs. Catherine DeVille, Mr. Harold Jennings, Mr. David L. Mead, Mr. Herman M. Polley, and Mr. Roy A Wheaton. The continued cooperation and conscientious attendance and participation at hearings by these members is greatly appreciated
Mrs. Catherine De Ville continues to act faithfully and proficiently in her dual role as clerk of the Board and Associate Member, for which we are most grateful.
We have been very gratified to have had the steady attendance at hearings of Mr. Leslie H. Morse Jr., Build- ing Inspector, and Mr. John B. Curtiss, Planning Board member, who together have provided the Board with its most faithful audience. Their active participation and help- ful comments and suggestions have been much appre- ciated.
At this writing the present sign code as contained in the Zoning By-Laws of the Town seems to be the most bothersome problem facing the Board of Selectmen as en- forcing authority and their agent, the Building Inspector. A joint meeting of Selectmen, Building Inspector, Plan-
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