8/24/2015 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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5 Board of Selectmen Minutes August 24, 2015 NEW BUSINESS Special Events Application: Cape Cod Run from Addiction, September 26, 2015: School Committee member Christopher Santos was before the Board to request permission to traverse through the Town of Mashpee on September 26, 2015 to promote awareness to the opiate and heroin addiction crisis. Mr. Santos indicated the relay race initiative began with a Facebook page that became very popular. In the Cape Cod Run from Addiction, teams comprised of individual towns will relay purple flags to the boundaries of each Cape town which includes Joint Base Cape Cod. The relay will start at the Bourne Library and end at the Provincetown Town Hall. At the lawn of each Town Hall on Cape Cod, runners will plant a purple “Stop the Madness” flag. In Mashpee, the race would begin at approximately 12:00 p.m. Flags would be picked up at the Falmouth line on Old Barnstable Road near the high school and one would be planted at the Mashpee Town Hall. The race would then continue along Route 130 to the Town of Barnstable. Fifteen to twenty runners from each town are anticipated to partake in the relay of the purple flags. Mr. Santo’s requested the Board’s permission to plant a single flag on town grounds, and use the Town Hall as a runner’s station where there would be a water table, and vendors serving ice cream and pizza. Signage; 3 x 4 would also depict the site location. Funding is being collected by the non-profit organization Open Doorways of Cape Cod and applicable regulatory agencies have signed off on the Special Events Application. Motion made by Selectman O’Hara to approve the Special Events Application for the Cape Cod Run from Addiction/The Open Doorway of Cape Cod relay on September 26, 2015 as referenced. Motion seconded by Selectman Sherman. VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Cahalane, yes Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Gottlieb, yes Selectman O’Hara, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Opposed, none