04/03/2023 SELECT BOARD Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

4 Mashpee Select Board Minutes April 3, 2023 APPOINTMENTS& HEARINGS Public Hearin ;.New A fuaculturewGrant Application:w1 9m8 Acres Wa uo#Ba ww,,,_Jaime Pachicor Discussion and Possible Afprov„al of New„Arluaculture Grant Application: 98 Acres m Waquoit Bad;._Jaime Pachico:111111-(continued) Motion made by Selectman Cotton to close the Public Hearing. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara,yes Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Wyman-Colombo, yes Opposed,none Motion made by Selectman Cotton to approve the application of Jaime Pachico, 174 Lowell Road #51, Mashpee for a new Shellfish Aquaculture License(Shellfish Grant)for a 1.98-acre site,to be located in Waquoit Bay, to grow oysters, quahogs and bay scallops with bottom gear. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Selectman Sherman,yes Selectman Wyman-Colombo, yes Opposed, none Presentation and Update on 0 lioid Abatement Funds and Aplalication Process_: Human wServices,Director Gail Wilson: Gail Wilson,Human Services Director was in attendance with Corrine Wickel to review the proposed application for Opioid Abatement funding with the Select Board. As a result of the statewide opioid settlement agreement $152,956 in funding has been received to implement strategies to assist individuals affected by opioid use. A vote of Town Meeting in May 2023 would authorize the revenue to be made available for appropriation to the Human Services Opioid Settlement Account to be expended by the Human Services Director. After careful review it is recommended that requests for funding would be received twice yearly and contingent upon the funding amount to be available for that fiscal year. The application deadlines are June Pt for the July distribution of funds, and December 1"for the January distribution of funds. Funding disbursements must help Mashpee residents within 4 sectors; Prevention,Harm Reduction, Recovery and Treatment. Agencies and/or groups must have an organizational structure with a minimum of a 5016 non-profit status. Lynne Barbee, Chair of the Human Services Committee acknowledged the work of this committee and the benefit of Gail Wilson and Corrine Wickel. Ms. Barbee explained the opioid crisis is very real and there are ways to meet the needs of the participants. As an example, a harm reduction strategy to prevent overdoses would make available to those non-profits meeting the criteria, samples of Narcan and Fentanyl doses.