04/20/2022 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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16 Great Neck RoadXorth Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 Kathy Jacobson- She participated in the LCP workshop on April 91h and was assigned to a break out group. David Weeden was at her table. She just wants to comment as a follow up to Mr. Fulone's Public Comment, in no way did his participation influence the rest of the table. All eight people contributed ideas, brainstorming strengths and weaknesses equally. She thought his participation and knowledge of the history was helpful and his role was as a citizen not an elected official. She doesn't see why he or anyone else should be discriminated for participation. There were other town officials other than just Ms. Waygan and Mr. Weeden. His input was valuable as well as every other participants input. Greg Mckelvey- He was at the LCP meeting from beginning to end. To disclose, he is a stakeholder and on the Finance Committee. He realized it got off to a rough start, and in bringing stuff forward adjustments were made. He sat at his table and was totally impressed with what was happening. They were talking, agreeing, and disagreeing. There was no name calling or abuse, but dialogue, and that was needed. He thought Mr. Lehrer did a great job and he will help in any way with the process. This is an important process. Everyone that is a citizen is an important stakeholder. He encourages everyone to come to meetings. It can be a learning experience and sometimes people are timid, but the more diversity of people the better, that is truly important. As he serves on the Finance Committee, he knows the town is always in need of committee members. These lists do not discriminate against women or any ethnic group. He encourages every group to serve on a committee. He appreciates the process. Michaela Colombo- She took a minute to thank Mr. Lehrer. A question came up regarding the whereabouts of the documents. Several people had asked for transparency. She reached out to Mr. Lehrer and he got back to her promptly, he sent a list over, and they will be uploaded on the webpage. She does appreciate his response. Throughout the meeting, she agrees with what has been said so far. She appreciates everyone who was at the meeting, it was a rocky start in the larger group, but once everyone was in their smaller group, the facilitators did a great job. Everyone who participated did a great job. She, like many others, was pleased to have people represent the town who know the town and can provide important insight. She was seated with Ms. Waygan in the breakout group. She did not realize that she purposefully did not speak, and she did say multiple times she was to save her comments for last, and most people spoke more than once before she contributed. People agreed and disagreed and it was a rich conversation. At no point did she feel the conversation was steered, quite the contrary. She was appalled as she attended the Select Board meeting and she did not understand the criticism of Ms. Waygan and Mr. Weeden. She appreciates the fact they were both there and she appreciated their participation and is thankful for all their hard work. David Weeden- He wants to express his concern with Chairman Fulone coming to the Select Board meeting and stating what he said. He was taken aback when he framed it as though the consultant determined elected officials could not participate in the process. He does not feel it was right for the consultant to make that determination. The other issue he took, he sees a pattern of Mr. Fulone representing himself as Chairman of the Board. He was stating things as he was speaking from that position. From his knowledge, that is not allowed. He is here as a resident and a citizen and not in any other capacity. He does have a voice as an elected official. He does not want his voice to be softened, 3