04/20/2022 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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� Y✓A}t,y�. 1 XY;I 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, .Massachusetts 02649 public meetings that have a mic. That is a work in progress. She has asked all LCP materials be vetted by the Planning Board, including surveys and maps, so that collectively things can be considered before reaching the public. All materials produced as groups have been posted on the LCP website: www.planmashpee.com They haven't been summarized or analyzed if people want to look at the material. She wants to let the Wampanoag Tribal members know, regardless what anyone did with that map or how the consultants treated them, majority of tables put the Tribe as a resource for this town. The first comment made at her round table was the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe was a resource to this town. She has worked side by side with David Weeden, and it was a pleasure when he served on the Planning Board. What Ms. Peters said broke her heart about not feeling comfortable or welcomed. There should be a workshop specially targeting the Tribe, held at the Wampanoag Government Center. If they don't want the consultants there, she understands, there are people who will volunteer to help with that. It's a pivotal moment in the town and she is ready to cross the bridge that is dividing the town and Tribe. Mr. Lehrer would like to extend his appreciation to everyone who spoke tonight, the Board, and everyone who participated Saturday. He has been given constructive and critical feedback not only on the day but the process. There is a lot to be clarified. First, he would like to address the critical oversight that made the event not as productive as it could have been. First, to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, all of its members in Mashpee and elsewhere, his most sincere apologies for not providing the oversight of the documentation he should have to make everyone feel this process was designed to empower you to participate. It was unintentional oversight but he knows it is one that carries weight and will not persist throughout the process. From the bottom of his heart, personally and professionally, his deepest and sincere apologies. He looks forward to working with the Planning Board and everyone to address the issues. He contacted Select Board member Weeden to begin addressing these items. He also reached out to the Tribal Chair to inquire about a potential workshop at the Government Center. There were a lot of questions raised at the meeting and since Mr. Balzarini has also addressed. Long term planning needs a base of existing conditions to vision and plan for the future. We are required, via this update, to develop assessments of goals, policies, and actions to ascertain what progress was made over time. He understands these questions have arisen because that was not made front and center. He will assess each LCP action plan and where the Planning Board stands, as well as what has been accomplished, why and why not. He will commit to ensure the Planning Board is undertaking a process consistent with best practice that honors and respects the foundation moving forward. He has begun using the list of documents on the Planning Department webpage, maps and resources section, literature review of LCP, and a link to the www.planmashPee.com website. When the request for proposal for the LCP was developed, merging was discussed to reduce redundancies. For example, Safety and Municipality Buildings will merge. The day was largely successful, there was a rocky start, but he was proud of the manner with which residents were participating. He left feeling there were accomplishments, despite issues noted earlier, that will no longer be of issue. Moving forward, he wants to remind everyone this is the beginning. Lessons learned at the event will only inform and improve subsequent events. May 7th marks the initial target for the next event, but that is Election Day. He intends to have the event on May 14'h, which is the following Saturday. 0