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16 Great Neck Road North <br />Nashpee,-%lassadhusetts 02649 <br />would fit in with zoning. They had a financial package for the town regarding a payment in lieu <br />of taxes. <br />Mr. Lehrer commented the Department of Revenue recently changed their rules about <br />assessing solar. Most developers offer payment in lieu of taxes. It may be worth a <br />conversation with the assessor and the treasurer. It included a transfer of the property to the <br />town. It sounded very good but there was nothing in writing. It didn't seem that advantageous <br />on the back end. <br />Ms. Waygan would be interested in linking it to zoning if it was advantageous. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated it's a long term use that is relatively temporary. There is also a life to the <br />panels and the program. The state is making it very lucrative for solar farmers to develop solar. <br />The smart program may be worth looking into. <br />Tree Bylaw <br />Mr. Lehrer noted Ms. Faulkner has been working on this. They have been looking at examples <br />in the state of Massachusetts and there is a relatively diverse approach to this across the few <br />they have looked into. This is in consideration of administration, costs, applicability, etc. He <br />has exchanged emails with the Planning Director in Lynnfield, Ma who recently adopted a tree <br />bylaw. They provided a more reasonable approach, compared to some towns like Wellesley <br />and Concord that have extremely restrictive and expensive approaches. He is setting up calls <br />with the Planner in Lynnfield to speak about what their lessons learned were and things that <br />are going well or require a second look. Ms. Faulkner will join him on the call. In the efforts of <br />establishing a baseline expectation and what can be expected for community engagement, he <br />would like to have a clearly defined process that the town can rely on moving ahead. <br />Mr. Fulone asked if any towns on Cape Cod have a tree bylaw. <br />Mr. Lehrer is unaware if any town on Cape has a tree bylaw. The Lynnfield Planning Director is <br />eager to talk to them but her email alluded to the fact she has been through an ordeal to get <br />this done. <br />Mr. Fulone would be interested if there is a place on the Cape that even proposed one, if it did <br />not pass, why? <br />Ms. Waygan noted Provincetown has a public tree bylaw regarding trees on public land being <br />regulated, but that is a different type of bylaw. <br />13 <br />