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In <br />Mashpee Select Board <br />Minutes <br />April 3, 2023 <br />APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS <br />Public Hearin;w New AfuaculturewGrant Application: w1 9m8 Acres Wauoit Baww,,,_Jaime Pachicor <br />Discussion and Possible Afprov„al of New„Arluaculture Grant Application: 98 Acres m Waquoit Bad ;w_Jaime <br />Pachico:­111111- (continued) <br />Motion made by Selectman Cotton to close the Public Hearing. <br />Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. <br />VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. <br />Roll Call Vote: <br />Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes <br />Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Wyman -Colombo, yes Opposed, none <br />Motion made by Selectman Cotton to approve the application of Jaime Pachico,174 Lowell Road #51, <br />Mashpee for a new Shellfish Aquaculture License (Shellfish Grant) for a 1.98-acre site, to be located in <br />Waquoit Bay, to grow oysters, quahogs and bay scallops with bottom gear. <br />Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. <br />VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. <br />Roll Call Vote: <br />Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes <br />Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Wyman -Colombo, yes Opposed, none <br />Presentation and Update o40 -pioid Abatement Funds and Aplalication Process_: HumanwServices,Director Gail <br />Wilson: <br />Gail Wilson, Human Services Director was in attendance with Corrine Wickel to review the proposed application <br />for Opioid Abatement funding with the Select Board. As a result of the statewide opioid settlement agreement <br />$152,956 in funding has been received to implement strategies to assist individuals affected by opioid use. A vote <br />of Town Meeting in May 2023 would authorize the revenue to be made available for appropriation to the Human <br />Services Opioid Settlement Account to be expended by the Human Services Director. <br />After careful review it is recommended that requests for funding would be received twice yearly and contingent <br />upon the funding amount to be available for that fiscal year. The application deadlines are June Pt for the July <br />distribution of funds, and December 1" for the January distribution of funds. <br />Funding disbursements must help Mashpee residents within 4 sectors; Prevention, Harm Reduction, Recovery and <br />Treatment. Agencies and/or groups must have an organizational structure with a minimum of a 5016 non-profit <br />status. <br />Lynne Barbee, Chair of the Human Services Committee acknowledged the work of this committee and the benefit <br />of Gail Wilson and Corrine Wickel. Ms. Barbee explained the opioid crisis is very real and there are ways to meet <br />the needs of the participants. As an example, a harm reduction strategy to prevent overdoses would make <br />available to those non -profits meeting the criteria, samples of Narcan and Fentanyl doses. <br />