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AGENDA
1. OPEN SESSION - 6:00 PM
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION - 6:00 PM
a. M.G.L. c. 30A s. 21(a)(3) - to discuss strategy with respect to litigation (Opioid litigation settlement)
3. OPEN SESSION - 6:30 PM
a. Call to Order
b. Pledge of Allegiance
c. Proclamation
1) Arbor Day Proclamation
d. Recognition
e. Announcements
f. Town Manager's Report
g. Public Comment
4. CONSENT AGENDA - 6:35 PM
a. Licenses
1) Consider a vote to approve an application by the Fresh Pond Holy Ghost Society for three Special
One-Day Wine & Malt Beverages Licenses for the 126th annual Portuguese Festival to be held at 408
Carriage Shop Road, East Falmouth, on Sunday, May 24th from noon to 7:00 pm; the weekend of
Saturday, June 27th, from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm and Sunday, June 28th from noon to 7:00 pm; and
Saturday, August 15th, from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm, 2026.
2) Consider the application by West Falmouth Library, located at 575 West Falmouth Highway, for a
Special One-Day Wine & Malt Beverages License, for a Spring Wine Tasting on April 15, 2026, from
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm for 45 guests.
See the complete list of the consent agenda here: https://falmouthma.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1299/files/agenda/1951
5. COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS - 6:40 PM
a. Interview and consider a vote to appoint committee member: Commission on Substance Use - Aubrey
Wilsey
b. Interview and consider a vote to appoint committee members: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Advisory Committee
1) Ocean Eversley
2) Diana Manchester Barrett
c. Interview and consider a vote to appoint committee members: Lawrence School Building Committee
1) Staci Jasin
2) Thornton Lewis
3) Michael Barrett
4) Nancy Robbins Taylor
5) Benjamin Zamore
6) Skip Bandini
7) Michael Duffany
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:45 PM
a. Discuss and consider a vote to approve an application by Soundview Golf, LLC d/b/a Falmouth Country
Club for an All Alcoholic Beverages Restaurant License located at 630 Carriage Shop Road, East Falmouth,
MA. A Common Victualler License application has also been submitted. (10 minutes)
7. BUSINESS - 6:55 PM
a. 6:55 PM - Annual Update on Townwide sustainability projects - Sustainability Specialist, Stephanie Madsen (15 minutes)
b. 7:10 PM - Annual Report - Energy Committee, Scott Mueller (15 minutes)
c. 7:25 PM - Inaugural Annual Report - Competitive Energy Services (CES) Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHG), Zack Hallock (15 minutes)
d. 7:40 PM - Update on Eversource Falmouth Tap Expansion Project on Sam Turner Road (20 minutes)
e. 8:00 PM - Discuss a revised ICE and immigration enforcement position statement, a letter to the Congressional delegation, and a policy prohibiting ICE from utilizing Town property and facilities in their operations (25 minutes)
f. 8:25 PM - Presentation from MassDevelopment concerning the master planning initiative on Joint Base
Cape Cod (15 minutes)
g. 8:40 PM - Report - Conservation Commission (15 minutes)
h. 8:55 PM - Annual Update - Falmouth Affordable Housing Fund (15 minutes)
i. 9:10 PM - Consider a request by the Three Hundred Committee (T3C) and Conservation Commission to name the Little Pond Conservation Area after Mark J. Kasprzyk (10 minutes)
j. 9:20 PM - Discuss and consider a vote to authorize the Town Manager to issue a Notice of Award for Land Development to Falmouth Housing Corporation, Affirmative Investments, Inc. and Falmouth Housing Trust, Inc. to develop the land located at 0 Locustfield Road for affordable housing (10 minutes)
k. 9:30 PM - Discuss the Affordable Housing RFP Review Committee's evaluation of the proposal for the development of the Town-owned parcel at 0 West Falmouth Highway and the Town Manager's recommendation (15 minutes)
l. 9:45 PM - Report and overview of the Trash & Recycling Curbside Contract (10 minutes)
m. 9:55 PM - Discuss and consider a vote to designate a member of the Select Board to seek input on the request for the naming and the placement of a plaque on the Shining Sea bike path honoring Patty and Leonard Johnson (5 minutes)
n. 10:00 PM - Consider a vote to appoint members to the Lawrence School Building Committee — School
Committee members Susan Augusta and Margaret Souza, a Select Board member to serve in the capacity of a representative of the body authorized to construct school buildings in the Town, and Mr. Paul Dart, Director of Finance and Operations for Falmouth Public Schools, to serve in the capacity of both a local budget official and the local official responsible for building maintenance. (15 minutes)
o. 10:15 PM - Consider a request from Indivisible Falmouth for a waiver of the special event permit fee for the No Kings protest/rally (15 minutes)
p. 10:30 PM - Consider approval of a letter submitted by the Short-Term Rental Advisory Committee (10
minutes)
8. MINUTES - 10:40 PM
a. Review and consider a vote to approve minutes of meetings: February 25, 2026 and March 9, 2026
9. SELECT BOARD REPORTS - 10:45 PM
10. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - 10:50 PM
11. ADJOURN - 10:55 PM