Month: February 2015

Upcoming Precinct 7 & Town Meetings – March

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Town Council Parking Sub Committee – Tuesday March 3, 5:30, Town Hall

Town Council Meeting – Thursday March 5, 7pm,Town Hall CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Town Council Roads Sub-Committee Meeting – Monday March 16, 5:30pm, Town Hall 

Monthly Precinct 7 Open Meeting – Wednesday March 18 – 5pm, Cotuit Library – ****NOTE 3rd Wednesday this month

Town Council Meeting – Thursday March 19, 7pm, Town Hall

Cotuit Fire District Prudential Committee – Thursday March 26, 12:30pm, Freedom Hall

Town Council Parking Sub Committee – Thursday March 26, 6pm Town Hall

Town Council Compensation Sub Committee- Friday March 27, 2pm, Town Hall

ONE CAPE SUMMIT: DESIGNING SOLUTIONS FOR CLEAN WATER

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The One Cape Summit will provide a regional forum to address the issue of water quality planning. Bringing together policy makers and stakeholders in an effort to support collaboration in local water quality planning initiatives.

Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis

Wednesday February 25, 6pm – All Cape Selectmen & Councilors’ Session

Thursday February 26, 8am – Open to Public

Click here to view agenda

Road Snow and Ice Removal

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February 22, 2015 – This morning three DPW managers, including Director, Dan Santos, went to several roads and “plowed” them. There was a minimum amount of slush to plow. Not much melting had occurred and they each concluded that plowing would just leave a sheet of ice on the road. They have enough salt to make a 4 to 1 ratio of sand to salt and have decided to have crews sand/salt all the secondaries. This process should also take about eight hours to complete.

With the temperature expected to go well below freezing after today’s thaw, surface conditions will become slippery.

Take precautions when driving and walking.

 

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WIND CHILL & FROSTBITE WARNING

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Frostbite stages:

  • First degree: ice crystals forming on your skin
  • Second degree: your skin begins to feel warm, even though it is not yet defrosted.
  • Third degree: your skin turns red, pale, or white.
  • Fourth degree: pain lasts for more than a few hours, and you may see dark blue or black areas under the skin. See a doctor immediately if these symptoms arise. Gangrene is a real threat.

Hypothermia occurs when a person’s body temperature is below 96 degrees, and temperatures as low as 60 degrees can cause hypothermia if someone isn’t properly clothed.

Remember these tips to help prevent hypothermia:

  • Dress in layers
  • Always wrap up well when going outside in the cold.
  • Set your thermostat to at least a toasty 70 degrees during cold weather.
  • Avoid extensive exposure to breezes and drafts.
  • Keep plenty of nutritious food and warm clothes and blankets on hand to help ward off the winter chill. You’d also be wise to wear a warm hat during these months.
  • Eat hot foods and drink warm drinks several times during the day.
  • Ask a family member of neighbor to check on you often.
  • Ask your doctor if any medicine you’re taking increases your risk of hypothermia. Some drugs make it difficult for your body to stay warm. Drugs that may cause a problem include barbiturates, benzodiazepines, chlorpromazine, reserpine, and tricyclic antidepressants.

DPW UPDATE

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February 16, 2015 5:15 AM – Good morning.  DPW is back at work and back in all the secondary maps.  Today’s plan is to make sure the secondary roads are pushed back to pre-storm levels and cleaned up.  We also will be running the main roads again to push back any drifting.  Sidewalk clearing will begin today, and we will have a few loaders out working to push back mounds on particularly bad corners.

DPW STORM UPDATE

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February 15, 2015 5:15 PM – Since the snow stopped earlier this afternoon, DPW crews have been able to make progress on all roads. The main roads have been plowed and are having another application of sand/salt material.  We will continue to work on the secondary roads until approximately 7:00 PM.  At that point our crews will have been here for 26 hours, and we will rest them.  All employees and secondary contractors will be back at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning for a 12-hour shift to go through all maps again, deal with drifting that will occur due to high winds overnight, begin to address sidewalks, and address trouble spots/sanding, etc.

 February 15, 2015 2:45 PM – We have entered a phase where there will not be any new snow with this storm, but where winds will remain with gusts into the 30-40 MPH range well into tomorrow.  As a result drifting snow will be an issue throughout the remainder of today and tomorrow until the winds subside.  DPW crews are in the process of finishing plowing work on the main roads, and then will apply salt sand mixture to them.  Secondary crews are now starting to widen the secondary roads out to pre-storm levels, and push back corners.

February 15, 2015 11:15 AM – DPW crews are continuing to plow.  The conditions are difficult, and visibility is minimal.  We have in the past half an hour had vehicles rear-end two of our inspector trucks.  Please stay off the roads if you do not absolutely have to be out.

February 15, 2015 06:45 AM – Good Morning.  The storm has resumed, and all plows (mains and secondary roads) are back on their routes.  The latest forecast calls for between 3 and 8 inches of new snow by noon, with gusty winds topping at 50 MPH.  If you do not have to travel please stay off the roads.

February 15, 2015 02:15 AM – As you have probably seen, we have been in a lull of the storm for the past few hours.  During this time we have been working to get caught up on secondary roads, we finished scraping main roads, and we applied a new round of salt and sand on the main roads.  The forecast is for snow to return in the next hour or two and for this portion of the storm to have the high winds and potential white out conditions.

 

BLIZZARD NEPTUNE

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February 14, 2015 7:45 PM – Pretreatment of main roads and collectors has been completed.  The snow is starting to accumulate and all plows have been sent to their routes (mains and secondary roads) to begin plowing.

 

February 14, 2015 3:15 PM – Good afternoon, and Happy Valentine’s Day.  Another winter storm is upon us.  The DPW has begun pretreating the main and collector roads, but as is discussed below, due to a shortage of salt this pretreatment is with a combination of salt and sand.  This will likely result in roads conditions that are not what we have grown accustom to with salt alone.  Please drive with caution as it is possible that slippery spots will develop, and ultimately hard pack.  The current plan is to begin staging plow crews at 5PM, and begin plowing mains and secondary roads soon after that.  Recent forecasts call for snow throughout the afternoon, night, and continuing until tomorrow afternoon.  It also is calling for high winds and white out conditions.  If at all possible, please plan to be off the roads tonight, and if you can refrain from parking on Main Street Hyannis between midnight and 6:00 AM it would be appreciated.  We will update this site throughout the storm.

February 14, 2015 3:15 PM – Due to the storm, the Transfer Station at 45 Flint Street, Marstons Mills, will be closed on Sunday, February 15, 2015

Residents of Barnstable should be aware of the following emergency numbers:

If you need specific help during any storm.

Barnstable Department of Public Works (snow plowing): 508-790-6331
Barnstable Police Department Business Line: 508-775-0387
Barnstable Police Department Administration Line: 508-775-0920
Red Cross: 508-775-1540
NSTAR (EVERSOURCE): 1-800-592-2000
National Grid: 1-800-465-1212
If you find yourself in a life threatening situation, always call 911

Stay safe, be extra careful on the ice and check on your elderly neighbors!

TOWN OF BARNSTABLE PUBLIC SAFETY ROAD CONDITIONS ALERT

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Due to the severe regional shortage of salt to treat roads, we have been forced to use a sand/salt mix, and in some cases sand alone, on slippery and icy roads. The result is that the condition of the roads may not be what drivers have come to expect in the Town, and may include hard pack snow and ice.  This condition may become worse BOTH during and in the aftermath of the blizzard, which is forecast to affect our area Saturday and Sunday, February 14 and 15. Drivers are urged to use extreme caution when traveling roads during these conditions as roads that may appear to be pavement may have a dangerous coating of ice.

DPW UPDATE on CLEANUP

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2/10/15 2:00 p.m. Yesterday DPW plowed main roads, secondary roads and parking lots throughout the day. We treated main roads and collector roads last night, finishing up around midnight. Crews were called in to treat the mains with a salt/sand mixture this morning at 5:00 AM this morning. Last night/early this morning intersections on Rt. 28 at Bearses Way, Strawberry Hill Road and Putnam Ave were widened. Today we are again plowing all of the secondary roads. Salt supplies are getting low. We have 6,000 tons on order.  We will mix the remaining salt with sand until its gone, then go with straight sand. Our salt supplier is unable to estimate date or time of delivery. If the salt vendor allows, we are intending to contract two tractor trailers today to travel to Chelsea and pick up approximately 70 tons of salt, which is the maximum they will let us pick up.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SNOW REMOVAL NOTICE

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February 5, 2015  Effective today at 12:00 PM,  the DPW has placed heavy equipment teams in each of the Town’s seven villages. There are two teams in each village consisting of two front-end loaders, a backhoe and two Town trucks with plows and sand. These teams will visit each secondary road and open those roads back up to their normal lane widths. In other words, if a road is two lanes wide, the teams will open the road to two lanes wide. We have found that only this type of heavy equipment is effective at removing the quantities of frozen snow that is present on our secondary roads. The teams will continue work on the secondary roads on a 12 hours on and 12 hours off rotation until this task is complete. In the meantime we will continue work to clear Town sidewalks and treat the main roads with salt as it becomes necessary.

Groundhog Day Storm Update

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Feb 2, 2015  3:00 PM – The DPW plowed and treated the main roads this morning. This afternoon we are having the secondary contractor’s plow, now that the rain has softened up what’s on the roads. That effort will be followed with a sanding/salting of both main and secondary roads tonight to address expected icing due to falling temperatures.

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Upcoming Precinct 7 & Town Meetings – February

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Town Council Compensation Committee – Monday February 2, 5:30, Town Hall  POSTPONED to February 17, 6pm

Town Council Parking Sub Committee – Tuesday February 3, 5:30, Town Hall POSTPONED to February 10, 5:30pm

Town Manager Review Committee – Thursday February 5, 6pm, Town Hall

Town Council Meeting – Thursday February 5, 7pm, Town Hall

Monthly Precinct 7 Open Meeting – Wednesday February 11, 3 – 5pm, Cotuit Library

Roads Sub-Committee Meeting – Monday February 16, 5:30pm, Town Hall CANCELLED

Town Council Appointments Committee – Tuesday February 17, 5:30pm, Town Hall CANCELLED

Town Manager Review Committee – Thursday February 26, 6pm, Town Hall – FINAL

Town Council Meeting – Thursday February 26, 7pm, Town Hall