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PRECINCT 11 HANK FARNHAM cobra8@comcast.net The town council finished our August meeting last night meaning our summer break is about over and it willbe back to two meetings a month. As I write, peck- ing away with my uninjured hand (the wrong one), I am thinking about the agenda this week, which contains some items that are sure to generate considerable comment on both sides of the issues. After reviewing those items, I thought it might be interestingto sharewithyou some of my thoughts as the council president,inprepar- ing for a council meeting. I alwaysplanthemeetingsout before hand to try and avoid the occasional challenges that comeupfrom the public and even my colleagues. Two weeks before every council meeting, we have an agenda meeting to discuss items being considered for council action. Items maybe placed onthe councilagenda onlyby a councilor,the town manager or through acitizen petition. The council presi- dent along with sponsoring councilors, the council ad- ministrator and the town manager meet at the agenda meetingto determine place- ment of items on the council agenda. Occasionally other staff and councilors attend the meetings. I am supportive of my col- leagues' rights to propose council business, but I am always hopeful that items being proposed really fit the council agenda vs. be- ing better handled through other channels. I attempt to head off items that may be adversarial in nature, but controversial items are a normal part of our job -you can't please everyone. Items should be clear, detailed and understandable for all readers. They should lead to a meaningful and timely outcome and address any fi- nancial impact to the town. The majority of items ap- pearingat the agenda meet- ings are important and well thought out. However, we occasionally get a proposal that I don't think belongs on the agenda (content ) or may not yet be ready to be put on the agenda (com- pleteness).After discussion, sometimes the sponsor will do some more work on their proposal before bringing it back for consideration. Oc- casionally they will insist the item be placed on the agenda to be hashed out at the councilmeeting.Usually that is to accommodate a constituent. I prefer having a reason- ably complete order or re- solve being discussed in publicrather than aproposal that is not detailed enough to understand the impact if adopted. . My goal in working to cre- ate an agenda that comes before the public is to ac- commodate any legal re- quirements and the needs and desires of the partici- pants-particularlymyfellow councilors. We all have our opinions on the importance of things and what is appro- priate or not appropriate, but for the most part, we arrive at a finished product that is acceptable to the majority. Having said that, I sus- pect you could tell that this week's council agenda was an exception to the norm. AFFORDABLEHOUSING PROJECTS:Theproponents of the two affordable rental housingprojects-attheLom- bard property onRte 149and behind the YMCA facultyon Rte 132 recently gave an up- dated presentation showing the modifications resulting from the West Barnstable Review Committeeinput.We were all impressed with the changes and are anxious to get the projects underwayin the lengthy permitting and funding process. CONTINUED ON PAGE B:2 Mffili'li1! Volunteer couple help keep event thriving By Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com PAUL GAUVIN PHOTOS C'MON DOWN - Kris and Lenny Clark emphasize that tomorrow (rain date Sunday) is village festival day in West Barnstable. GIFTSGALORE-CarolSilverman,left,assistantdirectoroftheWhelden Library and staff member Mary Howe go over baskets of gifts to be raffled tomorrow at the annual village festival. One basket contains five tickets to a whale watch.20 PRZYBYLOWICZ. "That," quips Kris Clark in jest, "is how you spell 'Clark' in Polish." It is, in fact, the name she was born to in Chicopee long before a whimsical 1983 trek to visit her student-sis- ter at Cape Cod Community College - then decided to stay put. Armed with a bachelor's degree in environmental studies, she landed her initialjob "up front" as a waitperson at the now defunct Holiday Inn in Hyannis (located in what's now the Marriott Courtyard on Route 132). There she met Leonard "Lenny" Clark, a native of Norwood, who was trans- planted to the Cape in his childhood and took to water skiing in Barnstable Harbor. "One day," he says, "after skiing, a friend told me there was ajob opening for a dishwasher at Mattakeese (Wharf) ." Clark was 13 at the time. He got the job and took to the food service environ- ment. He stirred his way up the ladder and became a chef working in Boston and better Cape restaurants before opting to become a mail carrier. To this day, say friends, he still delivers succulent quahog chow- der among other culinary delights. "I must have been the only kid who watched Julia Childs on TV.I'll never forget her repeated advice to 'Save the liver.'" Kris and Leonard became friends through their work at the inn. "We even went clamming together," Mrs. Clark says. "To this day we make a good team. He works out back and I work the front." The transplants have been married for 23 years and have become cogs along with others in West Barn- stable's wheel of commu- nity involvement. They are among the people who make a difference. For the Clarks, it includes service on the annual West Barnstable Village Festival, which is entering its 16 year tomorrow with fes- tivities, food, entertainment and raffles at four nearly abutting venues -the West Barnstable Community Building, Lombard Field, Whelden Memorial Library and the West Barnstable Train Station. "I was asked to be trea- surer of the festival commit- tee two years after it started 16 years ago," Leonard Clark said," and I'm still there 14 years later." Mrs. Clark came on board two years after that. "I had been asked by the commit- tee to serve as a judge for a T-shirt contest." Then, Ruth Jenkins, who was a manager at Cape Cod Cooperative Bank, said she would chair the committee if Mrs. Clark agreed to co-chair. "It's hard to say no to that -when somebody is willing to do the work.To the bank's credit, its managers have all supported the festival," Mrs. Clark said. The committee includes two members each from the village civic association, library and firefighters ' relief association and seven mem- bers at large, "plus many volunteers" involved in what is essentially a year-long effort . The Clarks say community service is not as difficult for them as it is for some others with children: "We're fully invested in West Barnstable. We don't have children so we have the freedom to assist in maintaining the qual- ity of life the community deserves," Mrs. Clark said. They don't even venture a guess as to how many hours and errands they commit yearly to the festival. "The committee plans the festival all year from January to October," the Clark's said. They conduct a spaghetti supper in the spring to raise funds for the August festival. Leonard Clark trades his treasurer 's eyeshade for a chef's apron on that day. "We did 406 paid dinners this year," he said. "Behind every success- CONTINUED ON PAGE 8:2 ifitefe In Next Week's Issue... 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