Meeting Minutes
Members Present: Alice Brock, Heather Bruce, Gerard Irmer
Members Absent: Melville Cote, Kerry Adams (Excused)
Harbor Master: Chris Flavell (Excused absence)
Pier Manager: Rex McKinsey
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m.
Review and approve
minutes of March 17, 2004
A few typos were discussed and amended.
Motion by Heather
Bruce: Approve the minutes of March 17, 2004 as amended.
Alice Brock seconded
the motion and it was unanimously passed.
None
Alice Brock, in regards to her low staffed subcommittee, told the committee she had contacted Don Murphy about being on her subcommittee as well as the Harbor Committee. Mr. Murphy grew up in Provincetown and spends a lot of leisure time on the water. She will contact him again with an application once he returns from vacation.
Jerry Irmer announced that he received conformation of the granted one year extension to revise the Harbor Plan.
Heather Bruce reported that she had received the 1978
regulations that most applies to amnesty cases today. She was very happy with the document, as it prioritizes historic
value and natural beaches. Ms. Bruce
also noted that her subcommittee is making great progress and presented parts
of the section they were changing.
Everyone reaffirmed that the best method of editing was to put additions
in bold and deletions with a strikethrough,
as well as scan the entire harbor plan section relevant to the subcommittee
so that the complete section can be edited electronically. Heather Bruce also suggested to the board
that each subcommittee carefully go through the entire document to pull out
language in other sections that cross references their topic, to make sure all
language reflects the changes made by the committees.
On another note, Ms. Bruce noted that her committee discussed the previous suggestion of sending a letter to the Secretary for reviewing advice and decided they did not approve. They thought it best to continue revisions as they were doing and present them to CZM for suggestions before going to the Secretary.
The committee agreed that final revisions should start within the subcommittees so that the document as a whole can be discussed soon by all committee members.
Jerry Irmer contacted Americorps leader and she said they were available for work on Mondays or Fridays only. Kerry Adams reported he had contacted Provincetown High School about a Saturday cleanup date, and they were very enthusiastic. Low tide mornings toward the end of April would be Saturday April 24, and Saturday May 8.
Heather Bruce noted she would rather be guaranteed 10 Americorps volunteers on a Friday, and also not have to pay DPW overtime. She also emphasized the need of the town to take initiative in raking the beach once or twice a year.
Jerry Irmer presented a letter that would help expedite the Heller’s application. The committee reviewed the letter and all approved. Mr. Irmer was to mail it the next day.
Article 1-1-3 describes resident definitions of Provincetown. Jerry Irmer presented a complaint from a Truro resident who wanted to be considered for Provincetown tax-payer mooring fees this year, as he was allowed to last year. The committee discussed the case to realize that last year a mistake was made, and that they thought the regulation describing Provincetown residents as Provincetown tax-payers should stay enforced.
Motion made by Jerry Irmer to revise the mooring rules and regulations, Chapter 2-2-14 resident by adding the town of Truro.
Heather Bruce
seconded the motion and it was discussed.
The committee agreed that this was a bad idea. Taxpayers pay for Provincetown benefits and so deserve a reduced resident mooring rate. Truro residents have reduced taxes that do not support the Provincetown Harbor in any way.
Call to vote on the presented motion, the motion was not passed 0/3/0. (Kerry Adams also expressed a written negative vote on this matter)
The next meeting will be in Caucus Hall on Wednesday April 21st, 2004 at 4:30pm.
Motion moved by Alice Brock: Adjourn Harbor Committee Meeting of March 31st, 2004.
Heather Bruce
seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Alison Boutin
Gerard Irmer, Chariman