HARBOR
COMMITTEE
December 15,
2004
4:30 p.m.
Members Present: Kerry Adams, Alice Brock, Heather Bruce, Ann Colbourn, Melville Cote and Gerard Irmer.
Members Absent: none
Advisory Staff: Rex McKinsey, Pier Manager
The meeting was called to order at 4:35 p.m.
Review/amend/approve minutes of 12/8.
There were many changes: Refine mooring fees to state that the rates are per Chapter 91-Section 10A – Substitute it for if …just needs an arrangement.
Bottom of page 2 – Alice objected to the sentence, “No one had an issue with this.” She stated that she certainly did regarding the date of the amnesty! On same page 2….. Alice further felt…… since she was just reading from the old Harbor plan she felt that the 2nd pgh on that page should be struck. Even though Ann and Alice agreed to do the Annual Report for the Harbor Committee – Alice now feels that since Ann is relatively new to the Committee that Alice alone should do the report. On page 3 – under Chapter 91 for 333R Commercial St - Change “accusations flew” to “there was a discussion” Lastly: Remove Heather as an unexcused absence and make it an excused absence since she left a message on Jerry’s phone.
Motion: Kerry Adams made a motion to accept the
minutes as amended. Alice Brock
seconded the motion and it was approved by all who had attended the meeting on
December 8th.
Kerry Adams then asked Rex McKinsey for an update on the pier and the floats. Rex said that there is litigation ongoing. After a bit more discussion the following motion was made:
Motion: Kerry Adams made a motion stating that members of the Harbor Committee who attend meetings on harbor issues should identify themselves as members of the Harbor Committee and to stipulate that they are not speaking for the Harbor Committee (unless they have prior approval from the HC). Alice Brock seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Reports:
Harbor Plan Revision
Subcommittees:
Public Facilities - -
- approved
Water Use - - - - - -
- approved
This section consisted of 9 pages reviewed by Alice Brock.
Motion: Jerry Irmer made a motion to accept the
December 15th Public Landings section…………. This motion was never seconded but instead a spirited discussion
ensued.
A lot of the disagreement stemmed from priorities and several motions were toyed with and floated without conclusions until finally Rex suggested a list.
Priorities list per Rex McKinsey:
1. Mitigate storm water run-off damage and pollution at town landings – work to be done by DPW in concert with CZM grants with partial funding from the Harbor Access Gift Fund with DPW to prioritize that work.
2. Provide for public amenities at appropriate town landings to include trash barrels, doggie bags, and, where possible, benches, bike racks and lighting in that order.
3. Work with the Town and state to mitigate encroachment and to remove obstacles from abutting private properties.
4. The non-paved portion of access from Commercial Street of all town landings should get clean sand and gravel.
5. Request that owners of abutting properties remove any obstacles of theirs that limit or inhibit free Public Access to areas beyond their legal property lines.
Motion: Kerry Adams made a motion to accept the rewritten priorities. Heather Bruce seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Heather Bruce did this section and the Committee didn’t have time to get to it.
Rex McKinsey wanted an overview of what the Chapter 91 is on. Heather says it’s basically a rewrite and includes a table of fees. She feels that all the regulations are clear. Copies of her section were handed out to everyone.
THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 5TH.
Rex volunteered to put the Harbor Plan back together, electronically, in the correct format so that it can be submitted to the state.
Adjournment happened at 5:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn Rogers Gaudiano
Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2004.
Gerard Irmer, Chair