PROVINCETOWN HARBOR COMMITTEE

Town Hall Judge Welsh Room
Provincetown, MA

March 16, 2005

Members Present: Gerard Irmer, Chairman, Kerry Adams, Alice Brock, Heather Bruce, Melville Cote, Alternate

Absent: Ann Colbourn, Unexcused absence:

Advisory Staff Absent: Rex McKinsey, Pier Manager, Ted Meyer, Acting Marine Supervisor

AGENDA

The meeting was called to order at 4:35 p.m.

Review/amend/approve minutes of 3/2/05

The minutes were read. A motion was made by Kerry Adams to approve the minutes as amended (spelling errors) and was seconded by Alice Brock. They were approved unanimously.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS

There were none.

NEW BUSINESS

Gerard Irmer said he had received an email from Rex McKinsey who had spoken with Ben Lynch. He said that there may be some progress with the DEP regarding finding a replacement for the Schofield line.

2005 Amendments to the Harbor Plan

Gerard Irmer brought up a question about page 44 of the Matrix. Under 5th year progress report it says, "Updated mooring field maps should be completed summer 2004." Mr. Irmer wondered if the maps had been completed. They have not, so it will be changed to read, "in progress."

Heather Bruce raised a question about the Town Landing section. She thought that the notations in parentheses of the historic numbers of the landings was unnecessary and confusing. The committee agreed.

Motion: A motion was made by Heather Bruce to remove the references to historic landing numbers in parentheses on pages 12 through 14 (for Pearl Street, Freeman Street, Gosnold Street, Court Street, Atlantic Avenue, Good Templar Place, Franklin Street, and West Vine Street). The motion was seconded by Alice Brock and approved unanimously.

Heather Bruce said that the introductory paragraph on Page 3 could be better. The Committee decided that each member will rewrite the paragraph and it will be discussed at the next meeting.

Gerard Irmer said that the DPW had held a meeting about the storm drains in town, but that the Harbor Committee had not been notified. He will write a letter to the DPW asking them to include the Harbor Committee on their distribution list. Alice Brock had attended the meeting and reported on it. She said that the DPW has $50,000.00 in its budget for Operation and Maintenance of the storm drains. There are 25 discharge locations. The Town Meeting will vote on allocating funds for the maintenance of the drains. The storm drains will be worked on according to testing done before the sewer system was put in. Ms. Brock said she had asked if there could be new nitrogen level testing , but was told no. The Harbor Committee feels that the maintenance of the storm drains is very important for the protection of the harbor.

It was decided that the Committee should meet next week to discuss the rewritten paragraph and to prepare for the Town Meeting. .

NEXT MEETING: March 23, 2005 at 4:30 p.m.

A motion to adjourn was made at 5:33 p.m. by Kerry Adams and seconded by Alice Brock. The motion was approved unanimously.

Respectfully submitted,

Cynthia Curran

Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2005.

Gerard Irmer