PROVINCETOWN HARBOR COMMITTEE

Town Hall Caucus Room
Provincetown, MA
March 23, 2005

Members Present: Gerard Irmer, Chairman, Kerry Adams, Heather Bruce, Ann Colbourn, Melville Cote, Alternate

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

Absent: Alice Brock, excused absence:

AGENDA

The meeting was called to order at 4:32 p.m.

Review/amend/approve minutes of 3/16/05

The minutes were read. Gerard Irmer said that in the paragraph dealing with Alice Brock’s report, the phrase "Operation and Management" should be changed to "Operation and Maintenance." A motion was made by Kerry Adams to approve the minutes as amended and was seconded by Melville Cote. They were approved unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS

2005 Amendments to the Harbor Plan

Kerry Adams and Heather Bruce had written new introductory paragraphs for the Harbor Plan. The Committee reviewed the paragraphs. Gerard Irmer suggested using the first of the two paragraphs which Kerry Adams had written, along with Heather Bruce’s paragraph. The Harbor Committee agreed. Rex McKinsey suggested that the next paragraph would have to be changed also. The Committee decided to change the first sentence of that paragraph to "The Provincetown Harbor Plan is a planning tool."

PUBLIC STATEMENTS

Elena Hall came at this point and had a correction on page 26 of the 2005 Amendments to the Harbor Plan. In the last sentence of the fifth paragraph, she said the word "historic" should be removed before "mean high water mark." The Committee agreed.

OTHER NEW BUSINESS

There were several Chapter 91 license applications.

W93-2245-N, 553-555 Commercial St., Bulkhead The Committee had no questions about the application.

W96-6699-N, 661 Commercial St., Seawall and deck The Committee had no questions about the application.

W96-8175-N, 451 Commercial St., Bulkhead. The Committee had no questions about the application. Some Committee members wondered if this might be a possible location for a public access way. Gerard Irmer said this would be a prime location since there aren’t other access ways nearby. Heather Bruce objected to seeking to make this a public access.way because of the size of the area. This will be looked into further.

47 Commercial Street, Project including the expansion of the footprint of the building. The Committee thought that they needed more information about the project. They will ask the owner, David Martin, to come to the next meeting to explain the project. Kerry Adams said that he will recuse himself from the discussion since Mr. Martin is his insurance client.

OTHER BUSINESS

Gerard Irmer said that he will write to the Public Works department, as well as the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board regarding matters which come before them which are harbor-related. Rex McKinsey said that since the Committee members have been working on the Harbor Plan and are very knowledgeable about Chapter 91, they should let the boards know that they are available to support them in handling these matters.

The discussion then turned to the Town Meeting. Either the Board of Selectmen or the Harbor Committee will present the Harbor Plan. The Harbor Committee must be there to answer questions. There should be two copies of the statement, one to be read and the other to be signed and given to the moderator.

Gerard Irmer has not heard from Keith Bergman regarding any other warrants that the Harbor Committee could comment on. Rex McKinsey said that he thought the Committee could give approval to the storm water mitigation grant proposal. Ted Meyer also spoke in favor on this and said that it is an on-going grant.

It was decided that the Committee should meet after the Town Meeting. The Chairman will let the Committee members know if Mr. Bergman contacts him about any warrants that could be reviewed by the Harbor Committees before the Town Meeting.

NEXT MEETING: April 13, 2005 at 4:30 p.m.

A motion to adjourn was made at 5:20 p.m. by Kerry Adams and seconded by Heather Bruce. The motion was approved unanimously.

Respectfully submitted,

Cynthia Curran

Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2005.

Gerard Irmer