HARBOR COMMITTEE
4:30 p.m.
Members
Present: Kerry Adams, Alice
Brock, Heather Bruce, Ann
Colbourn, Melville Cote, and Gerard Irmer.
Members
Absent: none
Advisory
Staff: Duane
Steele, Asst. Harbor Master
Rex McKinsey and Chief Meyer (both excused)
Others: Manuel Araujo(volunteer to organize
beach clean-up)
Motion: Kerry Adams made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Alice Brock seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously.
There
were none.
Unfinished
Business:
Alice
Brock said she had a lot of unfinished business. She cited a letter contained in the last meetings packet which
she feels justifies her feeling about 333R Commercial Street; it’s an illegal
building.
Heather
Bruce said that the things referred to in the letter are just the concerns you
are supposed to address regarding the fee calculation. Heather continues to be concerned about the
proposed deck for this property. The
entire property will have to be re-licensed and the fee would reflect that it
is a non-water dependent license.
Alice
also wondered about the letter dated Wednesday, March 30th which
Jerry Irmer forwarded to the Harbor Committee.
She wondered when the Harbor Plan would be finally approved. Jerry told the group that nothing is going
to happen with the state – until the plan is finally approved. (per Truman Henson)
Heather
said she had found one problem in the Harbor Plan. The Plan referred to square yards and it should have referred to
cubic yards. Jerry told her that this
matter could be addressed whenever they have the in-depth meeting with the
state.
Old Business:
Alice Brock told the Committee that Manuel Araujo has volunteered to help organize this. He will get together with his group and plan the town-wide clean-up. He wants to make flyers, to approach businesses for financial support, to design t-shirts to be given away free to participants, and a myriad of other ideas, i.e., approaching restaurants to provide free food and seeking donations from businesses for raffle material so that he can conduct a raffle.
Jerry
Irmer advised Manuel that the beach area to clean will be between the breakwater and Howland Street. Manuel jumped in again repeating that he
will be seeking some donated food for volunteers and will approach store-owners
for material for the raffle. He will
also be setting up tables for food for volunteers. The last request from the Committee that Mr. Araujo had was that
he needed a letter stating he was organizing the beach clean-up with the
authority and approval of the Committee.
One
concern was that the plastic bags used previously were not heavy enough.
Someone
had a simple solution = “Double them
up!”
Motion: Kerry Adams made a motion that Alice Brock
serve as a subcommittee of one so that she can act on behalf of the Harbor
Committee in the June 15th beach clean-up. Ann Colbourn seconded the motion and it, too, passed unanimously.
Kerry Adams said he got a call from the Pier this morning saying that the prisoners who had come down to do some beach clean-up were hungry. Kerry told them to go down to the Coffee Shop in the center of Town and get a snack.
Heather
Bruce handed out a list for the BoH; it will be fine-tuned later.
New Business:
Town-wide
policy goals for FY 2006
The
Harbor Committee was requested by
the BoS to supply town-wide policy goals for their Committee. Jerry Irmer handed out blanks and he is
requesting input from members of the committee. He wanted to make sure they mentioned office help as a
Committee’s specific objective. Someone
is needed to file the Chapter 91 licenses so that they are readily accessible;
Heather specifically wants to be apprised of the money amounts being
generated. (As an aside, Kerry
suggested calling the High School to get someone from their secretarial intern
program. Jerry said he would do that.
Alice Brock said she has started to put together a list of mutual interests with other town boards, i.e., the Building Inspector and the ZBA who should not be giving permission for repairs, etc. when they are harbor-side without informing the Harbor Committee.
Once
again, Jerry said he is waiting to hear back from the state.
Sandy
Turner needs advance notice to meet with the Harbor Committee regarding the
storm water management plan. It was
decided by consensus that Sandy would be informed that the next meeting is June
8th. If she is unable to
make that one, the following meeting will happen on June 22nd.
Ann
Colbourn volunteered to pick up the wastewater plan for distribution to members
of the Committee. Everyone will then be
able to digest the material before Sandy’s presentation.
Again,
the Committee members spoke of their concerns regarding not being informed of
tests, problems, etc. handled by other Committees but directly affecting the
welfare of the harbor.
Heather
Bruce wants to ask for a grant to get a better pump-out boat. Duane says the idea is too expensive. Heather feels dumping of raw sewerage (even
though it’s 3 miles out) is causing most of the problems of water pollution.
Motion: Kerry Adams made a motion to appoint Heather Bruce (again as a subcommittee of one) to look into a grant for a pump-out boat.
The motion was met with a great deal of UNenthusiasm and died a natural death.
Ann will look into the matter to see what can be done. The conversation then turned to the pier promise of public rest-rooms that were never installed. Duane countered that the phase 1 of the sewer hook-ups has been closed. Duane continued by asking what information anyone has that fishing boats, etc. are dumping in the harbor? Heather feels everyone is just passing the buck.
Kerry
told the group that he had spoken to folks from the Provincetown TV and they’d
like a meeting to discuss the Harbor Plan – maybe some time in the fall.
Jerry
reminded everyone that the group is supposed to meet with the BoS at their
meeting on Monday, June 13th regarding the Harbor Plan.
Any other business that
shall properly come before the Committee
Kerry Adams said people have come up to him and told him that they’ve gone onto the beach behind the Crown & Anchor have been told that they can’t use the beach in front of the hotel. No action was taken on this since it was regarded as hearsay.
Kerry
also wanted Jerry to go around at the end of the meeting to ask each member for
agenda items for the next meeting.
Everyone agreed it was a fine idea but it was not acted upon.
Alice
Brock said the Committee has 3 applications for Chapter 91 licenses. Only one was mentioned and it was Boathouse
Condos at 555 Commercial St.
THE NEXT TWO MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 4:30 P.M. ON:
June
8th and June 22nd
Heather
Bruce still has monetary concerns and wonders how the calculations for Chapter
91 licenses are done. A letter may – or
may not – be written asking for clarification.
Respectfully
submitted,
Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2005.