Public Meeting
HARBOR COMMITTEE
Caucus Hall
Time: 4:30 pm
Members
Present: Kerry Adams, Alice
Brock, Heather Bruce,
Mel Cote, and Gerard Irmer.
Members
Absent: none
Advisory
Staff: Rex
McKinsey and Doug Taylor
Others: Philip Scholl (still interested in
becoming a member)
The meeting
was called to order at 4:30 p.m.
Motion: Accept the minutes of November 30, 2005 as amended.
Motion by Kerry Adams Seconded by Alice Brock Voted 5-0-0.
There
were none.
New Business:
MacMillan Pier Management Report……
Rex did a presentation to the Board of Selectmen (BoS) on
Monday night. He passed out a summary
of the presentation to the group. Rex
would like any concerns that the members of the Harbor Committee may have. This subject will move through the next six
weeks and the final presentation will be done by mid-January. Rex recommends that no-one does anything
until the general court decision comes through. (Refers to mooring fees)
The decision has to do with how people permit their moorings. Last summer’s campaign conducted by Rex
brought 90 odd moorings into compliance.
Part of this has to do with the restricted zone behind the breakwater. He has a waiting list of about 30 people and
the rules regarding the wait list will change.
The wait list will have a cost and it will ascertain how the moorings
will be put in.
Rex just wants the Harbor Committee members to put in their
comments. Heather asked if storm drains
might be part of this? Answer: No.
Alice wondered about blue dye in boats’ wastewater collection
systems. Alice also wondered if the
Committee is going to meet with Rex at some point? Rex said he’d welcome any and all feedback from the Committee
members.
Jerry
said that he received a check from Designers Dock – 353 Commercial Street –for
the Harbor Access Gift Fund for a little over $300. He’ll look into it.
There
were quite a few revisions to the letter that will be sent to Truman Henson in
preparation for their meeting in January.
The title of the subject of the letter was readjusted to read: An Analysis of Chapter 91 Licensing in
Provincetown. The corrections
were minor but everyone had input into them.
Heather has another document that she is working on which
responds to DEP answers and refers to old minutes going back a few years. They reinforce the quandary the state had in
setting the rates and rules of Chapter 91.
It was decided that these documents would be saved so that they can be
referred to at a later date. Jerry
wants the old minutes to be saved for the next round.
Alice
Brock commended Heather Bruce and all those involved in this – for their
diligence and hard work.
Alice
Brock, once again, would like the Harbor Committee to be a regulatory
body. She also suggested that something
like Truman Henson’s letter should go to the BoS to show that this committee
should be regulatory. Jerry should put
the case together. Kerry thinks that we
should get the Harbor Committee together.
Doug Taylor says that you have to come before the BoS with a plan. The BoS want to hear solutions, not
problems.
Jerry
showed the group a Schofield Bros., Framingham, MA map issued on April 12,
1996. The Historic Mean High Water line
was originally mapped in 1848 and updated in 1857. These are the present
guidelines…… it was compiled with a
scale of 1” = 40’ Everyone agreed
that the line is completely off.
Heather
read former minutes where, Al Davis, a former long time member of the Harbor
Committee, pointed out inaccuracies of the Schofield Bros. Historic Mean High
Water line to the state. Property
owners can’t pay for the research necessary to straighten all this out. Heather is trying to meet with Coastal
Engineering to go over the maps. Doug
said that it should have a general overview.
Kerry
Adams said he had met with the BoS on the water quality plan. (This was for the estuaries project.) Rex and Kerry presented it to the BoS. All were in favor of the study except for
Cheryl Andrews. Only Cheryl voted
against it. Rex said, “Brian Carlson
the new Health Inspector has only been here for 4 months and he did a great job
for it. How about sending him a
thank-you note?” It was agreed that a
note would be sent to Brian.
Motion: Send a note to Brian Carlson thanking him for his work on the grant.
Motion by Kerry Adams Seconded by Alice Brock Voted 5-0-0.
Heather
said that the Flagship has closed off their public access way. It’s not a Chapter 91 access. Doug will look into it. The new owners have been very sensitive to
the townspeople.
Heather
further asked that someone should go and check out the grate across from the
Post Office. It has constantly rushing
water which potentially feeds into the harbor.
It was another promised chore!
Annual
Report time…….. Alice and Ann tackled
it last year. Deadline is January 18th. Alice will do it alone and will e-mail it to
everyone for their approval.
Next meeting: January 11 at
4:30pm. Joint meeting with Economic Development Council (EDC).
Respectfully
submitted,
Approved by ____________________________on
January 11, 2006.