Public Meeting

HARBOR COMMITTEE

Wednesday March 1, 2006

Town Hall

Meeting Room A

Time: 4:30 pm

 

Members Present:          Kerry Adams, Alice Brock, Heather Bruce, Mel Cote, Philip Scholl, and Gerard Irmer

 

Members Excused:          none

Members Absent:          none

 

Advisory Staff:                   Rex McKinsey

Doug Taylor

 

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m.

 

AGENDA

 

Review/amend/approve minutes of 2/15/06

Motion:  Accept the minutes of February 15, 2006 as typed.

Motion by Adams; Seconded by Brock   Voted 4-0-0, Bruce abstained

 

Public Statements: Elena Hall commented that she has several licenses and even a license before Chapt. 91 was passed. She also showed several maps of the harbor going back to 1835 which clearly revealed errors relative to wharves near her property that are incorrectly shown on the Schofield Bros. map issued in 1996?

 

Unfinished Business: none

 

Old Business:

Review status of 2005 Harbor Plan Amendments: Chairman and Town Manager trying to set up meeting with Truman Henson.

 

Washington Ave. Town Landing: The Chair mentioned that the Request for Legal Services recently submitted was approved and sent to Town Counsel on 2-22-06.

 

H. Bruce stated she will not vote on any amnesty project since the DEP does not recognize it’s prior promises to amnesty applicants.

 

MOTION: Adams moved to have Heather write a general statement from the Harbor Committee to DEP to be attached to amnesty licenses which gives the Committee’s position on amnesty licenses.

Seconded: Scholl          Vote 4-1-0   Alice voted against.

 

MOTION: Brock moved that the Harbor Committee endorse reuse of Fire Station #2 (Court St.) as a public rest room facility or provide other ways to enhance its use and preserve its historic character.

Seconded: Adams          Vote 5-0-0

 

Rex presented to the Committee advanced notice and copies of the Final Draft Report of the MacMillan Pier Transportation Center Feasibility Study dated 1-6-06. Members will review and discuss at a future meeting.

 

MOTION: Adams moved to adjourn at 5:50 pm.

Seconded: Brock                   Vote 5-0-0

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Gerard Irmer