Harbor Committee
Meeting Room A
Town Hall, 260 Commercial
Street
Time: 4:30 pm
Members Present: Kerry
Adams, Heather Bruce, Mel Cote, Gerard Irmer, and Philip Scholl
Members
Absent: none
Advisory
Staff: Rex
McKinsey
REVISED
AGENDA
The
meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m.
Review/amend/approve minutes
of 5-17-06 and 6-7-06
Motion: Approve the minutes of the June 7, 2006
Harbor meeting as amended.
Motion by: Kerry Adams Seconded by: Heather
Bruce Voted 4-0-1 ab (MC)
Public Statements
There
were none.
Old Business:
· Review 2005 Amendments to
the Harbor Plan status
Jerry
said that nothing was changed. The
e-mail from Keith Bergman (KAB) summarized the meeting. There are still the 3 sticking points that
we’ve always had. The DEP and CZM both
want appendices A, B, and C reinserted in the Harbor Plan. If we do vote to put them back in they are
sorely incorrect and need to be revised.
Maybe we should hand back Appendix C after we update it?
"If
the state wants them back in there, we’ll just put it back in
(corrected)."
Heather
Bruce said that it was interesting that they want to focus on Appendices A
& B. Jerry said that you would have
to walk the entire waterfront and make a value judgment on each property. Heather said that it would take days for
each property to be properly evaluated.
Heather
is disturbed by what KAB wrote in his e-mail.
The idea of licensing 150 properties in such a short time (2 yrs) is
very troubling. She thinks we should
draft a letter to KAB stating that this is not appropriate at all. Heather had a meeting with Sarah Peake on
Friday – one on one. Heather hopes that
Sarah will clarify the matter for the BoS.
· Washington Ave. Town
Landing Status
As
in the minutes from two weeks ago, Jerry has heard nothing from KAB.
· Good Templar Place Town
Landing status
Kerry
Adams brought the matter up to ConCom & they were going to discuss it. He hasn't heard back yet.
· Beach cleaning machine
status; Cape Cod Beachcomber est.
Jerry
hasn’t contacted him yet but will in the near future.
Beach
Queen called Jerry and wanted to do a demonstration but the DPW doesn’t have
any man-power so Jerry told them a demonstration at this time wasn't feasible.
· Status of obtaining maps
of the harbor
Nothing
had happened in this quest until yesterday; a woman called from Boston to see
if the Committee was still interested.
Jerry is trying to get the 1857 map.
Heather privately has one. Jerry
wants the HC’s own map. Heather said the
1848 map is more legible and easier to use.
There is an 1870-odd map and Jerry is trying to get all of them.
New Business:
· Announcements
Jerry
announced that there will be only 2 Harbor Committee meetings this summer. They will be held on the 1st
Wednesday in both July and August. The
dates are:
July 5th and August 2nd
BoS
will be having a joint meeting with the Harbor Committee on July 10 on the
Harbor Plan. Please mark your
calendars. Heather is going to ask her
subcommittee who is very knowledgeable on the Chapter 91 amnesty and
non-amnesty issues to attend the July 10th meeting, too. The Committee agreed that this would be a
good idea.
· Beach cleanup on June
15 review
This is not going to happen. It was cancelled and rescheduled by Rex. Stay tuned.
· Chapt. 91 license
database status
This
data base is still being assembled.
· Statement proposed to
be included with Ch. 91 reviews
Motion: Include the following statement with all
amnesty applications:
"There exists an
ambiguity in the 1999 Harbor Plan that implies that the licensing conditions
for Amnesty are the same or similar to the licensing conditions for
Non-Amnesty. This Plan does not
recognize the 1978 regulations and fees as was the original intent of Amnesty
and thus it must be noted that any endorsement of said conditions for Amnesty
licenses cannot be fully endorsed by this committee."
Motion: Heather Bruce Second: Philip
Scholl Voted 5-0-0.
· Mooring fees
recommendation to Selectmen
This
subject was discussed earlier in the meeting because Rex had to leave for
another meeting at 5:00p.m. The BoS has
decided to hold a public hearing on Monday, July 10th, 2006 at 6
p.m. in the Judge Welsh Hearing Room on proposed amendments to the Harbor
Regulations, Appendix B. Rex told the
group that any increases voted in would not take effect until 2007.
After
a careful reading of the proposed fees and a full explanation from the Pier
Manager, the following motion was made.
Motion: The Provincetown Harbor Committee recommends
approval of the proposed mooring fees with reservations. Those reservations include timing of the
process and cost to residents.
Motion: Mel Cote Second: Kerry
Adams Vote: 3-0-2 ab (KA & HB)
(Jerry will
write an e-mail to Keith Bergman to update him.)
· Any other business that
shall properly come before the Committee
Jerry
discussed (and gave out copies) a hand written note received which had been
addressed to Jerry and opened by persons unknown before he received it. The note referred to the constantly running
water in the catch basin across from the Post Office.
BUT
Jerry e-mailed Sandy Turner who had an explanation…… the cellars of many
buildings around there are below grade and have to have sump pumps working
constantly. Jerry acted on it because
he knew it had been a concern of some members of the Committee.
Two applications for Chapter
91 Amnesty Licenses
623 Commercial Street…..(next to Norman Mailer’s
house) Someone commented that the owner is only getting approval for something
that already exists.
361 Commercial Street….. Kerry Adams recused himself
from this discussion since the application had come from a client of his.
Both
the above cases are scheduled to be heard on Thursday, June 22nd in
a public hearing and will have the public comments deadline on July 21st. The Committee felt that a response could be
crafted at their next meeting on July 5th.
The
wood groins on the plan for 623 Commercial Street were a concern for Mel
Cote. He felt they might constitute a
navigational hazard.
Adjournment
happened at 5:40 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2006.