Harbor Committee
Meeting Minutes from
Meeting Room A
Town Hall, 260
Commercial Street
Time: 4:30 pm
Members
Present: Kerry Adams (arrived
at 5:05 p.m.), Heather Bruce, Gerard Irmer, and Philip Scholl
Members Absent: Mel Cote
(excused absence)
Advisory Staff: Rex McKinsey and
Doug Taylor
REVISED AGENDA
The meeting was called to
order at 4:33 p.m.
Review/amend/approve minutes of 5-17-06 and 6-21-06
Motion:
Approve the minutes of May 17, 2006 as amended.
Motion:
Heather Bruce Seconded: Phil Scholl
Vote: 3-0-0
Motion:
Approve the minutes of June 21, 2006 as amended.
Motion:
Heather Bruce Seconded: Phil Scholl Vote: 3-0-0
Public Statements
There were none.
Unfinished Business:
Old Business:
· Review 2005 Amendments to the Harbor Plan status
A letter will be generated
to the state re: the Harbor Plan.
Heather will complete a
draft.
· Washington Ave. Town Landing Status
Nothing has happened.
· Good Templar Place Town Landing status
ConCom will handle.
· Beach cleaning machine status; Cape Cod Beachcomber
est.
The estimate has been sent
out by the company but has not been received.
Jerry will follow-up. Heather
said maybe we should contact other towns and see how they handle the problems
in beach clean-up, i.e. organic can't be accepted for recycling, etc. Heather also suggested asking local hotels
how they get rid of it.
· Status of obtaining maps of the harbor
Jerry needs to follow
through on this. He said he was
interested but waiting to hear about costs, etc.
New Business:
· Announcement - BoS joint meeting July 10 on Harbor
Plan
The Harbor Committee (HC)
has to have a quorum (at least 3 members of the Harbor Committee). Rex said the action happening from joint
meetings is that both boards are able to make motions and vote. The Board of Selectmen want to address: 1.)
Harbor Plan status and 2.) mooring fees. Rex advised the HC that
they’re going to have to move on the Harbor Plan status.
Doug Taylor stated the case
succinctly "let’s get this resolved" will be the issue.
The discussion went on and
on based on whether the rules should be taken literally or figuratively. With everyone's input the discussion became
cyclical.
Kerry Adams arrived about
here in the meeting.
Doug Taylor, addressing
Heather Bruce, said, "You have to boil this down to a one paragraph."
Rex indicated that the HC's
strongest point is that you were promised amnesty and you feel the state
reneged on the agreement. Rex further
advised that you have to have a set of bullet-points. Briefly describe how that happened and keep in mind that you need
a professional presentation. Jerry,
also cautioned, "don't get too technical, just state the year that
something happened and don't cite the numbers, etc."
Rex, still advising, suggested
going back to Heather's original subcommittee and getting the correct tone for
your presentation. Take appendix B, for
example, – we can make some of the
corrections and look at the site specifications and make it palatable.
Jerry said you want to define
the 1978 regs, the 1999 Harbor Plan had nothing to do with amnesty.
Appendix
A is the assessor’s list of waterfront properties.
Appendix
B didn’t differentiate between amnesty or non-amnesty.
Appendix
C has quite a few problems.
Kerry said that if you want
to bring the BoS on board with you, you have to help them understand this.
Rex said, "Describe
what the stalemate is – and if the BoS has questions - you should have ready
answers. The Harbor Plan is much larger
than Chapter 91. Beach cleaning is
important, town landings, storm remediation and water quality. And when you finish the BoS will be on board
with you."
Kerry kept hammering away,
"What do we need from the BoS?"
(You have to tell the BoS – that we need their help – ask for a letter
to the DEP.)
HB said we’d like their
support because this will probably run into a legal affair.
Rex seemed very concerned
about the mooring fees. He's pushing
for sensitivity regarding the increases.
· Beach cleanup on July 5 review
It began at 9:a.m. – Jerry
will send a thank you to the Sheriff’s office for the use of their
prisoners. And one to Marie, at Café
Maria, and to Scott Campbell, the Asst Harbormaster. They cleaned quite a few areas with the three people sent. Lunch was provided by Café Maria. Clean-up debris from the last clean-up at
Gosnold Street was found still languishing there.
Another clean-up in the
fall? Yet to be determined.
· Chapt. 91 license database status
It was agreed to invite
Marty Huey to the next meeting in order to get an update on the Chapter 91
license database.
Waterways Application W96-9001-N 437-439 Commercial Street
Heather visited the property
on Sunday with Phil Scholl. Heather
comforted the woman and assured her that the HC would support her thus……
Motion: Send
a letter to Lou Gitto stating that the Harbor Committee does not recommend
public access to the beach through this property.
Motion:
Heather Bruce Seconded: Phil Scholl Vote: 4-0-0.
Waterways Application W06-1600-N 49A Commercial Street
A letter was written to Lou
Gitto on June 17, 2006 stating the HC's concern with the fact that the
applicant is increasing the footprint of the residence into Commonwealth
Tidelands by 128 sq ft. The Committee
felt that this was not necessary and the foot-print should be kept at 874 sq
ft.
Waterways Application W96-6137-N and W04-1068-N License # 11390
The HC had no great problems
with these two applications since Frances John Santos is providing a walk-way
to the beach and public restrooms.
Waterways Application W95-4741-N 371-373 Commercial Street
After a bit of discussion
the following motion was made:
Motion: The
amnesty applicant is willing to provide public access; we therefore have no
objection.
Motion:
Heather Bruce Seconded: Phil Scholl Vote: 4-0-0.
Waterways Application W96-8240-N 77, 77A, 79 & 81 Commercial Street
Heather feels the HC needs
more time to formulate an opinion. She
would like to talk to Ann Maguire, Harriet Gordon, and James O'Connor (the owners)
to see what their feelings are.
· Waterways Appl. W96-5023-N, 623 Commercial St.
This case and the next one
had been previously discussed.
· Waterways Appl. W96-5984-N, 361C Commercial St.
See above.
· Any other business that shall properly come before
the Committee
Heather Bruce wants water
quality reports sent directly to the Harbor Committee for their
information. She was advised to contact
the Health Agent and will do this.
Next meeting: August 2 in Town Hall at 4:30pm.
Adjournment happened at 6:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved by
____________________________on
______________, 2006.