Judge Welsh Meeting Room
Town Hall, 260 Commercial
Street
Time: 4:30 pm
Members Present: Kerry
Adams (arrived at 5:20 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 4:32 p.m.
Review/amend/approve minutes
of 7-5-06
Motion: Approve the minutes of July 5, 2006 as
written.
Motion: Heather Bruce Seconded: Philip
Scholl Vote: 3-0-0.
Public Statements
There
were none.
Old Business:
· Review 2005 Amendments to
the Harbor Plan status
Heather
Bruce had a basic draft of a letter to send to Cheryl Andrews. The draft letter was almost two pages long. Jerry Irmer said that he would like the date
of the original letter regarding amnesty that was sent out to property owners
to be included for a reference point.
That fact should introduce the letter.
Property
owners were told that they'd fall under the 1978 regs. The 1999 Harbor Plan doesn’t reflect this at
all. Jerry also added that he'd like to
see the letter cut down to one page.
Heather
said that she has provided the Board of Selectmen (BoS) with a long running
summary. Also, 80 odd percent of the
property owners filed within the restrictions of the amnesty guidelines. Jerry said - after Heather e-mails everyone
with the new version - he will copy the letter and put it on the Harbor
Committee's (HC) letterhead.
· Washington Ave. Town
Landing Status
Nothing
has happened. Keith Bergman (KAB) keeps
promising an answer.
· Good Templar Place Town
Landing status
Kerry
isn’t here to update us.
· Beach cleaning machine
status; Cape Cod Beachcomber est.
There
was nothing to report. Jerry has called
him a dozen times and he never returns the calls. We can have him park out by the Jerome Smith parking lot if we
get the Chief’s permission. Rex added
that for a spring time clean-up, the equipment could be stashed on the pier
while he cleans.
· Status of obtaining maps
of the harbor
Jerry
is waiting for a copy outfit in Boston to get back to him for copying maps of
the Harbor. He was sent a zip file of
the Harbor. Jerry downloaded this and
anyone can zoom in on it. (It contains
aerial photos of the harbor with the infamous red line.) JI will forward the zip file to Rex.
New Business:
· Beach cleanup on July 21
review
Jerry
Irmer and 14 people cleaned the area behind the Surf Club up to Freeman
Street. There was a lot of broken glass
in that area but not much litter. They
also went up to the Provincetown Inn but it was high tide. Maybe we can have another happening?
One girl said that Florida doesn’t allow any beachside restaurants to
have paper straws, napkins, or anything that can blow away.
The
clean-up found a big mess behind the Surf Club, i.e., swizzle sticks, etc. Jerry said that he will be meeting with the
Licensing Dept on July 8th to see if the Florida suggestion can be
made part of a licensing restriction for beachfront restaurants. Doug Taylor advised that it would have to be
in the general by-laws… and then maybe
a fine could be imposed for non-compliance.
A netting was suggested for the Surf Club, agreed to, and not
implemented.
On
the July 24th meeting of ConCom, a master plan made by Stearns &
Wheeler was presented. Sandy Turner
said that Michael Fishman – certified biologist compiled most of the
information contained in it. It listed
60 wetlands in Provincetown. It was a
nice book that was handed out to everyone.
The Harbor Committee never got one.
Bottom line: there is a group in
town who are pro-wetlands. The dirt
bike group sued the town to come up with a wetland plan. This same night the wetlands book was
presented to the BoS. It’s mostly a ConCom project.
Sandy
did say that none of the beach closures occurred where storm remediation had
been done.
HB
finally got hold of Brian Carlson, the Health Inspector. She is very disturbed about the beach
closings that happened down at the east end.
She wants to know the wind direction and thinks that would be a valuable
consideration. HB would like to
volunteer to go out there to collect water samples.
Doug
Taylor said they’re thinking of a beach closing flag but the fear is that it
would ruin tourism. Jerry said maybe a
map of Town beaches on the MPL and a sticker system identifying where beaches
are closed would do. Heather, concerned
for the health safety of others, said that this is not enough!
· Chapt. 91 license database
status
Jerry
hasn't talked to Martin Huey, yet.
· Waterways Appl. No.
W96-8240-N, 77,77A,79,81 Comm’l St., Maguire
Heather
hasn't had a chance (over the last month) to speak to Ann Maguire. The state wants an answer by Friday. Jerry said that this is already an existing
thing and they have filed for an amnesty application. HB said she will call Ann within the next day.
Kerry Adams arrived at 5:20
p.m.
Kerry,
after rapidly being brought up to speed, said, " We are the HC and we’re
not here to be the advocates for the home owners." Heather said that if she hadn't asked Karen
Katzel how she felt……… we'd never
know. Kerry again said that the HC's
job is to look over the application, make a judgement, and respond to the
state. If the home-owner has a problem
then the home-owner can discuss his/her unhappiness with the state.
· Waterways Appl. No.
W96-5402-N, 447 Commercial St., Katzel
Jerry
never got this application; it went to the DEP directly. William Rogers, II sent them directly to the
DEP. The case was heard in June. Jerry just got copies today.
This
is another Katzel property and we did her other property at the last
meeting. Lou Gitto is looking for our
input on this. The plan is being
studied. The property is located
between Bangs and Dyer Streets. Jerry
said he doesn’t really have a problem with this.
· Waterways Appl. No.
W96-8182-N, 379-383 Comm’l St., Bull Ring wharf
The
property is on either side of the town landing. Building 4 is just an uninsulated artist shack. Does that mean that they’re going to build stairs
to the beach? One comment was, “We
don’t see any stairs on the plan?” The
rule evidently is - if they don’t have stairs they’re not allowed to build
stairs. Doug said – if the town landing
is serving as an access to the beach then they don’t need stairs.
-
Waterways Appl. No.
W96-5023-N– 623
Commercial Street
A
copy of a letter from Lou Gitto dated July 25, 2006 to Beth Hayes of Coastal
Engineering was discussed. It was
determined that the property owner on this application has to provide the information
to the state. The HC doesn't have to
take any action.
· Any other business that
shall properly come before the Committee
Jerry
received a letter from Jessica Waugh, the newly installed Superintendent of
Schools. She would like to attend some of
our meetings. JI will get back to her
to get coordination with her on beach clean-ups, etc.
Adjournment took place at
5:35 p.m.
Next meeting: September 6 in
Town Hall at 4:30pm.
Joint meeting with Selectmen
on Mon. Sept. 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Approved by ____________________________on ______________, 2006.