Provincetown Public Pier Corporation (PPPC)

Judge Welsh Hearing Room

Meeting Minutes of Thursday January 24, 2008

 

Members present:     Len Clingham (Chair), George Hitchcock (Vice Chair), Kerry Adams, Lee Ash and Phil Tarvers

 

Other Attendees: Rex McKinsey (Pier Manager/Harbormaster) and John Davidson (PPPC Administrative Assistant)

 

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by the chair.

 

Public Statements

 

None

 

Review Minutes

 

A motion was made to accept the minutes of 12/10/07 as written.

 

Motion: George Hitchcock      Second: Kerry Adams

 

Vote:   Y: 5     N: 0

 

Motion Passes

 

A motion was made to accept the minutes of Meeting 01/10/08 as written.

 

Motion: George Hitchcock      Second: Kerry Adams

 

Vote:   Y: 5     N: 0

 

Motion Passes

 

Special Agenda Item

 

Annual Report - Draft

 

Discussion

 

A motion was made to accept the draft as written subject to tweaking by chair and Rex.

 

Motion: Kerry Adams Second: Lee Ash

 

Vote:   Y: 5     N: 0

 

Motion Passes

 

Directors Statements

 

George Hitchcock: Courtesy Float Policy needs to be clarified and made public before the summer starts.  No Commercial activity per current regs.

 

Rex McKinsey: To provide the existing rules for the next meeting.

 

George Hitchcock: An annual maintenance report per BoS request.  We should get an estimate in advance from an engineer to see what the cost is.

 

Rex McKinsey: To investigate and bring back to next meeting.

 

Lee Ash: Appreciated John Santos’ comments on the courtesy float.  Would like to see more community involvement.

 

Kerry Adams: Will wait for the sign subcommittee report.

 

Phil Tarvers: Concerned that someone who is not satisfied with our answers and have gone to the BoS.  Do the BoS have a right to have a public hearing on something that we have yet to have an opportunity to rule on ? The BoS are out of line.  It’s quite upsetting.  Having the BoS call us in to tell us how to do our job.

 

Len Clingham: We are an autonomous board.  We can take the BoS under advisement but by no means do we have to follow their instructions.

 

Discussion

 

A motion was made to forward the attorney’s position to the BoS in regards to recreational boating tomorrow.

 

Motion: Lee Ash         Second: Kerry Adams

 

Discussion

 

Vote:   Y: 4     N: 1

 

Motion Passes

 

Lee Ash left @ 5:00 for a Board of Health Meeting.

 

Pier Managers Report

 

Courtesy Float: 40’ float vs. 70’float

 

Sign Update

 

Advanced agenda packet for BoS meeting of 2/11/08

 

New Business

 

Pattee Durkin Trap Shed Request

 

Run ad requesting trap shed thru March 15, 2008.

 

Trap Shed Sub-committee- Lee Ash and Kerry Adams

 

Chico Jess Update

 

Motion to adjourn @ 5:45

 

Motion: Phil Tarvers    Second: George Hitchcock

 

Vote:   Y: 5     N: 0

 

Motion Passes

 

Minutes Respectively

Submitted by

 

John Davidson

PPPC Administrative Assistant

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Len Clingham, Chair                                                     Date