South Coastal Harbor Plan
Committee Meeting
Minutes
September 28, 2009
Present: Chairman, Dean Ervin, Tony Murphy, Martha Stone, Patricia Siewert, Kurt Hellfach and George Olmsted.
Also Present: Ted Keon, Director Coastal Resources, Town of Chatham: Kristin Andres, Conservation Agent, Town of Chatham.
Call to Order: Chairman Ervin called the South Coastal Harbor Plan Committee (SCHPC) meeting to order at 4:40 p.m. in the Chatham Community Center Conference room.
Meeting Minutes- Ms. Stone moved to approve the meeting minutes of August 17, 2009 and seconded by Tony Murphy. The motion passed unanimously 6-0-0.
The committee discussed the following previous meetings: Board of Selectmen; Conservation Commission; and Shellfish Advisory Committee.
Mr. Olmstead spoke with Shellfish Advisory Committee and noted that they haven’t seen the documentation. SCHPC is on their Agenda for October 7, 2009 to provide them with the Executive Summary and Private Pier and Dock Assessment document.
The committee discussed the Stello case and further discussed how long the Chapter 91 process can take and the proper procedures.
Friends of Chatham Waterways
Representatives of the committee met with Debbie Ecker and had the opportunity to review the Private Pier and Dock Assessment document. The question now is whether the SCHPC needs to do more. The Pier and Dock proposal of the SCHPC is on the FCW’s next Agenda for discussion. Hopefully the committee can count on FCW to write a letter of support and possibly have them write a letter of support before the SCHPC meeting of October 15, 2009.
Discuss future meetings
Harbormaster
The committee would like to meet with Mr. Smith to discuss the Private Pier and Dock Assessment document further and bring him up to date on matters. Mr. Murphy gave him a copy of the draft Private Pier and Dock Assessment document. He briefly summarized the document to him. Mr. Murphy informed the committee that he would be in contact with Mr. Smith tomorrow or Wednesday and keep Chairman Ervin posted.
Waterways Advisory Committee
Mr. Keon noted that waterways committee chairman was given a copy of the Private Pier Dock and assessment document for each committee member. The committee is on the Agenda for the Waterways Advisory Committee this Thursday October 1, 2009.
Planning Board
The Planning Board has the cover letter and executive summaries for their review. Their next meeting is October 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in BOS Selectmen’s room. SCHMPC is on their agenda. Mr. Keon isn’t sure of how the Planning Board feels about the document but attending their meeting will give them the sense of were this is going. Chairman Ervin noted that not all members need to attend the Waterways meeting next week but everyone is welcome to.
Discuss changes to present draft report
Carol Ridley provided the SCHMPC Private Pier and Doc Assessment with PowerPoint presentation for the public meeting. Paul Lagg was able to produce an overhead map for the committee as well.
Discuss Public Information meeting 10/15/09
It was mention that on October 15, 2009 it will be a Public Meeting and NOT a “hearing”. This will give the citizens the opportunity for public comment and the comment period ends at the end of October. There is no need for the committee to debate with the people in attendance at the meeting. Of course if questions are asked the committee will do the best to answer them accordingly.
Discuss SCHPC membership
There was an email from Tom King that Chairman Ervin read to the committee members. Mr. King has been traveling extensively thus he hasn’t been able to attend some meetings. He questioned if the committee feels that he should resign. The committee discussed this and feels he shouldn’t resign just continue to keep him in the loop. He has been quite involved and is very familiar with what’s going on. He’s very well known and that’s important to the committee to have him as a member. There could be an issue with quorum if he did resign, but by him remaining on the committee he would keep the committee intact. Also, if they had to replace him they’d need someone with the similar background experience with waterways knowledge
Other business
There is an update in the both the Executive Summary page IV Exclusion of Catwalks to correct the typo and removal of the second sentence. Also it was noted to change the title to just Catwalks. Once the documents are updated it will be posted on the website.
The committee agreed to have Candace Cook as the new recording secretary. The committee will send Genie Griffin a note of thanks for all her hard work she has done for the committee.
Next Meeting – The next meeting will be held on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. in the Chatham Community Center conference room.
Adjournment –Mr. Murphy moved to adjourn the meeting at 5:49 p.m. and seconded by Martha Stone.
Respectfully Submitted,
Candace Cook, Secretary
Minutes approved at the meeting of October 26, 2009
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