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Summer Residents Advisory Committee Survey
If you’re a summer resident and own a home in Chatham in which you reside for part of the year, this survey is for you!
It has been developed by the Summer Residents Advisory Committee (SRAC), which originated in 1996, as the Non-Voting Taxpayers Advisory Committee (NVTAC). Our members are appointed to three-year terms by the Select Board to: (1) Give summer residents a voice; (2) Give the Select Board the benefit of information and views; (3) Give fresh outlooks to the town; and (4) Take a position and make a case for or against town matters.
Please take a few minutes to respond to this brief survey! Thank you for your participation!
2023 Summer Residents Summer Town Meeting
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 7 p.m. Town Office Annex, 261 George Ryder Road
2023 SRAC Summer Town Meeting Documents
Presentations
- CCAL FinCom Presentation 08 02 23 (PDF)
- Finance Subcommittee Presentation 8.23 (Mike Waters) update 8-4 (PPTX)
- Irrigation Issues - Water and Sewer Subcommittee J. Rottner 8.4.23 (PPTX)
- Scorecard draft 2023 summer meeting slides 8-2-23 (PPTX)
- SRAC Communications Subcommittee STM Presentation (8.8) 2 (PPTX)
- STM Water Infrastructure[86] (PPTX)
- Summer Residents Town Meeting 08 08 2023 (PPTX)
- Summer Town Meeting 2023 Housing Presentation (PPTX)
- The Chatham Center for Active Living Program Summary (PDF)
Agendas & Minutes
Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
View Most Recent Agendas and Minutes
Members
- Jamie Meehan, Chair
Term expires: 2026
Hometown: Parkland, FL - Stuart Green, Member
Term expires: 2024
Hometown: Chestnut Hill, MA - Ron Manderscheid, Member
Term expires: 2025
Hometown: Potomac, MD - Jeffrey Spalter, Secretary
Term expires: 2024
Hometown: Longboat Key, FL - Roger Allen Donald, Member
Term expires: 2025
Hometown: Naples, FL - Joel Rottner, Member
Term expires: 2026
Hometown: West Hartford, CT - Christina Mead, Member
Term expires: 2025
Hometown: Washington, DC
- Michael S. Waters, Member
Term expires: 2024
Hometown: New York, NY - Phil Richardson, Member
Term expires: 2026
Hometown: Tiburon, CA - Jeanne Allen, Member
Term expires: 2026
Hometown: Bethesda, MD - Thomas Garvey, Associate Member
Term expires: 2024
Hometown: Dallas, TX - Vacancy, Associate Member
Term expires: 2024
Hometown: - Vacancy, Associate Member
Term expires: 2024
Hometown: - Cory Metters, Select Board Liaison
Staff Contacts
- Jill R. Goldsmith
Phone: 508-945-5105
Overview
History & Mission
This is the official web page of the summer residents who are property owners and taxpayers but not voters in the town of Chatham, Massachusetts. Chatham has a long history with summer residents, who in large numbers become permanent, voting members of the community. For over seventy years summer residents have held an annual summer meeting to discuss matters of mutual concern and have their questions answered by town officers. In 1996, the town established the Non-Voting Taxpayers Advisory Committee (NVTAC), since renamed the Summer Residents Advisory Committee (SRAC), whose members, appointed to three-year terms, work to:
- Give summer residents a voice
- Give the Select Board the benefit of information and views
- Give fresh outlooks to the town
- Take a position and make a case for or against town matters
Submitting Electronic Correspondence
Please submit correspondence to the Staff Liaison. Please note that all such electronic correspondence is considered a public record. Correspondence containing requests for public records will be responded to by the Staff Liaison in compliance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66, Section 10 within 10 days of receipt. All other correspondence and materials submitted will be forwarded by the Staff Liaison to the Board/Committee Chair, with a copy to Members/Commissioners and person sending request/comment, for potential scheduling of discussion on an upcoming public meeting agenda.