HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Selectmen Minutes November 18, 2009_2014020616122196491
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Minutes of the Meeting of 18 November 2009. The meeting took place in the Court Room, Town and
County Building, 16 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA 02554. Members of the Board present were Rick
Atherton, Brian Chadwick, Michael Kopko, Allen Reinhard, and Patricia Roggeveen. Chairman Kopko
called the meeting to order at 6:03 PM.
Chairman Kopko noted the Wilkes Square presentation will take place after the approval of minutes,
warrants, and pending contracts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 2010 Annual Town Meeting Warrant closes Friday, 20 November 2009 for citizen submittals.
There will be no Board meeting Wednesday, 25 November 2009.
Town Manager C. Elizabeth Gibson congratulated Our Island Home Administrator Pamela Meriam and
staff on the deficiency-free report the facility recently received from the Department of Public Health,
and its annual inspection.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Energy Study Committee Chairman Barbara Gookin requested the Board take action to send a letter to
the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) in response to a petition submitted by National Grid regarding
electric rate increases. Mr. Chadwick moved to send a letter, as drafted by the Energy Study
Committee and with room for Board comments to be incorporated, to the DPU; seconded by Ms.
Roggeveen. All in favor, so voted.
Ms. Gibson noted she met with the County Government Finance Review Board today regarding the FY
2010 County budget which has been recently submitted, and that the Review Board approved the
County’s request to appropriate $700,000 from County Deeds Excise Funds for the public safety
facility, pending a formal grant of transfer between the County and Town. She thanked Sheriff
Bretschneider for providing a letter of support for the transfer request, as well as Representative Tim
Madden for attending the meeting.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WARRANTS, PENDING CONTRACTS
Approval of Minutes of 24 March 2009 at 10:30 AM; 25 March 2009 at 6:00 PM; 26 March 2009 at
11:00 AM; 3 April 2009 at 3:30 PM; 6 April 2009 at 10:00 AM; 6 April 2009 at 6:00 PM; 7 April 2009 at
3:00 PM; 15 April 2009 at 6:00 PM. The minutes of 24 March 2009 at 10:30 AM; 25 March 2009 at 6:00
PM; 26 March 2009 at 11:00 AM; 3 April 2009 at 3:30 PM; 6 April 2009 at 10:00 AM; 6 April 2009 at
6:00 PM; 7 April 2009 at 3:00 PM; and 15 April 2009 at 6:00 PM were approved by the unanimous
consent of the meeting.
Approval of Payroll Warrants for Weeks Ending 8 November 2009; 15 November 2009. The payroll
warrants for the weeks ending 8 November 2009 and 15 November 2009 were approved by the
unanimous consent of the meeting.
Approval of Treasury Warrants for 11 November 2009; 18 November 2009 and Pending Contracts for
18 November 2009. The treasury warrants for 11 November 2009 and 18 November 2009 and pending
contracts for 18 November 2009 were approved by the unanimous consent of the meeting.
2
SELECTMEN’S REPORTS/COMMENT
Committee Reports: Wilkes Square Redevelopment Update. Representatives of CBT Architects
presented an update on conceptual redevelopment plans for the Wilkes Square area. Ms. Roggeveen
said an information tent regarding these plans will be open on Saturday, 5 December outside the Town
Building on South Water Street, and noted that CBT’s final presentation to the Board is scheduled for
its 9 December 2009 meeting.
CITIZEN/DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS
Town Clerk: Request for Approval of Warrant for 8 December 2009 Special State Primary Election. Mr.
Reinhard moved to approve the 8 December 2009 Special State Primary Election Warrant; Ms.
Roggeveen seconded. All in favor, so voted.
Vaughan, Dale, Hunter, Stetina and Beaudette, PC: Request for Approval of Preservation Restriction
to be Held by Nantucket Preservation Trust, Inc. for Property Located at 94 Main Street, Nantucket.
Attorney Foley Vaughan, representing Katherine Lodge, owner of 94 Main Street, spoke in favor of the
application. Mr. Reinhard said he fully supported the restriction and moved to approve the preservation
restriction for 94 Main Street; Ms. Roggeveen seconded. All in favor, so voted.
Request for Transfer of Common Victualler License from Nantucket Restaurant Group, LLC dba Alice’s
Restaurant to Nantucket Regal Group, LLC dba Crosswinds for Premises Located at 14 Airport Road,
Unit 4, Nantucket. Mr. Reinhard moved to approve the transfer of the Common Victualler license from
Nantucket Restaurant Group, LLC dba Alice’s Restaurant to Nantucket Regal Group, LLC dba
Crosswinds; Ms. Roggeveen seconded. All in favor, so voted.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearing to Consider Application for Transfer of Annual All-Alcoholic Beverages Restaurant
License from Nantucket Restaurant Group, LLC dba Alice’s Restaurant to Nantucket Regal Group, LLC
dba Crosswinds, Christopher Skehel, Manager, for Premises Located at 14 Airport Road, Unit 4,
Nantucket. Postponed to the 16 December 2009 meeting.
Public Hearing to Consider Application for Conversion of Seasonal All-Alcoholic Beverages Restaurant
License Held by Twenty Broad Street LLC dba Dune, Michael Getter, Manager to Annual All-Alcoholic
Beverages Restaurant License for Premises Located at 20 Broad Street, Nantucket. Chairman Kopko
opened the public hearing. Applicant Michael Getter spoke in favor of the application. Chairman Kopko
closed the public hearing. Ms. Roggeveen moved to approve the conversion of the seasonal all-
alcoholic beverages restaurant license to an annual license for Twenty Broad Street LLC dba Dune; Mr.
Reinhard seconded. All in favor, so voted.
Public Hearing to Consider Petition for National Grid Plan #6351786 for Joint Relocation of Pole # 6
Located on Fairgrounds Road, Due to Nantucket Public Safety Facility Proposed New Driveway.
Chairman Kopko opened the public hearing. Steve Bretton of National Grid spoke in favor of the
application. Chairman Kopko closed the public hearing. Mr. Reinhard moved to approve the petition to
relocate utility pole # 6 on Fairgrounds Road; Ms. Roggeveen seconded. All in favor, so voted.
Public Hearing to Consider a Request from Site Design Engineering, LLC on Behalf of the Applicant, 68
North Liberty Realty Trust and 72 North Liberty Realty Trust, for a Variance from the Town of Nantucket
Sanitary Sewer Policy to Allow Construction of 650-Foot Low Pressure Sewer Force Main Within the
Gingy Lane Subdivision Roadway (Continued from 28 October 2009). Dan Mulloy of Site Design
Engineering, on behalf of the applicant, spoke in favor of the application, noting he has no new
3
information to present, as the Board was to research its question of whether privilege fees can be made
to be payable up front. Ms. Gibson said privilege fees cannot be made payable during the construction
phase by the developer. Mr. Chadwick moved to approve the variance from the Nantucket Sanitary
Sewer Policy to allow construction of a low pressure sewer force main within the Gingy Lane
subdivision roadway; Mr. Reinhard seconded. All in favor, so voted.
TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT
Review of Stormwater Drainage Issues at Children’s Beach. AECOM Senior Program Director Tom
Parece reviewed drainage issues at Children’s Beach, noting there is no design flaw in the system
designed by AECOM, that the system is working as intended, and that the intent was never to eliminate
100% of the flooding that can occur in the system. He said AECOM is designing a venting system to
address a storm situation that occurred two weeks ago, at no cost to the Town, saying that it is a
priority for AECOM to resolve the situation. Department of Public Works Director Jeff Willett said
although AECOM is doing the design and engineering of the venting system at no cost to the Town,
construction costs of installing the system are being debated but noted there is money left in the project
appropriation for the venting system. A discussion followed on the sewer outflow pipe located at the
Nantucket Yacht Club and how the Town should move forward to address concerns over staining of
boats.
FY 2011 Budget Update. Ms. Gibson noted that the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund (SWEF) budget was
reviewed at yesterday’s Ad Hoc Budget Work Group meeting and it was agreed that Town
Administration would review the SWEF deficit. Assistant Town Manager Malachy Rice presented an
overview on the SWEF structural deficit, including its causes and the history of General Fund subsidies
to the SWEF. Mr. Rice concluded his presentation by noting that in the 1990s Nantucket’s landfill was
one of the worst landfills in the state, but is currently being held up as a model landfill with the highest
recycling rate in the nation. Ms. Gibson said the Town is trying to increase the transparency regarding
the budget process and gave a FY 2011 budget development update, noting the Board will be holding a
public hearing regarding the FY 2011 budget on Monday, 4 January 2010. Mr. Atherton said he feels
the SWEF deficit should be paid through the General Fund tax base and budgeted, and moved that
“the development of the FY 2011 budget should proceed consistent with the policy that the costs of the
municipal-waste and recycling services provided at the Town’s landfill be included in the General
Fund”; Mr. Reinhard seconded. A discussion on the motion followed. Ms. Roggeveen said she feels the
motion is premature at this time and wonders if the SWEF should be a line item in an override.
Chairman Kopko said he feels the landfill operation is an essential service, as essential as police and
fire, and it makes sense to make it a part of the General Fund budget. School Committee Vice
Chairman Melissa Murphy said the School Committee is dedicated to solving the school’s municipal
budget deficit, and that she does not understand the purpose of Mr. Atherton’s motion. Mr. Atherton
said the discussion accomplished what the motion intended, and withdrew his motion.
The meeting was unanimously adjourned at 9:11 PM.
Approved the 6th day of January, 2010.