HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-09-25 ~.,;?~;/'-The Special Town Meeting was Called to order by Moderat~
-: ' Moderator Desr~cher-said .... ;?
that each of ~he Articles would
ARTICLE i 'TO 'r'~ceive're~ort~;f~m'the~v~riO~s Da~p~rtme~t~'a~d
Committee which shall come before the meeting.~",i..~i "
the report of the Finance Committee to Town Clerk Coffin.
ARTICLE'2 .,HITHER CREEK ENTRANCE CHANNEL .... ,
,,.,,. The Moderator Said the stion comes'before the meeting.on
the'acceptance of~the Finance Committee's report. ~ All'in favor,.:-.
say~,ng-"AYE", opposed saying "NO" - The "AYES" have it and it was
so voted.
ARtiCLE ~ U.S]C.G.':PROPERTY ACQUISITi~ . '.
'...-'The Moderator Said the'qdestion Comes'before t-he meeting on
the acoeptance of the Finance Committee's Report. ~Kenneth W.
Holdgate,~Chairma~"Of the Board of'Selectmen, made a motion to
delete the sum of Seventy five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) and
insert th~ sum of.~Twelve thousand Dollars ($12,000.00..-The
motion was seconded by Mr' Ooseph Burgess. Mr; Henry G..~.~.
Kehlenbeck, Of Madaket, stated he had a few questions regarding
this Article.~'He said that,the matter of,the U.S.C.G.
surplus
property'became known to the Town of. Nantucket on April 7, 1957.
Last year,'the Town was advised that the Madakat land may be"
surplus property and there was,some discussion relative.to the
Coast'Guard Station for a parking area.:.This past summer, the
GSA indicated that.the land was surplus some time in August and
within a matter of'90 days, thelTown wanted to appropriate
$12,000.00 for 1~65 acres of'land. ~:These three'pieces of land'
are the Coast Guard Boathouse,'off Massachusetts Ave.,.~.just'.~
adjacbnt.to New Jersey Ave.,'in Madaket,.and the land is_50' X ...
80' ' There is also some doubt as.to whether the U.S.C.G. has
the Title to this land.~.'Secondly,-there is a piece of. land at
the end of Madaket Road on the west. If you look for boundary
~,-~'~,~'+~' you cannot find it due.to the erosion which continues.'-
ThirdT.there is a piece'of land called Esthers Island end';i.,"'.
according to the location, .it is described as being betGeen..;_,~
~Tuckernuck and Great Point. ~It seems to me.that this lan'dis;.
'~not~worth ~12,000'.00. It is my ~nderstanding that the'GSA ~ill~-~ -
make'this'land available through agencies for the sum of~$1.O0..'
I feel there should be a hearing on this matter, before any--;/.'./~
action is.taken,~and I recommend wa'vote "NO":on~this'Article .~
until.such time that a study can be made or'include this '":.;- ~
Article in the next Annual Town Meeting./;,Mr. Christman'~k~d'-
how much land was involved.for.the price of.$12,000.00.' Re~,:::- :
cently h~ was.involved with a land transaction which was'seven-:-':
acres~of land for ~?,OOO.O0.- He said that this was'just a point
..... -.Mr '~Andreu Lowell said he would like to make a comment on
the three'questions from Mr. Kehlenbeck.'.::Origin~ll~,.there '
.were f~ur parcels of land,';~one ~here.the~coast Guard Statio~."
was,.second the'Coast Guard Boatho~s~'~ross the' Creek,,third
.the piece'of land on Esthers'Island and'alsb la~d by the Creek.
The appraisal'of,.$24~O00.O0~ was made by the Government'and .
'there were.only two-parcels'of land in this Article tonight'"
As to the use'of, this property, therSelectmen have discussed
what we would like.to do with it, Which'~o~ld be subject to ..
Town Meeting acquiring'this lend'under Park and Recreation--.
.regulations ofjthe Government~'~'~We are forced t~ use this land
"for just this PUrpose.-. Te.nta.tive~y,. ~e'would'like to have
this land ~or a public beach.as Madaket is an area that'is'
quite popular for swimming, surfing' etC.,.and we do not own
'too much land on the'shore front .... This property is adjacent
~o what we.now'own and it ~ould be an asset to acquire this.
The property'across the Creek,.wh~e the Boathouse building.
is, we would like to move this building to the end'of Madaket
Road to use as rest rooms for men and women. There will soon
be a State law that we have these rest rooms at all of the
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'boathouse had been would;be used for small boat launching,7, ie;..for'
people 'with' small':' boats that have. an outboard motor. :~Whe~n this,:~".'.' '
property'came up.for'surplus land,~ the Selectmen were' Continually -.
being~criticized because we.did not m'o~e to acquire 'the~taking, , ~
'~of land for summer u'se. -We ~ere obligated to use this .for .the Town.
: Mr] W: Ripley Nelson said it WaS his under'Sta~nd~ng' th~t"~h~ Tow~
owned eleven (11) beaches'~ When you consider the area involved, .... - ."
there 'is very little land for the people to enjoy' bathing on Nantucket.
All the rest of the shore fro'n't.is owned ~'~el~ and there is.no
access to it' I'feel it is important this land be purchas~ed to'
add to the public beaches. ,,, ~, ,,
Mr.'.Dena!d Visco said there is miles of.shore'~front'land.
realize that ¢12,00B.00 is a lot of money for a small piece of land.
Two acres of land,' in Pocomo, just sold for ¢50~000.00. By all ,
means, 'I thi~k the voters should accept the motion as presented by
Mr. ~enneth Holdgate.
:,, Mr. ~ehlenb'eck said he'certainly was' not against 'any acquisition
'of, land in Madaket for any' public use. He just thought we should ~'
look at this carefully, and other areas in Madaket which might be
available for Town use. 8ince,'any Conserw~tion group can purchase'
this 'for, Si.O0 to be_used for'swimming and ~arking of cars. This,
is the main point I am trying to make
M0derator' Desrocher asked the voters to make a decision on Mr,
Holdgate's motion, which had been sedonded. Ail those in favor VOTE
saying "AYE" those opposed "NO" The "AYES" have it and it is so
voted.
~RTICLE 4 Legal Department. Mr.'christman came before the meeting
stating that this mas a ridiculous Article. I feel that ~he ~.
Nantucket Boat Line, who have served Nantucket for.twenty years,
during strikes, etc. tha~ the Town, as:a Committee,,should own
a small'boat area down 'south of.the Boat. Yard and build a public
plat'for the'Town and the Nantucket Boat Line. The Nantucket Boat
Line paid part of, the cost for.some time to come,' then we could.'
acquire a long needed public pier at a third of the cost and the
Town would have a public pier for its own use.-Icagree that~the
Town-needs money.to defend an action;.but all-Be have to'do is
get a ruling from the Attorney 8eneral and there will be no need
for funds for legal.action...Nothing will happen about building
a pier.in that a~ea,'especially not until after Town Meeting.' I
make a motion to lay this particular Article on the table until
the regular Town Meeting. . ,~ ~-,
Moderator Desr~cher Said the'~e Would be a b~ief recess and
called Mr~ Christman'aside to '~peak to him.' ~
~. Moderator D'esrocher'said the meeti'n~ was-'call'ed,to- 0rde~
a'nd stated that Mr. Christman's motion which has just been ma~e
seems to be out of order for the intention of this Article.."'
-This Article was not to be used'to defend the Dock. It is mar-ely
$1~000.00 that the Town needs.. Mr 'Christmen's motion has-no ~
bearing on the subject...'Even though Mr.'Ohristman has S'poken
on the suit~of the Nantucket Boat Line,~he now asked,to unani~ .
mously withdraw this motio'n. If.an Article is laid on the table
it is dead.. He gave'no time ~imit so it is up to the Moderator
to pull. it off the table'at any time.-
. ~,-~' MOderator Desr'0ch~r'said.thi~ matte~ 'now comes b~fore-'t~e
meeting for a vote ~ all in favor saying "Aye" those opposed
saying "ND". · The "Ayes" have it and it is so voted.
Mr. Robert Marks,-Ohairman'of t~e Finance committee informed
the people that this Article in the amount~of $1~OOO.OO was not
intended for what Mr. Christman was talking about. There is a
Court cmse against the Town with'Surfside' East Association and
Labor laws. We plan to use this money along with what we already
have.
MOTION
VOTE
ARTICLE 5,Miacomet Area Land?~.',~:,Question comes before~he meeting
the~ acceptance of- the Finance Committee's r~p0rt'~'.~ All '.those ~in favom ' '~vu,'~L'C'E
~'sav,~?AVE";~'those ~pposed saving ','NO"~;the~"AVES"~h~'ve it and'it was ~','i,~'~} .....
ARTICLE 6"~,'~ee~,~hat ~um the Town will,allow fo~ su~veving and~-'~,,./'. "~
~bTthe~land set aside for~the.Isla6d Home and for ~he D.P.W.~'..--~',' .
garage. ;,i'~:(.:;.-::~,~'.~'.,~,~ .,.~ ~5';]'~,,??~.,,~.'-~:,.~]~.~c:~i,~~ ~"~A~;:::,:~.~'~?:- .?:v~.': .?,?,.,'~:::~!.~, '~ ~.._~]'~:}:'..':~(.': ~.,,,. ~'~ ,'~,~ ~., ~ :'-
~,.' -WE R~GO~MEND THAT"THE'TOWN UOTE TO TRANSFER FIUE HUNDRED ".,'- ".,'- ',, -,
'.'",,~,~' ~DOLLARS (~00.00)~ FROM E ~D FOR THIS ARTICLE.""-'. "" .,", '., ~'. """ ",,'
.... . .... '~. Des~ooheu said question comes before the meeting'on acceptance..
with the Finance Committee's ~epo'~t~'all'th0se in'favou saving "AYe" "'. VOTE
those'oppos~d.-saying "NO" --The "AYES" ~ve.it and it was,so voted.
" On moti~'n duly mede and Seconded, it was Voted: To Adjourn. ~
Adjourned:'
8:30' P.M. '"