HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-9-20Town of Nantucket Senior Center Committee
Minutes of the Meeting of September 20, 2018. The meeting took place in the Town building
conference room, 16 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA 02554.
Members of the Building Committee present: Libby Gibson- Town Manager, Rachel Day -
Human Services Director, Randall Wight — Council on Aging, Julie Fitzgerald and Jack Fritsch
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Nantucket Center for Elder Affairs, Nat Lowell -Capital Program Committee, Dawn Hill
Holdgate- Select Board, and Peter Schaeffer — Finance Committee.
Absent: Vanessa Larrabee — COA. l
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Members of the Community present: None. c
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CALL TO ORDER: Ms. Gibson called the meeting to order at 4:02 pm. w
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ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: Organizational Meeting w
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AGENDA
1. Review Committee Charge as established by the Select Board done by Ms. Gibson.
2. Open meeting law and posting requirements discussed. The OML requirements will be
emailed to all members.
3. Meeting Schedule:
a. Frequency of meetings to be determined as well as location.
b. Timeline for written report is not established yet. Ms. Fitzgerald noted committee
goal to have report around Annual Town Meeting April 2019 is ideal. Ms. Gibson
stated summer of 2019 is when FY21 capital requests will be reviewed.
c. Other things to schedule would be stakeholder meetings, public sessions and
similar to engage the public and gather ideas during the process. Ongoing would
be outreach options such as social media and town website.
4. Election of Officers
a. Mr. Lowell made motion to nominate Julie Fitzgerald as Chair. All in favor.
b. Mr. Fritsch made motion to nominate Randy Wight as Vice -Chair. All in favor.
c. Mr. Lowell made motion to nominate Rachel Day as Secretary. All in favor.
COMMITTEE'S COMMENTS
Ms. Fitzgerald has information from 8 centers on space and needs that can be reviewed to
understand Nantucket's size needs. Ms. Fitzgerald noted that senior population is already
at where census predications indicated for 2030. NCEA has a request in to Data Platform
on their idea of number of seniors in the Nantucket community. Potentially looking at
10,000 square foot building, committee agreed 40,000 square feet at minimum to 1 '/2
acre of vacant land, not near a beach, would be the site size to look for. Land would be
Town and non -Town owned.
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2. Ms. Gibson explained that can receive a map through GIS (Mr. Porter) to evaluate at next
meeting to isolate parcels.
3. Already known potential sites/parcels discussed were:
a. Fire station property.
b. Sherburne Commons, in land lease has 55,000 sf designated for Skilled Nursing
Facility. Ms. Fitzgerald to invite Mr. Comick, Sherburne Commons Director to
next meeting to discuss and determine lease review options.
c. Land around VFW, benefits of large space and parking.
d. Current OIH site, currently under consultant review for building a new or
renovating current facility on that site so may not be eligible.
e. Private opportunities — property by Stop and Shop, Hayes property near rotary,
Old South Road area.
4. Current location concerns discuss such as coastal resiliency, parking, and size of lot. If
not utilizing the current location need to determine site use. The land is owned by the
Town but the building owned by NCEA and there may be a reverter clause to evaluate.
5. Discussed potential need for a `multiuse space.' Could the site incorporate an Emergency
Shelter, provide storage (full basement option), election polling, general meeting space
with required techonology, and or a community center. Ms. Fitzgerald indicated she has
received feedback from other centers with a community addition that seniors feel limited
in space with priority on the community portion. Ms. Gibson noted received similar from
other Town Mangers but noted also with a designed space just for seniors it works well.
NEXT MEETING: Ms. Fitzgerald will see availalbity of Kevin Comick, Sherburne Commons
Executive Director. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 18th, 2018 4:00 pm at
the Saltmarsh Senior Center, 81 Washington Street pending Mr. Comick's availability.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned by at 5:00 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Rachel K Day, Director Human Services
cc: Committee Members