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Minutes
Open Session
Monday, October 12, 2010
Murray Room at the Founder’s Building
Present: Mickey Rowland, Jeanette Topham, Ellen Braginton-Smith,
Whitey Willauer, Nancy Rezendes, David Gray, and Brenda
McDonough
Absent: Dick Moran
Called to Order: 4:05 p.m.
Agenda: Mr. Rowland stated, by unanimous consent we are adopting the
agenda.
Minutes: 4:06 p.m.
August 9, Open Meeting: Ms. Topham motioned to approve
September 13th minutes provided that the minutes are edited to
reflect that Ms. Rezendes did not attend that meeting, which Ms.
Braginton-Smith seconded, and all the remaining present
Commission members voted in favor of this motion.
August 9, Executive Session: Ms. Topham motioned to approve
September 13th minutes for executive session provided that the
minutes are edited to reflect that Ms. Rezendes did not attend that
meeting, which Ms. Braginton-Smith seconded, and all the
remaining present Commission members voted in favor of this
motion.
Topics: 4:10 p.m.
Election of Officers:
Ms. Topham nominated Mr. Rowland for Chairman, which Ms. Braginton-
Smith seconded, and all the remaining Commission members present voted in
favor of this motion.
Ms. Topham nominated Mr. Moran for Vice Chairman, which Mr. Gray
seconded, and all the remaining Commission members present voted in favor
of this motion.
Mr. Gray nominated Ms. Braginton-Smith as secretary, which Mr. Willauer
seconded, and all the remaining Commission members present voted in favor
of this motion.
4:15 p.m.
Update
Pacific National Bank
Ms. McDonough updated the Commission on the AAB’s correspondence with
the Pacific National Bank. A bank representative is required to go to a hearing
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in January regarding their non-compliance with the accessible entrance
signage.
4:15 p.m. Jeanette left the meeting
4:17 p.m. Jeanette returned to the meeting
Ms. Rezendes mentioned that Mr. Seddon Legg, 91 years old, fell down the
stairs at Pacific National Bank and broke his arm. Ms. Topham suggested that
the family should write a letter to the editor complaining about no signage to
or at the accessible entrance. Mr. Gray said that he would talk to the family
and advocate for them to write this letter.
Reviewing Permits
Presently, our policy for approving permits states that a majority of
Commission members must vote to either approve the application before a
permit is issued. The Commission discussed changing the policy to a majority
of members present at the meeting when we discuss this permit.
Mr. Willauer researched the rules governing Commissions, Committees… on
Nantucket and he stated that a majority of the members must vote in favor of a
policy change. Mr. Rowland requested that we table the permit policy change
until our next meeting.
The Commission members discussed other policy changes regarding
temporary permits and returning permits that were no longer valid. Ms.
McDonough will put together some suggestions for these policy changes and
we will discuss them at the next meeting.
Dr. Robert’s Parking Space
Ms. Topham mentioned that Dr. Roberts’s parking space needed to be
delineated and proper signage installed. Ms. McDonough will send Dr.
Roberts a letter.
Boys and Girls Club
Ms. Topham mentioned that puddles collect all around the accessible parking
spaces in the Boys and Girls Club parking lot. Ms. Topham will talk to Ms.
Phyllis MacEarney and request the club to relocate the two parking spaces.
Attendance
Mr. Gray would still love to be a member of the Commission. He doesn’t have
any other commitments to other commissions or committees, so his
attendance should be no problem.
Other
Mr. Gray asked if Mr. Rowland and Ms. McDonough would look at the Hy-
Line vessels for proper access.
When we do send service dog information to Nantucket’s business owners,
Ms. Rezendes also requested that we also include information on marking
stairs with some kind of transitional color so that sight-impaired people can
see the stairs more clearly.
Ms. Rezendes also wondered if the hospital would paint the curbstones a
contrasting color from the asphalt so that sight-impaired people can readily
identify the curbstones.
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Executive Session: 4:58 p.m.
Mr. Rowland stated that the Commission would not reconvene after the
executive session. A vote was taken to go into executive session to discuss
parking permit applications, and Mr. Rowland, Ms. Braginton-Smith, Ms.
Topham, Ms. Rezendes, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Willauer voted in favor of the
vote.
Submitted by:
Brenda McDonough
Facilitator