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TOWN AND COUNTY OF NANTUCKET ROADS AND RIGHTS OF WAY COMMITTEE
DRAFT MINUTES
March 16, 2010 ♣
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Allen Reinhard called the monthly meeting to order just after 4:00 PM on Tuesday,
March 16, in the garage area of the Town Building at 2 Fairgrounds Road. In addition to Mr.
Reinhard, the following Committee members were present: D. Anne Atherton, Annie Bissinger,
Nat Lowell, Sylvie O’Donnell, Lee Saperstein, John Stackpole and Harvey Young. Also in
attendance was Bert Ryder.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The DRAFT Minutes of the February 16 meeting were approved unanimously, with Mr.
Stackpole making the motion and Mr. Young seconding it.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2010: ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE
Andrew Vorce, Planning Director, reviewed various articles of interest on the Warrant for
ATM2010. He commented on the following:
Article 67: Home Rule Petition – Conveyance of Land
from County to Town
becomes open space; changes from road to open space
Articles 72 and 73: Real Estate Acquisition – Pine Street,
Sconset
corrective from last year; inadvertently left out; near
sewer beds; possible spot for Public Way marker
Articles 74 and 75: Real Estate Acquisition and
Conveyance – Connections to Siasconset Bluff Walk
intention of the BOS is to form a committee to advise it
re which ways to acquire for public access, which ways
to eliminate, if any, and to develop a management plan
for the Bluff Walk; through the FinCom process, two
ways have been removed: Way #4 and Callender Lane
Articles 76 through 79: Real Estate Acquisition – Paper
Streets, Surfside
Surfside Work Group Area Plan; about 12 acres of non-
taxed land in total; most of neighbors want to purchase
property; Town can reserve paths through easements if
there are any
Article 83: Real Estate Conveyances: Miller Way;
former Nonantum Avenue Parcel and West Tristram
Avenue
83 Miller Lane: NOT be a through road; this will
become a linear park; will be passable by bike and
pedestrians; no vehicles
Articles 84 and 85: Real Estate Acquisition and
Disposition – Gardner Road
intent is to leave dirt road where it is; convey abutting
parcels to owners
DRAFT ROW Committee Minutes, 3.16.10 2
UPDATE: PUBLIC WAY MONUMENT INSTALLATION PROJECT; CONSIDERATION OF
NEXT LOCATIONS FOR PUBLIC WAY MONUMENTS; FURTHER DISCUSSION OF IDEAS
FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE NEXT TWELVE PUBLIC WAY MONUMENTS
MOTION: Mr. Saperstein moved that the list of public ways attached to the January Minutes be
adopted as THE list for Phase II of the Public Way Monument Installation Project. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Stackpole.
Discussion: The 12 items with descriptions are affixed to these Minutes as Attachment I.
Chairman Reinhard said that we still have two markers to place. Mr. Saperstein has been in
contact with Mr. Marcklinger who promised that they would be installed soon. Some of the
ways in Surfside could be included. It was noted that the Land Bank should be informed if there
are any located the committee thinks should have a Land Bank marker, such as Low Beach.
The motion was adopted unanimously.
DISCUSSION: OUTSTANDING PROJECTS AND ISSUES (21)
PROJECT
STATUS
Public Way Marking Project, Phase II
identify future locations; done
Access to Sconset Bluff Foot Path ATM Articles 74 and 75; establishing a committee is a
positive way to proceed
Surfside Paper Roads/Abutter Way Takings ATM Articles 76 through 79
Miller Lane Foot Path ATM Article 83; property transfer to the Land Bank
First Way Pedestrian/Bike Access and Road
Improvement Project
has not yet entered Capital Program Committee process;
this is the next step; we do have two estimates; Mr.
Gasbarro recommended we get a design first; the
estimates do NOT include drainage
Foot Path from Washington Street Extension to
Orange Street Improvement Project
way has been cut by DPW; looks great, opens view;
boulders at one end; found bounds in the ground on the
other side
Surfside Roads to Airport Taking Project easements, surveys, plan needed for Monohansset,
Boulevarde, etc.; next step is to get legal work done;
survey, a plan, estimate, etc.; Surfside Association has
agreed to go door-to-door to get voluntary easements, if
they can; a “work in progress;” Ms. Bissinger: this could
get complicated, especially if properties are sold
Publication of “A History of Roads and Ways” self-publishing may be way to go; Books Surge;
Chairman Reinhard will pursue
Update Priority Takings List and Process Used to
Evaluate Priority for Takings
Ms. Bissinger is working on completing matrix; no
urgency because there are no funds; when the time is
right, we can apply the matrix to the map
DRAFT ROW Committee Minutes, 3.16.10 3
PROJECT
STATUS
A Plan for the Establishment of a Nantucket
Greenway and Foot Path System
Chairman Reinhard has a set of maps; divided by parcels
and all of the conservation lands identified by specific
groups, Town-owned land, etc.; Mr. Reinhard will be
working with Messers Savetsky and Perry from the Land
Bank; figure out where corridors are; then print our 8 x
11 aerial views of the ways and see where the existing
paths are and where there are gaps; get agreement on the
markings: how? Mr. Reinhard hopes to have a proposal
by the May meeting; at that time, we can take a look as a
Committee, then prepare for the next step/s: funding?
markers?
Chapter 91 Public Access License Enforcement:
Harbors Plan
this work “unfolding;” Ms. Atherton and Mr. Young will
meet with HPIC members, Dr. Oktay and Ms. Johnson to
consider what has to be done; also meet with Jeff
Carlson, the TON Beach Manager?
Pedestrian/Bike Path Linking Prospect Street Path to
Madaket Bike Route via Mill Hill
a “work in progress;” Mr. Burns, Transportation Planner
in charge; will take years; link existing path by Old Mill,
go up over hill and connect to Mt. Vernon Street and
Madaket Road; Mr. Ryder asked if path on Chicken Hill
is public; Mr. Reinhard responded that this is being
researched; problem is road goes close to Mr. Egan’s old
house; goes to Joy Street from Chicken Hill; we need to
determine the status of all of the roads in the Mill Hill
area
Mill Hill Project map of trails and public property; status of public use
Squam Road Parking at Public Access Path ask River Light to move fence? where are the bounds?
East Creek Road Layout public way, but never did layout for the road; does
connect with Spruce Street; road directly to the north, or
left, of OIH; Mr. Lowell asked if we should table this
matter? some say it is private; confusion; Ms. Bissinger
Poor will check
Coal Alley and Other ROW Encroachment
Enforcement and Follow-Up Issues
Coal Alley is the poster child of encroachments; called
the “perennial encroachment” by some (Mr. Richard
Cooper); Mr. Young asked whether or not the TON
should simply lease this area? (somewhat in jest); we will
keep this matter on the list
Public Cemetery Access and Maintenance Plan
Cemetery Work Group; working on this project;
**maintain public access;** will put sign on Quaise
Asylum Burial Ground
ROW Improvement Plan Follow-Up and
Implementation
**underground utilities;** Verizon is only remaining one;
conduits are there; how to get their attention?
Spruce Street Follow-Up viewing platform/boardwalk to East Creek Road; CPC
funding has been secured; reduced by $30,000 at ATM?;
some of that money is still there; remind Mr. Vorce or
Mr. Burns to follow up
Review of Area Plans to Seek Public Way
Opportunities
DRAFT ROW Committee Minutes, 3.16.10 4
INVENTORY OF INCOMPLETE TALKINGS OF WAYS LEADING TO THE WATER
Ms. Atherton reminded the Committee that we had agreed to try to inventory incomplete
takings of roads leading to water. It was agreed that this would be a major contribution to the
whole issue of public access. The goal would be to ensure that there were no more “surprises,”
such as Steps Beach. How to go about this task? Legal work would be necessary. Perhaps the
Committee could apply for CPC funds through the TON or County. Ms. Bissinger said that the
Town has a good inventory. We need to address this on an island-wide scale, perhaps through
the County Commissioners with the professional assistance of Town Counsel.
ADOURNMENT
Having reached the end of the agenda, the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 6:00 PM. The
next regular monthly meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 4:00 PM on Tuesday, April 20,
2010 at 2 Fairgrounds Road. 5
Respectfully submitted,
D. Anne R. Atherton
Secretary
4.15.10
ATTACHMENT: Marking Public Ways Year II; Working (Draft) List of Publicly Owned (TON)
Ways Deserving of Markers, 2 pp.
MARKING PUBLIC WAYS, YEAR 2
Working (draft) List of Publicly Owned (T.O.N.) Ways Deserving of Markers
Generic Description Map Parcel Comments
‘K’ Street, Madaket 32
59.4
999
87
‘K’ Street is town owned but is only a
footpath from Tennessee Avenue to
the Harbor. Parcel 59.4 87 on
Madaket Harbor is County owned.
‘Sconset Footpath
Access between Baxter
Road and the Footpath.
49, 73 Various The Town’s Planning Department,
Andrew Vorce, Director, is preparing
a Warrant Article for the 2010
Annual Town Meeting to take six
abutters’ ways (Bayberry Lane,
Ann’s Lane, Emily Street, Rosaly
Lane, Nosegay Lane et al.), identify
two for public access to the ‘Sconset
Bluff footpath, and sell the remaining
four back to the abutters by means of
“Yard” sales. The two resulting
public ways should be marked.
Polpis Harbor Access at
18 Wauwinet Road.
20 14, 16 A Town-owned way to Polpis
Harbor; Access to Nantucket
Community Sailing boats. Polpis
Harbor Road between 290 and 294
Polpis Road is not well marked.
Squam Road beach
access; opposite 50
Squam Road
13 019 Town-owned access to the beach;
may have been acquired for
emergency beach access; no
dedicated parking lot on Squam
Road.
Quidnet: access to beach
and Land Bank Property
along Salti Way
(unimproved way
parallel to Quidnet
Road)
21 10, 63, 64 The way comes onto the beach
between parcels 21 10 and 21 63,64.
The marker could go at several points
but the end of Quidnet Road where it
meets “unknown” (Town GIS) way
or the intersection of “unknown” way
with Salti Way are two possibilities.
Access to North Shore
beaches: 40th Pole,
North Pond Road,
between 151 and 159
Eel Point Road. 151 is
Land Bank; North Pond
Road appears to be
Town although the
narrow mapped way is
33 6, 7, 8, 10 The four parcels are owned by the
Land Bank; 33 6 covers a narrow
footpath within the boundaries of
North Pond Road. This is presumed
to be the access to 40th Pole Beach
and is a higher priority for a marker
than some of the other abutters’ ways
that connect Eel Point Road to the
beach. Is a road sign a better choice
shown as Land Bank.
Dionis Beach Road is
already marked.
than a “Public Way” marker?
Hulbert Avenue:
abutters’ ways to the
Harbor
29 Various Between Bathing Beach Road (Jetties
Beach) and Brant Point, only Charles
Street is a Public Way and it is
already marked. Brant Point, while
open to the public, is Coast Guard
(Federal) land. The many abutters’
ways, such as the extensions of
Johnson, James, Henry, and Willard
Streets and the other unnamed ways,
that have been used for years by
Nantucketers are private land. It is
suggested that the ROW Committee
maintain a watching brief on these
ways in case easements can be
created and donated to the Town.
Surfside, Uncatena
Street
87 48 87 48 is Town-owned land on the
water east of the main Surfside Beach
and should be marked. 87-40 at 45
Nonantum Avenue and 88 48 at
Clifford Street are Land Bank
properties.
Surfside, Western
Avenue at the southerly
extension of Auriga
Street
87 Between
76 and 77
The 2007 Aerial Photograph suggests
that this is a well-used way deserving
of being marked.
South Shore Road and
Hillside Avenue
87 2, 36, 85,
86, 90, et
al.
East of the Town’s DPW site, the
Sewage Plant, and the sewer beds are
a number of Town-owned properties
that surround Hillside Avenue. A
Public Way marker could go at the
intersection of Hillside Avenue and
South Shore Road.
Miacomet Road, at the
ocean
86 15 The Town owns land along the
southeastern edge of Miacomet Pond
to the ocean. This is a good place for
a marker.
130 Tom Nevers Road:
Town-owned park
91 109 The Town-owned park has an access
road to the beach but it is un-marked.
A Public Way marker would go
nicely at the edge of the parking lot or
entrance road.