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NANTUCKET TOWN AREA PLAN WORK GROUP 2022 MAR 21 AM 10: 52
Meeting Of March 1,2022
FINAL AND APPROVED MINUTES
Attending: Mary Anne Easley, Regen Horchow, Alison King, Mary Longacre, and Henry
Terry.
Absent: Liz Almodobar, Marsha Fader, Mickey Rowland, and Lee Saperstein.
Attendance was verified by a roll call;there was a quorum at all times. The meeting was
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Chair Henry Terry called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. Mary Longacre read the
official notice about remote meetings and the fact of the meeting being recorded. There
was unanimous consent to approve the posted agenda. Approval of the draft minutes for
the meeting of February 18, 2022,was moved by Mary Anne Easley, seconded by Regen
Horchow, and approved unanimously by roll-call vote.
Henry Terry then asked if there were items to be discussed by the work group. Alison
King volunteered that she had met with a representative of the Chamber of Commerce
who promised to send her a list of all Chamber members in the Town Area. She met also
with a representative of the Artists Association of Nantucket and they committed to
sending her a list of all artists with homes or studios in the Town. She promised to
review the information provided to ensure that the businesses and artists actually are
within the Town area. These data on businesses will help to formulate a response from
the Economic Development sub-group, she and Mary Longacre.
After a brief review of the sub-groups and their members,Mary Anne Easley asked if the
Work Group should be continuously adding to the draft plan as we obtain input from the
sub-groups. Henry Terry proposed that, as we get input from each sub-group,the
assembled Work Group would review it in open meeting and provide edits of substance
as well as suggested additions and deletions. He thought that we would undertake these
reviews in meetings dedicated to only one sub-group at a time and that the process might
take some time. This process over time,though, would generate the draft report.
Mary Longacre then said that we needed to create a survey of public opinion on specific
issues germane to the Plan and that responses to it would also go into the narrative. This
led to a discussion of how best to capture opinions. The thought was that issues should
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be defined in the survey well enough so that respondents could choose among
alternatives such that the Work Group could assemble them rationally. According to
Mary Longacre, questions with multiple choices are better than simple yes/no questions.
Also, questions that allow for a gradation of response,the Likert Scale, are also good: "on
a scale of one to ten....". It was decided that the next meeting would be dedicated to
assembling the survey and sub-group members were asked to create several suitable
questions for their respective areas. Also discussed was how best to select potential
respondents: residents,those who work in the area, and even those who live elsewhere
but visit it regularly. This then led to a question of notification, specifically addressed
post cards or letters, or public notifications in the newspaper and the various social media
dedicated to Nantucket. Henry Terry observed that the Director of Planning should be
asked for input on survey methodology.
With no further questions, Henry Terry suggested that a move to adjourn was
appropriate. Mary Anne Easley offered a motion to adjourn,which was seconded by
Alison King, and passed unanimously.
Adjournment came at 4:10 pm.
For reference: Subcommittee composition.
2. Land Use: Liz Almodobar and Mary Anne Easley
3. Housing: Marsha Fader and Mickey Rowland
4. Economic Development: Alison King and Mary Longacre
5.Natural and Cultural Resources: Liz Almodobar and Marsha Fader
6. Open Space and Recreation Plan: Mary Anne Easley and Henry Terry
7. Services and Facilities: Regen Horchow and Mickey Rowland
8. Circulation; Mary Longacre and Lee Saperstein
Lee W. Saperstein, Secretary, saperste(n>,mst.edu.
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