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BEACH VEHICLE COMMITTEE
TOWN AND COUNTY BUILDING
NANTUCKET MA 02554
MINUTES OF MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 1991 IN SELECTMEN'S MEETING ROOM
Present: Kevin Dale, Debbie Deeley, Chris Lewis, Roland Picard,
Bill Sherman, Wendy Watts.
Absent: Dave Fronzuto, Ron Glidden, Henry Wasierski.
Interim Chairman Kevin Dale opened ~he meeting at 4:30 p.m.,
noting that the Board of Selectmen had voted Special Municipal
Employee status for all committee members.
The minutes of the 11/1/91 meeting were approved as distributed.
Kevin Dale noted a shift in policy on police response to citizen
cumplaints concerning beacQ'vehicle trespasses upon private
property. Instead of going forward with a citizen's criminal
complaint, Nantucket police will issue the complaint upon a
citizen's request. The citizen is still expected to appear at the
magistrate's show-cause hearing along with police.
The clerk magistrate, in determining whether to issue a citation,
will consider the citizen's report of driver identity, when,
where and what happened. What is hoped for is a 'level playing
field' as between complainant and beach vehicle driver. with a
summer-resident complainant, for example, a November show-cause
would be prejudicial.
An owner's representative, by noting the i.d.'s of beach vehicles
entering the 40th pole beach, a trespass, caused a drop in
vehicles to 5% of what customarily enter.
While large stickers would assist vehicle i.d., the committee now
thinks small stickers would be more acceptable and any large ones
deferred for a year or so. Small stickers might encourage
responsible beach vehicle driving without resort to criminal
proceedings.
Chris Lewis urged the committee toward an educational program
rather than encouraging tickets and lawsuits. Rules for beach
vehicles could appear on the proposed map, also on tide charts
and other printed material for wider distribution on Island.
Upon motion made by Wendy Watts, seconded and passed, the
committee voted unanimously to keep the Nantucket area
associations currently informed, sending them copies of minutes
and inviting their input on beach vehicle questions. Kevin Dale
will send a letter encouraging continued exchanges and may be
assisted by Wendy Watts in drafting it.
Anticipating questions in developing a map to guide beach users,
the committee considered access ways in the Eel Point area
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appropriate for vehicles and for pedestrians-only. Annual map
updates are thought necessary to reflect area changes. A Planning
staff map, if available at the next meeting, could be marked up
by the committee, then checked with area representatives.
When the committee is agreed that the draft article is ready for
wide public discussion, a large public forum, e.g., in the high
school in early January, is envisioned. The hope is to have a
broadly accepted bylaw ready for presentation as an article in
the Annual Town Meeting warrant and for the FinCom's hearings.
The assent of beachA'of,.lllers as well as of 4WD drivers should be
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The next meeting is set for November 19th at 4:30 p.m. and,
tentatively, further meetings December 10th and 17th.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
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W. R. Sherman, acting sec'y
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