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Minutes of the Meeting of the Auto Limitations Study Committee of November 14, 2006.
The meeting took place in the conference room of the Town and County Building, 16
Broad Street, Nantucket, MA 02554. Members of the committee present: Whitey
Willauer, Matt Fee, Nat Lowell, Christine Silverstein, Mike Burns, Alan Brown, Paula
Leary and John Wagley. Jack Gardner and Charity Benz also attended.
Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 2:07 p.m. with a quorum present.
Approval of Minutes from the November 7,2006 MeetinQ. Mr. Fee moved approval of
the minutes from the November 7,2006 meeting; seconded by Mr. Burns. So voted.
Paula Leary provided comments, not in favor of limiting vehicles and agrees there are
consequences and ramifications to this, SSA and RMV numbers may be the best we
information we have, but question those numbers as to how real they are, not concerned
with how many vehicles are registered on the island, enforcement is the key to parking,
the same issue with enforcement will arise with paid parking, medallions, scratch tickets,
enforcement off season and after hours will remain an issue, in the summer I know there
is no parking downtown and takes the bus, concurs there should be equality between
year round and seasonal people when developing a system.
Discussion of Alternative PermittinQ Systems. There was discussion as to the long term
and short term and the best approach to take, 20-50 years, base plan on a larger
number that is triggerable and the number of cars and the utilization of those cars. The
traffic and parking problem here are not on a consistent basis and it's hard to change
behavior. It was discussed that there are ways to limit without an absolute hard cap but
with disincentives. It was agreed to develop scenarios that deal with an "absolute
limiting cap" and a "soft cap through disincentives". Committee members discussed
various components of each that included: a target number, system design to distribute
that number, system administration, enforcement, time phasing - seasonal, and
exceptions. Mr. Burns will develop a matrix that the committee will work off of at next
weeks meeting.
Other Business: Ms. Leary stated if the committee wishes to change the mission
statement a letter must be sent to the Board of Selectmen for approval. The motion and
to change the mission statement was rescinded; the members felt the change was too
minor to request a change. Jack Gardner informed the committee he collected $103,000
in parking tickets and most of that was the 11/2 hour time zone that seems to confuse
people.
Ms. Silverstein moved adjournment at 3:34 p.m.; seconded by Mr, Wagley. So voted.
Approved: December 12, 2006.
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