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Minutes of the Meeting of the Auto Limitations Study COfflrfiittee of October 31 ,
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, Christil'{!j Sitmr~~inABaBfB
Leary, Mike Burns, Alan Brown and John Wagley.
Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 1 :09 p.rllh,~itra qvorum
present. TOWr; '_,C-.L i \
Approval of Minutes from the October 24.2006 MeetinQ. Christine Silverstein
moved approval of the October 24, 2006 meeting minutes; seconded by Mr.
Willauer. So voted.
Identification of the Problems(s). There was concern over the number of
meetings remaining before recommendations need to be made to the Board of
Selectmen. The committee had previously discussed and identified problems
with parking and congestion. The committee reached consensus on parking
recommendations that will require further refinement before being presented to
the Board of Selectmen: Behavior needs to change by employers and employees
to allow parking opportunities to consumers and customers; parking out of town
during "Shuttle Season"; parking downtown is acute April through September and
much more acute in July and August; core district is being used for long term
parking; code enforcement as it relates to parking to allow a turn over of parking
spaces; strict enforcement of parking until 6:00 p.m.; create additional 15 minute
and 30 minute parking spaces at the Post Office on Federal Street and other
possible locations, the committee felt that current locations with these parking
time limits works well; look at design and utilization of the Town Parking Lot; and
paid/permit parking at the Town Parking Lot and Silver Street Parking Lot.
Consensus could not be reached on the topic of a parking lot. Paid on street
parking was discussed but in the past this has not worked. The parking
objective: the turn over of parking spaces. A brief discussion took place on the
issue of congestion: Nantucket turning lanes at certain locations, i.e. Old South
Road and Airport Road, and Easy Street. Satellite parking area for boat
passenger pick up.
Discussion of Mission Statement. It was agreed that the discussion of the
mission statement will take place at the November 7,2006 meeting.
Discuss Data. Data was distributed on the number of airplane arrivals and the
number of registered vehicles on the island. It was discussed that with the
number of vehicles arriving via Steamship Authority and the number of registered
vehicles on the island a somewhat realistic number of vehicles on the island
could be determined.
Other Business. Ms. Silverstein suggested and the committee agreed that the
following outline of agenda items will be used for the remaining meetings. At the
November 7, 2006 meeting the mission statement will be discussed and a review
of previous permitting systems will be done. At the November 14, 2006 meeting
a new scenario of permitting plans will be discussed. At the November 21,2006
meeting a discussion will take place on the ramifications and feasibility of the
permitting plans. At the November 28, 2006 meeting permitting systems will be
refined into recommendations. At the December 5,2006 meeting a general
outline of recommendations will be developed. At the December 12, 2006
meeting the recommendations will be finalized. At the December 19, 2006
meeting the recommendations and presentation will be finalized.
Adiournment. Ms. Silverstein moved adjournment at 2:35 p.m.; seconded by Mr.
Willauer. So voted.
Approved: November 7,2006.