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Beach Management Advisory Committee
Land Bank Conference Room
5 July 2007
4:00 pm
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Members Present: Maureen Beck, Chair, Edie Ray, Colin Leddy, John J<@.son;
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The meeting was convened at 4:00 pm. The members approved the Minutes of28 JQie
2007 after a vote to correct the name Calabrese to Carnevale for Police Officer Chris':"';'
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The Beach Manager's report:
The 4th of July was a demanding holiday. Nobadeer beach yielded 30 bags of
trash, too much for the container. Mr. Leddy added his share of trash picked up at the
end of the day there The parking lot there was full early and vehicles filled the sides of
the roads. The crowd seemed to be the largest ever. After all, it is a special day.
Everywhere the situation was horrible with bad behavior by beach goers.
Particularly disturbing were the number of private fireworks at residences along the
shores and inland even though the State of Massachusetts bans such fireworks and the
piping plovers are endangered by the fire hazards as well as properties.
Mrs. Ray agreed that the problem is getting worse every year. She wonders how
the fireworks reached the island. Enforcement agencies need to be more watchful, and
the BOS, the police and fire departments and the environmental officer need to expand
the education of the public about these follies
Mrs. Beck asked ifBMAC should address the issue in Public Comment at BOS.
Mr. Carlson believes that the enforcement agencies are going to present a united concern
there themselves that the issue is bigger than just fireworks on the beaches.
Members hope that these Town agencies can publicize warnings early next June
before the net July 4th. They also agreed with Mr. Carlson that the beaches having the
most trouble with behavior and crowds should have an A TV patrol dedicated only to
those beaches and not roving.
Suggestions that the airport Commission should be approached to take a hand in
managing Nobadeer brought little enthusiasm from the members.
Mrs. Ray worried about the driving and parking at Eel Point. Some vehicles are
parking on wetlands. The narrow approach at the turn from Warren's Landing Road
Caused by the center island is obstructed by cars parking around it and on both sides of
the approach. No emergency vehicle could get to the beach there.
Mrs., Beck announced that the July 19 meeting will be held in the Selectmen's small
conference room in the Town Building. She has yet to hear from the Assistant Town
Manager about the questions on easements and an open meeting about dogs on beaches.
The introduction to the Annual Report was approved for final draft with clarifications
about BMAC's efforts to solicit citizen comments and its nature as an advisory
committee. Some revisions were offered in new paragraphs introduced to finish the text
of the Report.
Mr. Johnson noted that the Independent had stopped listing BMAC meetings in the
paper's weekly schedule of meetings. Mrs. Beck will call to ask that they be reinstated.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, July 12.
Respectfully submitted, with notes from John Johnson,
Maureen Beck, Chair