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ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF NONVOTING TAXPAYERS
Meeting at 9 A.M. held Friday, September 26, 2003,
in the Town Annex Building Meeting Room.
1. Present: David Brown, Roger Ernst, Bill Sherman, Jay Strauss, and
Duncan (Terry) Sutphen.
2. The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m. with a
quorum lacking. The minutes of the previous meeting 9/12/03 were
to be filed with the Town Clerk (with proposed minutes of the
present meeting), as distributed and subject to formal approval
when next we have a meeting with a quorum present.
3. a) Terry Sutphen represented the ACNVT at the Board of Selec~n
meeting on 9/17/03. He reported extended time taken Q.q ..~n HDCS'-
appeal. A copy of the BOS "Procedure or Appeals Heartn~f" was,.. 3
circulated at the table, noting that their usual pro.~ions ~ a
hearing offered no easy answer for truncating or del~ating a~
HDC appeal. Bill Sherman thought that delegation of art appel~te
review to the Town Administrator would not be proper~~ -0
b) Roger Ernst noted that status of the town's home ~ule pet~on
on vehicle limitation was on the BOS 9/24 agenda and comment~ on
how unpromising were the Tom Nevers survey result on vehicle--
limitations, e.g., expected entitlement to 4.5 cars/household and
1.8 per empty lot. Questioned was whether an escalating fee per
car on island after the first - if authorized by the state -
could be workable.
c) All agreed that on-street parking in the Core District was
much more available this past summer. Our commendations to the
selectmen are to be communicated.
d) Roger had heard from Sarah Alger's office that Jay Strauss'
representation of summer residents at Town Meeting had been
accepted.
4. a) Absent a draft letter from Howard Blitman's subcommittee to
discuss, Jay urged that the town provide incentives so that
Certificates of Occupancy are obtained promptly after
construction is completed. The Chair has been authorized to
include reference to that and to Howard's list of fees in writing
to the BOS.
b) Again, absent a draft letter from Lou Bassano's subcommittee,
a report to the BOS, as previously committed, is to be included
in a letter to the Board. It would affirm validity of a real-
estate tax bill as evidencing residency, irrespective of year-
round or seasonal, as discussed at the prior meeting.
c) Bill circulated a copy of the form being developed for
evaluating progress in implementing the ComPlan.
5. a) Terry reported on the 9/22/03 Earth Tech presentation to the
BOS, rather fully covered in the Nantucket Independent article of
9/24/03. Not yet clear is what population growth projection Earth
Tech is using in recommending wastewater treatment capacity, etc.
Unresolved, also, is how the public infrastructure improvements
will be paid for and how some 200 of 290 lots in Madaket will be
kept unbuildable. Terry expects to obtain Earth Tech's Phase II
report - to be released by 9/30/03. He expressed concern that the
town stay mindful of water resource issues.
b) Terry also reported on a meeting of island NGOs he attended as
ACNVT's representative. They hope next to include the Chamber of
Commerce and the newly-formed newly formed Alliance of
Nantucket's Working Community. [Per 8/21/03 I&M note at page 4A,
the Alliance was formed by the Nantucket Builders Association,
the Nantucket Landscapers Association, and the Nantucket Marine
Trades Association.]
6. Appreciation was expressed for Roger and Jean's party for ACNVT
members the evening of 9/12.
7. Roger, Terry, and Bill are asked to complete drafting of letters
to send to the BOS.
8. To aid in next summer's start-up of ACNVT, Bill Sherman was asked
to provide a listing of the 13 present ACNVT members with the
respective terms of their appointments. Two positions remain
unfilled, one each for one-year and two-year terms.
9. Roger declared the present meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Sherman, Secretary