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Nantucket Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board
Minutes June 1, 2010
Conference Room, Town Annex, 37 Washington Sy. c5?J
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Call to Order at 4:30PM: Members present Dr. Boyce (in the chair), Mr. BloUjlt1r. s~, Mr.""
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From Marine Dept: Mr. Fronzuto, Ms. Riley.
From the BOs: Mr. Willauer.
Others present: None
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Chairman's Report:
No secretarial support forth coming, Boyce and Fronzuto to take minutes
Approval of minutes, Mr. Glowacki motioned, seconded by Mr. Rank, voted favorably
Election of Officers,
Discussion regarding the Secretary, reiterated help from Town in completing minutes,
Chairman has written letter to BOs, no response yet
Fertilizer committee making progress, excellent reports from Marine and Health departments
outlining the current water quality status and sampling protocols from the past
Marine Department Report:
FIGAWI update, 258 boats in race, water samples taken for fecal coliform, Sat, Sun, Mon,
analyzed by WWTF
Moorings currently placed on Hussey Shoal to be relocated
Ms. Riley sampling for nutrients, ACK Harbor Wed, Madaket Thurs,
She is conditioning scallops at boat house for spawning. She has five spat lines out in locations
which complrment the MMA efforts
Old Business:
Secretary issue left unresolved, Glowacki, this is a Town wide issue,
Will be difficult for many committees to comply with new open meeting law requirements
Scheduled trip to Boathouse on June 22, 2010 1630 local, transportation provided if necessary
Glowacki, referencing the conflict of interest question to Town Council, one opinion, Quorum
outside a posted meeting, discussing policy should not be doing public business in an open
forum
Boyce questioned sMP, Willauer distributed proposal received from Urban Harbor Institute, only
responder, review for technical completion and then open price bid and decide on contractor.
New Business:
Boyce, indicated that Maria Mitchell was bringing in a proposal for funding, approximately 2K$
not an emergency situation, bring to next meeting
At 17:10, Dr. Kennedy, MMA entered with the proposal, Boyce recused himself and Mr. Smith
acting as chair. Kennedy explained what the funding would be used for to augment the Town's
propagation efforts, would take direction from Ms. Riley, coordinating all efforts with the Town,
**see attached handout
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Smith: we should continue to support MMA, asked for a motion
Glowacki: discussion, agree to support but it is good practice to not act on information
presented at the meeting with out prior submittal for review.
Rank: No reason to wait to approve request for funding
Kenned:, not pressing
Fronzuto: on straight forward issues Board could act, but on complex issues Board should have
the benefit to received, review and then act at subsequent meetings.
Board agreed to make that a practice in the future of having time to review before making
decisions.
The proposal was tabled until June 15th, Kennedy would be present
Rank supported the adopted procedure
RECAP: Secretarial issue
Next meetings: June 15th, 2010
Meeting Adjourned: 17:23
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