HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-06-14 Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board Special meeting
Tuesday,May 6th 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Community room,4 Fairgrounds Road
Members present: Peter Brace(Chair), Chuck Connors, Wendy McCrae,Dr. Boyce,
Michael Glowacki,Doug Smith,Bill Blount
Members Absent:
Marine Dept:
Natural Resources Dept. Tara Riley,Jeff Carlson,Leah Cabral,
Others: Gordon Frasier, Carl Soujan,Emma McCair, Andy Roberts, Ronni Roberts, Ted
Lebrech,Emergency Response Coordinator(Dave Fronzuto)
CALL TO ORDER
5:00
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The motion to approve the agenda for the May 6"HSAB was made by Ms. McCrae,
Seconded by Mr. Smith and unanimously approve&
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Dr. Boyce gave some corrections on spelling. Motion to approve HSAB minutes as
amended from April 1 Sth 2014 was made by Ms. McCrae, Seconded Mr. Blount and
unanimously approved(Mr. Connors and Mr. Glowacki abstained due to absence)
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
Statement of commitment form: Chairman Peter Brace asked the board members if
they had received their Statement of commitment forms and signed them yet. The board
members discussed the Statement of commitment form. Ms. McCrae commented on the
oath taken by each board member when elected. A discussion was had about the
commitment form. No motions were made.
Election of officers:
The board voted unanimously to keep the current officers of the HSAB. Mr. Smith
nominated Mr. Brace as Chairman,Mr. Connors seconded the nomination and it was
unanimously approved. Mr. Glowacki nominated Doug Smith as Vice Chairman,
seconded by Dr. Boyce and unanimously approved. Mr. Glowacki nominated Mr.
Connors as secretary, Seconded by Mr. Smith and unanimously approved.
Ms. McCrae commented that the officers have done a wonderful Job the past year and
she is pleased to see them re-elected.
MARINE DEPARTMENT REPORT:
NATURAL RESOURCES REPORT
Jeff Carlson:
Water samples were taken today for the first time this year.
The boat house is open for the season.
Fertilizer enforcement is doing well, they are speaking with 60-80 landscapers per week.
Hummock and Sacacha ponds were open for 3-5 days recently.
April had a release of the hummock pond estuary plan.
Dr. Boyce asked about the U-MASS water quality report, Carlson answered that they will
be getting the individual readings back.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MARINE DEPARTMENT/NATURAL RESOURCES
REPORT
No Public comment
OLD BUSINESS
Changing HSAB to a partially appointed board—discussion.
After learning that the House of Representatives did approve the home rule petition and it
was then rejected by the BOS, members of the HSAB sought information about this from
several sources including Mr. Fronzuto,He was asked to come to this meeting and speak
about the issue.
Dave Fronzuto Spoke on the matter saying that the HSAB has been an elected board
since 1976 and he believes it's served the public very well.
Mr. Fronzuto spoke to Tim Madden who offered to speak with Senator Wolf, furthermore
Mr. Fronzuto(if it's the pleasure of the Board) offered to speak to Senator Tar(Glouster),
to see if this HR Petition can re-enacted.
After discussion a motion was made to pursue the offer made by Mr. Fronzuto to help
move this forward to the State Senate and try and get the home rule petition passed.
Dr. Boyce made a motion that a letter be written to the BOS informing them of our
decision to take this to the senate,the motion was seconded by Ms. McCrae and passed
with a vote of 6-1 with Mr. Brace,Mr. Connors,Mr. Smith,Mr. Blount in favor and Mr.
Glowacki Apposed.
NEW BUSINESS
Aquaculture lease expansion—Recommendation request-Jeff Carlson
Letters from 5 of the six aquaculture lease holders in the head of the harbor were
presented to the board and requests for a further 4 acres each for the purpose aquaculture
was asked for. The requests came from,Andy Roberts, Chuck Connors, Ted Lembrech,
Gordon Frazier and Matt Herr. Mr. Carlson showed a map of the area where the new
space will go, it was approved by the DMF and is located close to the same area as the
existing leases,bordering it on the Eastern side. He explained that the town allows a
maximum of 10 acres for each grower and this will bring the growers to their maximum
acreage. Mr. Glowacki made a motion to approve the growers request, seconded by Ms.
McCrae and unanimously approved with Mr. Connors abstaining(Mr. Connors left the
table and abstained from discussion and voting on the matter).
Lease re-newel for Andy Roberts—Tara Riley
The board was asked to approve Mr. Roberts Aquaculture lease for a further 10 years. Mr.
Roberts presented documents showing his activities on the lease as well as copies of
permits and insurance. Mr. Glowacki made a motion to approve the renewal, seconded
by Ms. McCrae and the motion passed unanimously(Mr. Connors abstained from voting
and discussion)
Oyster Restoration Projects—Tara Riley
Tara Riley briefed the Board on the projects that are currently happening for 2014. The
GHYC gave a grant for the NRD to spawn oysters at the boat house. They will be
spawning both local (Nantucket) oysters and ones from an outside source.
A grant from the Nantucket Shellfish Association was also given to NRD for an oyster
recycling program. This program will consist of oyster shells from growers and
restaurants being left to cure for a year and then put in an area inside of Polpis harbor to
act as a place for new oysters to grow on.
Discussion of recommended shellfish regulations revisions from SBWG(not a public
hearing)
Discussion with Jeff Carlson:
The board reviewed the regulation and gave feedback to Mr. Carlson.
Dr. Boyce made several recommendations about the new shellfish regulations.
Mr. Carlson told the board to email (or get in touch with him somehow)with comments
and he will get everything sorted out for the public hearing. A discussion was had about
the new regulation and that we will continue this at the public hearing on May 20th.
PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENT
No public comment
RECAP and ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
ADJOURN
Motion Made by Ms. McCrae, seconded by Mr. Glowacki and unanimously approved
Future Meetings:
May 20th 2014
June 3'd 2014
Respectfully Submitted
Chuck Connors, Secretary