HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-01-16Harbor and shellfish Advisory Board
Minutes
March 1, 2016
Community Room, 4 Fairgrounds Road
Members Present: Peter Brace, Wendy McCrae, Peter Boyce, Bill Blunt, Kenneth
Gullicksen and Andy Lowell
Members absent: Michael Glowacki
Marine Department: Sheila Lucey
Natural Resources: none
Call to Order at 5:00
Agenda Approved
Minutes of February 2, 2016 approved, subject to correction of typo on page 2, "but
should bet" should be "but should get ".
Chairman's Report: email from Libby Gibson- March 23 BOS meeting will have hearing
on over 60 license change.
candidate update- 5 candidates: David Glidden, Michael McInerney, Fred McClure, Ken
Kuntz and Joe LiPuma. Candidates' day is March 26 in Community Room.
McCrae: with fisherman and fish business owner running- that's exciting.
Election on April 5.
Marine Dept. report: Lucey: In middle of hiring lifeguards. Tons of applicants, 62
applicants for 42 positions. Recruited at colleges with swim teams. Doing phone
interviews. Dock staff applications, by 3/31. New 23' Parker, $100,000 in budget, cost
$39,000, used excess to redeck one of old boats. Training on SeaLegs. Doing seasonal
work, including with Mass. maritime graduate, ships 90 days, here 90 days. Ice buoys in
Madaket did move, but not much. Wrote manual for lifeguards. Getting ready:
Headhunter- engine rebuilt, new pump at end of pier last year, adding second, separate
one for Headhunter. Town pier stood up okay. Floating pier, will extend utilities to end.
Looking at marking Tuckernuck channel. No full time asst. harbormaster yet, are 2 part
time ones.
Lowell: schedule for dredging Polpis Harbor? was notice in paper. A: not clear.
Didn't think permit issued yet, not sure what to do with sand, abutters may not want.
Lowell: why not dredge Wauwinet access at same time? A: not sure is option. Polpis has
been focus.
Seagulls still issue on Town Pier. Tried several things, didn't work.
Brace: any follow up from Shimmo Association? A: was email, but no application yet.
Natural Resources report: not present:
Lowell: they were at BOS. Did eel grass presentation, no time for public comment.
Would be good to have presented at HSAB. Chair to request for next meeting.
Public comment: none
Old Business: Slip and Mooring Regulations: Next option for BOS hearing 3rd
Wednesday in April. Brace- would like summary of substantive changes. Dealing with
revisions, correction or amendments? Correct terminology? Lucey: should avoid use of
correction.
Boyce: would like to keep definition of grey water- Board consensus to keep.
Discussion of increasing discussion of grey water, potential need to regulate rather than
eliminate definition.
Inspection: 2 or 3 years. 3 years okay with new bigger chains.
Discussion on helix moorings and removal vs. caps. Gullicksen: caps allowed under
current regs, no change in that. Lucey: okay to leave.
Lucey: concerned with liveaboards.
Lowell: in comments, rather than "covered elsewhere" should state where.
Brace: don't use track changes, type new, use strike through.
Discussion of liveaboards, Boat Basin exception, intent and practice. Lucey will review
proposed changes with deputy.
New Business: potential meeting change- monthly meeting and second meeting for
workshop. Boyce -in favor of McCrae- historically once month in summer, light
agendas. Hard to predict month to month. Blunt- either okay. Lowell- came up because
of overtime issue. Gullicksen- good idea, do as practice, not policy
Review of materials submission- policy is on website. Came up at meeting with town.
Chair to review and implement proposed changes.
Shellfish management plan- Board members should review on line. HSAB could be
implementation agent.
Recap/ items for next meeting; Chair to try and get eel grass presentation. Will get
Harbormaster report for next meeting. Make changes to policy statement.
Lowell: should HSAB get involved in Monomoy sewer proposal?
The meeting adjourned at 7:08.