HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-21-16Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board
Tuesday, June 212016 at 5:00 p.m.
Community Room, 4 Fairgrounds Road
Members present: Peter B. Brace, Ken Kuntz, Ken Gullicksen, Andy Lowell
Members Absent: Fritz McClure, Bill Blount, Joe LiPuma
Marine Dept:
Natural Resources Dept:
Others: Kona
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Unanimously approved
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
MARINE DEPARTMENT REPORT:
NATURAL RESOURCES REPORT
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MARINE DEPARTMENT / NATURAL RESOURCES
REPORT
This is a Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board workshop meeting. The public is welcome
to attend this workshop, however, no public comment or questions will be taken at this
meeting. The next regularly scheduled meeting is July 5, 2016.
OLD BUSINESS
Prioritizing Harbor & Shellfish Advisory Board Goals for 2016/2017 — discussion
Mr. Kuntz stressed wader use education as high priority. Mr. Lowell said dredging key
parts of the harbor should be a medium priority, that scallop seed enforcement should be
a high priority. Mr. Gullicksen said the board needed to revisit the seed enforcement
regulations to make procedural clarification. Mr. Lowell asked that wader use education
be a high priority with signs at all public access points. Mr. Gullicksen suggested a flyer
to be handed out when recreational shellfish licenses are sold. On codium eradication, Mr.
Lowell said this invasive species should be researched and be a high priority. For
emergency storm boat removal; alternate boat ramp locations, Mr. Lowell recommended
that this be a medium priority. Mr. Gullicksen said the town definitely needs an
additional boat ramp open all the time. Mr. Brace suggested sending a letter to the
selectmen recommending possible locations.
The board agreed that the Shellfish Management Plan is high priority. For discharge of
gray water from boats within the three -mile limit around the island and its harbors. Mr.
Brace suggested that the board first learn how gray water is handled by boats in
Nantucket waters before it takes any action. Mr. Kuntz volunteered to research for the
board and report back to the board at a future meeting. Mr. Lowell suggested that the
board have Mr. Kuntz also get information on what boat washing soaps are permitted for
use in Nantucket waters. The board determined this to be a high priority.
On translation of fertilizer regulations into other languages spoken by island residents,
the board rated this item a high priority item and one that could be dealt with a
recommendation letter to the Board of Health and the selectmen. On the issue of better
public education of hazardous waste days, Mr. Lowell said that people need to be
reminded that these days exist and more an effort needs to be made to get the word out
about what is and isn't hazardous waste. Mr. Gullicksen said there's an enforcement
element here that needs strengthening. This is a high priority.
On pre - application of calcium chloride coated salt "Atomic Ice Melt" on roads and
downtown sidewalks, Mr. Lowell said the board needs to do more research on this issue
before making any recommendations. The board agreed this item should be a high
priority.
For the issue of the gulls congregating on the town pier and pooping all over it, the board
theorized that moving the scallop shell dumping pile out the second DPW entrance on
Madaket Road caused gulls to hang out on the town pier instead. The board decided this
is a medium priority issue. For seal poop concentration in the harbor, the board decided
this is a low priority issue: low priority.
For nub regulation changes as proposed by Mr. Brace, reducing the legal height of the
growth ring from 10 millimeters to something shorter, Mr. Lowell said this is an
enforcement issue. Mr. Brace said a letter should be written to the state once the board
has all of its facts in place. This is a medium priority.
On Mr. Kuntz's NOAA eelgrass restoration grant goal, the board said this is a high
priority. For mooring impacts on eelgrass beds and promoting the use of moorings with
floating tackle and dor -mor anchoring systems, the board opted for high priority. On Mr.
LiPuma's suggestion for more education of the public on shellfish and harbor regulations,
also high priority.
For Mr. Gullicksen's idea on setting aside a part of the harbor that isn't dredged during
the scallop season to research the impacts and if there are negative impacts, find a
solution: high priority.
NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENT
RECAP and ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
ADJOURN
Unanimously approved
Future Meetings:
July 5 and July 21
Respectfully Submitted,
Peter B. Brace, Chairman