Waterways
Commission Meeting
REGULAR
MEETING
Community Center Room #5
MINUTES—
Meeting Called to Order
Members Present:
Paul Donovan Chairman, Murray
Johnson, Bill McShane, Matt Hart, Lee
Scarbrough
Members Absent Fred
Clancy (excused)
Other Attendees: Tom Leach (Harbormaster), Dan
Lowery Ren Nichols, Craig LeBlanc, Ed Conway, Skipper
Lee, Charlie Beggs
MINUTES READ:
COMMUNICATIONS:
1.
E-mail from Harbormaster concerning additional boat
yard moorings to be added to the Boat Yard Transient Moorings. A vote by the Committee is needed before the Board of selectmen will take
action.
MOTION: by Murray Johnson……. as said in Sec. 3.8 of the Harwich Harbor
Management Plan, the Harwich Waterways Committee recommends that the Board of
Selectmen increase the Transient Moorings up to the allowable number specified
by the Harbor Management Plan, as available.
Second: Matt Hart
Action: passed unanimously
HARBORMASTER ITEMS:
1.
110 letters of Mooring Permit
Revocation were sent to mooring permit holders, stating that the mooring was
not used as required by the Harwich Harbor Management Plan, or not inspected as
required by the HMP. Chairmen stated that the Dec. 21 meeting would address
anticipated appeals.
2.
Mentioned dredging plan done by
Coastal Engineering, for Harwich Port Boat Works.
3.
Change in State Laws, that local governments cannot treat non-resident mooring
holders different, from residents. The fee cannot be different. All monies from
Mooring Permits are supposed to go into a Waterway’s Improvement Fund, which a
town must create if a fee is collected for a mooring.
4.
Harbormaster showed an aerial
photograph or Round Cove area, showing erosion of barrier beach and shoaling of
entrance to Round Cove. He has discussed dredging the entrance, with the
5.
Dredging of the entrance to
OPEN FORUM: NONE
APPEALS: NONE
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS:
1.Allow
the use of alternate Mooring Servicing Agent
Motion: by Murray Johnson ……recommend to the Board of Selectmen that the words “and alternates” be added to the definition
MOORING SERVICING FIELDS, in the second sentence after mooring servicing agent.
Mooring Servicing Fields: The mooring servicing fields are defined as
follows:
……. also recommend that the Board of Selectmen amend the Harbor
Management Plan Sec. 3.10 Mooring Hardware, Installation and removal. By adding
the following sentences to the fifth paragraph, after the words “agent’s servicing area”
and
strike the word “the” and add the
words “a Harwich” to the next
sentence.
HMP
SEC 3.10 Paragraph 5
Where
a mooring servicing agent has been assigned to be responsible for a particular
geographic area, that agent shall be responsible for the hauling of the
mooring, the inspection of all mooring hardware, and the correct placement of
the mooring, within the agent’s servicing area.
An alternate Harwich mooring servicing agent may
be used upon coordination with the primary mooring servicing agent and the
Harbormaster to perform the services for the hauling of the mooring, the
inspection of all mooring hardware and the correct placement of the mooring,
within the primary mooring servicing agent’s area. Fees will be charged to the mooring holder by
both the primary mooring servicing agent and the alternate if an alternate is
used. All permit holders shall
use the
a Harwich mooring
servicing agent for the inspection of all moorings in an area where a Mooring
Servicing Agent has been assigned. An
individual may place his/her own mooring under the direct supervision of the
mooring servicing agent responsible for that area. The mooring servicing agent may charge a fee
for this service.
(The intent is that all Mooring Servicing Agents are
alternates for anywhere in town.)
Second: by Matt Hart
ACTION: Passed unanimously
2. WWC recommends amendment
to HMP by creating the definition
Boating Season
Boating Season: The boating season shall be
defined as the Friday of Memorial Day weekend through the Monday of Columbus
Day weekend.
Motion: By
Second: by Lee Scarbrough
Action: passed unanimously
3. WWC recommends that the HMP be amended by
creating the definition Board boats
Board
Boats: Vessels
that may be carried on car-tops which are but not limited to kayaks, canoes,
dinghies, sunfish, sailfish, windsurfers, sailboards, rafts, etc.
Motion: by
Second: by Lee Scarbrough
Action:
passed unanimously
4. WWC recommends
amending HMP 3.9 Mooring Forfeiture by
adding the following words in red and striking the words “calendar year”
3.9 Mooring Forfeiture
Due
to the demand for moorings in the waters off of Harwich, failure to
substantially occupy a mooring during the calendar year will constitute
forfeiture of the mooring on January 1st of the following year. The owner of a mooring which is forfeited
will be eligible to request a position on the waiting list. Substantial occupancy shall mean a minimum of
30 days of mooring time during the calendar year boating
season (ref. Definitions) by the boat registered to occupy the
mooring. “Board
boats” shall not be considered as vessels that satisfy “substantial occupancy”
(Ref Definitions).
Motion: by
Second:
by Lee Scarbrough
Action
ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn at
Next Meeting