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May 23, 2017 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 6:10 PM.
Members: Peter Pescatore, Katie Holden, Richard Karoff and Lisey Good, (by
phone).
Others: Jenna McCarthy
The committee discussed the distribution of the final survey and set Friday 4/26 as
the kickoff date with a two week response period.
Peter reported that the Open Space &Rec Committee Town Web Page has been
created and that we will be able to manage content once we designate a member
and receive training. The survey link is on the committee page, as of the meeting
and also posted to the home page of the town website.
Peter also reported that hard copies of the survey have been delivered to The Town
Clerks' Office, The Library and The Senior Center. Jenna will also make copies
available at the Recreation Commission Office and post to their web page.
Lisey has provided a press release to the Mariner with the survey link to be included
in this week's Mariner. Lisey also presented a list of Facebook Sites, citizen groups,
educational groups, clubs and churches that will receive the link this week and post
to their sites or distribute/communicate to their membership.
The Sewer Commission was contacted by e-mail and in person the prior week and
requested to help the committee develop the Sewer Commission narrative and
forecast but did not attend the meeting. Peter to follow up.
Approval of Minutes of the 5/17/17 OSRC Minutes:
Moved by Dick Karoff, 2nd by Katie Holden. Approved by 4-0 vote.
Peter moved to create a Sub Committee to do independent work on sections of the
2017 OSRP and report back to the committee, Dick Karoff 2nd. Approved 4-0 vote.
The committee continued the its update review process beginning at section 3.10.2
Water Supply System. The committee agreed that a representative of the Water
Commission would be needed to develop the narrative and forecast for the plan.
Dick Karoff volunteered to work with Rolfe Getstby to move that process forward.
The committee continued to discuss the data needs of the various sections starting
at section 3.10.2 and the method to record changes in the word document as we
proceeded.
The committee identified that one of the action items needed for the 2017 plan was
completion of a comprehensive vegetation mapping project related to section 4.4.8.
The committee recognized that coordination with the Harbor Master and the Harbor
Study Group would be required to complete section 4.5.2.
The chair requested that the committee halt at section 4.5.2.
Next meeting Tuesday May 30 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall Lower Level Meeting Room.
A motion to adjourn was moved by Lisey Good at 7:30 PM and 2nd by Dick Karoff,
Motion approved by 4-0 vote.
Respectfully submitted:
Peter Pescatore