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1998-04-02 BEVERLY HARBOR MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY MINUTES April 2, 1998 City Hall PRESENT: R. Badessa, G. Whitney, D. Neuman, V. McGlynn, P. Allen, C. Raymond, J. Bolden, J. Murray, A. Burns, J. Crowell GUESTS: L. Bochynski, D. McPherson, T. Cassidy, W. Coughlin, and interested citizens G. Whitney opened the meeting. Public Input - none. Minutes of previous meeting - changes in the middle of the third page "M. Handy says it could be trouble - add if not removed". Top of page 4 - D. Neuman should be Chm. of Public Access. P. Allen felt that we should clarify the cost per foot at Glover Marina. It will now be $80.00 per foot. R. Badessa made a motion to accept the Minutes of the March 5 meeting subject to the changes. C. Raymond seconded. All approved. Old Business 10A Sheet Fees - D. Neuman spoke of revising the fee annual permit. G. Whitney stated that M. Handly wrote a letter to BHMA. requesting that the fee structure be revised. D. Neuman made a motion to go along with the City Solicitor's advice and go with a ($150.00) one hundred fifty dollar fee for Administrative expenses. C. Raymond seconded. 9 in favor, and J. Murray opposed. G. Whitney will write a letter to the City Council. A. Burns would like to say "no more in the Federal Channel". D. Neuman says the Permit Committee will come up with some rules. Marina Fence - J. Crowwll says that the plans went to C. Bradley for an RFP. Then the plans went to the City Engineer and there were to be some revisions. The revisions were made and sent back to the City Engineer's Office. L. Bochynski will talk to Mr. Bradley. L. Bochynski stated that the chain link plans are in the process of being developed. Facilities Manager - G. Whitney met with the Mayor regarding management of the facility. He desires a plan to have L. Bochynski responsible for the engineering aspects. The other portion of that is to combine the two marinas into one under the Harbormaster. The Mayor will have a meeting next Wednesday with L. Bochynski, D. McPherson, and G. Whitney to define. Fence - T. Cassidy spoke with C. Bradley regarding the fence. He said that Bids should be out in 14 days. They should be back about the first week of May. Utilization of McDonald's - A group met with R. Armstrong of the Seaport Advisory Council. He was receptive to the ideas. He would talk to other people. We are now waiting to hear from Mr. Armstrong. D. Neuman says that K. Stotts is still interested in helping to do something. Mitigation Items - The Mayor says he is not looking for anything else. What we need to do is to get those slips back into place. The Harbormaster says we need an easement to get to the floats from the State. G. Whitney asked M. Handly to get an easement under the bridge. The Harbormaster and L. Bochynski will try to put figures together on how much it would cost to complete this. D. Neuman made a motion to move forward and put an amount in the budget for the floats. P. Allen seconded. All in favor. G. Whitney will talk to M. Handly about getting easements for parking. The Mayor sent a letter to the State regarding the Creamery Property. They sent back and said that they needed more information. G. Whitney has drafted a letter for the Mayor to send. The Mayor says that he will handle the fees to make it usable. Seaport Council meeting. G. Whitney and the Harbormaster will attend next Tuesday. Licenses and permits. - The Harbormaster had a meeting re: non- licenses. The Harbormaster says it is an on-going problem. He has passed the ball to the State and Federal because of conflicting licenses. J. Provencal and J. Sprague came from DEP and they walked the area. G. Whitney says that DEP and USACE are now talking to each other regarding the problems. G. Whltney stated that he still only has one policy statement. He needs more input. G. Whitney spoke of a tutorial for new members, and we should set a separate date for this. It was agreed that Wednesday, the 22nd at the Harbor Center at 7:30 p.m. FY '99 Budget - G. Whitney will get together with R. Badessa. He would like to break out in more detail. D. Neuman brought out that the McDonald building and land side ls not the responsibility of the BHMA. The Budget is very mixed up. G. Whitney sent a letter to M. Troubetaris that the BHMA is to be advised of other activities. Old Business - Salem is getting 18 Million. Part is to dredge. 55% of the material is not suitable to dump at sea. There is a survey going on now. One sight being considered is off West Beach. 4 million Cu. Yds. near Misery Island. A. Burns made a motion that we write a letter regarding the dumping in our water. J. Murray seconded, and all were in favor. Harbor Management Plan - J. Crowell was not prepared to discuss the Plan. We approved a ($500.00) five hundred dollar increase, to finish the scope. As a subcommittee, it was decided that we should finish the scope, but not submit to the State for an approved plan. Use the scope and form our own plan. Submit to the Planning Department. D. Neuman made a motion that the Request for Scope serve as a guide for the BHMA, and not go forward to the State. That the process of a State approved plan be dropped in favor of an applicable City Ordinance. J. Crowell seconded and all were in favor. G. Whitney will wrote a letter to D. Hurlbert because of concern for scope. Is it a Group or a Committee? It should be the BHMA supplemented by a few. The Harbormaster, Planning Director, and maybe 1 or 2 others. Harbormaster ' s Report - Working on books regarding Regulations and Procedures. Also working on a Web Site. There is a boat safety course coming up. Public Access - C. Raymond says that there wasn't much, but he didn't realize that DEP were coming down. He asked that anytime they are coming to please let him know. A. Burns said her also. G. Whitney stated that a letter went to Stop & Shop. C. Raymond says that 2 signs are up, more are needed. The signs are required by Chapter 91. Licenses and Permits - D. Neuman says a permit is desired by a resident of 20 Foster's Point. The Harbormaster says that he spoke to USACE regarding this permit. It is consistent with others in the area. Barbara McNeil is present. She says that they would like to go to full water like everyone in the area. She showed some pictures to members. Facilities - P. Allen says she is ready to do what needs to be done. G. Whitney says that after the Fence removal there wall be a series of issues as parking. Planning and Development - J. Crowell stated that we should start to go after grant money. He will contact the Grant Office and work with them. A. Burns stated that there will be a dedication of the Coastal Access at the Library on May 21. Also Washington's Naval Base planning a night the same night at City Hall. P. Allen made a motion to adjourn. D. Neuman seconded. All in favor. Respectfully submitted, Eileen Twiss