Public Comment Hearing scheduled for Monday June 22nd at 6:00 pm at the Nantucket High School. More info can be found here The Office of Coastal Zone Management will be accepting public comment on the Draft plan dated May 2007 and submitted by the Board of Selectmen at this hearing and by mail up until July 10th, at 4:30 pm.
Harbor Plan Implementation Committee
Thank you for your support on the 2008 ATM warrant articles (49, 50, 51, 52) related to the Harbor Plan. The entire warrant is available on the Town of Nantucket Web site.
This is the final revision of the plan as voted on by the BOS at their May 16th, 2007 meeting. This version is currently under review by the Department of Environmental Protection. The Harbor Plan Implementation Committee (HBIC) is currently going over the plan and setting up a list of priorities for implementation for the BOS. Members of the HPIC include three representatives of SHAB (appointed by SHAB): Doug Smith, Peter Boyce, and Bam LaFarge; and 4 at-large members appointed by the BOS: Sarah Oktay, Leslie Johnson, Carl Sjorland, and Diane Coombs. The HPIC will meet twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 2 Faregrounds at 5:30 pm. The public is welcome to attend and meeting minutes will be posted here and on the Town of Nantucket's website (www.nantucket-ma.gov).
Mission Statement of the HPIC (approved by the BOS June 13, 2007): The mission of the Harbor Plan Implementation Committee is to prioritize the Nantucket and Madaket Harbors Plan implementation items in the form of recommendations to the Board of Selectmen, to provide regular updates to the Board as to implementation of the Plan, and to recommend changes to the Plan as needed. The Committee is to be appointed until June 30, 2009.
Please remember to thank the Harbor Plan Advisory Board committee members (past and present) for all their hard work. They are: Steve O'Brien, Ron Shepherd, Dave Fronzuto, Patti Stolte, Dirk Roggeveen, Linda Williams, Tom Mlesko, Arch McColl (deceased), and Bam LaFarge
Background
In 1993, a group of Nantucket citizens and Town of Nantucket officials,
in consultation with the University of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Coastal Zone Management, developed the Nantucket and Madaket Harbors
Action Plan. In 2004, following an unsuccessful Town Meeting warrant
article to acquire a significant harbor-front property known as "The
Boatyard", there was considerable community support to update the 1993
Harbors Plan.
To protect the current resources and uses of the harbor and address
potential future uses, the Nantucket Board of Selectmen obtained funding
from the Massachusetts Seaport Council to update the Town's Harbor Plan.
To assist in this effort, the Town contracted with a team of coastal
management specialists through the University of Massachusetts Boston's
(UMB) Urban Harbors Institute (UHI).
Currently, the HPIC is reviewing the action items in the plan and evaluating how best to prioritize implementation in order to prepare a set of recommendations for the Board of Selectmen. In addition, the Department of Environmental Protection is reviewing the plan, particularly in regards to Chapter 91 issues, and they will be making suggestions regarding changes or additions to the plan that must then be agreed upon and incorporated by the BOS.
