Minutes
Open Space Committee Meeting
August 21, 2018 Wellfleet Town Hall 4pm
Present: Bruce Hurter, John Cumbler, Lynn Southey, Liz McDonald
Absent: Tom Slack, Bob Jackson, Fred Streams (new member)
Guest: Denny O’Connell, WCT, John Reihl, NRAB
Call to order: 4:00 pm
Liz McDonald to take minutes in Tom’s absence.
Adopted agenda for 08/21/18 OSC Meeting approved with John Reihl/New Business moved to start of meeting
Approve Minutes: Two corrections noted for June 18, 2018 meeting minutes; approved as corrected 4:0:0
Chairman’s Reports: B. Hurter. Bruce reported that Liz McDonald would be resigning from the OSC. She and her husband will be relocating to CO and this would be her last meeting. Liz thanked the OSC for the opportunity to participate and looks forward to perhaps being part of a similar committee in CO.
New Business: John Reihl presented the proposition that the NRAB’s Pond & Beaches Access Plan have the Open Space Committee follow through with the unfinished business part of plan. John explained that NRAB assumed this plan from a previous committee in 1995 listing access ways to Wellfleet water. There was discussion that the action items on the current Pond & Beaches Access Plan may be more in line with the charter of the OSC. NRAB will no longer be moving forward on the unfinished business section of their plan and all agreed that leaving these action items uncared for would not be beneficial. There are 2 parts to the NRAB report 1. The report, current and ongoing, now handled by NRAB and 2. The current recommendations and action items which would be handled by OSC (in that it would work on the recommendations and explore the list of properties). OSC agreed to follow up on current Plan recommendations but there were concerns about taking responsibility for the Plan itself. Creating an access map like the trail guide would be a possibility. The OSC felt that the custodial nature of this proposal was not actually part of the OSC Charter. OSC Charter is well defined so adding this may be might mean changing the Charter. Two motions were proposed and died in discussion. The final motion was to table/postpone this until next month when OS Committee is more complete. Approved 4:0:0
Standing Assignments
Trail Guides: L Southey – need to order more sleeves.
Liaison Reports
FHR: L Southey -10th Anniversary of Project will be on 09/12 and will be in honor of Don Palladino. There has been a good turn out for Bound Brook walks. HR will be filing DRI application in September and it will move project from planning to actual application. Working on grants for 2019.
Old Business:
5 Year plan. OSC has completed its sections, and the Town has some further work to complete. Doug G (Board of Health) is working on it. Connor (AmeriCorps) was helpful.
Agger property: Still unresolved. OSC recommended that the parcel be placed under aegis of Cons Com but there has been some resistance to that. There are time constraints as a decision needs to be made by 10/15 if CPA funds are to be accessed, Bruce will meet with Cons Com next week.
Other properties: Hatches Creek & Lt. Island parcels: OSC has recommended transferring parcels to Cons Comm. There may be a meeting with Nancy Civetta and Audubon to assess shellfishing access issues including those on the Agger property.
Adjourned 5:30 pm
Next meeting: September 18, 2018
Respectfully submitted.
Liz McDonald, Committee Member, Secretary OSC