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Home My WebLink About05/24/1996 m RECEIVED 'I'" Juli :.; 1996 Fishcrs Island Hm'bor Committee MINUTES Ftiday. l\.lay 2-1. 1996 at -1:30pm at the Utility Offices Southoid Town Clerk Pl'ese nt: Elby B1UT. Tom Dohe11y. Leslie Goss. Steve Malinowski. Bobsie Macleod. RUTis Parsons. Margie Pumell. Bill Ridgway. and Scudder Sinclair Absent: Frank BoWen. Ken Edwards. Chippy duPont. Allie R.uidon. Tim Johnson. Louisa E vans and Bill Wall NEXT MEETING: Friday. July 19 at-l:30pm at the Utility Offices AGEl'iDA ITEMS: l\Iid-Sulllmer review Status of FI Harbor Management Plan Mooring Inspection Requirements/Fonns Goss introduced Bobsie Macleod as a new member of the conmultee. being the Hay Harbor propelty owner representative serving .m ilutial tenll of one year and then eligible to serve a stand.u'd five year tel111 if she so chose. Goss mentioned that the Town of Southold had adopted a resolution establishing the Fishers Ishmd Harbor Conmultee and ils memberslup as outlined in the Fishers Island Harbor \lanagcment Plan ".ith ilutial staggered temlS followed by live year tenus. Goss said copies of the resolution will be sent to comnultee members by the Town clerk. Goss mentioned that the next step for the conmultee was to finalize the 10/95 draft l"u'bor m.magemenl phm (l-llvlP) .md ofriciallv tr.UlSlllil it to the Town. She mentioned that the Town nught officially adopt the contents or generally support the concepts outlined in the l-llvlP. Goss mentioned tllat .mother step included codifving contents of the l-llvlP in the Southold Town Code wluch may mean not waiting for the Southold L '\VRP pro.cess to fiuish up. Codifying the Fishers Island l-llvlP would require approval of thc Town Board. Dohelty rep011ed that there were no additional requesls for mOOl1ngs since the -1/29 committee meeting. He stated that action items from the last meeting (telling applicants to notify neighbors. etc...) had been addressed. Harbor Re~lIlations for 1996 were discussed .Uld rcvised by thc cUlllnuttee. Burr offered to print copies and deliver to the Bay Constables pro bono. Doherty agreed to post the regulatiolls widely as was done last year. Goss mentioned that Malu'een Davidson of the NY DEC agreed to train two individuals affiliated with either the Conserv~Ulcy or the Civic Association to conduct water quality sall1lJlul~ at 20 stations in v:uious harbors which takes approximately one :Uld a half hours. Samples have to be delivered to Maureen within 30 hours of being drawn. TIle pwpose of such a program would be to provide Maw'een with more data. thereby allowUlg for the possibility of lifting the seasonal shellfish closure in the vicinity of Hawk's Nest Point. which is cWTently in existence due to the threat of pollution from boats. Goss asked the comnrittee to think about who mi~t be interested in volwlteerin~ for ll-:llnID!! :I.lld condudin~ the s:unpling. The cOInnnttee discussed mooring paperwork winch the Town Code cWTently requires be pelformed by the Head Bay Constable. Doherty has indicated that he prefer not to pelf 01111 tlns flulction. The cOlllilllttee agreed to pw'Sue establishing a committee clerk position with the Town 10 be paid a certain :I.lllOWlt ($500) from the Head Bay Constable's :umual salary for perfonning all mooring related paperwork. The cOlmlnttee felt that although this would lower the Head Bay Constable's salary. he should still receive some token :unOWlt more than the Assistant Bay Constable. TIle comminee also felt that the clerk should be reu11bw'Sed for expenses for plinting and postage in addition to receiving $500 per year. The Comnllttee then moved onto finalize :I.lld cl:uify issues identified in the 10/95 draft of the Fishers Island H:u'bor Management PI:Ul: . keep the ternllengths at five ye-dfS to be consistent with other Town appointment tenn lengths. If someone wishes to retu'e before their ternl expires. tlley should notify the org:uuzalion they represent to identify a replacement. . Although certain members of the comnrittee represent more th:l.ll one organization. it was deternuned that these members have only one vote. It was noted that the nwuber of conlllllttec members willl1uctuate while representing the 16 currently recogluzed harbor interests. It was also noted that the comnuttee may chose to add or delete org:uuzations depending 011 their viability (ic.. th~re may be no lobstermen ill a few ye:u-s or a parasailing club might start up). . In a discussion over l:Ulguage concennng comnllttee considerations for locating moolings. it was detemlined that whether or not a vessel is cOll1t11ercial was iITelev:ull. Although some conumttee members disagreed, a majority of the members agreed that if cont1icts ever arose regarding conll1lerciaJ vessels onllloolings. tllere would be other avenues to address that issue such as size or class of the vessel. . Regarding transient mooring admitllstration. the conUlllttee agreed it should review ami set fees for transient Illoorinos and ma\ dcleoate the riol1l10 assion such moorinos and the riohtto ~ '" =- =' ~ :=- :::- collect fees to a desig.nated transient mooring pennittee. Some members of the conllllittee believe that the tr.msientmooring prog.r.un represents a halbor business Opp0l11l1Uty .md therefore should be put to bid annually by the conllluttee. Other conllluttee members asked what a bid nught look like if the conlllunee itself was setting the fees. It was agreed by all to treat the transient mOOling.s as .m en bloc operation. r.lther than designate one pemuttee for some transient moorings and designate yet .mother penninee for the remainder of the tr.lI1sient mOOlings. It was agreed that transient mooring pel1luts would be applied for on an annual basis. as all other mOOlings .u'e. rather than be designated for a petiod of years. . The comnuttee discussed whether language should be clarified regarding guesluse of moOtings. It was detel1luned that as loug as the mooring tackle and mOOting circle safely accommodate a vessel. the size and class of the guest vessel was in'elevant. Some conll1unc"C meillbers disagreed stating that there was a big difference between an 100 at 32 feeT .U1d a cabin cmiser powerboat of 32 feet wluch could impact adjacent propel1y owners' views. . The comnuttee agreed that rafting vessels must be anended. . The comnunee agreed it was imp0l1.mt to add chllifying language on the topic of using vessels as abodes, not only on moorings. but also at docks and anchorages. . The conlllunee agreed to lea"e the proposed due date of "-larch 31 for mooling applications to be submitted in light of the earlier lliscussion on establis11ing a committee clerk positiou. . A cOlruninee member quelied the process for delel1luning if some transient mooring spaces should be t1l111ed over to fill a potential increase in demand for mooring space. It was dcterm.i.ned that tlus was exactly the type of policy call the committee was created for and the conllluttee would address such an issue when it and if il comes about. BtUT shared the name of a licensed mooring inspector. Welsh Maline ~looring Inspection at (203) 572-7914. who offered Ius services to the conll1uttee. Cross respunded thai the cunlllultee dues nut employ nor could endorse one inspector over another. but could develop a list of nall1es and lllullbers and make it available to mooring pemunees to call for inspections. The meeting adjoUl11ed at 6: 15pm