7/31/2001 SOUTH CAPE BEACH ADVISORY Minutes

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MINUTES ANNUAL HUNTING MEETING SU'C'H CAPE BEACH STATE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2001 7 :00 P. M. I MEMBERS PRESENT:: MORRI.S KIRSNER, CHAIRMAN MICHAEL' CARDEIRO CATHERINE CONROY JACK CRAMER . LANCE LAMBR . FRANCIS LEBARC BEN L FCHIE BILL MRTIROS D, BRUCE -MCHENRY CAREY MURPHY MEMBERS ABSENT: JERRY MONAGHAN Ii MINUTES OF PRECIOUS MEETING Minutes of April 3, 2001 were accepted as presented, III DISCUSSION OF ISSUE of HUNTING ON SOUTH CAPE BEACH 2001,1200.2 SEASON: Chairman Kirsner explained that hunting was not permitted on South. Cape Beach under the terms of the Agreement of 1981 be- tween the Town and the Massachusettes Department of Environ- mental Management. Hunting i , hweer, not prohibited by the town by-laws . Therefore, the m tter comes before the committee for its con-- sideration as -to whether or not hunting should be permitted. The issue that has to be borne in mind by the members of the committee when they faced these issues before is whether or not hunting at this time is consistent with the current use of the park, whether or not it represents a reasonable likelihood that there might be some danger to people. Those are the issues that the committee is .going to hav6 to resolve while we proceed with this hearing, Jim Young, President of the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club tted ' that they were- in favor of hurting on South .'Cape Beach. Mr. Young stated that for this past year, and many years prior, there .had been no problem's with 'hu-nting on South Cape' Be' ch. Stam Bi iki stated there 'hid been no problems on the.'be'ach. therefore, he 'was in favor of continued hunting on South Cape Beach. Mile DeSouza was also in favor of continued hunting on South Cape Beach. No one among the hunters was opposed to hunting on South Cape Beach.