7/2/2002 WATERWAYS COMMISSION Minutes

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NA0-IVY Waterways Commi'ss w* n Town o Mash e f "` r 16 Great Reck &ad Xonh All 10� os Mash pee,, Massachusetts 02649 T4hou:508-4 77-014 7 Muds•5o8- 7 7 0-14 7 7 P ............ S . EE WATERWAYS COMMISSION I INUTES July 2, 2002 Attendance: Jim Hanks, Paul Lumsden, Jerry Daly, and John Swartzbaugh Other Attendees: Mimi Josephs, Ed Baker. Call To Order: Chaim m an Jim Hanks called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. Elections Jim Hanks turned the floor over to John Swartzbaugh. Jerry Daly nominated Jim Hanks as Chairman. Nominations were closed. Jim was elected by three votes and one abstention. Jim Hanks nominated Jerry Daly as Vice Chairman, who declined, and Paul Lumsden nominated John Swartzbaugh to continue as Vice Chairman. Nominations were closed and John was elected by unanimous vote. Jim Hanks nominated Neil Barney as Secretary, nominations were closed, and Neil was elected unanimously. Jim Hanks requested a motion to write a letter recommending approval of the members whose terms expire this year. Paul Lumsden made the motion, John Swartzbaugh seconded it, and it carried unanimously. Jim Hanks then resumed the chair. He re-iterated a new policy that after the Public Comment period, public comment would not be accepted unless invited by the Chairman. The one exception would apply to the Selectman Liaison. Public Comment: Mimi Josephs described how she had found her stolen swim marker on a neighbor's dock. She called the Harbormaster department, and one of the assistants retrieved the buoy, anchor, and chain and re-set hers in lieu of the one the Town markers. Ed baker asked if we could discuss the dredging during public Comment. Jim Hanks explained that there was not much to report, except that there had been a meeting of Joyce Mason, Chuckle Green, Leslie Fields and himself to review the Mashpee River dredging permitting project. In that meeting,based on Leslie's advice that mechanical dredging was not feasible because of the Page 1 of 5