11/29/2023 HARBOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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Discussions focused around whether or not public access easements could be created during a building or like project taking place within the areas of wetlands jurisdiction or Ch. 91. From initial conversations with Ch.91, they believed this would require the Town's Zoning Board of Appeals and approval of a change in the Town's zoning regulations. Mr. Lehrer has never seen an easement created on a single family non- conforming lot, but this is a topic that could be brought up when he is in discussion with the Planning Board to draft regulatory changes around the Town's Raise and Replace Bylaw. He admitted this may be a difficult task that needs to be evaluated more at a legal level. For special permits, the planning board may be able to condition for the creation of a public access point,but this would be specific to the property and may require a Town taking. Ultimately the town should identify these parcels and work with the property owner to negotiate a taking or transfer for the creation of a public access point. Dick Cook and Dick Noonan asked if these parcels will be identified through the planning process, and whether the Town owned some portion of the roadway to create an area for parking as parking is always an issue in these locations. Mr. Lehrer explained that it depends on the layout of the road, and whether the road is private versus public. In short the road layout depends on the area in question and those areas would need to be identified. Mrs. Fisher also brought up that some properties were gifted to the town for a specific use, and those use restriction need to be taken into consideration. • Discussion of Look and Feel of the Plan: LCP Update from the Town Planner Mr. Lehrer will be supplying draft sections of the Local Comprehensive Plan to UHT to make sure the look and feel of the plan remains consistent to other plans in draft form. The release of the LCP is delayed in its release, but the implementation sections and table along with some chapters are available for review. • Review of Draft Sections : UHI update to the Committee The Harbor Mangment Plan draft sections are coing along. Some sections are ready for review, but UHI wanted to ask the group if the review process should begin with only some sections or if we wanted to wait for the plan to be draftied in its entirety. Mrs. Uiterwyk also mentioned that the draft sections will not be ready until she has had enough engagement with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The schedule "Lunch and Learn"with tribal elders may be enough engagement to wrap up some sections. Mr. Oakley agreed that heating from tribal elders at that event should be enough to complete some sections. He also mentioned that other tribal members we were previously interested in interviewing will be in attendance for that event. Ultimately, the committee chose to wait to the review the draft sections until all sections have been drafted. NEW BUSINESS