Scituate Beach Commission Meeting Minutes from October 9, 2018
Scituate Beach Commission
Meeting Minutes from October 9, 2018
Scituate Library, Scituate
Attendees:
Nancy Fay (SMC Chair), Steven Tripp (SBC), Anne McCracken (SBC), Paula Elsmore (SBC), Steve O’Brien (SBC), Mary Jo McNally(SBC)
I. Meeting called to order by N. Fay at 7:00 p.m. and second by P. Elsmore, followed by a unanimous vote from the group
II. N. Fay motioned to approve meeting minutes from September 4, 2018 at 7:34 p.m. motion was second by P. Elsmore, followed by a unanimous vote from the group
III. Project updates:
A. McCracken: no update about the flag system. Send the estimate to Maura and add 10% contingency line at the bottom.
IV. New business:
Selectmen are ok with us trying to get a small amount of money for a budget. Possibly from the sales of out of town stickers?
Reviewed Charge changes and come up with a 3 year plan for next meeting.
P. Elsmore: spoke to numerous area towns (Bourne, Sagamore, Plymouth, Marshfield, Hull, and Duxbury) and got the pricing on their resident/non-resident/vacation sticker pricing. Discussion of proposed price changes (M. McNally) P. Elsmore and M. McNally to meet about the information they gathered and come up with something to present to the BOS.
S. O’Brien to gather information/stats about each beach.
Possibly have motion cameras at Egypt beach to deter people from stealing rocks.
V. Old business:
Spoke about RFP for Egypt Beach parking lot paving. Minor changes for ADA compliance.
VI. Misc.
S. Tripp brought up about being on Facebook and seeing if there are any beach-specific pages (like the one for Humarock) so that we can gather feedback from residents about the 2018 season. S. O’Brien mentioned that there is a Sand Hills page.
We need to nail down dates when tickets are given at the beaches before/after the season.
S. Tripp to bring photos at next meeting of multiple signs at Humarock talking about dogs. Figure out where they are all coming from.
VII. Meeting motioned to adjourn at 8:43 p.m. by S. Tripp and second by N.Faye and then resulting in a unanimous vote from the group.