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02/25/2003 Minutes
Hull Board of Selectmen

Minutes

February 25, 2003


        The Hull Board of Selectmen meeting was called to order at 7:38 pm on Tuesday evening, February 25, 2003, at the Hull Municipal Building, 253 Atlantic Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts.

Present:        John Reilly, Chairman; Thomas Burns, Vice Chairman; Regina Burke, Clerk;
                       Leonard Hersch and Gerard McLaughlin, Members.  Also present were Christopher
                        McCabe, Town Manager and James Lampke, Town Counsel.

7:30 pm - Dennis Zaia - re: Report on Parking Meters

        Dennis Zaia, a member of a group of business persons authorized by the Board of Selectmen to study the parking situation at Kenberma, Surfside and other areas of Town, presented a written report.  (see file)

        Several business owners and operators were present to discuss the study.  Most of the discussion centered on where meters would be useful and the amount of time to be set for each location.  Among those speaking were: Dennis Zaia, Richard D
        Each of the Selectmen asked several questions, and expressed differing opinions, and each thanked the committee for their hard work and comprehensive study.  To be decided was whether or not to place meters within the Kenberma Parking area, whether to allow 15 minutes or 30 minutes free time; whether to allow one-hour or two-hour parking limits; whether to have parking limits the same in all districts, or vary the limits in accordance with location.

        Reilly told the Committee that he will have another meeting scheduled.

8:30 pm - Alexis Levitt - re: Applicant for Beach Management Committee

        Reilly said that since there are two applicants and the nine-member Committee is complete the Board will need to expand the membership from nine to eleven.

MOVED-Burke:    To expand the membership of the Beach Management Committee from nine
                                    to eleven.
SECOND-Burns
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor

MOVED-Hersch:   To appoint Alexis Levitt to the Beach Management Committee
SECOND-Burke
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor

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8:40 pm - Paul Epstein - re: Applicant for Beach Management Committee

        Epstein told the Board of his interest in Nantasket Beach.  He left Hull, he said, in 1977 and returned in 1999.

MOVED-Hersch:   To appoint Paul Epstein to the Beach Management Committee
SECOND-McLaughlin
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor

8:50 pm - Pat Finn - re: Applicant for the School Building Committee

        Pat Finn said he is in the construction field and believes he can be helpful to the Committee.

MOVED-Hersch:   To appoint Pat Finn to the School Building Committee
SECOND-Burke
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor

        Burns asked Finn, who is the on-site engineer working on the Fitzpatrick Way Bridge reconstruction, what the completion date is expected to be.  Finn responded that he could not answer that but that Skip McCord, Assistant Resident Engineer, would be the one to contact.

LICENSES

Unanimously approved a Livery Vehicle License and Livery Badge to Michael Haynes, 84 Atlantic Avenue on two motions from Hersch, and two seconds by McLaughlin.

TOWN MANAGER

        McCabe reported on a number of items: He said that as the Free Cash has now been certified he was requesting a date from the Board to meet with the Finance Committee on the upcoming budget; informed the Members that Steve Lathrop is willing to cover the CAC meetings from now until Town Meeting; received two proposals for the “Green Building” and will follow-up next week; and that he will have the number of parking spaces for the Request for Proposal at Nantasket Pier for next week.

        A Citizen's Petition directing the Selectmen to pursue the enrollment calculations at the South Shore Charter School was read by Reilly, who said that the total enrollment claimed is 376, and he questioned the validity of that figure as the capacity of the Charter School is 355.  He also asked to find some way to verify names and addresses of students enrolled as of March 15th.

Meeting adjourned at 10:48 pm.

May 13, 2003
APPROVED