Minutes of a Meeting of
The Old Lyme Harbor Management Commission
September 11, 2012
Attendance:
Members present – Charlie Delinks, Ned Farman, Dave Frederiks, Bill Harris, Mike Mackey, Mike Magee, and Steven Ross.
Alternates present – Robert Falaguerra (seated for Bob Doyen).
Absent – Bob Doyen, Tom Meyer, Mike Moran, Harry Plaut and Dave Zita—all excused.
A quorum being present, Chairman Ross called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
REPORTS
Clerk’s Report
The minutes of the June 12 and July 10, 2012 meetings were reviewed and accepted as submitted.
Treasurer’s Report
Bill Harris presented the Treasurer’s report, which was accepted for audit. A copy of the report is on file with the minutes.
Mike Moran just delivered a group of checks from June for mooring fees so that income is not yet included in the report.
OLD BUSINESS
Member Appointments
Steven Ross announced that the Old Lyme Board of Selectmen appointed Tom Meyer as an Alternate Member. Tom had a previous engagement for tonight’s meeting and could not attend. There remains one Alternate Member position vacancy.
Pilgrim Landing
Mike Magee reported that Pilgrim Landing has areas that are washed out from the spring rains. He will contact Public Works to see if they can lay stone in the gullies. Mike reported that the rack has not been full this summer. Members speculated that this is due to the economy.
Dinghy Dock
Mike Mackey reported that Mike Moran had placed his dinghy at the dinghy dock temporarily but it is now vacant.
Potential Public Access Site—West bank of Lt. River
Phase 2- Foot Bridge across Lt. River
Steven Ross reported that he had contacted an artist at the Lyme Art Academy to do a conceptual drawing of the foot bridge. The completed sketch should be available at the next meeting. Sue Bailey of DEEP notified Steven that a permit is needed for the foot bridge as well as the dock.
Phase 3- Dock application
Steven Ross recently contacted Harry Plaut to gather the exact ramp and dock configurations that will be needed for the dock application process.
Waterway Cleanup
Steven Ross reported that he thinks that the waterway cleanup has been completed by Harry Plaut with the assistance of another group.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Harbor Master
Mike Mackey reported that a sailboat at Point of Woods had dragged its mooring and was up on the rocks. It was somehow disconnected where it floated off the rocks and onto a private beach where it rested on its side. SeaTow has been hired to remove the boat.
Dredge Project
Ned Farman reported that there was a meeting with Bonnie Reemsnyder prior to sending out the RFP to finalize details of the RFP after which it was sent out at the end of August. The final version of the RFP is now on the Town of Old Lyme website under the “Current Project” link. Bids are due Oct 1, 2012 and currently Ned and Steven are dealing with any inquiries that are received. There has been only one so far. The bids will be formally opened at Town Hall on October 1at 2 pm. Ned, Steven and Geoff Stedman will review them to make sure that each is qualified and then review them starting with the lowest bidder. It is their hope to come to the October HMC meeting with a recommendation as to whom the bid should be awarded. Steven noted that the entire project is moving along very
efficiently due to the work efforts of Ned and Bonnie.
NEW BUSINESS
Dock Applications
Steven Ross noted that no official applications were received. However, he met with Bob Doyen who would like to build a walkway across the marsh to his existing fixed pier. Bob took some photos of the area and sent preliminary information to Sue Bailey along with his questions regarding what is low marsh as related to the regulations.
DEEP Violations
Steven Ross reported that the attorney for the Sedgwicks had not responded to the DEEP violations so they now will have Keith Nielson of Docko Inc. handle the negotiations of what they need to change. Steven requested Sue Bailey of DEEP to notify him when she will be coming down for the meeting with the Sedgwicks.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.
Submitted by:
Janet S. Cody, Clerk
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