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Steering Committee
Meeting Minutes--February 14, 2017, 4 pm, Brewster Town Hail
Attending: Allin Thompson, Dolly Howell, Chris Miller,Judith Bruce, Fran McClennen, Ryan Bennett,
Chuck Bartlett,Jane Harris, Carole Ridley '
Alain called the meeting to order at 4:05 pm.
The minutes of January 31,2017 were discussed. Judith moved approval of the minutes,seconded by
Dolly,and they were voted 5-0-3 with Chuck, Ryan and Jane abstaining because they had not attended the
meeting.
Allin asked Carole to proceed with the coordinator's report:
1. Watershed Planning
• Since the last Steering Committee meeting,the draft transmittal letter had been sent to the Cape Cod
Commission and MassDI P, Kristy Senatori has indicated that a letter from the Commission is
forthcoming.Although Brian Dudley has drafted a letter from MassDEP, he is not sure if it will be
provided in time. A meeting with Town Administrators and Managers is scheduled for Thursday at 3
pm to discuss the process with Boards of Selectmen. If the administrators agree with the transmittal
approach outlined in the Alliance's letter, then the draft analysis would be sent out.
• There was a meeting about Monitoring and Modeling discussed by the Water Quality Monitoring Work
Group. This was based on an earlier discussion with the Watershed Work Group. The initial meeting
led to an agreement that a request for scope will be sent to SMAST to determine what additional
monitoring is needed to be ready to re-run the model. Some data may need updating,and other data
may not require updating, Benthic infauna and sediment flux,for instance, may not require updating,
while land and water use may require updating, Carole and Mike Dominica will prepare the outline for
the scope request, It was also suggested that the Alliance may submit a DI-TA grant for the
Commission to update the land and water use data for the Alliance.
2. Coastal Work Group
• The work group made substantial progress on the erosion management guidelines. Carole and Greg
will work on the remaining revisions so that a complete revision can be shared with the Work Group for
their March Bah meeting,
• Mark Borrelli has provided a revised draft of the Sea Level Rise study. He has been working with
Lianne Dunn on design of the report. That too should be ready for March 8, Jane suggested that there
be a shorter summary document prepared that could be more accessible with the general public.
Carole will come back to the Steering Committee with a proposal next meeting.
• The committee discussed a symposium to cover both topics and an update on Muddy Creek. It was
determined that May would be a good month to capture people who are seasonal. Carole will look into
arranging the Chatham Community Center for May 16th,
3,Carole reported that It would soon be time to start thinking about an update to the resource management
plan,which expires at the end of 2018. The revised plan update would need to be ready for the 2018
annual town meetings. f
Allin adjourned the meeting at 5:00 pm,The next meeting is March 14th at 4 pm.
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