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N a n c y S o d e r b e r g R e c i p i e n t o f N C L C i v i c S a l u t e

Presidents  Rpt-  pg  -  2  2

Annual  Mtg  Notes  -  pg  3

Naushop  Zoning  -  pg  4

Monomy  Assoc.  -  pg  4

NCL  Calendar  -  pg  6

T he Nantucket Civic League 2013 “Civic Salute” for excellence in service to the community was presented to Nancy M. Soderberg in recognition of her role as Civic League President from 1997 to 2000, and for service on the Board of Directors before, during and after her presidency; her service as a member of the board of the

Madaket Conservation Association; her work as a member of other island boards including the Nantucket Historical Association; and her dedication to preserving the spirit of our island. President Allen Reinhard presented the Salute at

the NCL Annual Meeting, September 9 at the Sconset Casino.

“The purpose of the “Civic Salute” is to promote awareness of the goals of the NCL, and to publicly acknowledge individu-als whose activities enhance and support the Civic League’s purposes and objectives and benefit the community,” Pres. Reinhard said in announcing this year’s recipient. The first award was presented in 1973 to Jack Gardner who continues to be ac-tively involved in Town affairs. Other recipients include: Sandy Craig, airport commissioner and president of the Nantucket

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T he Coastal Management Plan (CMP) workgroup is a temporary workgroup formed by the Board of Selectmen in September of 2012 to create a Coastal Management plan for the Town of Nantucket that establishes priorities and procedures for protecting and managing town owned infrastructure, public

access points and roads around the island adjacent to the coastline.

The impetus for creating the plan came as a result of two issues; 1) Nantucket wanted local control of the activities that would occur in our local waters and 2) the 2008 Annu-al Town Meeting voted originally to create Chapter 67 of our local code (reaffirmed in 2013) stating that no major erosion control or hard armoring projects could occur on town owned land until December 31st 2013 or until a Coastal Management Plan was written http://ecode360.com/12120302  .  Exceptions for small pilot projects or emergencies were

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Officers Allen  Reinhard    ...

president

Sarah  Oktay  …

vice  president

Pam  Lohman  ….

recording  secretary

Rick  Atherton  …

treasurer

Mary  Wawro  ...

communications    secretary

Peter  Louderback  ...

clerk  

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A Busy Year for the Nantucket Civic League

T he Nantucket Civic League Executive Board meets the first Monday of each month to discuss com-munity issues and develop and plan programs such as our March Meet the Articles and Meet the Candidates forums before Annual Town Meeting and the town election. This past winter, the Civic

League was actively involved in the discussions about a replacement full service grocery store to replace the Grand Union rather than the proposal to install a CVS pharmacy. We held a Holiday Appreciation Event at Sherburne Commons and heard a presentation by Margaretta Andrews explaining the work of the Com-munity Foundation for Nantucket. In January, the Civic League arranged and sponsored a Sustainable En-ergy Forum at the Atheneum led by Loren Sinatra, the town's energy consultant with information about the National Grid's energy audit program and products available to reduce energy consumption.

On Earth Day, April 22, the Civic League presented a Coastal Erosion Forum moderated by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director of the U. Mass Field Station and Civic League Vice President. The event was very informative with information presented by Jim O'Connell of the Coastal Erosion Advisory Services and Jeff Carlson, Nantucket Natural Resources Coordinator and many audience questions. Dr. Oktay also moderated our May 20 forum on Nantucket's Seal Population--Finding a Balance. This forum drew over 90 participants and presented information about the presence of seals in Nantucket waters and the impact their increasing popula-tion is having. Both of these forums were taped by NCTV 18 and Geno TV and are available for viewing on their web-

sites. June and August saw the Civic League’s two breakfast meetings for presidents of the 22 Area Associations comprising the NCL. During these President's Breakfasts, the area presidents shared the concerns and issues affecting their associations as well as broader island issues. The Executive Board uses these ideas to plan forums and programs for the coming year. In July, a follow-up event at Mill Hill Park

was held that including a tour of the park’s trails and the adjoining Colored Cemetery. Mill Hill was the first public park on the island and was created and maintained by the Civic League until 1962 when the park and land were deeded to the Town of Nantucket. An important issue directly involving the Civic League is the situation over ownership and control of the 100 acre Boy

Scout Camp Richard property on Rugged Road. At the 1955 NCL Annual Meeting, the Civic League donated this property to the Nantucket Council of the Boy Scouts for use as a camp.

Included in this donation was the provision that in the event the property or any part thereof ceases to be used as a Scout Camp, the property would revert to the NCL. Recently, a developer made an offer to the Cape Cod Council of the Boy Scouts to purchase 30 acres of this property. The actual ownership of the property in question is the subject of a lawsuit between the Nantucket and Cape Cod Council and is scheduled for trial late this year. Because the original and subsequent land transfers to the Nantucket Boy Scout Coun-cil was a charitable donation, the NCL believes the rescission agreement in the deeds remains in effect and are following the matter closely. We look forward to another busy year with interesting and informative programs and forums for the coming season.

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Cottage Hospital board; Bill Klein, Planning Director who proposed and oversaw creation the of the Nantucket Islands Land Bank among other contributions. More recently, Eileen McGrath and Frank Spriggs, long-term resi-dents who continue to contribute to the quality of life on Nantucket, were honored. We are proud to add Nancy Soderberg to this list of distinguished honorees.

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S tate Senator and gubernatorial aspirant Dan Wolf of Harwich and State Representative Tim Madden of Nantucket were the featured speakers at the Nantucket Civic League’s Annual Meeting, held on September 9, 2013 at the ‘Sconset Casino. Madden, a former Nantucket Civic League officer who introduced Wolf, praised the involvement of the Civic

league citing the recent rededication of Mill Hill Park, a gift of the Civic League to the Town in 1912. He also lauded the selec-tion of NCL former President Nancy Soderberg as the recipient of the Civic League’s annual civic salute. He urged members to be involved and care about not only their own “back yards,” but other neighborhoods on Nantucket as well.

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I   have   been   a   member   of   the   Nantucket   Civic  League   for   many   years.   Who   could   resist   be-­coming  part  of  an  organization  whose  mission  is  “to  promote  the  welfare  of  Nantucket  through  in-­formed   citizen   participation   in   community   af-­fairs”!       I   was   a   delegate   from   the   Madaket  Conservation   Association   to   the   NCL   serving  on   various   committees   and   became  Vice  Presi-­dent  under  President  Chris  Lewis.  Assuming  the  role  of  President  in  1997,  I  served in  this  capaci-­ty   until   2003.   A   major   accomplishment   during  these   years   was   the   publication   of   a   survey  of   all   the   Area   Associations,   which   comprised  the  NCL  membership   at   that   time.   I’m   sure   this  survey   is   in   the   files  and   is  a  wonderful  assess-­ment  of  the  achievements,  needs  and  desires  of  the  many  areas  of  the  island.

Sen. Wolf and Rep. Madden at NCL Annual Meeting

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Senator Wolf praised Madden as a public servant who advo-cates for the island and whose involvement demonstrates how government is supposed to work. Wolf observed, “The task for the next generation is to teach civics and concern for the future; education is important for good outcomes includ-ing handling issues like wastewater, transportation and ener-gy. Living in harmony with the environment and being good stewards is important,” Adding that with local resources and improving technologies, Nantucket could become a self-

contained community and has the potential to be a model for the commonwealth.

Wolf reviewed his company, Cape Air, its early beginnings and its growth and its service and contributions to the Cape and Islands. He noted his difficulties with the Ethics Commission regarding his position as Senator and his candidacy for Gov-ernor. He has appealed and expressed the hope that it would

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Our Member Associations

Brant  Point

Cisco

Fishers  Landing

Harbor  South  Civic

Hinkley  Lane

Hummock  Pond

Hussey  Farm   Homeowners

Madaket  Conserva on

Madaket  Residents

Miacomet  Conserva on

Monomoy    Civic  

Nantucket  Town Naushop  Homeowners  

Trust

Pine  Valley

Pocomo  Area

Polpis

Quidnet

Siasconset  Civic

Smith  Point

Surfside

Tom  Nevers  Civic

Wauwinet  Landowners

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Monomoy Civic Association Formed

Nantucket is one big neighborhood — and one small island.

A fter years without an association, the Monomoy Civic Association has been formed and is operating. "Ted" Taylor and J. Pepper Frazier, after working to locate

the boundries sent a mailing to all the residents announcing their intent to form an association. In June an organizational meeting was held with over 40 families represented. At this time an official vote of formation was passed and Taylor elected to serve as President with Frazier as Treasurer. The President and Treasurer were then given the authority to appoint additional board members as deemed necessary.

Following much discussion, the members determined that the most pressing problems for Monomoy area residents were the impact of the possible relocation of the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, access to and cleaning of the Monomoy Beach, and the advocation of burying utility poles and lines, In addition, the association was formed to keep its resident/members informed of any zoning changes or other issues that could have a possible impact on the Monomoy area as they arise.

N aushop is a large residential community consisting of 196 lots located off of Old South Road. It is bordered on one side by the Valero commercial property, on the other side by the smaller Whitherspoon residen-tial area and directly across the street from the large Glowacki property purchased by Phil

Pastan, a seasonal resident and off-island developer.

Members from this entire area are currently working with the Town to develop the Naushop Crossing Area Plan as part of the master planning process. The Area Plan (although encompassing only a portion of the Old South Road corridor to include the parcels mentioned above along with the parcels owned by the Emporium, the Old South Fish Market, Marine Home Center housing and the residents of Lovers Lane) has the potential to set precedent for the entire Old South Road area which is an important, densely travelled and highly visible section of the island. For this reason the zoning changes made

in this area will have far reaching effects on the entire island.

At the center of the discussions at the planning table is the strong desire of both the Valero and Pastan property owners to lift the current cap on the size of retail com-mercial structures located outside of the mid island to 20,000 square feet to allow for the development of 45,000 square foot retail structures on both sides of Old South Road.

The residents of Naushop are opposed to the development of retail structures of this extremely large size, not now located anywhere on the island. They maintain that it will severely impact traffic along Old South Road, increase noise, adversely affect the environmental quality of life, and add to the already dangerous areas along the Old South Road bike path. The Association urges all island residents to watch closely to what comes before Town Meeting regarding zoning changes, and especially the lifting of the building cap on retail space in this area.

Naushop Homeowners Assoc. Alarmed by Proposed Zoning Changes

“…residents  of  Naushop  are   opposed   to   the  development   of   retail  s t ructures   of   th is  ext remely   large   size,  not   now   located   any-­where  on  the  island…  ‘

allowed. The Town originally tried to create the plan in-house. When it appeared that it needed to be more compre-hensive, the workgroup was formed. Current members include: Sarah Oktay (Chair), Bobby DeCosta (BOS representative and co-chair), Carl Borchert, Kirk Riden, Jamie Feeley, John Stover, and Emily MacKinnon (secretary). Bam LaFarge was an origi-nal member of the CMP.

The committee divided the island up into 10 sectors because of the island’s different challenges, wave strengths, erosional patterns and concerns from federally protected species to public access. The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Manage-ment is helping the group model the plan based on the StormSmart Coasts program http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/program-areas/stormsmart-coasts/. Topics include: water quality, coastal hazards, habitat, erosion control, harbors, public access policy, beach access policy, offshore resources, fisheries, alternative energy, homeland security, data accessi-bility, consistency with state and local laws, and integration with our municipal harbors plan. The CMP conducts public meet-

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ings on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 5-7 pm in the Public Safety Facility Building. More information on the CMP can be found at: http://www.nantucket-ma.gov/Pages/NantucketMA_BComm/coastalmanagement

The workgroup is charged with creating a plan addressing how the town will manage and protect town property and infrastructure around the island. The process for determining what to include in the plan and how to best address these issues is as follows:

1. Prepare a recommended process* for presentation to the Board of Selectmen in March, 2012 for the development of a comprehensive Coastal Management Plan for Town-owned property.

2. Inventory and describe the town-owned property to be covered by the Coastal Management Plan and identify any municipal infrastructure issues that should be addressed or

noted, including areas that are most at risk and criteria to be used to determine when and if action should be taken to ad-dress erosion or other issues.

3. Determine which town-owned properties should retain active unrestricted public access vs. more restricted access in order to reduce risk of infrastructure degradation or dete-rioration.

4. Identify known erosion-control methods or approaches and evaluate them in terms of industry standards, environmental impact, cost, public access and benefit, as well as where these methods or approaches would best work or not work at the town-owned property locations based on physical character-istics and any other conditions.

5. Identify cost-related items and any additional activities, resources, equipment, programs, etc that will/would be need-ed to implement action items in the final Plan, including any

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Possible  NCL  Forum  and  Possible  NCL  Forum  and  Possible  NCL  Forum  and  Program  DatesProgram  DatesProgram  Dates

December  16,  2013  -  Holiday  Gathering

January  27,  2014  -  Forum  [Topic  TBA]

March  15  &  24,  2014  -  Meet  The  Articles  and           Candidates    Forums

May  16,  2014  -  Forum  [Topic  TBA]

           June  21  &  August  16,    2014  -  Presidents              Breakfasts

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be possible to allow participation in government while pro-tecting the public from unethical conflicts. He summed up by urging more civic involvement by youth and hoping to see more college students at the next meeting.

There followed a question and answer session covering such topics as the potential for wave energy, reduction in home-owners insurance, Cape Wind, fiscal stability and balance, revising the tax code, investing in infrastructure and the local occupancy tax.

In his opening remarks, Nantucket Civic League President Allen Reinhard reviewed the tradition of a civic salute to publicly recognize the contributions of active citizens to the community. He mentioned a number of past recipients, and announced that this year’s Civic Salute is to be awarded to past Civic League President Nancy Soderberg who will be presented with the certificate at the next Executive Board meeting.

Reinhard and Communications Secretary Mary Wawro gave an update on the status of the Boy Scout camp. The property was donated by the Civic League to the Boy Scouts for their use, with the stipulation that if the scouts no longer use it that the property would revert to the Civic League. (Please see President’s Report on page 2)

The meeting opened with a business session at which the minutes of the 2012 Annual Meeting were approved, the Treasurer’s Report was presented, and the slate of officers recommended by the Nominating Committee were elected.

President Reinhard announced that the Civic League Newslet-ter, Nantucket Notes, revitalized by editor Barbara Stott, will be coming out quarterly. Contributions from area associa-tions are solicited. Issues are emailed to members and are posted on the Civic League website.