September 10, 2018

“Mr. Ballantine moved that we prepare and send a Request for Proposal to lease Saquatucket Harbor for winter boat storage for a lease duration of three years. Mr. McManus seconded the motion. Mr. MacAskill said he'd like to see a proposal from the Harbormaster as to the defined area, the amount of boats, and the requirements for boat size. Chairman Kavanagh noted that they would be bringing the RFP back for comments and to be voted on. Mr. Ballantine said Mr. MacAskill's requests should be identified in the RFP. Mr. Howell said he would be very disappointed if we just went for this three year bid so he will be voting no on this. He said he would be very enthusiastic about putting it out in two chunks with an option to renew so that Town Meeting gets this. Mr. McManus noted that this would mean there would be no boat storage there this year and to make sure that there is interest among local businesses we ought to put out the option that we do have the authority to put out a three year lease and they may be fine with that and if they want to push for a longer term we can do that at a later time. Chairman Kavanagh added that we can let Town Meeting decide if they want to go further than the three years. Mr. MacAskill agreed with Mr. Howell's remarks. At the Board's request, Mr. Ballantine repeated his motion as follows: I move that we prepare and send a Request for Proposal for winter boat storage at Saquatucket Harbor for a three year period. Mr. McManus seconded the restated motion. The motion carried by a 3-2-0 vote with Mr. MacAskill and Mr. Howell in opposition.” (Motion: Ballantine, second: McManus)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)