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Committee hears limits on beach cleaning; Jenness Beach identified as state beach
Summary
Co‑Chair Chuck Latvis said Jenness Beach is a state beach; the committee was told DPW borrows equipment from the State and can only clean beaches within the time the equipment is available, which affects how much seaweed the DPW can remove.
Co‑Chair Chuck Latvis told the Beach Committee that Jenness Beach is a state beach and therefore cleaning operations are constrained by the terms of the town's equipment use with the State. Committee members were told by Co‑Chair Coleen Penacho that DPW Director Jason Rucker said the DPW borrows beach‑cleaning equipment from the State and is able to clean state beaches as part of that arrangement; the equipment is also used on town beaches but only for a limited time.
A resident email raised safety concerns for pedestrians, vehicles and bicyclists along the Route 1A corridor, and public comment from Tom King reiterated that heavy seaweed limits how far the DPW can get during a single cleaning window. King said Cable Beach's rocky conditions make cleaning more difficult and urged the committee to review locations of bacteria advisory signs and to support the summer garbage contract during budget season.
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