Portal
Home
Calendar
Gallery
FAQ
Search
Register
Log inDexter seeks compromise on boat launch
Dexter seeks compromise on boat launch
by Outspoken on Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:06 am
Dexter seeks compromise on boat launch
By Diana Bowley
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
DEXTER, Maine — The Town Council and the Dexter Utilities District will meet this week in an attempt to reach a compromise regarding the primitive boat launch on Lake Wassookeag.
The issue came to a head in 2005 when the Dexter planning board first granted a permit to the state to make the primitive launch into a permanent boat launch.
The primitive launch site has been used over the years by owners of larger boats who can’t access the big lake from the state’s boat launch on the smaller part of the lake. The two portions of the lake are connected by an overpass on Route 23.
The district is opposed to the move and wants the facility closed because the public drinking water supply’s intake system is located just 681 feet away. Worried about future contamination, the trustees filed a complaint last fall in Superior Court to stop the process.
A stay of proceedings until Jan. 2 was granted by the court at the request of the district to allow the boards to work on a compromise. If a compromise is not reached by that date, the matter will be handled by the court.
“Can we make a compromise that’s going to satisfy everybody?” acting Town Manager David Pearson asked. “The answer is no, but at some point we have to say OK, we can benefit most of the people, if not all of the people.”
Although a meeting last month was aided by a jointly hired mediator, the 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, meeting will be between the Town Council and the utilities district. While the meeting is public, no public comment will be taken, according to Pearson.
“The one thing we have in common — the water district and the town — is that we really don’t want to spend a lot more money on attorneys,” Pearson said.
From the earlier meeting of the two boards, the district was to seek an objective technical analysis to assess the risk of the boat launch to the public drinking water, and the town was asked to search the lake’s shorefront for an alternative boat launch site.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/94284.html
BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO
By Diana Bowley
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
DEXTER, Maine — The Town Council and the Dexter Utilities District will meet this week in an attempt to reach a compromise regarding the primitive boat launch on Lake Wassookeag.
The issue came to a head in 2005 when the Dexter planning board first granted a permit to the state to make the primitive launch into a permanent boat launch.
The primitive launch site has been used over the years by owners of larger boats who can’t access the big lake from the state’s boat launch on the smaller part of the lake. The two portions of the lake are connected by an overpass on Route 23.
The district is opposed to the move and wants the facility closed because the public drinking water supply’s intake system is located just 681 feet away. Worried about future contamination, the trustees filed a complaint last fall in Superior Court to stop the process.
A stay of proceedings until Jan. 2 was granted by the court at the request of the district to allow the boards to work on a compromise. If a compromise is not reached by that date, the matter will be handled by the court.
“Can we make a compromise that’s going to satisfy everybody?” acting Town Manager David Pearson asked. “The answer is no, but at some point we have to say OK, we can benefit most of the people, if not all of the people.”
Although a meeting last month was aided by a jointly hired mediator, the 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, meeting will be between the Town Council and the utilities district. While the meeting is public, no public comment will be taken, according to Pearson.
“The one thing we have in common — the water district and the town — is that we really don’t want to spend a lot more money on attorneys,” Pearson said.
From the earlier meeting of the two boards, the district was to seek an objective technical analysis to assess the risk of the boat launch to the public drinking water, and the town was asked to search the lake’s shorefront for an alternative boat launch site.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/94284.html
BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO
"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."
Plato (427-347 BC)
Plato (427-347 BC)
