Area Plan Implementation Teams
Blue Team – Service & Facilities
Team Focus
Implementing the Greater Tom Nevers Area Plan with initiatives in
three key areas: 1. Road Maintenance, 2. Water Quality, 3. Fire
Protection.
Action Steps to be Taken
1. Maintenance of Dirt Roads
- Contact island contractors to obtain rough estimates to grade the Tom
Nevers West roads.
- Publish the contractor's information in the TNCA newsletter to
facilitate the formation of local committees to deal with road
maintenance.
2. Groundwater Protection
- Collect the information related to groundwater protection and provide it
to property owners through the TNCA newsletter.
- Contact the Nantucket Landscapers association and request that they
provide similar information and recommendations to their customers in
the Tom Nevers Area.
3. Water Testing
- Contact the University of Massachusetts field station to develop a
detailed plan for testing water quality in the Greater Tom Nevers Area
and coordinate this plan with the appropriate Town agencies.
- Solicit volunteers to participate in the plan and to collect and
process the samples.
- Publicize the results of the sampling efforts regularly in the TNCA
newsletter.
4. Fire Protection (Water Supply)
- Contact the Nantucket Fire Department and request that they review the existing
sources of water for fire protection and recommend additional supplies,
where needed, in the Greater Tom Nevers Area.
- Solicit volunteers in each local area to publicize the
recommendations from the Fire Department, examine possible sources of
funding, and implement those recommendations for which funding is
available.
Progress to Date
We’re happy to report progress in three of our areas of focus:
- Road Maintenance — Property-owners along some of our dirt roads
have already begun to form informal associations, getting together
to deal with improved road maintenance on their streets.
- Water Quality — Sarah Oktay of the UMASS Nantucket Field Station
has agreed to design and implement an ongoing water-quality testing
and monitoring program for us in Tom Nevers.
- Fire Protection — The Nantucket Fire Department has confirmed
that we have a fully adequate water supply to meet our fire
protection needs in Tom Nevers. (e.g., their large capacity pumper
trucks, their water-pumping stand in Tom Nevers Pond, our hydrant on
Wood Hollow Road, plus water mains along Milestone Road. In
addition, a new water main close to ‘Sconset will add further
redundancy.)
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