[ATMoB-discuss] Re: [Nelpag] Light Pollution efforts in Gloucester MA

[mmotta at massmed.org]

Thnaks. I will send you a copy of the ordinance
tonight. As far as the presentation, the powerpoint is
a large file because of all theimages I took at night
included as examples. I will ask Bernie Volz, etc about
the feasability of simply placing the powerpoint on the
ATMOB wesite or other location so it can be FTP
possibly. Of course you can freely copy it at the next
meeting, no problem.

Mario

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:01:28 -0500, Bern Kosicki wrote:



Mario,
Congratulations to Gloucester and you!  At the
oversight meeting of
our Acton Outdoor Lighting Education Committee before
the Board of
Selectmen last night I mentioned that Gloucester was
about to pass a new
ODL regulation, and that our group had some input. 
Great to hear it
is almost done!
I'll bring a flash drive to the meeting- I'd like to
get a copy of your
PPT presentation.
Also, do you have a copy of the actual regulations that
will be
passed (or are they posted somewhere)?  I like to
collect these,
especially from Massachusetts cities and towns.  Maybe
NELPAG should
start to make a focused effort to collect Mass ODL
regulations from all
towns and cities that have them.  One of the first
questions I'm
asked when talking to people from another town is "what
other Mass
towns have ODL regulations?"
Regards,
Bernie Kosicki
At 09:27 PM 11/27/2006, Mario E. Motta wrote:
Hello all,
    After many meetings, and redrafts, the effort to get
light pollution laws passed in Gloucester MA are
picking up steam. The
town attorneys have approved of the measure. The Mayor
has publicly
approved of the measure, and that fact was reported in
the town
newspaper, The Gloucester daily Times today, on the
front Page! I was
interviewed on local access TV on light pollution last
week (will be
shown a few times), and tonight had the first step in
final approval: I
gave a presentation on a powerpoint on light pollution
to the
"public" before presenting to the City Council.
Tonight's presentation went well, had a reasonable
crowd. To my surprise,
the only comments were why the light pollution laws do
not go far enough!
The townspeople present actually want tougher laws than
we are
presenting! There were 2 business people, including an
owner of a
silversmith on Main Street, who admitted some initial
skepticism from the
newspaper, but after my presentation, states he is
fully on board, wants
me to present to the Chamber of Commerce, feels I would
get full
support.
     Next, the law will be forwarded to the city
council, and sometime in next 4-8 weeks, will present
to them and a final
vote for approval.
It has been a year long process, but I am amazed at the
amount of
community support from many quarters in town!
I plan on pushing hard on state efforts next year,
and... I am meeting
with Representative Tierney (North Shore Congressman).
He had recently
attended a light pollution discussion at Sylvania 2
months ago. I will
meet with him on Medical issues, but... I hope to
convince him to draft
and submit a light pollution law to cover Federal
Highways.
The beat goes on. I will be happy to give a copy of my
presentation
available to anyone who wants it, feel free to use to
move the message in
your own locale, feel free to copy and plagiarize. The
Powerpoint is 42MB
however, too large to e-mail. At the next meeting,
bring a flash drive
and copy, or I can make a few CD's. Join the fight!
Mario Motta
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