7/9/1992 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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JULY 9,` 1992 4 CONSERVATION COMMISSION - TOWN O MISSIONTOWN OF MASHPEE 16 CREAT NECK RD NORTH h ASHPEE, MASSACHUSETTS 02649 SUBJECT: MAUSHOP VILLAGE REVETMENT DEAR COMMISSIONERS, AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS RESULTING FROM THE SUBJECT PROJECT. BASICALLY, THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING ACCESS TO A PRIME SURF FISHING AREA DCBE TO DISPLACEMENT OF THE INTERTIDAL ZONE IN THE AFFECTED AREA AND THE COST TO THE TOWN FOR CONTINUED MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE TO ORDERED CONDITIONS ARE MY PRIME CONSIDERATIONS. ASHPEE RESIDENTS, iITHOUT BOATS, HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOUND IIIA BAYING A STICKER FOR SOUTH CAPE BEACH OR BY LUCKING O INTO ONE OF THE SO CALLED FOUR PARKING SPACES AT WADING PLACE ROAD.AT ONE TIME THERE WERE OTHER ACCESS POINTS ,, e .g. OCF LANDING, BEFORE THE DEVELOPERS DID THEIR THI NO: NOW SURF FISHING POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO LONG HIKES ACROSS SOFT SAND FROM TWO POINTS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE TOWNS SHORE LINE THE COMMISSION SHOULD NOTE THE AREAS IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING REVETMENT AT THE NEW SEABURY CONDOS AND MAUSHOP VILLAGE ARE PRIME FISHING SPOTS AT HIGH TIDE FOR BONITO, FALSE ALBACORE AND SPANISH MACKEREL DURING LATE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. SURF FISHING IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING REVETMENT IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE HIGH TIDE LINE EXTENDING UP THE REVETMENT.A DUPLICATION OF THIS CONDITION WOULD EXACERBATE THE EXISTING PROBLEM AND DEPRIVE CITIZENS OF THEIR HISTORIC RIGHTS. ALTHOUGH I Aid IN FAVOR OF THE PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY THE ENVIRONMENTALLY INTRUSIVE NATURE OF THIS PROJECT REQUIRES AN EFFECTIVE ORDER OF CONDITIONS CONCURRENT WITH STRICT MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE.THE COST OF COMMISSION MONITORING IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS OF ACCESS OR THE TAX DOLLARS OF MASHPEE'S CITIZENS. THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO A THREE YEAR RENEWABLE PERIOD WITH ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SAFEGUARDS TO FUND TOWN ACTIONS IF CONDITIONS REQUIRED ARE NOT MET THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS SHOULD INCLUDE SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION TO THE TOWN TO OFFSET THE COST OF MONITORING THE PROJECT . THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING BEACH TO A MINIMUM CONFIGURATION AS DEFINED BY UGRO—SIC CLELLAND IN THEIR JUNE 19 1992 LETTER TO THE COMMISSION_ S CERELY I, i DA RD A BAKER 197 CAPTAINS ROW MASHPEE,MA 02649 r