08/23/1990 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission August 2 , 1990 'age 13. Mr. Chairman, i s this germain MR, GLASS: Okay, this is the end of my presentation. We now formally request that an investigation be undertaken to require that all owners of beaches on Fells Pond who have sand upon their beaches be accorded the same treatment as we have experienced. This is not an anonymous complaint, it's coming from Mrs, Glass and myself MRS. GLASS: And beyond our pond, all New Seabury people who abut any wetlands* MR. GLASS: We further request (MRS. GLASS: And Mashpee.) that the matter of defoliation of the property abutting ours be investigated and that civil and crimnal penalties provided by law be vigorously prosecuted. We ask that any action concerning our beach be tabled until such time as action is taken on all beaches, docks and fauna in New Seabury. We will submit these documents for the file and for your further scrutiny. C R: Mr. Glass, did you put sand upon the beach with a valid permi t, or not? MR, GLASS: I put sand on the beach in a mistaken impression that it slid not require it, I made a mistake, MRS. GLASS: We bought the property with sand on the beach, just like bark to hold our hills, it i.s replacing what we have.., We take great pride, as you all admitted being on our property on a lovely Sunday morning, that we take particular pride, year after year; we're probably the best maintained lot in New Seabury, if not in all of Mashpee. . GLASS: Ie were not aware that sand, which we consider an inorganic matter, would in any way nourish the pond so we placed the sand upon the beach, eight tons, approximately three-quarters of an inch, as the environmental impact study shows, and the environmental impact study further shows that there is no damage to any of the flora or fauna or�wildlife, as required by state law. We filed all of the certificates, we paid all of the fees and we just think the thing is dragging on and resembles more persecution than prosecution. MRS. GLASS: And cooperation. Here is a manual telling to educate and cooperate. People don't always understand what is expected of them. You are supposed to help inform, for cooperation, we are doing that; we would intend to continue to do that but this is going beyond the norm. Them is something that smells here and we are not troublemakers, as we told you, we always cooperate. We apologize if this has created any extra time for your people to spend on when perhaps you could be doing more important work but I told you then, we will continue this, it will not be just our beach, it is going to be all of 'ashpee; everybody that abuts any water, any Wetlands, will be required to 'do the same thing as we. MR. GLASS: And if you need complaints, we will provide the complaints. MRS. GLASS: We will make a blanket one. S : If you make the complaints, Mr. Glass, I will personally investigate them. Since any charater was brought into question here, I want to assure you that in my sixteen months here I have never refused to look at a violation that has been suggested to me and to suggest that 1 have is improper. SSR. GLASS: What I am suggesting to you is that when you came on my property and saw my reach, you also saw half a dozen other beaches and if your duties are the responsibility to assure that that pond isn't destroyed, then it can't just rest with an anonymous complaint. You have to look at that complainer and say, now why did that person complain about this beach when the other beach has the same. .