1/10/1979 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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'u MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARINGS REG ULAR MEETING DATE: January 10.s 1979 Mashpee Town Ha TIME: 700 P.M. Chairperson DeLory opened the meeting: with the following members of the Commission present: Dorothy Studley, Barbara Slbanev Charles Buckinghamp Jim Le a rWayne Tavares and Norman Dias. Also attendance were: Frank Hoft meyer.1 Carmine DeSimonep Pry Hicks: Thomas McGuire, Oliver P cknett, Vincent Lopez, Ernie Roberts, Louis Bo itto Virginia Landry and Dorothy Stone. Mrs. DeLory read the folly aloud: "Notice is hereby given of a con-w tinbLance of a Public Hearing under the provisions of G,*L& Chap. 131, Sec. 40 and Chap, III Art. III of the Town of Mashpee Conservation by-law on Wed., January 102 1979 at 7:30 P.I . at Mashpee Torn Ball on the notice of Intent filed by the F Torn of Mashpee to replace ineek .nd" material removed in the storm of February 1978 at Barrier Beach, Mashpee., Ma.; .n accordance with plans on file with the Conservation Commission.' Mrs. DeLory said that she has had conversations with DEQE engineers and Richard Dorcas of the Vederal Disaster Recovery Team., who have advised the Com- mission to continue this a minims of ten weeks., or more.. until the en on- mental. impact study is made. Mr. Hicks said that the contract for the study has been awarded to Camp, Dresser & McKee. Mr. Hicks further said that the Town has applied for assistance for are storing Barrier Beach under the Mderal Disaster Recovery Program or HUD. The HUD guidelines are much more restricted than applying under the Federal Dis- aster. We weri3 apparently not eligible under Federal Disaster because it has to b'e man-e ade and maintained to be eligible. He further said that what we propose to material is restore Barrier Beach with like obtained in. the ge�n� p eral area of the existing beach. a Mrs. Studley asked if part of that land will be privately owned lard as well as T awn of Mashpee land* Mrs* Sloane said that the Town of Mashpee doesn't have any land there m that it is wed by New Seabury Corporation and the Audubon Society, Mr. Hicks said that he received a call from the Federal. Disaster Re� covery Team and he referred then to the Selectmen to give the technical answer s fax as ownership is concerned. As far as they are concernedo concernedfrom the coastal zone maps it is privately owned. Since the storm., they no longer wish to claim it. fir. LeClair asked, Iden itis fixed up will they clam it?" He added that we should rake sure that Fields Pint Manufacturing does rt go putting in cabanas and such. . Dicks said that $3431000-00 is set aside for the program - they do the engineering, the impact study, let the contracts, pay the bills a- we don 1t handle nickel. Ali. we do is rake application and meet certain federal guidelines it's the only way public funds can be used,. Mr. Lopez asked what part of the beach does -New S abury Corporation claim. Mrs. DeLory said that the CorporationIs property is on the entrance to the Spit.,