1/19/1978 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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in closer to the septic system. Mrs. Studley said that the Commission had is. sued a temporary order which is the reason those cement blocks were there be. fore. The wave action along that entire area has made all these little pools that's happened since the period that the cement things were in there - a cou- ple of years. Mr. Kuebler said that if you look out towards the mean, you can see, during low tide, a shoal out there - 3001 offshore -- he said when he was a. id (he's 30 now 'it was all beach - it's all gone - it's true even down at o p- ponesset. Corp .rig pastures taken in the mid-601s, 15' of the beach has been lost. Kuebler said that there were two things to consider. First, that the omission go mead and find that the erosion and the threat to the Condominium can be considered ars emergency under the provisions of the Act and the Commission allow thea o 'go ahead and put some sort of sandbag rip-rap behind the concrete existing wall; second, try to build up the beach by putting sandbags along the beach as they have done at Morris Island and other places, He said be asked fir. Lane -to come tonight, but he couldn't. e said Mr. Lane is willing to meet with the Corfflu* ssion and take thea to any site on the Cape and show them the concept, adding that he Mr. ueb .er would be glad to coordinate any kind of a get-to- gether. et-to-- gether. Mrs. Studley asked if he had made plans to get these bags filled and he said he was currently looking into it and that he would like to do something behind the concrete and get it started - -putting the bags in is a better solution than using fill. Mr. Dias was concerned if the material of the bags would affee, shellfish or an thing - apparently not. He said he wouldn't want to see it o the beach Front, but behind the wail is perfect with him. Mrs. Studley said that the only thing the C mra.sslon can act on tonight i the emergency procedure to protect the condominium. The Commission can Grote t place those bags behind the interlocking concrete blocks to see if it will stop that erosion, ander the emergency provisions of the Act. All members agreed. Mrs. Studley said that what the Commssion wants is those bags filled behind those concrete interlocking blocks and that's all until New Seabury files Notice of Intent. Ir. Kuebler said that he can be trusted. He also said that he does have to go on record that he would like to be able to do this on the beach because be thinks it's a suitable answer. He 's asking that they be allowed to do it and added that he realizes that the Commission is going to say he 's not allowed to do i t. It was stated that he has to have a permit and then go thrugb the Army Corps of Engineers and if he wants to go ahead and file a notice of Intent, to get expert testimony - get current pictures of areas where this has been done the Corps of Engineers and State Division of waterways comes into it - when one goes below the high water mnar it- affects the right- of the public to access, Mr. Kuebler would welcome any suggestions as to other solutions as he is not completely sold on the sandbags. firs. Studley said that the only permanent solution to that is rip-rap and Mr. Kuebler said be' isn't talking about the bank. Mrs. Studley said that Mother Nature takes care of it. Mrs.. DeLory said that the Commission has been down to the beach to look at certain tangs - there will be stairway banging doirm 61 over the beach and the next storm will come and it will be buried under the sand. Mr. Kuebler said that the sand grabber concept is very similar to this, but he is in favor of the sandbag concept because it's cheaper, Held rather use that down on the beach as opposed to rip-rap - you could just rip bags and walk away from a relatively small expense. if you didn't like the sand grabber*, it would be a great expense to break it up and the beach would be littered with concrete blocks. The sand wrabber was out right on the Duxbury Public Beach and it's un- �