5/23/1984 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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i r.],onervat'on commission 'minutes of May23, 1984 a Meletiag With Attorney James Filson re: I��aus op violation hands of the lawyers and the courts possib .y& He said that they would prefer to avoid that as it is costly and it intends to inflame emotions more. said that . there is a way to bridge the co.1munication gap or straighten things out before they get out of hand, they would .Like to do that, Chairperson Studley said that one of the reasons which they gave for is- suing the Cease & Desist order is. that.there was debris dumped on the beach. She said that the Commission has letters from t%�To of the resi- dents of the area who observed the dumping of the debris on the beach. C.hairpersor Studley said that she was informed on one Sunday evening about 9 :00 p.m. that there was a huge pile of sand and debris waiting to ao over the edge of the bank. She said that she called mso. Collins and spoke t her about it and the next morning before the crack of dawn and by arti f i- cial light, the men and equipment were over there moving the stuff onto the beach o that when she arrived for an on-site nspecti at 10:00 ,m. . was conveniently tly cone. She said it ways observed by residents of the area, Chairperson Studley said that a letter was received from Mrs. Betsy Henning,, The letter was read into the minutes. Attorney Wilson asked for a copy o the letter. Chairperson Studley read a portion of another letter received from Mr. John Henning. into the minutes. She said that they also may have a copy of that letter, Jean Thomas, who' arrived at the meeting after the earlier discussion, asked the Chairperson if she had discussed the meeting with Town Counsel with the Commission. Chairperson Studley said that a motion was made to permit the Chairman to 6ign cease and desist orders in cases of emergency. She said that she also asked the Commission as to whether or not they would be in favor of ketaining : t6wn counsel to settle this ratter and get the area back into the original condition --- clamshell road out and reseeded and properly graded. In other words, the violations taken care of. Jean Thomas asked if she explained to the Commission that town counsel reviewed the total file of the project. Chairperson replied "no, because it was time for the hearings to begin at the time we were discussing it". At this point in the meeting, pictures were reviewed showing ebr i s, the clamshell l road and pictures taken by Mr. Brooks on Thursday, May loth, showing heavy equipment operating on Maushop Village bluff for several hours after the Cease & Desist Order was issued) . Jean Thomas told the Commission that Chairperson Studley spent almost two hours with Town Counsel reviewing the project. She said that it was upon his advice that she was bringing the suggestion that we seek his counsel.