11/7/1985 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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• a TOWN OF MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION �J# P.O. BOX 208 MAMPEE, MASSACHUSEITS 02649 Hearing was held on October 2 , 1985 before the Mashpee Conservation Commission for the purpose of determining whether or not an emergency situation exists at Maushop Beach, New Seabury, Mashpee , Massachusetts as a result of recent weather conditions effected by the Hurricane Gloria on or about September 27, 1985. The hearing was requested by the New Seabury Corporation. Represent- ative for the Corporation at this hearing was Peggy Collins of BSC/ Cape Cod Survey Consultants, 3261 Main Street, Barnstable , Mass. Present for the Commission were : March duPont, Chairman;a.n; Pauline ebory, Vice Chairman; Louisa ehrma ; E, Stuart Peoples and Elliot Rosenberg. At the commencement of the hearing, Chairman duPont stated; "This hearing has not been posted in accordance with the ' open meeting law! and it will be limited to evidence to establish whether emergency conditions exist" Ms . Collins stated, "We are here requesting permission from this Commission to nourish the Maushop Beach which has been severely eroded s a result of Hurricane Gloria, severely eroded to the point- of there being, at the site , an emergency situation where the cliffs are overhanging and unstable , As you know, this relates to the civil court case or the evil action No . 4440and simply, as stated, we" would like permission to go down and using the access known as the ' clam-shell road' and place a minimum of twenty-thousand cubic y�rds of compatible sand on that beach. As you know, those of you who have seem it 1 have some photographs to show it to you) , since the Hurri- cane there is erosion not only along the bank but the head of the road-- way, clam-shell roadway, has been gullied and some fill will be re- quired there simply for accessing the machinery that would have t dump the sand or cart it down the beach," Chairman duPont: "What was the amount of sand' s . Collins : "Not less than twenty-thousand cubic yards . I'm taking wording directly from the Motion to Modify the Restraining Order. I think we all ought to be consistent with the wording. It has been calculated by engineers at New Seabury to be somewhere in the mature f twenty-thousand to thirty-thousand cubic yards actually needed t go in and fill the holes that have been created. But the wording that went to the court is 'not less than twenty-thousand cubic yards' *" Ms ** l r annn,: "So, that's a minimum amount." Ms . Collins : "Yes"