7/14/1988 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission July- 14, 1989. � Page- 13. going to leach has essentially leached; maybe that's mate.. � Mr. Rosenberg asked if the wall was 20 years old and Mr. Govoni stated it was about 20 years old. Nor. Rosenberg stated he was not asking about the original one, what's there now? Mr. Govoni stated there was nothing there now. Lisa suggested. Mr. Gown i be. given a 1 i st of what the Commission is looking for. Mr. Govoni stated he was told by an informed person that he should appeal it and go directly to DE. He stated he did not want to do that and cause a problem. - He would like to get it done through the Commission. But, if someone gets injured falling of that Lisa told his he would get the same questions from D . I r. =- o oni stated, abe I will but I can't continue, if someone tells me what they, V- 11 get them, but I can' t keep coming back The Chairman called for comment-s from abutters. Peter Briggs, 15 James Circle, Lot 47, stated- he had not seen any plans. This is a difficult thing and he waited a long time for the problem- to resolve itself. `his. whole projec.t- got out of hand. He started by building walls. He was under the impression the project had been stopped. The poles, when you' re talking about 20 ,rears, the po.1es- in- the water have-. been. there-. 3 weekksI& .-_ They were,- put . in--three_.. weeks ago. -.. ked the kid who. was putting them in. do you have approval to do this. He shrugged his shoulders and said, mfr DEQE number is coming; I'm -s bmitti g- my -det iled p Iot. _. her: .- r i ggs stated, I know -you can't build walls i-n the. water without permission. I get hurt because it' s my beach. If it goes out there, Vw,-not going to. have a beach. 1. have retaining walls, but I:built mine 30 feet back from the water to allow for a beach. You build them above the wash J ine and far enough back; build them 2 feet from the water and -the water is goi -g- to- washy your wal l , down. - Then you- come along and say I'm going to build a wall out in the water to protect the wall that I built upp on land. I t is easy for- me, I was the first house in, so any grades were established by me. I have walls going here, he pointed to the plan, I did, and noir they' re coming over. He was asked to clarify the statement. Mr. Briggs stated the walls are toppling over. Mrs. Ferriday asked . i f that was because of the building on this side? He stated they weren't before. Mr.- Govoni. stated -they- were, -Mr. Briggs talked to Jia Sinclair about it. .- Those walls were in bad shape when I started building o my -property. To . r. .-,Briggs he. said, If you* re going to tell the truth, tell thee- whole truth. That wall', right here, was there and I can get ver f i cat i ori from 011ie. Are you- telling me that little short wall wasn' t there? It was there until we started the project. , Ir, Br i ggs stated that wall hasn' t been there for 5 years.