10/24/1979 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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SELECTMEN' S MINUTES October 2 , 1979 Page assist in this safety factor, what will happen to the septic systems , fire containment, water suppler, etc. in the new de- velopment that New. eabu y plans such ;as The villages , Tide Run, Teal Harbor, Little Neck Bay, Muse Apartments, Maushop Village oo condominiums) plu ,,- o aoreas that -were just purchased from Whitcomb by the New Seabury Corp. alone the Mashee River. Selectman Benway felt that two issues were being confused. He explains that the Town of Mashpee went to court fo rt years ago on the zoning question and the future number of villages and density Dlanned claiming the New Seabury Corp. permits were not effective as the. -time limit to construct has expired. The legal process : Superior Court, Appeals Court, and the Supreme Court determined the original zoning New Seabury had in 1962 authorizing 1.700 units is applicable. Any future plans for SC.B will go before the Town for approval. Mr, Sloane asked Mr. Benway to include Great River and wa- quoit Bay in this discussion as SCB has an impact on those areas also. Mr. Benway said that as of yesterday (10/23) , the ACEC des- ignation includes all of 'aquoit -Bay, SCB, Jehu Pond, Wash- burn Island and excludes Monomoscoy Islands , one-half of Great River and ' econse tt Island. The Board' s maim concern is to maintain a deep- water access from Waquoit Bay to Nan- tucket Sound as Mashpee is the only Town without such an access, or, docking facilities . It would not be feasible to use Popponesset Bay for docking purposes as it has a severe shoaling problem, Acquiring State funds to improve this barrier beach has not been successful. The only avenue open to restore the barrier beach may be to truck in compatable sand and plant grass. We must remember that the same laws which apply to Poppone s s e t Bay apply to Waco uoi t Bay i e. "Wet- lands Act, Title V" , Septage, Conservation, etc. The ACEC language is very broad and the more CZM works on the ACEC language, the more exclusions there are, it defeats the pur- pose of the designation, The area can be protected by local zoning and by-laws . At this point, Selectman Garland reviewed and described to those present a map of sB prepared by the State in 1974 which outlines proposed uses. As he pointed to Jehu Pond he noted that this pond is stagnated and if something is not done (this would require new dredging) , the pond will become a cranberry bog. He supported Mt. Benway' s remark that ef- forts over the past' several gears to acquire state funds for dredging, and placing .a 14 ' culvert at Monomoscoy have been denied.