3/14/2011 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Minutes March 14, 2011 ------ APPOINTMENTS &BEARINGS: Public Bean —Richard Cook,Amlication for New One Acre Shellfish Grant�- opyoneset Bad cont'd Peter Thomas,slice-Chair of the Shellfish Commission announced the unanimous vote of his committee on March 8,, 2011 to support the shellfish grant in opponesset Bay. Mr. Thomas indicated the area does not have.a shellfish resource; It lies Within a 150' buffer zone,and does not present a hazard to navigation. It was also noted the applicant has operated a shellfish farm in Ockway Bay for the past thirty years without incident. The Selectmen were in receipt of a lever of opposition from Charles Clough,Jr. of 211 Daniels island load Mashpee dated March 2, 2011. Ryan wall of Troy Wall Associates was in attendance representing Leslie Caffyn of 10 Popponesset Island Road who is opposed to the above referenced application. Attorney Wall presented correspondence to the Selectmen dated March 14, 2011 with respect to this regard. (Enclosed in the official officecopy) Mr. wail indicated that Ms. Caff-yn's home lies at the base of the peninsula. Within the grant area, Mr. Cook proposes to install 3,000 shellfish aquaculture cages. Each cage consists of three racks separated from the bottom and from-each other with spacers. The 4'x4' cages, 18"in height are intended to be placed in rows separated by approximately 2' that v ili occupy nearly 50,000 square feet of bottom. An estimated 1,000 oysters will be grown in each cage totaling 3,000,000 oysters in the grant area. The grant area is approximately 30' offshore from the edge of the marsh, 120' vide and 60+ - long. Attorney Wall disagreed the cages would be invisible. He stated that approximately 1 of the grant area would be exposed at every low tide cycle. The remainder of the grant area would be exposed once a month. That equates to 1,000 at every low tide and 2,000 protruding monthly at extremely low tide. Mr.. Wall indicated d at Ms. C yn is vehemently opposed to the proposal, and does not intend to send a letter in support of the project. M.r. W91 stated the applicant desires a license for up to 10 yew at a cost of$25 per year. By lave, the license can be conferred,but it is not intended to interfere with the private rights of property.