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r <br /> 3) New SeabuTidewath <br /> A. New Sea-bury- Enforcement Orders . <br /> Mark Gurnee gives a summary of the project stating that if has been problematic because of its <br /> uniqueness and lack of any history of success or failure for bank stabilization. Mr. Gurnee says that it <br /> • has been on the marginal side of being acceptable although still an improvement so he has been <br /> documenting the project for the last three or four months. Mr. Gurnee took several pictures including <br /> pictures during the height of hurricane Sandy and states that the surf was not breaking over the wall <br /> but the water was above the base of the pilings and actively splashing over. There was a lot of sand <br /> Ions-at both ends and where the pilings were previously buried;they are now up about 6.5' exposed. <br /> Most of the sand on the front side was lest during the storm and very minimal since then. Mr. Gurnee <br /> says there is sand being damned up on the back side of the pilings; about 1"— 1 1/2'. Chairman <br /> Fitzsimmons states that he looked at it today and everything looked groat. Mr. Gurnee says that <br /> there are little rocks getting stuck between the pilings and is concerned about the rooks long term <br /> because they will continue to pilo up. He says there have been discussions of placing something <br /> between the pilings to held therm apart but the spacing is random and still getting jammed up with a <br /> bunch of rocks. It does not appear to be impeding the flew of sand though and that is what i <br /> important. Mr. Gurnee says at the end of the pilings as the same with ether revetments/structure <br /> walls is a problem because of the erosion, especially after Sandy, and with this project the property <br /> next doer lost their stairs. There is a very steep cliff that was badly eroded. Mr. Gurnee comments <br /> on ar "mouse-bite 12 rear the steps-at Tidewat h property where the sand is gone and for a while it was <br /> just heavy rock but is now covered with sand. r <br /> Barry Fogel, representative for the Board of Trustees for Tid wat h, briefly summarizes previous <br /> meetings and states that he thought after the last meeting it had been agreed upon the fact that there <br /> were boulders buried under the sand that were used as leverage for a length of 90'. Mr. Fogel says <br /> that one of their concerns is that since the boulders were placed, it appears that some of the smaller <br /> boulders tumbled out onto the beach creating a hazardous area and enhancing the wave energy that <br /> causes erosion. Mr. Fogel states that Tidewat h still requests the Commission to direct through <br /> some kind of Order that the boulders be removed from the full length of the wall. They Tid wat h <br /> aro still an advocate for spacing the timbers with 2" spacers for top and bottom. Mr. Fogel states that <br /> he would like to rate that the third party consultant that the town engaged, Greg Berman, wrote back <br /> in October where he evaluated both Tidewath and New Seabury's project in which he spoke of the <br /> boulders and hew they may be exacerbating wave energy should core out. Agent McManus reads <br /> Mr. Berman's quote for the record and agrees that the boulders would be better served elsewhere. <br /> The'agent says that Mr. Berman also mentioned the gravel that is accumulating behind the piles with <br /> each storm event and recommends 11} rubber spacers to ensure V spacing between the pilings. It <br /> will need to be monitored to be sure that the cobbles are not filling the voids and blocking the flew of <br /> water and sediment. <br /> Robert Mills, representing Bayswater, states that he feels there is a couple of housekeeping matter's <br /> that need to be attended to; an Enforcement Order had been previously discussed but since then, the <br /> 2 x 4's and filter fabric have been removed. Mr. Mi I Is sags that he was under the i mpression that an <br /> Enfer em nt Order would be issued after the fact and thea a Certificate of Compliance would be <br /> issued concurrently or immediately after indicating that they were in compliance. Mr. Mills states that <br /> after that happened, he thought the nett step would be to consider the separation of the pilings but it <br /> may seem to be less ars issue today than the last time everyone met. Mr. Mills states that some of <br /> the pilings are more than " apart. IIIb. Gurnee states that there are manor pilings that are not 211 <br /> and <br /> he is in agreement with Mr. Fogel about keeping the 2YY spacing. Mr. Mills states they are not <br /> opposed to the rubber spacing but he feels that the first step should be completed first. Agent <br /> McManus asks if he means the Enforcement Order and Mr. Mills confirms and states that they can <br /> then move on to the second step being the spacers. Mr. Mills says that in regards to the boulders <br /> that have been an ongoing discussion because the boulders were there and they relocated therm a <br /> best they could to the location that they were taken from. Mr. Mills states that they recognize that the <br />