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<br /> As per the provisions under Mashpee’s Home Rule Authority (MGL CH. 43B), the <br />Mashpee Conservation Commission public comment hearing on proposed revisions to <br />Regulation 25 – Land subject to coastal storm flowage, under the Chapter 172 Wetland <br />Bylaw <br /> <br />Hearing Opening & Procedures <br /> Public comment period established with 3-minute guideline, with Draft 8 adopted by <br />Commission and reviewed by legal counsel ready for final review <br /> Commission will review all comments and potentially send back to legal counsel for <br />secondary review if substantial changes needed before proceeding to publication hearing <br />Public Comments – Mary Waygan (Planning Board Member) <br /> Ms. Waygan emphasized importance of floodplains for wildlife habitat, pollution <br />prevention, and flood/storm damage mitigation especially with climate change <br />intensifying storm events <br /> Recommended changing word ‘restricted’ to ‘prohibited’ in Section 6 (last paragraph) <br />and Section 7 (first paragraph) for clarity <br /> <br />Public Comments – Karen Faulkner (Planning Board Member) <br /> Ms. Faulkner supported final draft emphasizing of regulation reduces development in <br />floodplains to safeguard flood absorption, wildlife habitats, and prevent pollution while <br />mitigating taxpayer costs <br /> Referenced scientific backing from Woods Hole Oceanographic, NOAA, and FEMA for <br />flood hazard mapping and risk assessment <br /> Detailed performance standards including undeveloped lots in FEMA AE minimum wave <br />action zones requiring natural vegetation preservation and existing building renovation <br />guidelines with flood-restraint construction <br /> Addressed vertical walls (seawalls/bulkheads) in A zones within 150 ft of coast causing <br />structural damage and erosion, noting fair provisions for walls meeting building codes <br /> Highlighted most serious V zones and AO zones covering parts of Popponesset Island, <br />Monomoscoy, and Seconsett with wave heights at minimum 3 ft and irregular flow <br />patterns <br /> Recommended adding definition of ‘flood resistant construction’ in velocity zones <br />including elevation on pilings, proper anchoring, and structural fill prohibition <br /> <br />Agent Discussion <br /> Agent attended a meeting with Popponesset Beach Association, which raised concern <br />about contradictory language in Performance Standard #2 where existing buildings <br />limited to existing footprints but next sentence allows case-by-case evaluation for <br />footprint increases <br /> Suggested rewording to add ‘meets critical characteristics and presumption of <br />significance of landscape into coastal storm flow as stated in this regulation’ for <br />consistency <br /> <br />Motion <br /> Mr. Cook made a motion to close the hearing, which Ms. Zollo seconded. <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />