During the May 23 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, residents of Marina Drive were asked to attend and discuss drainage piping they plan to install.
The residents said they have been struggling for years with drainage problems in and around Marina Drive, a private roadway. Several residents said numerous calls to Town Hall and the Highway Department had not resulted in any assistance, although the Highway Department has annually completed roadway-maintenance services. Things seemed now to have reached the tipping point, as one resident exclaimed, “We need help!”
Present to share their concerns were Mark and Stacey Lane, William Ebert, Lyn Pelland, Liz Carvalho and Alan and Sherri Panek.
Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King said he was sympathetic to the conditions the residents were facing and wanted to help them achieve permitted work.
After a lengthy discussion in which the residents described Marina Drive as impassible, said that children could not ride bikes on the road due to numerous potholes and that emergency vehicles would be hard pressed to reach some homes, King offered what little assistance was available from the commission. King said he would reach out to the Plymouth County Mosquito Control services and have drainage features in the area cleaned out. The bottom line for the residents, however, would be to hire a professional engineering firm for permanent solutions.
In other matters, David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon and Leone Inc. represented three clients having their cases heard in a consecutive manner.
First up was a Request for Determination of Applicability filed by Mike and Jeanne Connon, 65 Mattapoisett Neck Road, for the installation of a 53-foot-long sewer pipe to an existing sewer grinder pump basin. The request received a negative determination.
A Notice of Intent filed by Tracey White, 70 Aucoot Road, was conditioned after Davignon described the proposal for beach nourishment. Conditions also called for sieve analyst.
Davignon’s final filing for the evening was another NOI filed by David Monteiro, 35 Mattapoisett Neck Road, for the construction of a residential peer. This reopened hearing received conditioning.
A RDA filed by David and Kimberlee Nashold, 15 Snowfield Road, for the expansion of an existing pool deck received a negative determination, as did Michael Livingstone’s RDA at 20 Old Mattapoisett Neck Road for perpetual beach nourishment with a cap of 5 yards of sand per year.
Jeff Himawan, 10 Point Road, received a requested Amended Order of Conditions for the construction of a new residence and driveway. Himawan’s representative, Mat Costa of Holmes and McGrath Civil Engineering, was instructed to file a new plan of record.
A NOI filed by Rose and Mark Robert, 17 Ned’s Point Road, for the construction of a 32×30-foot pool house with a driveway and a 16×32-foot in-ground pool as represented by Peter Therrien of Field Engineering received conditioning.
Rounding out the agenda were enforcement orders previously issued to three property owners of beach camps along Old Road. King noted no further action is needed at this time.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission is scheduled for Monday, June 13, at 6:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell