It isn’t often that the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission has a brief and uncomplicated meeting, but that was just the case when the commissioners met on July 13.
Coming before the commission with a Request for Determination of Applicability was the Mattapoisett Land Trust for property located at 0 Dupont Drive. MLT president Mike Huguenin, along with MLT program manager Colleen Andrews, explained the need for permission to perform invasive-species removal consisting primarily of Multiflora Rose and bittersweet vine. A Negative 2 determination was granted.
The Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Department’s continued Notice of Intent filing for the planned retrofitting and replacement of the Eel Pond sewer line was conditioned. At the previous commission meeting, members of the consulting group Tighe and Bond gave a detailed presentation on how the project will employ directional boring and other environmentally sound practices to minimize the disturbance to sensitive marshland. The entire project is located in jurisdictional lands surrounding Good Speed Island.
Part of the presentation included contingency planning in the event of a spell during and after construction. It was pointed out that contingency planning and associated conditions were an “into perpetuity” requirement. The project received conditioning with the caveat that Tighe and Bond’s full team accept the package of conditions as written.
Peter Therrien of Field Engineering represented Juanita Howland, 70 Mattapoisett Neck Road, for a Notice of Intent to replace an existing rail-tie retaining wall located along salt marsh with Versa-Lok material as well as reconstruction of an existing patio area. After Therrien detailed the project and the fact that it was not located within jurisdictional habitats, the project received conditioning.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission is scheduled for Monday, July 25, at 6:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell