Taking listed agenda items out of rotation during the September 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, Robert Sylvia of Cove Street addressed the matter of maintenance of the private roadway.
Currently on file with the Highway Department are two municipal agreements that provide for snow removal and twice-annual grading of Cove Street, but Sylvia cited some residents of the barrier-beach neighborhood were either not in favor of the agreement or unable to financially support roadway maintenance. He emphasized the good working relationship he has with Highway Surveyor Garrett Bauer and repeated his intentions were to make the neighborhood better for all.
Sylvia stated that he typically grades and plows a portion of the road himself (he is a licensed heavy equipment operator) and that he is in conversation now with Bauer on type of gravel to be used.
An audience member identified as Brian Blaesser said that the beach association will be holding its annual meeting over the weekend when the issue of road maintenance will be decided. Chairman Mike King said, “As long as you are all conferring, we’re good.”
Later in the meeting the board heard four requests for amended orders of conditions for building lots located on Goodspeed Island. They are lots 29 and 29A owned by Caroline’s Way Trust, lot 2, 3 Goodspeed Island Road owned by Christopher and Mary Riley and lot 28A owned by Derek and Kylene Gregoire.
All four requests would grant permission to the install a master sewer system that would service all the new homes, with associated easements, and to perform beach repair and nourishments as needed after storms. The requests were granted. Ownership of the equipment will become the town’s once the installation has been paid for, engineer David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Incorporated, stated.
A Notice of Intent filed by John Igoe and Ruthanne Miller for the construction of a single-family home was continued pending more complete, engineered drawings, including stormwater systems.
Negative determinations of applicability were granted to filings by Bryan and Paula Coffey, 0 North Road, for a fence and possible swale installation; Lynne A. Moody, 6 North Road, for septic upgrades, and Ronald and Cynthia Axelrod for the replacement of an elevated deck.
A Notice of Intent filed by Michael Harrington, 9 Shore View Avenue, for the construction of a single-family home in a flood zone, was conditioned.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission is scheduled for Monday, September 23, at 6:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell