During the January 23 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, the owners of the Mattapoisett Boat Yard and Brandt Cove Marina, David and Ned Kaiser, finished providing details for two projects on the agenda.
The first project heard was a Notice of Intent filing for the boatyard located on Ned’s Point Road. That location suffered a devastating fire that destroyed all the buildings on the property, along with many boats and vehicles in the late summer 2022.
The Notice of Intent as laid out by representative David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon and Leone, Inc. includes the construction of a two-story, 10,570-square-foot metal building situated 12 feet from the south property line along the waterfront.
Davignon said this structure is the beginning for a larger master plan still in the works but also represents a 56% overall decrease in lot coverage from the original layout. He said that the timeframe for construction is pending due to long lead times for receiving the metal building materials. Davignon also noted that a Zoning Board of Appeals approval will be sought for the 12-foot setback.
It was further pointed out that the boatyard still has a fully compliant boat-washdown system registered with the Environmental Protection Agency.
After some discussion on state Department of Environmental Protection performance standards, that is the lack thereof for a project of this scope, the commission’s agent Brandon Faneuf requested that the applicant provide a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and that this request be part of the conditions imposed upon the project. The project was conditioned as noted. Next step for the applicant – the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The Kaisers also filed a Notice of Intent for their marina located at 21 Dupont Drive in the Brandt Island neighborhood. Previously submitted in the spring of 2021, the proposed project was for the expansion of Brandt Cove Marina (Buzzards Bay Management LLC.)
The earlier proposal had met with some neighborhood pushback, Davignon said, primarily around possible eel-grass beds and a large-wave attenuator associated with the dock field. That larger project, Davignon said, is now reduced to a mere 2,000 square feet and minus the wave-attenuating fence. The updated project also includes the installation of 39 pilings, some to aid pilings in place and some new. Approximately 10 new slips will be added with the extension.
Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King added that the project will require permitting and oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers and a Massachusetts Waterways Chapter 91 license. The project was conditioned for construction.
In other business, a NOI filed by Kenneth and Elizabeth Ackerman, 4 Grove Avenue, for the construction of a two-story garage with second-floor living space was continued to February 13. The filing includes the removal of eight trees with in-kind replacement and a request by the agent that a study of the mean high-water mark for a stream on the property be conducted. Faneuf said he wanted to accurately depict the stream’s activity for the file. The project will also require permissions from the ZBA.
A NOI filed by McGrath Realty Trust was conditioned. The project includes the repositioning of boulders and a completed lot survey that was submitted for the planned 20×30-foot parking area adjacent to 7 Cove Street. The plan also includes the planting of beach grass.
A Request for Determination of Applicability filed by Jeffrey Dunn, 0 Angelica Avenue, for the installation of 300 feet of 8-inch water line with a hydrant in the roadway for future development of house lots received a negative decision.
During the agent’s report later in the meeting, Faneuf reported that the Board of Health has been notified and is taking action to stop the flow of raw sewage being discharged into wetlands at Brandt Point Village. “I have never seen anything like this in my 25 years,” he commented. The apparent problem, he explained, was the connection of sewer pipes to stormwater systems in the subdivision.
King ordered a cease-and-desist letter be sent to the property owner identified by last name only (Napolitano) for lots 56 and 57 on Brandt Island Road for failing erosion controls.
King also requested that a letter be sent to Farland Corporation for issues of construction debris and collapsed erosion controls that the owner was previously asked to clean up at Martha’s Vineyard Drive lots 5 and 6.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission is scheduled for Monday, February 13, at 6:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell