A plan proposed by Todd Mello and Tara Menard for a barrier beach campsite on Cove Street met with neighbor ire when presented by David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon and Leone, Inc., during the May 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission.
A letter submitted by Bob Warren, a resident in the beach neighborhood, expressed concerns over the filing of a Request for Determination of Applicability versus a Notice of Intent for planned modifications to the vacant lot.
Warren’s letter read in part that the filing was inadequate and should be a Notice of Intent because the property is part of a barrier beach, there is cutting of vegetation in the plan, the entire project is in a buffer zone and a portable hygiene station would be placed on the property.
Chairman Mike King noted that the site had already been disturbed and that the applicant would have to obtain a permit from the Select Board to place a RV on the site.
During the meeting, Warren questioned the RDA filing versus a NOI. He also said that at moon high tide, the property in question would be under water. He also discussed the wisdom of the commission to allow the use, a point not under the commission’s jurisdiction, King noted.
Environmental agent Brandon Faneuf said that the project looked good on paper but might not work well in a practical sense because existing vegetation would be impacted. King said that the commission’s concern is the amount of the new disturbance, which he deemed minimal.
King said he was comfortable issuing a determination on the filing before them, as did the other commissioners. The filing received a Negative 2 determination.
In other matters, a Negative determination was also issued to Carol and Marc Lareau, 44 Prospect Road, for an inground pool in a lawn area. A NOI filed by David and Lois Monteiro for a residential pier was continued until May 23.
Faneuf, in his report to the commission, said that unpermitted activities, the construction of a parking space, had taken place in jurisdictional areas across the road from 12 Union Avenue. The commission decided to issue an Enforcement Order, request a restoration plan to be submitted by June 30 and mandated the filing of a NOI.
Faneuf also said that a report on findings at the Bowman Road Solar Array would be presented in the next few weeks.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission is scheduled for Monday, May 23, at 6:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell