HomeMy WebLinkAbout20140725-ParkerLtr-QSAad_201407301254346259From:Libby Gibson
To:Charles Parker
Cc:Tony Orphanos; Wendy Jeffers
Subject:RE: Hello From MV -- Issues at Squibnocket In Chilmark
Date:Monday, July 28, 2014 8:32:10 AM
Thank you for your email. The ad is actually not an ad put in the newspaper by the Town but rather
by a private group. I will forward your comments to the Board of Selectmen.
C. Elizabeth Gibson
Town Manager
Town of Nantucket
(508) 228-7255
From: Charles Parker [mailto:charles.f.parker@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 3:13 PMTo: Libby GibsonCc: Tony Orphanos; Wendy JeffersSubject: Hello From MV -- Issues at Squibnocket In Chilmark Hello Lilly,
We got a copy of your advertisement in the Nantucket paper. Wow!
We are experiencing similar problems on Martha's Vineyard. Although the specifics of our
situation are different, we are encountering the same resistance to 'let Mother nature do its work'. To put it briefly, a group of homeowners want to spend $4.5M of their own money to
build a 420' bridge next to a beach with endpoints that will be in the water or close to it in 20 years (plus, a structure of this sort degrades the area). We believe there are better ways to
improve vehicular access to a remote area without compromising the integrity of a special rural environment. (And, not to mention the fact that the end-points will require more
revetments.)
The second part of the problem is revetments. If you go to our website www.squibnocket.org and click on the tab for aerials, look at the first picture (double click for full view). This will
give you an understanding of what the three revetments have done to the area and why they need to be removed (this is under discussion but not resolved).
And, third, we are trying to take a broad, strategic approach to the area, including protecting
the coastal dunes & banks and the barrier beach. We could use some guidance here.
It might be helpful to connect. Please check-out our website. Also, if you have materials that we might include on our website, we'd be very interested in reviewing them. Or, if you have
a website we can link to, that would also be good.
One other area of interest for us. We have hired a high-end technical team to develop soft solutions for this area and any references on your island to barrier beaches with road systems
that serve residences would be helpful. We need to develop some case studies.
We could talk on the phone if you think this makes sense. That would probably be easier than responding to this long email.
All the best,
Charlie ParkerChilmark (Marthas Vineyard)