HomeMy WebLinkAbout20180428_NantucketCoastalConservancy_Email_re_State_of_Geotubes_1stQ_2018From:danneatherton@comcast.net
To:Florencia Rullo; Dawn Hill Holdgate; Jim Kelly; Matt Fee; Rita Higgins
Cc:Libby Gibson; Erika Mooney
Subject:STAET OF THE GEOTUBES FIRST QUARTER 2018 Fwd: SUBMISSIONS FOR MAY 2 MEETING
Date:Saturday, April 28, 2018 8:07:20 AM
Attachments:Reduced January to March 2018 Exposed Geotubes.pdfReducedGEOTUBE CREVICE NOV DEC 2017.pdf
TO: MEMBERS OF THE SB
FROM: NCC TEAM
RE: STATE OF THE GEOTUBES FIRST QUARTER 2018
COPY: LIBBY AND ERIKA
Please see below sent to the Conservation Commission for inclusion in their packet for theupcoming May 2 meeting.
The photos illustrate the state of the geotubes during the first quarter of 2018, at least on the
particular dates volunteer photographer Susan Landmann trekked up (south) to the installationfrom the entrance to the public beach at Hoicks Hollow and took these pictures.
We know that this is an issue you are currently contemplating: the visual images should add
context to your considerations.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or comments.
Thank you.
D.Annefor the
NCC Team
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From: "danneatherton@comcast.net" <danneatherton@comcast.net>Subject: SUBMISSIONS FOR MAY 2 MEETINGDate: April 27, 2018 at 11:30:12 AM EDTTo: Joanne Dodd <jcuppone@nantucket-ma.gov>Cc: "Jeff Carlson (JCarlson@nantucket-ma.gov)" <jcarlson@nantucket-ma.gov>
TO: JOANNE/JEFF
FROM: D. ANNE/NCC TEAM
RE: SUBMISSIONS (2) FOR THE RECORD
The first PDF is for the SBPF Post-Storm Reports 2018 which we understand are
scheduled for the May 2 meeting.
The second PDF is an Addendum to the NCC Public Comment for the 2017Monitoring Report Special Hearing held on March 28.
Please advise that these two documents have been received and all is in order.
We thank Jo for her help in making our photo files emailable.
:-)
Best,
D. Anne
for theNCC Team
www.savenantucketbeaches.org
info@savenantucketbeaches.org
PO Box 2050 | Nantucket, MA | 02584
April
27,
2018
TO:
The
Nantucket
Conservation
Commission
FROM:
The
NCC
Coordinating
Team
RE:
MAJOR
POST-‐STORM
REPORTS,
MARCH
2018
BAXTER
ROAD
TEMPORARY
STABILIZATION
PROJECT
We
would
like
to
submit,
for
the
record,
photos
of
the
geotube
project
taken
by
Susan
Landmann
on
or
about
the
following
dates
in
the
first
quarter
of
this
year:
January
9,
February
1,
March
6
and
March
20,
2018.
[See
attachment.]
Ms.
Landmann,
who
accessed
the
beach
below
the
bluff
via
the
public
entrance
at
Hoicks
Hollow
or
from
Quidnet
at
times
when
the
Hoicks
Hollow
public
way
was
inaccessible,
took
these
photos
at
random
times.
We
believe
that
this
anecdotal
evidence
graphically
illustrates
two
of
our
ongoing
concerns
about
this
project,
which
is
installed
for
the
most
part
on
public
property:
One,
there
appears
to
be
no
monitoring
of
the
times
when
the
geotubes
are
exposed.
Greg
Berman,
the
independent
reviewer,
has
pointed
out
that
when
the
geotubes
are
exposed
they
function
as
a
coastal
engineering
structure
(CES).
One
can
see
from
these
photos
that
the
geotubes
have
been
exposed
for
significant
periods
of
time
during
the
first
quarter
of
2018.
We
don’t
know
whether
or
not
the
applicant
had
replenished
the
template
covering
the
exposed
geotubes
between
the
dates
when
Ms.
Landmann
took
these
photos.
However,
we
believe
that
the
Commission
should
require
more
careful
monitoring
of
this
condition,
as
the
potential
for
damage
to
downdrift
properties
is
high,
especially
during
storm
events.
Two,
there
appears
to
be
no
monitoring
of
the
times
when
there
is
no
walkable
beach
seaward
of
the
installation,
as
required
by
the
permit.
The
wrack
line,
indicating
the
height
of
the
tide
in
front
of
the
geotubes,
can
be
plainly
discerned
in
the
photos.
The
applicant
is
required
to
maintain
a
walkable
beach
seaward
of
the
project
at
all
times,
even
at
high
tide.
As
depicted
in
these
pictures,
the
beach
is
not
walkable
at
high
tide.
How
can
the
applicants
state
that
they
are
in
compliance
with
this
condition
of
the
permit
when
there
is
no
documentation
to
substantiate
that
claim?
Not
only
is
this
condition
not
being
monitored,
it
is
not
being
met.
We
respectfully
ask
that
the
Commission
take
steps
to
see
that
this
condition
is
enforced.
Thank
you.
ATTACHMENT
(41
pp.)
January
9,
2018
February
1,
2018
March
6,
2018
March
20,
2018
TO:
The
Nantucket
Conservation
Commission
FROM:
The
NCC
Coordinating
Team
DATE:
April
27,
2018
RE:
Addendum
to
Public
Comment
re
SBPF
2017
Monitoring
Report
re
Crevice
We
would
like
to
submit,
for
the
record,
photos
of
the
geotube
project
taken
by
Susan
Landmann
on
or
about
the
following
dates:
November
29
and
December
26,
2017.
These
photos
depict
a
crevice,
or
fissure
of
some
kind,
opening
up
behind
the
installation
at
the
north
end
and
the
bluff.
The
crevice
was
of
significant
depth
that
a
person
could
walk
into
it.
Mitigation
sand
was
apparently
added
and
filled
the
crevice
in
late
November,
but
when
Ms.
Landmann
took
photos
in
late
December,
it
had
re-‐opened.
We
don’t
recall
that
this
condition
has
been
referenced
to
date.
Thank
you.
ATTACHMENT
(7
PP.)
November
29,
2017
December
26,
2017