HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013_8_26 Posner Letter_201405230855450054From:Josh Posner
To:John DeAngelis
Cc:Jeff Carlson
Subject:Re: Eroson protection for our house at 109 Baxter Rd.
Date:Monday, August 26, 2013 5:04:01 PM
Well done John and Susan. We are not giving up.
Sent from my iPhoneJoshua Posner32 Arlington StreetCambridge, Ma 02140617-549-3232- phone617-492-1143- fax
On Aug 26, 2013, at 5:00 PM, "John DeAngelis" <cruzinsaab@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
John & Susan DeAngelisSanta Cruz, CA, and
109 Baxter RoadSiasconset, MA
Dear Mr. Carlson, and members of the Con Com,
We will not be able to attend the scheduled meeting on August 28th, to express
to the Con Com our deep concerns about where the last great hope to save ourhome stands. Please forward this letter to the members of the Con Com and into
the agenda. After reviewing the situation of our home, with professional coastalengineer's, we have concluded that it will not survive the winter in it's present
position. We are going forward with a move, forward and northward to buy usperhaps a year in hopes the project will be approved.
The SBPF revetment project application, in the behalf of Baxter Road, Sconset
residents, has been engineered by the best coastal engineering minds available onthe East Coast and financed mainly by the residents. It's opposition by persons
without coastal engineering backgrounds, with tales of "disaster to adjoiningareas", is without merit. We do not understand the continued opposition, after
the SBPF has been on "bended knee", providing information to you and thedoubters, in response to the many questions, which have been answered in depth,
and with data to back it up. We can only assume that they are being paid byunknown parties, with unrealistic agendas????as it does not make common
sense.
The impact of a no vote is far reaching. As you know, the assessed tax base,has been hit very hard over the years, due to the reduction of property values, to
the $63 million already lost and the probable additional loss of another $187million on the east side of Baxter Road. The loss to the Island goes
much further. Think of the loss of jobs to Island trades: Care takers, gardeners,cleaners, plumbers and electricians. If the houses go, so do the jobs.
We are lucky enough to have a lot next door, that our house can be moved to. We now have 11 feet of clearance from the edge of the bluff. Moving it will
give us at the least, 22 feet at one coroner, to 30 feet directly to the rear. Notmuch, considering what happened the last two years. We decided to make the
move, because we believe that you, the members of the Con Com, have the bestinterests of the village of Sconset and Island at heart. We know it is a very big
decision to allow SBPF project to go forward, but one you can feel good about in the end. Building the revetment will provide the long term stability of our
location, long into the future, so our children and grandchildren can enjoy it aswe have.
We are relying on you to "Save our house" and Sconset as we know it..
Respectfully.
John & Susan DeAngelis