HomeMy WebLinkAbout20130723-Cavedon email re Codfish Park_201404071149092186From:Rick Atherton
To:Erika Mooney
Subject:FW: Siasconset Erosion
Date:Tuesday, July 23, 2013 8:22:52 AM
Please pass on to the other BOS members and to the Conservation Commission.Rick
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RICK ATHERTONPO Box 3126Nantucket MA 02584508.228.2366rickatherton@comcast.net
-----Original Message-----From: suzanne cavedon [mailto:suzannecavedon@me.com]Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 8:02 AMTo: Rick AthertonSubject: Re: Siasconset Erosion
Rick,No, I did not send it to the others. Please do.I cleaned it up a bit below. It was a quick write.Thanks for your interest in the issue.On Jul 22, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Rick Atherton <rickatherton@comcast.net> wrote:
> Suzanne,> I appreciate your comments. Did other BOS members receive a similar email?> If not, I will forward it to them.> Rick> ______________________________________________________________________> ______> _________>> RICK ATHERTON> PO Box 3126> Nantucket MA 02584> 508.228.2366> rickatherton@comcast.net>> -----Original Message-----> From: suzanne cavedon [mailto:suzannecavedon@me.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 1:43 PM> To: rickatherton@comcast.net> Subject: Siasconset Erosion>> Hi Rick,> I'm a resident of Cod Fish Park and we have owned our cottage since> the mid-eighties...> We purchased it just a few years before "the-hundred-year-storm" hit.> I've been witnessing the erosion issue and the coming and going of> Sconset beach for years now.> I was also well educated by the Siasconset Beach Preservation> Committee when they first presented the research they'd compiled while> trying to find non-invasive ways to nourish Sconset beach against
> another possible hundred year storm.>
> It was obvious by way of the evidence in slide after slide shown at> the Sconset Casino, on many a summer afternoon, that stone revetments> all over the world.. were successful only at protecting the land> behind them ...but... uniformly eroded all adjacent beaches to one> degree or another, depending on the exposure, severity and energy of thecoastline involved.>> I have certainly accepted that I may have to move my little cottage in> the future, but in the meantime I enjoy the luxury of this beautiful> place I have had the privileged of enjoying for so many years.>> I have no resentment towards the commission. But this is a dangerous> risk they are asking the rest of us to take, to protect, at the very> most fifteen non-historic summer homes. If Cod Fish Park were to be> eroded by two blocks, the historic village will be next. That would> certainly be a greater tragedy than relocating a few private homes to> safer locations. The disruption of the public beach, the public roads,> the sewer beds...all that could result from exacerbated erosion from> hard armoring. It will obviously going to be a large burden to the> Nantucket taxpayers and jeopardizes the safety and beauty of Siasconset.>> Just wanted you to know where I stand and would be happy to support a> safer and more natural approach to protect our beaches and our> cultural heritage as an Island.>> Very Best,> Suzanne Cavedon> suzannecavedon@me.com> 617 922 2122>>