HomeMy WebLinkAbout20131119-DRoggeveen email re Greenhill-Quidnet Squam Assn letters re geotube NOI_201404070907157980From:Dirk Roggeveen
To:Libby Gibson; Gregg Tivnan; Erika Mooney
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Subject:Attached letters from Quidnet Squam Association and Robert Greenhill
Date:Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:40:12 PM
Attachments:Greenhill Letter.pdfBOS Letter.pdf
I am attaching two letters which I have been asked to send to the Board ofSelectmen by their respective authors. One is a letter from the Quidnet SquamAssociation; the other is from Robert Greenhill. Both reference the Town's proposalto place geotubes on Sconset Beach. Both reference potential legal action againstthe Town. And both reference a proposed temporary compromise. The signedoriginals should arrive today and tomorrow by fedex.
I am copying the individual Selectmen at the email addresses provided on theTown's website.
Regards,Dirk______________________________________Dirk Gardiner Roggeveend.g.roggeveen.law@google.com508-221-0075
November 19, 2013
Rick Atherton, Chairman
Nantucket Board of Selectmen
c/o Anne McAndrew, Office Administrator
16 Broad Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
Dear Mr. Atherton,
While the Town works to establish alternate access for the affected part of Baxter
Road, the QSA will not oppose the installation and use of jute bags as temporary
bluff protection, but continues to oppose the geotubes. It is our hope that even if the
Con Com should approve the use of the geotubes, the BOS will join us in opposing
them: jute bags are more environmentally friendly than geotubes or other
revetments and much easier to install and remove. They are also a technology that
has already been given limited approval by the Con Com and is now being used in a
few places along the bluff and elsewhere on the island.
Should litigation become necessary in opposing the geotubes, the QSA will join the
Greenhills and other interested owners of beachfront property in Quidnet and
Squam. Nevertheless, I am sure we all understand the need for the Town
government and the entire community to respond to what might be the collapse of
part of Baxter Road. Something must be done, and the QSA does not oppose the
installation of the jute bags to help in this effort.
Sincerely,
Richard Peterson, President
1158 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10029
as from
43 Squam Road
Nantucket, MA 02554
cc: Selectmen:
Bob DeCosta, Vice Chairman
Bruce Miller
Matt Fee
Tobias Glidden
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