Mattapoisett Conservation Commission — July 13, 2026

The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on July 13, 2026, to consider several requests for determination of applicability, notices of intent, certificates of compliance, and informal discussions regarding local properties. The commission opened by noting several continuances, including applications for 17 Mahoney's Lane, Shady Oak Drive, Byrne Avenue and Shell Beach Road, and 7 Wolf Island Road. It then approved three negative determinations under requests for determination of applicability (RDAs): a 14-by-10-foot shed on existing lawn at 6 Old Mattapoisett Neck Road, a septic upgrade requiring access through the buffer zone at 6 Riverside Drive, and a septic repair with denitrification at 8 Riverbend Lane, conditioned on native plantings to replace removed trees. Additionally, the commission granted a negative determination for roadway widening and an automated gate island at Bay Club Drive for BCM Country Club LLC.

Under notices of intent, the commission reviewed a proposal by EMM Realty Trust for 84 Angelica Avenue to regrade a coastal bank to a 4-to-1 slope and remove boulders, voting to continue the hearing to July 27 pending a MassDEP file number while formally accepting the withdrawal of the project's prior amendment request. The commission also continued a hearing for Raymond Hanks at 18 Crystal Springs Road regarding Japanese knotweed eradication, advising him to submit a revised WPA form detailing hand removal within the wetland resource area.

In administrative and new business, certificates of compliance were approved for 70 Mattapoisett Neck Road and 53 Water Street. The commission agreed to provide a confirmation memo to the Planning Board for Andres White regarding the completion of 5,200 square feet of wetland replication at Boardwalk Drive. Informal discussions were also held with Michael Dupont regarding raised garden beds and buffer zone jurisdiction at 122 Mattapoisett Road, the Mattapoisett Land Trust regarding maintenance activities at the DuPont Drive Preserve, and Stevie Carvalho of Farland Corp regarding the wetland delineation and restoration approach for 87 Fairhaven Road.

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