Please be advised that on March 5 at 7:00 pm at the Old Hammondtown School Auditorium, the public is invited to attend a Public Meeting under the provisions of the Massachusetts Public Waterfront Act, Chapter 91 Licensing, set up at the request of the Mattapoisett Selectmen to allow residents to express their opinions, ideas, views and thoughts relative to a proposed residential pier planned for 3 Goodspeed Island in Mattapoisett. The pier, to be constructed by the property owners Daniel and Laurie DeRosa, will be 245 feet long, with an additional 45-foot perpendicular extension on the seaward end. Fifty-three feet of the pier would be constructed upon the coastal beach; 183 feet of the pier would extend from Mean High Water Line into Mattapoisett Harbor. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Waterways, will have personnel present at the Public Hearing to listen to comments.
Those presenting comments at this hearing are suggested to submit along with their oral comments a written copy which can be left with the DEP officials present at the Hearing. Following the Hearing, the DEP will accept written comments for a 20 day period.
The Massachusetts Public Waterfront Act has of a Code of Massachusetts Regulation written as 310 CMR 9.00 Massachusetts Waterways Regulations, which can be viewed on the Mass.gov website under Division of Waterways Chapter 91 Licensing.