The Marion Select Board tabled its discussion of Island Wharf and the disagreement around public parking to the board’s next meeting during a joint session with the Marine Resources Commission on Tuesday night.
Planning Board member Eileen Marum decried members of the Select Board, specifically Chair Randy Parker and Vice Chair John Hoagland, regarding governmental responsibilities around Island Wharf. “You took that power away from them, Mr. Hoagland and Mr. Parker,” said Marum, referring to the Marine Resource Commission’s voting matters.
Resident Diane Cook told members of the committee and Select Board that she had lived there for 50-plus years, and now recently they have started seeing development taking over. They said there used to be more flowers, and greenery growing over there until there was none.
After much deliberation and correspondence from the MRC, the Select Board decided to table the topic of discussion until their next meeting.
The next meeting of the Marion Select Board is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19 at 6:00 pm in the Marion Police Station Conference Room. The next meeting will be after the Marion Town Election on Friday, May 15.
Marion Select Board
By Jared Melanson