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Select Board declines to recommend four of five sewer-district additions after public hearing; recommends one
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing and technical review, the Select Board recommended inclusion of the Article 76 parcels in the Town Sewer District but voted not to recommend Articles 77, 78, 79 and 80, citing checklist scores, capacity concerns and unresolved technical questions.
The Select Board held a lengthy public hearing on March 5 on five warrant articles (Articles 76–80) proposing additions to the Town Sewer District under section 10 of the Nantucket Sewer Act. After hearing staff presentations, consultant input and public comment, the board took separate roll-call recommendations for each article:
- Article 76 (lots on South Shore Road, Falcon Drive and Rachel Drive): The Select Board voted to recommend inclusion in the Sewer District. Town staff said these properties are in a needs area associated with Myconomet Pond impacts and had been considered in prior gravity-line planning; the board approved the recommendation by majority roll call.
- Article 77 (Monahansett religious/education facility): The Select Board voted not to recommend inclusion. Staff said the parcel is not in a needs area and scoring was inconclusive because the evaluation checklist was designed for residential lots; planning and legal constraints (Dover Amendment / zoning exemptions) complicated scoring. The board voted not to recommend after discussion.
- Articles 78 and 79 (Woodland Drive parcels / related parcels): The Select Board voted not to…
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