Wellfleet to Vote on CPA Funding for Lot, Chilmark to Consider Antennae Atop Hill

When Wellfleet's annual town meeting opens on Monday, April 28, 2008, it will consider Article 20, whether to approve $100,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to help the Wellfleet Conservation Trust purchase a one-acre lot on Pilgrim Spring Road.

According to the town warrant, “The Wellfleet Conservation Trust has a purchase agreement to buy this 1-acre lot at bargain sale for $200,000. The Trust and the Town have worked cooperatively for more than 10 years to acquire parcels for conservation and 1.5 miles of public trail use south of Pilgrim Spring Road. This purchase will enhance the woodland tranquility at the trailhead. The Trust and Town have previously split costs for land conservation projects and this would be a continuation of that partnership. The Town will hold a permanent conservation restriction that allows for public access on this parcel."

Meanwhile, the Vineyard Gazette reports that Chilmark voters will consider replacing an existing public safety antennae atop Peaked Hill with a taller tower and antennae when they gather for annual town meeting on April 28, 2008:

“One key item expected to draw debate is a request from the United States Coast Guard to replace an existing 48-foot public safety antennae atop Peaked Hill with a 100-foot tower topped by a 13-foot antennae. ... a number of abutters questioned the placement of the tower on top of Peaked Hill, a half-acre of land bought in 1975 by the Vineyard Open Land Foundation. The town later bought the conservation restriction on the property. The site, at 311 feet, is the highest point on the Island and is bordered by 71.6 acres owned by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank. Walking trails connect land bank and open land foundation properties with a nearby 20-acre parcel owned by the town. ..."