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November 7, 2025
Barnstable Conservation Commission
C/o Edwin Hoopes, Conservation Administrator
230 South Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Re: Notice of Intent – Project Revision and Supplemental Information
71 Sunset Lane Renovation Project (DEP File # 003-6326)
Dear Members of the Conservation Commission:
On behalf of the Hamel Family 2018 Revocable Trust (the “Applicant”), Tighe & Bond is
pleased to provide supplemental information in support of the Notice of Intent for the 71
Sunset Lane Renovation Project (referred to as “the Project”). The Notice of Intent (NOI) was
submitted to the Barnstable Conservation Commission and MassDEP Southeast Regional
Office (DEP SERO) on October 21, 2025. The MassDEP file number associated with the Project
is 003-6326.
Based on discussion at the November 4, 2025 Conservation Commission hearing, we
understand that the Commission does not approve of the Applicant’s request to provide an
in-lieu fee for mitigation . Mitigation is required for new hardscape in the Buffer Zone to Coastal
Bank. As such, the Applicant now proposes mitigation plantings, as described in more detail
below.
Proposed Mitigation Plantings
The proposed Project includes work within the Buffer Zone to Coastal Bank, and associated
required mitigation, as follows:
Buffer
Zone Activity
Area of New
Hardscape
(SF)
Mitigation
Ratio
Total
Mitigation
Required
(SF)
Total
Mitigation
Provided
(SF)
0- to 50-
foot Buffer
Firepit 7.32 sf 4:1 29.28 sf 29.28 sf
50- to 100-
foot Buffer
Rinse station 41.48 sf 3:1 124.44 sf 125.28 sf
Proposed activities were described in the NOI. In accordance with Section 704-3(C), this work
triggers a requirement for mitigation planting intended to restore, to the extent practicable,
both the vegetative composition and dimensional extent of a 50-foot undisturbed buffer zone.
The area of required mitigation was calculated in accordance with Section 704-3D and Section
704-4B.
As depicted on the enclosed Planting Plan, the following plantings are proposed in the
mitigation planting area:
▪ Carolina Rose (Rosa Carolina)
- 2 -
▪ American Beach Grass (Ammophila Breviligulata)
▪ Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi)
The plantings will be installed in a portion of the Project Site that is currently occupied by
installed non-native landscaping and lawn. A strip of lawn and the landscaping plants will be
removed to install the native plantings. The mitigation plantings were selected based on the
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension plant list on the Conservation Department’s website , and will
help achieve the Commission’s goals with respect to pollution prevention, storm damage
prevention, flood control, and wildlife habitat in Chapter 704.
We respectfully request that the Commission consider these revisions and supplemental
information at its November 18, 2025 meeting. If you have any questions regarding this
application or if you require additional information, please contact me at 617-640-2055 or
bangus@tighebond.com.
Very truly yours,
TIGHE & BOND, INC.
Briony Angus
Vice President
Enclosures: Planting Plan (11/7/25)
Copy: MassDEP – Southeast Regional Office