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MVC suggests âmore flexibleâ language for energy policy
Meeting 100 percent renewable energy, both on or off-site, may be impossible for certain applicants.
Ben Robinson goes over the draft DRI energy policy with fellow Marthaâs Vineyard Commissioners.
The Marthaâs Vineyard Commission (MVC) is continuing its review of the draft development of regional impact (DRI) energy policy, which seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change by minimizing fossil fuel use and maximizing resiliency through local energy production.
The commissionâs energy policy is nonbinding, but it gives applicants a better idea of what the commission would like to see in a project. Commissioners can then use the energy policy to weigh the benefits and detriments of a project.
MVC denies Hob Knob project in close 7-5 vote
While acknowledging economic benefit, a majority of commissioners felt the project was not essential.
The MVC denied the Hob Knob’s expansion project.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission denied the Hob Knob Inn’s proposed expansion project in a close 7-5 vote Thursday night, following months of public hearings and multiple iterations of the project.
The denial of the development of regional impact (DRI) came after after a lengthy discussion of the benefits and detriments of the Edgartown project, with commissioners Christina Brown, Fred Hancock, Michael Kim, Ben Robinson, Linda Sibley, Ernie Thomas, and Christine Todd voting no, and Clarence (“Trip”) Barnes, Kathy Newman, Douglas Sederholm, Jim Vercruysse, and Joan Malkin voting yes.
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MVC approves west entrance to Stop & Shop
Hob Knob public hearing reopened.
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The approved west entrance design. Stop & Shop will return to the commission with a landscape plan. Courtesy MVC
The latest iteration of the Hob Knob Inn design. A pool was removed from lot 124 following significant opposition from abutters. Courtesy MVC
The three locust trees at the west entrance to the Edgartown Stop & Shop that commissioners agreed should be removed and replaced with new trees. Brian Dowd
In its first meeting of 2021, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved several changes to designs for the west entrance of the Edgartown Stop & Shop, and reopened a public hearing for the Hob Knob Inn Thursday night.