TO: EDGARTOWN SELECTMEN 
FROM: GEORGE MELLENDICK, MD 
DATE: 25 FEBRUARY 2010 
RE: CHAPPY BIKE PATH TOWN HALL PRESENTATION BY NORTHEASTERN ENGINEERING STUDENTS 
CHAPPY SHOULD NOT HAVE A BIKE PATH. 
THERE IS NEITHER NEED NOR WANT FOR ONE FROM THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS. 
THE NORTHEASTERN STUDY WAS NOT VETTED WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOR INCLUDES ANY ATTENTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION THAT WOULD OCCUR. SUCH AN EFFORT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MULTIDISCIPLINARY INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL STUDENTS AS WELL AS THOSE FROM A TRAFFIC INSTITUTE. 
ENDANGERED SPECIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED ON CHAPPY. 
THE INVOLVEMENT OF HIGHWAY DIRECTOR FULLER SUGGESTS TO ME FURTHER INTENT TO PAVE CHAPPY. THE PLACEMENT OF THE NOTICE IN LOCAL PAPERS AS WELL AS THE 
RESPONSES OF SELECTPERSONS SERPA AND DONORAMA SUGGESTS AN INDIFFERENCE TO RULES OF PROCEDURE AND PROCESS, SOMETHING FOR WHICH EDGARTOWN IS BECOMING WELL KNOWN. 
SUCH A MEETING IN TOWN HALL, LATE IN FEBRUARY ON A FRIDAY MORNING WITHOUT EVEN SENDING TO ALL INVOLVED AT LEAST THE POWERPOINTS FROM THE PRESENTATION AHEAD OF TIME IS SIMPLY WRONG. 
GEORGE MELLENDICK, MD 
CHAPPY