Dear members of the Community Preservation Committee, 
This letter is to offer my opinion in opposition of the use of CPA Funds for a study or anything to do with a Bike path or other path on Chappaquiddick. 
Since 1998, the Chappy Open Space committee has met regularly and succeeded in helping to create miles of foot paths on Chappy. The Committee partners with the Land bank and Sheriff's Meadow Foundation 
and has raised and contributed several million dollars from Chappaquiddick property owners in order to make this happen. I feel that there is no need to expend CPA Funds for this purpose. 
I voted for Edgartown's CPA because of my belief that the funds would be used for affordable housing, historic preservation and to acquire conservation land. I worry that the Edgartown Committee has already been somewhat "liberal" in the interpretation of what the Funds ought to be used for. The Chappy Bike path, or what they are now calling "path" is not, in my opinion, a valid use of these funds. 
I also believe that the recent Massachusetts Supreme Court case related to CPA Funds in the City of Newton is a red flag that ought to be noted. It would be best to keep Edgartown out of the Courts. 
The bike path for Chappy would, in my opinion constitute development, not preservation. 
Finally, the fact that there has never been an auto/bike accident on Chappy, but that it is known that there are many bike accidents on bike paths goes far to dilute the claim that a bike path is needed for safety reasons. 
Thanks for hearing me out. 
Lionel Spiro