The Mathews County Planning Commission, following a discussion Tuesday night of the proposed public park on the county’s two-acre parcel at the end of South Bay Haven Drive on Gwynn’s Island, decided to have a meeting with neighborhood property owners at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, prior to its regular monthly meeting.
“Let’s see if we can come up with a compromise,” said planning commission chairman Billy Cook. Neighbors have been very vocal about their opposition to certain aspects of such a park.
Commission member Harry Meeks provided reports on two recent discussions of the park in Mathews Parks and Recreation Commission meetings, one on Aug. 25 and one on Sept. 3, at which commission members outlined the amenities and restrictions they were suggesting for the park.
Meeks said parks and rec is suggesting that the county ask the Virginia Department of Transportation to turn the end of South Bay Haven Drive over to the county so that it can be incorporated into the park and change...