In a much anticipated release, we have finally been handed the proof that the Chelsea Gardens permit from the Inland Wetlands, Water Courses and Conservation Commission (IWWCC) has been breached. This finding from one our most senior supporters shows us that a MANDATORY approval permit from the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACoE) was never completed prior to the disturbance of the Phase 1 Construction Site and for Chelsea Gardens. Again another finding by a supporter of Mohegan Park, doing the work of elected and appointed officials for the City of Norwich. Within the body of the IWWCC Permit issued by the City of Norwich and the abstaining Brandon Hyde who sits on both the Chelsea Gardens Board and the IWWCC board, we see clear text in the body of the permit reads that a full analysis by the USACoE and approvals must be obtained prior to ANY SITE DISTURBANCE, we assume this includes the removal of 12 acres of trees around the wetlands area. The information we have from the USACoE shows that Chelsea Gardens Engineer, CLA Engineering, started the process with the Government but never finished the approvals, though being reminded several times by the Federal Government that their application was about to expire if action was not taken. No action was taken, the application was expired and closed, no approvals were ever granted, nor asked for. This appears to leave all of the work performed on the lands of Mohegan Park to be conducted with out a valid permit, this coming after the acknowledged fact that Chelsea Gardens was operating without a valid Site Plan Permit, (another find from a Mohegan Parks Supporter, not the City). After the Site Plan Permit was identified by a citizen of Norwich as being expired the City was forced to reassess their original position that the project was "NOT phase 1 construction" but that what Chelsea Gardens was NOW doing was a "Timber Harvest" from the start and that having a valid Wetlands Permit allowed for the cutting of the trees. Unfortunately the Wetlands Permit has been violated, invalidating 100% of the permits given to Chelsea Gardens by the City of Norwich. The questions of having a valid Wetlands Permit has come up on several occasions and on several occasions the city has responded with certainty that it was valid. Can the IWWCC or the City of Norwich then show us who issued the USACoE approval documents for the Chelsea Gardens project to proceed before the site disturbance? According to the USACoE they never issued such an approval, though being asked to take time out of their lives to come down and walk the site with Chelsea Gardens Officials, (yet another example of wasting money, this time federal funds). Does it bother no one that a member of all the following, Mohegan Park Development Committee, the Chelsea Gardens Board of Directors and the Inland Wetlands Water Courses and Conservation Commission are all the same person, Brandon Hyde? You would think following the mandated procedures would be first and foremost for such an individual, knowing EVERY inside detail about the project and the required approvals. Assurances from the City at this point are not enough. This lease must be revoked immediately. The patently false information that was provided by the City in their assertions the Wetlands Permit was unconditionally valid, shows they are either negligent or not telling the truth to constituents, this is a recurring theme. The city has said on multiple occasions after they were told the Site Permit was no longer valid that, it did not matter, now, because the Wetlands permit covered the City's only interest on the clear cutting effort in Mohegan Park. So this is it, will the City yet again try and re-create the facts and the evidence which contradicts their new position and what they told the constituents of Norwich to try and legally cover their negligence, or will they do the right thing and finally rescind the lease for Gross and Intentional Negligent Oversight in the stewardship of our lands and violation of Contract, and force the replanting of our forest. Telling us you cannot act on a contract drawn up almost 30 years ago on its face an absurd statement, and a verifiable false statement. Contracts are designed to establish guidelines, if those guidelines are not followed there are penalties. For the Love of God just stop. Little else can be said about the infantile level of Professional conduct and diligence associated with this 80 Million Dollar project. This whole saga is like watching a bus roll down a one way street without a driver, swerving into and smashing everything in its way till it most certainly will come to a tragic rest at the end of the road. Leaving us with a damaged unrecoverable smoking mess, that the people of Norwich will have to look at the rest of their lives. Inevitably the doors on the Bus named Mohegan Park will open, the City Officials and the Chelsea Gardens Board of Directors will spill out of the bus wearing their Party Hats, doubled-over laughing and slapping each other on the back, exclaiming LET'S DO THAT AGAIN!