The Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday sped through a few small agenda items and looked ahead to December and early 2016.

After a staff presentation, the commission voted unanimously not to review a proposal to demolish an 1880 bungalow in East Chop as a development of regional impact (DRI).

The Oak Bluffs historical commission had decided that the one-story structure on Weston avenue was not historically significant. But the project still required a preliminary review by the MVC since the house is more than 100 years old.

DRI coordinator Paul Foley pointed to a slightly truncated corner of the roof in one photograph as perhaps the only historic feature of the house. The house was expanded over the years, making it difficult to identify the original portion, according a staff report.

Developers Woody Mitchell and Bill Potter and attorney Geoghan Coogan presented plans to demolish the 1,553-square-foot building and replace it with a two-story modular house about three times as large but better situated on the small triangular parcel. Interior demolition had already begun on the bungalow by the time Oak Bluffs building inspector Mark Barbadoro became aware of the project and referred it to the MVC.

Commissioner John Breckenridge had raised concerns earlier this month about how the new house would fit in with the neighborhood, and about setting a precedent for tearing down bungalows in other areas.

But Mr. Foley pointed out on Thursday that the neighborhood was already somewhat eclectic and that the commission’s charge in this case was to consider only the demolition.

“In that case I move that we not concur,” commissioner Doug Sederholm said about five minutes into the concurrence review. The commission swiftly voted not to review the project.

“It was a good thing that the town did get around to referring it because they really were obliged to,” commissioner Linda Sibley said after the vote. “Too bad it didn’t happen sooner.”

In other business, the commission formally adopted an Island watershed map it has been using for both planning and reviews. “We had been using it for eight or nine years and it never had been adopted,” MVC executive director Adam Turner said.

The map was compiled using data from the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology, and shows the boundaries of the Island’s 24 major watersheds. Concern surrounding the health of Island ponds has grown in recent years, and the map will serve as a baseline for remediation.

Mr. Turner provided an update on the commission’s biannual DRI checklist review, which may lead to revised criteria for developments of regional impact. The review is entering a new phase after public officials offered comment this fall. Mr. Turner expected to present a report to the DRI checklist review committee in January, after which the committee would make recommendations to the full MVC.

Several high-profile items are on deck for the coming months, including a modification review for a 26-lot subdivision in the Southern Woodlands that the MVC approved in 2004, and a proposed expansion to the Stop & Shop supermarket in Edgartown.

MVC chairman Fred Hancock did not expect the Stop and Shop proposal to reach the commission until after the new year, although the applicant has already met with MVC staff. A proposal for the Vineyard Haven store is also in the works, he said, “but we hinted very strongly that we really didn’t want to deal with both of them at the same time.”

“Nor did they, to be fair,” Mr. Turner said.

Also on Thursday, Mr. Hancock announced that Harold Chapdelaine, Tisbury’s representative to the MVC, would be stepping down due to health reasons. Mr. Hancock also appointed a five-member nominating committee in preparation for the election of new officers next year. The committee will announce its nominations at the commission’s next meeting Dec. 3.