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Conservation Commission Agenda 07/01/15
CONSERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA 7/1/15 @ 12:30 PM
Site Visits:  6/30/15 @ 12:30 PM


 
  • PUBLIC HEARING NOI SE 12 – 739; REID SILVA FOR DANNY &                12:30 PM
MARIE LARSEN; 2 Menemsha Crossroad; AP 26-100:  Abandon the existing leach pit and cesspool and upgrade to a Title V system; abandon the existing well and install a new well and install underground utility lines and new water line; re-vegetate an area of buffer zone to a Bordering Vegetated Wetland where a significant amount of debris was removed.  The first 20-feet from the wetland edge will be planted with native ferns and left as a no-cut zone.  The septic work is in the 100-foot buffer zone of a Bordering Vegetated Wetland.  The closest project activity is the re-vegetation that is approximately 1 foot from the wetland edge.

  • PUBLIC MEETING RFD TIM CARROLL FOR THE TOWN OF          12:40 PM
CHILMARK PARK & RECREATION COMMMITTEE; Basin Rd.; AP 21-1.7:  The applicant would like to have a temporary, pre-fabricated 8’ X 4’ structure with four corner support posts installed approximately two feet below grade.  The structure will be placed on fisherman’s lot # 7-A from May 1 – November 1.  There will be no underground utility, water or septic service.  A gravity-fed water holding tank will supply a hand sink.  The hand sink gray water will be collected in a vessel and disposed of outside all resource areas and resource area buffer zones.  The structure is within 100 feet of Menemsha Basin.

  • FOLLOW UP TOWN OF CHILMARK – MENEMSHA WALKWAY; Basin Rd.:  A site visit was made with Warren Doty and Tim Carroll.  Agreements were made to the following:  1.  Install a rope fence to serve as a barrier on the east side of the walkway to keep pedestrians from climbing on the sand dunes.  Complete except for one dune section closest to the Sound.  2.  Install a temporary wooden boardwalk for the walking path to contain erosion.  3.  Immediately install jute netting on the agreed locations to contain wind and rain sand erosion.  The area will be planted with Rosa Rugosa and beach grass in the fall growing season.
  • CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE SE 12 – 663; JOHN J. AND JAMIE N. ATKINS; 80 State Rd.; AP 30-6:  An Order of Conditions was issued on August 3, 2012 to Expand the existing single-family dwelling and add living space; raise the existing dwelling, support it with cribbing and excavate for a full-basement foundation.  The expanded living space will be below the existing second story deck which will be removed.  The basement utilities (heat, water electric) will also be reconfigured.  Trenching will be required.  The existing dwelling and all of the proposed work is in the 100-foot buffer zone of a Bordering Vegetated Wetland.  The closest activity was 36 feet from the wetland edge.  Recommend the project is in full compliance—see photos.
  • PUBLIC MEETING BRENDAN O’NEILL FOR THE VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY (VCS); 10 Eben’s Lane; AP 13-21:  VCS would like to grant a Conservation Restriction to the Town for this parcel of land that was donated to VSC by Thelma Cossutta’s estate.
  • ADMINISTRATION:
                Meeting Minutes 6/17/15.

Signatures:

Order of Conditions SE 12 – 739; Larsen; AP 26-100 (if voted.)
                Determination of Applicability Town of Chilmark; AP 21-1.7 (if voted.)
Certificate of Compliance; SE 12 – 663; Atkins AP 30-6 (if voted.)
        

        
7.  NEXT MEETING:       Wed., July 15, 2015 @ 12:30 PM; Site Visits 7/14/15 @ 12:30 PM.

NOI Squibnocket Farm Homeowner’s Association; Squibnocket Road:  To perform test borings to determine support pole depth and an archaeological survey for the Massachusetts Historical Society of the proposed location for the proposed causeway.

NOI TOWN OF CHILMARK; NEW SQUIBNOCKET PARKING LOT AND SKIFF LAUNCH AREA:  Perform an archaeological survey of the proposed location for the new parking lot and the new skiff launch ramp.