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Conservation Commission Agenda 11/02/16
CONSERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA 11/2/16 @ 12:30 PM
Site Visits 1 @ 12:30 PM



  • 12:30 PM:  DISCUSSION LEA LITTLEFIELD AND THOMAS HUBER; 10 Molly’s Way;        AP 27.1-56:  Discuss the request to limit mowing on or near the wetland near the existing stone wall.  The abutting property (AP 27.1-57, 60) received a conditioned negative determination of no cut within 20 feet of the wetland; mow twice/year from 20 to 50 feet from the wetland and unlimited mowing beyond 50 feet from the wetland.  These areas will be delineated with rocks for future landscapers.
  • 12:40 PM:  NOI SE 12 - ???; CHRIS ALLEY FOR DAVID ARONOFF; 76 Menemsha Inn Rd.; AP 21-33:  redevelop the property by:  removing the existing dwelling and constructing an observation deck with fireplace in its place; the maintenance of two existing foot bridges and a timber stairway over a perennial stream; relocating the septic system, constructing a new dwelling with a combination of basement foundation, crawl space foundation and sonotube supports, new utilities, driveways, parking areas, grading, landscaping and the abandonment and restoration of several existing footpaths.  The entire project is within the 200-ft. Riverfront Zone, a Bordering Vegetated Wetland and the 100-foot buffer zones of a Coastal Bank and BVW.  
  • 12:50 PM:  RFD MV SHELLFISH GROUP; Menemsha Pond and Menemsha Bight:  Deploy two experimental lines of sugar kelp to further investigate the feasibility of growing this new sustainable crop in Chilmark waters in Menemsha Bight and Menemsha Pond at depths between 15-17 feet.  The gear deployed will be:  4X100lbs. mushroom anchors and mooring balls; 2X50 to 100 feet long horizontal lines held at a 6 foot depth.  Deployment would be mid-November 2016 with a harvest/removal date of March-April 2017.
  • ADMINISTRATION:
        
Meeting Minutes: 10/19/16.

Draft FY 2018 Budget.

Signatures:
        Order of Conditions SE 12 - ???; Aronoff; AP 21-33 (if voted).
                Determination of Applicability; MV Shellfish Group; Menemnsha Pond and Bight (if voted).
           
  • NEXT MEETING:           Wed., November 16 @ 12:30 PM.