MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Minutes of December 16, 2004
Public Hearing
Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 1
Commissioners present: Michael Talbot, Vice Chairman, Len Pinaud, Clerk, Lloyd Allen, Jeffrey Cross, and Ralph Shaw.
Staff present: Bob Sherman, Agent, Steven Solbo, Assistant Agent, and Frances Wise, Board Secretary.
Michael Talbot, Vice Chairman, called the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m.
Public Hearing: None.
Non-Hearing Agenda
Old Business:
1. Approval of minutes for 11/04/04 and 11/18/04.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the above minutes.
2. Trout Pond Dam. Bob distributed to the members a Notice of Inspection from the Office of Dam Safety, Department of Conservation and Recreation, and their recommendations for remedying the poor and failing status of this dam.
3. FY2006 Budget for Conservation Department. Bob distributed this to the members.
4. Mike said he and Steve have been looking into research being done regarding coastal shrub land which includes the shrubs that are in secondary dunes, coastal banks, coastal wetlands and migrating song birds. This research shows that birds that eat insects during the summer will eat fruits and berries in the fall. We might want to include this information in our regulations.
Hearing Agenda
7:00 – 7:10 p.m., Babette E. Liebman, 86 Summersea Road (continued from 11/18/04, readvertised). Michael Grotzke, Donald Schall and Sarah Turano-Flores represented the applicant. Mr. Grotzke described the new mitigation planting plan and said that the foundation has been made substantially narrower. Bob cited a few areas which should have additional plantings to avoid erosion and he requested more diversification in other areas.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the revised plan, pending the submission and approval of a supplemental planting plan and methodology for control,
7:15 – 7:20 p.m., Ted and Lilly Yun, 11 Ocean Bluff (continued from 11/18/04). Sarah Turano-Flores represented the applicant and requested a continuation.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 20th at
7:00 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:25 p.m., Dennis Roache, 138 Whippoorwill Circle (construct four-season room, deck, Title V septic upgrade). Dave Sanicki represented the applicant and described the plan.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the plan, with the stipulation that if the mitigation planting is not done by May 15, 2005, an enforcement order will be issued.
7:30 p.m., Kenneth Litvack, 11 Taffrail Way (continued from 12/2/04). Dave Sanicki represented the applicant. He described the revised plan and said a narrative was given to Bob.
Edith Paparella, 67 Popponesset Island Road, expressed her concern about the tightness of the dock area and the size of the applicant’s boat. Bob said our ability to condition the size of the boat has nothing to do with navigation – that falls to the Harbormaster. We are attempting to control the impact of the size of the boat on the fauna and shellfish, so we will condition the size of the boat on that basis. If a larger boat appears there, they will be fined.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the plan, with the condition that the boat is no larger than the size determined by the Commission.
7:35 p.m., Mute Swan Corp. 333 Simons Narrows Road (continued from 12/2/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 6th at 7:15 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:40 p.m., Geoffrey Willis, 65 Hooppole Road (continued from 12/2/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 6th at 7:20 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:45 p.m., Robert and Priscilla Allen, 53 Seconsett Point Road (construct pier, ramp and float with maintenance in perpetuity). Dave Sanicki represented the applicant and described he plan.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the plan.
7:50 p.m., Chilton Development Co., Inc., 166 Waterway, continued from 12/2/04. Michael Grotzke represented the applicant and requested a continuation.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 6th at 7:30 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:55 p.m., James Crocker, Jr., Trustee, 14 Sampson’s Mill Road (continued from 12/2/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 6th at 7:05 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
8:00 p.m., James Stone, 23 Shoestring Bay Road (vista pruning with maintenance in perpetuity). Michael Grotzke represented the applicant and requested a continuance.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 6th at 7:35 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
8:05 p.m., Cape Southport Associates, LLC, 3 Southport Drive (construct a masonry stone retaining wall near building 174 and 175).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 6th at 7:10 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
Meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Frances Wise, Board Secretary
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