MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Minutes of October 20, 2005
Public Hearings
Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 3
Commissioners present: Jack Fitzsimmons, Chairman, Len Pinaud, Clerk, Cass Costa, Jeffrey Cross, and Ralph Shaw.
Staff present: Steven Solbo, Agent, and Frances Wise, Board Secretary.
Jack Fitzsimmons, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m.
Public Comment: Patrick Kenney, an Eagle Scout, presented his Eagle Project for the Washburn Pond area. This is to 1) repair the sluiceway so the pond, now almost dry, will fill up, 2) groom a specific area, and 3) build a 2-3 person bench for viewing a primary spot. Steve will discuss this with Steve Hurley. Patrick is planning to clean up the brush in the fall, build the bench in the winter, and work on the sluiceway in the spring.
Non-Hearing Agenda
Old Business:
1. RFAA SE 43-2365. Jemm Real Estate, 55 Sunset Circle. Steve described the project and recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve SE 43-2365.
2. RFAA SE 43-2248. Mr. Glaser, 397 Great Oak Road. Steve described the project and recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve SE 43-2248.
3. Approval of Minutes for 9/8/05 and 9/22/05.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the above minutes.
4. Blue Ribbon Committee. Jack distributed to the members a letter dated October 19th from Joyce Mason to him in which she stated that the Board of Selectmen directed him to forward to her office by 9 a.m. on October 21st the name of the Commissioner who will serve on this committee. Otherwise, he was asked to submit his resignation from the Conservation Commission effective immediately.
Jack reviewed that at the last meeting the Board had asked him to contact the Board of Selectmen, but he could not reach them. He then called Joyce Mason and told her there was no enthusiasm for participation on the part of any of the Commission members. She was extremely disappointed with that. He said he was very sorry, but he was going away this Saturday for a month and none of the other members were up to doing it. He said, as she knows, we have always been in favor of the DCPC.
Jack said in the newspaper Mr. Myers seemed to be discouraged that Jack had not called him, so Jack called him. Mr.Myers said he felt there didn’t seem to be much commitment on the part of the Conservation Commission. Jack said these people are volunteers, and he can’t order one of them to be a member of this committee. As a matter of fact, Jack felt his statement that there is not much commitment amongst our members was quite insulting, because our members spend a lot of time at night meetings, day meetings, on subcommittees, and Carol Moore actually took classes. Mr. Myers said he also was very discouraged on this issue, and it was decided that they would discuss it further after he had seen Mrs. Mason’s letter.
Jack reviewed that Bob was going to represent the Conservation Commission at least at one meeting while he was still an employee, but after Bob was no longer an employee he would no longer be able to be a representative. John Miller then volunteered to be an ad hoc representative.
It was agreed that Jack will write a memo to Joyce Mason stating that we have appointed John Miller as our representative on this Blue Ribbon committee. Jack said he has no intention of resigning.
5. RFAA SE 43-2140, 23 Shoestring Bay. Steve described and project and recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve SE 43-2140.
New Business: None.
Hearing Agenda
7:00 p.m., New Seabury Properties, Sandy Beach/Shore Drive (continued from 9/22/05). Brad Holmes represented the applicant and described the plan. Steve said that no storm nourishment will occur within certain months, and he recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve this AOC.
7:05 p.m., Peter Merlino, 18 Quaker Run Road (vista pruning with MIP). Mr. Merlino was present. Steve described the project and recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve this AOC.
7:10 p.m., Barbara Notarius, 9 Horseshoe Bend Way (vista pruning with MIP). Mike Ball represented the applicant. Steve recommended approval of the path portion of this application. However, he said that we have never approved a vista pruning through fresh water wetland. He has been trying to contact the State regarding their guidelines on this, but hasn’t been successful so far. Bob had told him that in one case the number was the 10 percent rule about cutting vegetation in a vegetated wetland, which is a lot less that what we allow. Steve also mentioned that since it’s a mapped area for endangered species, the applicant should probably file an NOI for the pruning permit. Mike Ball said they would submit this request to Natural Heritage. The applicant will
wait until the framing of the house is done before asking Steve to look at the vista pruning.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve this AOC for the path, but not for the vista pruning.
7:15 p.m., Brian Kanter, 36 and 40 Great River Road (pier, ramp, float, stairs, brick wall, landscaping). Chris Costa represented the applicant. Based on Perry Ellis’s approval of the float and incorporating Rick York’s request for more access under the float for shellfish, Steve recommended approval of the project.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the plan pending receipt of a revised plan showing the size of the float reduced from 8x25 ft. to 6x24 ft.
7:20 p.m., Gerry Graves, 318 and 322 Redbrook Road (continued from 10/6/05). John Slavinsky represented the applicant and presented a new plan. The solution was to build the house on stilts with cantilevers. Steve recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve this NOI.
7:25 p.m., Ethel McSweeney, 107 James Circle (continued from 10/6/05). Dave Sanicki represented the applicant. Steve said the new plan meets the 50 ft. buffer requirement. Upon Cass’s inquiry, it came to light that a denitrification system will be required because there will be four bedrooms.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve this NOI pending receipt of a revised plan showing the denitrification system.
Meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Frances Wise, Board Secretary
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