MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Minutes of January 6, 2005
Public Hearing
Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 1
Commissioners present: Jack Fitzsimmons, Chairman, Michael Talbot, Vice Chairman, Len Pinaud, Clerk, Lloyd Allen, and Ralph Shaw.
Staff present: Bob Sherman, Agent, and Frances Wise, Board Secretary.
Jack Fitzsimmons, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m.
Public Hearing: None.
Non-Hearing Agenda
Old Business:
Motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried to send a letter to the Selectmen recommending that Jeffrey Cross be appointed a full Commissioner.
2. RFAA-SE-43-2288. Bob said this is a request to revise a vista pruning plan and removal of some sassafras trees. He recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve RFAA-SE-43-2288.
3. RFAA-SE-43-2315. Bob said this is a request for a change in the driveway on the original plan. He recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve RFAA-SE-43-2315
4. RFAA-SE-43-2144, 75 Popponesset Road. Bob said this is a request for a revised landscape plan. They have already made a series of changes for this property, and he does not recommend approval because they now instead of putting in a pool, they want to put in its place a formal garden. He said his reason for opposing this request is procedural more than anything else -- i.e., we have too many recantations of landscaping on this property. He thinks as policy we should not accept partial landscaping plans, because whoever will be issuing a Certificate of Compliance will be totally confused. Rather, we should have a plan that reflects the whole property. As Rebecca Perry says in her letter, the plantings are ornamental and not in keeping with native species that are preferred
in an area like this. However, Bob said these changes are within the work limit where we don’t normally demand native species, although we would not approve invasives. Mike said he thinks they should not use the Euonymus Emerald and Miscanthus and he cited various plants that would be native which we would prefer. Bob recommended that we require an AOC giving a new comprehensive plan.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to not approve RFAA-SE-43-2144 and request an Amended Order of Conditions giving a complete landscape plan wherein all the changes are submitted (including deletion of the pool), and that there be changes to the plantings list to remove potential invasives and add some additional native species.
5. Town Report. Bob distributed his report to the members. Jack asked that Fran’s name be added as Board Secretary. Bob requested any other changes by the following morning.
6. Regulations Subcommittee. A meeting was scheduled for Thursday, January 27th, at 6:30 p.m. at Mike’s home.
7. DCPC. Len said the next hearing is on January 20th. He said they have prepared a draft and request the Conservation Commission to review a number of items. Len will send his comments to Bob, and Bob will e-mail the draft to the other members for their comments. Len thinks the draft is good.
New Business: None.
Hearing Agenda
7:00 p.m., John and Kathy Power/New Seabury Properties, LLC, 17 Waterline Drive North and 47 Waterline Drive South (construct, license and maintain a walkway, pier, ramp and float with maintenance in perpetuity).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 20th at 7:35 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:05 p.m., James Crocker Jr., Trustee, 14 Sampson’s Mill Road (continued from 12/16/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 20th at 7:40 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:10 p.m., Cape Southport Associates, LLC, 3 Southport Drive (continued from 12/16/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 20th at 7:15 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:15 p.m., Mute Swan Corp., 333 Simons Narrows Road (continued from 12/16/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 20th at 7:25 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:20 p.m., Geoffrey Willis, 65 Hooppole Road (continued from 12/16/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to January 20th at 7:30 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:25 p.m., William Levine, 37 Fiddler Crab Lane (vista pruning with maintenance in perpetuity, and landscaping). Bob described the plan and recommended approval.
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the plan.
7:30 p.m., Chilton Development Co., Inc., 166 Waterway (continued from 12/16/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to February 3rd at 7:00 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
7:35 p.m., Jason Stone, 23 Shoestring Bay Road (continued from 12/16/04).
Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to grant a continuance to February 3rd at 7:05 p.m., at the request of the applicant.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Frances Wise, Board Secretary
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