Town of
NORTH STONINGTON, CT
Inland Wetlands Commission
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011 – 7:00 P.M.
New Town Hall
Conference Room
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
Draft Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Duane White called the Regular Meeting of the Inland Wetlands Commission to order on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 7:03 p.m.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:
Duane White, Chairman, Mark Grigg, Vice-Chair, Kevin Geary, Ron Lewis, Mac Gray and Marvin Chase, Jr.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Arthur Dobley, George Brown and Robert Miner
STAFF PRESENT:
Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant and Wayne Berardi, Wetlands Enforcement Officer
2. ADDTIIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
3. MINUTES:
Review minutes of June 8, 2011 meeting.
MOTION by M. Gray, SECOND by M. Grigg to approve the Draft Minutes of 6/08/11 with the necessary corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. OLD BUSINESS:
#11-049 (Replacement of Bridge) Application of the Town of North Stonington, c/o Nicholas Mullane, 40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT 06359 for the replacement of the Town Hall Bridge. Tax Map #109, Parcel #2588
Nicholas Mullane, 1st Selectman was present for this application and briefly reviewed the plan which had to sit for the 30-day statutory period.
MOTION by M. Gray, SECOND by M. Chase to approve application #11-049 as submitted. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. NEW BUSINESS:
#11-063 (Accessory Building) Application of Kristen Main, 3 Oriole Street, Pawcatuck, CT 06379 to construct a 14 x 16 accessory building on property owned by Wesley & Kyra Lamphere located at 1 Lakeside Drive in an R-80 Zone. Tax Map #45, Parcel #2664
Wes & Kyra Lamphere were present for this application. Mr. Lamphere went over the application and stated he would like to place an accessory building on his property for storage. The shed is 25 feet from the lake so the application will have to sit for the 30-day statutory period.
Commission members who would like to look at the site will do individual site walks of the property. The Commission will sign off on this application at their August 10th meeting in which the applicant does not have to be present.
6. WORKSHOP:
A. Dan Mackin representing Gary Park, 6 Wyassup Rd. to discuss repairing existing retaining wall
Mr. Mackin & Mr. Park were present and went over some proposed drawings and explained how they were going to rebuild the wall. The Commission discussed this as being maintenance but asked Mr. Park to come in and fill out a Wetlands/Zoning Permit to have on file. Mr.Park stated he would be bringing in fill and a zoning permit would be needed.
The Commission told Mr. Park that if he has any questions or issues when repairing the wall to contact WEO Berardi.
B. Bob Burnside of 478 Cossaduck Hill Road to follow-up on the breach in spillway of dam
Mr. Burnside was not present, but met with Chairman White and stated he has started the project on the dam and will let the Commission know when the job is complete so they can do a site inspection.
7. DISCUSSION:
Proposed Draft Updated Wetlands Regulations
The Commission briefly reviewed the regulations, but asked that they be provided with a red-lined version of the regulations to see what changes have been made.
8. ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S REPORT: None
9. CORRESPONDENCE: None
10. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by M. Chase, SECOND by K. Geary to adjourn the Inland Wetlands Commission Meeting at 8:00 p.m. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectively Submitted,
Cheryl Konsavitch
Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant
Inland Wetlands Commission
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