Town of

 

NORTH STONINGTON, CT

 

Inland Wetlands Commission

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 – 7:00 P.M.

 

New Town Hall

Conference Room

40 Main Street

North Stonington, CT  06359

           

 

DRAFT MINUTES

 

1.   CALL TO ORDER:

 

Duane White called the Regular Meeting of the Inland Wetlands Commission to order on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

 

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:

 

Duane White, Candy Palmer, Kevin Geary, Cody Bill and Ron Lewis

 

COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:  George Brown, Chairman, Mark Grigg, Vice-Chair, Art Dobley, and Robert Miner

 

STAFF PRESENT:

 

Wetlands Enforcement Officer, Wayne Berardi (arrived at 7:03 p.m.) and Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant

 

2.   ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA:  None     

 

3.   MINUTES:

 

Review minutes of regular meeting of 11/12/14

 

MOTION by C. Palmer SECOND by K. Geary to approve the minutes of November 12, 2014 as submitted.  MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

4.   PUBLIC COMMENT:  None 

 

5.    OLD BUSINESS:      

 

#14-081 Application of Patricia & Eugene McClure, 27 Park Ave., Waterford, CT  06385 to construct a driveway on property located at 300 Providence-New London Trpk., N. Stonington, CT  06359 in an R-60 Zone.  Tax Map #117, Parcel #9903

 

Mr. Don Gerwick, of Gerwick & Mereen Land Surveyors & Civil Engineers was present for this continued application. 

 

The Commission did individual site-walks of the property and found no issues with the proposal.

 

MOTION by R. Lewis, SECOND by C. Palmer to approve application #14-081 as submitted with the condition to have soil and erosion control in place prior to construction and to contact the Wetlands Enforcement Officer prior to construction.  MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

6.  NEW BUSINESS:    

 

#14-088 Application of Joseph R. Theroux, P.O. Box 32, Voluntown, CT  06384 for a selective timber harvest/forest land conversion to shaded pasture with 2 temporary bridged/corduroyed stream crossings on property owned by John Senning/Wintechog Hill Farms, LLC, c/o Van Brown on property located at 118/135 Wintechog Hill Rd., N. Stonington, CT  06359 in an R-80 Zone.  Tax Map #93, Parcel #9490/2153

 

Mr. Joseph Theroux, Certified Forester/Soil Scientist was present for this application.  Mr. Van & Dugan Brown were also present.

 

WEO Wayne Berardi stated he asked Mr. Theroux to come before the Commission to go over the proposed activity because it was a large timber harvest.

 

Mr. Theroux stated they were going to do a selective timber harvest and forestland conversion to shaded pasture to occur during the winter months.  Mr. Theroux stated that upon completion of the project, 118 Wintechog Hill Road there will be one field/shaded pasture area of approximately 30 acres and on 135 Wintechog Hill Road there will be one field/shaded pasture area of approximately 47 acres.  Timing of the operation is planned for optimum ground conditions, (dry/frozen), to reduce the chances of sedimentation/erosion.

 

Mr. Theroux went over the harvesting equipment to be used, timber harvest BMP’s, wetland area, stream crossings, erosion and sedimentation control measures, post-harvest phase and aesthetics

 

The Commission consensus was for the applicant to use best management practices and no formal wetlands application is needed.

 

7.    DISCUSSION:  None        

8.  CORRESPONDENCE:

 

Inland Wetlands Open Space Account

 

The Inland Wetlands Commission agreed to leave the $13,250 in their Open Space account and not transfer it to the general fund, or the land acquisition account.

 

9.   ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S REPORT:  None 

 

10   ADJOURNMENT 

 

MOTION by C. Palmer, SECOND by C. Bill to adjourn the Inland Wetlands Commission Meeting at 7:30 p.m.  MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

 

Respectively Submitted,

 

Cheryl Konsavitch

 

 

Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant

Inland Wetlands Commission