Orleans Conservation Commission
Town Hall, Nauset Room
Work Meeting, Tuesday, June 15, 2010
PRESENT: Bob Royce, Arnold Henson, Chairman; Judith Bruce, Vice-Chairman; Adrienne Pfluger, Harry Herrick, Steve Phillips, James Trainor, (Members); Jim O’Brien, Jamie Balliett (Associate Members); and Jennifer Wood, Conservation Administrator.
8:30 a.m. Call to Order
Notice of Intent
Leonard Rosen 15 Duck Marsh Lane by Ryder and Wilcox, Inc. Assessor’s Map 70, Parcel 36. The proposed construction of additions and a shed. Work will occur within 100 feet of a coastal bank, a marsh, and within an ACEC. David Lyttle from Ryder & Wilcox, Seth Wilkinson and Teresa Sprague from Wilkinson Ecological Design along with the owner Len Rosen were present. The property is located on a cedar swamp with a coastal flood zone. On the southern edge of the property the grade is too gentle to create a coastal bank. There is a coastal bank to the north. Almost the entire property is within the ACEC. The proposed project includes an addition over the existing deck to expand the dining room, a screen porch over the existing deck and a new deck over a shed. The stairs to the deck will be moved to the south. The
second addition will raise the roof 6’ and increase the size of the bedroom. The number of bedrooms is not increasing. The foot print of the dwelling is not increasing. Steve Phillips asked what the increase in volume or usable space was. Dave Lyttle said the work will increase the habitable space of the dwelling but he did not have the exact number. The owner would also like to build a small 160 sq ft.shed with a deck within the ACEC and within 50 feet to the coastal bank. The shed will not have a bathroom or running water and will be built on sono tube footings. As mitigation an existing 295 sq ft.concrete slab will be removed and there will be restoration plantings. Steve Phillips asked what the slab had been used for. Seth Wilkinson said it was most likely used in the past for cranberry cultivation. Teresa Sprague outlined the planting plan. The area around the slab has already been restored to a meadow and similar planting will go in where the
slab was removed. An additional 2000 sq feet of turf will be removed to create a vegetated buffer by the edge of wetland. Additional shrubs will be planted at the southern end. Trees and shrubs will also be planted at the south and north sides to provide screening from the neighbor and the street. Steve Phillips asked if a fence will be built and where it will be located. A single rail fence is proposed at the edge of the meadow so the area would not be mowed. James Trainor asked if the shed will have electricity and heat and the answer is yes. Jamie Balliet said the electric line to the shed and the fence to the buffer should be shown on the site plan. They agreed to continue for one week to June 22nd to add the location of the fence and utilities and to calculate the increase in habitable space.
Certificate of Compliance
Last Heard 1/6/2009
Marion Kaiser (2008) 46 Gibson Road Order for landscaping and stairs down the coastal bank. This COC was held for the vegetation to grow in. There is good cover on the bank and the top of the bank now.
MOTION: A motion to approve this project was made by Harry Herrick and seconded by Judith Bruce
VOTE: Unanimous.
Administrative Reviews
Continued from 5/18/2010,6/1/2010
Wendy Cultice 12 Skymeadow Drive Request to remove 2 cherries and 4 oaks near to the front of the dwelling in the buffer to a coastal bank and freshwater wetland. AR submitted by Beth Arndtsen (Landscape Design and Planning).
MOTION: A motion to approve this project was made by Judith Bruce and seconded by Adrienne Pfluger.
VOTE: Unanimous
Melinda Oleksiak 212 Brick Hill Road Request to remove 3 dead pitch pines with bark beetles, prune dead branches out of a red cedar and a pitch pine by the drive and to continue to remove invasive yellow iris along the shore of Ice House Pond.
MOTION: A motion to approve this project was made by Adrienne Pfluger and seconded by Steve Phillips
VOTE: Unanimous
Chairman’s Business
Approval of the Minutes from the Work Meeting on June 8, 2010.
MOTION: A motion to approve was made by Harry Herrick and seconded by Bob Royce.
VOTE: 6-0-1 (Adrienne Pfluger abstained)
Other Member’s Business
Administrator’s Business
The Meeting was Adjourned at 9:30 am
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