5/14/2015 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission Minutes of May 14, 2015 Public Hearings Mashpee Town Hall Waquoit Meeting Room Commissioners: Robert Anderson, John Rogers, Dale McKay, Ralph Shaver, Brad Sweet. Mark Gurnee and Louis DiMeo (Associate Member). Staff Present: Drew McManus (Conservation Agent) and Judy Daigneault (Recording Secretary). Call Meeting to Order: 5:55 p.m. The meeting was called to order with a quorum by Chairman Robert Anderson at 5:55 p.m. There was no public comment. Pre Post Hearing Agenda: Minutes: Approve April 9 and April 23, 2015 Minutes Motion: Mr. Shaw moved to approve the April 9 and April 23, 2015 minutes, seconded by Mr. Sweet. Vote 5-0-1 with Mr. Gurnee abstaining. Recap Town Meeting: The Agent gave an update on an article at town meeting. The article proposed purchasing a 4.28 acre of land for open space and conservation to be paid for out of the Conservation Preservation Fund. The Finance Committee opposed the purchase but the voters approved the article. The Agent noted the parcel on a GIS map. He said that some of the surrounding parcels are owned by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and this parcel offers more protection for Washburn Pond and the Mashpee River. The purchase price was $170,000. AmeriCorps -- Pollinator Gardens The Agent updated the Conservation Commission members on the work AmeriCorps has been doing at the pollinator gardens. They have been weeding and mulching at Pickerel Cove, the Community Garden site and Jehu Pond. The Mashpee Garden Club will be maintaining the gardens at Jehu Pond and the Community Garden and is considering maintaining the gardens at Pickerel Cove. The gardens look great and he noted interpretative language signage is located at each site. HEARINGS: 6:00 Jeffrey and Justine Cohen, 154 Fells Pond Road. Proposed dock construction and vista priming. NOI