10/04/1990 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMaSSION MEETIM OF OCTOBER 4 1990 commissioners Present: Patrick Coffey, Gertrude Simmons, Louise Behrman, Duncan York, Darold Desrosiers, Susana Iznik. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. 7:15 CRAMBM, 118 Old Brickyard road, Continued hearing, Mr. Sherman advised the requested information was received. A letter was read into the record stating the type of fertilizer to be used (Turf-organi C . CLOSED - ORDER of CONDITIONS IN 21 DAYS. 7:16 LWYD GAJMBORO, Dave Tavares of PGM Landscapes presenting. Mr. Sherman ream the comments from D.E.P, asking if a small wall. is a coastal engineering structure per 310 CMR 10.33. A call was placed to D.E.D. who advised this decision was up to the Commission; Mr. Sherman did not feel the wall is one. letter was read into the record from FGM Landscapes re the construction of the wall. Mr. Sherman suggested the statement should be rade that the Commission does not consider it to be an eroding bank. He asked if the wall will be one u .it, six inches high and was told it will. He felt that should be added to the letter. HFZRM CI. SED - ORDER of CONDITIONS 21 DAYS. 7:30 GERTRUDE W, SIMMONS, for a Determination of Applicability for the construction of a canoe rack; maintenance of natural landscaping; on-going improvement of bank stability with the planting of vege to t ion and use of bark and wood chips for top- dressing but not on the coastal bank at 126 Sunnersea Road. Gertrude Simmons stood down. John Ferriday presenting. There is an existing stair down to a beach, then into marsh grass and water. They propose to build a canoe rack consisting of. two toteres, + ft, high, 1--1 ft. circumference, 8 ft. apart. The other items are for housekeeping purposes. The bank needs maintenance to keep the house secure; indigenous plants need to be replaced. Mr. Coffey asked, if the canoe supports would shade existing vegetation? Mr. -Ferriday stated logs l ft. in diameter, 4 ft. high with rails of 6 inch boards would, not create excessive shading; there will be one canoe 4-1/2 feet above the ground. Mr. Sherman stated, with the sun moving down the slope, he dick not feel shaming was a problem, Mr. Coffey asked if the scope of maintenance and on-going improvement went back to an original RDA? Nor. 'errid' y -a wised originally they asked to build the Japanese garden and re- place the wooden step. They were either too specific and eliminated some things or too general and did not include some things. Asked if the RDA lists the types of plantings, Mr. Ferriday stated it did. Ir.. Coffey asked if excavation in the bark will be necessary for planting and was told no plants will be larger than those obtained from the Cape Cod Soil Conserv- tion Service.