10/18/1990 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission October 18, 1990 Page 6. Habitat Evaluation however, because in a resource area doing dredging, which the orig- inal RDA did not state, it does kick off a Notice Of Intent, Category +, with a fee of $725,00. Mr. Coffey added that it would kick in Chapter 91 and Army Corps of Engineers* V=: Motion made'and seconded to issue a Positive ] eterriumnation. Mr.. Ford �e stated the are looking for encouragement that if they return with the.. other necessary permitting, this could be permitted by the Co mmsion. Mr. Coffeyted when they get everything in order to come in for an informational suggested and straw vote. :15 JOHNS POS FSTATES - SUNSET CIRCLE, continued hearing. The same information applied. V=: Notion made and seconded to issue a Positive Determination. POSITS . NAIAD H. & PAMUCIA BERAN, for proposed landscape improvements; deck expansion; construction of a new driveway; plantings and a lawn at 82 Waterway. Alan Abrahamson presenting. A narrative was included in the filing. The site has n existing hedgerow offtagmitespg and thea thin area of existing grass. The southerly end has beenprev- lously rowed and fertilized by the previous owner. He talked the Bens into eliminating that area andp utting small .awn area at the top next to the house. Erosion is from lack of vegetation and roof runoff. Removal of the grass area behind +the fragites gg has been suggested. e would replace it with Birsfoot Trefoil. which the in sand. Some grading is intended where driveway is going and removal of 5 pines. The slope between the driveway and house will be vegetated. Plant materials in the back are all native. Driveway to be crushed stone except for turnaround. The major items are the lawn areas, old and new, deck extension and driveway. No roof gutters are proposed; crushed stone will be placed around the building. Abutter receipts were presented. There were no comments on the project. VOTE: Motion made and seconded to close the hearing. EEARING CLOSED, 8:45 SO= CAFE CSC ASSOCIffION: Continued hearing. The Board of Appeals continued the public hearing to October +, 1990 t 9:00. Dave ani g c i advised the complete presentation was made at the prior hearing and continued pending input of Shellfish. He asked if the Commission wished for'him to go through the presentation again? He stated it is an association neighborhood facility in lieu of what was presented in the in3itial Notice of Intent. i Paul Somerville, Shellfish warden, stated he read the Sabatia report and dict a resource analysis -of the area. There are several resource habitats in the mediate area of the sand beach y hi hI productive soft shell clam bed, and offshore is productive quahog highly bed. There is no eelg rass, it is more to the north and south. The structure is right over ap roductive shellfish bed with two to three feet of water at low title in the mediate vicinity of the pier and the access path to the pier. Under normal circ - stances he would usually recommend a denial for reasons of propeller wash coming to and surrounding the structure which would destroy or minimize the productivity of the shellfish in that area. Originally this was applied for as a community structure; a community structure is not necessarily a public structure, not one structure with a