11/17/1976 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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r�� ^R�i .w��■r r ■Iru.,.i�rrM�r.�..��r.nri.f.�..�•w w�w� 1 DATE,* November 17,, 1976 Mashpee Town Hall TIME The meeting was called to order by Madam S tudley, with the followi Commission members in attendance: Madam Chairman Studley, Barbara Sloane, -Ralph Hendricks, Charles Buckingham and Rah Pocknett, Conservation officer. Also in attendance were Harold Collins Richardson Jonas Tom Bourgeois and ' Gary Parker. Regarding open space planning, fir. Parker said the soil mapping has been started on the Mashpee River - 4000 acnes. They expected,all coarse and and nothing else and proud have classified it as Cass 7, but they have found better soil than expected and classify it as Class I. Class 7 would require most man,- agement. an,- a e e The tops of .� ost of the ridg'es are. enfield - much coarser down lower. They're finding something they really didn't expect. They thought' "it would just show wet areas, etc. This should be an incentive. to get the rest of the town rapped - produc ti ori from ag r' i cultural point of view. The Department of Conservation Service has come u ' with a new set of guidelines for open space planning, it calls attention to the fact that any proposal must be reviewed by the local planning board and regional planning agency. They encourage you to have as many agencies as possible to comment on thea, but actually re wire these two. There should be more than just a plan to qualify for cost-sharing funds. What they have in mind is a general statement of goals and ghat you're going to do to attain those goals, but not cite specifics o One might be to establish an area for future watershed and establish goal of 500 acres, but don't get more specific. It doesn't take expertise to formulate your goals. He said he alreadyx l fined what was involved in pr ar�I ng this plan - the best waywas to have the Commission draft a proposal (see minutes of October 21st meeting). Mr. Parker has access to all the background 'Information we meed and has compiled it all. (Population projections, mean incomes, etc, NAM gat information on water company in New Seabury area - capacity for /4 mil- lion a day - no storage facilities. ) We will draft a proposed set of goals which we would rewiew with the Planning Board. Barbara Sloane read her list of Goals and Objectives., which is attached. These are just her thoughts on ghat she would like in the Town of Mash- pee. Would also lie to start an educational program in schools and further stated that now that we have goon soil., to perhaps think about tree farming. 111r. Buckingha-m is in to re s ted in an ongoing water monitoring system, Mr. Parker said it could be included <as a goal. The actions that we are going to take don't necessarily have to involve land acquisition. Ire. Studley read from a list that Jerry DePa ria sent in., mentioning bike trails along the river and other scenic areas, connecting with neigh- boring towns. Yx. Bourgeois said the Planning Board 's concerned basically with open space as a means for recreation and also as a. buffer zone between residential and business. For instar .e, tie find u tfrial area off` Route 28, dis tri sting commercial and industrial business �- r unicip l � protecting it from encroach- ment of residential and commercial any capital expenditures - checkerboard type thing - taping what land is available to us - that can save us the most money - sone sort of protection which he believes open space could do-for us especially aesthetically. Subdivisions and increa ing the zoning on the lot sizes � hoer the r d be ff e to b septic systems and how they would