7/7/1982 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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C n, Tat ion � i-Ti-25 i n # 9 . .. � 2 Page SE43-16 cont 4 Mr. Bohnenber Asked the Commission if they considered the creeks and ditches in questi,on as tributaries? - t .. Dorothy Stud Replied that they are . wetlands t: 'fir. Umin : Stated that the. area in which Mr'. Bohnenberger is pointing, out is about ' 15 feet above the road. He tol.c the Board that the. t rri u. tari.es ,w ishfir. Bo nen rc er said were dry- are not dry which proves - that. the water is coming out from the road -and not. comi.ng from the other- side, Atty., Turco requested that a previous owner of the property be al- ow d t speaks to offer an explanation of ghat. the land was- -used for at that time, Paul o ta.t ed that he was the 6wner and opet orr of the bogs from -approximately 1956 -through 1972. He referred to e +mission' s concern about springs in the area,. He.- told the Board that "you could in spring . ani ditch o cranerr� dog if you went lack to how boqs wee made. He made mention to the fact that he thought that the sprinq in question was. on a ditch around the circum era.nce ' o the upland,' He told the Board that a. sprina is nothing more than'-a source of water bubbling from mer ere. He g essed that John' s Pond was about to 8-- feet higher than that part i�- cular area. ' He. stated that when the. water level is_ up,. . yoU would find water running out' He also' stated 'in t hrat one parrt i cu a area, they are n tr pins as, they. were roan-made ditches. It was. when- the ditch. was rade that around water seeped put. ; Mr. onenerger; Asked if anyone knew. the definition of a tritry stat-._ in that a. tributary Is - an rt i' nq which c n r�. totes to the river whether, �.. Y is man-made or natural,. ' e asked Mr." dors If e' woul agree that -there was a sprincr in the- area in question =fir. Morse:- - Replied that he was not sure whethdr there was a sprinq richt there. . e explained that what: e- was sayinq was that there, were sprin s . in anv ditch as one would- clean ditches t rou bout the operation, Mr. o nen erar : Asked if fvlr,,, yore sold the land t fir# mina Mr. Morse: Replied that he did. Mr,, Eos n + rger : Asked -him if he e- alle ' a- larcre s ring- i:n that area � with a creek w i- t meandered. out and ended up. dawn. in the river-'.whi"ch cir- c :ed around the higb1and.. . r Mr. Morse: Replied that he- could not vi sual iZ --any active- springs p rse as - there were springs everywhere. , Mr. EhnenVerr # Asked i he- would agree that there were hum s springs along the road with water- coming out of them? Mr. ?o Started that it eras - a man-made aitch and when one would clean the ditches , they, w uld be getter than what they were before and _that it -was not a natural tributary of the river. H,. e recalled some- of the drauq t gears. in which e had no water in there. He po .nted out a flume which Makepiece would dare up.