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mash.pee _,Conservation Commission - <br /> minutes <br /> ommissionmi utes of September .2 , .1983- <br /> Hearing o <br /> 138 -Hearin f Dr. M cDonald o cont. SD - o ` <br /> D . .MacDonald explained to- the Board that they would like to -trim and re- <br /> move sone 'of the trees down on{ the- water' front, of ' hn Pond'.. , He said <br /> that it was' his understanding that regulations allow 0% of the ground <br /> cover-to be taken..-+ Dr:+ MacDonald.. M' entiohed that they also wanted permis. <br /> cion -to maintain'. the -beach,. He -explained that they had used. a bulldozer <br /> to pull the �nd� which they- 'logia in the water back. �p onto ,the beach in order- to keep ,it graded.' He s id that they would like to use. a. backhoe <br /> ,_t.o pull out some- of- -the root systems as there are trees that are down and. <br /> the roots are sitting: up- .On ec g , He said that he -did not -see any dis- <br /> turbance <br /> is - <br /> tu anc in the ecological factor of, the pond. . In recapping, Dr. MacDonald' <br /> said that they'. would- be- doing - sel6ctive cutting, thinning, pruning and e-- . <br /> roving certain root systems along with' the maintenance of the existing raft <br /> and _pier* <br /> Peter Donner ,asked if' he were planning to. pull all the- stumps and what <br /> percentage of trees -h . planned to take?' <br /> r <br /> Dr, ma.cDonald replied that they wigll take. the- stumps of the- trees that <br /> they -cut. -up and that they.wouil d take less than 0% of.- the trees. He said <br /> thalt .he_ did wa tt - a,i.ntain _trees, on the .property.. He -said that, there <br /> were a - few 'dead pines and bad. oaks' ,some- of which were uprooted <br /> M r macD na1d said that they` do, not be1ieve-. in, taking treed <br /> with .reference to,. the shore front along Moody Pond, Dr. I acDonald . said <br /> ' <br /> that -it was a matter ,of riaintenan <br /> -. Charlie commented that Moody eras 'mentioned as one o � the pond° which was <br /> completely- acidic,-. <br /> Dr. MacT ona d made reference to -maintaining the drai age down g-Hollow Road <br /> .by. gi inaL' little history, of the-'area," He -said ahem the- Harding fait was <br /> o energy . <br /> icreated ate flog, problem which cable down did Hollow Road. <br /> Where the town gave the base permission to open and maintain the road -to <br /> the beach, the base put. in a huge culvert. Nater comes_ down and through. <br /> the� culvert- and across the' MacDonald I nd which was digging it completely <br /> p* }.. e s9aid that -the heavy water flow was washing the banking on one side <br /> of the road and threat,'eining-. th-er ,r6ad.He said that they started dumping <br /> stumps in- there. to try -' hbld it.. <br /> Pauline asked if they''put a pipes under the road. <br /> Dr,,, macDonald' said, that the pipe was put in by the base y ars ago. He <br /> said that the- pipe was about 4 to feet. high and it filled up 3/4 of the- <br /> w a' with sand. He said that they put a holo in and chug a deep hole on one <br /> iI de so that the rain water . eventually cleared it' and _that they have -been <br /> maintaining it, He said that t ley. are not blocking the flowi however, re- <br /> stricting it from washing their. property. out. <br /> Charlie asked if he would. be doing anything in the creak area to accelerate <br /> the flow - Dr. 1 acDonald replied "no., that he wanted to keep it gathered <br /> together until it gets low 'enough , and them it follows its own coarse o t." <br />