1/22/1988 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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S T I 1S, ORA I N S;E:.M I N T J NUA 2 6 . I 98 commissioners Present= V. Louise Behrman, Gertrude .Ferriday, Joseph Burns, Carol Jacobson. Lisa Hanscom, Conservation Agent was present as well as a oro imatel r 25 area residents. The chairman advised of a prior meeting with Mr. Orlow, when it was stated that under State law the Commission is not able to Brant ars, easement; that requires a roll call vote, two-thirds majority, of the State Legislature. The grantingf a license was discussed, however, a number of. -questions were to be answered first and a public hearine would have to be held. letter has been hand delivered tonight that addresses some of thos . � issued which the Commission has not had time to review. The Military was invited to come to a Public Hearing tonight to describe their re- quest. Col one l Brogna, Civil. Engineer at t i t and Dick Duggan, Fnv i ron� mental Engineer, were introduced. Colonel Brogn a stated 25 years ago when the active duty Air Force was here here may have been some discussion at that time to initiate an easement or license. in the 60' s the Air Force started'. then disapp- roved to initiate a project to acquire the easement, attempted to fund some money to t a- a care of the legal paperwork that had to be done. Be- fore the Air Force left Otis, very little was done. The Air Guard took over in' 1972 and it took their a while to acquire all the rights- and permissions needed. In 1979-1980 formal action was again started to have the ACDF, who takes care of all their real estate action, acquire the easement. Due to priorities, they did not qet active until the F1 program commenced 4 years ago and then converted to the F15 program last gear. The actions on the southeast portion of the Base that butt up to the McDonald' s Trailer Park and Town of Mashpee property, the location of the runways, majority of raodwa r systems that tie i