2/23/1989 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission February 23 , 1989 Page work on the flume at Johns Pond . Repairs were listed . VOTE : Motion rade and seconded to give Ernie Virgilio permission to go ahead with the necessary repairs . letter from the Mashpee Woodlands Committee concerning hunting in the woodlands was read . The Committee vias asked to thiirk about this for recommendations . Mr , Rosenberg suggested the Woodlands Committee initiate specific proposals for the Commission to consider and perhaps take to the Selectmen . Ms B hrman suggested the Woodlands Committee get recommendations from the State and a public hearing be held . 8 : 30 New Seabury Corp . ( Hayes Engineering ) For a Determination of Applicability as to the resource area boundaries in Bufflehead Bay , Located southerly of Red Brook Road westerly of Great oak Road easterly of dehu Pond . Debra McCartney of Hayes Engineering presenting . The wetland resource areas have been upped on the property . o work i being proposed on thep ro erty now because f the lame tract land and they would like to come to an agreement on the boundaries of the resource areas with the Commission , They have differentiated between salt marsh vegetation and bordering vegetated wetland along the salt marsh . Bordering land subject to flooding according to FIMA also noted . There are pockets ets of wetland indicated i n yell o t bogs and wetland systems that lacked outlet or stream. The edge of wetland vegetation is flagged . Be ause they lacked an outlet , they have taken the position they are isolated l and subject to flooding . They have done hydraulic engineering calculations to determine the water sheds . The cedar swamp area has an area adjacent to it with no stream apparent flowing out of it but they did d map the edge of the wetland vegetation . This area. was included in the loo flood elevation on the F I i maps . She d i,d not f Ind any stream in there it would border on . Mr . Rosenberg asked the location of the cranberry bog and it was located on the map . Ms McCartney stated the delineation here is bounded by the old trails that are on either side . The entire site delineated in red does not belong to the applicant but they wanted to clarify the entire study site .