5/13/1999 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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i 13 May 1399 Page 4. lot of talk that there are certain ideas which have been advanced which may have to do with Conservation land. what he was trying to do was to point out that this was not only a matter for the Conservation Commission and the Town of Mashpee but also was a matter for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that in this connection there was a reiteration of the fact that EOEA was not favoring this sort of thing and was saying to us, in effect, don't forget that if anyone cones to us, we are going to have to tell them they are going to have to have an Environmental Impact Report with the scientific evidence and the ruling'out of alternatives. Once land is given to the control of the Conservation Commission, it becomes Conservation land and thea there is a whole body oflaves that apply. Anything that will affect a parcel of Conservation Lard becomes a conversion. Tony Ferragamo asked if that is defined in the statutes. Mr. Rosenberg stated it is defined in the state regulations. Mr. Ferragamo stated then it i not something that would require input from Town Counsel. Mr. Sherman advised the easementi en to the Military constituted a change that had to go through Town Meeting and be approved by the legislature. Mr. Hanks asked if the Commission had any feelings, one way or the other, on the three alternatives discussed? Mr. Rosenberg stated the Commission has no position, one way or the other. It becomes a matter of satisfying the several requirements. He assumed they will have to have extensive scientific analysis to show what win happen and hove and what the effects will be. Mr. Hanks stated they do not want to pay to do this whole gamut of things. That is why they are trying to narrow it down. when the issue of the marsh island originally was discussed, Federal Marine Fisheries and Federal EPA said "no way", the edge of the marsh cannot be touched. A letter came back from thein stating no marsh islands void be allowed. This was dropped and they were seat of`to coo more analysis. When they talked with Diane oretos and Bob Sherman, Diane asked what were the specific reasons it was denied? He went back to raise the question and was told they would listen to the proposal. They are back looking at marsh islands.