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2 December 1999 <br /> Page 5. <br /> upon capacity of said pool to provide the functions as described in Critical <br /> Characteristics and Presumptions of significance. She stated this parcel is <br /> one of the last remaining .upland parcels associated with this vernal pool. <br /> There has been documentation cited in her denial that shows that without <br /> adjacent upland areas, you quickly diminish the ability of that pool to <br /> provide breeding habitat for salamanders. Upland areas, like this, with the <br /> canopy cover, the -leaf cover and its proximity to the vernal pool provide <br /> things like congregation areas for juveniles, over-wintering areas for spotted <br /> salamanders and wood frogs and it also provides foraging and over-wintering <br /> habitat for the adult amphibians. <br /> Ms Boretos advised she cited some more recent literature of studies that have <br /> been dome on impacts with upland areas adjacent to vernal pools. <br /> Mr. Schall asked for ars interpretation, on the definition, is it being said that <br /> the vernal pool habitat if located in an isolated wetland, will run to whatever <br /> the 100 year storm event is. Vernal pool habitat within any freshwater <br /> wetland shall be the area within said freshwater wetland boundary. He <br /> would interpret the bylaw as saying that said wetlands boundary is the lime <br /> that is delineated as the bordering vegetated wetland. <br /> Mr. Sherman stated it technically isn't bordering vegetated wetland, it is <br /> freshwater wetland under the bylaw but the ley thing is that there is some <br /> disagreement on the wetland line also and secondly, there is a vernal pool <br /> buffer zone within which, that is 100' from the boundary ofthe wetland itself, <br /> within the vernal pool-buffer zone. It would have an adverse effect upon the <br /> ability of the vernal pool habitat itself to sustain its characteristics in terms <br /> of being a breeding ground for salamanders. It does not meet our <br /> performance standards. <br /> Mr. Schall stated he would respectfully Mold a different opinion as to what is <br /> the edge ofthe vernal pool habitat. As he Breads the regulations, it shall be, <br /> for a fresh water wetland, the area within said freshwater wetlands <br /> boundary. From that point out, you then move into vernal pool buffer zone. <br /> But if you read through the buffer zone, it then says that projects shall be <br /> considered in tens of thein likelihood of impacting the vernal pool habitat in <br /> such a gay as to fail to meet the performance standard' that are referenced <br /> above. <br /> Ms . oretos stated on page 38 it says, "Around such vernal pool habitat there <br /> shall be presumed to be vernal pool buffer zone. This vernal pool buffer zone <br /> shall include the area within 100' of the boundary of the vernal pool habitat <br />