1/24/2001 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Nitrogen Loading Smeary - References were being made to Shoestring Bay, there is a. standard of -o- for new increased nitrogen loading. odi f i c at i ons have been made to the existing 1 -hole golf course fertilization practices which have resulted in a reduction of nitrogen loading. A neer of rough areas are to be converted to natural areas, the size of the existing 1 - hole golf course will be reduced. Sewering of Cotuit Bay Condominiums - Pounds per year - There is a net reduction of over 1, 000 lbs. of nitrogen between the existing and the proposed new golf course expansion. Mr. Horsley stated he feels this is the major environmental water quality issue pertaining to the proposed project. Applicant intends to request the Commission to apply the Flexibility Clause within the Town By-law. Water conservation - willowbend Water Saving Measures - urrently irrigation water for the existing course is taken from the well by the santuit River (which is also a very sensitive wetland resource area) . The design is such that no additional water will be used. ' New technology provides for gear-driven heads to be replaced on the existing 18-hole golf course, savings of -million gallons per year. 'there is an existing water- withdrawal permit with DEP which grants the use o - million gallons per year. The average water usage over the past five-years has been 52 . 8 million gallons per year. Course Changes - New irrigation Meads, naturalization, nitrogen loading, less water usage, a lining process has already begun on those water hazards currently on the coarse where water is leaking back into groundwater- -a savings of approximately 7-million gallons per year. An and r gain system will serve to recycle any stormwater runoff from the fairways cycled into the irrigationonds. storing the water will make the irrigation process more efficient as the need to draw on the resource will be reduced. The projected use for tho proposed 9-hole gol f course is 9-million Gallons per year compared to the existing use of 52-million gallons. An Agreement with the Cape Cod Commission requires that on a five-year rolling average Applicant will not be allowed to exceed 52 . 8 million gallons per year. Mitigation Measures -- willowbend Golf Course Habitat Restoration - References es were rade to a vernal pool located at the north end of the project, off Sampson' s dill Road which is impacted by motorized biles which is on Town owned property, and which Applicant proposes to restore and construct a gating structure which will provide proper access for recreational vehicles away from the vernal pool. .t this point Mr. Sherman interjected that if said vernal - -