3/18/2004 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes of March 1 , 2004 Public Hearing I arshpee Town Hall Meeting Room 1 Commissioners present: Michael Talbot, Vice Chairman, Lloyd Allen, Cass Costa, Jeffrey Cross and Stephanie Jones. Staff present: Robert Sherman, Agent, Lori Soucy, Assistant Conservation Agent, and Frances Wise, Board Secretary Michael Talbot, Vice Chairman, called the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m. Public Hearn : lone. Ikon-Hearing Agenda Old Business: 1. Enforcement of regulation regarding flagging and staking. Bob said he made an on-site inspection this week, and in terms of ill-prepared plans, it was the worst he's ever seen. He thinks it's time that we serve notice that we are going to enforce this regulation. He recommended that we provide a checklist to all consultants, advising that if our staff goes to a site and finds that the applicant has failed to follow the routine rules we have for staking and flagging and the check list has three omissions, the application will be denied. Bob also recommended that at the next regulations Committee meeting, we increase the continuation fee to at least$100. He said the staking should be complete before the plan is submitted. 2. 43 Shoestring Bay load. We were notified of a potential problem here in that there is no signoff on the plan, possibly because there was a note by the surveyor that there will be no work with in 100 feet of our jurisdiction. When Bob measured the plan, it showed the deck within about 95 ft., so in the future vire will have to be more careful about notes on plans. Also, fuss Wheeler gent to the site today and found a wall that is not on the building plan. Therefore, the builder will be notified that the work limit for the deck and wall will have to be resurveyed. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to inform the owners that they must do a new survey to shover the work limit for the deck and wall. 3. Conservation restrictions. Bob said the Cape Cod Commission is-requiring in every torn that land to be restricted as to its use be under the Conservation Commission. While Bob generally applauds this, it's becoming a management problem. He's not sure how many Conservation restrictions we now have under our auspices, but we are supposed to be inspecting there once a year, but we have not had the staff to do so. Bob suggested that when people want to give land in this manner, they pay a fee. This would enable us to hire a qualified person for a day or two once a year to inspect these parcels.