01/06/2005 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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i AIASHPEE CONSERVATION COAMMSION Minutes of January 6,2005 Public-Hearing Mashee'town Hall Meeting Room 1 Comm6sxoners present: .Tack Fitzsimmons, Chainnan, Mchaet Talbot, vice C anl, Len Pinad, Clerk, Floyd Allen, and mph Shaw. Staff present: Bob Shennan, Agents and Frances wise, Board Secretary. Jack Fit sinnnor s, C called the.meet* to order at 6:55 p.nr. Pu fie Hearing: None. Non-Hearing Agenda Old Business: Motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried to send a letter to the Selectmen 0 recommending that Je -ey Cross be appointed a�Conumssioner. 2. RFA., -S43-2288. Bob said this is a request to revise a vita,pruning plan and removal o sone us x-as trees. He recommended approval. Motion ode, seconded and unanimously wed to approve RF'AA S #3-2258. . RFAA-SE-43-2315, Bob said this is'a request for a change in the driveway on the o plan, He recommended approval. Motion made, seconded and unannnously carried to approve RFA S -23 i 4. RFA S3-2144, 75 Popponesset Road. Bob said this is a request for a revised landscape plan. They have already y made a series of egos for this property, and he does not recommend approval because they now instead of putting M a pool they want to put in its place a forte garden, He said his reason for opposing this request is procedural more than anything else-- i.e., we have too many recantations of landscaping on this prop. He thinks as policy we should not accept partial landscaping plass, because whoever will be issuing a Certificate o Compliance will be totally confused. Rather, we should have a plan that reflects the whole property. As Rebecca Perry says in her letter, the plantings are ornamental and not in keeping with nafive species that are preferred Om an area lie this. However, Bob said these changes are within the work limit where we don't normally demand native species, although we would not approve mvasiv s. Mike said he thinks they should not use the Euonymus Emerald and