11/9/2006 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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MASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes of November 9, 2006 Public Hearings Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 3 Commissioners present: Jack Fitzsimmons, Chairman, Ralph Shaw, Vice Chairman, Len Pinaud, Clerk, Lloyd Allen,Jefl`rey Cross, and John Rogers. Staff present: Steve Solbo, Agent, and Frances Wise, Board Secretary. Jack Fitzsimmons called the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m. Public Comment: None. Non-Hearine Aeeoda Old Business: None. New Business: 1. South Cape Beach. Steve showed the members the photo of the parking lot that appeared in the Mashpee Enterprise and gave the background on the emergency certificate that he would be asking the members to ratify regarding repairing and maintaining the area of the parking lot that collapsed as necessary for public safety. The emergency certificate states that this work must be done by December 6th. Steve will be attending the annual meeting of the Cape Cod and Islands Conservation Network next Thursday. The subject for this year's meeting will be soft solutions, which subject Steve had proposed last year. Jim O'Connell, who was with the Coastal Management and is now with the Cooperative Extension, will also be attending, so Steve will be able to consult with him. Jeff said he is opposed to soft solutions because they don't work. Steve said that gabions are considered a soft solution and that's the hardest soft solution we're going to get. He's going to clarify those problems next week. Greg Taylor, Director of the DPW, said they are planning to put in the usual 1,000 tons of beach nourishment for the winter, plus an additional 700 tons of sand that was scoured away underneath the pavement. They will cut away the segment of the pavement that has collapsed and repave that area. 2. Approval of minutes for 10/12/06. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the minutes for the 10/12/06 meeting. 1