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• Slavinsky and Michael Talbot represented the applicants. Mr. Slavinsky said he doesn't think <br /> the plan submitted earlier will interfere with this one. Steve said if there is an interfacing, we <br /> will just have to examine it then. <br /> Mr. Slavinsky said the carriage house would be built into the embankment, so they would not <br /> disturb the coastal bank. The red circles on the plan are pine stumps, eleven in total, as a result <br /> of cutting by the electric company. In order to construct this carriage house, right now nine of <br /> the pitch pines would be removed. He thinks if they wait two more years, there will only be four <br /> of them because the electric company will come along and take down five of them—they don't <br /> come in and trim, they take them down. Jack asked if they would have to get an easement for <br /> that. Steve said the utility companies are exempt from the Act regarding the cutting of trees, and <br /> that NSTAR really doesn't have a method to their madness-- sometimes they call us. <br /> Mr. Slavinsky said they were required to submit a mitigation plan for 3,230 sq. ft., which they <br /> have done. The mitigation area by the proposed carriage house is 550 sq. ft., and will be planted <br /> with plantings which will not interfere with the electric wires, so there will be nothing for the <br /> utilities company to cut down. <br /> The second area is on the ocean side of the house. There's 3,500 sq. ft. there. Mr. Talbot said he <br /> visited the site years ago with Bob Sherman and they always wondered why this area was so <br /> barren. The story he heard was that many years ago it was used as a construction staging site for <br /> one of the neighboring buildings. In the wintertime nobody noticed it, but the disturbance was so <br /> severe that only very recently has there been some colonization by American beach grass. The <br /> mitigation plant fist for this area will create a dune coastal bank kind of ecology. It will include a <br /> couple of red cedar trees. <br /> Mr. Slavinsky said the plan shows a 680 sq. ft. carriage house and over 4,000 sq, ft. of <br /> mitigation. Jack asked if there will be any bedrooms in the carriage house, and Mr. Slavinsky <br /> said no. Any request for bedrooms in the future would require a new application. <br /> Jack briefly summarized a number of letters from abutters and other interested citizens who <br /> oppose the project. Only three of the letters came from direct abutters. <br /> One stated that there would be 20 trees destroyed. Another stated that many trees would be <br /> destroyed and would set a precedent. Another stated there's no need for a carriage house as none <br /> of the other homes in that area have a carriage house. (Jack said there are at least two other <br /> carriage houses in the area.) Another said 30-40 trees would be removed. (The plan calls for <br /> cutting down nine trees.) Another said it wouldn't be good for the animal life. Another said the <br /> vegetation will be destroyed and the area is quite sensitive to erosion. (Steve agreed that it is a <br /> sensitive area to erosion. However, we just passed a project earlier tonight, and he didn't see any <br /> opposition to that one. The project is going to provide a momentary disturbance as far as erosion <br /> goes, but he saw no opposition from any of these same people on the Broadley Sling. The nine <br /> trees to be removed can be replaced, pines grow very fast in this area, and it's not like they're <br /> endangered species.) Another letter stated there are well over 100 trees that will be cut down. <br /> Another stated when it rains it will pass over into Dean Pond. Another stated it will set a <br /> precedent in these sensitive areas. Another opposed it because of the safety of passage on Shore <br /> Drive. (Steve said we've already addressed that with the Broadley filing.) <br /> 3 <br /> I <br />