10/25/2012 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission Minutes of otter 25, 2012 Public Hearings I ashpee Town Full - Conference Room I Commissioners: Vice Chairman Ralph shag, Brad Sweet, Mark Gurnee, Patty Jalo y and John Rogers er Staff Present: Drew.McManus (Conservation Agent) Call Meeting To order; 5:55 pm The meeting was called to order with a quorum by Vice Chairman Shaw at 6:55 pm. There was no public comment. Pre/Post Hearing A-genda: 1 Minutes: Approval of the following minutes: September 2 , 2012 2 ,Land Stewardship updates — LPW was sent to the Ma hpee River Woodlands to complete the.trail work. The trails are now clear and have been widened. The went, Ameri orp volunteer and a fever land stewards assisted in replacing the stop logs at the Herring Faun. All of the boards that were in place along concrete have been pulled and replaced wit,h neer boards per recommendation from the office of Dares Safety. The agent states that they will be scheduling a trail cleaning day in the near future for the east side of Ma tepee Fiver Woodlands. HEARINGS 6:00 save Poppy Bay Wading Place Road) Modifications to stabilize the coastal dune via a wooden zigzag sand drift fence -AOC ont'd to Novr. @ �:00prn`* Resource Area Material submitted. Proposed Barrier Beach Dune Overwash Stabilization (Sand Drift Fence end Revegetation Plan) 3115112 BSC Group [3:00] Matthew Creighton from BSC Group is the representative for save Poppy Bay and he explains that they are proposing to plane a woodenzig-zag sand drift fence at area # 4 along Popponeet Spit. Mr. Creighton mentions that they have placed other sections which are performing very well and have been stabilized with beach grass. A-small path was created in area #1 which has kept people out of the dunes which results in less gash-over into the channel. -.Mr. Creighton says than they would like to do the same thing for area #4 with a slightly different design because it is a lot closer to piper plover habitt. The wooden slats will be alternated on either side to allover approximately g" of room between the slats. This area is not being proposed for planting. The area gets washed over with storms and is a high traffic area that does not allow for plover nesting, Agent McManus asks what Fish & Wildlife's response was to this location. Mr. Creighton states that Scot Melvin from Fish &Wildlife had originally asked for more time to respond because he was looking into different designs. Mr. Melvin had stated to Mr. Creighton that he did not want anything along the front beach of Nantucket Sound because of the birds which Mr. Creighton says they have disputed. Mr. Creighton has not heard anything from Mr. Melvin'since then. Vice Chairman Shave asks Agent McManus if-he has heard from Mr. Melvin and the agent states that he has not.