3/5/2009 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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i M shpee Conservation Commission Minutes of March 5, 2009 Public Hearings Mashpee Town Hall Present: Chairman Jack Fitzsimmons, Cass Costa, John Rogers, Jeff Cross, Lloyd Allen, Ralph Shaw, Mark Gurney Also Present: Conservation Agent-Drew McManus, Assistant Conservation Agent-Liz Leidhold The meeting was called-to order with a quorum by Chairman Fitzsimmons at 6:55 pm. The Chair welcomed Mark Gurney who was appointed today as an Associate Member-of the Conservation Commission. Mr. Gurney will not be voting this evening but can be involved with any discussion or ask any questions. Pre/Post Hearing Agenda 1 Approval of Minutes from February 5, 2009 Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to Approve the Minutes of February 5, 2009 2) Administrative Approval: S - o -22 Cross Tree way Plans were distributed to the Commissioners. Under the original N I, the applicant wished to extend the retaining wall and add a kitchen addition. Before discussing the details, Cass Costa recused herself! The homeowner, George Mandalos, addressed the Commission with his plans to. relocate the bathroom originally located on the other side of the bedroom. The addition would be approximately the saran.e size as the original plan, but slightly larger, and will be placed on two sono tubes. Agent McManus provided background on the project regarding the amended order that was filed for landscaping. The location of the proposed addition was originally slated for ornamental plantings. The addition should have been on the amended order, but the Commission could address the plans for the ornamefital plantings through another administrative approval. Since the original plan would have placed the addition in the deck area, it is now being relocated to a vegetated area, so the applicant will need to devise a mitigation plan. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to Approve the Administrative Approval as proposed with the stipulation that another Administrative Approval be submitted to correct the landscaping plans to allow for mitigation. 3) Administrative Approval: SE 43-2512- 155 Popponessett Island Road Darr Solien, Landscape Architect, addressed the Commission as a representative of the applicant. The plan was approved under an amended Order of Conditions, but had been asked to submit detailed plan of the plantings and confirm the driveway material as permeable. The plantings are as originally proposed. Agent-McManus learned more about the ecoblocl technology, suggested as driveway material,, at the 1 IACC meeting. Agent McManus dots not recommend mend the blocks because although the material is pervious, it requires significant maintenance to keep.it pe -neable. The maintenance required several tunes each year, such as a street sweeper, loosens the hard packed material. Mr. Sol ien responded that the homeowners would follow the Commission"s lead, but would life more research about the product. The applicant will plan to utilize gravel or shell for the driveway. Regarding plantings, ornamental plantings are proposed only for the At planter and by the deck and patio. All other plantings will be native species. Mr. Cross asked 1 i