4/2/2009 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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f 5) Wildfire Grant Grant funding in the amount of$22,000h-as been approved t �i� l t a wildfire safety plan in the 1 lashpce liver woodlands. -Money will go towards creating a forest access route into the Masbp e Fiver woodlands south, which will be gated. This is the largest area in Mas p c that remains to be napped for wildfire safety. Grant funds will go towards equipment for mechanical treatment of fuel loading in the woodlands, particularly in the area of the urban wildfire interface, the area abutting hones along conservation lands. The grant money has cone from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and spearheaded by Bill Clark. The DPW and Fire Department will complete the work and the money will be received by the DPW. Some of the funds will be used to create a"smart landscaping practices"brochure to be distributed to hones in the area so that potential wildfire damage can be reduced. Agent McManus described the mechanical treatment practice as dealing prirn rily with the understory, removing and pruning mechanically. There i not yet a schedule for completion of the project, but it must be completed by December 2009, and could be completed easily within one week. Three gates will be purchased, one for the access road and to to limit illegal dumping in the parcel. 6) Am ri orps Update Agent McManus tools an Arncricorps volunteer on a tour of the Shields property where Conservation will be required to offer a trail and provide parking and signage. Ameri.corps will b able to assist with the trails at the Shields property as well as Bessie Bog and Johns Pond. Mr. Pinaud asked about the out buildings located at Bessie Bog and discussion followed regarding removal of'the buildings by DPW. A building located at Quashnet is also under Commission ownership which Mr. Pinaud recommended usage as a nature center. 7 Administrative Approval: SE 4 -2461 Agent McManus need to speak to Dorman Hayes regarding the beach raking and selected vista pruning because he believes the additional sand raping should be an Amended order or at least presented by BSC at a bearing to make a determination of filing. 8) Proulx on Site with IEP The on site visit regarding the wading pool occurred today. Agent McManus looked closer into the Mashpee Bylaw which states that the coastal bank is V higher than the DEP coastal bank. The superceding COC was regarding the horns and not the pool. It was discovered that the location of hardscaping, the raised patio and wall, was supposed to be a-location for mitigation plantings in the original plan. Additionally, an unapproved created pathway by the dock that terminated at the salt marsh was also discovered and will need to be replanted: Agent McManus received a follow -up phone call from Cape & Islands Engineering stating that the former owner filed an RDA in 2001 to request the patio, walkway and retaining wall but the file contains no plan for the project and the minutes provide no detail beyond the Negative Determination. Additionally, Bob Sherman has no recollection of the RDA. The original Nof for the Douse construction shows that the area where the h rdsc ping currently exists was identified for mitigation plantings. Agent McManus questioned why the Commission would then allow the RDA. Cape & Islands stated that the original owner has the plan presented with the IDA. Discussion among the C nmissioh ensued regarding the ability to have an RDA while having a superseding COC with the DEQ. Hearing A2enda :00 Stephen and Elizabeth Marshal , NOI—51 Tim rl ne-D riv (Replace existing float with 'x o' fixed platform, reconstruct access steps, install ramp and float) (Continued from 315109) 2