1/21/2010 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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property lines. Agent McManus recommends that-if the Commission varus to proceed in this way than the Orders can be withheld from issuance until documentation is received demonstrating that the neighbor Is on board with this proposal. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to close and Issue as long as agreement documentation and plant list is received. 7:03 Andra Must -Bead RDA - Tuspaquin Road)— Remove seashell dfivewa , loam and plant wildtlowers Applicable Resource Area: 100-200' setback from the Child's Fiver Andrea Read states that she is addressing some of the concerns that have been recently brought forth by Conservation Agent and she understands that the main concern was the lower seashell driveway. She states that the agreement would be for her to rake all the shells up and plant wildflowers. Agent McManus explains that these discrepancies were noted when he went out to the property for an Inspection because the owner is selling her home and had subrnifted an application for a Certificate of Compliance on project #SE -2213. The agent pointed out that the original plan of record shored the area of the existing lower clamshell driveway as a mitigation area to be planted With a native New ar England wildflower mix. The homeowner explained to Mr. McManus that the area of the first driveway slopes down into where the plantings were supposed to be but It was continuously getting washed out from the rain. The owner had decided to put in the 2nd driveway because they could not plant anything there. Agent McManus states that they will accept the change of grade via a wood log retaining wall because it actually prevents erosion. In order to bring the property into compliance, the agent recommended clearing the clamshells off the driveway and loaming/seeding the area for various native wildflower spec'ies. The owners also drafted an agreement with the potential. buyers that there will b $7`50 deposited into an escrow account for the plantings in the spring The agreement has been recorded at the Barnstable Registry of Deeds. Mr. Allen asks what the thickness is of the seashells and If it is thin, than the shells could probably be dug in. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried for a Negative Determination urination 7:06 Cindy Adams Not —s -2596 (370 & 370a M nom sc Road) Demo I Rebuild ulld T vo Small cottages (cont'd from 1/07/10) Applicable Resource Area: Floor!Zone A John Slavinski from cape & Islands Engineering is representing the homeowner and explains that there are two existing buildin s cott ges on one lot that are both in extremely poor condition. The septic is neva and has been inspected by Cape & Islands, llashpee Board Health and permitted through Conservation. The closest wetland area is 270' away; however, the entire lot is within flood zone A. The two cottages will be rebuilt using the enact the same footprint except the construction will be similar to a garage with a fast wall around the perimeter and backfilled in with an additional slab to raise the fiat floor out of the elevation 12 flood zone. Agent McManus states that tearing down the structures and keeping the footprint will not have any effect performance standards on lanai subject to coastal storm flow. He also made sure that the applicant was aware that if the Zoning Board requires changes to the proposed plan thea the applicant would need to apply for an amended order and new notification to mutters. The agent asks Mr. Slavinski if there is any proposed landscaping and he says that there really is no room.