7/22/2010 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission Minutes of July 22, 2010 Public Hearings I ash ee Town Hall - conference Room 1 Commissioners: Chairman Jack Fitzsimmons, Vice chairman Ralph Shaver, Brad Sweet, John Rogers, , Lloyd Allen Staff Present: Drew McManus (Conservation Agent) and Cris Carpenter (Administrative Secretary) Call Meeting To order. 6:55 pirn - Public Comment There was no public comment. Pre/Post Hearing A-endo. 1 Minutes: Approval of the following minutes:: Thursday} June 24, 2010 Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the minutes of June 24, 2010. 2 Haley &Aldrich Consulting Firm Consulting Firm- Agent McManus would like to recommend using Haley &Aldrich for the Quashnet river realignment project-since they were our consulting firm from the beginning and they have been working with the Woods Hole Group during the feasibility studies for the river realignment scenarios. i Motion made, a conded and unanimously carried to support Haley & Aldrich as the consulting firm for the Quashnet River Realignment nt Project. 3) Cape Cod coo ive Extension: Never round of grant funds for conservation land projects and wildfire abatement. Agent McManus received an application from Cape Cod cooperative Extension for a neer round of grant money for conservation land projects and wildfire abatement. The agent mentions a recent wild fire at Ma tepee liver Woodlands that burned 2.1 acres which was contained and perimeters were controlled by the brush machine that was purchased about a year ago with grant money. He will be applying for more funds for more treatments in larger parcels and possibly some gild fire education. HEARINGS 7:00 George Flte (17 Little Neck Lane) Remove three trees RDA Resource Area: Coastal Bank George Fiate would life to remove three trees after an arborist had been consulted. One tree was almost leaning on the deck after the last wind storm and the arborist believes the pine tree is dying. Agent McManus inspected the trees which there are two oaks and one pitch pine and the pitch pine do have pine bore damage. A number of branches are hanging over the deck and roof in which he recommends tree removal. Chairman Fitzsimmons would like to comment regarding removal of trees that are near a home or deck and his concern in the long run with applying approach could lead to unnecessary cutting of hundreds of trees. He mentions that he went to the property and looked at the trees and did not see an imminent hazard. Agent McManus states that each request does need careful evaluation and if it is not obvious then he will recommend an arborist or pruning. In this case though 1t was obvious than pruning would have removed more than half of the tree and the tree would not have survived. Motion made,, seconded and unanimously carried for a legative Determination 1