3/14/2013 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Conservation Commission Minutes of March 1 , 2013 Public Hearings Mashpee Town Hall - Conference Room Commissioners: Mark Gurnee, Patty Jal wy, Bob Anderson, John Rogers and Steve Cook Staff Present: Crew McManus (Conservation Agent) and Kris Carpenter(Administrative Secretary) Call Meeting To Order= 5:55 pm The meeting was called to order with a quorum by Commissioner Mark Gurnee at 5:55 pm. There was no public comment. Pre/Post HearinAgenda: 1Minu-te : Approval of the following minutes: February 14, 2013 2 Land Stewardship updates Ameri rp Week —The areas have been selected for the pollinator gardens as part of the Ameri orp geek although approval from the Board of Selectmen is still necessary for the community garden parcel on Route 130. Other areas include; Pickerel Cove parking lot, ar section of a 2-acre field further into the parcel and an area at the entrance of Jehu Pond. Catherine Laurent will try to get the parking lot of Jehu Pond re-graded for Arnericorp week. Americorp week is May 20-2 and will involve up to 30 Americorp volunteers plus any volunteers that can be recruited. They will construct 7 kiosks, 9 pollinator gardens, a new trail at the Pickerel Cove Conservation area and a large clean-up of the Johns Pend Conservation area. The clean-up of Johns Pond will be on the 25th and later in the day, there will be a cookout planned to celebrate the end of the Arnericorp geek. 3 NEC'Habitant Work (Town, Orenda, TTOR)--- New England Cottontail work is taking place at the Trustees of Reservation parcel which spans between Meeting House Road and Old Barnstable Toad. There is also habitant management work taking place on the Orenda and town parcel off of L vell' Lane. HEARINGS 6:00 Jonathan Yohannan (304 Redbrook load) To install a (previously permitted) 4' wide pathway with native fieldstone stepping stones, install a dry laid fieldstone patio, mise the grade at three sets f wooden steps, widen two sets of existing steps from 41 t 6' wide and to maintain a small area of the N 1Bs by mowing one or two times a year; included is mitigation for mowing - RDA Resource Area. Buffer Zone to B VWIFreshwater WetlandlA C C Material submitted: Landscape Improvements en 2/21113 Mary L. LeBlanc [4:x-5] Mary LeBlanc from Mary LeBlanc Planting Design explains that there is an existing C. on the project with plantings on the plan that were net completed. M . LeBlanc states that the owner is ready t do a Planting plan which will involve all native plantings. M . LeBlanc also states that the owner did not . 1