11/14/2013 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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i Santuit Pond Cleanup. Saturday, November 16'. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. AmericCorps and Mashpee Land Stewards. Agent McManus announced that the Santuit Pond Cleanup will be taking place on November 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cleanup will be carried out by AmeriCorps volunteers as well as the friends of Santuit Pond. Most of the work will be taking place along the shallow shores so if you don't have waders he didn't recommend going into that part of the cleanup. He noted there was a lot of debris along the shoreline and in the Santuit Pond preserve and trails. There will be lunch for everyone back at town hall and would appreciate any help for any amount of time. Back to Hearings 6:03 Stuart MacLeod, Trustee, 81 Seconsett Point Road. Proposed construction of vinyl pile bulkhead to prevent erosion NOI Resource Area: LS(..SL, Coastal Bank/Salt Marsh/Land ander Ocean- Material Submitted: 81 Seconsett Point Road Michael Borselli, Falmouth Engineering, was representing Stuart MacLeod. He explained the project was to build a sheet pile bulkhead at 81 Seconsett Point Road. The site is currently occupied by a single family dwelling and garage and the west end of the property is bordered by a stone rip rap and timber bulkhead which was licensed with Chapter 91, License number 8328. He said what has happened is the timber has rotted away. The project proposed would include the installation of vinyl sheet pile bulkhead which will back up the existing structure and prevent further erosion of the coastal bank. The work is necessary to protect the coastal bank from further erosion and to protect the upland single family dwelling from damage due to further erosion. A small excavator would be used which vibrates the sheeting into the proper depth and use tie rods that are drilled behind the wall into the bank and the top is capped off with a timber cap to dress it up. Mr. Borselli noted there are some areas where some of the vegetation might be damaged or destroyed but after the work is done there are plans to replant the area with beach grass and bayberry with appropriate spacing. No work will be done on the beach and the end result will be a wall which will stabilize and there will be no further erosion. He said the work will only go to the property line and for some reason the abutting property didn't go to their property line. He would be talking to the abutters and ask them if they wanted to participate in sealing that gap. Agent McManus commented on the project. He said damaged vegetation will be replaced and he will put this requirement into the Order of Conditions. The project is improving existing conditions and the Agent recommended to close and issue. No Comment from the Public Motion: Ralph Shaw moved to close and issue. Seconded by Mr. Rogers. Vote 5-0