12/12/2013 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Materials Submitted: Plan of 306Monomoscoy Road. Tree Removal flan. lichel Seraian, owner of the property, was present. He explained the tree removal and brush clearing was to remove dead and hazardous trees over power lines and that are encroaching on the existing house and future deck as well as to create a view corridor and provide areas for future plantings. He was requesting to remove 6 pitch pines and half o the existing 22 oafs, several of which are dead, dying, broken or hazardous. He would grind the stumps and remove debris from the site. He also wanted to take out the existing undergrowth of fern, poison ivy, buff briar and vihurrnum and apply 3 inches of aged wood chips or bark mulch to the disturbed area. Agent McManus stated the lot sloes not directly border any wetland areas. It is a landlocked lot. He noted the trees in the tree removal plan and cited regulation.2 (Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage-landlocked lots within the flood zone-10% of lot must remain naturally vegetated). The work is partially for landscaping reasons and also to obtain some view to the water. H recon nended an RDA because it is outside of 100 feet from any bordering vegetated wetlands. He recommended a negative determination. -Agent McManus also noted if any further landscaping is going to be done in this area, the applicant would have to come bash to the commission. .Agent McManus advised the owner. to male sure the trees are not cut during the growing season. Ie said the owner should advise the arborist to make sure the trees are cut during the non growing season. No comment from the public. Motion: Mr. Shaw moved a negative determination, seconded by Mr. Sweet, vote was unanimous. -0 6:15 Nancy A. Hood, 222 Monomoscoy Road. Proposal to install and maintain stone gabions along 60 feet of coastal Tank, -foot wide stone steps and approximately 400 square feet of native buffer plantings. Resource Areas: Coastal Bank, Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flow, buffer zone to Bordering vegetated wetland and Land Linder ocean. Materials Submitted; Pian of 2222 Monomoscoy Road, Holmes and Mcgrath Engineering Plan dated 11/12/13 Tim Santos, Holmes and McGrath, was representing Nancy Hood. He said in 1997, an order of conditions was issued for the existing gabions to help protect the bank along the northern portion of the river. They are proposing.to continue the gablons around to the southern portion to help protect the bank and the vegetation. They are also proposing to install approximately 400 square feet of native shrubs. He believes the project meets the performance standards. Agent McManus said it is a pre-1978 structure; therefore according to the regulatory language, it is allowed to be armored in the interest of storm damage prevention. He diel mention some of the areas are devoid of plantings and recommended that plantings be put in place to stabilize the work. He noted the area where there has been a lot of washout and that is where the gabion wall will be connected