5/22/2014 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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s RESOURCE AREAS: Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage. Mr. and Mrs. Sabin represented the Application and stated that they purchased the property in December 2012. Mr. Sabin apologized to the Board for not filing the Application before starting the work and said that they were "ignorant of the regulations and process required". He respectfully asked permission to be able to finish the project. Plans call for removal of plant beds, irrigation, briars: poison ivy and poison sumac in the back yard, as well as replacing the existing lawn and repositioning the irrigation. The side card area currentlyMilled with mulch will be replaced with lawn. The Agent questioned the mix of seed for the proposed lawn. Mr. Dean Smith from vetorino' Landscaping said that the mixture will consist of 25% bluegrass, 37% fescue and % rare. The Agent said that this mixture is not acceptable because it does not comply with the Town's By-law regulations for lawns. One of the reasons for establishing lawn standards is so that the lawn does not require ar lot of fertilization or irrigation. The Agent said that water quality is an issue that all Cape Towns are struggling with and fertilizer runoff is one of the culprits dire to high maintenance lawns. It is also the reason than water bodies are being nutrient loaded and subsequently closed for recreational use. He recommended a continuance of the hearing so the Applicant can submit a revised proposed lawn plan that complies with Chapter 172 of the Mashpee Code. The Agent noticed that recent pruning and cutting of vegetation has been performed on the side of the property closest to the water within. Conservation Commission jurisdiction without a permit. He said that the Applicant extended this cutting and pruning to lard that is owned by the neighborhood Association. He told the Applicant to have their property delineated to establish the property boundaries. The Agent said that the Applicant had neither a Conservation permit nor Association permission to perforin the pruning and cutting. From 2007 photos, the Agent said that the entire area was forested. He said that the briars took root because the trees were out down. He told the Applicant to do no further cutting of trees or any vegetation) in that area. i The Agent said that a neighbor confirmed that the former owner did some of the unpermitted removal of trees on the property. However, the Agent said he cannot establish a definite time period when that occurred. Mr. Sweet said that the Association is responsible for the land.it owns and should have told the former homeowner to cease and desist the tree removal. No public comment. Mr. Shaw rade a motion to continue the hearing until June 12, 2014 at 6:06. The Applicant is to submit a revised lawn seed plan that is in compliance with the lawn standards under Chapter 172 of the Mash pee Code. Mr. Sweet seconded the motion. Vote in favor was unanimous -g Charles L. Mack, 16 Bowsprit Point, After-the-fact filing to replace existing float with an encapsulated float. RESOURCE AREAS: Land Under Ocean. Mr. Mack represented his Application. He also said that he has an osprey rest on his chimney. The Agent said that the nest cannot be removed if there,are eggs present. The Agent said that the osprey will return year after year to the same spot. He recommended some sort of cap for the chimney to deter the birds from returning next year. The Agent explained that the float shall be encapsulated and the DEP # and address must be displayed on the float and the pile. He recommended a Negative Determination. 4