09/13/2018 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Update/Review: Mitigation Regulation 12 Katelyn Cadaret, Assistant Conservation Agent, stated she has been working with other towns on how they deal with Regulation 12. She recommended we should tighten up the process but not change the regulation. Discussion: Matthew Costa, Cape & Islands Engineering, CCA pressure-treated piles: request of the Commission - Hold Update/Signatures: Enforcement Order – 44 Little Neck Lane violation (coastal bank clearing) Discussion on 87 Hooppole Rd-Alper conservation land encroachment: The Assistant Agent stated she has met with the Conservation Restriction Specialist from the Mass Audubon and walked the property because there was concerned activity with compliance issues in the area. She said the maintenance of the traveled way is still in question and noted paving is forbidden. She said erosion issues have also increased. The abutter has filled in the eroded areas with crushed stone. To move forward, we want to get the area under control as far as any activity to be done and to keep the communication open potentially the granting of a license to maintain that road or some kind of Memorandum of Understanding between Conservation, Mass Audubon, and homeowners going forward. The activities don’t seem to require the cost of doing a boundary delineation. She said they searched for the concrete markers but could not find them. Update: Upper Quashnet Restoration funding from the Air Force Civil Engineering Center (AFCEC) The Agent announced the good news that the funding has been approved from the Air Force for the Restoration of the Upper Quashnet Restoration. The only thing in question is the timeline and he will be working with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center on this. Update: Assistant Agent – Alper Conservation Area and other business She noted there has only been a couple of instances of dumping. One was a pay, no issue, and the other, she will be going to a hearing. She is looking into printing issues for the trail maps. She noted the AmeriCorps individual placements are October 1.