1/12/2017 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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f Conservation Commission Minutes of January 12,2017 Public Hearings Mashpee "down Hall Waquoit Meeting Room Commissioners Present: Brad Sweeta Robert Anderson Dale McKay,ay, Chad Smith, Louis Diet (Associate embers) Staff Present* Drew McManus (Conservation Agent) and Judy I aigneault (Recording Secretary CALL MEETING To ORDER: 5:55 p.m. The meeting was called to order with a quorum by Chairman Brad Sweet at 5:55 p.m. There was no public comment PRE/POST-HEARING AGENDA: Public Comment Michael Talbot, Chairman of the Environmental Oversight Committee, reported that the members of the EOC Committee voted to submit ars article to the Annual Town Meeting to amend the Nitrogen Control Bylaw. The Committee noticed there were difficulties with the enforcement and voted to include the Department of Natural Resources and the Conservation Division to the enforcement. They also felt we should incorporate some management of phosphorous. He has made revisions to the bylaw to reflect these changes. He noted the bylaw will be reviewed by town counsel. Vote: Administrative Approval bequest: Mashpee Neck Marina/21 Frog Pond Close. Issuance of authorization letter to accept float/walkway dimensions as shorn on Plan of Record from CLE Engineering. Condition x#28 in order of Conditions 43-2758 restricts boardwalk widths to 4 foot unless authorized by the Commission. The Agent stated `red Leedham, Mashpee Marina, brought to his attention that when the Order of Conditions was issued for the dock and pier project at the marina} there were some boiler plate conditions. Condition #28 states that boardwalks shall not be wider than 4 feet unless authorized by the Conservation commission. The plan of record that was brought before the commission showed wider widths. The Agent suggested authorizing a change and proposed the wording that the boardwalk dimension be as per the plan submitted by CLE Engineering. Ted Leedham, owner of Mashpee Beck Marina, explained some of the sections of the ramp are 8 feet wide and 6 feet gide for easier access. He said that was all clearly maned and identified in the original plan.