4/13/2017 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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has a letter from an arborist confirming the multi leader tree is diseased. The Agent showed some photos of the trees and agreed with the arborist assessment that the tree should be removed and also agreed with the pruning of the other tree to prevent damage to the roof. He recommended a Negative Determination. No Comments from the Public Motion: Mr. McKay moved a Negative Determination, seconded by Mr. shaver. Vote 4-0 unanimous,, 6:30 dark A. Bracco and Kathleen Irwin, 76 Wheeler Road. Kermit existing chapter RDA 1 Waterways licensed dock. 4 Resource Areas: Land Under Waterhody/Watervwaysa bordering land subject to flooding (Ashumet Pond) Mark Bracco, homeowner, explained there is a dock on his property which has an existing chapter 91 license #2735. The dock is on the shoreline of Ashumet Fond and was requesting this dock be.put on the town's records. The Agent noted the dock on the photos on Ashumet mond and noted this is to get the footprint on record. The only condition, which he has already taken care of, is to mark the dock with the street address and DEP number and recommended a Negative Determination. No comment from the Public Motion: Mr. McKay moved a Negative Determination, seconded by Mr. Shaw. Vote unanimous 4-0 6:33 Richard D. Dane, Jr. and Susan L. lane, Trustees, 342 Monomoscoy Road. RDA Proposed tree and shrub removal/reforestation. Resource Area: LSCS Mary LeBlanc} Mary LeBlanc Landscape Island, represented the applicants. She explained the proposed project will take place on 342 and 352 Monornoscoy road. When the project was built in 2012 this portion of the property wasn't under the jurisdiction of the conservation Commission but due to the new flood zone maps it is now located within the Flood zone A. She reset with the Agent on the site. There is a center island adjacent to the driveway entrance that is wooded with hitch pines and scrub oaks and the perimeter is lined with ornamental plantings many which have failed and there is a strip of lawn which is very narrow. Bartlett Tree did soil samples and determined the PH is very low. They are proposing on the house side of the island that they be permitted to removed 11 pitch pines that are closest to the driveway so they can prepare a proper planting bed and move Lack;the plantings that are at the edge of the driveway, widen the lawn and the-whole purpose is to develop a screening from the road and also the Colorado spruce and white spruce that are dead will be replaced with white spruce.