09/10/2020 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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performance standards for coastal bank. He read Board of Health comments. No other comments. Mr. Sweet asked about this bank eroding over the last few years. Has it been repaired? Agent said perhaps he is thinking of another property? If not, it has been repaired. Mr. Swartzbaugh confirmed it is the same property and it was repaired. The homeowner was present and also spoke to the fact that it was repaired, but fixed by previous owners. Mr. Colombo asked for clarification of what would go in the area labeled Pool Equipment. Wayne Tavares said it was for pool pump, heater, and filter. He described the process the pool maintenance people use to make sure the material is contained as they service the pool. Motion: Mr. Sweet moved to close and issue, Mr. Weeden seconded. Vote: 6-0 unanimous 6:03 SCCA, Inc., 15 Metacomet Road. Permit existing pier, ramp and float structure. At request of NOI applicant, continued from 8113 due to scheduling conflict. Barry Fogel and Donald Munroe from Coastal Engineering. The applicants Darien Homer and Craig Robert were present. Agent said the Harbormaster requested that the following limitations be placed: limit the amount of 14ft and under boats that are tied up to both piers at 6 boats. No vessel over 14ft may be moored or docked to each pier for more than 15 minutes unless under emergency situations. Updated blueprints must show moorings within 75ft of the piers. This will allow for a determination if the mooring or piers interfere with any safe navigation within the area. Limiting the amount of moored vessels under 14ft will control the amount of boating traffic in the area and limit any damage to the bottom from small boats making contact. Since these docks are community floats and used to tie dinghies up to, there must be a control measure in place to ensure overcrowding does not happen within the waterway. The Shellfish Warden has no issue with the current configuration. Barry Fogel said the applicants would have concern about limiting the number of boats under 14ft to 6. They have quite a demand of people wanting to tie up given the interest in recreational activity. They had indicated there's a history that this would resolve people wanting to pull boats up onto shore and possibly doing damage to the salt marsh. Craig Robert said over the years they have done a lot to revitalize the beach and coastal bank at both locations. At the time they had 50+ kayaks on the shore, 30+dinghys between both beaches. We removed,,,all„those, built kayak racks. We tried to tackle,theydinghies. We only, µ_ allow folks who have active moorings to get a permit. We limit the size of the dinghies to 11 ft, a few grandfathered at 12ft. Nothing approaching 14ft at this point. We've notified the association that if necessary, we'll have to move to smaller dinghies. We're just trying to do the right thing. Currently we have 13 on one dock, and 12 on the other. Barry Fogel asked if there's somewhere we could work on this. He said the applicants would respectfully request that the approval be granted with these limitations, rather than those recommended by the Harbormaster. Agent said this would have to go through Chapter 91, and they would have the ultimate say. We always have to read the Harbormaster's comments. The other thing he said would be the updating of the blueprints to show the mooring locations. No other comments. Mr. Smith said he would like to see plan revisions more in line with what the Harbormaster had recommended. Barry Fogel asked if this could be issued with a condition. Craig Robert said they did take into account when they came up with the dinghy policy of what's fair and reasonable. These are purely to get to and from a mooring, that's why we limited it to 11ft. Donald Monroe said they