01/14/2021 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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PRE/POST-HEARING AGENDA: • Discussion/Vote: Appoint volunteers to serve on Bylaw Review Committee. Agent said we would like to have at least 2 volunteers from the Commission to be on the Committee. Mr. Colombo and Mr. Weeden both volunteered, Mr. Sweet may be interested. • Administrative Approval: 14 Bowsprit Point (DEP file#43-3059) Andrew Garulay from Yarmouthport Design Group presented plans. Mr. Sweet asked if the driveway was crushed stone, Mr. Garulay said yes. There are cobble strips mostly used to help with parking. Driveway is pervious except for the cobble. Agent said they received a letter from ARC, the local association that is fine with this. No other comments. Motion: Mr. O'Neill moved to approve the administrative approval, Mr. Colombo seconded. Vote: 3-1 motion passed • UPDATE: Upper Quashnet Restoration Nothing new to report, Horsley Witten is starting data collection. • UPDATE: Childs River Restoration Weekly meetings via Zoom, just finished pit and mound topography portion of Garner Bog. Everything is moving along smoothly, no problems as of now. • UPDATE: Red Brook Rd culvert and bog Meetings by Zoom, Jim Rassman has taken over this. Agent will continue to update as new information comes in. • UPDATE: Chopchaque Bog restoration Katelyn Cadoret has been working on funding from the Army Corps of Engineers, they are nearing the stage of final review for this. The large barn door was vandalized, it has since been repaired and looks like nothing happened. • UPDATE: Jehu Pond CA-Great Hay/Amy Brown road disturbances— DPW DPW apologized for the heavy rutting, they will grade to previous conditions. • UPDATE: CCWRRP - Phase 3 funding priority Projects (Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Program - Santuit Fish Ladder/ Upper Mashpee River) The Agent, Katelyn Cadoret, and Ashley Fisher have been looking around town for salt marsh of fish passage issues. They focused on fish passage. The Santuit Fish Passage is the #1 priority, the #2 priority is the Upper Mashpee River structure that needs to be removed. Other issues are in the Upper Mashpee River involving more structures that need to be removed. The outlet cage looking downstream from where the river starts has a lot of undercutting and erosion from the bank that needs to be restored with a more permanent solution. Lastly, the amount of sediment pouring into the channel requires DPW to scoop out sand because it slows down the flow and compromises fish passage. They are lumping these all together as one fish passage project to improve fish passage. • ADDITIONAL TOPICS: (This space is reserved for topics that the Chairman did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed). Adjournment Motion: Mr. O'Neill moved to adjourn, Mr. Colombo seconded. Vote: 4-0 unanimous Meeting adjourned at 7:34pm. Respec u y su itted, Katri '`ng