9/28/1983 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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• -- MASHPEE CONS RVAT D14MI S S ION 5 MAS11PEE TOWN HA LL MINUTES '' SEPTEMBER 28 , _1983. The fol'lowing members° of the ashpee- Conservation Commission were present for tonight ' s meeting.: Vice- Chairman auli ne .- De ory, h'a rl s .ck.ingham., March Dardano, Peter Durmer and.-'Stu Peoples,, Wayne Tavares- was in atten1p- dance during the meeting from p.m. on as. he had- to meet- with the De�- s ign Review Committee. Acting. Chairperson Dery convexed the meeting- -at 7:35 p:-ran. 1 Board member. Charlie Buckingham, expressed interest in .attending a- MA C• meeting at the cost of $10 for ,registration. Request. approved Paula -1tis and Wendy Rubin met with. the Commission to discuss with the Board the update of open spice maps which the recreation Department has.. � been doing, Acting Chairperson- DeLory suggested that they contact Bob' l eLory in the Assessor t s office regarding-' any questions- that they have, on acreage. Wendy expressd interest in serving on -the aiinenent nrittee for the newly acquired 120 acre parcel in the. "ohn' s Fond Area,, The load asked the secretary to send a letter to the Selectmen' s' requesting. that Wendy Rubin be appointed to tie- Committee* At this. point,, Wendy was advised. that a meeting will be held -with the Executive .secretary at the ' Conse va- tlon Commission' s next meeting .of October 12 at 8 :30 p.m-, , Members of the Fells Pond Committee of Peninsul Council met with. the Commission for advise with reference to a growthh- hich stated cropping up . in F611s Pond, -ars 6 to 10 acre ftesh water_ pond. The Chairman of the Committee, Mrs. Mary- Scanlon, e plained that the; growth detaches itself and floats around the pond. Saxe said that it, is veer thick and could. be dangerous to children who might. get. caught in it. She commented that various avenues have been explored as- far -as treating it with suggestions ranging. from smothering-it with burlap or plastic or trea ing it with-. chemicals .and herbicides, Mrs. Scanlon said -that their feeling is to wait until Spring to -see what it looks like. Discussion was rade from ria to r lt i �. o f the- pond to dredging, harlie commented that the miff i does not tolerate much cold. He asked that a letter be sent to Mc old- as ,� g. for any- i d as which he might have oh it. Continuance of Dr. MacDonald' s' eari.ng = 8 :15 p.m. + . Due to a lack of quorum at the Commi si.on i s meeting of epter ber' •i , a. continuance was • held tonight on the request of - Dr. MacDonad to maintain 0 -feet of water front along John's Pond, to maintain water drainage down Hollow Road tinder Back Road to John' s Ponds to install fence from water' s edge to growth line to protect from trespassers from the public beach on John.' s' Pond,,- to maintain' raft & T pier at John' 'Pond and tree ' trimming and ma-intenance as needed alonq Moody Ponce*