2/10/1994 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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1ASHPEE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes of the Public Nearing - February lo, 1994 C mmissj,oner present: Harry Desrosiers, Gertrude Simmons Ferriday, John Johansen, Frank Homeyer. Also present were Brian Handy, Steven R. Ball, Carob. and David McCarthy, Peggy Fantozzi, Michael E. Ylirto, Dorman Dias. , 0 - The Chairman Lalled the meeting to 4 order., ' -Mr. Sherman advised the version #distributed this evening is slightly different than the version left in�the l Torv,m Clerk"s office; maintenance was omitted and is now included-. lFA It The Chairman advised- the proposed regulations will- not be voted upon tonight or adopted. T'here'will'be further legal 1 review b f ores the Commission votes._ i on thea; comments and ta'tem nts made at this meeting will be taken into consideration. This is a draft and the impact seers quite negligible, a $20.00 filing fee. In addition to the Agricultural Regs, the Commission - will ssionwill be covering freshwater Wetlands and submittal requirements,, SUBMITTAL PLANS: Mr. Sherman advised this is a change in submi.t t al require ment s so that when a site is visited for a project that is proposed, the stakes that always been required will now be labeled "A, B, C or D"; that is the only change. There were no comments. F S TAT WETLANDS. There is a change in definition. The first few paragraphs have been rewritten for legal reasons to elixlinate some of the language that ties these to the State regulations. The key is paragraph four•which has not changed at all, we still define a wetland the same way as four years ago, 50% vegetative community. Language is added that cranberry bogs are considered freshwater wet- lands, even thougyh they may enjoy some exemptions; that is no different than the state regulations. The Corission is not defining wetlands any differently than they ever did, only getting rid of some +of the language that ties It too closely into the State Act. } The fifty paragraph is new language which would give the Commission the right to look into soil composition to define wetlands, especially in sates that have �k. been disturbed. There were no comm ment s. AGRICULTURAL EGS: Mr. Sherman advised this is the ninth draft. H, on page 4, had inadvertently been omitted. Paragraphs marked with an S are the same; those with an N are new or changed language. There may be an N within an S section which means the whole section is the same but a few lines may be different. The Coriudssion found it desirable and necessary to go ahead with their own agricultural regs under authority of the Homme M2-Amendment because of problems encountered, one particular problem In the Santuit River where damage was done to the hams of the stream. The Commission wanted to gain more control over how things are done which Mr. Sherman did not feel were onerous to the property , owner or the agricultural enterprise because the fees were kept at $20.06 and