5/23/2011 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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6 Board of Selectmen , Minutes May 23, 2011 APPS NTS &HEARINGS: Public Hearin — licatlon Cha man Cole& Gleason—Rpquest to Relocate Sl Town Pro • The Board of Selectmen opened the Hearing on the application of Chapman,Cole 0 Gleason Funeral Home Algonquin Avenue, Mashpee for perrmssion to relocate the current sign onto Town-owned property. In accordance with posting procedures,the Hearing notice was read aloud into the record. Bill Chapman of Chapman,Cole&Gleason was in attendance with his counsel Robert.Mills of wyrm& Wynn PC to discuss the sign application with the Board of Selectmen. Attorney Mills indicated that an application was filed with the Building Commissioner and Design Review Committee for approval to relocate the sign of the funeral home. The request was conditionally approved in April of 2011 pending the Board of Selectmen's review. To promote greater visibility of the location and enhance public safety,the sign is requested to be erected within the Route 151 layout, 15 feet from the edge of the pavement. Discussion followed nth respect to the natural buffer contained irea wetland resource area. The land is essentially a drainage wetland also referred to a Isolated Land Subject to Flooding. As noted,the funeral home intended to construct a stone wall M* the natural sloping area. However,the contractor was unaware of the wetland resource area, and removed several oak trees ith the bordering vegetative wetland. As a result, stop and chase order was unposed by the Conservation Commission. The applicant then employed the services of a designer to develop a mitigation plan. In concern,the Selectmen related that quite a bit of work was performed without necessary approval,and the new planes are not consistent with the natural vegetated buffer. Muer issues include the signage presented in script format opposed to the recommended block lettering. In response,Attorney Mills assured the Seletrnen that it was a contractor error and many native plant species are intended to be planted at the site location. Annual flowers are proposed to be planted in.front of the sign.