Conservation Commission (RM A)

Event Date: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 6:00pm
CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street
December 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM
 
This meeting will be conducted in person at the time and location identified above.  This means that at least a quorum of the members of the public body will attend the meeting in person and members of the public are welcome to attend in person as well.  As a courtesy only, access to the meeting is also being provided via remote means in accordance with applicable law.  Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting/hearing will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast or affect remote attendance or participation, unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on this agenda, which includes an applicant and its representatives, should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly.
 
Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner:
 
Phone: Call (929) 436-2866 or (301) 715-8592.  Webinar ID: 817 0484 9610 Passcode: 565669
To request to speak: Press *9 and wait to be recognized.
Passcode: 565669
To request to speak: Tap Zoom “Raise Hand”, then wait to be recognized.
 
When required by law or allowed by the Chair, persons wishing to provide public comment or otherwise participate in the meeting, may do so by accessing the meeting remotely, as noted above. Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast live, in real time, via Live broadcast (Brewster Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestream.brewster-ma.gov), or Video recording (tv.brewster-ma.gov).
 
Please note that the Conservation Commission may take official action, including votes, on any item on this agenda.
 
1. Call to Order
2. Declaration of a Quorum
3. Meeting Participation Statement
4. Recording Statement: As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the Town will be video and audio taping as well as broadcasting this public meeting.  In addition, if anyone else intends to either video or audio tape this meeting they are required to inform the chair.
5. Public Announcements and Comment: Members of the public may address the Conservation Commission on matters not on the meeting’s agenda for a maximum of 3-5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion. The Conservation Commission will not reply to statements made or answer questions raised during public comment but may add items presented to a future agenda.
 
6. Discussion
a. 87 North Pond Drive, SE9-1934.  Rau & Schiffman temporary kayak rack location.  Conservation permitting inquiry.  – Deborah Rau
b. Draft Sept 12, 2023 Meeting Minutes for Review & Ratification by Commissioners.
c. Draft Sept 26, 2023 Meeting Minutes for Review & Ratification by Commissioners.
d. Draft Nov 28, 2023 Meeting Minutes for Review & Ratification by Commissioners.
 
 
7. Request for Determination of Applicability
a. None
 
8. Notices of Intent, Request for Amended Order of Conditions & Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation
a. 104 Canoe Pond Drive, 24-60. Continued Public Hearing. SE9-1952. 
 
b. 83 Dune Road, 79-35. Whitcher. Continued Public Hearing. SE9-1960.
 
c. 168 Highland Moors Drive, 115-38. Continued Public Hearing. SE9-1961. Continued to the 12/26/2023 Public Meeting. 
 
d. 0 Underpass Road (Lots 2 & 3), 77-10 & 77-60. Whitcomb. New Public Hearing.  Charles Whitcomb proposes the construction of a commercial bay building (5 bays) with a 2 bedroom apartment, and construction of the associated parking, landscape, drainage, sewage system, utilities and mitigation plantings within the 100-ft buffer zone to a bordering vegetated wetland. SE9-1962. 
 
e. 351 Point of Rocks Road. 79-23. Doug Sheff requests to Amend the Order of Conditions under SE9-1714 to include special conditions under a separate permit, SE9-1797 for completions of shoreline stabilization work, including installation on a fiber roll array and sturdy sand drift fence, beach nourishment, and revegetation work. SE9-1714. 
 
9. Request for Certificate of Compliance
a. 34 Sea Meadow Lane, 37-98. Michael Dennis Properties. SE9-1829. 
b. 148 Griffith’s Pond Road, 54-7. Cheney. SE9-1880. 
c. 3661 Main Street, 126-10. Robarge. SE9-1069. 
 
10. Request for Extension to Order of Conditions
a. 38 Captain Baker Road, 72-19.  Lammey. SE9-1712.
b. Saints Landing/Robbins Hill Road, 50-4. TOB DNR. SE9-1668. 
c. Breakwater Road. 58-31. TOB DNR. SE9-1667. 
d. Point of Rocks Road, 79-24. TOB DNR. SE9-1666. 
e. 36 (Now 95) Southern Eagle Cartway, 138-43. Arts Empowering Life Foundation. SE9-1760. 
 
11. Show Cause
a. 2628 Main Street, 89-14 & 89-2. Continued - Brown.  
 
12. Request for Minor Change to Plan
a. 87 North Pond Drive, SE9-1934.  Rau & Schiffman cutting beyond 53-58 elevation.   – Deborah Rau
 
13. Request for Administrative Review
a. None
14. Stormwater Permit Application under Code of the Town of Brewster, Chapter 272 Stormwater Management Bylaw
a. None
 
15. Report of the Natural Resources Director 
a. None
 
16. Report of the Conservation Administrator   
a. Reminder about Tolling Provisions associated with COVID-19 Emergency Declaration.
b. Discussion about Commissioner availability for 12/26/2023 Commission Public Meeting.
 
17. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Conservation Commission Chairman
18. Questions from the Media
19. Next Meeting:  December 26, 2023
20. Adjournment
 
 
Public Meeting Packet
The Public Meeting Packet has been amended.
To view the amended public meeting packet, please click this link: Public Meeting Packet.

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