Conservation Commission (Rm B)

AMENDED CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

2198 Main Street

January 09, 2024 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.

ZoomWebinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81704849610?pwd=d2VlNm5LcnU2TnBKWExMVEJFUUduQT09

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. Commissioner Pearson and DNR Director Chris Miller MACC Fundamentals Training Completion.

b. 8 Marshview Lane, 127-14. Informal Review of proposed development of vacant property. – John O’Reilly 

c. 351 Point of Rocks, 79-23. SE9-1714. Sheff beach renourishment & pending Request For Amended OOC folding SE9-1797. into SE9-1714 – Bill Grafton

d. 257 Crocker Lane, 69-4. SE9-1591. $2,000 bond as per Special Condition A24– Bill Grafton

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. 83 Dune Road, 79-35. Whitcher. Continued Public Hearing. Whitcher. SE9-1960. Continued to 1/23. 

Gary Kaser completed Mullin for 83 Dune Road

b. 168 Highland Moors Drive, 115-38. Masi.  Continued Public Hearing. SE9-1961.  Continued to 2/27.

c. 351 Point of Rocks Road, 79-23. Sheff. Continued Public Hearing. AOOC SE9-1714.

d. 94 Thad Ellis Road, 89-5. Wentworth. New Public Hearing. Alex Wentworth proposing to raze existing buildings and construct a new commercial building with associated parking and utilities within the buffer zone to two Bordering Vegetated Wetlands and a Flood Zone. SE9-1963.

e. 336 Robbins Hill Road. 38-77. Lee.  New Public Hearing proposing invasive species management, native plant installation and beach nourishment within the 50-ft buffer zone of a coastal bank and a coastal beach. SE9-1964.

f. 9-15 Lower Road, 37-1. Luke Brewster Realty Trust.  New Public Hearing proposing septic repair and associated grading, paving, utility work and trenching within a riverfront and land subject to coastal storm flowage, and the 100-ft buffer zone to a bordering vegetated wetland, coastal bank and land subject to coastal storm flowage. SE9-1965.

9. Request for Certificate of Compliance

a. 34 Sea Meadow Lane, 37-98. Michael Dennis Properties. SE9-1829. Withdrawal.

b. 34 Sea Meadow Lane, 37-98. Michael Dennis Properties. TBL 2003-79.

c. 222 Slough Road, 11-19. BCT. SE9-1767.

10. Request for Extension to Order of Conditions

a. 41 Saints Landing, 50-3. 41 Saints LLC. AOOC SE9-1680.

b. 50 Robbins Road, 50-2. Hayes. AOOC SE9-1679.

c. 53 Robbins Road, 50-1. Hayes. AOOC SE9-1683.

d. 192 Robbins Hill Road, 49-79. Pyles.  AOOC SE9-1684. 

e. 194 Robbins Hill Road, 49-78. Berkman. AOOC SE9-1682. 

f. 196 Robbins Hill Road, 49-77. Salo. AOOC SE9-1681. 

g. 137 Regatta Road, 27-72. Gutherman. SE9-1837. 

11. Show Cause

a. 2628 Main Street, 89-14 & 89-2. Continued - Brown.  

12. Request for Minor Change to Plan

a. None. 

13. Request for Administrative Review

a. 70 Marshview Lane, 127-10. Sundermier. AR# 23-16.

14. Stormwater Permit Application under Code of the Town of Brewster, Chapter 272 Stormwater Management Bylaw

a. 94 Thad Ellis Road, 89-5. Wentworth. SWMC2023-04.

b. 0 Cranview Road, 10-67 & 10-68. Casey. SWMC 2023-05.

15. Report of the Natural Resources Director 

a. None

16. Report of the Conservation Administrator   

a. MassDEP Revised Regulations/Introduction of Land Subject To Coastal Storm Flowage Performance 

Standards.

b. MACC Annual Conference

17. Meeting Minutes and Other Administrative Revisions for Review and Ratification

a. May 23, 2023 Meeting Minutes.

b. June 13, 2023 Meeting Minutes.

c. Sept 26, 2023 Meeting Minutes. 

d. Amended 2024 Meeting Dates and Deadlines.

18. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Conservation Commission Chairman

19. Questions from the Media

20. Next Meeting:  January 23, 2023

21. Adjournment

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