Conservation Commission (RM A)

Event Date: 
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - 6:00pm
CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
April 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Town Hall, 2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
 
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1. Call to Order
2. Declaration of a Quorum
3. Recording Statement: As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you the Town will be video and audio recording, as well as broadcasting, this public meeting. If anyone else intends to video or audio record this meeting, they are required to inform the Chair.
4. Public Announcements, Comment and Questions from the Media: 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 Commission cannot reply to statements made or answer questions raised during public comment but may add items presented to a future agenda.
 
5. Consent Agenda for Storm Related Damage
a. 1028 Stony Brook Road. AR 26-20.
b. 284 Paines Creek Road. AR 26-31.
c. 155 Lower Road. AR 26-32.
d. 29 Williams Drive. AR 26-34.
 
6. Request for Determination of Applicability
a. 500 W.H. Besse Ctwy. The Town of Brewster requests resource area delineation determination and proposes placement of vessel storage racks and sanitary facilities, routine maintenance of W.H. Besse Ctwy and access paths, periodic mowing of meadow areas and grass swaths and Mass Aubudon educational programming within the buffer zone to a bordering vegetated wetland including potential vernal pools and bordering land subject to flooding. RDA 26-05. 
b. 264 Archie’s Ctwy. Bretten Johnson proposes to remove and replace an existing foundation, as well as vegetative management to prepare the site for the foundation work including removal of a single hazardous Pitch pine tree and pruning of another with the buffer zone to a bordering vegetated wetland and bordering land subject to flooding (Bylaw only) associated with Upper Mill Pond, a Great Pond. RDA 26-06.
 
7. Notices of Intent, Request for Amended Order of Conditions & Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation
a. 145 Chapman Lane Rear.  91-44.  DBBB Brewster LLC & DJB Dream LLC. Continued.  SE9-2000.  
b. 0 Linnell Landing Road. The Town of Brewster. Continued NOI. SE9-2015. 
c. 114 Crowells Bog Road. Ralph Vito. Continued NOI SE9-2016. Continuing to May 12, 2026
d. 242 Sheep Pond Drive. Jeffrey Singer & Erin Dewey. Continued NOI SE9-2020.
e. 359 Main Street, 0 Main Street, 0 Main Street Rear and 0 Off Main Street. The Town of Brewster and Brewster Conservation Trust. Continued NOI SE9-2019.
f. 168 Highland Moors Drive. Angelo & Pamela Masi request an amendment to allow vista pruning within the buffer zone to a coastal bank, bordering vegetated wetland and salt marsh. SE9-1961 Amended. 
g. 30 Governor Prence Rd. Michael and Linda Frazzette propose installation of a pool and patio within the buffer zone to a coastal dune. New NOI SE9-2021. 
 
8. Stormwater Permit Application under Code of the Town of Brewster, Chapter 272 Stormwater Management Bylaw
a. None.
 
9. Request for Minor Change to Plan
a. 354 Robbins Hill Road. Vatner. Restoration Plantings, Eastern red cedars. SE9-1989.
 
10. Discussion  
a. 2628 Main Street. Schlessinger. Stipulated Consolidated Order Monthly Update – Bill Grafton 
b. 52 Captain Baker Road Enforcement Ratification. – Bill Grafton
c. 42 Turning Mill Road. New NOI Guidance. Waiver on plan requirements. – Kevin Beard. 
d. 2907 Main Street. Ocean Edge Resort. Request for Guidance on Beach stair Amendment. – John O’Reilly
 
11. Request for Administrative Review
a. 29 Elbow Pond Dr. AR 26-33. 
 
12. Request for Certificate of Compliance
a. None. 
 
13. Request for Extension to Order of Conditions
a. None
 
14. Enforcement
a. 82 Turning Mill Road. Monaghan. Unpermitted Fill & Grading, Dock & Vegetative Management in resource areas and buffer zone. ENF# 24-02.
 
15. Report of the Natural Resources Director 
a. None. 
 
16. Report of the Conservation Administrator   
a. Status Update on CZM Grant Phase II:  Intermunicipal Shoreline Management for Southeastern Cape Cod Bay.  – Bill Grafton & Chris Miller
 
17. Administrative Items for Review and Ratification
a. March 10, 2026 Meeting Minutes. 
b. March 24, 2026 Meeting Minutes.
 
18. For Your Information
19. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair
 
20. Next Meetings: May 12, 2026
21. Adjournment

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