Conservation Commission (RM B)

Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 6:00pm

CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

2198 Main Street

March 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM

This meeting will be conducted in person 6:00 PM on March 14, 2023.  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).

  1. Call to Order
  2. Declaration of a Quorum
  3. Meeting Participation Statement
  4. Recording Statement
  5. Public Comment / Citizens’ Forum

 

  1. Discussion
    1. 2628 & 2624 Main Street, 78-14 (15-113-2). Brown enforcement order discussion - Attorney Senie and David Schlessinger
    2. Wing Island transfer to Con Comm and CR requirements - Commissioners
    3. MassDEP Wetlands Program Policy 22-01: Diadromous Fisheries Stream Management, existing stream maintenance conservation permits and requirements – Brad Chase, MassDMF Diadromous Fisheries Project Leader

 

  1. Request for Determination of Applicability
    1. None.

 

  1. Notices of Intent
    1. 46 Featherbed Lane, 11-45 (38-36) SE9-1947. New Public Hearing. Crossroads/Camp Mitton proposes beach nourishment, erosion repair, and installation of a drywell within inland bank, bordering land subject to flooding, bordering vegetated wetland, and buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetland.
    2. 101 Tubman Road, 47-28 (24-37) SE9-1948. New Public Hearing. Alexa Hope proposes vegetation management activities as well as the installation of a berm, grass footpaths, hoop houses, existing stone drainage extension, and after-the-fact approval of a shed within buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetland.
    3. 162 Underpass Road, 77-9 (26-10 & 105) SE9-1920. New Public Hearing. Paul Wallace requests amendments to approved Order of Conditions (erosion and sediment control/minor changes buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetland).
    4. 56 Underpass Road, 78-116 (26-6) SE9-1940. Continued Public Hearing. Brewster Veterinary Hospital proposes to remodel and expand the existing veterinary hospital and parking area, install stormwater improvements and restore native vegetation within 50 and 100 feet of inland wetlands.

 

  1. Request for Certificate of Compliance
    1. None

 

  1. Request for Extension to Order of Conditions
    1. None

 

  1. Show Cause
    1. 2628 & 2624 Main Street, 78-14 (15-113-2).  Continued -  Brown.  Unpermitted cutting and clearing of vegetation within 25 feet of inland wetlands as well as the placement of fill on and within 100 feet of inland wetlands.
    2. 330 Main Street, 15-20 (21-30-19), Continued – Karam.  Unpermitted construction of addition, retaining walls and patios, vegetation clearing within 50 and 100 feet of inland wetlands.

 

  1. Request for Minor Change to Plan
    1. None

 

  1. Request for Administrative Review
    1. None

 

  1. Stormwater Permit Application under Code of the Town of Brewster, Chapter 272 Stormwater Management Bylaw
    1. None

 

  1. Report of the Natural Resources Director

 

  1. Report of the Conservation Administrator  

 

  1. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Conservation Commission Chairman

 

  1. Next Meeting: March 28, 2023

 

Adjournment