Conservation Commission (Rm B)
Town of Brewster
Conservation Commission
1657 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
conservation@brewster-ma.gov
(508) 896-4546
CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street
May 23, 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.
ZoomWebinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81704849610?pwd=d2VlNm5LcnU2TnBKWExMVEJFUUduQT09
Passcode: 565669
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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
6. Discussion
a. Duration of bonds specified in Order of Condition Special Conditions – Bill Grafton
b. Surveyed plans required for all NOIs unless the Commission exempts - Bill Grafton
c. New NOI request for reconstruction of a ramp to provide adequate handicapped public access to the waterfront at Linnell Town Landing. Request for exemption of surveyed plan – Chris Miller & Bill Grafton
d. Scientific study request at Freemans Pond/Paines Creek – Study involves taking tissue samples of smooth cordgrass and observational data on plant height, community composition, and elevation – Katherine Sperry
e. Reappointment of Bruce Evans to the Water Quality Review Committee – Mike Tobin
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. 216 Mitchell Lane, SE9-1949. 115-49 (11-1-5). Continued Public Hearing. Stephen and Sarah Barkhuff propose the construction of a stairway and a foot path as well as vegetation management and vista pruning within land subject to coastal storm flowage, riverfront, isolated vegetated wetland, and buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetland, isolated vegetated wetland, land subject to coastal storm flowage, inland bank, and salt marsh.
b. 56 Underpass Road, SE9-1940. 78-116 (26-6) 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.
9. Request for Certificate of Compliance
a. 290 Foster Road, SE9-1790. 79-26 (6-9). William and Lynn Kargman, vegetation management and vista pruning.
b. 46 Main Street, SE9-1887. 6-10 (21-43). Donald Poole and Dawn Sternlieb, construction of an addition.
10. Request for Extension to Order of Conditions
a. 347 Point of Rocks Road, SE9-1814. 69-99 (6-6). Raymond and Jeanne Sullivan, coastal stabilization.
11. Show Cause
a. 2628 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.
12. Request for Minor Change to Plan
a. 120 Run Hill, SE9-1944. 35-34 (36-12-5). Kenneth & Amy Rubin, relocation of 4x6 posts due to water level of Lower Mill Pond.
b. 2070 Route 28, SE9-1943. 149-1 (53-28). Pleasant Bay Community Boating, proposed footpath alternatives.
c. Mariners Court, SE9-1864. 90-160 (14-1-19). Ocean Edge 1 and Corcoran Jennison Management, pond management/man-made freshwater pond.
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
16. Report of the Conservation Administrator
17. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Conservation Commission Chairman
18. Next Meeting: June 13, 2023
19. Adjournment
Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:
5/19/2023
