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CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
2198 Main Street
August 22, 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
CONSERVATION of the members of the public body will attend the meeting in person and members of the public are welcome to attend
COMMISSION 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
Michael Tobin being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting/hearing will not be suspended or terminated if
Chair 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
Casey Chatelain includes an applicant and its representatives, should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly.
Vice Chair
Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner:
Commissioners
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Staff the meeting, may do so by accessing the meeting remotely, as noted above. Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast
live, in reel time, via Live broadcast (Brewster Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestreain.brewster-ma.rzov),
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Director Please note that the Conservation Commission may take official action, including votes, on any item on this agenda.
Bill Grafton, 1. Call to Order
Conservation 2, .,Declaration of a Quorum
Administrator
3. ; Meeting Participation Statement
TBD, 4. / Recording Statement: As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the
Senior Department Town will be video and audio taping as well as broadcasting this public meeting. In addition, if
Assistant 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 Commissione will not reply to statements
made or answer questions raised during public comment but may add items presented to a
t future agenda.
6. Discussion
a. Conservation Permit Forms and Submittal Documents Revisions — Bill Grafton
7. ` Request for Determination of Applicability
a. 0 Nickerson Park, 114-63 (31-1000). RDA# 23-09 — Massachusetts Division of Fish
and Game proposes parking lot improvements within the 100 -foot buffer zone to
inland bank and land under water bodies (Cliff Pond) and within bordering land
subject to flooding.
b. 208 Sheep Pond Drive, 74-5 (34-135). After -the -fact vegetative management &
restoration plantings. RDA# 23-10 — Paul Griswold proposes planting native
vegetation and requests approval of after -the -fact vegetative management within the
buffer zone to inland bank and land under water bodies (Sheep Pond).
c. 149 Fiddlers Lane, 48-34 (18-38-1) (septic repair) RDA# 23-11 —Joshua & Sara
Brunelle propose septic system repairs within the buffer zone to bordering vegetated
wetlands.
d. 53 Harwich Road 57-26 (17-56) & 40 Cottonwood Road & 67-96 (17-47/15) (after
the fact deck and tree removal and fill restoration — Elizabeth Prescott requests
approval for after -the -fact construction of a deck and storm damage tree removal at
53 Harwich Road and unpermitted fill removal and planting restoration at 40
Cottonwood Road within the buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetlands.
e. 12 Ring Rock Road, 91-4 (7-5) (revetment repair) — George & Laura Godfrey
propose revetment repair within coastal beach.
8. Notices of Intent, Request for Amended Order of Conditions & Abbreviated Notice of
Resource Area Delineation
a. 104 Canoe Pond Drive, 24-60 (36-230). Continued Public Hearing. SE9-1952.
Hongying Xie Revocable Trust -2012 proposes to install a seasonal aluminum dock,
as well as After -the -Fact approval of an existing kayak rack within inland bank,
bordering vegetated wetland, land under waterbodies and waterways, and bordering
land subject to flooding and buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetlands.
b. 178 Bonnie Doone Cartway 102-13 (8-7). New public hearing. SE9-1893 Amended.
178 Bonnie Doone Cartway LLC requests a determination for after -the -fact and
proposed minor deviations including restoration plantings, changes to hardscape,
improved drainage, beach stair details, vegetative management and date for removal -
of "the eastern cottage" which is a portion of the mitigation to the approved Order of
Conditions SE9-1893 within the buffer zone to coastal dune and bordering vegetated
wetlands.
c. 47 Governor Prence Road, 58-14 (4-33). New Public Hearing. SE9-1953.Anthony
Saccone & Susan Dickstein proposes deck expansion, new deck construction, new
pond access stairways construction & plantings within the 100 -foot buffer zone to
bordering vegetated wetlands, inland bank and land under water bodies (Cobbs Pond,
a great pond).
d. 70 Smith Lane, 90-203 (14-110). New public hearing. SE9-1955. Brian Daley
proposes to construct two additions and a deck as well as mitigation plantings with
the buffer zone to bordering vegetated wetlands.
e. 10 Nancy May Path, 91-14-798 (7-11-1). New public hearing. SE9-1550 Amended.
Nancy & Mina Kaddis request a determination for the relocation of a beach access
stair with seasonal base, removal of existing and approved but not constructed
hardscape as well as mitigation plantings within coastal beach, coastal bank, land
subject to coastal storm flowage and buffer zone to coastal bank.
9. Request for Certificate of Compliance
a. 336 Robbins Hill Road, SE9-1726. 38-77 (2-3). Lee
10. Request for Extension to Order of Conditions
a. None.
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. 106 Upland Circle, SE9-1741. 127-18 (10-20-48). Champlin
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. Questions from the Media
19. Next Meeting: September 12, 2023
20. Adjournment
Date Submitted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk:
8/03/2023