##VIDEO ID:nzokUUB1KEk## all right this is the U November 26th meeting of the Westport Conservation Commission we'll Begin by saluting the flag pledge allegiance to the flag the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all on uh careful all right um any discussion Chris no no okay uh first got a soil permit Jr and Sun 17 Sodom Road correct Mr chairman members this is Jr and Suns our last renewal of soil permit number 492 located at 17 Sodom Road description of the work the has filed to renew the stockpiling transfer site permit at 17 Sodom Road the area is located to the rear of the residence the area is used for stockpiling gravel and road-based materials for the owner's asphalt business permit renewal is in order recommendations Westport conservation Soil Conservation Commission should approve the renewal of soil permit number 492 for Jr and Sons for one year all right any discussion questions if not looking for a motion M to approve second all right that's Kevin and Jake those in favor I opposed all right that's unanimous next we've got uh septics we have Lee De Roes 139 Donovan's Lane me sir all right good night um yeah Val does that work for you we're down or do you want me to go to the table I can do whatever that's that's fine we need the audience to see it yeah a kind of non magnetic magnets aluminum magnets folks Mark RS analysis and design engineering I'm here to present uh a septic repair plan for Lee and Diane d Roes at 139 Don's Lane uh this is subject to a request for determination of applicability by the Conservation Commission um in a nutshell what we've got is we're replacing a a fail Title 5 system with a denitrification system which is a bottomless sand filter pre-treatment unit is a Fuji uh denitrification system to a pump chamber 500g pump chamber up to the bottom of sand filter in the northeast corner of the parcel uh this parcel of land was created and conveyed over to the property owners to allow the installation of the system it provides a setback of 50 ft to the Wetland resource area the Westport River and surrounding Marsh areas to the West uh as with the proposed Fuji and tank which also provides a setback of greater than 50 ft uh to the resource areas to the West again the river and the marshy area surrounding that River this plan has gone through the boorder of Health yesterday and was approved contingent upon your endorsement of the septic repair C I'll stop at that point sir okay Mr chairman members this is lead Des Roes 139 Donovan's Lane this is a request to determination of applicability filed by ad engineering with Mark Rodrick here representing the report date is November 18th 2024 this is a Board of Health approved uh plan description of the work the applicant has filed to repair the septic system 50 ft from the edge of the wetlands located along the Westport River the proposed system will have D nitrification and 500gal pump chamber installed to the rear of the home all activity is within the riverfront area but work falls under the exemption uh and is allowed under the wetlands protection act recommendations the wetlands Westport conservation should approve the septic system repair with bottomless sand filter and dite with a negative box two determination for lead disres 139 Donovan's Lane all right any discussion audience members if not looking for a motion I move we approve the subject system repair with bottom of sand filter and the negative Bo to determination second okay it's B Kevin those in favor opposed all right that's unanimous very much all right you too you too marck take care buddy to your wife too tell her we're asking about her as always thanks CHR yes there all right next up Gilbert soua SL 7566 Holdings LLC 954 American Legion Highway we have uh have green cards on right not on this one though oh don't okay okay yep yeah hi Rec Kevin silver SNK engineer I'm here on behalf of 7566 Holdings for 954 American Legion Highway for a septic repair uh the well in the front yard throws off a radius which pushes us into the rear of the yard that setic system is 100 ft from the border vegetated W and because of the set back of the will it forces the grading into the buffer zone which I am greater than 50 ft in the area that has been preoccupied by the prior owners um basically the CTIC repair can refer this's report if you have any questions I'll happy to answer Super Mr chairman members this is 7566 Holdings LLC property is located at 954 American Legion Highway this is a request for determination of applicability filed by SNK engineering with Kevin Silva representing this is a pending Board of Health or approved by Board of Health Kev uh I believe it's approved I haven't heard it was okay so we'll say it's approved this evening um site visit was also on November 18th 2024 description of the work the applicant is filed to repair the septic system at the property on American Legion Highway the system will be placed to the rear of the property and will be 100 ft from the bvw the wet line shown was determined to be accurate the grading needed will extend closer to 55 ft from the Wetland work will be contained with erosion controls and installed and will be the limit of all work and activity all other work is outside of the 100 foot buffer zone as Kevin mentioned some of the work is towards the front of the home but the grading help is required uh and extends it closer to that uh resource area this again is a buffer own project recommendations the Westport conservation should approve the work uh for AC septic repair at 954 American Legion Highway with a negative box 3 determination right any questions comments not motion question approve second should we make the motion um subject to what health I would say uh yeah you can conting on board heal's acceptance make a motion any Bo Health approval okay Jake who second second second okay those in favor opposed all right that's unanimous thank you to happy holiday brother all right uh let me see Chris uh Chris Davis notice of intent tomb in rad Street thanks for not forgetting them thank you you know how you're getting older sir I said thanks for not for getting them we know how you're getting older yeah I know but you live close so it's not bad it's the only advantage that guy would sent back to was it a son meet his wife halfway okay this is L West Environmental here for Chris Davis two Monroe Street Monroe Street comes down on the property so this goes back to I Van van uh the proposal is to construct a dwelling with a sub system and a well andall water management the W's Edge is flag flag 101 up to flag um 10 106 shown on the bottom of the page here the house is going to be 25 ft the closest point to the W's Edge the wells already been installed from the previous application there was was an intent filed in this property few years back and approved unless it's expired it's a totally different owner so the home is shown as such the septic system is going 100t away from the wet's edge this is the the well radius and the buffer zone Cuts right through here like so so the system is outside of buffone is required the uh driveway is going to come in off mon R Street and going to come up in here back up this way turn around here the uh storm water going to pick up all the roof run off and conduct that into a retention basement here driveway run off goes into the same and uh is GR in The Bu Zone uh to make everything work here the system is erased system and the advant units here going to pump into a pump field and that's pretty much it it's it's U not that difficult silk fence All Along The Edge up around the backside protect Mr chairman members this is Chris Davis to Monroe Street this is a notice of intent application filed by Westport environmental design with Len Potter here representing report date is November 18th 2024 there is a file number for this project with no adverse comments it's SE 82772 uh site visit was also on November 18th 2024 um Lenny has provided the green cards for this hearing so the applicant in this case he has purchased a previously per permitted lot off Monroe Street as Lenny has mentioned this has gone through two other owners with active orders that have since been given certific compliances so this lot has changed ownership and in order conditions um needs to be in place for this new owner he is permitting the same single family home footprint and septic system although the garage is slightly larger than what was previously permitted uh the septic and everything is still in the same location um but we are staying 25 ft away from the bvw with that structure the well was installed many years ago as Lenny has also reiterated the bvw line is shown is the same as also was previously permitted this line extends to the rear of the property and kind of hooks back onto the site but gives there a fairly decent amount of area for the proposed activity um erosion controls will be installed along the limit of work and shall remain until the area is stabilized and seated on again this is a buffer zone activity recommendations for the board the Westport conservation should consider approving the single family home garage septic and Grading with standard conditions for file number SE 82772 and issue and Order of conditions for Chris Davis to Monroe Street that's all Mr chairman all right great any questions comments if not for a motion Mo to approve second Jak and Bert those in favor I opposed all right than thank you all right thank you just when you do the site work man he wrap the erosion right to the other property line cuz he started digging near that pile which I told him to but his Wetlands just just just beyond that old F pile okay Uncle so plan all right thank you again have a good holiday Westport for Watershed Alliance RDA cherry and lb Beach restore and plant 3,000 square feet of beach grass is anyone here water Alliance Mr chairman I'm I'm taking care of it there was Phil's birthday so his him and his wife would like to go out to denner so I thought I would be nice and offer that to be covered by me so this is a requested determination filed by watershed river Alliance Westport R Watershed Alliance rather for the cherry and web Beach area every year through the school system uh the Westport Watershed Alliance does programs with the kids in the schools and one of their programs is taking them out in a coastal Dune and they Implement planting of areas within that Dune so they have filed this request for determination of applicability uh the report date is nove November 18 2024 uh description of work the applicant has filed to request approvals to plant Beach Gra with the students within the cherry and web Town Beach area the West River Watershed Alliance has and continues to bring the students into the area and establish beach beach grass planting efforts the efforts help to preserve the dunes and help stabilize them so they work within the blown out areas just off the main path um maybe 500 ft up from the main parking lot into the dun area and they work in certain areas that are colonizing they move over and they try to do it again so I think this is very beneficial and it does help us to get a stable environment uh in that area so recommendations Westport Conservation Commission should approve the beach grass Beach Grass plantings for the Westport River Watershed Alliance and the schools with a negative box two determination that is all do they are they transplanting from one area to another no they buy Beach Grass yes absolutely it's planting of new grass do they monitor the is it well to a point you can see the areas that she showed me the picture that she has so they kind of work you know in areas to try to like I said establish the beach grass what's the time of you PL excuse me Spring April they actually do it earlier in the spring yes but the ultimate time is very early in the spring but if they're just planting it through the schools then it it may not be the most Optimum time because of the fluctuation what time of year year the students are able to get out into the dun area but yes normally a very early March to early April is Optimum time before it actually starts sprouting approve okay second those in favor all right BR those in favor okay all right she's do that one too let me see Lor Goyette RDA 19 bullia Street construct sun room Edition on existing deck in the buffer zone to Pon there's anybody here anyone here already go yet I'll do this one too Mr chairman if you just pull the plan out of the file out post it should be the that one uh let me see Southshore Road okay where we go yet this is an existing property um at 19 bullia Street for Lori goette uh they came in for a building permit application and they would like to claim the deck as a sun room um so that is going to require some additional sonit tuu constructions to support the new weight so the property is located on south of Tua Pond uh Sanford Road would be up in this vicinity come down one of the side streets to bullia Street and it sits right on the pond you can see all the stone Jetties here so she's probably about 45 to 50 ft from the pond just just outside the 50 ft area so this is a sun room constructed on top of the raised deck uh again the property is located on Southwood tppa Pond and the work is within 100 ft the summer will be installed on the existing elevated deck new concrete sonit tues will be needed to install to support the sun room above all work is within and under the existing deck so there's no expansion into any of the area um the Westport conservation recommend ation should approve the sonit tubes or um concrete supports with a negative box 3 determination for Lori goet 19 bullia Street all right any questions or comments motion Jake second Kev uh those in favor I opposed all right that's unanimous okay throw that in the Jacob thanks brother uh Manny window R A 922 State Road construct two metal storage buildings and a buffer zone can't do this for everybody tonight no I mean man I don't see George a here either so um plus if we vote no how who going argue with we can't argue with you no I I would say continue this one this is a little more you know you should be explaining this one cuz there's a bathroom and some other stuff so I would ask to postpone this kind of give them a chance to maybe arrive late yes I would just postpone it okay so what do road that one's next oh okay next up we've got Michael Ashley notice of intent 126 Southshore Road reconstruct driveway for Beach nourishment in a coastal resource area come on up M um Michael's here to represent himself I'm just going to put the Mr chairman Mr Ashley bought this place um you got the card just state your name Mike and for the record Mike asley what's the address in the property uh 126 soore Drive Street Road good M I was close all right I I can take it from here Michael thank you Michael has provided the green cards now Michael just bought this again from a prior owner who had an active permit the lawyers wouldn't let it stay open so they had to close it with a certificate of compliance and reapply with this permit Mr Ashley uh as prior owner also had the natural heritages approval which is good for 5 years so in his favor he basically is mimicking what the prior owner had established so Mr Ashley is located at 126 Southshore Road this a notice of intent application report date is November 19th 2024 the file number with no adverse comments is SE 82774 as I mentioned this has a remaining natural heritage and endangered species program approval for activity because this is piping Clover habitat uh along the Waterfront just on below East Beach Road there's you take Grove Street to South Shore um right at the end of John Reed Road so the owner has filed to obtain an order of conditions to have the allowance to maintain the trailer lot with Beach nourishment and the access drive into the property off Grove Street the previous owners had obtained natural heritage and endanger species approvals and is still valid under their 5-year allowance the specific approval for natural heritage endangered species program will be part of the conditions for this order the site is located within piping Clover habitat and they actually specify materials and and what type of gravel could be used in that area they're trying to deter the plovers from nesting in the roadway um which they can be in if certain product is used so this work is based on winter weather and how much storms affect the site uh Mike's pretty much aware of it he's been there for about 6 to 8 months now so he kind of got a feel for what's coming and he is anticipating there may be a need for this so uh we encourage the owners to have this active and it helps them in the long run so recommendations and the Westport Conservation Commission should approve the beach maintenance and driveway access with the specific natural heritage and end dangered species program conditions and compatible with the existing grain size so I can explain this to Mike afterwards but basically Michael they they specify what materials you can utilize so you discourage them in a sense okay so all the material is specified on this previous approval from them so I'll guide you once we come into that season you need to do some work now this is this is also for your driveway Heading by Quinn's y to The Grove Street right okay correct okay so just as long as you know that that this is for the access for you to get across those others to this one right all right yep so that is my recommendation Mr chairman again uh there is a file number and everything seems to be in order that's all Chris is this the situation where it has to be done before Clover nesting absolutely correct so all those guidelines would appli this is in April 1st to August 31st no activity type so um yes Mr Ashley would have to get in there um before that window of April 1st in some cases we allow activity afterwards if the pl a season isn't started or if a biologist comes in and observes the area and encourage that that there are no birds we can start work too so but yes that thank you for that comment all right motion to approve all right it's Jake BT those in favor opposed all right I got your address I'll mail that out to you okay all right I'll talk to you soon all right have a great holiday thank you again thank yes sir we have here uh continuances carore come yeah I just texted him he said he's on his way so we can we can jump to John P okay uh another continu on John Piva and red zero register a uh this is a continuent so previous open hearing I miss I thought we were continuing no no we're actually doing the earring I sent him a derogatory email a text rather I said Mr Carrick I said you're up fer you can't leave C I told you we move quick can't dilly d wait hello yes go ahead well as per uh the last meeting we surveyed out the area of the uh side of the in stream which actually is on the but's property land slops from the East to the west and then from the West to the east it creat sort of little Bowl here and as it crosses the uh area of register TW probably the stream uh and the F will be picked up for ch's request so Mr chairman John piver zero register a this is a continuance of abbreviated notice of resource area delineation the engineer that has done the plan is riverhawk engineering Jim waler has Ser as flagged the wetlands and representing the intermittent stream on the property this report is dated uh November 20th 2024 I didn't write the file number down but there was a file number on this project I forget what it is the top of my head but is it what is it 2771 thank you Jim SE 82771 um description of the work the own has filed an anrad to determine the Wetland resource areas on the lot located between two undeveloped paper streets the Wetland line was adjusted in the field by the agent and the new revised plan shows those changes the plan also identified the intermittent stream channel that is located within register a here uh the paper section of register AV this area may be an intermittent stream but I did observe additional flow channels further to the east um these were observed it's a very difficult area there are very more than one intermittent stream I think in some cases when this is Flowing so I I will finalize in the end but I think we should wait till we got flow to be honest where a covert or something may be needed at this time um also there is another intermittent stream that flows from conscript AV onto the site um this is via a drainage covert that drains under conerve a and discharges between house number 50 and number 58 conserve and this is what feeds this bvw into this parcel of land the anrad again is only for approving of what is within the parcels but these intermittent streams will be noted on the OED issuance so these intermittent streams AR necessarily on this property but they are should be noted in case there is activity for accessing these Lots where these may be impacted this bvw extends from suav because this Co goes under conserve all the way to banav so this area actually drains a considerable amount of area it's not just the areas immediately around those houses so this is fed by Town drains that I was able to unearth recently it is recommended that the site also be reviewed in April 2025 to determine if any Vernal pool habitat is present within this Wetland uh neighbors have provided three documented pictures of spotted salamanders in close proximity and adjacent to this parcel so that is something for the the landowner to keep in his mind when he proposes any future projects on this property uh resource areas bvw and intermittent stream up present on this site recommendations the Westport Conservation Commission should approve the delineation as shown on the revised plan dated 102524 weton Flags number 101 through 108 and weton flags 112-119 and make notation that more than one intimate stream exists and they are located adjacent to the property and may be subject to um stream Crossing standards so that is just a General description uh as I stated these aren't specifically right on these two Parcels but within the vicinity that's my recommendation for the board Mr chairman at this time okay any questions comments any audience no okay if not just looking for a motion I'll make a motion to approve the deline a second okay Kevin and B those in favor he oppos I reluctantly support it but I getting sick and tired of the destruction of these lots that have basically not should not be build L but it is what it is you can destroy W up further thank you y okay so I guess that's a reluctant unanimous thank you you can call Carrie C oh okay thank you thanks thanks have a good holiday happy Hanukkah got him to laugh uh car car uh Brookwood Drive and red Hello I didn't know you were about there I you didn't didn't bring a plan with me you don't have to we got a plan we can throw up there for you let me see which want to try that one no no that's Z C's it should be there care just I told you your wonderful representation of who you are and thank you good evening Bob car carry C Industries in for m u this is a delineation um of P property that's at the end of Brookwood Drive this is probably the third time that it's been uh walked flagged approved it's expired come back it's just uh so it's expired at this point so we just renew had been approved a few more time few times prior to it and that's pretty much it Chris read your report sure I'll sum it up for him Mr chairman this is Carrie Corp liid drive this is abbreviated notice of resource area delineation uh the plan is from bue and Associates the report date is November 19th 2024 the file number for the project is se80 2773 with no adverse comments again this is just no work proposed this is just a approval of a delineation the applicant has provided the green cards they are on record he dropped them off last week the applicant has filed this abbreviated notice of resource area delineation determine the extent of resource areas on the property the Wetland has been approved in the past the site was reviewed and the Wetland line observed in the field is accurate the limit of wetland again was determined to be accurate the site also contains Angeline Brook a penal and cold water fish habitat the limit of this Riverfront is shown on the plan has been measured from the top of the bank bank full indicators were evident and the top of the bank was AC accurately located as Mr Carri has mentioned this project has an actual subdivision approval um on this property he is reestablishing that delineation to allow him to decide what is the future of the property is he going to go with the development he currently has or there may be a slight change in what is proposed here um so nothing as far as access is going to change the cue Act and the access into the site would be in the same general regime the upper side of this property is all Upland as the Westerly is the resource area side so Westport conservation recommendation should approve the Wetland and Riverfront limit as shown on the plan dated October 11th 2024 and issue an order of resource area delineation for file number se80 2773 that back up no not in this case he's he's this is souly yeah yeah same Woods though yes correct you back up to the Shak down money Bud Coalition for that is yeah you're right Shakedown money there is Shakedown money in here that's right connects the land is all connected by Mr carrick's kind donations all the way to the other most of the land back correct yeah correct to the extent that it goes all the way to the next development yes where's the access is that off like Granite post is an access this is Brookwood this is Brookwood yes Granite post is the other end of his property that there was a purchase made there that the buzzins Bay has access into a single family house lot and into a 40 acre parcel that connects to other Parcels that he opted to trade with the solar farm development okay motion to approve right second that's Kevin and Jake I mean uh Bert those in favor right opposed all right that's unanimous all right thank you very much excellent have a nice night yep you too have a good holiday Bob you too all right we have here man Lindo okay thanks R all right I think Mr lindo's time has run out here so yeah I would continue Mr Lindo for a motion to continue Manny Lindo when's our next meeting do we need a date 1210 1210 motion to continue to 1210 second second all right that's Kevin and Jake Jake he's grumpy he didn't even want a second a motion to continue this there things that sometimes really set some members off Mr chairman I I I can't control I can't control I can't control attitudes and [Music] stresses you know Mr chairman all honestly he should be happy The Season's ended for him now he gets to frolic and and be married uh those in favor oppose okay that's unanimous nothing sign so there's nothing sign no just keep it in your pile here there we go and now you moving the E I got to keep everything separate well you're moving forward you're good yeah once in a while I get a little bit of help from this one but I'm not helping you want to help me no what I do he's shut he's the reason you're getting confused you keep shuffling stuff he's moving things around I know can't get any friends around here I want I don't have to deal with this well we certainly going to consider it I want to do a car over there you just look just sitting there yeah exactly yeah it's a nice pile you just want do ises it have to be a performance or attendance issue for the motion I'll give you a both we'll do a year performance review if you want I'll give you attendance issues performance issues whatever you need whatever you need all right we got we got coc's certificate okay we've got um right there second page partial COC other business uh Chris I Iain as a a butter it was I think Iain from the original yeah um if that's case Mr chairman I think Jake is correct in that we may have to postpone this one Mr chairman which one is this this is a uh Michael xanis this is an abutter to the baker's Beach property that Mr mcan's family does um by way of this it it's connected and not necessarily but by us ruling on this the second part of this project which does come into play at Mr mcan's property does be part of this so I would ask the board because of that and the lack of a potential Quorum on this matter that we asked to continue the certificate partial certificate compliance for Michael xanis one ni way to December 10th motion to continue to 1210 okay okay second Kevin and BT good call I can vote on that yeah you can vote on the continuance absolutely okay okay thank you that's not John tash's old house is it no this one is in Nick's way no John tash's house was just bought by J Raposa okay yeah okay and this one's further up next way is that little culdesac that goes in so Mr xanz is the first phase of this Boardwalk that was going to do with the helicopters oh yeah yeah and they and they still want to do phase two so um okay so we can continue there's no problem so we would have the second one under that Mr chairman which would be okay so we well let's do the motion to continue here all in favor that's those in favor oppose right that's unanimous no don't need to sign just pass want to pass down anyway or no no we'll keep those on not tended to file there we good we don't want to Mis categorize lose focus thank you overwhelm we are losing focus we got two things let's move I'm kiding see this one is keep is that this one here okay FH L yes anything this for motion issues this is fhl realy trust this is 260 State Road this is a certificate of compliance request for file number SE 81866 um site visit was on November 19th as well as this report is dated November 19th 2024 um this order of conditions was issued for a potential project at 260 State Road um in Hind it was actually going to be Elite Auto Sales um but the work was never commenced on this order uh the property has since sold and is under Uh current sale for a dispensary and this order is still on record at the registry of deed so this is basically a certificate compliance with the Box check that no work was commenced on this order and it has expired so that's my recommend to the bo where's Lo 260 is next to Coastal healing it's that little shabby building yes the plan still move forward on yes yes this is the Final Phase they got right next door dispensary right next door yeah they side by side one dispensary for 7500 people in in the town in the state too the one across Cas Pig 15,000 people and there's one across from the casin Pig opening up Apollo I think realiz they're going to R going to run themselves into the ground I didn't think I thought there was a legal concern that no in this case well it's not this hearing tonight but there was a contention that they run a different operation and they rely a lot more on use of others products rather than use of their own product so they tend to have a lot more varieties compared to Coastal healing which is a mom and pop type operation which only I think sells what they grow and it doesn't necessarily give that variety diminishing returns they're not so this company at 260 comes out of Oxbridge and I think they have a a better business plan I guess may say what a zoning board not to go up on a tangent but you'd never have two liquor stores issued liquer licenses side by side uh the problem is zoning is that's the only place they can go yes right right so they are restricted to a certain so they have to go they have to go there okay so again not to get off track but this is an order that was issued and no work was commen so for this fhl realy trust 260 State Road I request that we give issue a certificate of compliance with no work commence on this order and it has expired okay sounds good there's no more discussion then for a motion motion to approve second Jake Jake and Kevin those in favor opposed all right that's unanimous you making Jim save his holiday season basally that's what we're here for going to help make dreams come true we are right um the last one is an Bolton it's an extension Mr chairman jeffre Bolton 186 East Beach Road it's an extension correct Mr chairman and members Jeffrey Bolton 186 East Beach Road is request for an extension for file number SE 8256 report date is uh November 20th 2024 as well as the site visit was also on November 20th description of work the owner has filed requesting a three-year extension to the order conditions file number se80 2568 for his trailer lot located on East spe each Road the request has been received with the required 30-day prior to the expiration um the extension for 3 years is in order so I recommend the Westport conservation should approve the three-year extension to order SE 8025 68 for Jeffrey Bolton excellent motion to approve nobody's here second nobody's here I'm supposed to ask for you quick enough Kevin is he do you know Mr Bolton you know yes is he a firefighter no okay I don't think he's a firefighter not here no out of no I don't think so no no not the house I first house I bought out of college was the B that's okay looking for a motion I did it those in favor opposed that's unanimous it is all right that's our agenda now you refer to your bills all right well we don't have to go through the minutes if we can we can approve bills okay um East Bay Media Group $430 and 50 cents motion approve second okay Jake and Kevin those in favor opposed all right that's a um it's going to be this is the same right this is the 61a Chris West conservation trust talking about that yes I can talk on their behalf the West Portland conservation trust have purchased a parcel on Cornell Road which is part of the herb Hadfield Conservation Area the property contains a Hayfield that has been production for decades it's located right along Cornell Road um the town recently has done some work there and um in recent years there's been a focus on stewardship with agriculture initiatives in highly erodable areas this area is very erodable and it leads down to the Angeline Watershed um so they are considering implementing a strategy or utilizing cover crops and agricultural buffer strip management so Ross and I have been talking about this um seeing this is an agricultural use it's currently hay so it falls under that agricultural allowance he would like to continuous effort with the installation of a new buffer strip and overflow area in the Southeastern corner of this field uh on the Hadfield property this will be designed to deal with the agricultural related runoff towards Angeline Brook uh which is a very significant cold water fishery the site work will be done in the agricultural field uh but in proximity to the buffer zone excavation of the portion of field is required but only about 50% 55% of the area will be excavated they will plant a new area with Native grasses shrubs and trees and slow the water and absorb it as it moves uh to improve not only biodiversity but also the water quality um this work would be best to be conducted during the dry cooler times year um and again basically they're going to allow the Overflow to come into the field flow through the field in this planted strip as it exits back onto the road layout into that drainage sale along the edge of Cornell Road and again he's looking to maintain a long-standing partnership with the commission and greatly appreciate uh this in your discussion this evening so um basically in extent of what is proposed this is the area of the field uh in close proximity to the edge of that bvw which is in the wooded area but you can see the agricultural field is quite extensive so this is just a the planting of a buffer strip in order to help slow flow cleanse it and provide some diversity for uh something than just the monotony of that section of the field so I think it's beneficial um again as we work closely with the land trust they've always um come before us for our blessing so I think in this case we could give them the blessing to allow the work under the agricultural activity and exemption who who Farms it tuck Manning Farms it and I think they might have uh hey Ray hey in it now so I just like a motion to accept their P's buffer strip installation at the herd Hadfield Cornell Road property second Jake and Kevin those in favor opposed all right right perfect pass there's nothing to sign right no I I'll will afford them a a a response and letter um how about the 61a 61a should bring up yes that is for the release of property oh where is that Mr Jim that 533 horck Road Daniel G Richard okay this is the property on the corner of petty Lane and Horseneck Road it has been an existing two structures on it and it's adjacent with a large field to Elizabeth Meyers property um Elizabeth Meyer has approached the owner to sell it and there was some Court battle that ensued um now the property has been subdivided into four Lots I believe with three of them already under agreement so the owner's last lot in question has the option to sell a port of that lot to Mrs Meer if they want to so there was some consensus made but the owner would not outright sell it to her in the manner that was implemented by her strategy which was to try to financially hurt the gentleman so they went to court decision was made and that's the agreement that's made so this property has no value in in per se there is already Land Trust land CR in the woods of this Wetland that is not part of this property so this is really just simply a sign off for the release of the 61a I would say yes would it be beneficial to continue this in this case it wouldn't because there's already houses on the property so it's I think we should consider that until what's that I think we should consider continuing it oh if we don't have an adequate number of that sum we can postpone to the next next meeting yes again this is just release of the prior monies that the person and so this is not anything we're not encouraging development it's already been subdivided so that is fine if we do not have a quorum to pass that we can postpone it to the next meeting yeah I you know I I have never voted for a I don't agree with it I don't agree with yeah I I I yeah I think we should I would like to maybe drive do a drive by and just eyeball it that is fine yeah um corner of petty and horse Neck Road on the Northerly side buts Elizabeth Maya from her wall all the way to Petty so she wants she wanted the she wanted it for a very cheap price and the gentleman said sorry and she took him to court with a threatened tactic and she lost how how could said no I wouldn't that's not necessarily how did that even get filed in court she challenged the decision of the subdivision of the land so that's where it went to court was challenging the the subdivision she that that's again Mrs Myers's tactic is that she has in the past done similar uh ruthless effort to try to break you and financially bring you to a point where you have to accept the offer so interesting okay so I recommend we continue as postpone it continue I make a motion to continue to 1210 1210 correct okay those in favor opposed all right um who's second second Jake B Jake ber okay all right uh next we've got minutes here from November 12th present were me Jake Burt and Kevin look at that um any discussion on uh minutes if not looking for a motion to accept motion to accept second 11122 1124 1112 11124 we're carrying it wow okay you can just leave that right in the fold yep there uh let me see minutes from 10:22 present were Jake Merchant B Kev no uh negative can't not do that one 91724 present or can't do it me Jake Bert nope captain no that one this one oh this one we'll never get this one is this June 11th this comes up every meeting at least uh me see present jonus me get it there you go there's there it is three times off the year there we go out everyone's name Kevin came up every time so I think he wins the prize for his attendance you know that's going to have to come up in his annual review when we start to discuss his you know have S he may move up to a vice chairmanship you're not going to get the typical you know 12% annual bump s no not this year all right Mr chairman I just have a few well just two quick things first of all if you weren't aware we're in a severe drought just because of this little bit of rain we've had um we had a zoom meeting uh the state did one on Friday and one on Monday um from the state levels all the way from D to the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs to the Department of Conservation and Recreation um so they're encouraging towns to limit use of water uh full laundry and dishwasher loads don't do half loads and limit running on water and and all all reasons at this current times because they also mentioned that well-fed communities also should be looking at trying to co or you know lessen the use of their water as well we've had an extremely historical Fire season in the state of Massachusetts in the month of November alone there were 433 fires this burned a total of 4,22 acres in the state um so in November alone it was 2,800 Acres burned alone with those 433 fires so we are very susceptible to Fire and what they're stating was these were very deep internal fires because the duft was so dry that these fires were just they were very difficult to extinguish because of that hidden layer of Duff that you can't water so again we seem to have maybe stepped out of this with another inch of rain tomorrow um but just for the record I want everyone to know that we should be cordially being careful uh until such time as we're back with 5 in of rain every 2 days so we can be flooded but the other thing I did send two letters out uh one letter to the Selectmen is for us updating the open space plan and looking to form an open space committee uh the second letter was on a request from an AB butter I sent it to the zba the zoning board of appeals for the Westport Lakes 40b comprehensive permit and that was just given the uh history of the project some neighbors have entered into some concerns for the Westport Lakes of phase one not even being finalized which they are not wrong before we should let this 40b go in off that unaccepted way so those are two things the last thing I got for you is um I lovely Governor just on November 20th decided to do a third permit extension act and I'm really not knowing why but apparently she says relative to strengthening Massachusetts economic leadership also known as the mass leads act the comprehensive Economic Development Bill includes Provisions again to extend the life of land use permits so any permit that has been active from January 1 2023 to January 1 2025 will automatically get an extra two years of uh added to them so I wanted to state that to to the audience and people out there that listen uh that if they do have permits that um we can coordinate with you to extend these permits um and we are making known that these now are extended so we're not going to um shorten the life of these but we just want people to be aware that this is something unusual and I was surprised to see this in my email feed today but again this doesn't apply to 40b comprehensive permits it this doesn't for certain hunting and fishing agiculture license it doesn't apply this is only for permits that have been issued through real estate developments conservation permits um and building permits and bought health permits so this is just your general issuance of permit so I think that is helpful for some people with septic designs that get that added extension um do that impact the beach nourishment stuff we do on E Beach yes so those people would be okay for another two years they automatically would get another two years so Mr Bolton which we talked of getting extension he may already be getting two years on so yes so I will try to coordinate with giving him the final date of what what is added so an order of conditions is considered a permit yes yes so you're added two years on top of that threeyear permit what's the benefit of this what's the driver what's the um she just as a result of Real Estate downturn that's I don't know why she really why she triggered this very good lobbyist for Real Estate this again maybe to keep Contin right you don't have to go through the process again yeah I think it help it's helpful in some settings but it's also un nervy for solar operations and such that that we that we may want to see expire so but again thank you that's whatever it's going okay the Trum ad it may be I guess in some way so okay that's all I have Mr chairman I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and to our our expanded audience out there Happy Thanksgiving motion to adjourn second okay anyone opposed don't see you're in that mood those in favor we can