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Town of Nantucket
Conservation Commission
Town and County Building
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 1988
A. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Eger/Andlinger - SE~8-510 - off Chase Lane (21-118.2)
2. Stephen R. Swift - SE~8-501 - 10 Old Quidnet Milk Route (20-8.5) -
cont. at request of applicant
3. Richard Corkish, Jr. - SEi!8-509 - 320 Polpis Road (2l.t-13)
B. REGULAR MEETING
1. Requests for Determination
a. Austin Farms Realty Trust - off Hummock Pond Road (56-5~)
b. Doris R. Mundschenk - 17 Wauwinet Road (20-37)
2. Orders of Conditions
a. Nantucket Yacht Club - SEi!8-508 - South Beach st (i!2.i!.2-)
3. Certificates of Compliance
a. Griffin/Zodda - SEi!8-~3i! - 3 Dionis Beach Road (32-55)
~. Other Business
a. Austin Farms culvert - SE~8-336 (56-5~)
b. Wauwinet House - concerns (12-~6 and 11-17)
c. H. S. Whitehead - SE~8-~68 - 97 Baxter Road (~8-19) chg in plan
d. W. Mosher - SE~8-506 (~1-63) - minor modification
e. Fred Church - (~~-7.1) - request for review
f. Nantucket Land Bank - req. for permission to clear trails
g. Bolling - SE~8-50i! (i!2.1-~) and Monornoy Harbor Realty Trust -
SE~8-i!65 (~3-111) - req for Ext. Permit - local bylaw
5. Correspondence
6. Minutes of September 1, 1988
7. Bills to be paid
8. Field Inspections - set date
9. Executive Session - regarding litigation.
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Town of Nantucket
Conservation Commission
Town and County Building
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
Minutes of September 15, 1988 Page 1
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1988
The public meeting of September 15, 1988 was called to order at 7:31 PM.
Members present were: Bill Willet - Chairman, Peter W. Dunwiddie, Lee
Dunn, Carl Borchert, Granville Cranston and Henry Wasierski. Members
absent were: Donald Visco. Administrator present: Ben McKelway.
Recording Secretary: Ben McKelway.
A. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Eger/Andlinger - SEi!8-510 - off Chase Lane (25-118.2). John
Shugrue was present as agent for the applicant and presented a
revised plan showing the exact location of the proposed road and
driveway. Ben asked if the driveway after the "T" would be
paved. Mr. Shugrue said he didn't know. Bill Willet said it
didn't matter. Carl Borchert said the Order of Conditions could
specify the surface.
A motion was made to close the hearing. The motion was
carried.
2. Stephen R. Swift - SE~8-501 - 10 Old Quidnet Milk Route
(20-8.5). Mr. Swift had requested a continuance of the hearing
until the next meeting. A motion was made to continue the
hearing at the request of the applicant until Sept. 29, 1988.
The motion was carried.
3. Richard Corkish, Jr. - SE~8-509 - 320 Polpis Road (2~-13). Lee
Corkish submitted an easement requested at the last meeting.
Carl Borchert and Henry Wasierski said it should be signed and
notarized.
A motion was made to close the hearing. The motion was carried.
The Commission wanted to see proof that the document had been
recorded at the Registry of Deeds before issuing an Order of
Conditions at the Sept. 29 meeting.
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Conservation Commission
Town and County Building
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
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B. REGULAR MEETING
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Requests for Determination
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a. Austin Farms Realty Trust - off Hummock Pond Road (56-5i!).
Glen Wills was present as agent for the applicant and explained
the desire to brushcut to building restriction boundaries and
septic restriction lines. Brushcutting will be i! to 5 feet wide
in most cases, but the application is for the drilling of wells,
too, and near those spots the brushcut area would have to be
wider, to allow the well-drilling rig to pass through. He said
he is aware that any other work in this buffer zone would
require a new application to the Commission.
A motion was made to issue a negative Determination stating the
work described in the Request is within the Buffer Zone, as
defined in the regulations, but will not alter an Area Subject
to Protection Under the Act. Therefore, said work does not
require the filing of a Notice of Intent. The motion was
carried.
b. Doris R. Mundschenk - 17 Wauwinet Road (20-37). Bill Willet
read the results of a recent field inspection which recommended
a positive Determination because of wetland vegetation in a low
spot along the proposed road.
A motion was made to issue a positive Determination stating the
work described in the Request is within an Area Subject to
Protection Under the Act and will remove, fill, dredge or alter
that area. Therefore, said work requires the filing of a Notice
of Intent. The motion was carried.
2. Orders of Conditions
a. Nantucket Yacht Club - SE48-508 - South Beach Street
(42.4.2-). A motion was made to issue a standard Order of
Conditions with Special Conditions as had been drafted by Ben
McKelway. The motion was carried.
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Conservation Commission
Town and County Building
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
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b. Eger/Andlinger - SE~8-510 - off Chase Lane (21-118.2) - A
motion was made to issue a standard Order of Conditions with a
special condition specifying a pervious road surface from the
"T" on. The motion was carried.
3. Certificates of Compliance
a. Griffin/Zodda - SEi!8-i!3i! - 3 Dionis Beach Rd. (32-55). Ben
McKelway reported that no brushcutting had taken place within 25
feet of the wetland, but the yard was still dirt and fresh dirt
was on the old unused driveway within that 25-foot' zone. A
photograph was examined.
A motion was made to issue a Certificate of Compliance
certifying that the work regulated by the above-referenced
Order of Conditions had been satisfactorily completed. The
motion was carried.
~. Other Business
a. Austin Farms culvert - SE~8-S08 - off Hummock Pond Road
(S6-Si!). Bill Willet read a letter from the Commission to the
owner urging him to remedy the case by tonight's meeting. Glen
Wills, representing the owner, said he had talked to Carl
Russell, the contractor who had planned to fix up the site, but
he said he hadn't gotten to it yet. Ben gave the Commission two
photographs, showing the erosion, the clogged culvert and the
lack of riprap.
Mr. Wills promised the area would be regraded, loamed, and
seeded. He said the dirt below the headwall would be dug back
out and a siltation fence would be installed along the road to
slow the runoff and erosion process long enough for grass to
grow. Henry Wasierski suggested an asphalt berm. Mr. Wills
said that will probably be done later when the second coat goes
on. Carl Borchert reviewed the plan and asked when the
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retention basin will be installed. Mr. Wills said he didn't
think that was part of the plan anymore. A quick check of the
file indicated that the plan with the retention basin is the
plan cited in the Order. Glen agreed to check his files and get
together with Ben McKelway, who agreed to report on the outcome
at the next meeting. In the meantime, the Commission approved
Wills' plan to fix up the site (see #la above).
b. Wauwinet House - concerns (12-i!6 and 1-17). Ben McKelway
explained that the stone dust path to the new pro shop near the
Wauwinet House tennis courts had been extended to the private
way on the south side of the courts in violation of the Order of
Conditions. Russ Cleveland, the manager of the hotel, said the
stone dust has already been removed, as a result of Ben's visit
to the site the previous week.
Jette Ames, an abutter to the courts, said there was no path
there before, only underbrush, poison ivy, and some young trees.
She asked how this could have happened. James Gay, representing
the Wauwinet House, said accidents happen. Apparently, he
added, the contractor was not too adept at reading what he had
to do. Lee Dunn asked if they planned to revegetate the area.
Mr. Gay said no, because the Commission granted permission last
fall to clear vegetation all around the courts as a minor
modification. There was more discussion. Ms. Ames said the
area should be filled in with something. Carl Borchert said
with all the time Jim Gay spends before the Commission, he could
be out there supervising the work instead.
Eventually, Mr. Gay agreed to plant two pine trees near the
corner of the tennis courts to block the path. Next, there was
discussion over the amount of clearing to be done in the future
along other sides of the tennis courts. The Commission's
permission for clearing did not extend to the cutting of trees.
Gay said 3 to i! feet out from the fence should be enough,
primarily to get rid of vines and let more light into the
courts. Peter Dunwiddie instructed Ben to write a letter
specifying no more than 3 to i! feet out.
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Ben said it was hard to tell if the oil-absorbing pads had been
installed in the parking lot catch basins. Mr. Gay said they
were, but they would be changed soon. There followed a brief
discussion of the catch basin that was not exactly the type
called for in the Order. Gay said he has IEP working on a
solution that will probably include a silt basin.
On the issue of beach restoration needed to repair the damage
done by heavy equipment brought in to build the new pier, Mr.
Gay said the beach had been raked and that planting would be
done in October.
Ben pointed out that there was no gap in the walkway to the new
pier - the 30-foot stretch of beach called for in the Order -
for the passage of emergency vehicles. The Commissioners told
Mr. Gay to take the boards out to create that space and he
agreed to do so.
Henry Wasierski voiced concern about the barbecue and bar
facilities on a platform near the pier. Nelson Jones said the
hotel did not have permission from the Zoning Board of Appeals
for such facilities, but there was some question as to whether
it fell under ConCom jurisdiction or not. Cranny Cranston said
the facilities were not new.
There was also discussion on whether or not the pier was aligned
with the path through the dune grass or not, as called for on
the plan. It was decided that the pier area should be put on
the list of field inspections.
c. Helen S. Whitehead - SE~8-i!68 - 97 Baxter Road (~8-19). A
motion was made to allow the proposed new deck as a minor
modification.
'd. W. Mosher - SE~8-506 (~1-63). Glen Wills was present as
agent for the applicant and said he will soon submit a letter
outlining his problems with the Order. He explained how it made
more sense to install a length of siltation fence between the
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construction and the wetland, rather than the long line of
haybales called for in the Order. The Commission agreed. Ben
McKelway said the Order had been "boilerplate." He was
instructed to write a letter to Glen modifying Special
Conditions #3, l.t, and 5 and send a copy to DEQE.
e. Fred Church - (l.tl.t-7.1). Glen Wills was present as agent for
the applicant and explained plans for a retaining wall at this
project, which was approved by way of a Determination. He said
no filling is proposed. After some discussion, the Commission
decided to allow the wall as a minor modification and instructed
Ben McKelway to send a letter stating sarne to the applicant.
f. Nantucket Land Bank. Bill Willet read a letter from Wayne
Viera, Chairman of the Land Bank Commission, requesting
permission to brushcut walking trails through a Land Bank parcel
on Long Pond. Peter Dunwiddie said he was involved in the plan
and thinks it is a good step. Ben McKelway pointed out that if
the Commission wants to take the Land Bank Commission's
suggestion that the trails extend into ConCom land abutting the
Land Bank land, the ConCom would have to pay for its own
brushcutting. Ben was instructed to talk to Phil Bartlett to
see what he would charge and to get back to the ConCom with the
figures. Ben said Land Bank Secretary Virginia Kinney had told
him the going rate was $50 an hour. Peter said the trails could
be useful in the future for ecological maintenance of the area.
Bill suggested holding off on decision until a firm price on the
brushcutting had been obtained.
A motion was made to allow the proposed brushcutting on Land
Bank land. The motion was carried. Ben was instructed to send
a letter to the Land Bank Commission accordingly.
g. Bolling - SEi!8-50~ (~2.1.~-~) and Monomoy Harbor Realty
Trust - SE~8-~65 (i!3-111) - Last-minute addition to agenda. Ben
McKelway explained that attorney Kevin Dale had dropped off two
letters regarding these 2 files requesting an Extention Permit
of two years for each under the Nantucket Wetlands Bylaw. The
Commission granted both requests, bringing the two Orders into
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line with the Wetlands Protection Act. As this has been the
policy of the Commission for nearly a year now, Lee told Ben he
could just grant these extensions on his own, without putting
them on the agenda. Ben was instructed to write letters to
Kevin Dale explaining the Commission's action.
5. Correspondence
All correspondence as listed on a Summary Sheet was read and
accepted. Regarding the memo from DEQE on the Grant case,
curtailing the Commission's enforcement powers in cases where
the property owner refuses to grant permission for Commissioners
or their agent to come onto his property to investigate a
possible violation, Ben McKelway was instructed to ask Town
Counsel if such enforcement powers can be written into
Certificates of Compliance.
6. Minutes of September 1, 1988. A motion was made to accept the
minutes with corrections. The motion was carried.
7. Bills to be paid. All bills were signed, but Ben McKelway was
instructed to find out if the Commission is getting its money's
worth in its payments to Bob Marks for mowing Consue Springs.
8. Field ispections were set for 4 PM Monday, September 19, 1988.
9. Executive Session - see Minutes in separate file with this
date.
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 9:15 PM.
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