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Otis Conservation Commission
AGENDA
Wednesday May 18, 2022 – 6:00 PM
Location: Remotely via Zoom
- Opening Items: Introductions
- Notice that meeting is recorded
- Next Meeting is Tuesday, June 21, 2022 @ 6:00 PM, Remotely via Zoom
- Deadline for receipt of applications for the 6/21/22 meeting is Wednesday, June 1, 2022, by 6:00 p.m.
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Topic: Conservation Commission
Time: May 18, 2022 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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- Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting: March 15, 2022 Remote Meeting minutes.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by Vincent and Amy Caruso, 117 Vine St., map 16C lot 30, regarding landscaping, step & fence installation and assorted plantings within the BZ of Otis Reservoir.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by SK Design Group, on behalf of Robyn Walsh, 71 Flint Farm Lane, map 15C lot 53, regarding the installation of a new septic system, with a portion of the work occurring within the BZ of Otis Reservoir.
- Public Hearing – NOI – Submitted by SK Design Group, on behalf of Ted Stein, 907 Algerie Rd., map 12 lot 26, regarding the demo of existing home & construction of new SF house with deck & porch, replacement of septic tank & pump chamber & related site work, within the BZ of Big Pond.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by John W. Field Tree Svc. Inc., on behalf of Jim Affenito, 155 Ray Hubbard Rd., map 15A lot 77, regarding the removal of 6 trees cut flush w/ground, within the BZ of Benton Pond.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by Chaffee Const., Inc., on behalf of Paul Kimmel & Prudence Kline, 40 Loop Dr., map 52A lot 52, regarding the demo of existing home & construction of new home in existing footprint, within the BZ of Benton Pond.
- Public Hearing – NOI – Continued from 3/15/22 Meeting – Submitted by Adnan Dahdul, 77 N. Gate Island Road, map 17C lot 32, regarding the repair/replace of stone in existing seawall, within the BZ of Otis Reservoir.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Continued from 3/15/22 Meeting – Submitted by David Shustock, 0 Reservoir Road, map 17 lot 17, regarding the maintenance of a logging road, that was accumulating flood waters, within the BZ of associated BVW.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by Thomas Pease, 735 Tolland Rd., map 17E lot 11, regarding the demo & construction of new foundation & dwelling within the BZ of OR.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by KJW Env. Svcs., on behalf of Kevin & Lori Randall, 56 S. Gate Island Rd., map 17C lot 13, regarding the repair, replacement & assoc. site-work for new slab & foundation, and subsurface septic (septic is outside 100’ buffer), within the BZ of OR.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by Michael J & Yvette S Morneau, 557/559 Pine Road, map 17D lot 8, regarding the replacement of existing old wooden docks with aluminum/composite docks that will rest on the lake bottom.
- Public Hearing – NOI – Submitted by R. Levesque & Assocs., Inc., on behalf of David Foster, 0 Pine Rd., 23 Flint Farm Rd., 29 Flint Farm Rd., map 15C, lots 35, 47 & 48, regarding the repl. & reconstruct of exiting seawall, permanent dock & proposed shared septic system within the BZ & Bank of OR, and BVW.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by Pete Rybacki, 1239 Reservoir Rd., map 15C lot 58, regarding the installation of a free-standing boat-lift & canopy adjacent to existing licensed dock, within the BZ of OR.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Sub mitted by Chaffee Construction on behalf of Patricia Rizzo, 34 East Shore Rd., map 12B lot 26, regarding the removal and replacement of existing tight-tank within the BZ of Big Pond.
- Public Hearing – Guntlaw Assoc., Inc. on behalf of Vertex Towers, LLC, 0 East Otis Rd., map 11 lot 90, regarding the installation & maintenance of a cell tower within the 100’ BZ of BVW & within 200’ of an intermittent stream.
- Public Hearing – NOI – Submitted by Salvini Assocs. LLC, on behalf of John & Carol Walz, 22 Lion Hill Road, map 11E lot 22, regarding the installation of a walkway with a boardwalk over wetland sections, to access lake-front property.
- Public Hearing – RDA – Submitted by Karl Laird & Richard Kalb, 1765 N. Main Rd., map 2/55 lot 8, regarding the installation of a seasonally removed dock within the BZ of Hayden Pond.
- Public Hearing – NOI – Submitted by Robert Whitaker with White Lily Pond Assoc., White Lily Pond, regarding the eco-harvesting of invasive Bladderwort from the Pond by NE Aquatic Svcs, to retard Eutrophication.
Other BusinesS
- Enforcement Orders:
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- Enforcement Order – on agenda for Follow-up – David Roffo, 134 Kibbe Road, map 17C lot 45, regarding unauthorized paving within the BZ of Otis Reservoir. *** On this agenda for Follow Up only. ***
- Emergency Certifications:
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- 49 Kibbe Point Road – Regarding the removal of 2 diseased and 1 dead tree, in BZ of Otis Reservoir, approx. 80′ feet from bank; currently a hazard to people and property, per the advice of Arborist, Burdick Tree and Property Services, within the BZ of OR.
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- 109 D’Wolfe Drive – Regarding the removal of a tree that is de-rooting and leaning dangerously towards the dwelling, within the BZ of Big Pond.
- Forest Cutting Plan(s):
- Extension of OOC:
- Certificates of Compliance:
- Any topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair:
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- 1401 Reservoir Road – Regarding the addition of 2 trees to the approved Order of Conditions issued, via the published minutes.
- Next Office Hours: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 – 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. @ Otis Town Hall
- Deadline for June 21, 2022 meeting Applications is Wednesday June 1, 2022 by 6 PM – NO EXCEPTIONS!
- Next meeting: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 – 6:00 pm ** Remote Meeting via Zoom
*** Please Note: The order of the posted agenda, may not necessarily represent the order of applications heard at our meeting ***