Conservation Commission Meeting Minutes 2/15/22

Present: Dave Dempsey and Chris Blair

Present Remotely: Tim Lovett

Present: Ben Shallis, Cobalt, LLC

Present Remotely: Chris Tryon, Berkshire GeoTechnologies, Cara Tryon, BGT, Justin Makuc, Don Coburn, Matt Puntin, Shawn Tryon

The meeting convened at 6:00p.m.

A motion was made to nominate Chris Blair as Chair.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.

Membership: Chris noted that Margo Drohan is still an appointed member through June 30^th however any attempts to contact her have gone unanswered (phone is disconnected and email address is bouncing back).

Site visits being conducted by the current membership.

Hearings & Meetings:

1. SMA RDA for 230 Beartown Mtn Rd and WPA RDA for 230 Beartown Mtn Rd: Both legal notices were read.  A motion was made to approve the SMA RDA as a negative determination with the exemption that the project is already being considered under the wetlands protection act.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.  Mr. Shallis provided a summary of the proposed project.  The proposed addition will be on a flat, mowed area away from the pumped septic system.  No cutting or stumping will be performed.  This is work in the River Front resource. A motion was made to approve the project as a N3 with the standard conditions.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.  Chris Blair will be the project manager.
2. RDA for 49 River Rd:  The legal notice was read. Matt Puntin summarized the proposed project which is necessary as the owner is adding an accessory unit above the garage which requires a septic upgrade that falls in the riverfront area.  All necessary erosion controls will be put in place and Matt will send in a revised plan showing this.  A motion was made to approve the project as a N3 with the standard conditions.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.  Dave Dempsey will be the project manager.

Misc:

1. Follow-up on request for original OOC issued by the previous Commission on 12/8 for 26 Bidwell Rd.  The current commission reviewed the meeting minutes of the previous commission held on 12/8/21 where this NOI was originally approved but no final documents were issued by that commission.  The current commission requested that Berkshire Geo-Technologies provide the limit of project disturbance to the resource.  The current commission will also add a few additional special conditions to the approval.  The Board signed the order of conditions previously approved by the former commission.  Tim Lovett will act as the project manager.
2. Follow-up on request for negative determination issued by the previous Commission on 10/19 for 3 Tyringham Rd:  The current commission reviewed the meeting minutes of the previous commission held on 10/19/21 where this RDA was originally approved but no final documents were issued by that commission.  The Board signed the determination of applicability previously approved by the former commission.
3. The Commission will review the resumes received for the agent position and contact one of the previous agents as well.  This will be discussed further at the next meeting

For Discussion:

The next meeting will be in person at town hall at 6pm on Tuesday, March 8th.

Meeting adjourned at 7:15pm

Submitted by: Melissa Noe, Town Administrator

cc: Town Clerk