Present:

• Ron Brouker, Chair
• Sally Underwood-Miller
• Jamie Minacci
• John Hart
• Joe DeGiorgis
• Lisa Bozzuto

1. March 22 minutes approved as corrected.
2. Vincent Park “informal” postponed
3. Gregg Wellenkamp continued again
4. Attorney Elizabeth Goodman, Mark Volk from Foresight Land Services, and Daniel Pincus, owner, all for 8 Hawthorne
   1. Brent White’s review was generally positive and added one condition once work scheduled. (did not specify condition)
   2. In addition, Tom Ingersoll, certified arborist, reviewed trees and suggested other plantings
   3. Hart walked White Pines Beach and thought house would not be seen from that vantage when trees are leafed in. Also mentioned importance of canopy
   4. Bozzuto asked about stump removal: to reduce disturbance leave as many as possible in the ground.
   5. Minacci questioned square footage of house (3700 sq ft) and height (34 ft) — sized to limit of what is permitted
   6. Goodman: should an updated list of trees be submitted? Should there be a pre-construction site visit? (Yes to both)
   7. Hart requested that contractor sign off on Order of Conditions
   8. Hearing on 8 Hawthorne closed.
5. Christian Hill Road —
   1. Permit for pool and pool house
   2. Jim Haywood, architect, and Stephanie O’Hara, Berkshire Engineering, for project
   3. Issues of importance — distance from wetlands; square feet of currently pervious land that will become impervious; how pool water will be disposed of, and where is vernal pool?
   4. Submit new plan showing vernal pool and new planting proposal for shrubs
   5. Hearing continued
6. 15 Lake View Drive — O’Hara, David Potter, design, and Gail Diancola owner
   1. Planned demolition and new house, driveway, and walkway proposed
   2. Lot size .35 acre — another nonconforming lot
   3. proposed coverage — no septic on sewer and house 9-15% below Lake and Pond Overlay District (LPOD) requirement
   4. Original house 1192 sq ft — 7.8%; new house — 9.9% “Hugs buffer line”
   5. Net loss of pervious land? “Not much” (2.1% of lot size)
   6. Mitigation — rain gardens
   7. House has proposed porch with a pervious floor, but Underwood-Miller pointed out it could be turned into a room (with impervious floor) By Right
   8. Chair asked that house be marked for site visit and ribbons around trees to be removed.
   9. Hearing continued
7. 3 Ice Glen Road and 78 Interlaken Road — sign (?)
8. 36 Lake Drive — look at coverage. Hart: does 10% include septic?
9. General discussion
   1. Underwood-Miller said, too many houses and too much squeezing house in up to limit allowed
   2. LPOD — PB and ConCom regulating same pieces of property — should LPOD be moved to ConCom?
   3. White: if a septic fails, and everything squeezed in, where could the new septic be placed?
   4. Once it was required to build two septic fields to allow for future failure
   5. Should bylaws be reviewed to deal with building to limit of 10% especially in nonconforming lots?
   6. Joint meeting with PB? Marie Raftery present and would carry suggestion to PB
   7. Underwood-Miller — change bylaw and NOT a percentage especially on nonconforming lot; for example, if not buildable today do not permit to build
10. Bozutto — Performance Standards complete and ready to go to Town Counsel
11. Wellenkamp is ignoring ConCom
12. Hart: Kampoosa Bog — Beaver Deceiver and maintenance contract with Beaver Solutions — Town, Canales, should follow up

Meeting adjourned

Editor’s note: 1. Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are seasonal pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals. 2. Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface