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January 11, 2023
Meeting Minutes
Via Zoom


Commissioners in attendance: Stephen Machcinski, Tracy Machcinski, Karen Winn, Kim Dimes, Al Reynolds, Brian Corbett
Town Staff members in attendance: Rachel Kelly 
Commissioners Absent: Chuck Kubik

Meeting called to order at 7:03.

Mass Audubon attended the meeting report their data and observations for the Snake Island Vegetation Restoration project. 

Mass Port Authority attended the meeting to present the Runway 27 Safety Area Improvement. 

160 Sewall Avenue, Notice of Intent
Stonefield Engineer and the property owner attended the meeting to present the application. 
Project will consist of the construction of a single-family home on a cleared residential lot. Lot is within 100 feet of the coastal bank. Lot is above the flood elevation for FEMA AE zone. The Commissioners requested the flood storage capacity of the lot, after the home is built, be calculated. 
A site walk will be needed. 

A motion to continue the hearing was made by Stephen Machcinski. The motion was seconded by Kim Dimes. All members voted unanimously. 

450 Pleasant Street, Notice of Intent
NativeTec and the homeowner attended the meeting to present the application. The project will consist of a new garage, to be build on the same footprint of the original garage, which has already been demolished. The new garage will be right up against the sea wall. 
There will be a boom installed in the water on the other side of the seawall from the garage construction site. 

A site walk will be scheduled.

A motion was made by Kim Dimes to continue the hearing to the next meeting. Al Reynolds seconded the motion. All Commissioners voted in favor. 

23 Seaview Avenue - Inspection Site Walk
A site walk was conducted after complaints from abutters. No contaminates, stock piling, or WPA violations were reported. 

Photos from the site walk will be sent out to the Commission. 

Motion to adjourn was made by Tracy Machcinski. The motion was seconded by Stephen Machcinski. All Commissioners voted unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 9:06.