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Votes at a glance: Falmouth Conservation Commission actions on Jan. 29, 2025
Summary
The commission voted on determinations, continuances and multiple orders of conditions, including approvals for dormers, site continuances, positive determinations requiring NOI, and issuance of several orders of conditions and amended orders.
At its Jan. 29 meeting the Falmouth Conservation Commission took the following formal actions (summaries below are based on roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript and staff recommendations):
- Continued: Trustee Donna Haber Kornberg (MassDEP #25-4742 amendment) — continued to Feb. 12 at applicant request. - Approved (negative determinations): Dwayne & Sharon Billings-Lee, 103 Bournes Pond Road — staff recommendation negative 3 (state) / negative 2 (bylaw); unanimous with quorum. - Approved (negative determinations): Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Conservation & Recreation, Washburn Island (to remove 30–40 dead pitch pines affected by southern pine beetle) — staff recommendation negative 3 (state) / negative 2 (bylaw); unanimous with quorum. - Approved (dormers): Joe Hosford, 8 Bryce Street — negative 3 (state) / negative 2 (bylaw) for dormers; unanimous; shed portion continued. - Continued (sheds/misc): Dwayne & Sharon Billings-Lee (shed) — continued to Feb. 12 for site visit and mitigation review. - Positive determination (requires NOI): Joshua Cardoza, undeveloped lot on Man Mary Manuel Way — positive 3 (state) / positive 2 (bylaw); applicant directed to file Notice of Intent. - Continued: Jeffrey Vogel (47 Lakeshore Drive / Jenkins Pond staircase) — continued to Feb. 12 pending corrected plans and mitigation narrative (materials due Feb. 5). - Continued: Request for certificate of compliance — Dogwood Realty Trust, 69 Barnack Road (MassDEP 25-4621) — continued to Feb. 26; trustee asked to remove unpermitted flagstone stepping stones or provide mitigation and submit certified corrected as-built plan from engineer. - Closed hearings / taken under advisement: Robert Parker (26 Deacons Ave) — hearing closed and taken under advisement pending Commission decision (no final order recorded in transcript excerpt). - Continued/closed: Several continued hearings were closed or continued to dates noted in transcript for projects at Namaskett Road, Chapel Point Road and others. - Issued Orders of Conditions (summary list below): multiple orders and amended orders were recorded as issued by unanimous roll call. These included repairs to riprap, septic upgrades with small mitigation areas, raise-and-rebuild projects with mitigation plantings, and invasives-removal/mitigation projects where conditions set pre-construction steps and monitoring requirements.
Votes that generated formal orders of conditions (selected items from transcript roll call): - Paul F. & Patricia A. Hogan, 112 Racing Beach Ave: order of conditions issued for repair/reconstruction of riprap; dune access area to be protected and restored if damaged. - Edward & Anne Stern, 449 Sippawissett Road: order of conditions issued for septic upgrade and small mitigation area (~330 sq ft) and shed permission. - David & Kim Capobianco, Edgewater Drive East: order of conditions for raise/rebuild with adjustment for tree planting location. - Cindy Coates (187 Penzance Road) and related large mitigation/invasive species project: order of conditions issued with requirement that mitigation plantings be installed before building permit sign-off and monthly monitoring during implementation (then quarterly thereafter once plantings established). - Alex Khan / Falmouth Heights Real Estate (263 & 269 Grand Ave): amended order of conditions issued to reduce enclosure and permit a small snack-bar/takeout structure within 200 sq ft threshold in the velocity zone. - John & Judith Ramondi, 25 Beckles Road: amended order of conditions issued to shift parking and require replacement plantings for a removed cedar and stop cutting of coastal-bank vegetation.
The commission recorded unanimous roll-call votes for the orders listed above with the quorum present. In several instances staff noted follow-up actions — for example, mitigation plantings, pre-construction meetings, monthly monitoring reports during active mitigation work, and pre-work documentation — that must be completed before final sign-off or building-permit authorization.
For specific detail on any individual item (mitigation ratios, square footage, required monitoring frequency), refer to the staff report and the minutes for Jan. 29. The Commission’s recorded continuances and motions require applicants to supply corrected plans or mitigation plans by specified deadlines for the continued hearings.
