The home that sustained fire damage at 91 Sarah Sherman Road will be reconstructed with the support of the Rochester Conservation Commission.
The Commission met on November 5 with property owner Ryan Correia, who was represented by Nyles Zager of Zenith Consulting Engineers of Lakeville. The applicant filed a Notice of Intent for the reconstruction of the home, which will include a second story and a new septic system.
A report from a structural engineer on the worthiness of the existing concrete foundation was submitted.
Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon distributed photographs of the site in question and said she had confirmed the wetlands flagging. She also confirmed that no work was planned with the 100-foot buffer zone.
With no debate, an Order of Conditions was approved with the condition that debris on the site be removed to the satisfaction of the commission.
Also during the meeting, the commission accepted the five Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation filed by Joe Harrison, SunRaise Investments, LLC, represented by Julie Goodwin of Prime Engineering.
The commission accepted the ANRAD filed for property located at 0 Braley Road owned by Lisa Holden and Ann Poland, but the other four were all continued.
The one filed for 0 Featherbed Lane, owned by Bradford and Ruth Correia, was continued until December 3. Goodwin said she and Farinon have taken to referring to the site as the “Bermuda Triangle”, given the terrain’s difficulties. She said that a soil expert had been engaged to provide assistance in determining soil types and previously disturbed areas.
The remaining three ANRADs filed by Harrison for 0 Featherbed Lane owned by Judith Dupont, 0 Cushman Road owned by Holden, and 0 Snipatuit Road owned by Holden and Kevin and Cassandra Cassidy, were continued until November 19.
Also continued was a Notice of Intent filed by REpurpose Properties for the construction of an age-restricted housing development planned for Rounseville Road, represented by Brian Wallace of JC Engineering. Wallace felt confident that, after the November 12 meeting with the Planning Board, the project will be ready for conditioning by the Conservation Commission.
The hearing was continued until December 3.
The next meeting of the Rochester Conservation Commission is scheduled for November 19 at 7:00 pm in the Rochester Town Hall meeting room.
Rochester Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell