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By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Conservation Commission (CC) on May 30 stayed a show-cause order for unauthorized grading and excavation at the Lake Quassapaug Outing Club (LQOC). It also approved two dock rebuilding projects on Lake Quassapaug and a septic tank relocation at Quassy Amusement Park and accepted new applications for a barn on Tranquility Road and a dock repair at Tyler Cove.
Michael McDonald explained the work being done at the LQOC was normal spring cleanup of dragging the beach of debris and adding new sand, something he said was done every year. He said the excavation cited by Wetlands Enforcement Officer Deborah Seavey in a May 24 cease-and-desist order was wall repair, not an expansion, being done for safety and made more difficult in recent years due to the lake no longer being drawn down in winter. Chairwoman Mary Barton instructed McDonald to file an application for the activity, and a stay was unanimously voted.
Robert Peck presented a plan to remove a dock at 25 Tyler Cove and replace it with a wider dock that used the existing concrete pads. The project was unanimously voted when commissioners confirmed a letter from the homeowner association approving his plan.
Landscape architect John Piper presented a construction sequence and soil and erosion control plan for rebuilding a dock at 3 Bristol Road owned by Kimberly and Richard Gilbert. Removal of existing concrete footings and decking and replacement with a stone terrace connecting to floating dock sections was unanimously approved.
Relocation of bathroom septic tanks at Quassy Amusement Park to make space for new water slides was unanimously approved.
Applications to construct a new barn on Benjamin Neidhart’s property at 459 Tranquility Road, and to repair a deck on Matthew Holloway’s 17 Tyler Cove property were unanimously accepted.
The next regular CC meeting was to be Tuesday, June 27, but a quorum was not present. At press time, Barton was trying to schedule a special meeting.
