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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Board Meeting Minutes 09.21.10 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Town Hall, 120 Main Street Top floor conference room 7:00 PM Present at Meeting: J. Simons, T. Seibert, M. Colantoni Absent from Meeting : R. Rowen The meeting began at 7:02 PM. POSTPONEMENT : Public Hearing: Site Plan Review and Watershed Special Permit 1003 Osgood Street and Public Hearing Definitive Subdivision 1679 Osgood Street (note: a discussion will be had later to accept or not accept the letter of continuance that was submitted for this project). BOND RELEASE: Bond Release: Judy: A representative of M.E.M.L.V., LLC has requested a bond release of $2,000 for a Site Plan Special Permit for #146 North Ramp Road, Lawrence Municipal Airport. An as-built has been submitted as part of a Site Plan Review Application. The DPW, Conservation, and Planning do not have any issues with the release of the bond. Recommendation is to release the bond. MOTION : A motion was made by T. Seibert to release the bond at 146 North Ramp Rd. at Lawrence Municipal Airport. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The motion was unanimous. Bond Release: Judy: John Grasso, 245 Bridle Path, has requested the $5,000 bond for a Watershed Special Permit for construction of a garage be released. Planning Department has confirmed that everything is complete. MOTION : A motion was made by T. Seibert to release the bond for 245 Bridle Path. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The motion was unanimous. PUBLIC HEARINGS CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 351 WILLOW ST .: Applicant (Bake N’Joy) is seeking a Site Plan Review Special Permit in order to expand the existing parking lot. Judy: L. Eggleston has done a review and her recommendation is that they need more TSS removal and that the First Defense units do not provide the amount of removal required by the 1 Sept 21 2010 meeting minutes Mass. stormwater regulations. However, they are constrained in the area where they are proposing the new parking area. What John Morin (Bake N’ Joy representative) and L. Eggleston have come up with is a proposal to treat a portion of the existing site that is actually larger than the new area they are proposing. Overall there will be more runoff treated on the site and will be able to meet the stormwater standards because they are treating the existing site. There has also been discussion regarding the O&M Plan which has been resolved and they have been required to submit a stormwater checklist which they have provided. L. Eggleston has reviewed the revised plan and she is fine with the plan. John Morin: Representing Muffin Realty Trust for a Site Plan Special Permit for their property located at 351 Willow Street. Our goal has been to provide more treatment for the parking lot than what currently exists. How we achieved that was to take a section of the existing lot and are treating that at an 80% TSS removal. The smaller, new section of parking lot we are treating at more than what exists today on the larger lot. There will be a net gain on the entire development. The proposed pipe to the treatment system will be increased from a 12” to an 18” and dropped down a tenth and now are diverting more water into the treatment system. By doing this we have achieved the 80% TSS removal requirement. We meet the stormwater mgmt standards and have submitted the new checklist L. Eggleston recommended and she reviewed and approved it, made some minor modifications to the O&M Plan and she has reviewed and approved it, and we have submitted pictures of the proposed block type segmental wall. As many trees as possible will be maintained along Willow St. The only other minor changes to the plan are a couple of modifications the Conservation Dept. requested. T. Seibert asked what TSS stands for. J. Morin answered Total Suspended Solids. There is a requirement that any new and impervious surface needs to meet a TSS removal rate of 80%. T. Seibert asked what the difference between a First Defense System and a catch basin. J. Morin answered that the First Defense unit is a treatment devise that circulates stormwater runoff through a vortex and separates out the solids. In the standard catch basin it flows in and out. J. Simon asked what the maintenance requirement is. J. Morin answered that maintenance is recommended twice per year for the First Defense system and they are proposing catch basins on the same schedule. There is no maintenance schedule for the infiltration system, however it should be inspected. J. Simon recommended to holding the meeting open and closing it and vote next meeting (Oct. th 5). DISCUSSION: Walgreens: is requesting to put in a Red Box, movie/video rental station. Judy: the exact specifications for location, what, if any, traffic and/or parking impact there might be have not been submitted yet. Judy stated she can either review the information once received and make a recommendation or that the Board may want them to go through a Site Plan Review. J. Simon commented that the landscaping on this site appears to be inferior to the adjacent site and would like to see it improved. He would like Judy to negotiate some additional landscaping in discussions pertaining to this request by Walgreens. T. Seibert agrees that Site Plan Review may not be required and that Judy should review the proposal. He asked that Judy pay attention to any lighting schedules required and any potential impact to neighbors. 2 Sept 21 2010 meeting minutes Rolling Ridge: J. Simon asked for a support letter for the Water Supply Protection Grant. We would like to apply for a state grant that could defray the cost of the Conservation Restriction. One thing that would help the application would be to get letters of support from the town Boards. The proposed letter was reviewed by the Planning Board. MOTION: T. Seibert made a motion that the Town Planner include this letter to Kathy Romero, dated Sept. 21, 2010 to the Mass. DEP, Surface Water Protection in the submission packet for the Drinking Water Supply Protection Grant. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The motion was unanimous. MOTION A motion was made by T. Seibert to approve the meeting minutes from September 7, 2010. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The motion was unanimous. Discussion regarding continuance letter submitted for 1679 Osgood Street: J. Simon: the rules for when you have to render a decision are a little different for a subdivision. There is a 90 day clock. There is a dedicated request for continuance form that has been signed in the past. The letter that we received is insufficient in that it states a continuance of thirty days and does not reference a specific date or have the specific language required. Since there is enough time we will hold this over to the next meeting and have them sign the required form for that next meeting. MOTION A motion was made by to adjourn the meeting by T. Seibert. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The motion was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 7:32 PM. : 3 Sept 21 2010 meeting minutes