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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-08-13August 13, 1979 - MOND&Y RegUlar ~[eeting The BOARD OF APPEALS held its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, August ~3, 1979 at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Meeting Room. The following members were present and voting: Frank Serio, Jr., Chairman; Alfred E. Frizelle, Esq., Vice-Chairman; James D. Noble, Jr.; Richard J. Trepanier; and Assoc. Nembers, William J. Sullivan, Augustine W. Nickerson, and Walter F. Soule. ANDREW CIRCLE REALTY TRUST - EARTH REN. OVAL PERMIT CONTINUED HEARING (Serio, Fri~elle, Noble & Trepanier sitting): Scott Follansbee present. Fence has been placed around land in question. On August 4~ test holes in the proposed pond area as required by the Con. Com. were dug. Follansbee presented plan showing pits. The average eleva- tion was 102.05 which was siightly above requirements of the Order of Conditions issued in order to continue to build the remainder of the pond. Vince Turano, Con. Com., stated that the elevations were taken by them, he put the numbers on the plan but the locations were done by Frank Gelinas. They took a total of 10 test pits plus the pond to ensure that they were getting an accurate number, and in accordance with that he does not need another hearing but has to follow the Order of Conditions. The Con. Com. wants the pipe at 104.5 and it is fixed at 102.3 right now. This may require another hearing. The Con. Com. has no objection to this pond providing he meets the conditions set down which will hold as much water as possible in the pond. It will alleviate some of the water problems on Salem St. Advised the BOARD to require very stringent conditions, if granted, and stated concern for abutters. Frizelle questioned whether or not anything could be built in the area as it exists right now, without a pond - Turano: if he is going to build he has to come back in to the Con. Com. because there are some ex~ensive wetlands~ in the remaining part of the subdivision. There are 8,000 yds. currently stockpiled on the site, Con. Com. has given them two years to complete, a substantial amount of material coming out would be used for the road and some of the lots on Ingalls Crossing II, the abutting subdivision and others. And, Highway Surveyor Cyr has said he could use 25-30,000 yds. The Chairman inquired as to how deep the pond would be because he felt if it was too shallow it would not be attractive. Follansbee told the membership that the portion of the pond that comes into lots 2-3 would be owned by the people owning the home sites. Trepanier asked how much total material would be taken out - 100,000 yds.; total acrea~ie is 6+ acres and the pond itself is =t 3~ ~cres of that. Noble calculated that with ~12,000 yds you have to have an average depth of 15 ft. Follansbee said they have calculated 12 ft. Steven Vounessea stated that, as a member of the Con. Com., he does not want to see a retention pond, this one or any other. The problem of run-off and water should be addressed in another manner. Aesthetically, ponds are not that great and this will obviously cause ~lot of problems such as housing, traffic, after it is deeded to the Town, it will be unsupervised. This is being done for the purpose of putting in houses, he added. Vounessea then spoke as a resident of the area in question: opposed because it is being done for the purpose of putting in houses, the developer has other avenues he can take, it will set a precedent, we will be faced with it here, there, and everywhere to overcome the obstacles in developing wetlands. Follansbee replied that he was not looking at it as a way to overcome the obstacles. This is 6 acres of land that could be developed economically, what justifies it is that gravel is ve~ scarce~ he can use it, Cyr can use it, there is also a big market for it. ~otion by Noble to take the matter under advisement. Second by Trepanier and unani- mous vote. Following the vote a discussion ensued regarding compliauce with Sec. 10.31, 3-5. Questions arose re~arding dredging a pond on an approved site, stripping of the land, "on" vs. "from" the land as per By-Law, whether or not they will get water ~ud how far you have to dig to get it, ultimate deeding over to the Town.