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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-03-01 Conservation Commission Minutes n w Conservation Commission Minutes DPW Conference Room March 1, 2000 Members Present: Albert P Manzi, Jr, Chairman, Scott Masse,Vice Chairman, Deborah Feltovic, Beth Wescott,John Mabon, Joseph Lynch and James Demotses, Associate Robert Mansour was absent Staff Present: Richelle L Martin, Conservation Administrator, Brian J LaGrasse, Conservation Associate and Germaine L. Ouellette, secretary The meeting was called to order at 7.05 p in Minutes: The minutes from February 2, 2000 were unanimously approved as drafted The minutes from February 16 have not yet been approved General Business: Wetland Filing Fee Account Appropriation Ms Richelle Martin asked the members of the NACC to appropriate $20,000 from the wetland filing fee account to be applied towards the Conservation Associate's new contract to re-contract Brian LaGrasse for 33 weeks including health insurance His current contract expires on 3-25-2000 On a motion made by Joseph Lynch and seconded by Deborah Feltovic it was approved The vote was unanimous Since applicants for the first two listings on the agenda were not present Mr Manzi suggested we start with a Decision Decision: 242-991 Lot 9 Willow Street(MHF Design)(Dutton and Garfield) This NOI was continued from the previous meeting of February 16, 2000. NACC stated 14,985 s f of wetland replication would be adequate. A minimum of 30 extra hay bales have been brought in to protect the surrounding area Joseph Lynch had a concern about clearing vegetation and replanting A Bond had been issued in the amount of$24,985 - $10,000 for the building and $14,985 for plantings $3 00 per s f for replication had been proposed Joseph Lynch thought it should be amended to $2 00 per s f for replication A motion was made by Beth Feltovic and seconded by Joseph Lynch specific to Condition 46 Vote was unanimous Mr Lynch also had a concern about the proposed signs along the edge of the roadway facing the Stop & Shop driveway A split rail fencing was proposed to prevent intrusion into the 25' "no disturbance"zone, also signs for snow stock piling. A motion was made by Joseph Lynch and seconded by Deborah Feltovic The vote was unanimous At this point the meeting returned to General Business: 242-649 PCOC Lot 4 Stevens Crossing (Evergreen Management) The applicant had been asked to be present at this meeting but did not show up A motion was made by Scott Masse and seconded by Deborah Feltovic to have this topic taken off the Agenda until a later date The vote was 3 for and 2 opposed 242-857 Lot A-1 Concord Street-Extension Request This will be the first extension extending the Order of Conditions through 3/20/2001 Brian LaGrasse inspected the site on 3/l/2000 and can verify that the wetland flags were not re- established and the DEP sign was not up The deadline of 3/l/2000 was not met for any of the items requested A motion was made by Scott Masse and seconded by John Mabon to deny the extension request The vote was unanimous. 242-441 Long Pasture Estates-Extension Request The Order of Conditions was issued on 3/25/96 and extended through 3/25/2000 This will be the second extension extending the Order of Conditions through 3/25/2001 Brian visited the site on 2/29/2000 and has no issues All conditions are currently in compliance for the subdivision Albert Manzi had a concern about the Superceding Order of Conditions and wanted them checked out Steve Crowley attested that the berm was in the"no cut tree zone"and was told he could not enter that area He reiterated that he had already put up $25,000 in conservation bond money Mr Crowley has already had meetings with Jim Rand and Bill Scott about this Mr Crowley wanted to know how he could build a berm in the "no cut tree zone " The CC was in agreement that applicant needed to get a Superceding Order from DEP to address the berm DEP preserves the 25' "no cut zone " Joseph Lynch had a concern about the wetland lines He stated that DEP owns the berm A motion was made by Joseph Lynch and seconded by Deborah Feltovic to grant an Extension Request to 3/25/2001 The vote was unanimous Before the Committee recessed Joseph Lynch stated that on his way to the meeting he had noticed a snow stockpile at Stop& Shop right behind the signs in the wetland area The snow had actually been dumped into the wetlands Mr Lynch recommended an Enforcement and Violation Notice be issued as of 2/25/2000 at$100 00 per day fine to the applicant on record until snow is removed to the satisfaction of the NACC This motion was seconded by Deborah Feltovic The vote was unanimous. The Commission took a recess at 7:50 p.m. 4 Public Hearings (8:05) Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation 242-1001 Greene Street Wetland Confirmation(WPI) Joseph Lynch recused himself from this hearing Richelle Martin has spoken to many people(including Agents in other towns and someone from DEP) about ANRAD filings and no one thinks that this application may be used to benefit the applicant This application was developed by DEP because RDA's seemed to be too confusing for resource area delineations, so they developed an application that specifically is designed for confirming wetland boundaries This was continued from our meeting of 2/16 The applicant posted the escrow account and New Hamirshire Soil Consultants,Inc will review the boundaries and witness test pits on March 10 We will have a reviewed outline for the March 15th meeting The applicant did submit an Executive Summary of the 21 E performed on site in 1996 The analysis is somewhat inconclusive in the sense that it states that there are gas UST on the site, but they are not sure where,there were monitoring wells on site, but it doesn't state if they exist in the field today and if they can be sampled,etc In a letter dated 2/25 to Jim Bolduc, Ms Martin requested the following information be submitted An Environmental Site Assessment Report including Environmental First Search Report and a site map depicting the locations of the former UST An Environmental Site Investigation Report including site maps depicting the locations of the former UST locations, soil borings, monitoring well locations, groundwater contours, data sheets, tank removal logs, amount of excavated soil removed from the site, etc The above referenced information was included in the full 21 E report which Mr Bolduc sent to Ms Martin The Conservation Commission stated that they needed to review the whole packet before making a decision A motion was made by John Mabon and seconded by Deborah Feltovic to continue this matter at the March 151h meeting after the site review scheduled for March loth at 9 AM The vote was unanimous 242-???Kenwood Street& Mass. Avenue(Richmond Realty Trust) Mr Lynch recused himself from this hearing also as this property abuts Greene St which had just been heard There was a question as to whether the abutters had been notified as the NACC had not received notice of such Three of the abutters were present and confirmed that indeed they had been notified There are no wetlands on the area to be developed The site has been dumped on with bricks, etc The Commission is looking to see if there is a question of any disturbances of soil, etc in the dumping area Scott Masse asked that the site be reviewed This site will also be reviewed on March 1 Oth at 9 AM and Mr Manzi said he would be joining them for the site walk Motion was made to continue to March 15th by Beth Wescott and seconded by Deborah Feltovic The vote was unanimous Joseph Lynch returned to the meeting at 8 30 p m _ k 242-995 500 Great Pond Road(Irrigation Consultants) This was continued from 2/2/2000 The NACC asked for a construction sequence which has been submitted, dewatering basin locations and details which have been depicted on the revised plans and asked the applicant to reposition the sprinkler heads so they are not discharging directly into the wetland The consultant representing the project stated that the sprinkler heads had been repositioned and are not throwing water into the wetlands Sand bags and hay bales have been put at the 50 foot buffer to 50 foot buffer zone Joseph Lynch questioned the introduction of additional water unto fairways and also questioned the leaching of herbicides, etc into the wetlands Mr Lynch stated that they needed some biological means to clean runoff Suggested an aerobic tank for water to flow through before the water is discharged The consultant stated that only 10 to 12 gallons of water per minute runs off and that vegetated growth is growing at the base of the channel It's a minimal volume stream and at fairway#9 cattails are growing now Deborah Feltovic wanted to know the water supply source and was informed that it was a Municipal water source John Mabon stated that this was a much better plan presented tonight A motion to close and issue a decision in 21 days was made by Joseph Lynch and seconded by Deborah Feltovic The vote was unanimous 242-998 Sewer Line-Harkaway Rd and Osgood St(Guertin&Assoc) This had been continued from 2/2 and 2/16/2000 The trench detail requested has been submitted The catch basin is new and functional and will be cleaned before the start of the project The vibratory hammer is on a boom and the casing pipe to be used is the best and a good strong pipe Richelle Martin had some revisions and will meet with them to discuss it There was a question about the stockpile plans The Consultant stated the stockpile would be placed behind the DPW This needs to be put into the construction sequence. A move was made by Scott Masse and seconded by Deborah Feltovic to continue this matter at the March 151h meeting The vote was unanimous 242-1002 30 Sunset Rock Rd(Richard and Anne King)(Bill Barrett) This had been continued from the 2/16/2000 meeting awaiting issue of a DEP # There are no outstanding issues and DEP #has been issued Joseph Lynch made a motion to approve which was seconded by Deborah Feltovic The vote was unanimous. Richelle Martin stated that she had a Decision to approve this project this evening 242-1000 173 Coachman's Lane(Richard Issenberg)(Hancock Env) We continued this from our last meeting of 2/16/2000 We told Julie Parrino to take the patio out of the 50' No Construction Zone and to better define the walkway they envisioned Plans have been revised to show a stepping-stone walkway with pea stone to be brought in A motion to close the public hearing and issue a decision within 21 days was made by Joseph Lynch and seconded by Beth Westcott The vote was unanimous Decision: 242-1002 30 Sunset Rock Road(Richard and Anne King)(Bill Barrett) Richelle Martin stated that since there are no outstanding issues and a DEN had been issued that a decision to close was recommended This motion was made by Joseph Lynch and seconded by Deborah Feltovic The vote was unanimous Open Space Committee Discussion Albert Manzi began by stating that after the 2000 Open Space and Recreation Plan has been completed that the Committee will be disbanded and a new 9 member board including 3 associates (one each from Planning, Zoning and Conservation Commission)to be appointed Joseph Lynch stated that this had been debated before It was suggested that John Mabon be appointed Chairman, Alison Lescarbeau to be Vice Chair Ideally Board Members shall be Mr Schwartz,Mr Manning,Ms Pouliot, Ms Lagrasse, Mr Wakeman, Mr Demotses and Mr Thompson as an Associate John Mabon stated that the first order of business was to present a unified front and that staff and board members be the first pnorty Beth Wescott motioned to adjourn at 9 25 pm, seconded by John Mabon The vote was unanimous