1995-10-03CONSERVATION COMMISSION
BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS
MINUTES OF
OCTOBER 3, 1995
MEETING
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER @ 7:45 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
CHAIRMAN VINNIE COTREAU, GLENN TERRY,
DAVID LANG, CLAYTON SMALL, DR. MAYO JOHNSON &
TONY PALUZZI.
PUBLIC HEARING SESSION:
GLENN TERRY MOTIONED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BEGIN
TONY.PALUZZI SECONDED THE MOTION
ALL IN FAVOR.
NOTICE OF INTENT FILED BY:
EDWARD DOHERTY
13 EISENHOWER AVENUE
ADDITION TO HOUSE.
AN ADDITIONAL PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TONIGHT. PROJECT INVOLVES
REMOVING AN EXISTING PORCH THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. IT IS A
SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO TO TAKE OUT THE EXISTING CINDER BLOCK
FOUNDATION AND TO CREATE A CRAWLSPACE. THE PROJECT IS IN THE
BUFFER ZONE. THERE ARE NO PLANS TO DISTURB ANY WETLANDS. THERE IS
A BIG WETLAND OUTSIDE OF THE BUFFER ZONE, BUT IT DRAINS INTO AN
INTERMITTENT STREAM. TONY PALUZZI VIEWED THE SITE. GLENN TERRY
KNOWS THE AREA.
ALSO PRESENT, WARD 4 COUNCILLOR, VIRGINIA MC GLYNN.
THE MEMBERS AGREE THAT IT IS A STRAIGHT FORWARD PROJECT.
CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND GLENN TERRY
SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
RECONVENE MOTIONED BY GLENN TERRYAND SECONDED BY DR. MAYO JOHNSON.
ALL IN FAVOR.
DISCUSSION WITH GEORGE BATCHELDER/MORAINE FARM.
PROJECT INVOLVES AGRICULTURAL WORK.
SUBMITTALS WERE DISTRIBUTED AT THIS TIME. DITCHES ARE NOW FILLED
WITH SEDIMENT. THE PROJECT IS TO INSTALL A FARM POND AT EACH DITCH
IN ORDER THAT THE FARM CROPS WILL GET WATER. THERE ARE 2 DITCHES
INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. ONE DITCH RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH TOWARDS
THE FIELDS.
THE OTHER RUNS EAST AND WEST AWAY FROM THE FIELDS.
AT THIS TIME, THERE IS WATER 2' 'DOWN. EVEN IN A DRY SPELL;L, WATER
IS ALWAYS PRESENT BEING SPRING FED.
STEP 2 - INVOLVES USING CYLINDRICAL PUMPS, OVER TILES AS TO PUMP
THE WATER.
DAVID LANG WOULD LIKE TO GRANT THIS TONIGHT IN ORDER THAT THE
APPLICANT GET STARTED AND TO SEND A LETTER WITHIN A WEEK FROM THE
COMMISSION.
THE CHAIRMAN MET WITH THE PROPER PARTIES INVOLVING THE STATE AND
VIEWED THE PROJECT. THIS PROJECT CAN BE DONE UP TO 10,000'
GLENN TERRY MOTIONS THAT GEORGE BATCHELDER HAVING SERVED ON THIS
COMMISSION, WOULD LIKE TO SEND THE LETTER IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT
AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED THE PROJECT.
DAVID LANG WANTS TIME TO READ THE REGULATIONS AND NOW WOULD LIKE TO
HOLD OFF THE "LETTER' UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
ALL IN FAVOR.
DISCUSSION WITH THE BEVERLY GIRLS' SOFTBALL LEAGUE.
PRESENT: STEVE BORAIZI, BRUCE JULIAN, MIKE REIDY AND MARK CASEY.
THE DPW COMMISSIONER, GEORGE ZAMBOUHAS, HAS A PLAN FOR THE PROJECT.
A SYMPOSIUM FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH
BEVERLY ASSOCIATION. JOAN FAIRBANKS IS TO SEND TO US A LETTER
STATING THAT SHE IS 100% IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THERE WILL BE NO TREE CUTTING. WITH THIS, DAVID LANG SEES NO
PROBLEM, WE SHOULD APPROVE IT. THE DPW COMMISSIONER HAS NO
PROBLEM.
CLAYTON SMALL - RE: JOAN FAIRBANKS, WE ARE TO KEEP THIS UNDER "OUR"
JURISDICTION.
MIKE REIDY WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN BACKSTOPS AND WILL ALSO TRY TO FIT
2 FIELDS IN (100').
THE CHAIRMAN - TO MAKE THIS A 5-YEAR AGREEMENT, NOT A PERMANENT
SITUATION.
GLENN TERRY - THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET FOR A 10-YEAR AGREEMENT AS
WITH LITTLE LEAGUE.
THE CITY SOLICITOR WILL WRITE UP THE AGREEMENT WHEN THE
CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEMBERS COME TO A DECISION.
THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL BE APPROVED AS TO IMPLEMENT PARKING.
DAVID LANG MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE FIELD,
AND TO HAVE THE CITY SOLICITOR DRAW UP THE AGREEMENT,
AND ALSO TO INVOLVE THE COUNCILORS, AND TO MAKE IT A 10-YEAR
AGREEMENT AS WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE, TONY PALUZZI SECONDED THE
MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
CLAYTON SMALL - RE: THE FINAL DESIGN, THE LEAGUE IS TO SUBMIT TO
"US" A PLAN, THEN THE COMMISSION WILL FINALIZE THE PROJECT.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING,
CLAYTON SMALL. MOTIONED THE ACCEPTANCE, AND DR. MAYO JOHNSON
SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SOUTH ESSEX SEWERAGE DISTRICT
#5-371, THE DANVERS-BEVERLY INTERCEPTOR PROJECT.
A LETTER WAS SUBMITTED TO THE MEMBERS FROM THE DPW COMMISSIONER
STATING THAT HE HAS VIEWED THE PROJECT AND APPROVES OF IT.
GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO GRANT THE CERTIFICATE AND CLAYTON SMALL
SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
GLENN TERRY - RE: CONIFER WAY/DODGE STREET. QUESTIONED THE LETTER
FROM THE CITY SOLICITOR?
DISCUSSION: CONSULTANT TO THE BOARD.
FORMER MEMBER, GEORGE BATCHELDER OFFERED HIS EXPERTISEANYTIME THAT
WE MIGHT NEED ANY HELP.
CLAYTON SMALL - HAS SPOKEN WITH MACCAND THEY WILL PLACE THE AD IN
THEIR PAPER FREE OF CHARGE.
GLENN TERRY RE: OUR BYLAWS/A COMPLETE REORGANIZATION OF CITY HALL.
CLAYTON SMALL - ASKED THE COUNCILORS FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS.
GLENN TERRY - THE BOARD HAS HAD THE BYLAWS FOR 6 MONTHS AND THEN
REFERRED TO COUNCILLOR TROUBETARIS' QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAVID LANG - RE: TO THE COUNCILORS AND ANTI-GOVERNMENTAL BASHING
AND THEIR LACK OF INTEREST IN THE WETLANDS. IN FAVOR OF HIRING A
CONSULTANT.
PRESENT, COUNCILLOR VIRGINIA MC GLYNN - RE: TO THE 150' BUFFER
ZONE, SHE SAW THAT AS THE ISSUE WITH THE BOARD. THEIR "BIG THING".
THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION IS TO SEND A LETTER TO BOTH THE MAYOR
AND THE BOARD RE: THE BYLAWS AND THE HIRING OF A CONSULTANT.
GLENN TERRY - WANTS A SUB-COMMITTEE TO GO TO LEGAL AFFAIRS.
DAVID LANG - WE SHOULD REFER TO IT AS A "WETLANDS SPECIALIST".
ENFORCEMENT ORDERS
TO BE SENT TO 65 GROVER STREET
BOTH DAVID LANG AND VINNIE COTREAU VIEWED THE SITE AND
FILL IS BEING PILED THERE. DOING WORK IN THE BUFFER ZONE
WITHOUT AN ORDER OF CONDITIONS. AND TO ATTEND THE NEXT
MEETING, OCTOBER 24TH, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AT THAT TIME.
AIRPORT ROAD
WORK BEING DONE ALL THE WAY TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
RE: THE DELIVERY OF THE ENFORCEMENT ORDERS - TO CALL
CHIEF FINNEGAN.
ADJOURNMENT @ 9:30 P.M.
CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO ADJOURN AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR.
MARIE S. COTREAU/CLERE