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1994-06-21CONSERVATION COMMISSION BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS MEMBERS PRESENT: MINUTES JUNE 21, 1994 CHAIRMAN VINCENT COTREA, CLAYTON SMALL, DAVID LANG AND DR. MAYO JOHNSON. GLENN TERRY, NANCY LODGE, MEETING CALLED TO ORDER @ 7:45 P.M. DR. JOHNSON MOTIONED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. FIRST HEARING SAIC ENGR. CO. FOR 420 CABOT ST. MONITORING WELLS PROPOSED PURITY SUPREME SUPERMARKET. BROOKE MUNROE FROM SAIC MADE THE PRESENTATION. THERE WILL BE 3 GROUND MONITORING WELLS (FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. A DRAINAGE DITCH IS ON THE SITE. THE CHAIR QUESTIONED AS TO HOW THIS PROCEDURE WILL BE DONE. BROOKE MUNROE - WITH A DRILL RIG. NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED THE READON. BROOKE MUNROE - TO SAMPLE, TEST FROM PRIOR ACTIVITIES AND TO ASSURE IT IS A CLEAN PIECE OF PROPERTY. DAVID LANG - ARE THERE SOME WELLS THERE ALREADY? ARE THESE ADDITIONAL? BROOKE MUNROE - YES, THESE ARE 3 MORE. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED THAT THE INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT AND TO CLOSE THE HEARING, NANCY LODGE SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. SECOND HEARING JEFF BUNK 18 FOSTERS POINT PIER AND FLOATS. ATTORNEY, ROBERT MCCANN EXPLAINED THE NOTICE OF INTENT IN FULL DETAIL. THE DECK AREA WILL ALLOW FOR SPACE UNDER THE PIER. ALL SHOW IN THE SUBMITTAL ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALUMINUM. THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE CONCRERE INSTEAD OF WOOD. IN COMPARISON TO VENTOLA'S (DOWN THE STREAM) ALL IS VERY SIMILAR. THE PILES WILL BE ALL HAMMER DRIVEN. 3/4" SPACING ON THE DECK IS TO ALLOW VENTILATION. ALL PERMITS ARE SECURED. THE WATERWAYS IS IN THE PROCESS. NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED THE LOCATION? CHAIR - IT IS LOCATED ON THE BASS RIVER NEAR THE DANVERS LINE. THEN ASKED IF THE WORK WILL BE DONE ON A BARGE, THE CHAIR VIEWED THE SITE JUST TODAY. VENTOLA - (ABUTTER) YES, THE WORK WILL MOSTLY BE DONE ON A BARGE AND ONTO THE MARSH AREA. CANNOT REACH THAT FAR WITH A CRANE. DAVID LANG - QUESTIONED EXCAVATION, BARGE, SHORELINE. VENTOLA - THE EXCAVATION TO THE WALL ON THE MARSH INSTEAD OF THE CRANE. IT IS MORE ARTICULATE FOR THE JOB TO GET DONE, NOT TO EXCAVATE THE MATERIAL. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING, HAVING SUFFICIENT INFORMATION, AND DAVID LANG SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. THIRD HEARING 95-459 BIRARELLI 71 WATER ST. BULKHEAD PROJECT. WILLIAM KELLEY, REPRESENTING. DR. JOHNSON ASKED HOW THIS WILL BE DONE. ALSO PRESENT, CONTRACTOR, JACK PELLETIER FROM NORTH SHORE MARINE- STATED IT WILL BE DONE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE OLD BULKHEAD. CRUSHED STONE WILL BE USED AND FOR THE TOP COVER A LAYER OF CONCRETE. THE CHAIR ASKED ABOUT EXCAVATING AND HOW DEEP? JACK PELLETIER - FIFTEEN FEET DEEP. DR. JOHNSON MOTIONED THAT THE INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. FOURTH HEARING ENDICOTT COLLEGE ATHLETIC FIELD. PRESENT, PRESIDENT WYLIE, ATTORNEY TOM ALEXANDER REPRESENTED THE APPLICANT, HE EXPLAINED THE BASEBALL / SOCCER FIELD WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE PRESENT FIELD IN FRONT OF TUPPER HALL .(OCEAN SIDE} AND WILL BE UP IN BACK (OF THE AUDITORIUM). ALSO PRESENT, CARL BALSLEY FROM HAYES ENGINEERING IN WAKEFIELD,MA NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED THE PROJECT. PRESIDENT WYLIE - EXPLAINED IT IS A SIMPLE SOCCERFIELD AND A BASE- BALL DIAMOND. CLAYTON SMALL REQUESTED A SITE VISIT AT THIS TIME. CARL BALSLEY - CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE IS A STREAM AND BORDERING VEGETATED WETLANDS, IT IS NOT A DISCERNIBLE STREAM. NANCY LODGE - ASKED ABOUT THE VERNAL POOLS ON THE SITE. CARL BALSLEY - NO AND THAT HE EXAMINED THE NATRUAL HABITAT IN THE AREA. NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED TREES ON THE SITE. CARL BALSLEY - THE AREA IS DEVOID OF TREES. THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE OPERATIONAL FOR THE FALL SEASON WHEN THE SCHOOL WILL BE CO-ED. TOM ALEXANDER - THERE WILL BE NO BLASTING IN THE WETLANDS. DR. JOHNSON - ASKED IF THE BLASTED MATERIAL. WILL BE USED TO LEVEL THE ELEVATIONS? CARL BALSLEY - YES, SIX FEET OF FILL. THEN CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN AREA WILL DRAIN IN A DOME LIKE FASHION. THE CHAIR - TIGHT SLOPES? CARL BALSLEY - ONE TO ONE AND THREE TO ONE WHERE POSSIBLE. WILL USE GRASS SLOPES AND RIP RAP. WILL ELIMINATE RIP RAP ON THE NORTHERLY END. THE HAY BALES HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED AS YET, THE AREA WILL DRAIN TO A SWALE IN THE BACK. THE CHAIR REFERRED TO THE SPECTATOR AREA AND FENCING. THERE IS A STEEP SLOPE, ALSO TO PREVENT ANY DEBRIS FROM FALLING INTO THE WETLANDS. PRESIDENT WYLIE - YES, FENCING IS PROPOSED, THERE WILL NOT BE A BLEACHER AREA, STANDING ROOM ONLY. DAVID LANG - RE: 1 - 1 SLOPES AND ENERGY DISSIPATORS? CARL BALSLEY - NO, NOT ENERGY DISSIPATORS, BUT LARGE BOULDERS WILL BE PLACED AT A 45° ANGLE GOING UP THE SLOPE. THERE WILL BE NO EROSION FROM A ROCK, THE SPECTATOR AREA WILL DRAIN DOWN FROM A 3 - 1 SLOPE. THE FIRST AND THIRD BASELINES ARE THE HIGH POINTS. THE HAY BALES WILL BE MAINTAINED ALL THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION. CLAYTON SMALL - QUESTIONED THE TOPOGRAPHY, AND ANY WASHOUT BEHIND THE HAY BALES. CARL BALSLEY - COULD LOOP THE HAY BALES UP ON THE SIDES. GLENN TERRY - QUESTIONED THE 100' BUFFER ZONE. CARL BALSLEY - POINTED TO A RED LINE ON THE PLAN DISPLAYING THE BUFFER ZONE. CLAYTON SMALL - IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF WATER GOING INTO THE WETLANDS? CARL BALSLEY - NO, HE THEN SHOWED HOW AND WHERE THE WATER DRAINS. DAVID LANG - RE: DRAINAGE. CARL BALSLEY - ELEVATIONS: 134, 130, DRAINS DOWN INTO 106. THE CHAIR - RE: FLOOD ISSUED. CARL BALSLEY - THE AREA IS TOO HIGH. NANCY LODGE - WHERE WILL THE BLASTING TAKE PLACE. CARL BALSLEY - IN THE NORTHERLY AREAS (SHOWN ON THE PLANS. (NORTH EASTERLY & NORTH WESTERLY DIRECTIONS). GENERAL PUBLIC STEVE CRANE - 3 ROBIN ROAD AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY FILLED, WHEN? THERE IS AN IMPACT AREA ON THE WETLANDS. CARL BALSLEY - RE: TO THE NOTICE OF INTENT, STABLE SLOPES, ETC. SO AS NOT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WETLANDS. "NEGLIBLE IMPACE" UNDER PROPOSED CONDITIONS. STEVE .CRANE - RE: SIZE OF THE PIPE, RIPRAP, FLOW, SEDIMENT DEPOSITED? CARL BALSLEY - A 12" DRAIN PIPE. WILL INCREASE THE WATERSHED AREA GOING TOWARDS THE WETLANDS. CRANE - QUESTIONED THE TOTAL SQUARE FEET OF AREA, SUB SOIL DELINEATION, ALSO FERTILIZER GOING INTO THE WETLANDS AND THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. RENEE MARY - QUESTIONED ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY. GLENN TERRY - THIS IS NOT A WETLAND ISSUE. PRESIDENT WYLIE PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN WHERE. RENEE MARY - REFERRED TO WELLS IN THE AREA, BLASTING, FERTILIZERS, AND WHICH WAY IS THE WATER FLOWING UNDERGROUND, ABUTTERS ON WITCH LANE. ALSO, THREE ABUTTERS WERE NOT NOTIFIED. BRUCE MUNSON FROM BOYLES STREET - RE: TO THE WETLANDS, THE CONNECTION AND RUNNING. WHEN IS THE SITE VISIT TO TAKE PLACE? THE CHAIR - RE: TO VERNAL POOLS, MUST BE ON THE LIST TO QUALIFY. BRUCE MUNSCN - RE: TO THE AREA BEHIND BROOKHEAD AVENUE. THE CHAIRMAN - CONTINGENT WITH PRESIDENT WYLIE'S PERMISSION, THIS WILL BE CONTINUED JULY 12TH, SITE VISIT-SUNDAY JULY 10 @ 11:00 A.M. TO MEET AT THE PARKING LOT. CARL BALSLEY - WILL STAKE AND FLAG THE WETLANDS. NANCY LODGE - WANTS TO LOOK FOR VERNAL POOLS. FIFTH HEARING - SOUTH ESSEX SEWERAGE DISTRICT TUNNEL ABANDONMENT BARTLETT GARDENS AND END OF WILSON AVENUE. PRESENT, FROM METCALF AND EDDY, TOM SPEARIN AND STEVE PIETRONE. RUSS ROLLINS, WARD 2 COUNCILLOR, WAS ALSO PRESENT. TOM SPEARIN EXPLAINED THE PHASE I BEVERLY TUNNEL ABANDONMENT. AND TO SEPARATE THE COMBINED SEWERS. THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE AREA IN THE BARTLETT GARDENS-WILSON AVENUE OVERFLOW STRUCTURE. THE COMBINED SEWER TAKES IN THE SANITARY WASTE AND WHAT ENTERS THE STORM DRAINS. THE PROJECT IS TO SEPARATE AND SO THAT THE WASTE WILL GO TO SESD. AN OPTIONAL PUMP STATION AT THE END OF WILSON AVE. OTHER OPTION IS TO BUILD WENTZELL AVE. PUMP STATION. HAY BALES WILL BORDER ALL THE WORK IN THE AREA. A 42" PIPE IS SETTLED IN THE AREA, TO REPLACE 200' OF PIPE. WETLANDS TO THE NORTH. THE NOTICE OF INTENT=WITHIN 100' OF THE BEACH. WENTZELL AVE. -- TOTALLY BELOW GROUND PUMP STATION. WILL BE 8' IN DIAMETER. TO CONTAIN TWO SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED ABOUT AUXILIARY POWER. TOM SPEARIN - YES, THERE WILL BE A PORTABLE ENGINE GENERATOR. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE CONTACTED. NANCY LODGE - WILL THERE BE A PUMP IN THE WETLAND. TOM SPEARIN - NOT IN THE WETLAND, THERE WILL BE A WET WELL. DAVID LANG - RE: THE PUMP STATION / SEWERAGE. CLAYTON SMALL - ASKED ABOUT OIL SEPARATORS? TOM SPEARIN - NO OIL SEPARATORS. DPW COMMISSIONER GEORGE ZAMBOURAS-EXPLAINED THAT THE EXISTING INTERCEPTOR IS TOO LARGE. IT WILL CONVERT INTO THE DRAIN LINE TO SEPARATE AND ALSO TO INSTALL A NEW SEWER PIPE. DEPENDING ON THE COST, WE COULD BUILD A PUMP STATION. ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THE OWNERSHIP REVERTS BACK TO THE CITY FROM SESD. A SEWER STATION IS LESS COSTLY THAN 'PIPE INTO PIPE'. DR. JOHNSON - HOW IS THE PIPE SETTLED, HOW WAS THAT FOUND OUT. TOM SPEARIN - BY TV-ING THE WORK. CLAYTON SMALL - RE: THE STORMWATER DRAIN AND INTO THE OCEAN. TOM SPEARIN - THE EXISTING OUTFLOW WILL GO INTO THE OCEAN. DAVID LANG - WHY ARE HAY BALES NECESSARY. PIETRONE - ON THE EDGE-TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING GOES OVER. RUSS ROLLING - RE: THE SEQUENCE OF WORK AND THE DATE. TOM SPEARIN - DETERMINED BY THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, THE CON- TRACTOR WILL DECIDE FOR HIMSELF. DATE: EARLY NEXT YEAR-FEB / MARCH. RUSS ROLLINS - RE: THE TUNNEL CUTS. TOM SPEARIN - THEY WILL BE FAIRLY NARROW, SHALLOW TRENCHES 6'-8' DEPTH WILL BE 8' - 10', SOME 14'-16' RUSS ROLLINS - RE: A PERMANENT FENCE. TOM SPEARIN - YES, AT THE BOTTOM OF WENTZELL AVENUE. RUSS ROLLINS - ACCESS: .WENTZELL AVENUE / SMITH STREET. TOM SPEARIN - 200' OPEN CUT, THEN OVER TO WILSON AVENUE CARRIER SEWER, ALL WORK DONE IN THE EXISTING TUNNEL. DAVID DICARO OF TWO WENTZELL AVENUE - RE: THE OPEN TRENCH. TOM SPEARIN EXPLAINED THE WORKMEN WILL COVER IT NIGHTLY, THE TRENCHES WILL BE CLOSED. ED WALSH OF 38 LOTHROP ST. RE: SEPARATE BETWEEN SEWER & RUNOFF SEWER-RE-DIRECTED? TOM SPEARIN -YES, IT WILL BE. REDIRECTED ALONG THE COAST. SYLVIA DI CARO - QUESTIONED THE ODOR? 2 WENTZELL AVENUE. TOM SPEARIN - NO ODOR. PATRICIA FERRARI-RE: THE FILL FROM BARTLETT GARDENS. TOM SPEARIN - IT WILL GO TO THE CITY FOR THEIR USE. JUST 200' SEGMENT. ALL OF IT WILL BE FENCED IN AND COVERED OVER. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING, THE INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT, AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. RECONVENE. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED AND MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. REQUEST FOR A DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY AROLYN FISHER 11 BEACH STREET SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. A PREVIOUS ONE WAS TAKEN OUT IN 1983, EXPIRED IN 1986, CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED FOR A NEGATIVE DETERMINATION AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE: JEFF BUNK 18 FOSTERS POINT #5-444. THE CHAIRMAN VIEWED THE SITE, IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THERE IS NO DEBRIS ANYWHERE. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO GRANT THE CERTIFICATE AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. THADDEUS SIEMASKO HUGH HILL LANE LOT 2A #5-441. THE CHAIRMAN VIEWED THE SITE. LOOKS GOOD. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO GRANT THE CERTIFICATE AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. DISCUSSION BEVERLY HOSPITAL TREE PLANTING OFF WOODLAND ROAD. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION RE: ABUTTERS, ETC. IT IS AGREED THAT SIGNATURES FROM THE ABUTTERS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE ANY TREES ARE TO BE PLANTED. THE AREA IS ALL UPLAND AND THERE ARE NOT WETLANDS. ELECTION OF A VICE CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN COTREAU WANTS A REPLACEMENT AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. DR. MAYO JOHNSON NOMINATED DAVID LANG AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. SAIC ENGINEERING THE CHAIR DISCUSSED A NON-SIGNIFICANT DETERMINATION. WORK BEING PERFORMED WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE WETLANDS. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO GRANT A NON SIGNIFICANT DETERMINATION AND DAVID LANG SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. ORDERS OF CONDITIONS FOR JEFF BUNK 18 FOSTERS POINT. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED FOR THE COASTAL AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. BIRARELLI 71 WATER STREET. DR. MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED FOR THE COASTALS AND DAVID LANG SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. SESD TUNNEL ABANDONMENT. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED FOR THE STANDARDS AND DAVID LANG SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. ADJOURNMENT: 9:30 P.M. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO ADJOURN AND DR. MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. MARIE S. COTREAU / CLERK