1993-03-18CONSERVATION COMMlUlON
BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS
MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 1993
MEMBERS PRESENT: CHAIRMAN VINCENT COTREAU, BILL LISS, GLENN
TERRY, CLAYTON SMALL AND NANCY LODGE.
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:45 P.M..
A MOTION WAS MADE BY NANCY LODGE TO RECESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING
SESSION AND BILL LISS SECONDED IT.
ALL IN FAVOR.
FIRST CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
43-47 WATER STREET FUEL TANKS.
#5-438
'THOMAS CARGILL
THOMAS CARGILL SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS REVISIONS DATED
3/17/93. SPECIFICS REFERRING TO THE FUEL TANKS THAT WILL EXTEND
TO THE END OF THE PIER AT 90 DEGREES.
SHOWN ON PLAN-STORAGE TANK, FILL STORAGE, ETC.
THE CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED THE MONITORING DEVICES.
CARGILL - THERE WILL BE A LEAK DETECTOR AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN THE
.DOUBLE WALL.
~HAIRMAN QUESTIONED - "21E" REFERRING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
CARGILL - HE DOES HAVE IT. WILL SUBMIT A COPY TO THE COMMISSION.
GLENN TERRY - REFERRING TO THE "21E", STATED THAT THE APPLICANT
SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THAT
IT IS NOT NECESSARY AND UNDER OUR JURISDICTION.
BILL LISS MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING BEING THAT THE INFORMATION
IS SUFFICIENT. GLENN TERRY SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR.
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
RETAINING WALL.
GODFREY PERROTT 55 ABBOTT STREET
THADDEUS SIEMASKO, ARCHITECT, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
HE EXPLAINED THE PROJECT IN DETAIL, AND THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD
LIKE TO RAISE THE LAST WALL FIVE FEET AND LEVEL OFF THE SECONDARY
YARD, AND TO ADD A SMALL AMOUNT OF FILL. ELEVATION 14' THEN TO
DROP TO 16'
NANCY LODGE QUESTIONED THE FILL.
THADDEUS SI~SKO --IT WILL BE PROCESSED GRAVEL. PROTECTED WITH
FABRIC AND CRUSHED STONE ON THE INLETS.
CLAYTON SMALL - ASKED ABOUT MACHINERY THAT WILL BE USED.
THADDEUS SIEMASKO - A SMALL BOBCAT. WORK TO BE DONE ON THE
LANDWARD SIDE. :
CLAYTON SMALL - QUESTIONED THE ACCESS TO THE WALKWAY.
THADDEUS SiEMASKO - A RAMP WILL BE BUILT.
CLAYTON SMALL - QUESTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAMP.
THADDEUS SIEMASKO - IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF RAILROAD TIES.
BILL LISS - WOULD LIKE A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF THE PROJECT.
REMOVING WHAT IS THERE NOW ANDWHERE IT WILL BE GOING AND WHAT WILL
BE GOING IN NEXT, PREVENTION OF EROSION, ETC.
THADDEUS SIEMASKO - THE PROJECT (FILL) WILL COME IN FROM THE LAND
SIDE, AND.WILL REMOVE THE STONE WALL, THE FOOTINGS WILL BE POURED
AND SET. THE NEW WALL WILL BE IN THE SAME PLACE AS WAS OLD WALL.
RE: A SIGNIFICANT STORM/SIGNIFICANT EROSION. THERE IS A CHAIN LINK
FENCE THAT RUNS ALONG THE SEAWALL.
BILL LISS MOTIONED TO CONTINUE THE HEARING AND TO VIEW THE SITE,
GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION.
HEARING IS CONTINUED - APRIL 8TH.
SITE VISIT - SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH @ 10:00 A.M..
RECONVENE. NANCY LODGE MOTIONED AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR.
DISCUSSION WITH ATTORNEY JOHN SERAFINI, JR. /SUN OIL COMPANY.
THEY ARE HERE AS A COURTESY TO INFORM US THAT IN THE FALL SUN OIL
PLANS TO UPGRADE THEIR OIL~GASOLINE TANKS. A NOTICE OF INTENT IS
UNNECESSARY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT IS 400' FROM WENHAM
LAKE. THE APPLICANT WILL DIG UP THE OLD TANKS AND THEN PUT IN THE
NEW TANKS, THIS IS BEING DONE BEFORE ANY PROBLEMS ARISE. THERE ARE
NO PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME.
ENGINEER, JIM CAVANAUGH - SHOWED THE PLANS AND EXPLAINED THE
SAFEGUARDS OF THE PROJECT.
.BY 1998, ALL STEEL TANKS MUST BE PROTECTED OR REMOVED AND/OR TESTED
EVERY YEAR. SO, TO AVOID ALL THAT, SUN OIL WILL REPLACE THE TANKS
& DISPENSERS WITH DOUBLE WALLED, FIBERGLASS TANKS. THE APPLICANT
PLANS TO PUT NEW FENCING AND NEW LANDSCAPING BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
IT DRAINS FROM THE REAR WOODS~ NONE DRAINS ONTO THE STREET BUT INTO
A TRENCH. SUN OIL WILL ALSO PUT SEPARATORS IN THE' LEACHING
DRYWELL. THREE (3) DRAINS ARE IN THE SERVICE STATION. THEY DRAIN
INTO A TRAP THEN INTO A SANITARY SEWER. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO DO
TEST WELLS (4) FOR CONTAMINATION. ALSO, TO PUT COFFER DAMS AROUND
THE TANKS. ALSO, THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL CLEANUP AND A CHECK OF
THE OIL SEPARATORS (1000 GALLON CAPACITY). (4' IN DIAMETER-8' DEEP
MANHOLE AND IS FULL OF WATER ALL THE TIME). THE PIPE GOES DOWN TO
THE SEPARATOR, THE OIL WILL RISE TO THE TOP, THUS, TO BE SEPARATED.
BILL LISS MOTIONED THAT THE ALDERMEN BE SENT A LETTER INFORMING THE
BOARD THAT IT IS NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION, BUT THAT THE CONSERVATION
COMMISSION IS AWARE OF SUN OIL COMPANY'~ PLANS, CLAYTON SMALL
SECONDED THAT MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ORDER OF CONDITIONS JOHN VENTOLA #5-437 FOSTERS POINT/PIER.
REPRESENTING, ATTORNEY ROBERT MC CANN FROM ARDIFF AND
MORSE/DANVERS.
SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME AND ALSO SENT TO DEP, A MINOR DESIGN ON THE
FLOAT, SO AS NOT TO SINK. ALSO SHOWING MITIGATING MEASURES ON THE
PILE DRIVING.
BILL LISS MOTIONED IN FAVOR OF AN ORDER OF CONDITIONS AND ALSO TO
APPROVE THE PROJECT, CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED THE MOTION.
A 1-2-3-5. B 3-4-5. D 2 THRU 7. #7-ANY FLOATING DEBRIS THAT FALLS
INTO THE WATER SHOULD BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. ALL DEBRIS, FILL AND
EXCAVATION MATERIAL SHALL BE REMOVED DAILY FROM THE SITE. H 2-3-4.
ALL IN FAVOR.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE L~ITALIEN LOT
BILL LISS MOTIONED. TO GRANT A FULL CERTIFICATE AND CLAYTON SMALL
SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
PERMIT EXTENSION SMITH REAR 5 NETHERTON AVENUE #5-254.
BILL LISS MOTIONED TO GRANT A 2-YEAR EXTENSION AND GLENN TERRY
SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
LOT 40 HOUSE CHANGE OAK HEIGHTS
CHAIRMAN COTREAU DOES NOT SEE ANY NEW CONTOUR LINES, THE WATER
RUNOFF'IS GOING INTO THE WETLANDS. WANTS AN ENGINEER TO COME IN.
BILL LISS REQUESTED TO VISIT THE SITE ON APRIL 4, TO COMBINE IT
WITH THE OTHER SITE VISIT.
THE APPLICANT BUYING THE HOUSE - STATED THAT MosT OF THE LAND
CONTOUR IS STAYING THE SAME.
GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO TALK WITH PETER
OGREN AT HAYES ENGINEERING RE: THE DRAINAGE; BILL LISS SECONDED
THE MOTION, SINCE THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO PASS ON THE HOUSE
· IN A FEW DAYS.
ALL IN FAVOR.
LOT 19 HOUSE CHANGE OLD TOWN ROAD.
THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, SEES NO PROBLEM.
BILL LISS MOTIONED THAT IT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT TO FILE A NOTICE OF
INTENT, GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. TO INFORM THE APPLICANT
IN LETTER. FORM.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ORDER OF CONDITIONS THOMAS CARGILL #5-438. CHAIRMAN COTREAU READ
ALOUD THE LETTER FROM THE BOARD OF HEALTH RE: TITLE 21E. GLENN
TERRY FEELS THIS IS UNNECESSARY, CARGILL HAS IT AND WILL SUBMIT.
CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED FOR THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS, GLENN TERRY
SECONDED THE MOTION.
A i - 2 - 3 - 5. B I THRU 5. C 1 - 2 - 3. D 1 THRU 5.
H 1 -2-4.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ADJOURNMENT 9:30 P.M. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO ADJOURN AND BILL
LISS SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
MARIE S. COTREAU/CLERK