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1995-01-31CONSERVATION COMMISSION BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 31, 1995 MINUTES ALL MEMBERS PRESENT-CHAIRMAN VINNIE COTREAU, BILL LISS, GLENN TERRY, CLAYTON SMALL, MAYO JOHNSON, DAVID LANG & NANCY LODGE. CALLED TO ORDER @ 7:45 P.M. RECESS: MOTIONED BY GLENN TERRY AND SECONDED BY MAYO JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR. FIRST HEARING BRIAN CALL IVERSON ROAD LOT 3 #5-483 CLAYTON SMALL QUESTIONED THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE AND THE CONFIGUATION OF THE DRIVEWAY. THERE ARE NO DIMENSIONS ON THE PLAN. CALL - HOUSE IS 28 X 40 AND WILL HAVE A 2-CAR WIDTH DRIVEWAY. CHAIRMAN - STATED THAT ONLY A SMALL PORTION OFTHE DRIVEWAY IS IN THE BUFFER ZONE. BILLISS - QUESTIONED ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO BUILD A GARAGE. NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED A BASEMENT. CALL YES THERE WIL BE A BASEMENT. NO GARAGE INTENDED AT THIS TIME. NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED THE MATERIALS USED FOR THE DRIVEWAY. CALL - ASPHALT DRIVEWAY. CHAIRMAN - THE DRIVEWAY WILL BE MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF THE BUFFER ZONE. GENERAL PUBLIC GREGHAMMOND 30 IVERSON ROAD - RE: THE CONTOUR OF THE LAND, SLOPES TOWARDS HIS PROPERTY. THERE IS A STREAM ON HIS PROPERTY. LOOKS LIKE THE HOUSE IS BEING PLASCED ON THE HIGHEST SPOT. HAS WATER CONCERNS. CHAIRMAN TO CALL - QUESTIONED CHANGES IN CONTOURS? CALL - NO CHANGES. CHAIRMAN - WATER DIVERTED A}~ OTHER WAY WOULD IMPACT OTHERS, THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW. THIS AS IS NOW, IS THE NATURAL FLOW. GLENN TERRY QUESTIONED THE DEPTH OF THE BASEMENT AND ALSO RE: FILL BEING BROUGHT IN. CALL - BASEMENT DEPTH 4-5'. NO FILL WILL BE BROUGHT IN. MRS. HAMMOND - BROOK OVERFLOW - A 36" PIPE WAS INSTALLED 30 YEARS AGO. WATER COMES UP 25-30' OF HOUSE. FEARS INCREASE OF WATER DILEMMAS. RE: FILL - WANTS AN HONEST ANSWEER. THE CITY HAS BEEN THERE TO PUM OUT THE AREA 9 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THE AREA HAS WATER. FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH NO FILL BEING BROUGHT IN. CHAIRMAN - RE: CALL - TO HAMMOND - BRIAN CALL MUST LIVE UP TO THE PLAN RE: CONTOURS. NATALIE BATCHELER - 33 SYLVAN ROAD, HAS WATER CONCERNS. ALSO QUESTIONED A HOUSE CHANGE? CHAIRMAN - IT IS BETTER THIS WAY, IT IS NOT IN THE BUFFER ZONE. GLENN TERRY - RE: CRUSHED STONE / DRIVEWAY. CALL - O.K. WILL DO CRUSHED STONE. CHAIRMAN - TO THE ENGINEER - TO PUT ON PLAN: DRIVEWAY WILL BE LYN PAC, AND THE DIMENSIONS OF BOTH HOUSE AND DRIVEWAY. (HOUSE-2-1/2 STORY COLONIAL). BILL LISS - ALSO TO INCKLUDE THE PARKING AREA. BILL LISS MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. SECOND HEARING STOP & SHOP RETAIL DEVELOPMENT / ELLIOTT ST. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENGLAND REPRESENTING, ATTORNEY THOMAS ALEXANDER. #5-481 CORNER OF ELLIOTT & MCPHERSON DRIVE = 10.4 ACRES. THE PARKING ARE IS BORDERING THE BASS RIVER. THE PROJECT WILL ENTAIL THE DEMOLITION OF 3 INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. THE PARKINH LOT WILL ACCOMODATE 497 CARS. ENGINEER, MICHAEL MCNIECE OF VANASSE HANGEN / BRUSTLIN - BOSTON,MA DISPLAYED THE SITE AND EXPLAINED THE 2 BUILDING PROJECT. THE MAIN ENTRANCE WILL BE OFF ELLIOTT STREET. RESOURSE AREAS - SALT MARSH, COASTAL BANK, LAND UNDER WATER. ALSO PRESENT, CHARLES KOSKUSKA, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER. EXPLAINED THE 100-YR. FLOOD PLAIN, ONLY ONE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THIS PROJECT. DRAINAGE TO INCLUDE HGAS SEPARATORS, CATCH BASINS, ALOL PAVED RUNOFF TOGO INTO THE GAS SEPARATORS BEFORE GOING TO THE BASS RIVER. CHAIRMAN - QUESTIONED ANY RESOURCES OF CONCERNS? ENGINEERS - ADDITIONAL RIP RAP IS PROVIDED. NO ADDED MITIGATION. DAVID LANG - RE: DRAINAGE, EACH 4' DIAMETRR CATCH BASIN, THEN DRAINAGE (FIRST FLUSH AFTER A STORM) THEN WILL GO INTO THE SEPARATOR. GLENN TERRY - RE: WHAT SIZE OF STORM? ENGINEER - A 10-YR. STORM, THE CITY OF BEVERLY DESIGN STANDARD. GLENN TERRY - WHAT ABOUT OVER A 10-YEAR STORM? ENGINEER - IT WILL BE STORED IN PIPES ON THE SITE AND EVENTUALLY ENTER INTO THE RIVER. THE LAND IS BEING RAISED UP SO IT WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BILL LISS - RE: OIL TANKS ON THE SITE? ENGINEER - NO. DAVID LANG - RE: WATER FLUSHES AND MECHANICAL MEANS OF TREATMENT. ENGINEER - EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURE OF TREATMENT. CHAIRMAN - BASS RIVER / POLLUTION. IT IS SHALLOW, REALLY DOESN'T FLUSH OUT, THE POLLUTION STAYS IN THE AREA. IT NEVER REALLY GETS OUT TO SEA. ENGINEER - SEDIMENTS ARE FINE, IT BUILDS UP THERE, PCB'S ARE IN THE SEDIMENTS, RIP RAP AND EROSION CONTROL WILL BE EXTENDED SO AS NOT TO DISTURB THE FLOW. THE SITE DRAINS OVERLAND AND INTO THE BASS RIVER WITHOUT ANY WATER TREATMENT. CLAYTON SMALL - ASKED WHAT PREVENTS SEA WATER AT HIGH TIDE TO GO INTO THE PIPE? WILL THIS DISTURB THE SEPARATORS? ANSWER - NO. IN A MAJOR STORM, WILL IT BACK UP? ENGR. NO - SITE IS ABOVE THE 100-YR. STORM. CHAIRMAN - IN A 10-YR. STORM AND IF A TIDAL, WILL THE AREA DRAIN.? ENGR. PONDING WILL OCCUR ON SITE. NANCY LODGE - THERE ARE NO CLEAN MATERIALS, HAS SPOKE W / DIVERS, COULD THIS BE MIXED UP? CHAIRMAN - THEY WILL NOT BE GOING INTO THE RIVER. GLENN TERRY - AT NORMAL HIGH TIDE, ARE THE PIPES GRAVITY FED? ENGINEER - AT HIGH TIDE, THE WATER WILL BE SEEKING ITS OWN LEVEL AND WILL FORCE ITS WAY OUT. CHAIRMAN - QUESTIONED: ROADWAYANDFLOODING? FLOW FROM THE SITE TO THE STREET. ENGINEER ' NO NOT TO THE STREET. DAVID LANG - RE: TO THE BACKWATER IN THE PPE, WANTS CALCULATIONS RE: THE 10-YR. HIGH TIDE / WATER IN THE RIVER. AND THE 10-YR. STORM EVENT THROUGH THE PIPE. CLAYTON SMALL- RE: VOLUME, FRESH WATER AND THE EFFECT ON MARINE LIFE. ENGINEER - THE AREA IS HEAVILY IMPACTED / BRACKISH, THERE WILL BE NO EFFECT ON THE MARINE LIFE, NO SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT. DAVID LANG -RE: SEDIMENTATION BASINS? ENGINEER - UNABLE TO PUT ONE IN TO HANDLE THE POND. THERE ARE 2 PLANS OF REMEDIATION, SOIL IN THE GROUNDWATER, TO STOCKPILE, HAY BALES WILL BE PUT AROUND, A CHARCOAL FILTER AND A WATER PURIFIER WILL BE PUT IN AND TO EXCAVATE DOWN, TO UT A TARP OVER - ASPHALT WILL BE LAID DOWN. NANCY LODGE - WILL CONTAMINATED MATERIALS BE TAKEN AWAY EVERY DAY? ENGINEER - SOME MATERIALS CAN REMAIN ON SITE. TO DEWATER BELOW 42. CHAIRMAN - CONTAMINATED MATERIALS - BACK & FORTH / OTHER AREAS. ENGINEER - WILL DO IT IN DRY SPOTS. DAVID LANG SOIL CONTAMINATION BOTH AREAS 150' APART. REMEDIATION AREAS / BUFFER ZONE. NO PCB'S. ENGINEER - A 21E WAS DONE ON THIS. CHAIRMAN - WANTS A COPY OF IT. ALSO, RE: WELLS, FOR DAVID LANG TO LOOK OVER. A DIAGRAM OF THE TANK OILGOING INTO AND THE REMOVAL OF THAT. ENGINEER - THE SITE CONTAMINATION AND THE REMEDIATION WAS DONE BY HALEY & ALDRICH. THESE ISUES HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT BY DEP AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. DAVID LANG - RE: TREATMENTS ON AND OFF THE SITE. GLENN TERRY ° TRUCKS ON SITE TO BE WASHED, ETC. CHAIRMAN TRUCKS LEAVING THE SITE, ON SITE VISIT, TO ENGER BUILDINGS. NANCY LODGE ° CONCERNED WITH CHILDREN IN THE AREA. CHAIRMAN - QUESTIONED THE AREA ENCLOSED. ENGINEER - IT WILL BE FENCED. CHAIRMAN - RE: SHEETING ON THE GROUND. CLAYTON SMALL - WHAT ABOUT OTHER CONTAMINATED AREAS? ENGINEER SHOWED (ON THE PLAN) ONLY 2 ON THE SITE DAVID LANG - CALCULATIONS/VELOCITY OVER THE RIVER AND IN A 10-YR STORM? CHAIRMAN - 10 & 100 YR. STORM VS. VELOCITIES HOW MUCH WATER - 10 = 38; 100 = 52, 25% INCREASE IN FLOW. CLAYTON SMALL QUESTIONED THE METHOD OF DEMOLITION, DUST CONTAINED, STORAGE OF MATERIALS? ENGINEER - DEMOLITION: SMASHING BALLS WILL BE USED, WILL TAKE THE MATERIAL TO A LANDFILL. BILL LISS - RE: THE FOUNDATION, WILL ALL THE PILES BE REMOVED? AND QUESTIONED THE EXISTING PLANS. CHAIRMAN - INQUIRED ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS? ENGINEER - THERE WILL BE A GREEN BUFFER, AND A 10' WIDE WALKWAY. GLENN TERRY - ENTRANCE FOR PUBLIC PARKING? ENGINEER - A FENCE-ONLY AROUND THE YACHT CLUB. GLENN TERRY - WANTS TO SEE THE OPENING. ENGINEER - VEGETATION-ON THE HILL WILL BE ALL MAINTAINED. THERE WILL BE A BITUMINOUS CONCRETE WALKWAY. GENERAL PUBLIC RENEE MARY - 274 HALE STREET REQUESTED THAT THE HEARING REMAIN OPEN SO RESIDENTS CAN VIEW. A SITE VISIT IS PLANNED FOR SUNDAY MORNING. CLAYTON SMALL - WILL THE EXISTING VEGETATION REMAIN? ENGINEER-YES. CLAYTON SMALL - RE: STORAGE - RETAIL WASTE ON SITE. ENGIONEER - ALL COMPACTORS WILL BE ENCLOSED. CHAIRMAN - RE: FENCING AROUND DUMPSTER. CLAYTON SMALL - ENCLOSED DUMPSTERS ARE PREFERRED. GEORGE WHITNEY FROM THE HARBOR MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY: RE: 5' WALKWAY - ASPHALT - 10' WALKWAY. HEARING CONTINUED FEBRUARY 21ST. THIRD HEARING BASS HAVEN YACHT CLUB / MCPHERSON DRIVE REPRESENTATION AS IN SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. IN 1974, IT BECAME AN INDEPENDENT BOAT CLUB. BUILT IN 1908 AS IT EXISTS ON SITE. ACREAGE: 2.5 TO 2.9. SUBSURFACE UTILITIES WILL BE GOING INTO STOP AND SHOP. VERY LITTLE WILL BE GOING ON HERE. TO MAINTAIN BASICALLY THE SAME SURFACE, TO POUT IN HAY BALES, A NEW WATERLINE, NEW ELECTRIC LINE AND A NEW PUMP STATION FOR SEWERRAGE, NOW A SEPTIC SYSTEM EXISTS. UTILITIES ADDED TO SERVICE BOATS AND TO ADD LIGHTING. CLAYTON SMALL WORK ON BOATS IN THE SPRING, SANDING PAINT, WILL THERE BE ANY EFFECT ON THE ECO SYSTEM? ENGINEER - MUCH MATERIAL STAYS THERE. DAVID LANG - QUESTIONED THE RUNOFF OF PAINT CHIPS. MAYO JOHNSON - QUESTIONED FILL. ENGINEER - A LITTLE BIT, DENSELY GRADED CRUSHED STONE, NOT MUCH DUST, OPACKS UP GOOD. GLENN TERRY - RE: THE WALKWAY / STATE LAW? ENGINEER NO, JUST ACCESS TO THE BOATYARD AND A SIGN STATING: "PUBLIC ACCESS". GEORGE WHITNEY - HARBOR MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY STATED THE DESIGNATED WALKWAY IS A HISTORIC PUBLIC LANDING AND DOCKING AND IS CITY PROPERTY. THE SALT MARSH IS CITY OWNED. BILL LISS - ASKED ABOUT A DEP FILE NUMBER. CLAYTON SMALL - FOR THE SITE VISIT TO STAKE THE AREAS.FOR A ROUGH IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE. DAVID LANG - QUESTIONED PHASE II. JEFF BUNK - THAT IS AT LEAST 5 YEARS AWAY. HEARING CONTINUED FEBRUARY 21ST. RECONVENE TO THE REGULAR MEETING MOTIONED BY BILL LISS AND SECONDED BY GLENN TERRY. ALL IN FAVOR. REQUEST / DETERMINATION / APPLICABILITY FIRST REQUEST CONTINUED MONTSERRAT SUBDIVISION TALL TREE DRIVE. PAUL MARCIONDA, ENGINEER. HUGH MULLIGAN, GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH/SALEM REFERRING TOTHE SITE WALK. ADDITIONAL PLANS WERE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 1/4 ACRE = ISOLATED LAND SUBJECT TO FLOODING. -REVISED RESOURCE AREAS - LOCATION OF STREAM, AND THE BUFFER ZONE. -HABITAT / VERNAL POOL - NOT A CERTIFIED VERNAL POOL. MAYO JOHNSON - RE: CALCULATED ACRE, MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA, AVERAGE DEPTH OF WATER. PAUL MARCIONDA - 47.03 LOWEST. ELEVATION 50 - AVERAGE. VERY CLOSE .25. BILL PAUL BILL LISS - MORE THAN 2.3 THEN WHAT HAPPENS? MARCIONDA - IT HEADS TOWARDS THE CENTERVILLE CREEK. LISS - TO INDICATE THE STREAM? PAUL MARCIONDA - NO, VEGETATION AND NO OUTLET, JUST A SHEET FLOW NANCY LODGE - WATER COMES UP FROM BOTTOM, CAPE ANN GRANITE. DAVID LANG POOL HAS 125' CIRCUMFERENCE AND 2' OF DEPRESSION ENGOUGH TO OVERCOME VOLUME REQUIREMENTS. PAUL MARCIONDA - NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY. DEP = .25 ACRE FEET. VOLUME NOW - .12 ACRE. DAVID LANG - NORTHWEST AREA IS VERY FLAT. NANCY LODGE - VERNAL POOLS DO GAIN WATER. MAYO JOHNSON - DEP SOIL AND HYDROLOGHY STUDIES, ANY MORE INFORMATION ON SOILS, MATERIALS ARE NOT CLEAR. PAUL MARCIONDA - THE BORDER IS CLEAR, WE WALKED IT. HUGH MULLIGAN - SOIL MEASURE - 50% WETLAND LINE. IS UPLAND SOIL, SOIL WOULD BE GIVING AWAY 50' MORE INSIDE. THAT IS WHY PLANTS WERE USED. NANCY LODGE - HAS THE AREA BEEN WATCHED FOR A YEAR. PAUL MARCIONDA NO CERTIFIED VERNAL POOLS AND NOT LOCATED IN A RESOURCE AREA. GENERAL PUBLIC BRUCE MUNSON 31 BOYLES ST. RE: CERTIFIED VERNAL POOL. STEVE CRANE 3 ROBIN ROAD RE: VERNAL POOL SUGGESTS THAT THE COMMISSION LOOK AT THE NORTHWEST AREA. RENEE MARY - AT FLAG 38. C12-C13 = VERNAL POOLS. MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED TO CLOSE AND DAVID LANG SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. DAVID LANG MOTIONED TO REJECT THE DELINEATION AND MAYO JOJNSON SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. THE COMMISSION DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE FLAGGING DELINEATION. ISOLATED LAND SUBJECT TO FLOODING WAS NOT FLAGGED. VOLUME CALCULATIONS PROVIDED FOR STORAGE WERE NOT CONSIDERED ACCURATE BASED ON FIELD OBSERVATIONS; OTHER FLAGGING APPEARED TO BE INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE OF THE STANDING WATER PRESENT BENEATH THE FLAGS (PARTICULARLY AT FLAGS 38-40). CLAYTON SMALL - LOOKED AT THE MAP, AREAS ARE DEFINED. AND AGREES WITH THE DELINEATION, CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED AND MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. SECOND REQUEST AMTRAK DELINEATION ALONG RIGHT OF WAY. CLAYTON SMALL LOOKED AT THE AP, STATED THAT THE AREAS ARE DEFINED AND AGREES WITH THE DELINEATION. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED IN FAVOR OF THE DELINEATION AND MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. THIRD REQUEST BEVERLY HOUSING AUTHORITY IMPROVEMENTS MEMORIAL DRIVE SITE WEINMAYR ASSOCIATES, REPRESENTED. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, BILL PRIOIA. TO RECONSTRUCT THE PARKING LOT. CHAIRMAN TO THE COMMISSIONERS: WANTS AN ABBREVIATED NOTICE OF INTENT. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED IN FAVOR OF THE FILING AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. DISCUSSION W / FELLOWS LOT #1 DODGE STREET #5-A50. ENFORCEMENT ORDER SENT. A SUNDAY SITE VISIT IS SCHEDULED. APPLICANT IS TO CLEAN THE STREAM, ETC., TO DISCUSS THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAY, AND THE AREA OF STORING MATERIALS ON SITE. ORDERS / CONDITIONS CORNELL ROAD EXTENSION LOT 12 #5-A79. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED THAT HE WANTS A BARRIER TO PROTECT THE WETLANDS. THE PLANTINGS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH. NOTE: SPECIAL CONDITION THE COMMISSION REQUIRES THAT 2' BOULDERS BE PLACED 5' FROM THE WETLANDS IN LIEU OF PLANTINGS. BILL LISS SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. CERTIFICATES / COMPLIANCE #5-184 LOT 105 / GAVIN CIRCLE THEY BUILT A DRIVEWAY 6' IN A RIGHT OF WAY AND THERE IS NO GRASS GROWING AND NO SILTATION BARRIER. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO DENY IT AND MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR. #5-421 EARLEY 56 SOUTH TERRACE CLAYTON SMALL VIEWED THE PROJECT, IT LOOK FINE. GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO GRANT IT AND MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. ORDERS / CONDITIONS IVERSON ROAD BRIAN CALL SINGLE HOUSE MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED FOR THE STANDARDS SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. AND GLEN N TERRY BYLAWS/ORDINANCE DISCUSSION DAVID LANG PRESENTED TOWN OF AMHERST'S BY LAWS, THEY SEEM TO BE THE OST COMPLETE. THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE CHANGES BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING AND WILL PRESENT THEM BEFORE LEGAL AFFAIRS. AT THIS TIME: 10:25 PM- DAVID LANG MOTIONED TO ADJOURN AND NANCY LODGE SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. MARIE S. COTREAU/CLERK