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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