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1994-08-23CONSERVATION COMMISSION BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS MINUTES OF AUGUST 23RD, 1994 MEETING MEMBERS PRESENT: CHAIRMAN VINNIE COTREAU, CLAYTON SMALL, GLENN TERRY AND DR. MAYO JOHNSON. CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:45 P.M. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO RECESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. FIRST CONTINUED HEARING 163 WEST STREET LOT 3 / HOUSE CONSTRUCTION, POOL, ETC. JOHN DICK, ENGINEER FROM HANCOCK SURVEY EXPLAINED THE PROJECT. THERE IS A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY; NEWHOUSE IS V-SHAPED DESIGN AND IS 5' FURTHER FROM THE BANK, A SITE VISIT WAS HELD ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE LOAMING AND SEEDING WITHIN THE HAY BALE BUFFER. THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY AREAS OF EROSION ON THE SITE. TREES ARE GROWING NEAR THE COASTAL BANK. SPOKE OF RECONSTRUCTING THE WALL. A NEW PLAN WAS SUBMITTED RE: SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM WITH A COVER LETTER RE: ISSUES DISCUSSRD AT THE SITE VISIT. JOHN DICK WANTS TO PLACE SAND BAGS, CHAIRMAN DOESN'T THINK IT A GOOD IDEA. CLAYTON SMALL - RE: LARGE BACKH0E, HYDRAULIC RAPPLE? CHAIRMAN - FOUND OUT AT A SITE VISIT THIS MORNING, UNDER THE EROSION IS LEDGE. GENERAL PUBLIC TOM DOHERTY, WEST STREET RESIDENT, RE: THE WALL. JOHN DICK - TO REBUILD THE WALL. CHAIRMAN - IF DIFFERENT THAN EXTENDING, THEN MUST REFILE. T0M DORERTY - POOL-SUCH AS A BUFFER? CHAIRMAN - THAT IS UP TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING, INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. SECOND CONTINUED HEARING MARGOLIS WEST STREET LOT A / 50A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. SITE VISIT WAS HELD SUNDAY, INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT, CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND DR. MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. THIRD HEARING (NEW) ROBINSON LOT 3 · 405 ESSEX STREET./ #5-472.THE APPLICANT SPOKE AND EXPLAINED THE PROJECT. THE DRIVEWAY WILL BE TO THE RIGHT. CLAYTON SMALL QUESTIONED WHICH DRIVEWAY FROM THE SUBDIVISION ROAD. GLENN TERRY - DRIVEWAY / RIGHT OF WAY, WHO OWNS IT. THE DRIVEWAY IS NOT IN YET. / SCOTT JONES, CONTRACTOR - THE ROAD IS ROUGHED IN, UTILITIES BROUGHT IN THERE IS A ROAD TO GET IN. TO THE WALL-20' APPROXIMATELY AND IS ALREADY BUILT. CHAIRMAN IS CONCERNED WITH THE SHARP DECLINE A CAUSE FOR EROSION. CLAYTON SMALL - CONCURS RE: THE REAR OF THE HOUSE. TO BE DRAWN OUT AND DOWN AND WANTS TO LOOK AT IT. TO STAKE THE HOUSE AND THE 2 CORNERS OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE CHAIRMAN WANTS TO LOOK AT IT ALSO. CLAYTON SMALL - QUESTIONED THE FIRST LEVEL WALKS OUT / SCOTT JONES - THERE IS A 7' DIFFERENCE / WALKOUT. A BASEMENT AND 2 FLOORS, TO PUT THE DECK ON THE PLAN. THIS HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR 3 WEEKS, SEPTEMBER 13. SITE VISIT SEPTEMBER 11 @ 11:00 A.M. FOURTH HEARING (NEW) ANN SERAFINI OF 26 PAINE AVENUE SEPTIC SYSTEM REPAIR. ATTORNEY AND HUSBAND, JOHN SERAFINI, REPRESENTED. REFERRED TO THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS FOR THE GARAGE IN 1992. HE THEN EXPLAINED THE PROJECT AT PRESENT. TO DO THE TWO PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME. THE PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DPW COMMISSIONER, GEORGE ZAMBOURAS HAS ALSO REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PLAN. THE GARAGE GOES SOUTH OF THE SEPTIC SYSTEM. CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED A BREAKOFF POINT, QUITE A DROP. DPW COMMISSIONER - THE ELEVATION IS 25' APPROXIMATELY. NOW THERE IS AN EXISTING CESS POOL, THERE IS NO SIGN OF A BREAKOUT (LEECHING) IN THE AREA. INFORMATION BEING SUFFICIENT, CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. FIFTH HEARING (NEW) FRANKLIN REALTY TRUST 550 CABOT STREET/ADDITION. JACK KELLEHER, CONTRACTOR, THAD SIEMASKO, ARCHITECT. JOHN DICK, ENGR. FROM HANCOCK SURVEY IN DANVERS, EXPLAINED THE PROJECT AND REFERRED TO 1987 THE ADDITION TO PARKING LOT. A PROPOSED 2-STORY ADDITION ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. NOW TO ADD A STRUCTURE TO AN ALREADY PAVED AREA. DR. MAYO JOHNSON - RE: NEW EXISTING PAVEMENT. JOHN DICK - THERE IS A BINDER COURSE AND SUBJECT TO THE EARLIER ORDERS OF CONDITIONS. THE CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED THE FENCE AROUND THE WETLANDS. JACK KELLEHER - RE: 2-1/4 ACRES AND THE 13 CONDITIONS. - IT IS A SIMPLE WOODEN STOCKADE FENCE 5'. - THERE WILL BE A CHAIN LINK FENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY THAD SIEMASKO JACK KELLEHER BOUND. JACK KELLEHER GLENN TERRY - - THE EVERGREENS WILL BE 6' HIGH. TO PUT ON THE PLAN. WE ACCEPT THE PLAN. JACK KELLEHER - THE OTHER CONDITIONS, GRATE INSTALLATION, ETC,. THE CHAIRMAN - TO CLEAN OUT THE GRATE. JACK KELLEHER - RE: DEAD TREES AND OTHER LIMBS, TO BE REMOVED, THE CARBONES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STREAM AS NOT TO BURDEN THE CITY. TO SUBMIT ALL THIS INFORMATION FOR OUR FILES. CLAYTON SMALL - ARE ANY PROPOSED DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED. JOHN DICK - NO, JUST TO MAINTAIN. INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT, DR. MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING DEPENDING ON THE CHANGES TO BE PUT ON THE PLAN, GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. CHAIRMAN: TO PUT ON THE PLAN - TREES AND THE CLOSENESS, TO CONNECT THE DOTTING. ALL IN FAVOR. SIXTH HEARING (NEW) MASS. ELECTRIC / FILTEK SITE / L.P. HENDERSON ROAD. #5-469 RE: JULY MEETING. PRESENT: HALEY ALDRICH. PAUL ZOROWSKI, VICE PRESIDENT, MADE THE PRESENTATION. EXPLAINED THE PROJECT, TO EXCAVATE THE GAS PLANT WASTE AND TO TRUCK IT AWAY TO BINGHAMPTON, NEW YORK (STATE GAS AND CHEMICAL). AND TO EXPAND THE FENCE AREA, FIGURE 4, FOR STAGING EQUIPMENT AND TO REMOVE ALL MGP WASTE. TO HAND SHOVEL IN THE WETLANDS AREA. PROBES TO BE DONE INSIDE THE FENCE AREA, IN THE BUFFER ZONE. A BACKHOE WILL BE MOBILIZED. SOME AREA, THE NORTHEAST AREA IS 6' THICK. THE PROCESSING WILL BE DONE BETWEEN THE BUFFER ZONES NOT IN THE BUFFER ZONES. LIQUIDS BOUND TO BE SENT OFF SO AS NOT TO GET INTO THE GROUNDWATER IN THE AREA. SITE RESTORATION IS PLANNED, NOT TO CHANGE THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS THAT EXIST. THE TIME FRAME MID OCTOBER AND TO START TRUCKING THROUGH NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. IN DECEMBER TO RESTORE GRADING AND TREES. IN THE SPRING - RE-SEEDING, TOP SOUL AND GRADING. TO RESTORE THE GROUNDWATER WELLS. PVC WELLS. ALL WORK IMPLEMENTED IN A LOCKED FENCE AREA. NO POSSIBILITY OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO MAINTAIN VEGETATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, HAY BALES AND SILT FENCING WILL BE PLACED FOR PROTECTION. STOCKPILES WILL BE PLACED ON IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, TO RESTORE EXISTING GRADES UPON COMPLETION. ALL DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEP, JERRY MCCALL. THE CHAIRMAN - TO SUBMIT AN OUTLINE RE: THE SEQUENCE AND THE SYSTEM OF CLEANING TRUCKS. DR. MAYO JOHNSON - SOMETIMES A CLEANUP CAN BE MORE HARMFUL, QUESTIONED CAPPING OR OTHER VIABLE TERMS. JARWOSKI - WENHAM LAKE WATERSHED, CAPPING IS NOT BEST, REMOVAL IS BEST FOR LONG TERM. GLENN TERRY - CAPPING VS.REMOVAL. FLYASH CANNOT BE REMOVED. STOCKPILING, HOW LONG AND HOW MUCH. DRAINAGE INTO WENHAM LAKE. JARWOSKI - STOCKPILING WILL BE PLACED ON IMPERVIOUS WASTE 3400 CUBIC YARDS. (DUMP TRUCKS / TRAILER WILL BE USED = 13 YDS.). DPW COMMISSIONER - RE: SATURATED SOIL? JARWOSKI - THE MATERIALS BELOW THE WATER TABLE, HAS DONE 20-30 TEST PITS. NO EVIDENCE OF GROUNDWATER BELOW THE TEST PITS, WELLS IN PLACE IN 1987-88 AND HAVE NOT.GONE IN THERE SINCE THEN. DPW COMMISSIONER - SHOULD DETAIL THE TRUCK TO WASH IN AND OUT FROM STOCKPILING. IN THE CITY OF SALEM, TRAILS 3/4 OF A MILE ARE LEFT BY WET TRUCKS. THEY SHOULD DRY OFF. THE MATERIAL WILL BE REMOVED NOT CAPPED. WELLS DO EXIST THERE NOW - 5 WELLS. CLAYTON SMALL - THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER WELL IN THE MIDDLE. DPW COMMISSIONER MAYBE 1 ON THE CITY LAND, CLOSER TO L.P. HENDERSON ROAD. THE CHAIRMAN - A WELL NEAR OUR WATER SUPPLY FOR CONTAMINANTS. DPW COMMISSIONER - WHAT IF YOU FIND OTHER THINGS. JARWOSKI - ALL AREAS ARE CONSERVATIVE. DPW COMMISSIONER - WILL YOU EXCAVATE FIRST OR AS YOU GO ALONG? JARWOSKI - SMALL SITE AREA, WE WILL GRADE AS WE GO ALONG. CLAYTON SMALL - RE: LIMITS OF CONTAMINATION, HOW CAN YOU BE SURE. JARWOSKI - BASED ON VISUAL OBSERVATIONS. CLAYTON SMALL - THIS CONTAMINATION STAYS NEAR THE SURFACE. JARWOSKI - IT WILL START AT THE SURFACE THEN EXTEND TO THE DEPTH. CLAYTON SMALL - NO CHANCE OF MOVING REFERRING TO ABOVE GROUNDWATER. JARWOSKI - VERY REMOTE. CLAYTON SMALL - REMOVING OVERSIZED MATERIAL. JARWOSKI - CRUSHING PROCEDURE WILL BE USED. (INCLUDES MONITORING OF AIR QUALITY, DUST AND ODOR CONTROL AS IN SECTION 4). CLAYTON SMALL - FLYASH REMOVEL? JARWOSKI - NO PLANS TO DO SO. CLAYTON SMALL - REPLACING VEGETATION, TYPES OF SPECIES. PREFERS A NATIVE GRASS NOT KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS. CHAIRMAN - UPLAND PLANTS WILL BE USED. A SITE VISIT ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 AT NOONTIME. JARWOSKI - CLEAN MATERIAL WILL BE BROUGHT IN A SANDY TYPE. CHAIRMAN OTHER TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE HOW MUCH AND OTHER FACILITIES. DPW COMMISSIONER - ASKED ABOUT A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. JARWOSKI - YES, IT IS CALCULATED IN A DRAFT ON FILE. GENERAL PUBLIC PAUL BARNICO - AIRP6RT COMMISSION. RE: MAINTAINING THE AREA, WANTS ASSURANCE THAT HENDERSON ROAD WILL NOT TURN INTO A TRUCK PACK AND A STORAGE AREA, FOR TRUCK STAGING, ETC. THE LOWPOINT IN THE AREA IS A LIKELY AREA THAT FEEDS WENHAM LAKE. HAY BALES AND A SILT FENCE ON THE NORTHSIDE TO PREVENT RUNOFF DURING THE SNOW WEATHER. THE FENCE IS TO BE KEPT UP. RENEE MARY OF 274 HALE ST. HOW MANY TRUCKS, 200 IN AND OUT. SHE THEN READ A LETTER RE: REMEDIAL ACTION AND TO TAKE EXTREME CAUTION FROM THE NORTH BEVERLY ACTION COMMITTEE. REFERRED TO 1990 TREE CUTTING, FLYASH DANGER, ETC. URGES THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO MONITOR THE CLEANUP. THE CHAIRMAN TOLD HER TO SUBMIT THIS TO P.I.P. PROCESS AND TO THE STATE. ALSO IT IS A HEALTH ISSUE. FRANK PICCARELLO OF 60 TRASK STREET IS CONCERNED WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND THE POLLUTION AND THE ODOR. DOES ALL THIS HAVE TO BE REMOVED? THE EXPENSE AND THE DISTURBANCE, IS THIS NECESSARY? TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, NOTHING HAS LEECHED. JARWOSKI - WE ARE MAINLY HERE FOR APPROVAL TO DO THE WORK 100' OF THE WETLANDS. CONTINUED 3 WEEKS SEPTEMBER 13TH. SITE VISIT SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 O NOON PETER OGREN OF HAYES ENGINEERING IN WAKEFIELD - STATED THE AREA WAS FLAGGED, (REPLACED FLAGS) JUST 3 WEEKS AGO AND IS PLEASED. FRANK PICCARELLO - THE WETLANDS EXTEND EVERY SPRING. PAUL BARNICO - HAVE TREES GROWN IN THE FILLED AREAS? 200 TREES & SHRUBS WERE PUT IN. RECONVENE - GLENN TERRY MOTIONED AND DR. MAYO JOHNSON SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. DISCUSSION WITH TONI MUSANTE AND GELPY WORK IN A RESOURCE AREA WITHOUT A NOTICE OF INTENT. REPLACED A 6' FENCE THAT WAS THERE FOR 16 YRS. ALSO A SLAB WHERE A GARAGE WAS AND A CRACKED SLAB REPLACEMENT. THE CRAIRMAN - YOU (MUSANTE) SHOULD HAVE COME BEFORE US AT LEAST WITH A REQUEST FOR A DETERMINATION. CLAYTON SMALL IS THERE ANY MORE WORK PLANNED AND ANY WORK IN A RESOURCE AREA, YOU ARE TO FILE. GELPEY - IN 1993, A STONEWALL WAS BUILT AND A PICKET FENCE WAS PUT UP A TROUGH WAS ALSO DUG / AND ALL DONE IN A FLOOD PLAIN. DISCUSSION WITH JOHN VENTOLA FOSTERS POINT, ROBERT ALVAREZ. EXTENDING DOCKS 'NOW 168' OUT INTO THE WATERWAY COMPRISING AN "L" INTO THE WATERWAY. AN ADVANTAGE IS THERE WOULD BE NO FLOATS (6-7' FROM THE ORIGINAL AMENDED PLAN WITH THE DIVISION OF WATERWAYS. NO EEL GRASS IS THERE. DR. MAYO JOHNSON MOVES TO APPROVAL AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. ORDERS OF CONDITIONS: 163 WEST ST. LOT 3 DR. MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED STANDARDS / COASTAL AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. WEST ST. MARGOLIS LOT A / 50A CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED FOR STANDARDS AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. SERAFINI 26 PAINE AVENUE SEPTIC SYSTEM DR. MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED TO GRANT STANDARDS AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. FRANKLIN REALTY TRUST 550 CABOT STREET CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED FOR STANDARDS AND A LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. LANDMARK SCHOOL AN ENFORCEMENT ORDER IS IN ORDER. REPORTS FROM BUILDING INSPECTOR RE: HOLE IN SEAWALL WITHOUT PERMISSION OR NOTIFICATION. ADJOURNMENT AT 10:45 P.M. - DR. MAYO JOHNSON MOTIONED TO ADJOURN AND GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. MARIE S. COTREAU / CLERK