1993-11-04CONSERVATION COMMISSION
BEVERLY. MASSACHUSETTS
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 4, 1993
MEMBERS PRESENT CHAIRMAN VINNIE COTREAU, ASSOCIATE MEMBER,
DAVID LAND, BILL LISS, NANCY LODGE AND ALIX SMALL.
CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:45 P.M..
GLENN TERRY MOTIONED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION AND ALIX SMALL
SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
THE TWO CONTINUED HEARINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
APPLICANT - DAVID & APRIL FELLOWS.
REPRESENTING - VACEK TALACKO FROM HANCOCK SURVEY ENGR. CO./DANVERS.
#5-451 GROVER STREET LOT #6.
A SITE VISIT WAS HELD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.
VACEK TALACKO-SUBMITTED A NEW SITE PLAN AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE
250 TREES ON THE SITE, BETWEEN 8 AND 10 WILL BE REMOVED.
DPW COMMiSSZONE~ - GROVER STREET WiLL BE WIDENED AT SOME TIME
ANYHOW.
iNFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT, ALIX SMALL MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE
HEARING.
GLENN TERRY - QUESTIONED THE DRIVEWAY AND iT BEING TEN FEET.
NANCY LODGE - ASKED ABOUT THE WETLAND CROSSING THE BANK.
VASEK TALACKO - NOT REALLY, NO BANKS ARE AFFECTED.
CHAIRMAN - WHEN HE VIEWED THE SITE, THERE IS A WALL ON ONE SIDE
AND STONES ON THE OTHER AND THE CHAIRMAN WILL CHECK THE HAY BALES
HIMSELF.
GLENN TERRY - AGREES IT IS UNKNOWN, 10' WIDE - 2' ON EACH SIDE,'
WANTS IT INCLUDED IN THE ORDERS.
VASEK TALACKO - BEFORE THE DRIVEWAY IS BUILT, HE ASKED THE
COMMISSION TO VIEW AND INSPECT THE HAYBALES PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.
NANCY LODGE - ASKED ABOUT HAYBALES AND A SILTATION FENCE.
CMAIRMAN- YES BOTH WILL BE INSTALLED.
DAVID LANG - RE: THE PIPE ELEVATION 71' - LAND CONTOUR IS 72', WILL
IT BE BELOW GRADE?
VASEK TALACKO - 70.9' INVERT OF THE DITCH.
BILL LISS ARRIVED AT THIS TIME.
VASEK TALACKO - THE STONES AND THE RIP RAP SLOPES WILL PREVENT
EROSION.
DAVID LANG - RE: THE ELEVATION OF THE STREAM 71'.
AFTER DISCUSSION, GLENN TERRY MOTIONED TO CLOSE, BILL SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR.
#5-450 DODGE STREET LOT #!.
VASEK TALACKO - TO INSTALL A CULVERT SO THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO
FLOW IN AN ORGANIZED WAY.
iNFORMATION BEING SUFFICIENT, BILL LISS MOTIONED TO CLOSE, ALIX
SMALL SECONDED.
NANCY LODGE - WILL THE ANiMaLS BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH?
CHAIRMAN - YES.
VASEK TALACKO - THERE IS NO OBSTACLE.
ALL iN FAVOR.
RECONVENE - GLENN TERRY MADE A MOTION AND BILL LISS SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR.
REQUEST-DETERMINATION/APPLICABILiTY CONTINUED
APPLICANT - ED KRUCONIS 210 COMMON LANE HOUSE ADDITION.
THE SITE ~AS VIEWED ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.
ED KRUCONIS - STATED THAT THE SITE IS PROTECTED BY THE ONGOING SITE
NEXT DOOR. APPLICANT IS LOOKING FOR A NEGATIVE.
BILL LISS - IS SORRY THAT HE DID NOT ATTEND THE SITE VISIT SINCE
IT WAS AT HIS SUGGESTION.
CHAiR~.~N - THE SILT WAS ADEQUATELY BUT WANTS HAYBALES PUT THERE.
ED KRUCONIS - THE SITE IS NOT COMPLETELY COVERED.
DAVID LANG THE DRIVEWAY iS NOT A ~ATURA~ BUFFER, THE WATER WILL
~OND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.
BiLL LiSS - HOW LONG HAS THE SiLT BARRIER BEEN THERE?
ED KRUCONiS - ABOUT ONE WEEK.
GLENP~ TERRY - STATED THAT THE NEXT DOOR APPLICANT HAS A HISTORY
WITH THE CO¥~ISSION AND THAT THE HAY BALES SHOULD BE DONE PROPERLY.
TO THE APPLICANT - YOU ARE ASKING THE NEXT DOOR'S PROJECT TO
PROTECT YOUR PROJECT?
ED KRUCONIS - THE PROJECT IS CONFINED TO ONE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY.
CHAIRF~N - IT IS A DOWNHILL PROJECT, THAT IS THE REASON FOE
CONCERN.
BILL LISS - WHO CAN RECOMMEND?
DAVID LANG - HE WAS THERE, THE HEAVY RAIN WILL WASH DOWNHILL, THE
WETLAND IS AT THE BASE OF THE HILL. STATED THAT THE APPLICANT
SHOULD PUT UP HAY BALES AND A SILT FENCE.
ED KRUCONIS - WILL PLACE 40' OF HAY BALES ON THE SITE.
CPL~.IRMAN - WILL INSPECT THE SITE AT THAT TIME.
BILL LISS - MOTIONED FOR A NEGATIVE DETERMINATION SUBJECT TO A
PROPER BARRIER BEING PLACED AND INSPECTED BY A MEMBER OF THE
COMMISSION.
GLENN TERRY SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
CERTIFICATE/COMPLIANCE OSTROWSKI LOT 14 @ 132 COMMON LANE
#5-384.
IT IS TABLED, ANOTHER PLAN IS TO BE SUBMITTED.
DISCUSSION HARRY FAUST #5-445 LOT B ON BOYDEN STREET.
A PLAN WAS SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME.
FAUST - LOT B - FOOTPRINT. IT IS 32' ACROSS THE FRONT SIDE AND 26'
ON THE BACK. 16 + 1 LEFT.
THE HOUSE IS MOVED FORWARD, 15' FROM THE WETLANDS. THE SILT FENCE
IS BEING MOVED BACK 25' FROM THE WETLAND.
A NEW PLAN iS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR A YARD AREA.
FAUST - SUBMITTED A NEW PLAN, THERE IS TO BE NO CUT WITHIN THE 25'
ZONE.
IT WiLL RAISE UP TO 79' FOR A FULL BASEMENT. THERE WILL BE
RETAINING WALLS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE FOOTPRINT IS THE
SAME SIZE AS THE ORIGINAL - JUST MOVED FORWARD. THE DRIVEWAY IS
NOW ON THE LEFT, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PERVIOUS AREA. TO PUT IN
ORDER AND TO VIEW THE MARKED TREES BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.
NANCY LODGE - CONCERNED RE: TREES.
CHAIRMAN WANTS ONE PLAN WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THEN THE ORDER OF
CONDITIONS WiLL BE ISSUED.
GLENN TERRY - CHANGES ARE SUFFICIENT, THIS IS WHAT WAS SUGGESTED
AT THE SITE VISIT. BILL LISS SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
COMMUNICATIONS - SESD PROJECT - BASS RIVER - SALT WATER MARSH,
FRAGMITES PREVENTION. TO BUILD A CHANNEL. CHAIRMAN MET WITH
METCALF AND EDDY/SESD - STATED TO THEM THAT AT THE END OF THE
SEASON TO MAKE SURE THE CHANNEL IS FREE. ALSO, STATED TO THE
COMMISSIONERS THAT WE SHOULD PUT THAT IN THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS
WHEN A PROJECT iNVOLVES SALT MARSH, WE SHOULD CHANNEL IT./
ORDER OF CONDITIONS FOR BOTH:
GROVE STREET LOT #6 #5-451
DODGE STREET LOT #1 #5-450
GLENN TERRY MOTIONED STANDARDS AND BILL LISS SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ADJOURNMENT @ 8:45 P.M. - BILL LISS MOTIONED
GLENN TERRY SECONDED
ALL IN FAVOR.
MARIE S. COTREAU/CLERK