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Home My WebLink About2001-08-22 Conservation Commission MinutesMinutes of Reading Conservation Commission - August 22, 2001 RECEIVED, Minutes of the Conservation Commission TOWN CLERK Town of Reading DING, MASS. Selectmen's Meeting Room, 7:00 PM Wednesday, August 22, 2001 NOZ JUL 30 A 5U Present: Nancy Eaton, Chairman; Pat Lloyd, Will Finch, Doug Greene, Commissioners; Fran Fink, Administrator Not Present: Thad Berry, Vincent Falcione, Commissioners; Leo Kenney, and Harold Hulse, Consultants 7:10 meeting called to order. 454 Grove Street Mrs. Sabatino present. Site notes circulated. Mrs. Sabatino would like to do replanting instead of having someone delineate wetland. Wanted to extend the lawn. Just bought the house in March. Didn't know. Recalls speaking to someone because neighbor said conservation land. Remembers talking about additions and filling. Didn't remember talking about cutting trees. Doesn't have plan for property. Sand is washing down toward intermittent stream. Fran: in absence of wetland delineation, best if entire cut area were restored and replanted with trees or shrubs. Clearly land in buffer zone if not in wetland. Saw mostly pine, one red maple, perhaps others. Will likely need to have stumps cut out. Nancy: need some erosion control from sand down west side of woodchips. Fran: woodchip pile could be used as erosion barrier. Pat: need proposal from expert on how to replant. Doug: don't rip out stumps, grind them down. Pat moved and Doug seconded fining the contractor $100 per tree cut in the buffer zone. Voted 4-0 in favor. Fran will do a site visit and prepare enforcement order. 7:40 Continued Public Hearing DEP 270-356, RGB #2001-19, Notice of Intent, 306 Main Street. Procedure read; commission introduced; attendance sheet circulated; witnesses sworn. New documents received: Plan Sheet 2 of 15 labeled site visit plan Plan Sheet 7 of 15 labeled landscap memo from administrator 8-22-01 memo from town engineer 8-22-01 Jim Giarrusso, project engineer, presented plans. Plans have final 8/6/01 RCC wetland delineation and landscaping has been changes around the dumpster. Nancy: New plans need label for mitigation sites. Need written request for waiver from ZNV. Fran went through Joe's and her memos. Jim Giarusso: MHD will not allow drainage tie-in to Route 28 system. Shut-off valves in catch basins and stormceptors not likely to stay in working order. Trucks and tanks have spill prevention devices. Routine spills tend to evaporate and canopy and grooves in pavement held contain spills. Personnel are trained per DEP and EPA regulations. Doug: Suggested putting valve in Stormceptor and using it every time tanks are filled. Jim agreed could do so. Commission requested continuation until after Design Review Team meeting to get comments from team. Will moved and Pat seconded continuing until Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. Voted 4-0-0 in favor. 8:05 RGB Public Meeting 2001-22, Request for Determination of Applicability, 306 Main Street. Jim Giarrusso presented plan for soils test borings to assess extent of hazardous material leak. Will moved and Doug seconded closing hearing. Voted 4-0 in favor. Commission reviewed draft conditions. Will moved for negative determination with conditions as drafted and amended, and Doug seconded. Voted 4-0 in favor. 8:15 Continued Public Hearing 1375 Main Street DEP 270-353, RGB 2001-11. Procedure read; commission sworn; attendance circulated; witnesses sworn. Frederick Geisel, civil and environmental engineer from Gloucester, represented applicant. New documents received: memo from Joseph Delaney, Town Engineer, dated August 22, 2001 memo from Fran, dated August 17, 2001 Mr. Geisel went over items on Joe's memo. Will pave access roadii, etc. as agreed at DRT meeting. Nancy asked for technical information on "perviousness" of Turfstone or similar materials. Mr. Geisel will submit. Will also submit another perc test for second infiltration bed and responses to other items in memos. Asked for continuance to September 12. Pat moved and Doug seconded to continue hearing to September 12 at 8:30 PM. Voted 4-0 in favor. Continued Public Hearing DEP 70-358, RGB 2001-21, 69 Eastway. Procedure read; commission sworn; attendance circulated; witnesses sworn. Tony Capachietti from Hayes Engineering presented revised site plan for the applicant: Added 5 high bush blueberries to improve buffer along stream. Added dry well for roof runoff. Also silt fence was brought closer to the house. Fran distribute drafted Findings and Conditions for Order. Commission made amendments. 2 Pat moved and Doug seconded closing the public hearing. Voted 4-0 in favor. Will moved and Pat seconded approving draft order of conditions as amended. Voted 4-0 in favor. 8:45 Continued Public Hearing DEP 270-329, RGB 1999-42, Notice of Intent, Lot 198, Harvest Road, Single family house, driveway, and utilities. Dorothy Jones. Applicant requested continuance. Will moved and Doug seconded continuing hearing to 8:45 PM on September 12, 2001. Voted 4-0 in favor. 8:50 Public 1-hearing DEP 270-xxx, RG13 2001-23), Notice of Intent, 111 Lilah Lane Procedures read; commission introduced; attendance circulated; witnesses sworn. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrari, applicants, presented plan. Fran discussed her memo. Wetlands extend closer to house than line shown on plan, leaving little room for proposed pool. Need to have wetland delineated and may need waivers for 25- foot and 35-foot setbacks. Site plan does not show apron around pool. Need to know minimum setbacks under zoning from lot lines and house. Need fence. Above ground pool might be an option. Will noted that proposed location might damage root systems of adjacent trees. Pat moved and Will seconded continuing to October 10 at 8:15. Voted 4-0 in favor. 9:30 p.m. Old/New Business 37 Latham Lane - Commission reviewed and amended draft Order of Conditions. Pat moved and Will seconded approving draft Order as amended. Voted 4-0 in favor. 99 Charles- minor project for tree removal Pat moved and Doug seconded approving permit. Voted 4-0 in favor. Lot 7, Sunset Rock Lane - minor project for swingset and to remove limb. Mulch under swings. Pat moved and Doug seconded approving minor project. Voted 4-0 in favor. 4 Minot Street - Fran reported site visit for hazardous material removal work. Activity was determined to be outside 100 foot buffer, so no permit was needed. 322 Ash Street - Minor project for deck. Pat moved and Will seconded approving permit. Voted 4-0 in favor. 201 Salem Street - Owner has been placing stone dust surface in side yard Buffer Zone without permit. Owner had previously been informed that permit was needed. Fran will inspect site with owner to detemine whether violation has occurred. 406 Haverhill Street New house near completion under Order of Conditions. Owner would like a certificate of occupancy. Pat moved and Doug seconded approving COO and delegated authority to Fran to determine amount of bond to be posted for remainder of work. Fran will inspect site first. Voted 4-0 in favor. May need Extension Permit also. Fran reported that Brad Latham had withdrawn Van Norden Notice of Intent. Proposed amendments to Zoning By-Laws, Aquifer Protection District Pat moved and Doug seconded to express support for the concept of reducing impervious cover limit from 20% to 15% in Aquifer Protection District. Voted 4-0 in favor. Bird houses Commission approved proposal from Cub Scout pack to install bird houses on Town Conservation land. Pack leader will clean out houses in the fall. Pack leader will be advised to contact Doug Greene and Dave Williams for help in choosing sites. Community Preservation Act Pat reported that the committee will finish work and make recommendations within two weeks. Landfill Nancy reported on several e-mails exchanged since last Thursday. Meeting is scheduled for 9AM August 23 to draft final language for bond condition. 10:50 Reorganization. Pat moved and Doug seconded nominating Will for chair. Voted 4-0 in favor. Doug moved and Will seconded nominating Pat for vice chair. Voted 4-0 in favor Pat moved and Doug seconded reappointing Leo and Harold as consultants. Voted 4-0 in favor. 11 p.m. Pat moved and Will seconded going into executive session and not to return to open session. Roll call vote: 4-0 in favor. Executive Session - Mola Appeal of new elementary school OOC. 11:10 Adjourned. 4