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Home My WebLink AboutConservation Minutes 1/10/1994TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 50 West Street, Mansfield, MA 02048 MANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 199 7:30 CALL TO ORDER: 8:00 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Timothy Edward Realty Trust -- Brookside Read, Lot 10 -- Proposed house, driveway, septic, and related grading within 100 feet of ditch, bordering vegetated wetlands, land under water bodies. AS TIME ALLOWS: MINUTES CORRESPONDENCE /NEW BUSINESS CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE NEW BUSINESS 8 <V,( , i. L'kANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES `,<t1 MONDAY, JANUARY 10,- 1994--- PAGE 1 X..\ 1�Qi�rs:- J'lrUesytnt. "- Chairman Cauldwel1, commissioners Cormier, Oberlander, Powers; Sadowski, Weidner 6A .0 MOTION Tr accept the. minutes of I2 -20 -93 As discussed.- (Powers- Satlowski; all in ' favor; Weidner abst.? VOTED EXPANSION.OF ROUTE .140- Some problems developed due to large rainstorm on Dec. ..21, because there hadn't' been 'enough: attention to housekeeping" issues during construction. Washout was being pir_ked up by drainage swale, with a lot of silt - .getting into raver.., 95% of which, was coming off the 14- acre. site (not Sreat Wobds). ` C:nntractor`s have since undertaken a more intensive management /cleanup process, better securing the site with hay. bales, installing three check dams,, etc.; everything since - Christmas is.frozen and/or covered, so nothing addit.icnal is happening at this - time.. Dic{ h be.. in. contact with state and Walsh Construction.- been Mr.. Cl�a as as be . has been Urging Dic{ to get a complaint-)enforcement' letter out; Dick wil'1 state some of his concerns in writing before the contractor begins damming Lip and bypass. pumping,. installing wing walls;..etr: When weather permits; He -will recommend,.fcm evampie;:that- hoses - extend As far as passible downstream to create a'lar:ger dry area- :to.permit cleanup. However, he :feels things are in pretty good shape. "now as far as siltation' controls., -: WETLANDS PROTECTION. ACT HEARINOi- SE211 -454 Timothy 'Edward Realty Trust -- Brookside Rd..; Lct'lit House, driveway,.septic, grading within 100 feet, of ditch, bvw, land under_ wate'r..body Ed TartUfO represented the project. Flood plain; maps. do not indicate, that the aite.is ion' the 100 -year flood plain._ .Notices -have been sent to the abutters:: The plan 'shows the'largest: possible house which would be'built (4- bedroom), though it may not be built to that aiz,e. Board of Health, plan has been. approved Roof drains to dry wells included .(?:n plan. Wetland confined to ditch area.- Comm. Powers advised the .applicant to address the comment from -DEP regarding 100 year flood plain. (Comm.. Smith'arrived:I. Commissioners indicated concern that they cari't e Val Uate the site, because it .is i.inder snow at the moment. Jack McHugh, 13 Brookside, concerned that after, heavy rains he gets flooded, asked what the impact of building would be on the area. Mr. Tartufo indicated he could not answer: that concern. Mr. McHugh was advised to talk to the applicant's engineer. MOTION: To continue to % :JJ on 1- 24 =94. (Powers - Sadowski; all in favor) VOTED mUNUHT, - JHNUHK,T. 1Vg 17T} -- _1-HUtC'i - - CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE :. - SE211 -402 186 Dean St: (Prugliera).; Di.c1• recommended partial due to time f.yearflandsc, inq- MOTION- Tc -i- slue -a 'part -ial release -cif SE211 -402. (Powers. = Weidner; all_ in favor.) :'. VOTED,. SE21 -1 -416, Iot_ -74, Hallett Crossing (Fruit St '. ;ar.ea-- - c :orr,er.TeffersonlLongwccd); requested by Mark: Realty (E. Marcheselli >_ MOTION- To issue a partial"cer- tificate9 -due to. aeason. (Cormier - Powers; all in "favor.) VOTED SE2117418,_ icA 68 C;cncern. about pi -le of material on lot 68; that must be moved before -replication. -is done and - house. is built.. Comm, Sadowski. is.concernsd. abOUt -this phase in that if two. houses are subject t`_'this.order, and a1 :l.repIi_ation'is in the last 1'ot, with .no time "frames, and a.pil -e of dirt is at, edge ,of. wetland with .inSUfficient'. controls' if - coristructinn.i"s del:ayed,% there, is potential for degradationtsiltation` etc. Comm. Powers responded that the. - pile -well vegetated, because it. resulted from the. ccnstr�tcti.cn'��f. the road.�ay:. Comm. Weidner concerned that -if lots 67 and 68 are:sold' t... ".dif" #erA.nt.nwnersf -the buyer.:of :62 could get:.stu_k: with :a partial Certificate if the replication. is not c9mpleted on lot.F,7." Comm PQwers,feIt it'sh uld be stated cl ear lyahe' certificate that- no - additional - Certificates"will be _granted and no full release 'will be granted until"the r.epiitat -ion . planned for'lot_67:is. done. MOTION. _ :To :issue a par Vial. release.of" lot 68 frith: note" that no .additional releases will .be granted :until repIica.tion is done.: (OberIan der -Power s; all in .favor, Sadowski abst.) " VOTED SE211 -339, SE 211-351 'Lot -2J PJasedki • Farms; requested by. Scott Fuller :,:.Worldwide Realty.. MOTION: To issue a partial release cif - l'ot' 2 from the. subdivision order (SE211: -339) and a"partial or lot 2 from SE 11- 3514,due to season..' ".(Oberlander - :.Cormier; all in favor)" VOTED - CONSERVATION: PROPERTY USE:' A Boy Scout Leader has asked permission for a winter camping trip_next_ weekend in Great Woods, on the easterly_ -side cuff Of _JUdy's Lane. Comm.' Cormier expressed reservations about people .(who may not be fully versed in no- impact measures to be taken) camping on conservation land. -He raised questions about sanitary facilities, fires, etc. Comm. Weidner also would prefer that people come MONDAY, 'JANUARY _1.9, 1'39# -= PAGE 3 before the commission. to answer such questions. Comm; Oberlander suggested allowing. the trip 'but _ sending a setter with suggestions for minimizing.the.impact, and perhaps checking in on the group. -Chairman - Cauldwell. felt. the " commission. should havewr'itten stipLilaticros-.tc% be 'followed by_any group using. Ccnservation,Com-missi,on land.- Dick will . speak to the Meader tomorrow and:.get answers to these questions, getting back to commissioners fora poll It was suggested •that -Dick request that the Conservation C:nnsta6le check' ut the area afterwards. NEW BUSINESS." Warrant article submitted for computers. = -Copy of Mown budget available -for commissioners. -- Letter. from Walnut St. area people re two proposed shopping _areas asking conservation Commission -ti keep 'various issues in mind.. Engineering /consulting: firm for Stop :and' Shop. prc%ject submitted ,conditions- to DEP, who will issue a superseding order shortly; The superseding order for ` Mr. Clemmey's proposed proje 'ct will not be forthcoming until the MEPA process is.complete: ---Joint meeting with Planning Board on 19th -- Meeting -1 -'B At.Stonehill 6 30-9 :00 p. m., with Canoe River -, Advisory Committee and Hockomock: area re 'ACEC stewardship issues.. -- Branch ,St. /Back Bay.prook .flooding; one. area clogged` With vegetation; resident urges:cleaninq 'out,- >Dic {; will make . dopy- fcrr .Commissioners... " ---Wayne .- Gnrdon: stopped r office; owns pped 6y Dick: s , proper'ty . next to Jack Smith's HGdge's Bro6k. subdivision on Tremont St. .Wants to know `if Conservation Commission is interested in acquiring property.- It is i substantially ,wet, landlocked parcel. .Doesn't• abut any town- -owned property. MOTION: To contact and indicate receptivity to gift. (OberIander- Cormier;-- Smith..ab'st.- all in favor) VOTED pomt °from GEI monitoring r.epor "t re C:ompo Chemical, -- Report` from DEP re_Hatheway Patterson cleanup. Various workshops announced: = - -MACC annual- meeting; some commissioners will_go. -= Annual report submitted.' - -Land acquisition: impact of poten'tial', werpumping in Canoe River aquifer. Comm. Powers: re acquiring Stearns Hil1, she felt- it was toci late and that acgUis.ition should have beep considered-before . it.was ever permitted. She urged- that the >oommission, now _lock- at areas _ontiguous with ' 'Canoe River. The meeting adjourned at 4:45: /of