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HomeMy WebLinkAboutConservation Minutes 4/6/1992,n. TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSAC , /S�E'TTS'; 50 West Street, Mansfield, M%026466 MANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION TS AGENDA MONDAY, APRIL E, 1992 7 :30 CALL TO ORDER 8400 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING CONTINUATION: SE211 -362 Philip Beatty- -Ware St.-- Proposed detention area, roadway, utility, grading for Deerfield subdivision within 100 ft-. of wetland=_. 8:25 REQUEST FOR DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY Tom Grossi- -Lots 145, 147 - Plain St. -- Grading for two single- family homes, within 100 ft. of wetlands 8,45 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACTT HEARIN= CONTINUATION: Dajo Realty Trust -- EastIeigh Estates North (=route 106) jF2" -3tq 9:00 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Dajo Fealty Trust- -Lot 51, Route 106 (Eastleigh Estate=_. North) -- House, driveway, grading within wetlands buff_. one 9 :15 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARI%1 Dajo: Realty Trust- -Lot 52, Route 106 (Ea=_.tleigh Estates North) - -- House, driveway, grading within wetland_ buffer zone 9;30 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Home Developers Inc.- -Lot 1, Jennifer Drive -- House, grading within wetlands buffer _one 9 :45 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Home Developers Inc.--Lots 2, 3y 4, Jennifer Drive- - Houses, grading within wetland=_ buffer zone AS TIME ALLOWS: ORDER OF CONDITION CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE CORRESPONDENCE MINUTES MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1992 -- PAGE 1 Members Present: Chairman Cauldwell, Commissioners Forbes, Powers, O'Neill, Owens, Smith, Pohol'ek MINUTES: MOTION' approve the minutes of 3 -23 -92 as corrected. (Powers - Forbes; all in favor, Smith abst.) VOTED "Save the Woods ", a citizen group, requested time on the agenda at some future date. ORDERS OF CONDITIONS: SE211 -379, Rosewood Court. Dick submitted a memo to the commission from John Rhoads. Include point 03 in the special conditions: "that the infiltration stone be brought down to the sand and gravel identified as being 46" below existing ground grade." MOTION: To accept the Orders as written by Dick including the above revision suggested by J. Rhoads. O'Neill - Forbes; all in favor, Smith, Powers abst.? VOTED SE211 -332 MOTION: To issue the orders as written and amended. (Powers - Forbes; all in favor) ETENSION PERMIT: SE211 -206, Lot 17, Austin Farms. The order expired on MOTION: To deny the request for an extension. (Powers - O'Neill; all in favor; Smith, Owens, VOTED March 14. Forbes abst.)VOTED ( WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING CONTINUATION: SE211 -362 Philip Beatty- -Ware St.-- Proposed detention area, roadway, utility, grading for Deerfield subdivision within 100 ft. of wetlands No new information submitted. Mr. Beatty requested that the hearing be closed. He anticipates that the Planning Board process Will be ending soon without additional major changes. MOTION: To close the hearing. (Powers - Owens; all in favor, Forbes abst.) VOTED MOTION: To issue the orders as written and amended. (Powers - O'Neill; all in favor-, Forbes abst.) VOTED MANSFIELD KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS will join with -the Recreation Dept. to put on a fishing derby on May 9 and have asked for permission to use Kingman's Fond as well as Fulton's Fond. They also want to clean the edges of Kingman Pond to make area safer for children to fish. Dick walked the area in question with Lorilee Fish. Trimming is suggested, not clearing at the ground level. MOTION: To approve the request for the fishing derby and trimming, to be done under Dick's surveillance, with no clearing. (Owens - Forbes; all in favor, O'Neill abst.) VOTED CORRESPONDENCE: - -DEP - re South Main St. property surveillance, report requested for Phase II of the Mass. contingency plan. - -MACC newsletters -- Plymouth County Wildlife Trust C- -U. Mass Amherst summer programs - -The chairman will look into the MediGen issue and compose a letter to be sent covering the sentiments of the commission. MOTION: So moved. (O'Neill - Powers; all n favor) VOTED -- Letters from Town Counsel in Foxboro regarding this issue. REQUEST FOR DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY Tom Grossi- -Lots 145, 147 — Plain St.-- Grading for two sing le - family "homes, within 100 ft. of wetlands Mr. Grossi wishes to grade an area about 25 ft. behind the house. Hay bales are on site now. Applicant asked if he could clean out the area of "junk.." The commission encouraged him to do so. The commissioners had no questions. Comm. Powers wants to make sure direction of shedding isn't going to change. Chairman Cauldwell requested a more accurate plan for the record. MOTION: To continue with applicant's permission to 4 -13 -92 at 7:05 to wait for the new plan. (Powers - O'Neill; all in favor) VOTED WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING CONTINUATION - SE211 -334: Dajo Realty Trust- - Eastleigh Estates North (Route 105) Karl Drown. Oil/water separators have been added to the plan to address the issue of direct discharge into wetland. Rev. date 3- 31 -92. Comm. Powers' chief concern: putting oil /water separator sounds good, but with velocity coming in from other side, it may not function during peak flow time. Chairman Cauldwell: need to know area of contribution. Three 12" pipes will be going into a 24" pipe. Alternative designs would require additional filling. Poholek: why are there no calculations shown? Calcs requested to show to what storm volume it can be expected to function - preferably for at least a 25 -year storm. Chairman Cauldwell has determined that while DEP encourages avoidance of direct discharge, it is not prohibited by regulation. Abutter Ratty Rudy, 19 Cavan Crossing, was present to register her concern about, additional water being shed to her let as a resUlt.of development. MOTION: To continue to 7:15 at the hough school, 4- 13 -92. (O'Neill - Powers; all in .favor) VOTED WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Dajo Realty Trust - -Lot 51, Route 106 (Eastleigh Estates North)-- HOUSe, driveway, grading within wetlands buffer Zone MOTION: To hear these two together-, since it is after 9:15, the time the second hearing was scheduled. (Powers - O'Neill; all in favor)_ VOTED WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Dajo Realty Trust- -Lot 52, Route 106 (Eastleigh Estates North) -- House, driveway, grading within wetlands buffer ?one Leaching pits for roof drains, hay bales shown. Driveway shedding toward road. No DEP number as yet. Thirty -foot work line, pull hay bales back so they become limit of work line and limit of clearing. Site walk needed: 4 -18- 92 at 7.300,m. Commission will meet on 4 -13 and MOTION: To continue the hearing above. (O'Neill - Owens; all in 4 -27. to 4 -27 -92 at 7:05 with site walk as favor-) VOTED MANSFIELD CONSLKVRII�" _-SAGE 3 _. Unnv AP'RTL S. 1992 WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT HEARING Jennifer Drive--House, grading within wetlands Home Developers Inc.- -Lot 1, buffer zone applicant, Mr. Doutas, who was als° present. Ralph Maloon presented for the existing berm - will Driveway and about 34% of the house within the Gaffer zone. Abutters notified. House at rear of the lot. Comm. Powers: re driveway along there be alteration or ,jeopardizing ofistiero proposed crown down the Wcenter; l can still not go over the berm. Driveway P P from the or nfiltration be made stowsird °wetlands,'there shouldtbensome so'rtcofrtswalingOr ch Prefers' I shedding elevations of area which will be to protect wetland. Requested plan shawing gutters flattened! Amount of lawn area fu� known otttwithinmthe buffer zone. No gutters of the buffer zone; no grading lrea Vegetation outside hay bale line: on house; this should ee noted al P to keep fertilizers etc. from basically gravel and weeds. Swale suggested P on getting to wetlands as runoff. Carom. Owens proximity would affect }the dseptic the Rosewood site is to this lot, since if p' because it is within system distances. Flans should show the finger of wetland' rently shown on Plan, 100 feet. Both old and new wetl wetland aane are cur erubbleandfill which now Andrea Donda, 570 Map le exist will have to come out, and whether /how its removal will affect flows. House and leachfield are intended to shed to the Deborah at the location Deborah Grahame 570 Maple St.e where the existing drainpipe flows between their lot and put in- Si st, Siltation there is adequate space and fill for water service to be p, art should not be allowed into ,nuaddit7oneto"haycbalP5. Shie`�also expressed concern _- there should be something want extra water on their about the grading of the roadway; she wouldn't property af, a result of the driveway shedding away from wetland. Philip Graham, 574 Maple St. was also concerned abut slanting the road in their area. Chairman Comm. Poholek expressed concerns about the size of the lawn area. Chairman Cauldwell suggested a swale. ote on the an about a � of material which is Comm. Powers asked f 11 AO{ 7 e[ to remain. 4J4'lands C Site walk: 4 -18 -5' at 8:30. to 5 -I1 -9? at 8:00. DOTED MOTION: To continue the hearing (O'Neill - P°WerSp all in favor) WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT NEARING 3 4 Jennifer Drive -- Houses, grading within Home Developers Inc. --Lots p : p Replication asked wetlands buffer zone lace for a long "me- plan Filling shown on has been in p grown about half an for subdivision. Wetlands have been - reflagged. Wetland has 8 ears ago. The two berms resulting from resentpngnHomeve acre from about 5-= Y created half an acre of additional wetland; Ralph Maloon, representing Developers, asked whether additional replication is needed. The original approximately 9500 sq. ft- of fill for the compensation area never constructed. Dick: Field checks showed fill was more than had been proposed originally - an that replication was stating was also to incorp°rate driveway. Cammis =_ -ion wrote letters in 1990 ating necessary and should be done immediately. Rep compensation licate arcubiccfootL 'capacity1forLisolatedewetland. Lot 14 isl not a need to rep need to go for residential compound, or being accessed via its frontage. May some variance from building dept. There remain unanswered questions. Site walk. is necessary. Comm. O'Neill wants to see plan for 4, because lot 4 is MANSFIELD CONSERVAT MINUTES included in the filing. Deborah Graham asked if the new wetland is not deemed adequate for compensation, where the replication Would take place. Dick Lewis also noted that the berm in quesiton has only been in place one year; all this new wetland could not have been a result of that berm. Mrs. Ronda also maintains that the wetland was there before the berm. Applicant must find out about whether driveway will be sufficient. access . for lot 4. MOTION: To continue the hearing to 5 -11 -92 at 8 :01 p.m. with a site walk. on 4 -18 at 8:31. (O'Neill - Powers; all in favor) VOTED BUDGET REDUCTION: Four percent to be cut per TM's request. About 1750 for Conservation Commission; Dick proposed transferring an additional $1800 out of the Wetland Reserve Account. MOTION: To increase the 5000 transfer to 6800 as proposed, the mechanics to be decided next week. (Owens - Forbes; all in favor) VOTED The meeting adjourned at 11:30. Approved by: 1pf Date to town clerk: C