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HomeMy WebLinkAboutConservation Comm 02/09/19810 CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1981 Members Present: Chairwoman Doris Webb, Coms Dianne Royle, Jane Sheehan l �U�O Ci/fir` ,...: iv tz) o,�L Minutes: Com. Sheehan read the Minutes of February 2, 1981 aloud. MOTION: To accept these Minutes of February 2, 1981 as read. (Boyden - Sheehan; all in favor) VOTED Mansfield Little League: Walter Day appeared before the Commission to delineate the proposed work schedule for the Sweet Land Little League fields. The Army Corps of Engineers will be regrading and doing site preparation three weekends in March. As soon as the Corps' work is completed, the fences should be installed with the loaming and seeding to take place first in May and again in the fall. Mr. Day stressed the importance of restricting all traffic in this area between the two seeding operations and requested the Commission's help in policing the area. Chairwoman Webb reminded Mr. Day that this has been an ongoing problem and a concern the Commission had raised early in the discussions about this project. Mr. Day suggested that the Little League would notify the Police Department that they were going to post No Trespassing signs in the area and then try to enforce the posting themselves. Com. Boyden suggested that the Little League examine methods of blocking off the Otis Street entrance to the property. Com. Royle requested that Mr. Day keep the Commission up -dated on the progress of this work. Carrol Johnson - Athletic Fields: Mr. Barbarisi, Mansfield School Superintendent, introduced Messrs. Pine and Gustaysen of Carrol Johnson, who made the presentation of the proposed work to be done on the athletic fields in the East Street school complex. This presentation was an informal request for a determination by the Conservation Commission of the applicability of the Wetland Protection Act to this project; the School Department will submit a completed Request for Determination of Applicability to the Commission. The project as outlined is to include renovations to the track, and baseball field and the transformation of the two Little League fields into a full-sized soccer field. The track and the baseball field are virtually flat and therefore drain poorly. The work on the track will include: (1) the installation of ten drainage structures, (2) a regrading so that water will flow off the track, and (3) a resurfacing of the track. This drainage is to be directed across the street to the drainage ditch. The baseball field will require: (1) three additional drainage structures and (2) improvement of the grading. On the Robinson School side of East Street, the two Little League fields will be -- 0 CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES PAGE 2 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1981 c combined to form a soccer field and a new drainage channel is proposed which will improve the flow and in part replace the present and repair erosion problems. The present ditch has six to eight ditch foot embankments; the proposed ditch, which will retain the same inverts as the present one, will have banks of four to six feet. This new channel would have a stone base with stones extending part way up the embankments. This channel is designed to handle 330 cubic feet of water per second --adequate to accommodate the drainage from Granada Park, the Hutchinson property, the improved a thletic fields across the street, as well as Memorial Park. Chairwoman Webb informed Messrs. Barbarisi, Gustafsen, and Pine that upon receipt of the completed Request for Determination form, the Commission will decide whether or not a Wetland Protection Act Hearing will be necessary, taking into account the facts that this work is to be performed within 100 feet of a wetland and that a brook is to be relocated. Lincoln Holske - Elm Street: A Wetland Protection Act Hearing was held for this project (SE211-70) at 8:30 PM. A summary of this hearing is filed separately; a tape of the hearing is also on file with the Town Clerk. Kalnins Property: Com. Boyden suggested that the Commission should make arrangements to have the metes and bounds set for this Conservation Land. Frederick Rys: Chairwoman Webb informed the Commission that Frederick Rys has resigned from the Commission. MOTION: To place an advertisement in the MANSFIELD NEWS seeking applicants to fill this vacancy for the remainder of 1981. (Boyden - Sheehan; all in favor) VOTED Correspondence: 1. February 5, 1981 letter from Judith Pickett, Conservation Law Foundation, questioning the presence of sodium ferro- cyanide in Massachusetts road salt. MOTION: To send a letter to William Maravell,,SRPEDD, asking if he has any information concerning the additives in Massachusetts road salt. (Sheehan - Royle; all in favor) VOTED o CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES PAGE 3 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1981 2. February 4, 1981 letter from Hayward -Boynton & Williams, Inc.partially responding to Com. Boyden's request for an estimate of survey work of the land the Jacksons have offered for sale as conservation land. Com. Boyden will contact the firm regarding the rest of the information he requested. MOTION: To send a letter to the Jacksons enclosing a copy of this letter and stating that the figures refer to the surveying of their parcel and not the land they are offering for sale. ) (Boyden - Royle; all in favorVOTED 3. February 4, 1981 Notice of Intent from Rewlew Trust for work to be performed at Woodland Park. MOTION: To send a letter to Rewlew Trust informing them. that their Notice of Intent has not been accepted by the Commission because it is incomplete and requesting that they supply the Commission with a copy of the plans this Notice refers to. .(Royle - Boyden; all in favor) VOTED 4. February 2, 1981 letter from Charles D. Mulcahy enclosing the deed to the Kalnins Property. As suggested by Mr. Mulcahy, this deed will be deposited with the Town Clerk for safe keeping. Beachwood Estates: The Commission discussed the information supplied by Town Planner Folkman concerning the status of the work at this subdivision. MOTION: To issue a Certificate of Compliance for Lots 20, 25, and 26 of Beachwood Estates. (Boyden - Sheehan; all in favor) VOTED Martin Cahill - East Street: The Commission discussed Mr. Cahi.11's request for the return of a photograph of Lots 1030 and 1036 East Street which he submitted to the Commission in connection with Fireside Realty Trust's Wetland Protection Act Hearing for these lots. MOTION: To return this photograph to Mr. Cahill stating that if he wants to return a copy of this picture to the Com- mission, it would be reinserted in this file. (Royle - Sheehan; all in favor) VOTED 0 CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1981 ,D Adjournment: MOTION: To adjourn this meeting at 10:30 PM. (Boyden - Royle; all in favor) 1 Accepted by Date to Town Clerk — i -4,1 pem PAGE 4 VOTED