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HomeMy WebLinkAboutConservation Comm 09/28/1981MANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1981 PAGE ONE Members Present: Chairwoman Dianne Royle, Coms. Ronald Bonvie, Paul Boyden, Keith Johnson, Stuart Webb (arrived at 8:45 PM) a� 1,- Minutes: eN MOTION: To waive the reading of the Minutes pS ptTdiR since the Commissioners received them at home and to accept these Minutes as written. (Sweet - Boyden; all in favor) VOTED Bi -Monthly Meeting: Com. Johnson will attend the Bi -Monthly Meeting with the Selectmen on Wednesday, October 7, 1981. Correspondence: 1. Certificate of Compliance issued by DEQE for Granada Park, Lot Nos. 6, 9, and 10, Granada Circle. 2. September 21, 1981 letter from Paul T. Anderson, DEQE, in response to Raymond Goddard's complaint concerning the handling of Grant Pond which notes that the Commission has spent an inordinate amount of time on this project and requests an update and offers assistance from the State. MOTION: To send a letter to Paul Anderson thanking him for his letter of September. 21, 1981 and mentioning that his letter must have crossed in the mail with the Commission's letter of September 14, 1981 requesting help with this project. (CC: Chris Tilden, DEQE) (Boyden - Johnson; all in favor) VOTED It was also agreed that a copy of Mr. Anderson's letter would be sent to David May, Chairman, Board of Selectmen; W. Chadwick Maurer, Town Manager; Charles D. Mulcahy, Town Counsel; Bertram Cook, Building Inspector; Donald Kaufman, Planning Board; Paul Folkman, Town Planner; Peter F. O'Brien. 3. Bill in the amount of $99 from Patricia E. MacKay for 22 hours of secretarial services. MOTION: To pay this bill to Patricia E. MacKay for $99 (Sweet - Johnson; all in favor) VOTED 4. Completed "Request to Determine..." form from Rene Chevalier, 150 Mill Street. In accordance with a vote at the last meeting, Secretary MacKay forwarded to Mr. Chevalier the "Determination..." form indicating that a Wetlands Protection Act Hearing will not be required for this project. MANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1981 MINUTES PAGE TWO 5. Memo from Charter Study Committee listing the Conservation Commission's discussion to be scheduled on October 20, 1981. It was agreed that a copy of the section of the Charter dealing with the Conservation Commission should be made available to the Commissioners for study prior to this meeting. 6. Notice of October 17, 1981 MACC meeting. Chairwoman Royle indicated that she and Com. Webb would like to attend this meeting. 7. Memo from Planning Director Folkman requesting the Commission's comments on Home Developer's Earth Removal project. MOTION: To send a memo to the Planning Board indicating that the Commission is inviting Home Developers' representative and their engineer to its next meeting to answer questions concerning this project. (Sweet- Johnson; all in favor) VOTED MOTION: To send a letter to Home Developers, Inc., requesting their representative and their engineer to appear at the Commission's next meeting to answer questions concerning this project in order that the Commission might make a determination concerning the Wetlands Protection Act. (Boyden - Sweet; all in favor) VOTED Paul Tsimortos - Erick Road: Paul Tsimortos appeared before the Commission to discuss his 63 apartment -condominiums project on Lot No. 4, Erick Road. Mr. Tsimortos reported that this project received Board of Health approval in 1976, the building plans have been preliminarily accepted by the Building Inspector, percolations were overseen by former Town Engineer Stanzione, and the proposed drainage system incorporates suggestions made by Mr. Stanzione. Com. Boyden observed that his view of the site indicated that filling along the westerly lot line within 50 feet of the wetlands had occurred in the past and that his suggestion would be that Mr. Tsimortos be requested to clean up this area, thus repairing the previous damage. Since Com. Boyden was the only Commissioner to have made an inspection of the area, however, it was agreed that Mr. Tsimortos and Ralph Maloon would accompany as many Commissioners as possible on an on-site inspection. It was requested that a property line stake be set in order to enable the Commissioners to locate the proposed work area. MANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1981 MINUTES PAGE THREE MOTION: To respond to Mr. Tsimortos request for a determination based on the findings of the Commissioners on their on-site inspection of the project. (Bonvie - Sweet; all in favor) VOTED MOTION: To send a memo to the Planning Board stating that, with Mr. Tsimortos' cognizance and agreement, the Commission is recommending a closed drainage system be used throughout this project and that the westerly lot line (adjacent to the Elmwood Realty Trust property) be loamed and seeded, while leaving the wetlands undisturbed. (Boyden - Johnson; all in favor) VOTED Com. Webb arrived at this time. Mrs. Jellinek - Henley -Lundgren Pond: (Com. Boyden excused himself from this discussion since he had not been involved in this project due to a possible conflict of interest.) Mrs. Jellinek inquired whether Henley -Lundgren had received an extension permit for this project., Upon checking with the file, Chairwoman Royle noted that since DEQE had issued a Superseding Order of Conditions for this project, it would have been up to the State to issue such an extension permit and that she was not able to locate a copy of suc, an extension permit in the file. MOTION: To send a letter to DEQE stating that the Commission had not been able to locate an extension permit for this project in the file and requesting an update on the status of this project. (Johnson - Webb; all in favor) VOTED Revaluation: Com. Webb reported that she had received a call from the Yorks, who previously donated Conservation land to the town, who are concerned about their ability to afi�.ord the taxes on their revalued undeveloped land. Com. Webb went on to say that this is not a unique case and that the possibility of large tracts of undeveloped land being broken up or sold to developers is a very real concern for the Commission and the Town. MOTION: To send a letter to Judith Pickett, Counsel, Conservation Law Foundation, requesting information on the alternatives available for these people (i.e., description of a conservati restriction, method of taxing agricultural land, any legal recourse to this philosophy of taxing property, etc. (Webb - Johnson; all in favor) VOTED Legal Advice: MOTION: To authorize Chairwoman Royle to inquire about Greg Mac MANSFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1981 MINUTES PAGE FOUR Gregor's fees and services in the event of litigation. (Webb - Sweet; all in favor) VOTED Guidelines: It was agreed that a copy of the Wetlands Protection Act Hearing Guidelines proposed by the Town of Plainville be acquired. Town of Mansfield - Willow Street Drainage: MOTION: To issue the standard Order of Conditions for this project with the following added conditions: 1. The best engineering practices shall be employed to reset the inverts of all culverts to maintain a normal 122' flow for Cabot Pond. It appeared to the Commissiop during its evaluation of the project that during a serious drought, such as we are now experiencing, aiy elevation less than this would expose an inordinate amount of slope. A revised plan shall be submitted to the Commission before work begins reflecting these changes. 2. The largest culvert shall the course of the project during a sudden storm. (Webb - Johnson; all in favor) Adjournment: remain operational during in order to facilitate flow MOTION: To adjourn this meeting at 10:30 PM. (Bonvie - Boyden; all in favor) Accepted by_ /)-I- PJA(/i/lQ� Date to Town Clerk pem VOTED VOTED