Good evening. Welcome to the Danvers Conservation Commission meeting for April the 24th, 2025. We as a commission operate under the Massachusetts General Law, chapter 131, Section 40, the Wetlands Protection Act, and chapter 26 of the Town of
Danvers General bylaw to the Wetlands Protection bylaw. After each applicant presents his or her request and the board has had time to ask questions and discuss projects, we will accept questions from the audience. Because this is a public meeting, it is required by law that you give your name and
address before you speak. Although we may disagree on issues raised, all persons present during this meeting are expected to be civil to all other meeting attendees. This includes members of the commission, staff, abutters, concerned citizens, property owners, and project applicants.
We also request that you confine your questions to the project and only as it pertains to the wetlands act. We cannot handle nor do we have jurisdiction over matters such as noise or traffic. All problems not related to the wetlands protection act in the town of Denver's wetlands protection bylaw must be taken
up with other boards. Uh our first order of business will be a roll call. Uh Peter Wilson is present. Lorraine Drapeek present. Mary hate present. and Michael Splain. Yeah. Hey, good. Uh,
first order on our agenda is a request for a certificate of compliance for 130 Center Street, DP file number 14-1298. Is someone here to give us a summary on that? My name is Alex
Steinberg. I live at 3 Clinton Street, Cambridge, Mass. I'm the trustee of the U owner First Maryland Cambridge Trust of 130 Center Street and we had uh an
order of condition had been issued for some work we would plan to do but we sub we never did got it done. We never did it. And um we're about to uh sell the that property to another entity. And uh
we would like to um see that uh the order of conditions be invalidated and that we would get a certificate of compliance so that we can record it with the sale. Okay. Thanks.
Uh Emily, you've been out to the site or is that required with the Yes. Y still required a site visit to And there's nothing but So nothing was done. Okay. Um I really don't have any questions. Mike, any questions? No. Do you What was the project? Um it
was here for some building expansion. Oh yeah, it was building construction and um and drainage improvements. Drainage improvement. Yeah. And they never did the work. So uh we issue a certificate of compliance. Is it
somehow noted in the certificate uh that the work wasn't was never commenced? Yes. Yeah. We check off the box that says invalid order because the work was never conducted and the permit has expired. So, and then that gets recorded at the registry and that closes everything out. All right. We had a similar situation we did a meeting or
two ago. Okay. Lorraine, you have any questions? No, you don't. Mary? Nope. I'm good. Uh, okay. This isn't a public hearing. So, uh, someone can make a motion. We will Well, I'll make a motion to issue a certificate of compliance for 130 Center
Street, D file number 14- 1298. applicant is Alex Steinberg for uh RCG LLC. Correct. Correct. I second the motion. All in favor? I I
You're all set. Thank you. Uh next up is a request for certificate of compliance for 197 Newbury Street, D file number 14-1299. The applicant is Joe Duza.
Hi, good evening. Thorson, Acurly, professional wetland scientist from Williamson Sparages. Um yeah, so tonight I'm representing Joe Duza. He's the property owner of 197 Newbury Street. Um that's a commercial building uh and parking area
located right behind the old strike one. Um you may remember it was an abandoned parking area before 2017. Uh Joe had purchased it and redeveloped the land. U redid the parking, constructed a commercial building.
Um from the plans then were drawn by Eastern Land Survey. Um in 2021 there was uh an amendment request filed uh by Joe and and a different engineer Moren Cameron Group uh to construct a dog play area, doggy daycare on the other side of
the the parcel. That area had been maintained as um lawn I guess over the years kind of not pavement but not really anything uh noteworthy. It was a pretty disturbed site historically. Um and um since that time the work has
been completed. Um we did an asbuilt survey back in 2021 2022 once that dog play area was constructed um and submitted to the planning department uh for review. Um Stephen King reviewed the project. Um issued some comments back to
us to change and tweak the asbel plan which we did. Um and then back then he had provided um Joe a letter um stating that the project was completed in compliance with the planning board permit and released the bond associated with the project at that time. Um we
recently did um an updated asbuilt plan um just a few weeks ago and uh found more or less what the what was out there before. The only deviation um was that there was a gravel shoulder uh installed along the wetland side of the the
project um historically there was an old driveway um kind of maybe an old road that went through the side of of that portion of the property. Um it had clearly been disturbed down to close to where the wetland was. Historically it was a drainage easement. Um and Joe
installed a portion of gravel along that edge. It was a pretty steep slope. Not a not a tremendous amount, but certainly enough to to reduce the risk of somebody potentially driving over that parking area. Um, you know, inadvertently falling off into the wetland or into the slope. Uh, based on what we saw, there
was clearly evidence that this area had been filled historically as well. Um, so I don't believe he had filled any areas or removed any trees of that, things of that nature, and it appeared to be outside of the um the no disturb zone and and that in that area as well.
Um, additionally, um, since the even since the issuance of the bond release, Joe has had more and Cameron perform, uh, up stormwater inspections of the the stormwater structures out there, and we we shared those reports with Emily. Um, it's from 2023.
Um, so the systems have been being maintained. And then um although it was outside of the buffer zone, we just noted that a 30 foot x 15 ft metal canopy was constructed along the proposed shed associated with the dog play area. Um that was just kind of in the in the open area next to the the dog
play area on the Asbo plan that's uh right here. So I think that summarizes our our analysis of the uh the project and I know there was a lot of people involved in this uh different engineers but um I believe we've shown everything that's
there was approved and the project was substantially completed in compliance um with the order of conditions and approved plan. Okay, thanks. Um, so some maintenance report was filed. Yeah. Just within today. Uh, yesterday and that's
supposed to be done every year. Yes. Yep. So we got the 22 23 or 22 23 24 and then I think part of 25 complaints. Yeah. The one I just sent you was from 2025. Yep. We got Okay. And as I recall,
there was some work done before a permit was issued back in when was it 2019? Yes. That sound right? Yep. So, uh, could you just kind of bring us up to speed and what that all was and what was done to to Yeah. to Yeah. Yeah. Joe Duza
from 18 Blazing Street. Yep. I go up Joe Duza 18 Blaney Street in Re. Um, you said in 2019 there was some uh Don't don't hold me to the date. I just remember we had to go out there. It was
with Scott Scott. Scott and some work had been done before an issue before a permit had been I think what happened back then was to get our um we had to originally get a
um a temporary um OC I mean certificate of occupancy. And then there was still some more work that had to be done. So we had to issue a you we issued a bond from the
town and we worked that bond down because um there was a bunch of stuff left. Uh but we had a tenant moving in to the property. You issued us a temporary um
uh certificate of occupancy and then we followed that up. Uh we worked out all the landscaping um expenses and uh side of the hill there was a lot there was some site work
that had to be finished. Mhm. Oh and paving. I think paving was a part of it as well. And then uh you ended up issuing us uh our uh final occupancy
and we got that discharged. the um and Emily, you've been out to visit the site and it's the work looks like the the plans that are on file. Everything looks great. Okay, good. Uh Mike, any questions? Just uh on on the uh item 51
on here that u Oh, yes. That says a semianual basis. Did you say annual? Um the ones that we received were annual. So, we can work with the applicant here, but the storm water reports um or the storm water managements are supposed to be on a semiannual basis. That's
agreeable. Yeah, sure. Yes. Nice catch. Thank you. Uh, all set, Mike. Is it? Yeah. Uh, Lorraine, any questions? I'm good. Mary, you all set? Uh, okay.
If everything's done the way they said we're going to, let's let's do what we need to do. All right. I'll make a motion that we issue an order of conditions for 197 Newbury Street D file number 14-1299. Uh the applicant uh Joe De Duza
uh that the with the con uh condition number 51 to continue all storm water best management practices shall be maintained as specified in the operation and maintenance and pollution prevention plan submitted with the notice of intent and incorporated into the order of
conditions. Evidence of maintenance of the stormwater management system shall be provided to the commission on a semianual basis. This condition shall be noted on the certificate of compliance and shall continue in perpetuity. I'm sorry, one quick thing for the
record. This is a certificate of compliance. I think you said order of conditions. What's that? Uh she thinks you said order of condition. It should have been certificate of compliance. Yeah. Oh, did I? Yeah. Yeah. Certificate of compliance. Yeah. Thank you. And she'll continue in perpetuity. Yeah.
It's a motion. Is there a second? I'll second. All in favor? Hi. Hi. Thank you. Okay, you're all set. All right. So, what are we? Next up is a request for certificate of compliance for 69 North Street, which is now known
as Chattam Lane, uh, D file number 14-1370. The applicant is Cadam Chattam Estates LLC. Uh, good evening members. Uh, for the record, uh, Chris Sparis, a civil engineer from the engineering and survey office of Williams and
Spargis. And we're so busy that I didn't even know Thor was going to be here. We usually don't send two people to a meeting. Uh, but that's okay. Um, I'm here this evening to present a certificate compliance on a project that we've been working on for a couple years. uh the uh project proponents uh for the
ownership um Daryl Sanders and John Coen Tony did a great job uh building this uh subdivision roadway. Uh we had a we needed an order of conditions from the conservation commission because down at the end of the culdeac the area that I've colored in the plan. Uh there is a little uh wetland area uh where there's
a pipe coming in uh that collects street drainage from North Street and um it opens up into a small wetland before going back into another pipe and leaves our property. And so there was a little buffer zone associated with that. Uh that encompassed a little bit of the culde-sac um a little bit of the grading
uh just downhill the culde-sac and along one of our one of the driveways um that accesses one of the homes. Uh so the roadway has been built uh constructed. We've as built it. I've been out there many times during construction and during the the uh working of the asbuilt
plan. and we worked closely with uh the engineering department uh and with Emily uh we went out and did um uh site inspections with uh with all concerned parties and after reviewing the asbill plan um the asbill conditions uh definitely in this case substantially
conform to the approved plan uh we proposed to stay outside of the 35 ft no disturb and that rip wrap slope is just outside the 35 so it uh it looks almost exactly like the the proposed plan so we were really pleased with the results Uh this
road is on the town warrant coming up on the 19th of May uh as one of the warrant articles for street acceptance. Uh so um we've gotten green lights from all of the boards including planning board, the planning office, uh the engineering office, and so uh this is uh one more
check box that we need to check off, but I'm here to answer any questions that you folks have tonight. Thank you. Uh I have no real questions. I've I've been watching it being built over the years. I live right up the street, so Okay. It looks good. Yeah. Um Mike, do
you have any questions? Just remember the original plans were for uh to to handle the runoff through a submersed uh system and I think that got changed and ended up with a a sort of a detention retention pond. That's right.
Um the plan was changed before um uh before we finalized the uh the plans. Uh the the owner decided after pricing it out with his site contractor that uh doing the infiltration underground was going to be very expensive and so he asked us to consider doing an above
ground infiltration base and so we redesigned it and um and we got uh everyone on board. Still works the same way. There was a rightaway issue in there too with the with the federal government. Federal government at that 24in pipe that I uh that I referenced that comes through the property. Yep. uh
we had to position the basin in a certain way to uh to make deep. How is that performing as as expected? It is actually uh uh Mr. King uh from the engineering department uh wanted to see it uh you know after it was well vegetated and he he went out there after
a couple of storms as as did I and and it's definitely doing what it's supposed to do. Um, and it's to be expected because when we dug our test holes, uh, the groundwater was well below the bottom of the was of the infiltration basin. And so, yeah, that's all I had.
Thank you. Okay. Anything? No. Straightforward. Any questions? No, I'm good. Um, just one quick kind of a follow on question. Are there lots within this subdivision that have separate orders of
conditions that we need to consider? There's one lot that hasn't been built on yet, right? Uh there is there is one vacant lot outside the buffer zone uh in the middle that uh in the middle of the subdivision. Yeah. Big lot. Yeah. Um yeah, but um
there was another um this was a subdivision road of um six lots and then if you recall there was also uh three or four ANR lots on North Street. Yeah. One of those has correct order of conditions. What about there's one you
know right at the bend there's a house that's kind of up behind a house behind a house when you come in. Yeah. outside the that's so built up is all the water from that uh property coming towards the street and being collected there because that that's how it was explained to us
when they first applied you understand all that all those lines so this is the uh the approved plan your question Um the lot that you're referring to um is is obviously well outside the buffer zone. Uh that's that's the 100 foot
buffer zone and the lot that's in the back. Right. Yeah. It's an odd shape. All right. No, it does. It does. It doesn't have an order of conditions that we have implemented. It does not. No. But to answer your question, uh, in the existing conditions, so I didn't bring our watershed maps with us, but in the
existing conditions, some water, uh, flows in the direction, uh, in this direction, if you will. And so, we were able to balance that um, uh, with, um, the construction of some underground infiltration chambers uh, for the rooftop runoff. Okay. Um, we worked
closely with um with Stephen King during the storm water permit process. Each one of these lots required its own storm water permit. And um and I can tell you that they put us through the ringer. And when I say that um Stephen and um and the folks in the
engineering office require us to explain and compare specifically the amount of imperous surface that we showed on this plan as comp uh and compared to the proposed plot plan for the home. And if we had even, you know, a little bit more impervious surface, we needed to come up
with a way to to try to put that back into the ground uh through infiltration structures. So, I recall the first hearing for this, how many years ago, a lot of the neighbors were had a lot of concerns with the way water ran off the property. And when we went for the site
visit, the Williams Pro's representative said our new system will alleviate all that. So, I'm just asking if that is the case. Yep, that is the case. It um it it was like an it was an unusual situation where uh before we did anything on the
property, a lot of water uh because of the way North Street uh was sloped and the way the driveway uh for the existing um the old homestead had a driveway and a barn out front if you remember and a lot of water would come down and then
just turn and come right into the property and and it headed right down to these folks over here. um these are the folks that were most affected uh by the existing condition and they were the most afraid that we were going to make it worse. Of course, you're going to be cutting down all these trees, but because the road was uh constructed in
in such a way, we actually cut off a significant amount of water um that used to go in that direction uh because of the constru the way the road was constructed and it was directed uh to the storm water management area. So um they definitely have seen an improvement
in my opinion um pretty significant reduction in um in drainage area heading in that direction and the water flowing out is still manageable. Yes, absolutely. Through um through the the size of our storm water management area uh we we proved u you know through our
engineering calculations you know that we control peak runoff and and um and and volume as well. in the engineering people had no concerns, right? Uh okay. And there's so there's two lots that we still have to have certificates
compliance. Just just one, I believe. The one on North Street and the one up. It's not expired yet. What's that? It still has some time on it. It hasn't expired, but there are two lots that have order conditions open. I would think. No. Is is this is this a certificate of compliance for the whole
project or is it partial? This for the roadway. The roadway. just the roadway. That's right. Now, so do you know if there are those two lots that are still have order conditions? So, uh there is one lot that we mentioned on uh on North Street. It's
this guy right here. Right. Uh we have not been approached uh to uh submit a request for certificate of compliance on that one. Uh, and then the only other um lot that had uh How about the one on the the back end with the long driveway? Yep.
Let me go back. Let me go back to the uh Asville plan so that you can see how much of that is in the buffer zone. It's just the um the upper portion of the driveway. Uh that was in the buffer zone and um that that driveway is now
it's been paved. We've as built it uh and and really um I believe that all of the all of the uh improvements within the buffer zone now um are complete. At the time we filed for the roadway, that driveway hadn't been paved yet. Um but it it was
just paved a couple of weeks ago. Okay. All right. Um any other questions? No. No. Um Okay. I mean, I'm good to go with this. So, someone make a motion. Um, like to
make a motion to issue a certificate of compliance for 69. Louder. Oops. All right. I won't pick you up. A motion to issue a certificate of compliance for 69 North Street, Chattam Lane, DP number
14-1370, with condition in perpetuity as noted in the recorded order of conditions, which states within 30 days of completion of construction on any given portion of the project. All disturbed areas in the completed portion of the site shall be permanently
stabilized with rapidly growing vegetated cover using sufficient top soil to assure long-term stabilization of disturbed areas. Continued maintenance of this area in a manner which assures permanent stabilization and precludes any soil erosion shall be
the responsibility of the applicant. The condition will not expire with the issuance of a certificate of compliance. I second the motion. All in favor? I I Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Y good job over there.
Uh next up is 61 High Street for a notice of intent. The uh D file number is 14-1432. Uh and the applicant is Richard and Stacy Bautelli and they're represented by Bill Emanuel. Take care.
Good evening. Bill Emanuel from Wetlands and Land Management in Danver. Uh Jay Pelakawitz is from Hancock Associates is here as well tonight. And Rick Belli, he is the applicant, owner of the property and the applicant. Uh thank you all for coming out to the site visit a week ago.
I think it was very informative and productive. Uh, I think you all had a good feel for the the project and the property. Now, going back to the first meeting, you really didn't ask me for anything uh at the end of that meeting and and nothing
came out of the site visit. Uh, so uh I'll just leave it at that and ask if you have any additional questions. Hopefully, we'll walk out of here with an order of conditions tonight. Um, just one concern I had, Bill, and I'm not sure if it's all that big a
deal, but it it's a concern. Uh, the amount of snow that's uh stockpiled in the driveway, you know, being you're so close to the wetlands that I think we just need to have some sort of assurance that snow is is taken away from there instead of just uh left on the lawn to
run into the the wetlands. Is that a is that an insurmountable? I was concerned about the snow. How do we monitor that? How do we make sure that um sites in the past where we've had concerns about snow storage, we've had no snow, no snow storage signs have been
posted um which the commission has put in as a condition and then we'll monitor those sites and if there's snow, reach out to the homeowners or the property owners and then get that removed. Is that something you guys have some thoughts on? Yeah, you know, as we talked about at the sitewalk, the
smaller storms we were just going to push straight ahead and and that would be sufficient storage. The ground in the backyard there is is virtually dead flat. So, you know, we're not runoff is is more or snow melt is more likely to percolate in the ground as opposed to
running off. Yeah. What about a sign now beyond this point or something? Can we do that? The commission could do that if the applicant Yeah. I think at a reasonable distance beyond the edge of the the driveway. Uh and yeah, would that be all right? Sure. Yes. Just, you
know, something we we just want people being conscious of it. Yep. Absolutely. How do they know if we don't put This is This is not Is it commercial space? I mean, is it going to be loaded up with salt for, you know, um you know, with for foot traffic or is it just just the driveway for the
people living there? No, it's a commercial space, too. No, it's the the driveway is intended for the residents and the commercial parking is on the street. So, patrons of the businesses would access from the front
sidewalk and high street. Correct. So, this this semi-p permeable driveway is just for the use of the tenants. Yeah. Is that a fair statement? Mhm. Okay. I mean, that's my only real concern. I thought that, you know, overall it was a pretty good plan. Yeah,
it's a good set of plans. Hats off to Jay and Yep. Um I think they maximize the site, right? And I mean, they're within the the limit. So that's and it's just, you know, it's up to us if we want to uh
give them that, but I I can't see no reason why we we'd really object to a lot of it. So, but that's that's my opinion. And so the let me pass it along to other members of the board. So Mike, do you have any other questions? No, I was just concerned with how we would post the sign and where it would be
posted. They know storage of snow beyond this point. Um they know not to u well that sand issue they deal with, right? Yeah. Are you proposing at this? Well, I mean
the if the if if the permeables fill up with sand, they won't drain anymore, right? So, what? No, I'm saying they won't. So, uh is does that require a a maintenance? Uh how how per how often?
So, within our storm water report, we have an operation and maintenance plan. Uh the permeable pavers need to be cleaned. It's once a month. So, typically just with Yeah, it's like typically with a leaf blower uh to blow any sand or debris out of it. Um if you really see performance issues, then you
would vacuum it and then reload the aggregate in it, which is standard practice. It's outlined in the Massachusetts Stormwater Handbook. Yeah. All right. Anything else? No. Good. Any questions, Mary? No, I'm good.
Uh, I did see the engineering report said they it wasn't complete yet for whatever reason. Is that fair to say? So, I spoke with the engineering department earlier. Um, they just said they copied and pasted what they did initially. Um, but they said that it has
been closed out. Uh, and then we should be all right. So the only thing that we have open with the engineering department is the water and sewer permit which is something that we would file for right before construction. That's part of the whole building permit. It's part of the Yes. So the the
engineering department's okay with storm water and all that. Um okay. Um so we're all set questions. Is there any public comment or questions? Mr. Brad Street. Bill Brad Street, town meeting member of
precinct one. When this was discussed at another meeting, the conservation land in the back was supposed to be uh labeled either with uh signs or flags. And I'm old enough to think that when
snow is pushed whatever the lay of the land is, it will migrate. And with the conservation land behind this project, I would be I would be concerned. I don't live there,
but I would be concerned as an observer. uh the parking for the tenants. The to me permeable is something that allows the water to migrate through it. And like I said, it would uh tend to clog up
the migration route. So, as the man said, it would uh have to be cleaned periodically. There are some parking spots out front on the street across the firehouse, but uh the tenants, I believe, were going to be parking in the
back area. I I again I as I said before, I'd be concerned with the contamination from the snow. Uh especially where it's so close to the wetlands or conservation land in the back. Again, I don't live there, but
uh I would be concerned. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any other questions or comments, ma'am? Hi, Amy Butler, town meeting member, precinct 1. Um, at the previous meeting
it was mentioned that several trees were going to be removed. Um, I was had a question about those trees, but I was also wondering about the the hedge row trees that are kind of um by the driveway now. Are those going to be removed? And is the big tree in
the back going to be removed? And then my question about the four trees that they mentioned on the side that were going to be removed. Um, what time of year are they going to be removed? Are there any birds nests in those trees? And who has checked to see if there are
any nesting birds that um live in those trees? Bill, you want to take a shot at all those? Um so, uh yes, several of those trees along the edge along the Verizon building side, we
talked about that at the site visit. uh those are are going to be removed. The large tree in the backyard, it will be removed and uh four of those trees happen to occur in the buffer zone and we are replacing those four trees plus
an additional four as part of the landscaping plan. Uh I don't know when we're going to start so I can't tell you about nesting birds. Uh um have you run into that before, Bill? uh where there's nesting birds and then you uh don't take
the tree yet. Not generally. No. Never. No. I never heard that question before. Most of the aven species around here will actually have more than one brood in a a year. And if their nests get destroyed
by say a predator or uh anything else, you know, the predator might get in and eat the eggs. They'll just move on and and do another egg laying somewhere else. Never heard of regulations around that. So I'm not sure how to pursue that. Have
you, Emily? I have not. I've not heard regulations around that. But it sounds like you're you're ready to move fairly quickly on this, right? fall. Richard Bochelli, 61 High Street. The realistic timetable for
start of construction is likely spring of 2026 if we do fasttrack aspects of the project. There is a likely chance of fall 2025, but again, realistically,
spring of 2026. to answer the question about the arborite. Those will be removed. Which will be removed. She asked a question about the I believe she was asking about the row of arborite at the back of the driveway. Those will be removed. I do own another property in
Danvers that I am looking at taking a lot of what I have at 61 High Street and replanting at the other property. So would it be feasible to delay cutting these trees down till
after nesting season? So in other words, you'd be cutting them down in the summer of 2026. The trees would be the first thing to go. They have to go first. Correct. So for the
winter 2025, the trees will come down in the winter. That sounds like the best scenario. Yeah. Huh. And they won't be there in the fall anyway. By then they're migrating. Yeah. Right. Well, you know,
nesting time is right now. So, yeah. If uh if they're gone prior to now or, you know, say the 1st of March, it's probably not a big deal. Just Yeah. I' I've lived there since 2007 and I've never had a bird's nest in my yard ever. They're well hidden. Ne. No. Not on my
property. No tree has ever had a nest in them. I've had one on my roof. Okay. Um, doesn't mean it can't happen. Bill lady has some more information to offer. Sorry, my my daughter-in-law is a
conservation biologist and she does birding and um according to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, you can't trim trees that have active nests in them. So, you can't do it during nesting season. And um you should look and make
sure there are and certify that there are no nests in the trees before you remove them. There's a substantial number of trees that are going to be removed. Um it's it's not easy to see a bird's nest. Sometimes we might think, you know, we live here and we look for
the the bird's nest and we see it. It it's not that easy. Um, they can be very well hidden in in the trees and in the shelters. Would you agree in the winter there wouldn't be an issue? In the winter it wouldn't be an issue. It would be probably not in the fall either. Um,
during the migratory season it would be an issue when they're transferring, you know, moving from from north to south too. Could be an issue. They might come back to the nest on their way to where they're going, but there'd be no but
there'd be no chicks in it. So, no chicks. It would be Yeah. So, if you're talking about just having the the babies in there, it would be more in the spring. Yeah. Is there anything else?
No. Okay. Do we all have our minds made up and Okay. Because we have a bunch of motion, a bunch of votes we need to do. So, uh there's no more public comment. No questions. So, the first order of business is to close the public hearing. So, someone can make a motion to that
effect. I'll make a motion to close the public hearing for 61 High Street, DP number 14-1432. I second the motion. All in favor? I Okay. So, some of we just go right down the list. We have to vote on all these.
I can do the other one. Sure. Good. I make a motion to grant a waiver to allow work in the 35 ft no disturb zone for 61 High Street D number 14-1432 and the 50oot no build as well right
that's the next one next motion I make a motion to grant a waiver to allow work in the Oh no we have to vote on the further one at a time I'll second her motion all in favor I I All right. I make a motion to grant a waiver to allow
work in the 50oot no build zone for 61 High Street D number 14-1432. I'll second it. All in favor? I. I make a motion to issue an order of conditions for 61 High Street D number
14-1432 with additional conditions as discussed. I second that motion. Are there any conditions that we want to add in? Well, could we add in that the um the permeable uh pavers be inspected on a
monthly basis in accordance with their maintenance plan that was submitted? Sure. Yeah. Can we add in that that uh that that they post uh no snow beyond and what's the what's the
point? Um see if we were at the wetland we could measure back and say um so how far is the end of the p of the pavers from the border of the wetlands? We use some guidance here. Yeah.
sign 15 ft back off the end of the driveway. That's good. So, state that again. 15 ft back off the end of the driveway. No snow beyond 15. So, say that again. I'm not following it. 15 ft. There's the end of
the driveway. 15 ft back. So, that would be as far as you could go. That's where the sign would be posted. Yeah. Okay. All right. that a sign be posted uh 15 feet beyond the edge of the
pavers and it state uh no no snow uh storage storage beyond this point. All right, that's good. So add that to the to Mary's motion. Um so how would I add it? Well, well, we
just did just through discussion. It's added on. All right. Okay. So, I don't have to say it. Yeah. Yeah. You captured those, Emily? Yep. I have those. Yep. Oh, one other thing. Uh just as general, but before uh when we have conservation
area and residential there, do we post signs or how do um you if the commission would like to when the applicant is open to it, you could put um some of those conservation I think it says Stanford Conservation Commission along the back of the property like how far
I I think in the past they've been maybe 20 20 ft apart, 20 to 30 ft apart. Uh we want to add that in the posting the conservation signs uh and 20 foot intervals. Okay. [Music]
And do you want me to read the the motion again or No, just that's incorporated, right? Yeah. We just with those conditions and we recorded them. So now the motion's been made. Now we need a second. We'll second. All in favor? I I
uh good luck. And uh yeah, 3 years is the limit on these. So, we're hoping to see you back here well before then. And good luck. Well, it'll be a year before. And just the disturbances within the buffer zones, we're uh counting, you know, putting you in good faith to make
sure those disturbances are remedied. Know sometimes we ask for a bond with waiverss and we didn't this time. Uh so, okay. So, good luck. Good luck with your project. Thank you very much.
Uh, next up is a notice of intent for five Spring Street, D file number 14-1434. The applicant is Winterfred Ani. Did I pronounce that correctly? I think so.
Um, good evening. My name is Paul Fino. I'm with PGF and Associates for Highland in Wakefield. I'm here on behalf of Winfani who is the owner and the applicant of the property at five Spring Street. Um she is proposing to put an addition onto an existing house. Uh this
property is located within the 200 ft um repairarian of area of the um Beaverbrook and is also located within the 100 ft of uh the bordering vegetated wetlands. If I could go over to the
This is the existing conditions site. This is our existing house. There's a driveway servicing the one car garage. On this side is a gravel driveway. Over on here, these flags represent the top of an FA Brook. Level
line is flags A1 through A10. This is dash line here represents the edge of the grass lawn area. There's a drop off here around 4 feet with a stone repair wall that runs
[Music] high. We have the 30 foot and the 50 foot disturb zones. So existing house is outside of 30 and unfortunately it's within 50. What she's proposing to do is put in an
addition on left side of the house, remove a portion of the um addition that's in the rear, and put in a new addition along with a deck in this landing with a set of stairs leading into the backyard. A portion of this stairs and landing followed in the 50ft
uh do not build area about 60 square ft of stairs and landing. There will be a driveway put in to access a twocar garage. We will be putting in a trench drain from here. There'll be water that comes in here out to the back. And we do
have a um infiltration system which is using the um we start out here. Um infiltrators. Sorry. Oh, that's okay. Infiltrators over here and there are six
units being installed. that will handle up to a basically a two-year storm event. There's a high groundwater table here only uh for separation and soils are pretty tight for drainage. So, this is a two-year storm event. These plans
were just submitted in yet, revised plans just submitted in yesterday. So, we haven't heard back from the engineering department at all yet. So um and then prior to any work we should we will be installing havios around the area with along with the silt fence I
should say the silt sock and silt fence. Um I don't know where to begin but I think I'd I'd like to get out and see this property with with my sight visit good. Yeah. Uh just cuz it's so close to the stream, right? Isn't it? The stream
is right on the the edge of the property. Yes. And there was something about square footage. Yeah. What did the square footage with of the deck did that fall within our limits or Yeah. be the stand
and the landing right here fall within your 60 ft within your 50. Okay. And what is that just below that? What is all that hatched area? Is that just the lawn? I can zoom in. This is all lawn here. This dash line here represents the lawn basically all the way over. There's one
tree in the backyard here. There's several out back, but that's way beyond any of the work area. Okay. And the the um uh the retention area the where the water infiltrates infiltration area. Isn't that uphill from the house? It is
slightly, but we have we did the test pits out there and we can get the gravity to run the um pick up both the driveway and the house. It's a shallow system. What's that? It's a shallow system. We're only 1 ft below grade for top of the system and 2 ft
above groundwater. Okay. Is engineering that I hear has not made comments on this yet? They had a comment cuz they didn't see the storm water management. This was just submitted and revised sent in yesterday. So, we're waiting for more information then. I would. Yes. And I'm also I would
figure you'd want to do a site visit on this. So, I would figure this hearing be continued from this evening to the next meeting. So would have the time to see the site and they would have the time. I have a question. Will you go right ahead? The uh you said that you have a high water table there. Now the the
addition you're building, what's the size of that? Uh roughly this is I can't read the numbers. 16 roughly 18 ft by I would say probably about 30. Yeah.
So, and does water flow across the property? I mean, you you're not going to have a basement there? No. This is a This here is a go be a garage. This is a a split entry. So, this is going to be a garage and then the floor provides. All right. Thank
you. Uh Lorine, any questions? No. No, you're right. I'd like to see it. Mary uh No. I think a site visit would help. Okay. Is there any public questions or comments before we move to continue? Uh, okay. So, we're all pretty much in
consensus that uh we'd want to get out there and and see the site. So, if Emily and guys could uh they can set it up, get a date that works for everybody. That's fine. Anytime be fine with me. Okay. Well, you know, we that's usually
done by email. We don't need to decide right now. Yep. But I hopefully we get out there and and see it in engineering would have their input by our our next meeting. Of course. Absolutely. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you.
Are we making a motion to continue? We'll have to. Yes. Since you asked now, you can take. All right. I'll make a motion we continue u the u notice of intent uh for five spring street d file number
14-1434 applicant winterred angui to our next scheduled date which is May 8th May 8th I second the motion all in favor I okay hopefully we'll get all this squared away by then uh any old
or new business uh minutes from our April 10th meeting. Anyone had a chance to review those and if so to make a motion that we accept them? I make a motion to accept the minutes from April 10th, 2025 meeting. I second the motion.
All in favor? I I and along. Another question from Emily. Yes. Do we have any new members of the board? We don't. Um I did reach out to the assistant town manager today to see if she can put something. She controls the social media accounts to see if she can put something
out there as well as a news flash on the website that we're we're still looking for someone. It's I trying there's a lot of people running for office so if they want to volunteer some time in other areas. Yeah, it's a great idea. Absolutely. Yeah, we'd love to have um
Okay, motion to adjurnn. I make a motion to adjurnn. I second. All in favor? I I Okay, thank you all. Thank you everyone.