Well, it being um after 6 o'clock, 6:03 p.m. um we can open this public meeting and it'll be a brief one since all of the hearings uh have requested all the applicants have requested continuences. So, we just have to we have to just go
through the the minutes and bounce through the continuences and you can all get on with your evening. So, I guess I'll just have um Mason start off with the intros. >> Yep. Uh as a preliminary matter, this is Mason Far, conservation agent of the New Conservation Commission. Please permit me to confirm that all members are
present and can hear me. Members, when I call your name, please respond in the affirmative. Mary Rimmer, >> yes. >> Dave Clifford, Mick Brown, >> here. >> Harry Trout, >> here. >> Woody Knight, >> yes. >> Bob Connors and Frank Watenamp,
>> yes. Good evening. This open meeting of the Newbury Conservation Commission is being conducted remotely consistent with Governor Baker's executive order of March 12th, 2020 due to the current state of emergency in the Commonwealth. In order to mitigate the transmission of the CO 19 virus, we have been advised and directed by the Commonwealth to
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please wait until the chair yields the floor to you and state your name before speaking. After board committee members have spoken, the chair will afford public comment as follows. The chair will first seek questions through the chat function. Chair will then seek questions from the public who wish to speak. They'll be asked to identify their names, addresses, and questions. Once the chair has a list of all public
commentators, they'll call on each by name and afford three minutes for any comments. Finally, each vote taken in this meeting will be conducted by roll call vote. >> Great. Thanks, Mason. Um, so upcoming meeting dates, April 7th and May 5th.
Um, we have minutes to review from February 3rd. Does anyone have any comments on the minutes from that date? >> No comments from me. >> No comments.
>> Um, I had only one comment. Oops, I just lost my screen. Hang on a second. Here we go. Um, the, uh, town green project, Mason, I think we talked about the applicant
providing the monitoring plan for us to look at. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yep. I had Yeah, I had that on the permit. It may have not just been included in the minutes, so I >> Yep. Um, so do I have a motion to accept the minutes February 3rd?
>> Second. Second. >> Great. Um, Frank, >> yes. >> Harry, >> yes. >> Mick, >> yes. >> Woody, >> yes. >> And I also vote yes. Um, and the first item on the agenda is
a request for determination of applicability for 41 Northern Boulevard. Mason, do you have any updates for us? >> Yeah, so they had come back last Thursday with some updated plans that included a 6ft deck extension. Um, at this point I had talked to them about
how their project is leaning more towards an NOI since we have new impacts. Um, since then we've talked again and I think they're going to be scaling it back. Um, just to be in enclosing that existing farmer's porch um and and they're going to try and stay within, you know, the the limitations of
an RDA. Um, so I'm meeting with them on Thursday to go over um what the board is going to look for and um what details we're going to be looking for in their updated plans. Um and then until then they're going to be requesting a continuence um till our next meeting.
>> Great. Okay. So since that's not a public hearing but a public discussion on the RDA, we don't need to take a vote on a continuence for that one. Um the next item is what do we have here? Um uh D file number 50-1459
Newbury Town Beach project. The town is submitting a notice of intent for the removal of debris and the reestablishment of beach accessways. Mason, any updates on that one? >> Yep. So, Evan had reached out uh asking for a continuence to the 47 meeting. Um
NHSP had come back with some comments. So, we had sent over the survey plans and some additional information for them to review. >> Okay, great. So, we do have a motion to continue this public hearing to April 6th. >> Move. Second. Second.
>> Um, all in favor? Frank? >> I. >> Harry? >> Yes. >> Mick? >> Yes. >> And Woody? >> Yes. >> Motion. And I also vote yes. >> Um,
I'm sorry, it was May. It should have been April 7th, right? >> April 7th, not April 6th. Okay. Uh the next item on the agenda is D file number 501455, Old Newbury Golf Club. The applicant is
submitting a notice of intent for golf course maintenance that includes T-box relocation and tree removal within the buffer zone areas. Mason. >> Yep. Uh so where this uh where we left off with this um they had done the delineation and flagging out in the
field. So, we're just waiting on some snow to melt so we can get out, get some eyes on the site, the work areas, um, and the wetland delineation. Um, so I think hopefully next week it's going to warm up a little bit. We'll get some snow melt and then we can try and, uh, schedule a on-site meeting um, before
our April meeting. >> Okay, great. So, you can keep us posted on that. >> Yep. >> All right. Do we have a motion for a continuence to our April 7th meeting? >> So moved. >> Second. Mick seconds. >> All in favor? Frank? >> Yes.
>> Harry? >> Yes. >> Mick? >> I >> And Woody, >> yes. >> Great. Um, next item is DP file number 50-14534 Central Street. The applicant is
submitting a notice of intent for the reconstruction of an MBTA residential housing development at 34 Central Street. >> Yep. So, they're also requesting a continuence tonight. Um, they're still working on updated plans um and reaching
out to the um abutters and whatnot for the new a butter notification that um Heidi and the board had requested after reviewing their last submission. Um so that >> look like they'll be ready for the next meeting. >> Uh I I think that's what they plan on. Um they I think they were going to try and get everything in for this meeting
and it it didn't work out. Um, so they I think they're planning on our our April 7th meeting or um potentially asking for a special meeting before then um if if they get everything together. >> Okay, great. So, um I'm looking for a um
motion to continue the public hearing to April 7th. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Second by Mick. >> All in favor? Frank? >> Yes. >> Harry? Yes. >> Mick. >> Hi. >> And Woody.
>> Yes. >> Okay. This is awesome meeting. >> The next is uh DP file number 50-146045 Boston Road. Applicant is submitting a notice of intent to expand existing boardwalk systems within or within
proximity to bordering vegetative wetlands. Mason. >> Uh yep. So they finally have administratively submitted a complete application. Um but they are awaiting um again some snow melt so that they can
get get out in the field um and get the flagging in um for um so that we can review Yeah. >> Yeah. schedule something out in the field um and just kind of have something on a map that'll show um you know where
their work is in in relation to the wetland areas. Do >> you guys know this trail? It goes from um Hay Street to Boston Road. >> I'm not familiar with this one. >> Connector Trail there. Yep. So, I have to abstain on this one because it's I'm on a direct butter.
>> Okay. >> So, um I'm going to just ask the motion to continue and abstain from the vote. So, >> yeah. >> Um can I get a motion to continue this? >> So, move >> April 7th >> and second.
>> All in favor? Frank? Yes. >> Harry. >> Yes. >> Mick. >> Hi. >> And Woody. >> Yes. >> And uh the chair abstains. >> Oh, I uh I actually see Ned is trying to join. I don't I don't think he has any
updates for us, but we can we can check in. >> I see six participants. >> Uh it says joining right now. I don't Oh, okay. Gotcha. It's >> like a connection thing. >> Hey, Ned. We had uh just approve the continuence request. Um, but I didn't
know if you had any other updates besides um getting out in the field um come time when the snow melts uh to get a delineation done for uh review and a sitewalk as well. Uh yeah. So we I I
talked to our um our coastal ecologist Jeff Donor and he's going to go out he and I are going to go out and uh do a delineation and we'll generate a map um based on that field day and then we'll send that information
um to the commission, but then we're also going to send it to Mass D. And then the circuit writer also requested that I basically put in writing that we're going to put down like a wetland seed mix um to do for like the restoration plan
>> for the plat for the layout of the project. The only the only the only additional thing is that I I think we might we they also uh brought up the point of in the in the actual NOI application I I mentioned like providing
extensions to the structures. Um I I don't know they're not really we're kind of vague about what the issue was there. It sounds like as long as we delineate the resource, um, that's the problem that they had was that there wasn't like
a proper deline. I mean, I know the whole thing's in a resource area because I I just know from personal experience going over there, but um, >> yeah. So, I that's basically where we're at right now is that I just Jeff and I have to go out when the vegetation
suitable for him to do the delineation. Okay, >> sounds good. >> We'll we'll hope for some an early spring here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate it. >> Yeah. Thanks, Ned. Doesn't look like spring out there tonight, Mary. >> Not at all.
>> Sorry. >> Okay. Thanks, Ned. Um and >> we have also on the agenda um Oh, actually, sorry. We need No, we voted on that already, right? Yes, we took a vote.
>> What was the motion and second on that one? Just for my notes. >> Motion is Harry and then Mick. >> Thank you. >> Harry and Mick. >> Um and the next item on the agenda is just an update and general discussion on a um fragmitees control project on C
view lane. Um do you want to give us an update on that? >> Yeah. Uh I'm not sure if I had brought this up to the board before. Um, but this is a group of residents that are coming together um, for an invasive removal project off of Seview Lane um, and Pine Island Road in that area. Um,
so I had some permanent questions that I had brought up to to Mary and Bob earlier in the week to get some feedback um, back to the applicants and and their representatives just to kind of get an idea for what the board typically looks for um, w with any kind of submission that we review. Um, so we're going over
that and well I'll have more updates for everyone um as they actually start to put their permit together and whatnot. Um, and then the only other update I had and it just came through before the meeting um was the confirmation of the
bond reduction from Berago Solar um after that was voted on at one of our previous meetings. Um so just some follow up on that and um believe that's all I had for um for general. >> So that's been done that bond reduction
has already taken place. >> Yes. Yep. And that the confirmation was just sent over before the meeting. That's what I Okay. had received. >> Great. Do any other members have any other any other updates or issues that they want
to discuss? The only thing I would say, Mary, you should be running these meetings from from here on in. Just I just get everybody to continue it and you know this is pretty easy. >> We're at 17 minutes. Mary, I'm I'm not sure what your last record was, but I think it was right around this.
>> Yeah, this one this one doesn't count. We should probably have canceled the meeting. >> But um yeah, good to see you all anyway. And I'm sure >> I had a quick question. I had a quick question for um for Mason. Mhm. >> I know you're pl you were planning on a
a planting project at the uh at the dam removal, right? >> Yep. Yeah. Was putting that on. That's going to be March 17th. >> You think you're going to be able >> hoping that everything is melted. >> Yeah. >> You're going to need ice axes and picks.
So, >> yeah. I was going to say I've never done a planting where I've had to shovel out snow. >> Yeah. Not not prime planting season. I don't know. >> Just getting the plants. Well, maybe they already have the plants. Maybe that they've been keeping them warm for a while, >> right? >> All right. >> I don't know. >> Um, but yeah, if there's any changes on
on the date of that or anything, I'll I'll >> Are you still look are you still looking for volunteers? >> Uh, I'm not sure. I haven't checked the sign up. I know that they have um kind of two different sessions. They're doing like a a morning planting session and an
afternoon. Um, I don't know. I can share. Let me I can send the flyer around. We have a couple actually. Yeah, I think it's on the website as well. Let me see where that is. Mary, what island is it you're going to?
>> St. Lucia. >> I was saying I um if you are in need of bodies, just let me know. I have a whole environmental division at our company and we have a bunch of interns as well. So if you uh
looking for people, you know, if you need bodies in the field, let me know. I can >> Yeah. So it's right on if you go on um the town of Newbury the homepage and you scroll down to news and events, there should be something that says uh Riverbank Revival at Larkin Dam site.
>> Okay. And then there's a a link for more information and then right on there there's a QR code that you can scan and if anyone's interested for the morning or afternoon session um to volunteer. I I can check now to see if there's still spots. Um but I'm sure that they're looking for as many hands as possible.
So >> yeah. No, I was just uh maybe I'll copy that flyer. I have a have a meeting with the environmental group tomorrow and I thought I might uh just throw it out there. >> Yeah. >> Anybody from our company would be interested. I can send it to you on email just so you have it be easier
access. >> Awesome. Well, thanks >> everyone. >> Keep everyone updated if there's any um >> glimpse of spring and we can get out to do some of these walks, but otherwise I'll update the folders and keep everyone in the loop.
>> Okay. >> Okay. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Yeah. Second. >> All right. All in favor? Hi. Hi. >> Thanks. >> Nice job, Mary. >> See you guys later. >> Crush it every time.
>> Thank you.