Right. Good evening. My name is Bob Connors at 6 PM and I'd like to call the July 1st meeting of the Newbury Conservation Commission to order. Mason, can you read the preamble to the remote meeting uh law and take a roll call of members
present? As a preliminary matter, this is Mason Barrett, conservation agent of the Newbury Conservation Commission, and I call the July 1st meeting to order and 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.
EJ Ki, yes. Nick Brown, yes. Harry Trout, yes. Woody Knight, yes. Frank Wetenamp, yes. Bob Connors, yes. Good evening everyone. This open meeting of the new 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 suspend public gatherings and as such the governor's order suspends the
requirement of the open meeting law to have all meetings in a publicly accessible physical location. Further, all members of public bodies are allowed and encouraged to to participate remotely. Ensuring public access does not ensure public participation unless such participation is required by law.
This meeting will feature public comment. For this meeting, the Newbury Conservation Commission is convening by Zoom conference as posted on the agenda of the Conservation Commission section of the town's website identifying how the public may join. Uh please be aware that other folks may
be able to see you and take care not to screen share your computer. Anything that you broadcast may be captured by the recording. Applicants or their representatives may be called upon to speak and or share information to the screen if able on the fly. We're now turning to the first item on the agenda, but before we do so, permit me to cover some ground rules for effective and
clear conduct. The chair will introduce each speaker on the agenda. After they conclude their remarks, the chair will go down the line of members, inviting each by name to provide any comments, questions, or motions. Please hold until your name is called. Further, please remember to mute your microphone. Please use earbuds. And please remember to
speak clearly and in a way that helps generate accurate minutes. For any response, please wait until the chair yields the floor to you and state your name before speaking. Board and committee members should be called upon in a firstname alphabetical order to ease the process. After board and committee members have spoken, the chair will afford public comment as follows.
The chair will first seek questions through the chat function. When participants are using this function, please list your name, address, and then your question. The chair will then seek questions from the public who wish to speak. They'll be asked to identify their names and addresses question and once the chair has a list of all public commentators, they will 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. Okay. Thank you, Mel. Uh board or board reorganization. But first, I want to take a moment to thank Diane O'Brien for her three years of dedicated service to the conservation commission in town of
Newbury. Her contributions and expertise have been greatly appreciated and we're grateful for the time and commitment she brought to the role. I would like to welcome Harry Trout as our newest member of the commission. We look forward to working with Harry and benefiting from
his perspective and vast knowledge of Plum Island. Okay. Uh so as I've said in previous years, I always think it's a a good idea to
rotate the chair and vice chair. And so uh there's no kings here in the Newbury Conservation Commission. And anyone that would like to step up just please raise your hand and I'll be the first to nominate you or second your nomination.
But so do we do we have a motion for chair and vice chair? Mickey, you're on you're on mute. I have a motion that we leave it the way it is with Bob Connors as chair and Mary Rimmer as vice chair if both are uh
agreeable. Second. Okay. Discussion. Mary, are you okay with that? It I'm ready to hand the torch over at any second. You know that. I'll be more than happy for you to handle that torch. Yes. Okay. Thank you, Bob.
All right. No, listen. It's I enjoy working with all of you. I will entertain a motion to approve the election of the chair and vice chair as mentioned. So moved. So, uh, yes. So, okay. Second. Second.
That Mick was that you? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Roll call. All in favor? Mary? Yes. TJ? I. Woody? Yes. Mick? I. Harry?
Yes. Frank? Yes. And Bob Connors votes? Yes. Okay. Upcoming meeting dates. Uh, we're only going to be meeting once in August. That will be August 5th. It will be meeting September 2nd, but we'll be rotating
back to two meetings per month. Uh minutes for review. Our I actually have uh for a June 17th meeting. Why don't we take a moment to review those? See if there's any comments,
concerns, or corrections. I had one minor comment uh Mason that on the 20 at 40th Street the last line I think we have form and from we just can delete
this the form. Okay. Okay. So just more of a uh housekeeping issue and yeah not yeah not a material change. Okay. All right. I will entertain a motion to approve the minutes for the July, excuse
me, the June 17th, 2025 meeting uh with that cler that one typo error being corrected. So move. Thank you, Woody. Thank you, Mary. Okay, roll call. All in favor? Mary?
Yes. TJ, I will abstain. I was not here. Okay. Woody, yes. Uh, Mick, uh, I was not present, so I'll abstain as well. Okay. Harry, you weren't a member yet,
so you can't vote on that. Uh, Frank, yes. And Bob Connor's votes. Yes. So, we had a quorum on that. All right. First order of business, uh, we have a RDA.
Uh, it's 2214th Street. The applicant is submitting an RDA for in kind replacement of masonary stairs on Plum Island. Mason, can you give us an overview on this one and where this stands? Yep. So, I talked to Ed today uh where we left at the last meeting as he was
going to talk to his stonemason um and potentially anyone else who was going to be doing some of the repair work. Um in those conversations he said that um you know some of the work needed to be done for the the replacement of the stairs um could potentially affect the structural
integrity of their um like seasonal porch that they have. Um so it sounds like they're going to be talking more about um you know the scope and the extent of what needs to be done um and then coming back to us after um with some updated plans and some more detail. Okay. Well, where this isn't a public
hearing, uh why don't we just put this on the agenda for our August 5th meeting date. Okay, moving on. Okay. Certificate of compliance D file number 0501337 71377.
Man, this been a long day already. at 240th Street. Applicant is requesting a full certificate of compliance for the project at uh 240th Street. The project was permitted for demolition of existing home on cinder blocks and rebuild of a
single family home on a pile foundation with associated site work. Mason, I I see Joe on the call. Mason, can you give us an update where we are on this one? Yep. So, uh we held our last meeting um for the requirement of an asbuilt plan.
Uh since then we had looked into the folder to see what we had. Um we have an asbuilt plan for the um the pilings that were put in place um but not for all of the post construction um you know details and things like that. Um I had
talked with Joe and Millennium today and it sounds like they're going to be working together to get that done. Um and hopefully they should have that ready to go for our next meeting. Okay. Joe, do you want to offer any comments in this? But it seems like this is going to get kicked to the August 5th meeting.
I first of all, I'd like to apologize to the board. Uh what I thought was so I didn't know I would have to do that again, Bob. And I apologize for wasting the time. And until um uh uh today, um I
hadn't had a chance to talk to TJ despite trying many many times. Uh so he has promised me that he would get on this right away and we would try to wrap this up uh by the next meeting and very thrilled that we were able to get some working with Mason to figure out what
the difference is between an asbuilt from the conservation committee to an asbuilt from the building permit and um in my occupancy permit. So uh so we will get that done. We were also very pleased that Mason showed you pictures of work that was at the house and we were able
to both track down uh the approvals of the conservation committee uh for those changes. So, um uh we seem to be in good shape. We'll try to get the certificate for you by August 5th. Okay. All right. Any comments? Anyone?
Mary, any comments? We just Mason, go ahead. Yeah, I I just wanted to add at at the original hearing I had uh made note of a change in the backyard with some stones that had been placed um after further review and some info that Joe had sent over um from something that
we didn't have in the file that was permitted through an RDA. Okay. So, as far that was the only note that I had for uh on-site changes. Um so, outside of that, once we get the ASB built, um I think we should be good to go. Okay. Does anyone have any comments or
questions? Mary, any any any comments? Okay. Anyone else have any comments or questions? Nope. Okay. So, Joe, we'll just put this on the uh August 5th. Continue to August 5th. Doesn't Again, it's not a public hearing, so we don't have to actually uh
vote to continue the public hearing. That will be August 6th. August 5th. Thank you, Joe. Have a great Fourth of July. Something tells me I'll probably see you around the neighborhood. You will. You will, Bob. And so happy 4th of July to you all. Thank you very much.
All right. Thank you. Okay. A certificate of compliance is the next order. D file number 0501337 84 Boston Road. Applicant is requesting a full certificate of compliance. A project that was permitted to construct
a proposed office garage contractor shed. Plan amendments were made during the project and and an asbuilt charing is provided highlighted with additional changes. Uh team at our last meeting there there was some discrepancies there
was some currents there were concerns on the asbuilt that some information uh was missing. Mason, can you give us an overview on this where we're at? Yeah. Uh so it sounds like TJ has some things to update on the asbuilt plan. Um, and I think he's going to be working
uh with the planning department as well as he submits um some updated storm water calculations to account for the um infield changes that had happened through the construction process. Um and then they will be uh coming back to present.
Okay, great. Okay, next matter. Continue public hearing D file number 0501447 to Plum Island Boulevard. Uh the applicant is submitting a notice of intent to demolish an existing structure on the property and construct
residential town houses within two pileup supported buildings. The project is located on a barrier beach within a 100 foot of the salt marsh buffer. Mason, can you give us an overview where this stands? Yep. Uh so the applicant had reached out
today um asking for a continuance because the project team is still working through additional revisions um to the project plans to submit an updated notice of intent um and then they will be bringing in the revised designs um to the conservation commission um on the 5th.
Okay. All right. I will entertain a motion to continue the public hearing at the applicant's request to our August 5th, 2025 meeting. So move second. Second. Okay. Was that you, TJ?
Yeah. Okay. Roll call. All in favor? Mary? Yes. TJ? I. Woody? Yes. Mick? Hi. Uh Harry, you weren't on I don't know. Can he vote on where he wasn't on the
commission when? Uh, no. Okay. I don't think so. Okay. Frank, yes. And Bob Connor is vote. Yes. Okay. Next order of business.
It's an amendment request. Uh, D file number 0501435, Sunset Club. applicant is submitting an amended amendment to the current order of conditions that includes the installation of a 40 by40 open pavilion structure. This submission addresses the
impacts of new resource areas and any change to storm water management. Mason, can you give us an overview of what's on what's going on with this one? Yep. Uh so this is another one we're waiting for updated storm water calculations um and approval by our
third party review Joe Surwaka. Um Steve Sawyer had reached out this afternoon and said that they are completing updated drainage calculations um from the comments that were made on June 22nd um and he will be updating and submitting the updated calculations uh
tomorrow, July 2nd. So hopefully we should have those uh reviewed by Joe um and ready for um any comments from the cons again on August 5th. Okay. Uh, I will entertain a motion to continue the public hearing on this
matter to our August 5th, 2025 uh, meeting at the applicant's request. Moved. Thank you, TJ. Woody. Okay. Roll call. All in favor? Mary? Yes. TJ,
yes. Woody, yes. Uh, Mick. Hi. Uh, Harry, yes. Frank, yes. And Bob Connor's votes. Yes. Okay. General discussion.
We're at 6:16. Couldn't beat Mary's record. I think Mary had a 12minute meeting. Tough tough act to follow, man. I tell you, it is. So on on general project discussions uh team we had the great
meadows license uh contract that we were reviewing. I apologize the final edition the the redline edition the redline changes were in the dropbox. Uh there was the final edition the the final the
final contract uh was put in the dropbox probably 10 minutes before the meeting. Uh, no material change, just no red lines on it. But so Mason, why don't you give us your overview on that? And do you have a recommendation? Yeah. Uh, so Tracy and I had gone
through um just removed any old language that, you know, doesn't apply anymore, updated dates and things like that. Um, I believe Lisa Colby is um the person who's going to be executing the license with us. Um, yeah. So everything's been
updated uh ready for the conservations approval. Um and then we'll be going to uh Lisa after that to have everything executed. Okay. And no change to the Ababa link uh time frame on no cut. Nope. So any any time restraints will
will remain how they were before? Okay. So no material change to the meat of the document. Just more updating the applicant and updating dates. I'm curious about the um requirement for grading of the parking
area and what that entails. I mean it's that's I think part of what we had a discussion about this I think in the last meeting that the parking lot needs some attention. Uh at least it did last time I was there. It could have been
changed since then but there were a lot of really deep holes in it. So maybe we can check up on that, Mason, and see if it still requires some grading. Mhm. Yeah, it's safe for passage. It's not a problem for farm equipment to get through, but Yep. Yeah, I I'll take a look at that to
see if that's going to be needed. Uh we did change the language to say that the owner shall grade the access road as necessary. Um so that'll be responsible. Municipality, the town would be responsible for the the grading, right?
in the future and file if it requires an RDA or an NOI, right? So, and yeah, I think that's kind of the plan. We'll I'll I'll take a look at that to see kind of the extent of it and what's going to be needed. Um, and then from there, we would, you know, probably
have them come in for an RDA and come in front of the board. Great. Okay. Uh, TJ, any questions on this matter? Nope. Okay, Woody, any questions? No, no questions.
Yeah, Frank, any questions? Frank, I think you're frozen. You're on mute. Yeah. No, I'm all good on that. Thank you. Okay. Uh Mick, any questions on this matter? No questions, Bob. Thank you. Okay. So, Harry, this is a an
agricultural license. It's property owned by the town and throughout the town there are many of these uh agricultural licenses or a property owner will hire a farmer to be able to hay maintain the fields. So this is
actually a contract between the town and a local farmer where they can go in and hay the hay the the the meadow uh a few times a year but subject to the restrictions of nesting birds during a period of time.
contract of low value 500 bucks. So, kind of summing up what it what it is. All right. I have no questions. Um I will entertain a motion uh to approve the Great Meadows license
as drawn and authorize the chair to sign the document on behalf of the commission. So moved. That's TJ. Second. Yep. Second. Second. Dick. Okay. Roll call. All in favor? Mary?
Yes. TJ? Yes. Woody? Yes. Frank? Yes. Mick? Hi. Harry? Yes. And Bob Connors. Okay, that is the end of all our official business. Mason, any
any other comments you want to now that I blown my only opportunity to come in close to Mary. It's the Russian. Now you want to go till 8:00. Yeah, now it could be. Yeah, you guys are so slow. You ruined my big chance. So,
uh I do not have anything. I have no updates right now. Were the uh plantings installed for at on Riverview? He I believe those are happening this week. Uh Russ had sent me over photos of flags that he had had installed which
was according to Mike's planting plan that he had submitted. Um so I think that they were just waiting on delivery. Um I can double check. I think he said he was going to text as soon as those Mason. We have Frank looking out his window. Frank, do you want to give us a report
an update on your neighborhood? So he said uh they should be delivered after the Fourth of July holiday. So, I can uh I can check in with him on Monday or so and uh should be in shortly after that. It's all looking good in the neighborhood. Bob, take care of the hood, Frank. Take care
of the hood. Okay. So, I have nothing. If no one else has any other comments or words of wisdom, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Okay. Roll call. All in favor? Mary, TJ,
Woody, Frank, Harry, anyone that says no, we're gonna put you on the put you on injured reserve. So, thank you everyone. Have a great Fourth of July and enjoy the the month of July. We'll see you in August. The U in August.