WEBVTT METADATA Video-Count: 1 Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=z1QAYBnhQqw NOTE MEETING SECTIONS: Part 1 (Video ID: z1QAYBnhQqw): - 00:00:00: Meeting Start, Pledge, and Septic System Discussion - 00:05:27: Dock Construction Postponed, Flood Zone and Wildlife Concerns - 00:08:06: Fixed Pier and Gangway Construction Approval - 00:11:54: Fixed Pier Installation Approved, Compliance Certificate Discussion - 00:16:14: Building Compliance Approved, Extension Request Discussion - 00:18:37: Compliance Certificate Approved, Payment and Minute Approvals Part: 1 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:17.800 All right, we have the May 12th meeting of the Conservation Commission. This meeting is being recorded for good old standard. Let's do the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, 2 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:37.360 indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We'll hand it out. All right, first hearing tonight is going to be septic for Charity Katherine Potiger at 752 Driftwood. How are you? 3 00:00:37.360 --> 00:01:10.000 Good, thanks. Good evening. Hi, good evening. [clears throat] I'm Matt Pike of Southcoast Engineering on behalf of Charity and Katie Potiger for their septic repair at 752 Drift Road. So, the the house is currently served by a cesspool and a separate old 4 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:26.120 three-bedroom system cesspool in this area. There's an old tank here from I think it's around the '70s and there's a there's a infiltration SAS system somewhere around this area. Um So, the house consists of the original 5 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:41.160 house that's being served by the cesspool and a subsequent This is a subsequent additions and that's where the where those two systems are. Um this plan here will incorporate the two systems essentially into one. Uh for the resource areas, there's a BVW 6 00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:56.560 uh what the black line on 101 to 119 on the west side here. It wraps around. And then 210 to 205 here. And the closest point uh to the BVW with 7 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:13.840 the proposed SAS is 56.4 ft. Closest point to DBW with the western tank. So, there's two tanks in the system. There's a western tank and an eastern tank here. And this is just needed just because of the way that the basement is a kid. It can't be plumbed into one tank 8 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:28.800 because of the original house and the subsequent um uh additions to the SAS of them. The closest point to DBW is the SAS 56.4, western tank 58.6, and the eastern 9 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:45.840 tank is out of the 100-ft buffer. Uh to protect the DBW from sedimentation, I'll propose a uh a silt sock line um that'll be staked and inspected by conservation agent prior to construction. And that's what I have for the overview. 10 00:02:45.840 --> 00:03:01.880 Jared, thank you for the two suggestions. All right, thank you. Okay, so we have uh Jared Pottinger, believes 752 Driftwood Road, DEA South Coast Engineering. Um 82 required to be contacted with Board of Health. Site visit date uh was 11 00:03:01.880 --> 00:03:17.480 5/4/26. Detailed description of work and orders filed to replace an existing cesspool with a Title 5 design. Wetlands line 101 through 119 and wetlands line 201 through 205 were reviewed and determined to be accurate. The old system was pumped will be pumped and removed per 12 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:34.440 Title 5 requirements. The new leaching area is proposed 77 ft from the edge of the wetland area. The tanks will be installed in front of the home along the gravel driveway. All of the work will be contained within erosion controls staked in place. Uh resource areas to be impacted is the buffer zone. 13 00:03:34.440 --> 00:03:51.120 And recommendation to Westport Conservation Commission should approve the uh sewage disposal system with a negative box three determination. Do you have any questions, Jared? No, I don't. Any questions from the board? Has it gone to Board of Health yet? I don't know. I'm I'm not sure. I'm going to ask him in a little bit. Bill? 14 00:03:51.120 --> 00:04:07.040 Um it it doesn't jump out to me, but I I was I was not present at the last meeting, so I don't know if that happened. [clears throat] All right. I'll make a motion to approve, pending what health approval. Yeah, it was already approved in the past. >> Yeah, I know. We have that. Second. All right, that was Jason and Bill. All in 15 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:23.919 favor? Aye. Opposed? All right, that's unanimous. Thank you. >> I'm always happy to always happy to see cesspools being upgraded. All right. Next is Jonathan Levy, North Street, 10 418 Grove Road. Wait, I have I have one one question. 16 00:04:23.919 --> 00:04:40.240 Are you going to just fill it in or remove the the the tank? No, I don't I'm only asking cuz you know, we had that crane truck down the Cape Right. >> drove in to do some tree work. >> sometimes they just fill them. I'm filling in for Mr. Nicholas. He requested his tank also was leaking. 17 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:55.640 Yeah. So, but um I'm seeing here that one cesspool is in the direct area of the tank, so that one's going to have to go. And then the other tank, those two are so close together, that tank's likely going to be either removed fully or crushed and punctured and then left in place. 18 00:04:55.640 --> 00:05:12.080 >> Yeah. Um, it's so the cesspool though, and then there's some type of leaching area here that if it's not disturbed, it'll Yeah. Just a lot of people just they fill them in. Yeah. But when that that tree company, the crane truck flipped over on the Cape, made me realize that maybe we 19 00:05:12.080 --> 00:05:27.800 shouldn't just be filling these things in. They should be actually like crushed and >> need to be bottom punctured and then filled with a clean coarse sand. Oh, yeah. Okay, so that's Yeah. So, so there won't be any Right. cavities Yeah. Yeah, cool. Thank you. 20 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:57.880 All right, thank you. Jonathan Levy, North Street, 10 418 Grove Road, construction of a dock and perform waterfront activities. >> Yeah, you want to get over the hearing tonight, but based on Chris's recommendation he's not here. He recommended the 21 00:05:57.880 --> 00:06:14.280 hearing be continued. I'm not sure if you saw his report or not. Did not see the report. All right. Would you like a copy? So, do you want me not to present? Just >> You're more than welcome to. We'll continue it after, but I mean, he I mean, I I can Basically, I'll I'll just give you the 22 00:06:14.280 --> 00:06:29.400 the short version. She requests the applicant continue the hearing for 2 weeks and revise the plan as follows. Show the correct correct flood zone AE elevation 12. Top of coastal bank to be shown per DP coastal bank policy 92-1. Retaining wall slid 23 00:06:29.400 --> 00:06:46.040 inland to be above wetland edge. Fencing elevated 6 in to allow wildlife passage. Small gazebo footprint is acceptable. Minimal clearing. Removal of underbrush will only be allowed outside the first 100-ft setback of the mean high water. That was his That was the straw. 24 00:06:46.040 --> 00:07:04.800 Is it possible for that to be emailed to my office? I'll give you this copy in in the mail. You can read it over. No, if you give me the Yeah, I'll give you the copy. Okay, that's fine. That's fine. Yeah. Uh Sorry. I mean, let me see if I I have another 25 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:20.160 one if you want a second copy to give to Mr. Levy. Do you want to A second copy? No. Okay. One copy is fine. So, you're just continuing for 2 weeks? 3 331, yeah. So, if you go by that, Chris will be back next week so you can if you 26 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:45.280 have any further questions, he'll be back on Monday. Right, Monday? Yeah. I think it's Tuesday. Tuesday, exactly. You all set, then? Okay. Look for a motion to continue this hearing to 331. I'll make a motion to continue to 3:31. 27 00:07:45.280 --> 00:08:05.560 Second. Second. Kevin, all in favor? All right. Oh, 5:26. I'm sorry. 5:26. John, I'm going to find I had the wrong thing. I was looking at an old sticky note. 5:26, which is 5:26. Still two weeks. Yeah. Okay. Sorry about that. 28 00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:24.560 Yeah. All right. Thank you. All right. Next we have uh let's see. John Foley, notice of intent 246 River Road, SE 82931. Construct new fixed pier and gangway and floating fixed access platform on West Branch of the Westport River. 29 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:47.760 Good evening, Mr. Lee. Good evening, Paul. One thing. All right. You have green cards, that's good. Move right along. You going to steal my magnet station? What? You stealing my magnets and trying to take them home with you? Yeah, I'm trying to. 30 00:08:47.760 --> 00:09:03.720 I guess I can donate something. Uh Uh Sean, you John Mary Ann Foley There were a couple of issues that Chris wanted us to address at the previous hearing. One is we've eliminated the platform that's listed in the 31 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:19.320 uh notice of intent. We wanted that eliminated. We also went out and chopped the elevation of the top line of the electric fence. So, we raised the dock to a point that's over the fence. So, where we were at 8.4, we're at 9.4. So, 32 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:34.760 we're going to go over the salt marsh at 9.4 in an area where there's no vegetation. Uh there's a couple of cedar trees that we're avoiding on purpose. There actually used to be this four cedar piles. Used to be some kind of platform there. Not sure what that was. So, we're coming out across the salt marsh at elevation 33 00:09:34.760 --> 00:09:49.600 9.4. So, we're 8 ft over the salt marsh. So, through flow decking isn't really necessary cuz we're so high up. And we're dropping down to one section at the end that will have through flow decking, which is also more than 6 ft above the salt marsh, which is a twin requirement of 34 00:09:49.600 --> 00:10:08.120 the dock policy and chapter 91 for access around or underneath the dock. And then we're just putting in an 8 by 20 float with a 16-ft gangway as we spoke before. You were the transitional at Chris Warner the tran- transitional area here that's 35 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:22.520 actually uh hydric soils and gets flooded occasionally. We want to be sure we did the soil borings to delineate that. We'll be crossing well over that for nice views of that. Okay. Thank you, Chuck. All right, uh John and 36 00:10:22.520 --> 00:10:39.000 Ellen Foley, 246 River Road, No. 10. SE82831 has to be contacted with the Mass. Division of Fisheries. Site visit was 4:15. Detailed description of work, the owner recently purchased the old penny property at 246 River Road. The site's located on the West Branch of the 37 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:53.720 West Brook River. Resource area to be impacted, land containing shellfish land under the river, flood zone, buffer zone, riverfront. The revised plans show all the resource areas in the dock proposed. The dock will be raised uh to extend over the shrub vegetation 38 00:10:53.720 --> 00:11:11.240 and no cutting of vegetation proposed. Okay. You're okay. Can you hear me? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. You can talk softly. Uh floor will be installed with flow stops set at 30 in above the river. There should also be through flow decking used at least one section, uh 39 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:27.520 which you you noted on the plan at the beginning portion of the pier. The height above the pier will step down to a lower level once out of the river. New uh New changes meet my prior concerns. Recommendation, the Westborough Conservation Commission should consider approving the dock with standing conditions with the use of through flow 40 00:11:27.520 --> 00:11:43.480 decking panel over the wetland salt marsh section. All right. Any questions, Chuck? No. Any questions from the table? No, looks straightforward to me. All right, then motion. 41 00:11:43.480 --> 00:12:01.800 Motion to approve. Motion from Kevin, do I have a second? I second it. Second from Brooke, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right, motion carried. Timothy Toomey. Thank you. All right. Timothy Toomey, Toomey. Toomey. 42 00:12:01.800 --> 00:12:18.200 Something like that. Okay. Notice of intent, 39 East American Legion Highway, Saugus, 01906, install fixed pier on Saugus River. This is all the magical rocks that moved back then. Is that the same property where the rocks magically moved back then? 43 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:34.640 Like glaciers. Glaciers moving. So, again, uh I'll leave it for Timothy Toomey, Brady. Uh 39 East American Legion Highway. This is a a dock that um we discussed before that crosses over, it starts on the 44 00:12:34.640 --> 00:12:50.520 yard, crosses over a small area of salt marsh, which we now have proof of that now requested by Chris. We raised it up a little bit over it. We've added a ladder at the end for access to and from the kayak at the end of the thing because the float, as we discussed 45 00:12:50.520 --> 00:13:07.160 before, all these boulders are moving. We just want to It's a fairly long dock, 78 ft. Uh it's more like uh 62 ft back from the edge of the marsh grass. But, it just gets out past the boulders so they have the ability to launch a kayak and be able to use the 46 00:13:07.160 --> 00:13:22.080 property basically on the property. So, we're just asking for approval on this particular dock. We also submitted geological pile details that Chris wanted to see, so we submitted those with the plan. All right, Sean, thank you. 47 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:38.800 Okay, Timothy Toomey. 39 East [snorts] American Legion Highway, notice of intent. 4 15 26 0 4 8 Saugus >> [snorts] >> Detailed description of work. The owner is proposing a fixed pier access in Saugus Pond, 30 Pond. The revised plans have been provided with the requested 48 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:55.080 changes from our first meeting. Helical piles will be utilized and installed with a handheld backpack unit. Trueflow decking panels to be placed in the dock section over the wetland portion only. Resource areas being impacted land under the pond and buffer zone. Recommendation: The Westport Conservation Commission should consider 49 00:13:55.080 --> 00:14:11.800 approving the proposed pier on Saugus Pond with conditions. Helical piles to be installed using backpack unit. No heavy equipment allowed in the pond. Trueflow panels to be placed over the wetland area. Any questions? Okay. Then any questions from the table? No questions. Motion? 50 00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:28.720 So, I'll move to approve the dock plan for 39 East American Legion Highway subject to the conditions set out in Chris's report. Second. Roll call. Jason? All in favor? Aye. All right. That's unanimous. 51 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:49.520 Thank you. Certificate of compliance. Jonathan Levy, SE82243, 480 G Drift Drift Drift Road. All right. Let's see what we got there. Uh Jonathan Levy, 480 G Drift Road, uh DP file number SE82243. 52 00:14:49.520 --> 00:15:05.000 Detailed work. The owner is proposing a certificate of compliance. Letter provided from the design engineer from Goddard Consulting. Single family house has been completed for a few years. The work associated required a mitigation planting adjacent to the wetland area on site. The design mitigation after a few additional plantings is established and 53 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:20.200 growing. The majority of the vegetation is cattail dominated wetland. All other areas are stable and maintained. Recommendation: The Westport Conservation Commission should grant the certificate of compliance to file SE82243 as all work has been completed according 54 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:35.280 to the plan of record. Any questions? Now the motion. Move to grant the the certificate of compliance for SE 80 2243. I second it. All right. That was uh 55 00:15:35.280 --> 00:15:55.960 Phil and Bert. All in favor? Aye. Okay, opposed? All right. You know I don't have anything on the signature page. Oh. So the signature page is Let me see. Do you have the last page there? Yeah. 56 00:15:55.960 --> 00:16:14.080 I see the whole certificate of compliance uh application, but I'm not seeing I'm not seeing the actual signature page. Oh. So the signature page is missing? Well, it's approvable. We can sign it at the end of the meeting. How's that? 57 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:30.440 We'll let We'll let the When Jason brings the rest of the stuff up and he grabs the signature page, he can grab the page and we can sign it. How's that? Yeah. All right. Next, uh Michael Brolanti, 983 State Road, SE 80 69639. 58 00:16:30.880 --> 00:16:46.960 Okay, [snorts] let's see. That has some strange That's an extension. What is this? What is this? That's the wrong That is It's a certificate of It's the request. >> The right The right Oh, right. There you go. All right. Michael Brolanti, let me find his app. 59 00:16:46.960 --> 00:17:04.079 Yeah. Certificate of compliance 983 State Road, SE 80 639. Uh this detailed description of work the applicant has submitted to request for certificate of compliance for an old order conditions file SE 80 639. Work has been completed many years ago 60 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:20.199 to build a storage building based on the site review. Work was completed according to the plan of record. Recommendations of Westport Conservation Commission grant full certificate of compliance for file SE 80 639 as all work was completed according to the plan of record. If there's no questions, we'll entertain 61 00:17:20.199 --> 00:17:36.560 a motion, please. Motion to issue the certificate of compliance. >> [clears throat] >> I have a second. Second. Jason and Kevin. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right. Let's see here. Next up is All right. 62 00:17:36.560 --> 00:18:00.840 Extensions. All right. Douglas Clark, SE 82-692-166 East Beach Road. And let's see what we have. Uh filing for an extension for 166 East Beach Road, SE 82-692. Uh detailed description of work. The owner has filed a request for a 3-year 63 00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:16.680 extension granted for file SE 82-692, which is for beach maintenance to the ocean side lot. Uh the Westborough Conservation Commission should grant a 3-year extension with same conditions, compatible materials only. Any questions? If not, a motion. Motion 64 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:37.720 to approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? >> [laughter] [clears throat] >> All right. We have a certificate of compliance for Ronald Oliveira. Uh 65 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:55.480 let's see here. Stacey Lane, SE 82-609. Description of work. The subdivision roadway and stormwater basins were completed 3 years ago. The basins were were constructed and seeded at the very beginning of the project. All areas are stabilized and work completed according to the plan of record. 66 00:18:55.480 --> 00:19:13.080 Recommendation. The Westborough Conservation Commission should grant a full release and issue a certificate of compliance to file number SE 82-609. Any questions? If not, a motion. Motion [clears throat] to issue the certificate of compliance. Thank you. 67 00:19:13.080 --> 00:19:30.520 Second. second for Jason. All in favor? All right, that was Phil and Jason. All right. So, that's it for this stuff. All we have left is bills, minutes, and correspondence. Then we'll have Jason come do his stuff. 68 00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:47.360 Maybe buy this while he's here. Okay, Conservation Commission, we have advertising $129 for uh East Bay advertising for the different hearings. Okay. Motion to pay. Do we have a second? Second. Kevin and Kevin and Jason. All 69 00:19:47.360 --> 00:20:05.720 in favor? Aye. All right. Opposed? Unanimous. We have mileage for Mr. Pollan. Uh let's see what the dates are. $566.95 from 70 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:27.760 March 10th >> [snorts] >> for the second half of May and the first half of June. And this goes back actually to January 2nd all the way to April 30th. And it's $566.95. 71 00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:47.960 Uh motion to pay. Motion and Jason. Do we have a second? Second. Second from Phil. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Aye. All right, that's unanimous. All right, we have minutes from 4 28 26. Present, myself, Jason, Phil, Jake, Burton, and I think 72 00:20:47.960 --> 00:21:03.400 we have four of us here. We can vote on this. Do you have any Anybody have any questions, changes? If not, I'll motion to approve. Motion to approve the minutes. Second. Second from Phil. That was Jason and Phil. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? 73 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:19.520 All right, that's unanimous. All right, so that's all we have tonight unless anybody anything they want up. Do we have anything to bring up before we wrap up? Yeah. Do we know where will it be, roughly? Um going going where the refrigerator is, 74 00:21:19.520 --> 00:21:35.000 there's a little container right there, and it has all the paperwork And is that um is the >> signature page. It's got to be a signature page like this, different Okay, it's nothing there's no like identifier on like a project number or anything. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right, so we'll put a motion to 75 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:45.440 adjourn. So moved. Do we have a second? Second. Second from Burrell. All in favor? Aye. All right. That's unanimous.