MEMBERS PRESENT: Rick Whaley, Chairman, Kevin Avery, Iora Alexander, Michael Greene and David Holscher (
ABSENT: Thomas Hughes
ALSO PRESENT: Conservation
Agent Michelle Rowden
Rick
Whaley opened the meeting at
A. MINUTES
Kevin
Avery moved to continue the review of the January 4, January 18, February 1,
and
B. BUILDING PERMITS
Tom
O’Hara 41 Old County Rd. requested a building permit. Rick Whaley stated that
the form was not completely filled out.
Kevin Avery motions to sign the Building Permit after the form is
completed. Iora Alexander seconds. The
motion passed unanimously.
C. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public
Hearings were opened at
1) Amended NOI: Kathy Orben,
12 Ferry
Jacob
Murray (JM) from Apple represented the applicant. This will be amended to reflect the address
as 10 Ferry Lots Lane. JM reviewed the
changes which include a revised driveway going from ten to sixteen feet wide,
and having the same erosion control line. KA asked if they excavated for
utilities. JM said yes. Rick Whaley (RW) asked if there was a detention basin.
JM said a water run off storage basin. RW asked the
depth. JM said to
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2) NOI: Robert Jacobs,
Kevin
Avery motioned to continue this to the
3) NOI:
Toler LLC,
Kevin
Avery motioned to continue this to the
4) NOI: Joan Stevens,
14A-C Friedenfels Rd. (Original
Kevin
Avery motioned to continue this to the
5) NOI: Ron Poulin,
Jacob
Murray (JM) from Apple represented the applicant. JM submitted a supplemental plan and provided
pictures for the Commission’s review. Rick
Whaley (RW) asked if Mary Rimmer went out to the site. JM said Mary Rimmer (MR) had last Wednesday. Michelle Rowden said MR’s visit was for the
soil and that MR asked for re-flagging. RW
asked about the Enforcement Order. JM said the fill will
be removed and that area will be loamed and seeded. Iora Alexander asked about the silt fence. JM showed where it would be on the plan. Kevin
Avery asked for
approval of the new wetland line. RW said that the Commission needs to have MR
agree on the changes. Michelle Rowden will ask MR if she will verify the flags.
Kevin Avery motions to send to MR to review the wetland line, if she will. RW seconds. In discussion, JM asked if MR visits and
there is a consensus can they remove the fill. RW agreed. Motion was unanimously approved.
6) NOI: Salvatore Ferrandi,
Jacob
Murray from Apple represents the applicant.
Michael Greene abstains from this project. This does not allow a quorum
to review this project. Kevin Avery
motioned to continue this to the
7) NOI: Jim Crooks,
Fred
Ford (FF) of Cammett Engineering represented the applicant. FF
submitted revised plans and a letter to the Commission. FF said he has
responded to the DEP concerns; the sewer line will be pressure tested; he has
test pit data, and he has relocated the replication area. FF said they would
bring the road in at the narrowest crossing. FF said he responded to the Commission storm
water issues and relocated the outlet swale away from abutters. Rick Whaley
stated concern of replication around trees and asked if the replication area
would be connected. FF said yes. In response to Iora Alexander’s concern about
porches and decks, FF said there will be building envelopes. FF stated that the Planning Board was
requiring a sidewalk and so they will be adding a catch basin. Iora Alexander
confirmed the two to one ratio. Iora
Alexander motioned to approve the
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8) NOI: Nelson
Northern,
Matthew
Steinel (MS) of Millennium represented the applicant. MS provided copies of the green cards to
Michelle Rowden. He reviewed the plans for this four bedroom house with an
attached garage. MS said he has approval from the Board of Health. MS said the
closest fill point will be thirty-eight feet from the wetlands. Iora Alexander confirmed that there was no
encroachment of building on the 40 foot no build or 25 foot regulations. Kevin Avery
asked if there was ledge in the septic system area, and what the system was. MS
said he has approval from the Board of Health and that this is a gravity
system. Kevin Avery motions to approve the plan as presented. Iora Alexander seconds. Motion was unanimously
approved.
9) NOI: Michael
Rubino,
Matthew
Steinel (MS) of Millennium represented the applicant. MS made a presentation
for this project. This is the second of a three lot sub division to be
developed. The plan is to construct a house, barn and pool. MS said there will be a steep driveway with a
high wall which will need a structural engineer. There will be a 1500 gallon
septic system. Michelle Rowden asked the
purpose of the barn. MS said tool storage. MS discussed the plans with the
Commission members. Three neighbors (Al
Johnson, D. Poulin, and Lynn Grenier) came forward to state their concern about
the grading; water run off ; the culvert, and the size of the pipe. The abutters would like to see at least a
twelve inch pipe. Rick Whaley asked MS
if they looked at a box culvert. Rick
Whaley asked Michelle Rowden to see what size pipe Mr. Levesque would
recommend. There are no DEP comments
available yet on this project. Kevin Avery motioned to continue this to the
10) NOI: Thomas Gagne,
Ron
Laffley (RL) of Fulcrum Architects represented the applicant. RL gave the green cards to Michelle Rowden.
RL presented an overview of the project. Currently there are two
houses. This project will take down the existing buildings as they do not meet
zoning requirements and have foundation issues. The new three story structures
will be on piles, have utility storage under the building, the first floor
elevation will be ten feet, the top floor will be a loft, and parking will be
in front of the house. The house will be
twenty feet in back of the property line. IA asked about the distance between the two
houses and was told fourteen feet. Michael Green asked if this would be condo.
Rick Whaley asked about the soil elevation. RL said it would be the same. Rick
Whaley asked about the piling plan. RL said there will be twenty-one piles. Michelle Rowden said we have not heard from
the DEP on this project. Kevin Avery
motioned to continue this to the
D. OLD BUSINESS
1) CoC bond, Lynn McGoff 13
CCC Rd.
Lynn
McGoff was present. Kevin Avery did a site review. The Commission reviewed the
plan and stake areas on the plan. Lynn
McGoff stated she is hoping to have a specific replication plan shortly and she
plans to start the replication in April.
The bonding may be forgone. Kevin
Avery motioned to continue this to the
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2) Request for CoC, Gorman
Realty
No
one present for this project. This is
continued.
3) Request for CoC, 133, 135 &
No
one present for this project. This is
continued.
4) Request for CoC, Marilyn
Doyle 244 N. End Blvd. (IA site visit)
Phil
Doyle (PD) was
present. There was discussion on the fence.
Rick Whaley asked about the 50% openings on the fence. PD read and presented a letter from
Architectural Fence Company stating the fence design provides fifty percent open space. Iora
Alexander confirmed that the slats were vertical. Rick Whaley asked if the gate
was solid and PD replied yes. RW said the gate is a problem. Kevin Avery said
we should ask CZM about the louvers.
Michelle Rowden said the sand has to be able to flow. Rick Whaley asked
Phil Doyle if he could go on the property and take pictures. PD said yes. The
Commission will take the pictures, continue the discussion on the fence, and get back the applicant.
E. NEW BUSINESS
1)
Frank Gorman,
2) Request for CoC,
Jacob
Murray from Apple represents the applicant and stated the work was
complete. Kevin Avery will do a site
visit and report back at the next meeting.
4) Plan amendment, Tom Saab 7 McCarthy Way
This
was taken out of Order. Ron Laffley (RL)
of Fulcrum Architects represented the applicant. RL said he has responded to
Joe Serwatka’s concerns and is proposing an elevation 7. RL said he has responded to the Planning
Board’s issues regarding the height of the building and blocking of neighbor’s
views. RL reviewed other changes. There will be parking under the garage and he
will be using gavel pave 2 grading plan.
RL said he wants to work out the issues with the Planning Board and Joe
Serwatka and come back for an amendment to the Order of Conditions rather than
a new NOI. Rick Whaley stated he would
need to send out notices and advertise. In discussion, no problem was stated with these
changes becoming an amendment to Order of Conditions.
5) Plan amendment, Tom O’Hara 41 Old County Rd.
This
was taken out of Order. Tom O’Hara was
present and explained the changes to his project. He will be using pavement in
place of gravel but he is not on the beach. Kevin Avery confirmed that the
house would be on the same location. After
discussion of the plan changes, Kevin Avery motion to approve the amendments as
insignificant. Iora Alexander seconds. Motion was unanimously approved.
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3) Wetland regulations regarding pavement at the beach
Rick
Whaley stated that this was not a Pubic Hearing, but only a discussion on the
proposed change to the Wetland regulation regarding new pavement on the beach,
Section 2.01 starting on Page 21. There
are no other proposed changes. Rick
Whaley (RW) explained
the citizen initiated By Law approved by Town Meeting deals with replacement of
paved surfaces and this regulation change is for new paved surfaces. The revised regulation will not allow any new
paved surfaces unless there is a 1 to 1.25 restoration elsewhere on the
F. ENFORCEMENT
ORDERS:
There
were none present to discuss the Enforcement orders.
.
G. SITE
INSPECTION REPORTS
There
were no site inspection reports.
H. EXECUTIVE
SESSION
Iora
Alexander moved to go to Executive Session. David Hughes seconds. Motion was
unanimously approved.
ADJOURNMENT
Rick
Whaley motions to adjourn. Michael
Greene seconds. Motion was unanimously
approved. The meeting adjourns at 10:41 p.m.
Approved: April 5, 2006