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Minutes of July 1, 1999[Approved 7/15/99] Present: Bob Boisselle, Bill Dailey, Peter Mortimer, Nancy Naslas Bruce Rider, David Valade Minutes 1. Voted: To accept the minutes of 6/17/99.
76 Bay State Road/David Fimiani 2. Correspondence was read concerning David Fimiani. Construction is now going on at Bay State Road concerning the pipe that takes the water from the wetlands and sends it through the system. A call was made to the City Hall to ask when the pipe work was done to his neighborhood could the conservation land (vegetation and bushes) in that area be cut and cleaned by the city. Mr. Fimiani thinks it would make a nice park area and if the city is willing to do a one time cleaning, he and a neighbor are willing to maintain the area. The question was then referred to the DPW and the comment came back that "State and Federal law mandates conservation land cannot be cut". Books Donated to Melrose Public Library 3. Correspondence from the Melrose Public Library Director, Dennis Kelly, was read, acknowledging the conservation's gift of books titled "Wetlands: Guide to Science, Law and Technology", "Northern Forested Wetlands: Ecology and Management" and "Creating Freshwater Wetlands". A plate will be affixed to each book as a gift of Melrose Conservation Commission for Project: Wonders of Wetlands. Granite & Burnett Sts./Plan Change Request 4. Correspondence was read from DEP File #217-103 - Plan Change Request Response/ Granite & Burnett Sts. The DEP department acknowledged the request for plan change dated 3/29/99 and states that it involves revised grading for Lot B to accommodate a driveway and a sewer service off of Burnett Street. The water line will remain off to Granite Street and the modified plan provides required compensatory storage and replication of isolated vegetation. Upon review of the plan and documentation submitted with the request, it is the DEP's opinion for Special Condition 16 of the Superceding Order of Conditions (SOC), that the modifications constitute an insignificant change to the plan, do not require the filing of a new Notice of Intent (NOI), do not require the amendment to the superceding Order of Conditions and therefore are permitted under the SOC issued for this project by the Department on 9/10/97. The following plan reference shall be substituted for that contained in the SOC; Plan of Land, Granite & Burnett Sts. Melrose, MA, prepared for Leslie Nash by Otte & Dwyer, Inc. with engineering by McKenzie Engineering Group, Inc. Sheet 2, dated 6/3/96 and last revised 5/28/99 , signed and stamped by Bradley C. McKenzie, R.P.E. #36912. Please note the mention of this authorization for a plan change shall be included in any future request to the Department for Certificate of Compliance for the project. Bob suggested that the commission go by Burnett & Granite Sts. to observe the area. They have a building permit. The original request for permit was for floating foundation and that was not accepted by the Building Dept. The Building Dept. approved the slab on top of piles and they are presently in the process of putting the piles in. Bob said that if you go across Burnett Street where the driveway is, turn around 180 degrees and walk into the woods, there is a 5 x 5 area of hay bales, silt fence and a pile of rocks on conservation land. Perhaps it is some sort of filtering system to drain the area. It appears they are pumping it out of the site to across the street and this is not on their plans. Bob will be contacting DPW to inquire about what is going on. Budget 1999 5. Finalizing the Fiscal year 1999 budget, the conservation had about $17,000 remaining in the budget. After receiving the auditor's approval, we looked for new contractors due to the fact the present contractor was not performing. Monies have been put aside into the account for professional services - $2,000 for completing the biological survey of the Towners & Swains Pond area where we discussed putting markers into the ground for specific vegetation/biological items and that survey will probably be done by the end July or early August. Regarding the maintenance section, there is $1100 for the trail sign creation and installation which is still behind schedule. Aquatic control has just completed spraying Ell Pond and Towners Pond of the first applications of Herbicide. The Earth Moving Solutions Group is charging us approximately $2,240 for moving the dried dehydrated water lilies on the Towners Pond bank area. This is from last year's project as the contractor did not get around to it and now we have another contractor who has started it. Bartlett Consolidated has gone through the beginning of the first section of fencing along Swains Pond - we have $9,000 put away for that. We have $1100 for the Ell Pond Water Shed Drainage Study. Budget/2000 6. The adopted budget for the fiscal year 2000 is for $17,555. Last year we had a total budget of $26,775, but we had a carryover of $9,650. Ell Pond Festival 7. Bob reported that a video of the first Ell Pond Festival held on 6/19/99 from 5-9 p.m. will be shown this week on MMTV, along with the history of Ell Pond by Leonard Peterson. Ell Pond Restoration Citizens' Committee 8. Correspondence from the Ell Pond Restoration Citizens' Committee was read, informing the commission of the Lake & Pond Grant - Crystal Street Shoreline Improvement Plan. The goal is to remove and revegetate the degraded "5th" tennis court and the adjacent dirt parking lot, and place a 3' wide connecting footpath within the restored landscape. A "before" and "after" plan view of the Crystal St. green way area was passed around. Details will follow, including the Notice of Intent to the Conservation Commission. Invoices Paid 9. Voted to pay the following invoices: 1. Aquatic Control $1,987 for chemical treatment of nuisance aquatic vegetation which occurred on 6/28/99. 2. Secretary's billable hours for June 1999 - $155.00. 70 Bay State Road 10. We have a determination for applicability from 70 Bay State Road. They want to build a deck in their backyard, but one-half of the property is in the flood plain. Bob will ask Paul Locke to look at this and drop off the application. Coyotes/Middlesex Reservation 11. Correspondence from the Middlesex Reservation informed us that trappers have gone in and observed tracks of coyotes. Four years ago Melrose had a small population of coyotes and now they are discovering a large population. 3 Maple Terrace - Anthony Dantona 12. Peter Mortimer reported that on 6/29 he went to 3 Maple Terrace and spoke with Adelle Dantona, co-owner of the property, after which he had a telephone conversation with Anthony Dantona. He then walked the site of the wetland. It appears that it is within the 100 yd. of the buffer zone and will come under our jurisdiction. In Section B of WPA Form 1, the area depicted in the plans below is in the jurisdiction Wetland Protection Act. The boundaries of Section B in this plan were not delineated by Mr. Veneziano, but Mr. & Mrs. Dantona gave Peter an old plan that they had from when their house was built which does show the 100 yd. buffer zone. It has not changed. Peter visited the wetland. The pool is still going to be 100 ft.. When you look at the plans of the house before it was built and the plan for the proposed swimming pool and deck, you can see the pool and deck will be within the area of the wetland. In order to expedite matters, Peter suggested the commission give the RDA that is within the jurisdiction of the Wetland Protection Act (within the 100 yd. buffer zone), and accept the obligation to move on to the next step and accept the application for the Order of Conditions. The area described in the plans in reference above which includes all or part of the area as described in the request is within the area subject to the protection under the act, therefore any removing, filling, dredging or altering of that area requires a Notice of Intent. Voted: A positive recommendation in the determination of applicability for 3 Maple Terrace. Voted: to request a complete Notice of Intent. The applicant will submit a copy to DEP and also send us a copy. 20 Maple Terrace 13. Regarding Mr. Jeff Green's property at 20 Maple Terrace. He came before us on 6/3/99 regarding a Request for Determination of Applicability to pave his driveway and it was voted to grant a Negative Determination for the work. Nancy Naslas reported that the driveway is now in place and the site is clean. It is done as described at the meeting. Voted: To adjourn at 8:10 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Nancy Pritchard
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