What was said

Conservation Commission, June 17, 2020

the recording · 4:14 long, about 30,663 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town has published neither minutes nor an agenda for this meeting. The recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 32:38The Conservation Commission approved single-family home applications at 63 and 57 Cross Road, plus 90 Hemlock Drive and a field change at 4 Sunset Lane.
  2. ▶ 1:52:21The commission continued the DPW culvert and fuel tank hearing, the Pleasant Street bridge hearing and the 155 Reservoir Road pool hearing to July 1.
  3. ▶ 2:43:35The 392 Sunset Lane dock hearing was continued pending depth data and a site visit.
  4. ▶ 3:28:39On enforcement, the commission set a filing deadline for the Lake Shirley stairs and dock, with fines possible if it is missed, and fined 1275 Mass Ave and required an RDA.
  5. ▶ 3:05:58A fine at 9 Valley Road was suspended so the agent could work with the homeowner.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Work near brooks, lakes and wetlands in town is reviewed here, so the continued culvert, fuel tank and bridge hearings show when those public works projects may move ahead and what review they face.
  • Enforcement votes show that unpermitted work near water can lead to fines and filing deadlines for the property owner.

Watch next

  • The July 1 meeting, when the DPW fuel tank and culvert, Pleasant Street bridge, 155 Reservoir Road pool and 932 Flat Hill Road hearings return.
  • The July 17 meeting, the date set for the 1275 Mass Ave RDA.

executive sessionlegalplanning and zoningpublic commentroads and dpwtown departments

Present: Bob peas (chair); Richard bur (member, remote); Todd dwire (member); Ken Jones (member); Carl luck (member); Jack Rabbit (member); Matthew marrow (conservation administrator). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 14:33Approve the field change at 4 Sunset Lane as shown on the new plan — moved by Ken Jones, as heardpassed
  2. ▶ 32:38Approve the 63 Cross Road application as presentedpassed
  3. ▶ 36:36Approve the 57 Cross Road plan as proposedpassed
  4. ▶ 43:42Approve the 90 Hemlock Drive application as presentedpassed
  5. ▶ 50:10Continue the 326 Townsend Harbor Road RDApassed 4-2
  6. ▶ 57:11Negative determination for 7 Willow Circle RDApassed
  7. ▶ 1:05:20Continue the 181 Reservoir Road hearing to the next meetingpassed
  8. ▶ 1:52:21Continue the DPW fuel tank and culvert hearing to July 1passed
  9. ▶ 2:18:01Continue the Pleasant Street bridge hearing to July 1passed
  10. ▶ 2:43:35Continue the 392 Sunset Lane dock hearing pending depth data and a site visitpassed
  11. ▶ 2:50:12Continue the 155 Reservoir Road pool hearing to July 1passed
  12. ▶ 2:56:51Continue the 932 Flat Hill Road hearing to July 1passed
  13. ▶ 3:05:58Suspend the fine at 9 Valley Road and have the agent work with the homeownerpassed
  14. ▶ 3:28:39Set filing deadline for the stairs and dock RDA, with fines to be considered if it is missedpassed
  15. ▶ 3:32:31Fine 1275 Mass Ave and require an RDA for the July 17 meetingpassed
  16. ▶ 3:48:09Issue a certificate of compliance for 25 May Streetpassed
  17. ▶ 4:06:29Approve the agent's determination for 68 Hemlock Drivepassed
  18. ▶ 4:06:49Accept the agent's determination for 67 Island Road with two replacement treespassed

And 3 procedural: approve the may 6 minutes (▶ 3:53:23); approve the may 20 minutes (▶ 3:53:45); adjourn (▶ 4:13:32).

The money

  1. ▶ 3:31:29Enforcement fine, 1275 Mass Ave

    The agent recommended issuing a fine with a demand for an RDA, sent as an actual ticket.

    as heard:$100

  2. ▶ 3:52:41Trails grant purchase orders

    Purchase orders were issued for trail work vendors, with gates and trail markers still to be ordered.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 8:11The applicant at 72 Hemlock will be asked to change the tree species, with hemlock or spruce suggested.
  • ▶ 2:57:56The owner at 932 Flat Hill Road may top-dress the lawn with loam while the hearing is continued.
  • ▶ 3:38:1025 May Street certificate to wait on a new notice of intent.
  • ▶ 3:37:50The 164 Page Street owner has until the next meeting to remove the structure.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 5:4072 Hemlock tree planting planplan or drawing, shown
  • ▶ 39:0890 Hemlock revisions narrativereport, shown
  • ▶ 1:08:40DPW stamped plansplan or drawing, shown
  • ▶ 3:53:23May 6 minutesprior minutes

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 30:40Abutter said a 4-foot culvert at a neighbouring driveway was required for the flood plain and accepted the commission's recommendation on 63 Cross Road. — Charles Kimble, as heard
  2. ▶ 1:05:44Applicant at 181 Reservoir Road objected that the plan request came months after the building department filing. — a speaker, applicant
  3. ▶ 2:05:52Pleasant Street resident asked whether pavement milling mulch near the brook is ground asphalt that could leach oil.
  4. ▶ 2:09:07Resident of Pleasant Street asked about pre-cast versus cast-in-place work, land takings and bank disturbance on the bridge project. — Andrea Adams, as heard
  5. ▶ 3:29:21Abutter on Lake Shirley said activity on the esker is growing around the unapproved dock and stairs.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 1:06Opening, roll call and announcementsinformational · 4:34 long
  2. ▶ 5:4072 Hemlock tree species and Sunset Lane field changevoted · 11:44 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 17:2463 and 57 Cross Road single family homesvoted · 20:19 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 37:4390 Hemlock Drive reconstructionvoted · 7:03 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 44:46326 Townsend Harbor Road sandcontinued · 6:30 long · planning and zoning
  6. ▶ 51:167 Willow Circle gradingvoted · 7:20 long · planning and zoning
  7. ▶ 58:36181 Reservoir Road garagecontinued · 8:15 long · planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 1:06:51DPW culvert and fuel tank replacementcontinued · 46:34 long · roads and dpw, facilities, capital
  9. ▶ 1:53:25Pleasant Street bridgecontinued · 25:18 long · roads and dpw, capital
  10. ▶ 2:18:43392 Sunset Lane dockcontinued · 26:57 long · planning and zoning
  11. ▶ 2:45:40155 Reservoir Road poolcontinued · 6:15 long · planning and zoning
  12. ▶ 2:51:55932 Flat Hill Road retaining wallcontinued · 7:27 long · planning and zoning
  13. ▶ 2:59:22Enforcement mattersvoted · 48:08 long · legal, planning and zoning
  14. ▶ 3:47:3025 May Street certificate, minutes and administrator reportsvoted · 7:02 long
  15. ▶ 3:54:32Administrator determinations and updatesvoted · 19:00 long · planning and zoning

What the captions could not carry

  • The count on the 326 Townsend Harbor Road continuance is inferred from the roll call as captioned.
  • Richard Burch's vote at 11180 and 14809 is unclear in the captions.

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