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Minutes of the Taunton Conservation Commission September 12, 2011
Present: Chair Brian Marques, Vice Chair Neil Kelly, Commissioners Marla Isaac, Debra Botellio, Ernest Enos, and Renwick Chapman.
Absent: Commissioner Steven Turner
Motion to approve the minutes of August 22, 2011, DB, second RC, so voted.
Certificate of Compliance
1. 87 McIntosh Drive, Patel, (COC), SE73-1109 Field report states that this project was for the construction of a single family home with associated utilities and grading. All work has been done in significant compliance to the Order of Conditions issued on 9-24-97 and amended on 1-26-99. This project received a partial COC on 5-18-99. MR recommends that the TCC issue a final COC for this project. Motion to approve COC, RC, second NK, so voted.
2. 250 John Hancock Road, Cardinal Capital Partners, (COC), SE73-1389 Field report states that this project was for the construction of a warehouse and shipping facility with parking and associated utilities and grading. All work has been done in significant compliance to the Order of Conditions issued on 12-21-99. The detention basin is functioning and catch basins are in good order. MR recommends that the TCC issue a final COC for this project. Motion to approve COC, DB, second RC, so voted.
Public Meetings
1. 4 Lori Lane, Sullivan, (RDA), DSE-1023 Field report states this project is for a septic system repair and associated grading. The system will be located in the front of the house and within the 100-foot buffer zone of a BVW located in the rear of the property. MR reviewed the wetland line flagged by Steve Gilbert on 8012011. MR is in general agreement with the delineation. MR would have included the two red maples within the delineation, bringing the line closer to the house by 10 feet between flags 4 and 5. This change would not make a significant difference to the project, so it is not necessary to change it. A siltation barrier is depicted on the plan along the west side of the house. The work as proposed should not negatively impact the wetland.
MR recommends that the TCC approve this project and issue a Negative Determination to include the attached Special Conditions. Representative Brad Fitzgerald was present representing the homeowner. Motion to close the hearing, issue a negative determination with special conditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 18, and 19, RC, second MI, so voted.
Violations
1. 26 Shores Drive. Homeowner Robert DeCosta was present. MR and BM went out to the site. They saw that Mr. DeCosta takes excellent care of his own land and is taking care of property that isn’t even his just to make it look nice. He doesn’t have to do this, he doesn’t own the land. The path there is no wider than a car. The culvert there is not the homeowner’s it was put in by the city. The homeowner states that no other neighbors even use the beach but if they wanted to, he is not blocking them from doing so. The reason they cannot get a vehicle down there is because of the swale and culvert. The homeowner stopped taking care of the area because there is a neighbor who continues to call on him, even though he is the only one
out there taking care of this easement. Abutter: David Carr was present at the hearing. He states that Mr. DeCosta is destroying the access to the beach. Mr. Carr came with pictures of the destruction done by Mr. DeCosta. BM told Mr. Carr he went out to the site and that nothing Mr. DeCosta has done is doing anything to prevent the neighbors from using the beach. Access is blocked due to the work done out there by a company hired by the city. The city had that trench put in. Mr. Carr disagrees and says Mr. DeCosta is stopping anyone from having access to the beach. Motion to have a letter sent to the DPW requesting a timeline/timeframe on getting the swale and culvert fixed, to please get back to the TCC in 1 month with an answer, MR please send a copy of this letter to both Mr. DeCosta and Mr. Carr, DB, second NK, so voted.
Motion to adjourn, DB, second RC, so voted. Meeting ended at 7:20 p.m.
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