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Northampton Conservation Commission
Minutes of Meeting
December 28, 1998
The Northampton Conservation Commission held a meeting on Monday, December 28,1998 at 7:00
p.m. in Council Chambers, Wallace J. Puchalski Municipal Building, 212 Main Street, Northampton,
Massachusetts.
Present were Members: Chair Mason Maronn, Allan Doe, Michael Reed, William Rosen and Susan
Roy (7:48 p.m.).
Staff. Senior Planner John Bennett and Board Secretary Laura Krutzler.
t Brisson was present and sought informal direction from the Conservation Commissio as to
how t roceed to obtain permission for maintenance work in proximity to wetland s at the
Leeds drivi range. (Assessor's Map 11A, Parcel 58) Members advised Brisson to le a Notice
of Intent with t oal of setting up a regular maintenance plan for the property.
Chair Maronn opened t eeting at 7:27 p.m.
Minutes -
Krutzler made a minor correction to the minbUs of De ber 7,1998. Rosen moved to accept
the minutes as amended. Reed seconded. The n passed unanimously 4:0.
At 7:29 p.m., Maronn opened the Public Hearing on a Reque for Determination filed by
Christopher L. Frank for ongoing , ptar seasonal maintenance to serve approved drainage
patterns, including patching holes and $lifter areas with gravel and regrading ' hin the buffer zone
of a brook, at 50 Cooke Avenue, also known as Northampton Assessor's Ma 8C, Parcel 34.
Christopher Frank explained- -that the request was for routine maintenance he normally did e h year.
He confirmed that the property was the site of a previous filing for permission to construct a on
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allie said this seemed like a reasonable condi 'on and he thought it could b orked out
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Sue Roy arrived at m. K °"
Maronn suggested that the new o s call Bennett n they wanted to take down the silt fence,
so he could come out and take a look to if grass had been established.
Rosen moved to close the heari . aplan secon The motion passed unanimously 5:0.
Reed moved to issue egative Determination checking Box #3 ' the following conditions:
1) the disturb area must be reseeded to stabilize the soil, and 2) t 'It fence can not be
remove ti l the seed is sufficiently established. Rosen seconded. Th otion passed
u mously 5:0.
At 7:54 p.m., Maronn opened the Public Hearing on a Request for Determination filed by
Christopher J. Bella to see if the placement of fill will have an impact on any wetland resource area
on Coles Meadow Road, also known as Assessor's Map 8, Parcel 63.
The applicant was not present.
Maronn commented that, when they were talking about the placement of fill, usually the
Commission received a plan showing where the fill would be placed.
Bennett clarified that Mr. Bella had been trying to establish the buildable nature of the lot, but there
were a number of problems. The lot does not meet the minimum lot width requirement, and the back
of the lot is high, even ledgy, while the front of the lot is lower, and standing water and wetland
vegetation are present. Also, various things had been deposited there, including concrete in liquid
form, Bennett reported.
Maronn said he would say members needed to visit the site.
Bennett said it was not a tremendous wetland area, but it certainly seemed to be enough to qualify
as a wetland under the local wetland ordinance.
Maronn directed staff to either contact the applicant or send him a letter advising him that the
Commission needed a plan with the wetlands delineated and contours in order to make a responsible
determination.
Bennett noted that the applicant would need a Variance for the lot width requirement.
Roy moved to continue to January 11, 1999 at 8:40 p.m. Reed seconded. The motion passed
unanimously 5:0.
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Minutes of Meeting
January 11, 1999
The Northampton Conservation Commission held a meeting on Monday, January 11, 1999 at 7:00
p.m. in Council Chambers, Wallace J. Puchalski Municipal Building, 212 Main Street, Northampton,
MA.
Present were Members: Acting Chair Michael Reed, Allan Doe, Frank Fournier, III (7:21 p.m.), Jim
Kaplan and William Rosen.
Reed opened the meeting at 7:05 p.m.
Brook Nominee Trust.
George Koho d two other abutters of property at 80 Leonard Street (Dan Keith another man
who did not identifykimself for the record) were present to discuss issues relate the development
of property owned by t eaver Brook Nominee Trust. Specifically, Koh asked how the appeal
of the wetland delineation ted to the recently- submitted forestry c ing plan? Kohout said he
had spoken to Bennett regardin e cutting plan and was under t mpression that the cutting plan
could not proceed until the appeal w esolved. Kohout sai a had also spoken to a person from
the Department of Environmental Prote ' n (DEP) wh ould not give him a good answer as to
whether the cutting plan could proceed wit ho the solution of the appeal. Kohout said he was
hoping to find out the Commission's position a hether the logging could proceed.
Kohout added that he had talked to the P4artment of Envir ental Management (DEM) forester,
Jennifer McDonald, and she could t answer the question of ther cutting could proceed.
Reed said the Commissio ad only advisory input to the cutting plan, so lteqid not think they were
the right Board. Benn ,pKsaid that, from his conversations with DEP staff and wi the DEM forester,
the appeal of the dary delineation did not have any impact on the implementafigki of the forest
cutting plan. ennett pointed out that the proposal was to remove only twenty percent %) of the
trees in wetland, and he said it looked like they were at or below 20% from his loo the
pro y. He noted that they also did not propose using heavy machinery in the wetland.
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Kuzde responded to additional questions. Among bW6r things, she explained that the treat nt
would not ly prevent further corrosion in the pipes but would actually improve som of the
existing corro ' n by coating the pipes. She said there would only be six trucks there i e course
of a year to fill th anks.
Bennett asked about the p sibility of a truck unloading having its hose let go e asked if there was
some depth to the curb at th oint?
Fournier commented that it wouldn e any different from a truc acking up to a gasoline station.
Gas would be worse than this, he obse ed.
Kuzdeba said the Department of Public Work DP was in the process of sending final plans to
DEP for approval and hoped to have constructio ompleted by December of 1999.
She stressed that the area Zfacilitom and that the would not be a large amount of grading.
During construction, the the access poin off the roadway, she said. A barrier
of trees will help shield th roadway, she note Kuzdeba said workers wo what was shown on the p as the limit -of -work.
The Commission didnot yet have a DEP file number.
Reed asked�dthere were any public comments? There were none.
moved to continue the hearing to January 25,1999 at 8:05 p.m. Kaplan seconde'111The
i passed unanimously 5:0.
At 8:48 p.m., Reed opened the Continuation of a Public Hearing on a Request for Determination
filed by Christopher J. Bella to see if the placement of fill will have an impact on any wetland
resource area on Coles Meadow Road, also known as Assessor's Map 8, Parcel 63.
Reed read the legal notice.
Christopher Bella was present.
Reed confirmed that the Commission had not yet received a plan. He and Bennett explained that the
Commission needed information as to the topography of the land, the location of wetland
boundaries, and the location of proposed fill in order to make a determination.
Bella said he had received information from his broker that people had looked into this before, and
there were no wetlands there. He said he thought they might have talked to an environmental
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Rosen suggested that the applicant find out who they spoke with.
Bella expressed confusion about the process for obtaining a delineation, and Reed explained that an
engineer or a wetlands specialist should delineate the wetland boundary. He indicated that the City
did not generally perform delineations.
Bennett described the site as high and ledgy in the back and low in the front. He said it also looked
as if some material had been deposited there. Bennett advised the applicant of other constraints of
the site, namely, that the lot did not meet the minimum lot width requirement and that the only place
where a house could be located was right in the middle of the wetland.
Bella noted that there was a house on the adjacent lot which was located in basically the same place.
Rosen suggested that there might be a delineation on file from when that house was constructed
which might extend across the lot boundaries. Bennett said he would research the activity on the
adjacent lot and told the applicant to give him a call.
The applicant indicated that he would like to continue the hearing for a month.
Kaplan moved to continue the Public Hearing to February 8,1999 at 7:30 p.m. Doe seconded.
The motion passed unanimously 5:0.
At 8:58 p.m., Reed opened the Continuation of a Public Hearing on a Notice of Intent filed by
Matthew M. Pitoniak for the construction of a medical office building and associated parking
within the hundred -foot buffer zone of the Barrett Street marsh on property located at Lot 6, Carton
Drive, Northampton, also known as Assessor's Map 2413, Parcel 46.
Reed read the legal notice.
David Loring, P.E., of Almer Huntley, Jr. and Associates noted that the previous hearing had
been continued to await comments from DEP. He noted that DEP's comments had been faxed to him
today, and he had nine sets of revised plans which addressed those remarks.
In response to DEP's request to explain how storm water would be pretreated prior to infiltration,
Loring reiterated that drainaga from the front of the site would be picked up by a trench drain and
a deep -sump catch basin before flowing to the rear of the site into a water quality swale leading to
the infiltration pond. Any storm water entering the infiltration pond would have been treated long
enough so that suspended solids would have settled out, he commented.
In response to DEP's request to replace Ligustrum Vulgare with a non - invasive species, Loring said
the Ligustrum had been replaced with American Cranberry, an indigenous, non - invasive plant.
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Northampton Conservation Commission
Minutes of Meeting
February 8, 1999
The Northampton Conservation Commission held a meeting on Monday, February 8, 1999 at 7:00
p.m. in Council Chambers, Wallace J. Puchalski Municipal Building, 212 Main Street, Northampton,
Massachusetts.
Present were Members: Chair Mason Maronn, Jim Kaplan, Michael Reed, Susan Roy and Associate
Member James Raymond.
Maronn opened the meeting at 7:17 p.m.
hers decided to table the election of ChairNice Chair until more members were p ent.
Minutes.
Reed moved to accep he minutes of January 11, 1999 as a'med. Kaplan seconded. The
motion passed unanimo 4:0.
Maronn noted a minor correcti6n,,to the minutes of Ja ary 25,1999. Kaplan moved to accept
the minutes of January 25,1999 as a ended. Ro econded. The motion passed unanimously
4:0.
Members looked at the information mitted by Bell antic. Bennett noted that the applicant had
submitted compensatory stora alculations and revised p s showing details of the provisions for
the flow - through of water.
Maronn pointed o" at the compensatory storage was not provide "foot- for - foot" at the same
elevation at wh' it was removed.
Bennett ad from a section of the Wetlands Protection Act which indicated bw Conservation
Co fissions have discretion in certain situations as to whether to require compensatNzy storage to
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Freyman said they could provide a manifest showing the record of disposal. Kea
At 7:44 p.m., Maronn opened the Continuation of a Public Hearing on a Request for
Determination filed by Christopher I Bella to see if the placement of fill will have an impact on
any wetland resource area on Coles Meadow Road, also known as Assessor's Map 8, Parcel 63.
Krutzler reported that she had spoken to the applicant, and he had verbally informed her that he
wished to withdraw his application. Bella said he would forward a letter formally requesting
withdrawal, she said.
Roy moved to accept the verbal request for withdrawal pending a letter confirming his intent.
Kaplan seconded. The motion passed unanimously 4:0.
Acceptance of Bid for LaPalme Conservation Area.
Bennett advised members that there was a bid process for mowing the meadows and keeping the
trails open at the LaPalme Conservation Area, and there was one bidder, who bid $100 for the job.
(He would pay the Commission the money for the hay.)
Roy said that, until they were familiar with the guy, she would just as soon give him a three -year
contract, and then, if things worked out, they could give him a five -year contract.
Roy moved to accept the bid for three years. She said that if the arrangement worked out, the
Commission would give a fi- a -year contract next time. Kaplan seconded. The motion passed
unanimously 4:0.
Carlon Drive Subdivision Detention Pond Complaint.
Former City Councillor Michael Kirby was present to convey his concerns regarding the functioning
of the detention basin for the recently - constructed Carlon Drive subdivision. Particularly, Kirby
expressed concern about the level of the detention pond and the fact that, if there were another rain
storm, drainage would flow directly to the marsh. Kirby said his concern was that, in wintertime,
the pond was half - filled with ice, resulting in three feet of ice or water and only about a foot [of
remaining storage capacity] before the water spilled over into the marsh itself. He noted that this
prevented the benefit of water quality treatment of drainage before its discharge to the marsh.
Kirby stated that, with the present situation, the first flush was coming off the parking lot, and there
weren't any gas catchers in the manhole... Kirby also said the water wasn't moving at this point,
since he'd dropped a stick in and it did not move. He commented that the blockage was between
the outlet of the detention pond and the main body of the creek, which was about 100 yards away.
He observed that there was no real channel [in this location]; rather, it was like [the detention basin]
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The Northampton Conservation Commission will conduct a meeting on Monday, December 28,
1998 at 7:00 P.M. in Council Chambers, Wallace J. Puchalski Municipal Building, 212
Main Street, Northampton, at which time Public Hearings will be conducted on the following,
as required under M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, The Wetlands Protection Act and Chapter 24
of the City of Northampton's Ordinances, Wetlands Protection
7:15 P.M.. Public Hearing on a Request for Determination filed by Christopher L. Frank
for ongoing regular seasonal maintenance to preserve approved drainage patterns, including
patching holes and softer areas with gravel and regrading within the buffer zone of a brook, at
50 Cooke Avenue, also known as Northampton Assessor's Map 18C, Parcel 34.
7:30 P.M. Public Hearing on a Request for Determination filed by John Skibiski to upgrade
an existing septic system to meet Title 5 requirements within the buffer zone of a Bordering
Vegetated Wetland at 160 Cole Meadow Road, also known as Assessor's Map 8, Parcel 43.
7:45 P.M. - Public Hearing on a Request for Determination filed by Christopher J. Bella to
see if the placement of fill will have an impact on any wetland resource area on Coles Meadow
Road, also known as Assessor's Map 8, Parcel 63.
8:15 P.M. - Public Hearing on a Request for Determination filed by Timothy Ferry to
determine if there are wetlands at a property located on Dimock Street, Leeds, also known as
Assessor's Map 15B, Parcel 14.
8:30 P.M. - Public Hearing on a Notice of Intent filed by Matthew M. Pitoniak for the
construction of a medical office building and associated parking within the hundred -foot buffer
zone of the Barrett Street marsh on property located at Lot 6, Carlon Drive, Northampton, also
known as Assessor's Map 24B, Parcel 46.
8:45 P.M. - Public Hearing on a Notice of Intent filed by Marianne Dunn for the construction
of a commercial/retail building and associated parking within the hundred -foot buffer zone of
a Bordering Vegetated Wetland on property located at Lot 2, Carlon Drive, Northampton,
also known as Assessor's Map 24B, Parcel 48.
9:00 P.M. - Public Hearing on a Request for Determination filed by Andrew L. O'Brien for
the construction of a 14' 9" by 20' addition to an existing laundry room within the flood plain of
the Connecticut River at 1 Atwood Drive, also known as Assessor's Map 39, Parcel 41.
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