Natural Resources Commission

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

February 1, 2012, 7:00 PM

141 Keyes Road, 1st Floor Meeting Room

TO BE CONTINUED TO THE February 15, 2012 NRC MEETING:

Notice of Intent Application for Save Our Heritage, 448 and 449 Barretts Mill Road, DEP File #137-1109

Installing french drains and replacing a 6-inch crushed pipe at 448 Barretts Mill Road; replacing an existing 6-inch pipe with a 12-inch pipe under Barretts Mill Road; replacing an existing pipe; installing an 18-inch pipe within a proposed drain easement at 449 Barretts Mill Road; installing six drain manholes for maintenance purposes to a drainage system; reshaping drainage ditch side slopes; and associated work area in the 200-foot Riverfront Area of the Assabet River and the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands.

Notice of Intent Application for David Anderson of the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District, 500 Walden Street, DEP File #137-1144

The project consists of a sanitary sewer re-alignment at Concord-Carlisle High School; removing and realigning a portion of the sidewalk; and filling and regrading, portions of which work is in the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands.

CONTINUANCES (to be heard this evening):

Notice of Intent Application for Town of Concord, Water & Sewer Department, 363 ORNAC, DEP File #137-1154

The project consists of installing, developing, and testing a satellite production well at the Deaconess Well site and redeveloping the existing Deaconess Well; portions of which work is in Bordering Vegetated Wetlands, Bordering Land Subject to Flooding, the 200-foot Riverfront Area of Bank of Dugan Brook, and the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands.

Notice of Intent Application for Nile Ziemba of North River Builders, Inc., 1373-4, 1373-2, 139A and 1437-5 Monument Street, DEP File #137-1149

The project consists of installing four four-inch conduits in a new utility trench within an existing amended utility easement located in the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands.

NEW APPLICATIONS:

Request for Determination of Applicability for Todd Hixon, 73 Wayside Road, RDA #12-01

The project consists of constructing a second-story addition above an existing garage and installing a foundation to an existing connector between the condominium unit and garage to construct a back stairway and landing to provide access to the new addition from the first floor of the condominium unit within Vernal Pool Habitat and the 100 foot Buffer Zone to Bank.

Request for Determination of Applicability for Concord Country Club, 246 ORNAC, RDA #12-02

The project consists of tree removal along the driveway, portions of which work is within Vernal Pool Habitat associated with Ponds 4 and 5 and the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands around Ponds 4 and 5; and tree removal at the southern side of the 7th fairway within the 200-foot Riverfront Area of Jenny Dugan Brook and the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bank.

Notice of Intent Application for John Benoit, 95 Allen Farm Lane, DEP File #137-1155

The project consists of an  after-the-fact filing for the installation of two fieldstone walls along the banks of an existing drainage ditch, removing 10 trees, associated grading and installing a stone patio to the rear of the existing single-family dwelling; additional work to be included consists of landscaping and reseeding along the fieldstone walls; installing a 10-foot by 12-foot prefabricated wood shed on blocks or footings; installing a prefabricated wood bridge over the existing drainage ditch; installing a wooden prefabricated swingset and replacing an existing chain-link fence with a 6-foot high wooden cedar fence in the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands and Bank.

Notice of Intent Application for Richard Levinson, 124 Nashoba Road, DEP File #137-****

This project consists of an after-the-fact filing for excavating, cleaning, relining and refilling an ornamental pond together with associated raking, loaming and seeding in the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bank of an intermittent stream and the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands.

Notice of Intent Application for Marc and Rebecca Caruso, 76 Hawthorne Lane, DEP File #137-1156

This project consists of constructing an addition and deck on 12-inch piers and reconstructing an existing deck and stairs off the rear of an existing single-family dwelling; relocating an existing bulkhead; and invasives species removal in Bordering Vegetated Wetlands, 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands, Bordering Land Subject to Flooding and the 200-foot Riverfront Area of Mill Brook.

CLOSE / ISSUE PERMITS:

Hixon, 73 Wayside Road, RDA #12-01

Concord Country Club, 246 ORNAC, RDA #12-02

OTHER BUSINESS (cont’d):

Director’s Report

Minimum Plan & Submission Requirement Policy

Associate Commission Membership

Approve Meeting Minutes