Conservation Commission Meeting
NOTICE OF MEETING
You are hereby notified that the Salem Conservation Commission will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 6:30 PM at the City Hall Annex, 1st floor public hearing room, 98 Washington Street, Salem, MA.
Gregory St. Louis, PE, Chair
This meeting is being scheduled as an in-person meeting as current COVID-19 protocols for remote meeting participation will end on June 15, 2021 unless extended by the Commonwealth. If such protocols are extended, this meeting may be changed to a combination in-person/remote or only remote meeting. Accordingly, you should check the City’s website and the Board/Committee’s page for any updated information on this meeting and how to access it, and if attendance protocols for it have changed to include or require remote participation.
For the continued protection of the public and City employees, masks are required to be worn over the mouth and nose when inside all Salem City buildings until further notice. This requirement applies to both the public and employees, as reflected in the City's "Safe Workplace and Reopening Policy 4" available at www.salem.com/covid.
Application materials can be accessed using the Salem Conservation Commission website at https://www.salem.com/conservation-commission.
MEETING AGENDA
I. ROLL CALL
II. REGULAR AGENDA
A. 35 Winter Island Road – Public Hearing – Request for Determination of Applicability – for Richard Pabich, 35 Winter Island Road. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the proposed removal of lawn and replacing with diverse native plantings, within an area subject to the Wetlands Protection Act MGL c131§40 and Salem’s Wetlands Protection & Conservation Ordinance.
B. 21 Hemenway Road – DEP #64-723 – Continuation of Public Hearing – Notice of Intent - for Scott Patrowicz, representing 21 Hemenway Road, Salem, MA. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the proposed repairs of existing seawalls, site work, and landscaping, within an area subject to the Wetlands Protection Act MGL c131§40 and Salem’s Wetlands Protection & Conservation Ordinance.
C. 9A Monroe Road (42.4974, -70.8945) – Public Hearing - Request for Determination of Applicability – for Linda Calnan, SiFi Networks representing Jacobs Engineering Group. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the installation of a fiber cabinet and two chambers (Cabinets 4, 18, 19), within areas subject to the Wetlands Protection Act MGL c131§40 and Salem’s Wetlands Protection & Conservation Ordinance.
D. Jefferson Ave & Jackson Street Intersection (42.5148, -70.8993) – Public Hearing - Request for Determination of Applicability – for Linda Calnan of SiFi Networks representing Jacobs Engineering Group. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss microtrenching and installation of handholes in public right-of-way, within an area subject to the Wetlands Protection Act MGL c131§40 and Salem’s Wetlands Protection & Conservation Ordinance.
E. Clark Ave & Woodlands Road Intersection (42.4924, -70.9307) – Public Hearing - Request for Determination of Applicability – for Linda Calnan of SiFi Networks representing Jacobs Engineering Group. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss – microtrenching and conduit installation in public right-of-way, within an area subject to the Wetlands Protection Act MGL c131§40 and Salem’s Wetlands Protection & Conservation Ordinance.
III. OLD/NEW BUSINESS
A. 132-144 Canal Street – DEP #64-644 – Request for Extension of Order of Conditions
B. Transmission Line Right-of-Way, Waite Street - DEP #64-701 - Request for Certificate of Compliance
C. Collins Cove Living Shoreline – DEP #64-651 - Project Update and Request for Minor Change for Post and Rope Fence
IV. APPROVAL of MINUTES
A. May, 2021 Minutes
V. ADJOURNMENT
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Know your rights under the Open Meeting Law M.G.L. c. 30A § 18-25 and City Ordinance § 2-2028 through § 2-2033.