The Fall River Conservation Commission convened on Monday, March 3rd, 2025, for a meeting where most agenda items were tabled due to a lack of new information or pending state approvals. Initial items, including updates on Bell Rock, adopting a fee structure, and outstanding enforcement orders, were all unanimously tabled. Similarly, several Notices of Intent for properties at 565 Detroit Street (Marco Fritz), 1 Middle Street (Omar Escar), 121 Whitfield Street (John Henry, Harkins and Whitfield LLC), 44 Captain Circle (Antonio Maders), New Street (Weer Cove Industrial Park LLC), and South Beacon Street (High D LLC) were also unanimously tabled, primarily because applicants had not submitted required documentation or file numbers were missing.
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welcome to uh for Conservation Commission meeting being held at the public uh hearing room uh one government center it's Monday March 3rd
0:225:30 uh to the open meeting laws any person make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any mediums attendees therefore advise that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present deemed acknowledged and pericial we'll start with roll call to my left Chris Bo here leis Ferrera John brand Jim cusk Tim McCoy and we also
0:49have Patty agar uh conservation uh Clerk and we have cigit from uh for TV uh first uh review and discussion and updates on Bell Rock uh we have no new updates can I have a motion to table motion to table second roll call I I I I I then on the uh review and discussion adopting fee structure still nothing finished with the state can I have a motion to table motion table second roll
1:23call I I I I I okay uh review and discussion of out standing enforcement orders um we don't have any updates yet so can I have a motion to table motion to table second m i i i i yes okay um next is a notice of tent se- 24843 owner applicants Marco Fritz 565 Detroit Street sess map is e- 27-42 filed by Farland Corp on behalf applicant the applicant proposing to install on inground pool and concrete
2:07pad P Pavo P patio with ass sorted grading um we're still waiting for them to complete their uh uh information get back to us so can I have a recommendation to table so second second call I I I I yes okay next is notice of in 10 se- 24-8 44 applicant owner is Omar esar project location one Middle Street assessor map is h-21 00001 um he didn't uh put in his new
2:47revised plans so they're asking to be tabled can have motion table so moved second roll call I I I I yes okay next is a notice of intent s C- 24- 847 applicant owner uh John Henry app John Henry owners Harkins and Whitfield LLC project location 121 Whitfield Street cessors map C-17 lot 0024 they're still working on the lot location flooding drainage uh so can I have a motion to uh table so moved
3:25second call I hi hi I yes next is a notice of intent s sc-24 d850 uh owner Antonio maders uh project location 44 Captain Circle assessor map is y-6 slot 0030 um they do not have a delineation documents provided yet uh approval from Board of Health uh can have a motion to table is there anyone from folks okay I didn't hear in she's for Innovation here for Innovation Way okay you one street
4:17okay um motion table okay second call I I I I yes okay then next is abbreviate a notice of resource area delineation andrad se- 24851 applicant owners one Char Street LLC project location one sha Street such as map h-20 d001 filed by Delvin how of bail is associate on behalf of the applicant the applicant is seeking to confirm boundaries of bordering vegetated Wetlands do you have your ad and
5:00I learned my lesson last time I made sure to get them I was getting nervous though our uh affidavit came in right it right as I was leaving the city perfect time but this isn't the we don't have a file number on this yet correct yes we do we do okay yeah that one we do yeah this is just the appid it's not proof that it was actually in
5:42the I can't prepare the bo just in
5:51case good evening chair and commission ke H from Fels Associates here representing the owner and applicant um one Shaw Street LLC um so what we've done we filed an anrad um with the commission to delineate um three natural resources on the site um there's land under the ocean um Coastal beaches as well as uh Coastal Banks so the property itself um is located at one Shaw Street a little bit
6:21difficult to see um just because it's a very long property um but it extends up to here kind of follows generally along the tree line um and up into this corner as well so it's it's a really a long parcel um but it's about 8.7 Acres um in total size um currently there are two um tenants on the property um there's a salt storage um and transportation company um that's
6:52on the property uh as well as um a tugboat company U mallister telling um that docks their boats generally in this corner um the property itself is on the Eastern side of uh Mount hul Bay um the Waterfront and Transit oriented uh development District it's about a mile south of uh I95 um and uh the Matthew J cost uh Middle School is right up here in this area so it's right north of it um then there's
7:30an old uh Mill building uh right there next to the property so as I had mentioned um the three natural resources um they're generally along the western side of the site or they are along the western side of the site um which is the Taunton river right here this is actually a title portion has a bunch of Fall Rivers this uh title um so uh starting with the land under ocean kind of working our way
7:57into the property um what we've done we just kind of oriented the view this way CU thought it was a little bit easier to see so the land under the ocean um is uh from the mean annual low water elevation um and seaward so that's about minus 2.29 um which is actually in this area it's actually outside the property line um we are just showing it for clarity purposes uh follows up
8:27here and then in this really starting in this corner and working our way this way there's uh man-made structures so a seaw wall um and some older stone walls as well um and then again picks up uh that uh seaw wall and stone wall kind of stop in this corner over here um so it just continues naturally going in that direction uh the next uh resource is the coastal B Bank um so Coastal Bank and
9:03the coastal Beach um in this area is coincidental with each other um so in this area it actually follows along um the top the bank um it's pretty well defined um if anyone's been in that area It is Well gated so it's difficult to get down there um but defined by the uh top of the bank um and you can just make out in kind of that uh the sand right there so once that sand really
9:32stops it's kind of a hard line of where that is uh we continue that delineation up to about right there um where there's uh you can see here there's some rock right there kind of defines that edge um again uh so in this area uh there's the seaw wall and the stone walls um so that that is a hard Edge where the coastal beach stops here but the Coastal Bank um continues that way
10:07so the Coastal Bank follows the edge of that seaw wall until it comes up again right here where that seaw wall stops the uh Coastal Beach picks up again once again is coincidental with the Coastal Bank until it continues off the court of the property continues on um there are um we had included it as part of our anrad plan um there are theme of flood planes um as You' expect on this property um chapter 91
10:42tidelands um and shell fish growing areas um but that's really just we include that as part of our INR not as really part of specific delineation um but is something to make the commission aware of okay uh with that turn back over answer any questions well I know speaking with Mr agar is not here tonight he uh thought we should seek a third party because of uh complexity of
11:06the work being done so we'd like to have a third party look in on it on our behal okay um so probably how we're going to go on that okay does the board have any questions no I was down at the site today and um so they are leasing that property to the it's a I don't know if they're a treatment company that store the salt and things like that and brine yep I've
11:38just had some concerns about how they're containing that salt pile as as it as in its position in proximity to um the um docking area for instance where they bring in Tugboat so it there's certainly structures in back and on each side but on the piure side if you will um there doesn't seem to be anything containing the salt and I know that's not a a mallister issue I've just
12:06noticing it being on site I did notice it down there and wondering if there just if that whoever is leasing that land is in compliance with how they storing their materials I I can certainly pass a message along yeah I mean I I they could very well be um in compliance with h storing the materials but I would just want to double check that in fact they are sure
12:32okay so any other questions can I have a motion to uh seek a third party uh consultant so moved second call i i i i i is there a specific um reviewer that typically does Fall River I'm not quite sure um probably the best thing would be to contact uh Mr agar tomorrow okay so we'll also need to T a matter as well and can have a motion to table so
13:02moved second W up hi hi hi hi hi I I can coordinate it with um Mr agar is the engineer I can coordinate with him but we'll just need to make sure that any access because it's a um it is a international Port that we need to make sure that they're um you know it's well coordinated before any they're very secure down there they are they are felt like Fort Knox the first time so they
13:29are um with that thank you very much all right thank you you next is no of intent se- 24-85 owner applicant weer Cove Industrial Park LLC project location New Street uh assessor map is t-2 lot 001 followed by Chris uh of gold are Consulting LLC on behalf of applicant the applicant is proposing after the fact restoration of an area cleared of vegetation um uh we don't we don't have a file
14:12number for this application so can we have a motion to table so moved second call I I I I I okay next is a notice of intent se- 24-85 uh applicant owners High de LLC project location L uh WS South Beacon Street cessor uh map is H6 L 0013 followed by Jeffrey tomman a Northeastern uh engineer and consultant um the app proposing construction of 21 unit townhouse consisting of seven buildings uh access parking area
14:53utilities um this we haven't got a file number on so uh can I have a motion to table so move second call I I next is uh request for certificate of compliance sc-24 d804 request for Amendment order of conditions owner applicant is uh vmd company LLC uh project location 11151 Innovation Way Lot 2 accessors map is W-9 uh- 0185 good evening good
15:41evening okay if I the sure you get the old copy this was I printed this one okay so there's nothing about there have no F okay just double check
16:10yep good evening for the record I'm Tracy Dart I'm the director of engineering of MBL Land Development we're here on behalf of bmd companies's LLC um it's a big plan set it's really more of a paperwork exercise we're going through um I don't know if Dan explained it to you but we' we've uh discussed the permanent course with him so this project was previously permitted all at once as four uh industrial
16:34buildings back in 2022 um went through site plan approval and um first an oad and then we got an order of conditions um since it was Pro approved lot two which is this one right here has been um sold uh the new engineer uh has designed the site and gone through site plan approval but Lot 2 itself doesn't have any watland or buffer zone on it so we're trying to um do a two-step process
17:04to remove lot two from the order of conditions so the first step is we're seeking a partial certificate of compliance for the original order of conditions which would remove lot two and then the next step is we're requesting an amended order of conditions um with the revised plan set that we've submitted and there's no design changes on the plan set we've simply removed a lot too from the plan set um
17:31I can go through the you know the plans but there are there is no design changes from what was previously approved okay any questions all right no questions so can I have a motion of U Grant uh parcel two uh order of conditions so moved we're relieving parcel two from the order of conditions yes seconded roll call I I I I I okay and what else did you and the
18:04next step would be to uh issue an amended order of conditions okay for 1 three and four Lots 134 is that accurate yes previously building lots to exclude lot two correct okay so we'll have to so we have a motion no you want to make a motion I make a motion to issue an amended notice of intent for Lots 1 three and four second second okay roll call excuse me order conditions order of
18:40conditions excuse me order of conditions for Lots 1 three and four y second all right roll call I I I I I all right thank you so much thank you can I have a motion for approval amendments from February 3rd so moved second call I hi I I I let's see uh no citizen input can I have a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn so moved uh second excuse me BR sorry John hi hi