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March 22, 2007 Minutes 2 Site engineer, George Dimakarakos, went over the plans for the property in detail including the landscape design. He stated they would be going before the Conservation Commission for approval for the storm water management. Joe Welch, Architect for the project, went over photographs and plans for the proposed building. His goal was to enhance the site to fit in with the neighborhood. He also went over the details for the signage. The Board questioned the noise levels and felt the noise levels should be addressed in the designs not monitored after they are in place. The petitioner said he is looking into new technology to make the machinery as quite as possible. The Board felt the plans need to be more precise for their approval; feels the application is incomplete without it. The Board also asked for clarification on how the two pieces of property were split and then recombined, how it was decided that six bays were needed, why not design the bays and the tunnel together in one building and the hours of operation. When asked about the groundwater recycled system the petitioner stated they were the first car wash in the state to use 0 -zone to kill contaminates. There were questions as to whether the car wash currently complies with the noise by law. Also discussed was by what standards the measurements are done. Also discussed was a DEP incident report from October 13, 2005 that is still open regarding contamination on the gas station lot. William Simmons, Mass Site Professional said when Ron Thompson bought the lot in April 2006 Ron Thompson assumed responsibility to clean up the property. The contamination is localized to the center of the site where the former underground storage take was. As soon as the building is down they are planning on taking care of the contaminated area. It was confirmed the reason for the front variance was because one of the vacuums will be towards the street and that they would be turned off when the car wash is not open. Questions from the audience: • Ellen Basch of 3 South Ridge Avenue asked to have the CS Zoning clarified. • Maureen Kaplan of 4 South Rindge Avenue asked about the number of bays and where would the wastewater go and what percent of water is recycled. • Ivan Basch of 3 South Rindge Avenue was concerned that all the attention for the measuring of the noise was from the front and that the noise is also a concern from the back of the car wash. Mr. Basch asked how many vacuums. (8 presently, 11 if approved)