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MINUTES LEXINGTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION 8/8/00 PAGE 7 Ms. Baci asked if any of the wetlands had been identified on the adjacent Blueberry Lane lot near the subdivision entrance roadway Mr. Voss, the abutter, said he brought this up at a previous meeting and he would welcome a delineation of the wetland on his property Also at the last hearing,there was some question about how much wetland area was going to be altered. Abutter Patricia Miller from Winchester was concerned about the size of the homes and their creating flash flooding. She also thought there might be a pollution problem from asphalt roofs and chipping paint. Starla Colosimo, 24 Peachtree Road, said their property is at the other end of the stream. She has lived there for six years and has seen the stream running over five times. With the proposal, she understands there will be a runoff pipe leading directly onto their property and she is very concerned about protecting her property from runoff. Joe Colosimo said he has been keeping a diary with photos since June of'99 On Saturday, 8/5, on the east side of his property, he stepped in muck but didn't see water flowing. Twenty feet over to the west and at the end of his property(about 30 feet)there are pools and running water which is flowing quite nicely Even if there is no flow at the A-1 flag, 20-30 feet to the west there is flow Water on the Winning Farm property just before it crosses over to his property is in a very flat pool. When it gets to his property, it is channeled so that you quickly see a flow Mr. Colosimo asked if the Commission would like to go on his property, he would like to be notified. Katrin Winterer from Winchester has concerns about the determination of the stream. Mrs. Miller said it will be reviewed again. The upcoming site visit will be for Commissioners and consultants only Mrs. Miller asked if the applicant would be willing to continue the hearing. Eric Wodlinger, attorney representing the Winning Farm Trust, said they have obtained the document(which is in the Commission's file) from the BU School of Public Health regarding the property being used formerly for solid waste disposal in Woburn and Winchester. They have reviewed the report and have ascertained that the study was a student exercise and was not signed by the professor who led the course or a professional engineer. It is not competent evidence; it states that it is based on * aerial-supplied-b-y-M-r-.Newman-and-the-quality-of-thatmater-ial wasuncertain.It concerns-the Mass. Contingency Plan which is the state regulations under 21E, governing the disposal of oil and hazardous material. This is governed by DEP directly and there is no Town authority for this. He explained that report is incompetent and irrelevant and has nothing to do with the Wetlands Act. It concerns property in Woburn and Winchester and not property in Lexington. It is in the Commission's record. Mr. Newman responded and said that the professor did sign the copy and he feels it is a competent report, and the material he submitted to BU was data supplied by Vertex on behalf of the applicant. He believes the report BU suggests strongly that there is more solid waste than fill on the Lexington property NOPE will be meeting with DEP later in August to discuss that waste on the Lexington property It is not in the footprint of the disposal site at this time and the reason why he supplied the material is that he respects the Commission's wisdom. Someone in town has to know there is some liability on the town's part if residential lots are subdivided that have solid waste on it.