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Select Board signs notice of intent to excavate for Tormeo site, orders follow‑up on alleged berm encroachment
Summary
The Select Board acknowledged and signed a state notice of intent to excavate for the Tormeo quarry site but directed code enforcement to investigate abutters’ claims that a berm at the quarry encroaches inside a 50‑foot buffer; the board scheduled follow‑up and asked staff to locate prior correspondence from 2020.
The Kingston Select Board on April 21 signed a Notice of Intent to Excavate from the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration for the Tormeo (Torromeo/Tormeo in transcript) property — a routine annual step the town uses for assessing excavation activity — while also addressing abutters’ concerns that quarry operations and a large berm are encroaching on residential buffers.
Town staff explained the object of the notice is to report proposed excavation for taxation purposes and that the building inspector had recommended approval of the notice because the proposed excavation areas are shown within the existing pit and do not appear to extend beyond the existing excavation lines. The Select Board moved to acknowledge receipt and sign the notice; the vote to sign the notice was unanimous.
At the same time, board members and neighbors described a site visit where the board used a laser distance device to measure the berm adjacent to residential property and found a measurement of roughly 34–35 feet to the measured point — inside the 50‑foot buffer the board said the berm is expected to respect. The board asked staff to pursue multiple follow‑up steps: locate a 2020 letter in town files that referenced required mitigation and tree replacement, provide the site file to the building/code enforcement officer, request any existing survey or boundary markers from the quarry owner, and have the building inspector/ code enforcement officer conduct an on‑site inspection and report back.
Abutters (Sarah and Matt Taglieri and others) attended the meeting and said they will provide the town with prior surveys and serve as points of contact. The board and staff agreed to return the matter to the board’s next meeting after code enforcement has had an opportunity to investigate.
