2026-10-14 - Conservation Commission

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Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):

Topic Minutes Share
15 Hard Scrabble Road Gravel Wetland 19 23%
76 Church Street PFAS Treatment Facility 15 18%
Other business 13 16%
190 Washington Street Warehouse Development 11 13%
Auburn Pond Vegetation Management 8 10%
26 Riverside Drive tree removal 6 7%
14 Rotary Road garage 5 6%
South Street and Church Street Erosion Review 2 2%
50 Washington Street Erosion Enforcement 2 2%
  • Wednesday, October 14, 2026, hybrid meeting chaired by Michael Garland.
  • All six other members named at roll call were present.
  • Adjourned about 1:23:20 into the recording.
  • Every vote was unanimous as far as the captions show.

15 Hard Scrabble Road Gravel Wetland

1:59-14:22, 1:16:41-1:23:05

  • The address is rendered "15 Hearts / Hogs Gravel Road" in the captions; Hard Scrabble Road matches the Special Town Meeting article.
  • Hearing on a notice of intent to build a subsurface gravel wetland to treat storm water at an industrial recycling facility, to help meet its EPA multi-sector general permit limits (TSS, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, pH, chemical oxygen demand).
  • The applicant's consultant, "Mr. Walsh" (full name not caught), said the existing pond acts almost like a dry pond; claimed removal rates of about 96% for TSS and 60% or more for zinc; and estimated 4 to 6 months of construction, so work likely starts in spring.
  • Remaining approvals: a drainage easement across the road (Select Board / Town Meeting vote October 27, see Special Town Meeting - October 27, 2026); the planning board (with third-party review) and the state have signed off.
  • Hearing closed. Later, Ricky Aris served as temporary chair for this item only (reason not stated in the captions); the commission voted its standard conditions plus a list of special conditions (one amended to semiannual, or more often as needed, maintenance), then added special condition 7 (pipes crossing the road, riprap in the wetland) by a separate vote. Garland was then reinstated as chair.

14 Rotary Road garage

14:34-18:41, 1:15:49-1:16:11

  • Request for determination of applicability for a two-car attached garage on the street side of a house across from the reservoir (applicant name garbled; possibly "Pike").
  • Closest work about 80-85 ft from the water; the house itself acts as a barrier. Straw waddles planned; excavated material staged within about 5 ft of the hole and hauled off.
  • Later voted a negative determination with erosion and sedimentation controls.

190 Washington Street Warehouse Development

18:55-30:02

  • Notice of intent for six commercial warehouse buildings (just over 75,000 sq ft) with accessory offices; three buildings are in the 100-ft buffer zone, all within the previously approved pad-ready limits.
  • Presented by Jim Bernardino of Turning Point Engineering for the owner, an Eastland Partners affiliate. Replaces an earlier single 120,000 sq ft warehouse; impervious area drops by about half an acre and landscaping increases.
  • The state file number has not been issued yet.
  • Garland proposed a site visit for newer members; one member raised using less impervious paving (such as grass pavers) and Garland floated hiring a consultant.
  • Continued to October 28 at 7:00 p.m.

26 Riverside Drive tree removal

30:11-35:52, 1:16:15-1:16:41

  • Request for determination of applicability from Ted Olsen to remove a large double-trunk oak, about 125 ft tall and 20 ft from the house, citing wind danger; he plans to burn the wood and replant.
  • Later voted a negative determination.

Auburn Pond Vegetation Management

36:32-44:55

  • Stephen Coleman presented a town request for determination of applicability to cut vegetation around Auburn Pond to open views from Auburn Street and Goddard Park, possibly with a 2-3 ft riprap edge.
  • Commissioners liked the idea but asked what plants are there; one spotted invasive bittersweet. Garland said riprap could go beyond a negative determination and may need a notice of intent; a consultant could be hired.
  • Continued to October 28 at about 7:10 p.m.; commissioners will visit on their own. The motion names the address as "396 Southbridge Street" (as heard).

76 Church Street PFAS Treatment Facility

45:11-1:00:09

  • Notice of intent from the Auburn Water District, with engineers from Tata & Howard, for a roughly 3,950 sq ft treatment building with four carbon filters at the Church Street wells; PFAS is in the teens (parts per trillion) against a limit of 4.
  • Work lies in the 100-ft buffer and 200-ft riverfront area of Dark Brook. Storm water goes to a hydrodynamic separator and buried infiltration chambers sized for the 20-year storm, with a riprap overflow.
  • Commissioners asked about filter maintenance and whether a gravel wetland would work; the site is too small and the district wants it covered. Site walk to be arranged with the district because the site is fenced.
  • Continued to October 28 at 7:15 p.m.

50 Washington Street Erosion Enforcement

1:11:13-1:13:21

  • An abutter reported water sheeting under silt fence; the commission voted an enforcement order requiring erosion controls restored promptly with photos by October 28.

South Street and Church Street Erosion Review

1:09:38-1:11:13

  • The commission approved a proposal from an outside environmental consultant (conflict-free) to review erosion on South Street and Church Street after road work; the town manager will sign.

Other business

  • Staff reported that MassDEP received all requested information on October 9 for a project whose order of conditions was appealed; review is unfinished. Snow storage within 100 ft of wells is barred by the order. The commission also reviewed an erosion-control detail for water running down a raceway, to be sent by letter to the owner's representative (project not named clearly in the captions; a resident, "Tim Daily" as heard, asked what happens next).
  • Minutes of September 23, 2026 approved as amended (changed "bias" to "conflict of interest" for a consultant).
  • Hard Scrabble decision timing: members discussed the 21-day deadline for the order.

Issues discussed: 15 Hard Scrabble Road Gravel Wetland, 190 Washington Street Warehouse Development, Auburn Pond Vegetation Management, 76 Church Street PFAS Treatment Facility, 50 Washington Street Erosion Enforcement, South Street and Church Street Erosion Review

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00:00All

00:05>> [music]

00:05>> right. Good everyone. This is the

00:07October 14, 2026 open meeting of the

00:10urban conservation commission which is

00:11being operated as a hybrid format under

00:14chapter 22 of the act 2022. Uh the

00:18public can join the meeting the meeting

00:20remotely by

00:22the name

00:27James Bennett. No,

00:30shut him off.

00:33>> All right. As I was saying before, the

00:36public can join the meeting remotely by

00:38dialing 224-501-3412

00:43and then [clears throat] entering access

00:45code uh 645-782-357

00:49or you can join via computer at global I

00:52think this is wrong.

00:53global.going.com/join645782 go to

00:54meeting.com/join

00:56and I have 645782357.

01:00It's actually meet.go.com/arburn

01:05conference room

01:07one. So I apologize for that. Uh all

01:10supporting materials for tonight's

01:12meeting have been provided to the

01:13commissioners and they're available on

01:14the town's website. Public is encouraged

01:17to follow along using the agenda. My

01:19name is Michael Garland. I'm chairman of

01:21the commission. So before we begin, let

01:23me do a roll call of our members. Megan

01:25Langley

01:26>> here,

01:26>> Michelle Kas

01:27>> here,

01:28>> Mark Clammo

01:28>> here,

01:29>> Ricky Aris

01:30>> here,

01:30>> Mark Kish

01:31>> here,

01:31>> and uh Natalie Bickford

01:33>> here.

01:33>> All right. Um anyone that wants to speak

01:37tonight, there's a signup sheet um next

01:39to Matt Nat, and you need to sign in.

01:41Also, when if you do stand up and want

01:43to be heard, we need to know where

01:46you're living. Um please note the

01:49meeting is being recorded by our Table

01:50Television. So without further ado, the

01:53first matter on our agenda is a 7:00

01:56public hearing, 15 H Hearts Gravel Road.

01:59Is there a motion?

02:01>> So moved.

02:02>> Is there a second?

02:02>> Second.

02:03>> Okay. Any discussion? All those in favor

02:05say I.

02:06>> I.

02:07>> Post. It's a vote.

02:09>> Mr. Walsh. Good evening.

02:10>> Good evening.

02:12>> So, we had expected to see you here

02:14before now.

02:15>> I did too.

02:16>> I guess the planning board had other um

02:19ideas. Yeah, we had a few hurdles along

02:23the way, but they weren't significant

02:25but timely for sure.

02:27>> Good evening. Thank you. Good evening

02:29for

02:31>> being present and and listen to this. Uh

02:34I do have a small presentation if you

02:36want me to roll through it to refresh

02:37you. It's been quite some time,

02:39>> please.

02:45>> I thought that was background music for

02:47his presentation. Yeah, don't give me

02:49that.

02:51>> Sorry about that. Okay, whatever.

02:55>> Do you want to jump to a certain slide

02:57or not?

03:01>> Anyways, again, this is obviously hard

03:03gravel road. The intent is to install

03:05something similar to this, although it

03:07be a bit larger for sure, a gravel

03:09wetland for storm water treatment um at

03:12the facility.

03:13um they've been challenged on some of

03:16their um storm water discharge results

03:18at at times and this is really to

03:21satisfy their EPA general permit multis

03:24sector general permit

03:25>> okay

03:25>> uh for discharge and do the right thing

03:28so um some of the things historically

03:32that they've done on site I'll go this

03:34do this pretty quickly um many of which

03:36you have seen I suppose in the past um

03:39from routine sweeping of the yard and

03:42the active areas. Um maintenance of the

03:45storm drain system as you can expect. Uh

03:48best management practices include uh

03:50media filters, roof drainage. Um do you

03:53drain to media filters for zinc removal

03:55happens to be galvanized roofing and

03:57zinc is a uh is a parameter of concern.

04:01Proprietary um gravity separators and

04:04catch basin inlet uh [clears throat]

04:05filters are on site. uh an oil water a

04:0812,000galon oil water separator where

04:11all flow drains through it from either

04:13branch. There's two branches on site of

04:16uh storm drainage collection and it all

04:18goes through that in low flow conditions

04:20if it's a significant event at a certain

04:23point. Um it bypasses the old water

04:26separator but all initial flows go

04:29through it. Um anyways and addition uh

04:34covered bail storage which is uh just

04:36wrapping up in construction. Um that's

04:40really just to put their they

04:42essentially segregate recyclables

04:45obviously paper, cardboard, metals,

04:46metal cans, uh plastics and so forth. So

04:49bail them into 4x4 by 4 foot bales. And

04:53the idea was to keep that undercover. um

04:56especially in COVID and afterwards they

04:57had trouble scheduling enough trucks to

04:59ship out regularly and and rail too,

05:01maybe more severely and so it sits right

05:05here and it is literally just being

05:08completed. Um so that was to reduce the

05:11potential for exposure to wind rain so

05:13forth. So it's covered area.

05:16Um

05:17this is just some of the the uh routine

05:20uh maintenance that's done. Um obviously

05:23it's pretty significant at the site. um

05:25with all the pre-treatment that's within

05:27the system on either side of those two

05:29branches of drainage uh including oil

05:32water separator and the pond itself. So

05:34those are some of the things that are

05:36are cleaned on a regular basis

05:39and I don't see those things changing.

05:41You know the the gravel wetland um will

05:44be far more effective. I'm sure of that

05:47based on some of the others that we've

05:48constructed and their performance at

05:50similar sites. This just shows a little

05:52bit of a picture. This is the oil water

05:53separator 12,000galon underground

05:55structure. This is one of the media

05:57filters. So this is a distribution site.

05:59They sit below grade. Um so the roof

06:01drainage comes through there, spills out

06:04of the uh the perforated perforated

06:06openings and goes through several uh

06:09layers of media. They're fairly large uh

06:11filters. Um one on the north side and

06:14one on the south side to get both

06:15drainage areas. Um this is the existing

06:19uh pond here. The limitations there is

06:21there's no real restriction uh unlike a

06:24gravel wetland who it's it's constructed

06:27to be able to control flows through a

06:30series of uh we uh and orififices and so

06:32forth. So you uh you're able to uh

06:35retain flow and discharge at a slower

06:37rate over a period of time. And you can

06:39even stack water on it and still get

06:41treatment over time. That's one of the

06:44filters being constructed, media being

06:46placed in it. um bottom there. Um these

06:50are some of the expanded drainage areas.

06:52A pretty long trench drain we put in in

06:542020, I think it was. Um uh near the the

06:58exit of the facility. This is a

07:01pre-treatment system that's um it's an

07:04oil water separator as well, but it's

07:06pretty effective at dropping out

07:08sediment. So those are on we there's

07:10multiple on site. Um but they're pretty

07:13effective uh doing their job. And the

07:15benefit is if you did have a release of

07:17oil, which can happen with these trucks,

07:18especially with hydraulic oil, um we've

07:21got even more capacity than the 12,000

07:23gallons uh oil water separator catch it.

07:30Sorry about that.

07:33Uh they acquired a new sweeper last

07:35year. Um and I do see an improvement

07:38with it. It seems to uh have a positive

07:41effect on the results. And uh this is

07:43the bail storage area. Um this is just a

07:46picture from the other day. So they are

07:49um there's a there's a US associated

07:52with it to capture fire flows. But

07:54that's where the bail storage will be at

07:57least another area of bail storage. Um

08:00this shows a dry pond given the fact

08:03that it the existing pond pretty much

08:05acts as almost a dry pond because there

08:07not a lot of retention in it. Um we just

08:09looked at the two to show it show the

08:11difference and this is a subsurface

08:13gravel wetland um that we're

08:15constructing. So you can see these

08:16removal rates they get pretty high uh

08:20TSS total suspended solids um and it's a

08:23challenge on all these sites especially

08:24with as much traffic as they get uh and

08:27the materials they handle but 96% is is

08:29is pretty pretty high u in the realm of

08:33any type of type of treatment. But it's

08:35also very good at metals which is also a

08:38contaminant concern there. Uh zinc here

08:4160% but copper and uh and lead and

08:46aluminum and you got even higher when

08:48you look at the uh gravel wetland

08:51performance.

08:53Um this is just a cross-section simple

08:56cross-section. If you don't recall a for

08:58bay is where water comes in. Call it a

09:00for bay is a settling area to drop out

09:02initial sediment. It drives it down

09:05water [snorts] down through um the first

09:08cell. There's two there's always two

09:09cells in a gravel wetland. Um and

09:12they're basically identical, but it

09:13drives water down. And this is your

09:15treatment area. There's wetland soils,

09:17wetland plants, uh keystone layer, 24 in

09:20of gravel. Um it's anorobic and it's uh

09:25so so microbial environment develops

09:28pretty quickly and uh you get some

09:30filtration but you get really good

09:32treatment through here uh on those

09:34contaminants of concern. That plug flows

09:36through and it's all 3/4 in uh stone. So

09:40you have a tremendous amount of um area

09:42face area on this stone for microbes to

09:44to cling to and and thrive. And there's

09:47uptake in the plants too of certain

09:48pollutants. And so it does the same

09:50thing. And the nice thing too, it's

09:52pretty compact. Although this is a large

09:53one, it's still we're able to detain

09:55water [clears throat] above it and still

09:57filter it down through a portion of it

10:00um over time. So it's it's efficient in

10:02[clears throat] a lot of ways. And then

10:04out the outlet control structure which

10:06holds the elevation of the water at a

10:08constant uh level. So it supports the

10:10wetland soils and uh and plants. So

10:13you're able to maintain that uptake.

10:16Uh this is just yet another that was a

10:19UNH sketch. Sorry. That's right.

10:22Do it here. Skip that. Uh this just

10:27talks about compliance with state and

10:29local regulations. Uh

10:32uh wetland NOI obviously minor site plan

10:34is what we uh uh went through.

10:38Those are just some of the uh criteria

10:41that we met and uh

10:44compliance with federal regulations.

10:46These are currently the the parameters

10:49that they're subject to in the multis

10:51sector general permit. That's based on

10:53your industrial sector um their sector.

10:56These are are are the items uh chemical

10:59action demand TSS, aluminum, copper,

11:02lead, zinc and pH. Um, so those are the

11:06limits. Um, and so we expect them to

11:10have a uh a much easier time meeting

11:14those limits based on on this system on

11:16top of everything that's been installed

11:17in front of it.

11:20We've we've installed them in two very

11:23similar facilities, one in New

11:25Hampshire, one in Massachusetts, and

11:27both will perform very well. expect the

11:29same.

11:31Uh permit status, not just how this is

11:34up to date, but um obviously um

11:37conservation commission approval is

11:38pending. Um DPW um that took a fair

11:42amount of time back and forth mainly

11:44because of the easement and the easement

11:46was needed to cross the road.

11:48[clears throat]

11:48>> Um so that is pending. Um it is on the

11:52warrant. I'll skip over probably

11:53[laughter] how how to uh really see what

11:56is here. It has to be approved by the um

11:57by town meeting.

11:58>> Yeah. Select board vote, I guess. Uh

12:02October 27th. So that hopefully is the

12:05end of the road for permitting on this

12:07project.

12:08>> Okay.

12:08>> Um state permit and we obtained uh

12:11approval from uh D on the NI. So

12:14>> okay. Anyways, that that's the general u

12:19overview. This is the easement itself.

12:21Nothing flashy in it, but um this shows

12:24it kind of the outline of it in relation

12:27to the road and the uh gravel wetland.

12:30How long would it take to construct?

12:34>> It it's it's not a large footprint of a

12:37project, but it's it's challenging. It's

12:40a small footprint.

12:41>> Mhm.

12:41>> And [clears throat] uh I'd say

12:45four to six months.

12:46>> Really? Not long.

12:48>> Part of it depends on weather, right?

12:50>> Sure. You know, I think I think that's

12:53probably a safe bet. I think it can be

12:55done quicker,

12:56>> but I'd hate to sit here and say two or

12:58three months.

12:59>> So, you think that maybe uh construction

13:01won't start until the spring?

13:02>> I think it's likely.

13:03>> Okay.

13:04>> Yeah.

13:06>> Okay.

13:07And um aside from I mean, I remember

13:10your presentation uh in August and um

13:15it's fair to say that whatever you

13:17submitted to us has not changed. It's

13:18just that you had to go through the

13:20other boards to get your approvals. Is

13:22that fair?

13:22>> Yeah. So, we had third party review for

13:24planning board

13:26>> uh with Graves Engineering. Um that was

13:28that was a good process. I thought they

13:30added value to it, had good comments. Um

13:34yeah, that um DPW went back and forth a

13:36little bit, but most of it was about the

13:38easement and just timeline thing. Uh D

13:42wasn't much of an issue. Um but yeah,

13:46we'll I think if we're in a position if

13:48we're able to get approval tonight that

13:49we'll be set up for uh the the vote for

13:53the u for October 27th.

13:55>> Yeah. Okay. Very good. Uh I don't have

13:57any questions.

13:59>> Nope. I have questions about planning

14:00board.

14:01>> Okay. Any questions from the audience?

14:05There being none, is there a motion to

14:07close?

14:08>> Motion to close the public hearing for

14:1015 Hogs Gravel Road. Is there a second?

14:13>> I second.

14:14>> Is there any discussion? All those in

14:16favor say I.

14:17>> I.

14:18>> Opposed. It's a vote. All right, Mr.

14:20Walsh. Thank you very much. Thank you.

14:22Take care.

14:34The next item on our agenda is

14:37uh 14 road. Um, Sheriff Freman, a

14:41request for determination of

14:42applicability to construct an attached

14:44garage um at 14 Rotary Road. Is there a

14:47motion to open?

14:49>> So move.

14:49>> Is there a second?

14:50>> Second.

14:51>> Any discussion? All those in favor say

14:53I.

14:54>> I post the mot

14:57here. Whatever.

14:58>> Mr. Pike, why don't you join us here?

15:06Before we start, do we have any

15:08information on this 14? Do I have it in

15:10front of me?

15:11>> Uh, you should. I have I have

15:16it.

15:17>> Maybe you do.

15:19>> Oh, yep. Got it.

15:20>> Okay.

15:21>> I was looking for 14 different address

15:23on it. Thanks.

15:25>> Yeah, it's 185.

15:27>> Got it.

15:31>> Okay.

15:33So, always tell us what what you want to

15:35do. Okay. I just would like to construct

15:37a twocar garage attached to the house on

15:39the street side.

15:40>> Okay. [clears throat]

15:44>> Do you are you going to put a What kind

15:45of foundation going to have for that

15:47garage?

15:47>> It's not on grade.

15:48>> Um, no. It's going to be a full front

15:50wall.

15:50>> Okay. All right.

15:56And with the the excavated material,

15:58what are you going to do with it?

16:00>> The excess? Well, the excavated material

16:02for the um um for the foundation for the

16:05garage, what are you going to do with

16:07it? You going to basically just um um

16:10keep it on the property? You're going to

16:11excavate it and take it off site?

16:14>> Anything extra will be taken out then?

16:15Okay.

16:16>> Um anything until the foundation gets

16:18in, it'll be right outside of

16:23>> Okay. Clearly, you're on the other side

16:25of Stoneville. So, I mean, I think

16:28technically you're it it triggered

16:30jurisdiction because you're within 100

16:32ft, but

16:32>> correct.

16:33>> The work is all taking place on the

16:35other side of the house. So, all right.

16:38I don't have any um any other questions.

16:41>> I don't know.

16:42>> Um how So,

16:46how far exactly is like the closest area

16:49of the proposed work to the the edge of

16:53the reservoir? I think it's 85.

16:56>> Yeah, I measured 80 ft when I went out

16:58there.

17:04>> I mean, normally if it was on the other

17:07side, we'd insist [clears throat] on,

17:09excuse me, rush control measures, but

17:11again, the house itself is acting as a

17:13barrier,

17:13>> right? I plan on using like, you know,

17:16waddles, but to keep it even in the

17:18grassy area, so just

17:19>> Okay.

17:20>> Just be on the safe side.

17:21>> Very good. Um, any questions from the

17:24audience?

17:27>> Any questions for Megan?

17:28>> I was just going to say, so you said you

17:30will, you know, the excavated material

17:32that you, you know, remove for the

17:34foundation will be eventually taken off

17:36site. Um, like when you first have it

17:39removed, do you have like a specific

17:41area that you be like staging that at?

17:45>> It'll be right, you know, they typically

17:47dig out of the hole. They sit it right

17:49outside of the hall.

17:50>> Okay. It's within, you know, 5 ft of

17:52where

17:53>> Okay.

17:54>> And then I was going to put the waddles

17:56on, you know, give them a decent size

17:57area to even work in, you know, so it

17:59doesn't exceed that.

18:00>> But are you going to try to get it done

18:02uh this year?

18:03>> I'd like to, but time is of the essence.

18:06>> Understood.

18:08>> All right. Um I don't have any further

18:10questions. If there are no other

18:12questions either from the board or the

18:13audience, uh is there a motion to close?

18:17I

18:17>> move to close.

18:20Sorry. 185.

18:22>> Okay. Can you hear yourself?

18:25>> 14 Rotary Road.

18:26>> Okay.

18:27>> Second.

18:28>> All right. Any discussion? All those in

18:30favor say I.

18:31>> I.

18:32>> I. Vote.

18:34>> All right. Mr. CL will probably render

18:35us a decision this evening. So, thank

18:37you.

18:37>> Okay. All right. Thank you very much for

18:38your time.

18:41[clears throat] Perfect.

18:42>> Thank you. Thank you.

18:55All right. The next item on our agenda

18:58is 190 [snorts] Washington Street.

19:02Notice of intent to construct six

19:04commercial warehouse buildings

19:06uh with accessory offices.

19:09Is there a motion open?

19:10>> Motion. Uh still move.

19:12>> Is there a second?

19:13>> A second.

19:14>> Discussion. All those in favor say I.

19:17>> I post a vote.

19:19>> Is there anyone here on behalf of 190

19:21Washington Auburn LLMC?

19:24>> Yes. Uh this is Jim Bernardino with

19:26Turning Point Engineering.

19:28>> Uh good evening, sir.

19:30>> Good evening.

19:31>> You've been here before?

19:32>> Um

19:34I'm sorry.

19:36>> Been here before.

19:37>> Yeah, we've been here before. Uh I

19:39haven't done remote. Um, but uh I think

19:42we'll be able to work through it a

19:44little bit clumsy, but I'll shut the

19:46video off to make sure that uh we get

19:48the best feed possible. Um, let me give

19:51you just a a little recap of where we

19:53are. Um, I was in front of uh the

19:56commission probably about a year ago um

19:59for the abiding property right next door

20:01at 50 Washington Street. Um, and that

20:06was to remove some fill from this

20:09property, 190 Washington Street, um,

20:12which is, um, 190 Washington. Auburn LLC

20:15is the current owner of both of those

20:18properties.

20:19Um

20:21the um

20:23that notice of intent allowed for the

20:26you know the transport of material from

20:28this 190 site over to the 50 Washington

20:33uh street site. Um we did receive a

20:38couple or a few years back from the

20:40commission a notice of intent to

20:42construct a pad ready site basically uh

20:46to establish an elevation for our future

20:49development. Now, um now we're here to

20:52talk with the commission um to

20:57um talk about the the site plan that is

21:01going to be actually implemented. Um

21:04before you is a um site plan that has uh

21:08six commercial buildings on it. Uh three

21:11of them are located within the 100t

21:14buffer zone. um 100% of the proposed

21:18development currently uh is being

21:21proposed within the limits of the

21:24um pad ready plan that was approved a

21:28couple of years ago. So, um that site

21:30has been active um to get to that pad

21:34ready site and uh Eastland Partners

21:37who's you know basically the parent

21:38company of the owner um is getting ready

21:42to you know move forward with the

21:44intended design should it be uh approved

21:47by the commission. Um the design had six

21:51buildings um that's being proposed with

21:54just over 75,000 square uh square ft of

21:57area. Um we've received a site plan

22:00approval on the planning building and um

22:06we've also previously received well we

22:09received a site plan amendment um which

22:12is um the plan in front of you. The

22:15original proposal was for a much larger

22:19120,000 square foot one large high bay

22:23warehouse, but um that's been modified

22:27to the proposal in front of you. Um the

22:29proposal actually uh results in just

22:33over a half an acre of less impervious

22:36than what was accounted for in the quote

22:39unquote pad ready site. So um the

22:42anticipated drainage that uh has been

22:45installed and being currently utilized

22:49on the site is appropriately sized for

22:51the um development moving forward. Um as

22:56mentioned before we are completely

22:58within the established limits of the pad

23:02ready approval that the commission uh

23:05issued a couple years back. Um what

23:08we've done is through the site plan

23:10process we had Graze Engineering um oh

23:13Graze engineering didn't um conduct a

23:16third party review but the DPW

23:18did uh conduct their review of the storm

23:21water and the site plans. Um it was such

23:24a minor change uh from the

23:28120,000 foot warehouse building that the

23:31U planning board previously reviewed.

23:33So, they didn't have that third-party

23:35review. Um, but they did have the DPW

23:38review. Um, and what was submitted to

23:42the commission was the final plans and

23:45drainage calculations and the like that

23:47responded to uh all of the DPW as well

23:51as the planning board's comments.

23:55Um you know as part of uh the site plan

23:58package um there's uh a drainage uh

24:02collection conveyance system uh water

24:04quality units um that'll be implemented

24:08prior to the discharge of an

24:09infiltration basin which will provide

24:11additional uh water quality and water

24:14treatment. Um we've uh included a uh

24:18operation and maintenance plan for the

24:19storm water as well as the overall site

24:22in general uh as part of the submission.

24:25Uh there is a comprehensive erosion and

24:28sediment control plan what was developed

24:31uh which mimics the uh ready site uh

24:36previously established for the uh for

24:38the property. Um again the limits of all

24:40the erosion control um meet and um

24:44approximate or they mimic the uh air uh

24:49erosion controls for the original pad

24:51ready site. Um you know track entrances

24:54for um truck deliveries stockpile areas

24:58and the like have all been incorporated

24:59into the plans as well as the

25:01construction details. Um I know um the

25:06snow storage is generally a concern. We

25:09do have a site plan um [laughter]

25:12multiple stalls uh snow storage dog pile

25:16areas throughout the site. And uh one

25:19other good um aspect is um we're greatly

25:23int um uh intensifying the landscaping

25:26that's on the property as well. Um we're

25:30increasing several shade trees and over

25:32100 shrubs and different plantings on

25:35the site that weren't originally

25:37approved. So that reduction in

25:40impervious area of about half an acre or

25:42so allowed us to increase um the

25:46landscaping that was on the site. Um

25:49there was no modifications necessary for

25:51the mason as I mentioned previously.

25:55um all the original assumptions made

25:57with the pad ready site are um are met

26:01or actually um below those thresholds

26:04that were established. Um so with that

26:08said um I'm glad to answer any questions

26:11or bring up a site plan. Uh I know the

26:14commission has uh the plans in front of

26:16them as well, but uh I'm more than open

26:18to questions and pulling up those plans

26:21if necessary.

26:25Well, um

26:28I I think it would benefit the

26:29commission to go and take a look. I

26:32mean, I think um many of us have been to

26:34the site over the past several years for

26:36those aspects of um of the property uh

26:40towards the back of the property away

26:41from Washington Street. Um, I mean, I

26:44for one will be pleased to see um the

26:48lot in front uh be developed if only to

26:52eliminate um the mounds of dirt that

26:54have been there for the last few years.

26:57Uh but I think it would it would benefit

27:00especially some of the newer members of

27:01the commission to take a look at the

27:03property. So, um would you have any

27:06objections, sir, to um continuing the

27:08public hearing two for two weeks so that

27:11we can get out there and take a look?

27:14>> No, there's no objections to that. Um we

27:17anticipated that the commission want

27:19sidewalk and from a matter of protocol,

27:24we still do not have the D file number

27:26as of today. Um so, we've been chasing

27:29that down. Hopefully we'll receive that

27:31within the twoe period before the next

27:33meeting.

27:33>> No, it's not.

27:35>> This is right. This is

27:38>> It's the next one down.

27:39>> Yeah.

27:39>> Okay.

27:39>> That's the one that's below the the

27:42grade of the street.

27:42>> Okay.

27:44>> Okay. Um any any questions from the

27:47board?

27:48>> That was

27:49>> so I I we had this across the planning

27:52board. We approved it and then like two

27:54weeks later I was like, "Oh, shoot. I

27:56should have said something then." So I'm

27:57going to say something now.

27:58>> Okay. So, I have this idea where I want

28:02to eliminate

28:05um

28:06how much

28:08impermeable surface area on as many

28:12locations that pop up in Auburn. Not

28:16saying to eliminate the parking, but

28:17make it more impermeable. So, maybe

28:20impermeable.

28:21>> You mean less impermeable?

28:22>> Uh less impermeable. So maybe make the

28:25whole center parking area

28:28uh paved with grass so that you know

28:31water can filter through that. I'm not

28:33sure if we can do that for our

28:35jurisdiction. Uh

28:36>> well I mean you know drainage I think is

28:39always a concern.

28:40>> Yeah.

28:40>> You know and especially where um you

28:43know this site uh borders on Washington

28:45Street. Um I mean that's something to

28:48consider. We may want to consider hiring

28:50a consultant on that issue. I think the

28:52first thing we should do is just go and

28:54take a look.

28:55>> Yep.

28:55>> And then depending on what we see and uh

28:58we can, you know, discuss other options.

29:01I think

29:05>> making any comments

29:07now.

29:09>> Okay. Any comments from the audience?

29:12You guys are very quiet tonight. I know

29:13that will [laughter] change.

29:16>> Okay. So, um, can I have a motion then

29:19to continue the public hearing for 190

29:21Washington Street to October 28th?

29:24>> I make a motion to move the public

29:26hearing from 190 Washington Street to

29:28October

29:3128th

29:32>> at 7 p.m.

29:34>> Yeah.

29:35>> Yeah. Okay.

29:36>> All right. Is there a second?

29:39>> A second.

29:40>> Is there any discussion? All those in

29:42favor say I.

29:43>> I. It's your vote.

29:46All right, sir. Um, thank you for

29:48joining us and um, you don't have to

29:50come out. Um, we have we have the plan.

29:53Um, several of us are very familiar with

29:55the property. So, um, we'll see you in

29:57two weeks.

29:58>> Thank you very much. We'll talk to you

29:59again in two weeks. All

30:00>> right. Very good. Thank you.

30:02>> Bye.

30:05>> Right.

30:11The next item on our agenda is

30:14uh 26 Riverside Drive. Uh Ted Olsen uh

30:18request for determination of

30:20applicability to remove the tree. Is

30:22there a motion open?

30:23>> Still moves.

30:24>> Is there a second?

30:26>> Second. Is there any discussion? All

30:29those in favor say I.

30:30>> I. I.

30:31>> Opposed. It's a vote. Is Mr. Olsen here?

30:34>> Yes, I am.

30:35>> Please join us, sir.

30:36>> Okay.

30:56So, you have a concern about um the

30:58trees that you or the I guess it's a

31:01tree with two trunks that um

31:04>> that's it. Yes.

31:05>> Picture of it, right? And it's

31:07>> uh probably about 20 ft u away from our

31:11house.

31:12>> Okay.

31:12>> And it stretches up over 125 ft tall.

31:16>> Okay.

31:17>> Very big tree.

31:19>> And uh does it appear to have signs of

31:21disease or is it decaying?

31:23>> You can look up and see uh dead

31:25branches, but uh

31:27>> it overall is not uh decaying.

31:31>> Okay.

31:33But you have concerns that in a heavy

31:35>> Well, you know, we just had the nor

31:36easter and it's on the northeast side of

31:40of the uh house.

31:42>> Okay.

31:43>> So, with the severe weather that has

31:45occurred across the country for a few

31:48years now, a severe northeast wind would

31:52bring the wood that would come loose

31:55from the top of the tree

31:58towards our house down onto the roof.

32:00And again, the trunks are very big and

32:03heavy.

32:04>> Okay.

32:06>> So, what would your plan be? Um, do you

32:08intend to um to use this um for wood

32:12stove your house?

32:14>> Yes. Okay. Yes. Right.

32:15>> I mean, I my first clue was the stack or

32:19wood next to it.

32:20>> Yeah, that's this year's wood.

32:21>> Okay.

32:22>> And uh that wood uh obviously oak has to

32:25dry for at least a year.

32:27>> Okay. So, I'd split that up and use that

32:30most likely for next year.

32:32>> Are you going to do this yourself or you

32:33going to hire someone?

32:34>> Hire someone. Okay.

32:36>> In fact, uh I've talked to Maple Tree

32:39Services that have done two other trees

32:41on the house. And the reason uh this

32:45project is even possible is they've

32:47brought a crane that was big enough to

32:52sit up on the road and stretch down to

32:55do the work on the tree. And I've never

32:57seen any other company with that type of

33:00crane. So I talked to them when they

33:03were on the street working on another uh

33:07tree taking it down and he worked up a

33:10quote for me then and it's Maple Tree

33:13Services is the name of the company.

33:16>> Did they give you any time estimate on

33:18this how long it would take to cut them

33:20down?

33:21>> Uh they said about a half a day.

33:23>> Okay.

33:26So this

33:29where where are you seeing the dead

33:31branch? There's dead branches on this. I

33:34don't

33:35>> up higher. There's at least one dead

33:37branch.

33:38>> I don't think you can see it in the

33:39picture.

33:40>> No, when I went out to visit the site,

33:41there were like dead branches over

33:43overhead.

33:44>> It branches way out.

33:46>> Okay.

33:46>> Yeah. And again, um, it's, you know, we

33:52hate to lose the tree because it was

33:54there when we bought the house. It was a

33:56great big tree there. We don't like

33:59taking a treere's life away from it. But

34:03uh in lie of having thought about it for

34:06a few years and the potential danger if

34:08something did break loose and come

34:10toward the house, we made the decision

34:13when we saw the opportunity with the

34:16crane that would could do the job to

34:19take advantage of it to bring the tree

34:21down at this time.

34:22>> Okay. And again, it's it's a a heavy

34:25decision that we have because overall,

34:28we like the tree, but again, consider it

34:31a danger to the house and uh really

34:35don't want to have a big section of the

34:40top of the tree falling down on the

34:42house.

34:43>> That's that's understandable.

34:45>> Yes.

34:45>> Um Okay.

34:48Questions?

34:50Just maybe out of curiosity, do you have

34:52uh plans to replant something else in a

34:54similar area?

34:56[clears throat]

34:56>> Uh we had hadn't thought that far

35:00through it, but that's probably a good

35:01idea to put something else there to

35:05replace the tree and over time have it

35:08grow up again. And it would be 150 years

35:11for it to get as big as it is now. But

35:14uh but again, replacing a tree when you

35:18cut one down is a good idea.

35:20>> So we will do that.

35:23>> All right. Uh any comments from the

35:26audience?

35:28All right. Uh is there a motion to

35:30close?

35:31>> I motion to close 26 Riverside Drive.

35:35>> Okay. Is there a second?

35:37>> Second.

35:38>> Is there any discussion? All those in

35:40favor say I.

35:41>> I. I. opposed. It's a vote. All right,

35:44Mr. Olson, thank you for coming in. We

35:46will u most likely render a decision

35:48tonight.

35:48>> Okay, great. And now we'll be in touch.

35:51Okay, great. Thanks again.

35:52>> Thank you.

36:02>> Okay.

36:08[clears throat]

36:09Mhm.

36:11All

36:32right. The next item on our agenda is

36:35the town of Auburn. A request for

36:37determination applicability for

36:38vegetation management work around Auburn

36:40and Pond. Is there a motion open?

36:43>> Still moved.

36:44>> Uh is there a second?

36:46>> Second.

36:47>> Is there any discussion? All those in

36:49favor say I.

36:50>> I.

36:51>> Opposed is a vote.

36:53>> Is there someone on behalf of the town

36:55of Auburn that will make a presentation?

36:59>> Good evening, Mr. Chairman.

37:01>> Good evening, sir. How are you?

37:03>> Not too bad. Uh Steve Coleman, fire

37:05chief and uh assistant town manager. Uh

37:08good evening uh to the rest of the

37:10commission.

37:11>> Good evening.

37:15>> Would you like me to go right in, Mr.

37:17Chairman?

37:17>> Yes, please go ahead.

37:20>> Uh so thank you. um in an effort to have

37:23uh some continued improvement around the

37:24Auburn Pond area. Um and you know, as

37:28you know, over the last year, uh we've

37:30completed the work at Goddard Park,

37:32including uh the bridge that connects

37:34the library, uh the sidewalks that come

37:37from the uh the municipal parking lot on

37:39the Auburn Street side that heads into

37:41Goddard Park. Um all of that that work

37:44has been complete. So, in an effort to

37:46kind of continue and improve that area,

37:48uh the town has a desire to um do

37:50something with the vegetation and the

37:52brush around uh Auburn Pond. So, uh I

37:56did provide a couple of photos to Nat uh

37:59this afternoon. I don't know if you have

38:01those in front of you or not.

38:04>> Actually, we do. Yep.

38:07So those photos uh were actually taken

38:11uh from the municipal parking lot side

38:13on Auburn Street looking at Auburn Pond.

38:16Um the compon the pond is completely not

38:19visible uh from that area and you know

38:22being at the fire station every day uh

38:25you know especially in the summertime

38:26when the weather is nice uh between

38:28Gddard Park and that little grass area

38:30next to the municipal lot um it gets

38:33quite a bit of foot traffic. uh people

38:35come and have their lunch there. They

38:37put out a blanket in the grass. Uh it's

38:40often frequented by people who are

38:42fishing the pond.

38:44So there is a [laughter] desire again

38:46just kind of make the pond a little more

38:48visible um from the street, make it a

38:50little more of a centerpiece uh in the

38:52jewelry square area. Um so we are

38:55looking for the conservation uh

38:57commission's expertise in in how you

38:59would like us uh to go about that, any

39:02restrictions that you may have. But what

39:04we envision is uh on the Auburn Street

39:07side is to maybe uh plum that grass

39:10area, not only make the pond visible,

39:13but make it so you can walk, you know,

39:15right up to it. Maybe have some some rip

39:18wrap or, you know, some stone that that

39:21would create a 2 or three foot buffer

39:23between the grass uh and the pond, but

39:26to make the pond so it's accessible and

39:28walkable so you can you know see it,

39:31enjoy it, fish it. um those kind of

39:35things. So, we would be looking to do it

39:38basically right around the edge from

39:40where the fire station parking lot is

39:42around the Auburn street side and then

39:45the town of Auburn owns the entire

39:46parcel um which runs down Brotherton and

39:49then includes the library. So, we would

39:52be looking to essentially bring the

39:53vegetation down below the guard rail um

39:56just to make the pond visible in all

39:58areas that are owned by the town.

40:02Okay.

40:03Um,

40:05I mean, do you know what kind of brush

40:07is growing there? I guess my my concern

40:09or my question would be, so you cut it

40:13all down. U what is the likelihood that

40:16it's going to grow back within a year or

40:17two?

40:20>> Yeah. And, uh, Mr. Chairman, I I do not

40:23know what kind of uh, brush is there.

40:25That's, you know, obviously one of the

40:27reasons why we're we're looking to the

40:29conservation commission for your expect

40:32uh expertise. Um, you know, we we'd love

40:35to have uh you and some other commission

40:37members come out, take a look at the

40:39area, take a look at the vegetation

40:41that's there, um, and and provide us

40:44some guidance because, you know, we

40:46don't know and and in some areas where

40:49it's not necessarily possible to bring

40:51it down to ground level or clear it

40:52completely.

40:54um you know it would become regular

40:56maintenance as part of the parks

40:58department you know in in order to

41:00basically not let it get to the

41:02condition that it that it has now. I

41:04mean that that vegetation hasn't been

41:06been touched or or trimmed in decades.

41:10Um so we're we're looking for your

41:12guidance.

41:15>> Okay.

41:17My thoughts is I love the idea cuz I

41:20>> okay

41:20>> was thinking it looked pretty ratty and

41:22if somebody would actually step up and

41:25start taking care of it that would be

41:27great but

41:28>> it has to be done responsibly

41:29>> right I think there's definitely some

41:31opportunity there to I mean you know the

41:35the issues you're bringing up are

41:36primarily of like how people can use it

41:40more and can enjoy it. I think there's

41:43opportunities to balance

41:45benefits to, you know, wildlife and um

41:50with human uses of it and kind of making

41:53so it's more visually appealing, but

41:56then also there's some areas that maybe

41:58have a like

42:00some plants that would be more

42:01beneficial for wildlife. Um, I think

42:04there's I I don't see why there can't be

42:07some balancing of those uses, but yeah,

42:09I think, you know, we do need a lot more

42:11information about like what's there

42:13already. Maybe um

42:17I'm just thinking out loud here. This

42:19would be a an opportunity

42:23for our using our consulting funds or

42:26something like that potentially. I don't

42:28know. I'm just thinking out loud here.

42:29>> Well, I think the first thing we need to

42:31do is take a look.

42:32>> Take a look for sure. So, um, Chief,

42:34what I would suggest is that we, um, we

42:36continue this for, uh, for two weeks.

42:38Our next meeting is going to be on

42:39October 28th. Give us an opportunity to

42:42go down there. Um,

42:45there are apps that you can use, right?

42:47Aren't there apps that identify plant

42:48life?

42:49>> I naturalist is my favorite one.

42:52>> I figured it would be.

42:53>> And I have one, too.

42:54>> That's outstanding. So anyway, Ben,

42:56>> if I may, um I mean just looking at the

42:58picture, I do see um bittersweet,

43:02>> our lovely friend, our invasive. Would

43:04the town have any plans of treating

43:06invasives here?

43:08Well, see my my concern is that to the

43:11extent that there there is actually work

43:14being proposed like the chief mentioned

43:16rip wrap that goes beyond I think uh the

43:19scope of a negative determination of

43:21applicability and that may even turn

43:23into a notice of intent. So that's why I

43:25think we need to take a look uh figure

43:28out what's there and then um I think

43:31based on on what we can determine maybe

43:34in fact because we do have the funds

43:36maybe hire a consultant to make some

43:37recommendations. But why don't we first

43:40of all when we go out there and let's

43:41find out what's there first because as

43:43to your point that if if there's

43:45bittersweet there uh it's going to take

43:47a herculean effort to to make sure it

43:49doesn't come back if we cut it down cuz

43:51it takes more than just cutting it down

43:53to eradicate it. So So Chief is that

43:56agreeable to you? We'll continue this

43:58for two weeks to our meeting on October

44:0028th.

44:01>> Absolutely, Mr. Chairman. And if uh

44:03yourself or other members of the

44:05commission want to reach out uh to me, I

44:07I can make myself available to meet uh

44:10any commission members out there so we

44:11can uh walk the site and and have a

44:14conversation.

44:14>> Well, I mean it, you know, I think we

44:16can do that on our own. Um we know where

44:18it is. Uh you know, it's not private

44:21property, so I think that shouldn't be

44:22an issue. No, I

44:24>> just making myself available if if the

44:26commission uh you know, felt the need.

44:28>> Appreciate that. So 705

44:32Uh

44:33>> maybe 710.

44:37>> I make the motion to move the meeting

44:38for 396

44:41Southbridge Street to October 28th at

44:447:10.

44:45>> Is there a second?

44:47>> I second.

44:48>> Any discussion?

44:50All those in favor say I.

44:51>> I. I.

44:52>> Post the vote. All right, Chief. Thank

44:54you very much.

44:55>> Thank you. Have a good evening. You too.

45:01Okay.

45:09Okay.

45:11The next item on our agenda is 76 Church

45:15Street and Richwood Drive. The applicant

45:18is the Warp Water Condition. Excuse me.

45:20[clears throat] I know some intent to

45:22develop um a water treatment facility

45:25for PAS removal. Is there a motion to

45:27open? Still moved.

45:29>> Um, is there a second?

45:32>> Second.

45:32>> Any discussion? All those in favor say

45:35I.

45:35>> I.

45:36>> I. Oppos.

45:38>> Who's here on behalf of the board of

45:40districts?

45:43>> So, good evening. Um, we have a couple

45:45of representatives on the call. Um,

45:48>> okay.

45:49>> Uh, a couple of representatives from

45:50Tatan Howard. We're the engineer on the

45:52project. Um, we are working with the

45:55Auburn Water District as the applicant

45:57and I think I spotted Greg who just took

46:00a seat at the table. So, um,

46:02[clears throat]

46:03Greg Wood, superintendent of the Auburn

46:05Water District. Um, my name is Katie

46:08Carrera. I'm a project manager at Ted

46:09and Howard um, with with the engineer.

46:12We also have Juliet Burch on the call

46:14with Ten Howard as well.

46:17So, uh, thank you for the commission to

46:19h for having us tonight.

46:21I was going to kind of if it's okay with

46:23with you ragging with commission, I was

46:25going to kind of give a brief overview

46:26of the project. Um

46:29>> and then hand it over to Julia in a

46:31couple minutes. She can kind of run

46:32through a little bit more of the

46:32specifics on our storm water design. Um

46:36would it be helpful to everyone? We can

46:38pull up a site plan on the screen as

46:41kind of a visual aid.

46:43>> Sure.

46:44>> We have it open so might as well if if

46:47you want to share that. Julia

46:51Yes, it looks like I do need permission

46:53to share, but Oh,

46:58>> if we can figure out the tech on that,

47:00I'll absolutely share the screen.

47:03Looks like something's happened.

47:06need you present.

47:09>> Um so while it's been brought up on the

47:11screen um just to give the commission an

47:14overview of the project this is the

47:16proposed church street uh POS water

47:19treatment facility project with the

47:21Auburn Water District. Um this proposed

47:25treatment facility um perfect thank you

47:29is being constructed at the site of the

47:32existing Church Street Wells. Um there's

47:35Church Street, wells one, two, and three

47:38at this 76 Church Street parcel. Um

47:42there's wells one and two. Well 3 is

47:44actually across the street um right next

47:46to the water district office at 75

47:49Church Street. Um if anyone's aware of

47:53the site, there is kind of an open space

47:55right now between the well one and the

47:57well two building. That is where we're

48:00proposing to construct this new

48:01treatment facility.

48:03Yep. Um, so each well right now is

48:06located within their own individual well

48:08pump buildings.

48:10There is some chemical feed that's

48:13currently added to the raw water from

48:15the wells within the treatment or within

48:17the well pump buildings.

48:20What we are doing with the new treatment

48:22facility is um POS removal. So this site

48:27of the church street wells does have

48:29elevated levels of PO and POS above the

48:33national EPA maximum contaminant limit.

48:37So we are constructing POS removal at

48:40the site which ultimately consists of

48:43filtration. Um [clears throat]

48:46so the new facility is going to be

48:49housing four filters that are being used

48:53for POS removal. Those filters are

48:55filled with a carbon media. Um it's a

49:00it's about 3,950

49:03square ft um for that new building

49:07along with the PAS removal filters.

49:10We're going to be moving any of the

49:12chemical feed equipment into [laughter]

49:14that new facility as well just to

49:16streamline. Um so all treatment now

49:19would exist inside of this new treatment

49:21facility building.

49:23raw water from each of the three wells

49:25will be routed to the the new facility

49:28now and then finished water discharged

49:30into the water district system um at

49:33this spot.

49:36So that facility will hold the filters,

49:38the the Paso filters, the the chemical

49:41feed equipment like I mentioned. Um

49:44there's a bathroom in that new facility,

49:47an electrical room, uh water piping,

49:50apparences, pumps, instrumentation,

49:54electrical equipment,

49:56HVAC, um sprinklers,

50:00and and that's that's the purpose of the

50:03facility. Um, as far as site work, um,

50:09so most of the construction will be

50:11happening on that 76 Church Street

50:13parcel. It does bleed into the, um,

50:17parcel north of there, which I, uh,

50:19believe is the rear the Rear Ridgewood

50:21Drive parcel.

50:24Um, the water district owns all three of

50:26those parcels. 76 Church Street, the

50:29Rita Ridgewood Drive, and that small

50:32parcel that's just east of 76. Yeah,

50:35it's all contained right in there west

50:36of that the Dark Brook.

50:39Um, so as far as site improvements go,

50:44um, we are extending

50:47existing driveway onto the site. That

50:50darker gray area that you see is a paved

50:53driveway. It's now going to kind of wrap

50:55around the north side of that well one

50:57building. Um, and then from there it's

51:00going to open up into a gravel driveway

51:02that surrounds the new treatment

51:04facility building.

51:07Um, beyond the new or extended paved

51:10driveway and the gravel driveway around

51:12the facility. Um, everything else is to

51:16remain grass area. So, anything that's

51:18disturbed during construction outside of

51:21the driveway areas will be long seated.

51:25Um,

51:27I mentioned we do have that brook on the

51:28the east side of the site, Dark Brook,

51:31that does run Yep. north to south right

51:34there. So um because of the existence of

51:37the brook there we do have some work uh

51:41within the 100 foot buffer zone of the

51:45resource area wetland zone site.

51:48Um we also do have some work included

51:50within the 200t riverfront area because

51:53of that brook.

51:56Um we do show proposed erosion control

52:00on site as well. It's

52:02a little bit hard to see on the site

52:03plan. Admittedly, there are a lot of

52:05lines. Um, but we are proposing to uh

52:09install silt fence and straw waddle for

52:12roach control. It's my understanding

52:14though that's what the commission

52:15typically uses. Um, and right now we

52:19have the roach control kind of lining

52:21the western, northern and and eastern

52:24sides of the construction area um to

52:27catch any

52:29any sediment. Um during construction,

52:33we don't have any endangered species on

52:35site, no vernal pools. Um

52:40and another kind of big aspect of our

52:43design is our storm water design. Um

52:47Juliet was pretty heavily involved in in

52:48the storm water aspect. So I'll throw it

52:50over to you Juliet for a couple couple

52:52minutes of a specific discussion of

52:56storm water.

52:58>> Thank you Katie. Um yeah, so as Katie

53:02mentioned, the dark brook runs to the

53:04east of the site and with the original

53:08grading of the site, uh runoff from

53:10storm water would flow northeast towards

53:14the brook. Um so we really wanted to

53:17keep that uh natural flow in mind with

53:22um our proposed design. Um there's also

53:26uh groundwater is relatively shallow

53:29here. So that was also a considering

53:31factor. Uh ultimately we created a a

53:36two-part system. So the first part of

53:40the system is um going to be capturing

53:42all of the runoff from the new proposed

53:46water treatment facility. Um it's a

53:48non-metal roof and that's going to be

53:51just captured with um gutter systems and

53:55directed into a buried uh drywall in the

53:59driveway which is outlined here. Um the

54:02rest of the site runoff will be uh

54:06directed northward. So the whole site is

54:08going to be graded so that the southern

54:11side is slightly higher than the

54:14northern side. Um, and there will be

54:16pre-cast concrete BMS placed on the

54:19western and southern sides of the gravel

54:22driveway and then an asphalt um built up

54:25to the east of the paved driveway which

54:28will direct the storm water all to the

54:31northern side of the site. They'll be

54:34captured by a uh three- foot wide

54:37concrete swale

54:39and they are directed um sloping on the

54:43east side to the west and on the west

54:45side to the east towards the center to

54:47this 16-in um HDPE pipe. Um from there

54:53it's going to be directed to a

54:56hydrodnamic separator to remove uh

55:00suspended solids and then from there

55:02into a buried CMP

55:05um infiltration chamber system. The

55:08basis of design was using contact

55:10devices um their cascade separators and

55:14their 36-in perforated CMP um

55:18infiltration

55:20devices. Um and those are sized to

55:25handle flows up to the 20ear storm in

55:27accordance with mass D regulations. Um

55:30beyond that there is an overflow

55:35installed to the east of the uh

55:37infiltration system which will discharge

55:40into a rip wrap channel to prevent um

55:43scour and then directed to the dark

55:46brook.

55:49Perfect.

55:52Thanks, Julia. Yeah, that's kind of our

55:54high level look at the project. Um,

55:57opening it up to any additional comments

56:00from from Greg or any questions from

56:01from the commission.

56:03>> Any questions?

56:05>> I have no questions. No, they did a good

56:08job. Um, it's a tight little site. Um

56:10we're trying to made the building as

56:12small as possible, but it's uh it is a

56:14big site because of the size of the

56:16filters and the the backwash basins and

56:19triggered a lot of storm water

56:21management um of the surface water

56:23runoff. So uh they did a good job and

56:25now we're getting we're moving down the

56:27path to get this uh ready for bid. Okay.

56:30>> And with the approval process with the

56:31towns.

56:32>> So what is the maintenance schedule for

56:34the PAS filters?

56:38there the the filters are going to have

56:40lead lag. So we'll have redundancy. So

56:42once um the concentration of the PEOS

56:46within the the GAC filters exceeds that

56:49will be taken offline a secondary backup

56:52unit will be put off and then we will

56:54regenerate have sorry have that removed

56:56from site and new uh filter media put

56:59back in.

56:59>> And what what are the filters made out

57:01of if you know

57:03>> the filters themselves are 12t diameter

57:06steel um vessels. Okay.

57:10>> Yeah.

57:11>> Um and then the the GAC gets taken off

57:14site for thermal destruction by the by

57:16the vendor.

57:17>> Okay.

57:17>> And we don't know what that change out

57:19frequency is because every site's

57:21different. Um so it could it could be

57:23every once a year. It could be every few

57:25years. We really don't know um because

57:28each site's water chemistry is a little

57:29different how the GAC filters.

57:31>> I mean are there any studies that talk

57:33about the success or the removal rate um

57:35of the filters? Is it 85% 90%.

57:40>> Oh, it'll be zero. Yeah. I mean, the

57:42currently the the standard for the PO

57:44and POS is four parts per trillion.

57:46>> Okay.

57:46>> And that's why we have to we we're

57:49currently in the teens. So, since we're

57:50above the four, we have to basically

57:52have that down to zero.

57:54>> Understood.

57:54>> Okay. Uh I'd like to take a look.

57:59>> Think makes sense.

58:00>> I would too. But I will say

58:03>> we can't

58:04>> as you was already here for 15 horse

58:06gravel road. Would that gravel wetland

58:10filtration work for something like this?

58:14Uh I'll let Juliet take care of that. I

58:16don't I don't know if they were here for

58:17that part.

58:18>> No, they're still there.

58:19>> They were

58:20>> I don't know if they were here for

58:21>> they probably just I was just just an

58:24idea.

58:24>> I don't know if that site's big enough

58:26for that. Yeah, because because the

58:27reason we'd like this to be underground

58:28is so we can utilize the site just just

58:31from accessing it with deliveries of

58:33chemicals and um we currently store some

58:35pipes over there. So we we'd like to

58:38have the storm water infiltration

58:39covered and we wouldn't have that

58:41ability with the the gravel wetland.

58:45>> Probably that would be the answer.

58:46>> Yeah.

58:48>> Okay. Any other questions from the

58:51commission?

58:53Any questions from the audience? None of

58:55this one, right? Okay. Um, so, all

58:58right. In that case, can I have a motion

58:59to continue the public hearing for um,

59:04>> Yep. Uh, I make a motion to continue the

59:07public hearing to October 28th for uh,

59:1276 Church Street.

59:14>> Okay. Um,

59:15>> at 10 at 7:15.

59:18>> Yeah. When we say 7:15.

59:20>> Okay. Is there a second?

59:22>> A second.

59:23>> Is there any discussion?

59:25All those in favor say I.

59:27>> I.

59:28>> Opposed. It's a vote. All right. Uh,

59:31thank you very much for your

59:32presentation. Um, I think we're going to

59:34try to make certainly we'll make site

59:35watch between now and our next van on

59:38the 28th depending on the availability

59:40of the commissioners and uh, we'll see

59:43you in two weeks.

59:44>> Please reach out to me. That is a fenced

59:46in area. It's secure because of our our

59:48our water supply wells. So, we need

59:50permission.

59:51>> I'll be happy to open up and walk you

59:53through it. It's a very small site, but

59:55he will be back. I would prefer if you

59:57let me know that

59:58>> you don't want us to jump the fence. In

59:58other words,

59:59>> sorry.

59:59>> You don't want us to jump the fence.

1:00:01>> No, I'd like to see that. [laughter]

1:00:03>> I'm not.

1:00:05>> So, all right. We'll we'll be in touch

1:00:07when we want to go out there.

1:00:08>> Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much,

1:00:09everybody. Have a good night.

1:00:11>> Thank you.

1:00:11>> Thank you. Thank you. Have a good night.

1:00:16>> You can leave the game.

1:00:17>> Okay.

1:00:17>> Just leave the

1:00:19>> I don't think so.

1:00:19>> I don't think that's

1:00:21okay. Um all right

1:00:25and relax the next.

1:00:26>> Okay.

1:00:30So for other business

1:00:34we have received the kind of um drainage

1:00:37detail for the rock for that temporary

1:00:40um erosion control

1:00:43uh from greenhouse engineering. So, I've

1:00:46had my superiors look at it and they

1:00:47want the commission to take a look

1:00:49before sending it off to um 47 Rock and

1:00:52Road for them to implement.

1:00:54>> Oh, in

1:00:54>> case you guys had any comment.

1:00:56>> So, in this

1:00:57>> Yes.

1:00:58>> Okay. So, I think these gentlemen are

1:01:00here uh for that. Um you probably also

1:01:03would like to know where um D is on

1:01:06their review

1:01:08and I can tell you um apparently Mr.

1:01:11Marinus has finally submitted all the

1:01:13materials that D wanted and so um my

1:01:17understanding is that it everything that

1:01:20D needs to review they have. Um the

1:01:23review is not complete yet. Um they say

1:01:25will be done soon.

1:01:29>> Did she respond to you after your

1:01:31request this morning?

1:01:32>> Yes, she responded almost immediately

1:01:34after saying it could

1:01:35>> I can even read it to you because I got

1:01:36a copy.

1:01:37>> Yes, you you were CC on that.

1:01:38>> You'll bear with me. Yes, this is what

1:01:40it said. Um it say this is from Brianna

1:01:42Wiggle. Hi Net Mass DP just received all

1:01:45requested information on Friday, October

1:01:479, 2026. We are still conducting our

1:01:50review. Once a determination has been

1:01:52made, all parties will be informed. If

1:01:54you have any questions, please reach out

1:01:56to me. Thank you. So, um again, if

1:02:00you're looking for some indication when

1:02:02that review is going to be completed,

1:02:04it's not in that email.

1:02:05>> Yeah, that was the question. But I mean,

1:02:07I would imagine um it shouldn't take too

1:02:10long. I'd like to think that they've

1:02:11been kind of reviewing it.

1:02:13>> This is now wood. Um

1:02:16>> okay. My thought is that um it shouldn't

1:02:19take that much longer because hopefully

1:02:21they've they've been doing doing a

1:02:23periodic review and as she's had

1:02:25questions, she's contacted Mike Marinus

1:02:27who's provided her with additional

1:02:28information. So

1:02:31that's all I can say to you gentlemen.

1:02:34I think the I think the the light is at

1:02:36the end of the tunnel.

1:02:38>> Moving forward, just very quickly, um,

1:02:40winter is right around the corner.

1:02:42>> That's right.

1:02:43>> There were some conditions in your

1:02:46report that

1:02:47>> in our order of conditions.

1:02:49>> Yeah.

1:02:49>> Which you appealed.

1:02:51>> Snow re

1:02:53snow removal.

1:02:54>> Right.

1:02:55>> We had we had to do that

1:02:57>> to get on to stay in the project. We

1:03:00well we normally put in um a specific a

1:03:04specific condition of no um snow storage

1:03:07within 100 ft of the welds. That's

1:03:08standard and we use that on many of our

1:03:10projects. Um and I I think to your point

1:03:14um I think that's something they would

1:03:16have to comply with um this winter as

1:03:18well. I tend to believe and again I

1:03:21might be wrong but I think their DP's

1:03:23review is going to and their decision is

1:03:25going to be made before [clears throat]

1:03:27the onset of winter. I mean, I like to

1:03:29think it'll we'll have something by

1:03:31November, you know, that's in a couple

1:03:33weeks, but hopefully something soon,

1:03:36>> you know, hope.

1:03:37>> And I I would tend to think that if for

1:03:38some reason they are if um if they are

1:03:42storing

1:03:44snow within 100 ft of the wellland, I

1:03:46think that would be give us grounds to,

1:03:49you know, bring an enforcement order

1:03:50against him.

1:03:52>> So,

1:03:54any other questions?

1:03:55>> I do. Um Tim Dailyaly, by the way.

1:03:57>> Hi, Tim. Um,

1:03:59so how is that going to work with the D

1:04:02and you folks?

1:04:04>> Well, D is going to tell us whether or

1:04:05not they're going to sustain your

1:04:06appeal, your appeal of our order of

1:04:08conditions. So, I don't know what

1:04:10they're going to do. I really don't. You

1:04:12know, they uh and just so you know, they

1:04:14have not um the their their review is

1:04:18totally independent of what we've done.

1:04:20I mean basically they're um they have

1:04:23not they have not included us in their

1:04:26decision-m

1:04:28uh I mean I'm not even sure they

1:04:30included us in their factf finding

1:04:31really you know I think they've um they

1:04:34had a request for additional information

1:04:36which they I think Marinus uh provided

1:04:39and that's really it. So to to to answer

1:04:41your question, I don't know what they're

1:04:43going to do. You know, I'm not sure. And

1:04:45I guess we'll, you know, we'll all find

1:04:47out at the same time.

1:04:51Okay.

1:04:53All right. Anything else?

1:04:56>> Okay.

1:04:58>> Well, thank you for coming.

1:05:00>> You want us to stay just so you won't

1:05:02feel [laughter]

1:05:04for the rest of the show? We could wait

1:05:06until the 28th.

1:05:07>> I'm fine. I'm fine. Thanks a lot for

1:05:09that. So, I'm sorry. What who wants us

1:05:12to do what with this?

1:05:13>> So, I sent this over to Paul and he

1:05:15wanted you guys to take a look and if

1:05:17you had any comments before sending it

1:05:19over to Rock Monroe to be recommended.

1:05:22>> No, I mean, you know, Mr. Walsh, who was

1:05:24here earlier, um he's familiar with the

1:05:27site. I I have the utmost respect for

1:05:29his um his expertise and so it looks

1:05:32good to me.

1:05:32>> Yep. Is it I just naively asked is this

1:05:37obvious from this and how this should be

1:05:39implemented based on this? I mean it's

1:05:42not is this all that's going to be sent

1:05:44over because it's not really showing

1:05:46like okay where does this go or is that

1:05:49supposed to be obvious? It's not obvious

1:05:50to me but that's me.

1:05:52>> It's not obvious to me either.

1:05:53>> Yeah.

1:05:54>> And does it go along without order of

1:05:56conditions or does it go along what

1:05:58>> Well, technically the order of

1:05:59conditions is not appealing. This is

1:06:01intended to address the issues of um

1:06:05[clears throat] of um water going down

1:06:08the raceway. So I think in and and to

1:06:11that extent it this is understood or Mr.

1:06:13Marinus understand that this is intended

1:06:15to deal with that that issue.

1:06:17>> But like where does it go

1:06:19>> to where the water is sheeting down

1:06:22>> to where they currently have like a silt

1:06:24fence that is kind of like blocking the

1:06:27kind of intermediate stream that

1:06:28>> and that will be like communicated along

1:06:30with this. I'm just I'm just trying to

1:06:33make sure that

1:06:34>> when this is sent over

1:06:37there

1:06:38>> that

1:06:39>> there's one particular area they're

1:06:41having problems with right now. Yes.

1:06:43Right.

1:06:43>> Yes.

1:06:44>> They've been maintaining what little um

1:06:46silt fence they have, but it's been so

1:06:48much water is conveyed over there, it

1:06:50just overwhelms the one silt fence.

1:06:53>> Like, will there be a narrative with

1:06:54this that says, you know,

1:06:57>> well, we can give them one.

1:06:59>> I'm just for clarity.

1:07:03>> [clears throat]

1:07:04>> So, it seems to me that the narrative

1:07:06that would accompany this would be the

1:07:09installation of this um erosion control

1:07:12detail along the raceway in those areas

1:07:15which have been overwhelmed by by runoff

1:07:19um and previous storms.

1:07:22How's that sound?

1:07:25Okay. Well, they're shaking their heads,

1:07:27so I guess they like it. Um yeah, I mean

1:07:30I think something along along those

1:07:32lines. I think we can do that in the

1:07:33form of a letter to Mr. Marinus.

1:07:36>> Okay.

1:07:37>> And I hope

1:07:37>> downgradient side the sentiment

1:07:40and

1:07:41>> they they're aware of the area. So

1:07:42>> yeah, it says it right here.

1:07:44>> So they should understand.

1:07:46>> Okay.

1:07:46>> And if they don't then they you know we

1:07:49get involved again. So gentlemen, we

1:07:51will take care of this though. We'll

1:07:53make sure they get this and that they

1:07:54understand the copy of that. It's posted

1:07:57on the chat website, but you can steal

1:07:58mine for now.

1:08:01>> Okay. Thank you.

1:08:03>> You're welcome.

1:08:04>> So, I I have one last question.

1:08:06>> You sure?

1:08:08>> I'm sorry, Tim.

1:08:09>> No, no, no.

1:08:12All the information.

1:08:13>> Go ahead, Tim. What is it?

1:08:14>> We um how do we discuss what he wrote

1:08:17back if we don't agree with it?

1:08:20>> Um then, sir, you you can always contact

1:08:24council for that.

1:08:25>> Yeah.

1:08:27Seriously? Yeah. Really? I mean, I I'm

1:08:29first of all, I'm not sure even what

1:08:31you're asking when you say if you

1:08:32disagree with I'm not sure what you're

1:08:35disagreeing with. So, um I mean I in all

1:08:38seriousness when the decision is

1:08:40rendered um will we have a hearing on

1:08:43that? We may have a hearing on that. I

1:08:45just can't say because I haven't seen

1:08:46it. I don't know what they're going to

1:08:47do.

1:08:47>> Right. So I think um and and frankly if

1:08:51you are dissatisfa with their decision

1:08:54um you know we can't we cannot give you

1:08:58advice. I mean we are we are really

1:09:00impartial. We're the um sort of the

1:09:03referee I guess here and we you know we

1:09:05apply the law um as we understand it the

1:09:08best way we think it applies and um if

1:09:11you're grieved by that you know you have

1:09:14other recourse I guess.

1:09:17Okay,

1:09:18>> perfect. All right. Thank you.

1:09:20>> All right. You're welcome.

1:09:24>> Have a great night.

1:09:25>> You, too.

1:09:32>> Okay.

1:09:34>> Um,

1:09:38try to get us out of here.

1:09:40>> Um, okay. The second item for discussion

1:09:42is the the environmental consultants

1:09:45proposal for the South Street erosion

1:09:47review report. So Nat, you want to tell

1:09:49us about that?

1:09:50>> Yes. So I reached out to Sean Callahan.

1:09:52Um he was able to one not have a

1:09:55conflict of interest and he was able to

1:09:57provide this company report um for what

1:10:00he'd be able to do and importantly how

1:10:03much it cost. Um so I wanted to get get

1:10:05y'all's approval on this before we sign

1:10:07it off.

1:10:08>> Okay. Now, who will actually sign on

1:10:10behalf of um the town? Will that be um

1:10:14the town manager?

1:10:15>> Yeah.

1:10:16>> Yeah. That'd be

1:10:17>> okay. Um you know, I've reviewed it. Um

1:10:22I mean, I'll be interested to see what

1:10:24the findings are. So, um,

1:10:28uh, I would ask for a motion to, I

1:10:31guess, approve the proposal by view

1:10:34design to, um, look at South Street and

1:10:38determine, uh, if any erosion has

1:10:40occurred because of the activity of

1:10:42Lynch and constructing or redoing the

1:10:46road on South Street.

1:10:49>> Can I still move that?

1:10:51>> And also Church Street.

1:10:53>> Yeah. when I was communicating with him,

1:10:55it was um confirmed that it was both

1:10:57church and south.

1:10:58>> Sir, question.

1:10:59>> Still moved.

1:11:00>> Yeah.

1:11:01>> Motion.

1:11:02>> Yeah. Okay. So, all right.

1:11:03>> I'll second that. [clears throat]

1:11:04>> Is there any discussion?

1:11:06>> Uh all those in favor say I.

1:11:07>> I. I.

1:11:08>> Opposed.

1:11:09>> I. It's a vote. All right. Great.

1:11:13>> And then failing a rush control

1:11:16barriers.

1:11:17>> Is this the one that's across the street

1:11:19from 190 Washington?

1:11:21>> Yes. So that is 50 Washington Street. I

1:11:23thought it was 150.

1:11:24>> No, that is that is it's 190 and then

1:11:27immediately 50.

1:11:28>> So 50 is the area well below the rate of

1:11:31>> I've always thought that was 150. That's

1:11:33why

1:11:34>> and so um I don't know when they leveled

1:11:36it out. It's been what maybe a few weeks

1:11:39>> they've been working on it. Um but one

1:11:40of the abutters of this property reached

1:11:42out to me with concerns of Ro. She

1:11:44showed me she showed me a video.

1:11:45Unfortunately she couldn't send it over

1:11:46to me but it was water sheeting down

1:11:48just going right underneath that silk

1:11:50fence. There is it's the sentiment's all

1:11:53>> it is right there.

1:11:54>> Yeah, I I was able to go out there soon

1:11:56afterwards and you can see that it's

1:11:57just kind of like floating there. Um

1:11:59>> we've had not with 50 Washington Street

1:12:01but at 190 we've had issues

1:12:02>> Yeah.

1:12:03>> with the rush control measures failing

1:12:05or not being maintained. So um um having

1:12:09said that, is there a motion to issue uh

1:12:11an enforcement order?

1:12:13>> I move to issue an enforcement order for

1:12:1550 Washington Street.

1:12:17>> Second.

1:12:18>> Okay. Is there any discussion?

1:12:22>> [clears throat]

1:12:22>> All those in favor say I. I.

1:12:25>> Opposed. It's a vote. So I think in in

1:12:28terms of the order, we want them to um

1:12:31to reestablish the erosion controls uh

1:12:34ASAP

1:12:36and [clears throat] we want them to

1:12:37provide us with photographic evidence.

1:12:39They've done so. And we want that I want

1:12:41that done by the 28th. I don't want to

1:12:43wait on this.

1:12:45And if they have any questions, they

1:12:46know who to contact. Mhm.

1:12:48>> Could we add the chicken wire or the

1:12:52>> Oh, yeah.

1:12:52>> to it. Is it Does that make the motion

1:12:55or

1:12:56>> Well, it doesn't

1:12:58>> cuz they're going to be there for the

1:13:00order, right?

1:13:01>> We already The problem is that we amend.

1:13:05>> So, I think the answer is no.

1:13:07>> Got it.

1:13:07>> But I think proactively we could do it,

1:13:09but not retroactively.

1:13:11>> But I like your I like your thinking on

1:13:13that and I think that's something we're

1:13:14going to do

1:13:15>> especially on that one because there's

1:13:16all those stones all around it. That's

1:13:18just going to keeping

1:13:20>> That's a very steep slope, too. So, you

1:13:21got that. Okay. Um, meeting minutes.

1:13:58Uh, okay. I'm getting ahead of myself,

1:14:00but

1:14:02it won't be. So page one, two, three,

1:14:06four, page five where it talks about um

1:14:10the motion for the enforcement for 510

1:14:12[snorts] Washington Street

1:14:15and I wrote it says here I stated or

1:14:17noted the commission cannot hire Mr.

1:14:19Rockwood due to bias. I it's not bias,

1:14:22it's conflict of interest.

1:14:23>> Conflict of interest. I can change that

1:14:24real quick.

1:14:27>> What makes it bias?

1:14:29Well, if I mean I think he has

1:14:32>> technically he's in a butter.

1:14:33>> Yeah, that's right. But I'm not sure.

1:14:35You can be in a butter um and not be

1:14:39biased towards a project. He has a

1:14:40conflict of interest because there

1:14:41there's an appearance where he he lives

1:14:44near there that you might have a bias.

1:14:46Do you understand the difference?

1:14:48>> No.

1:14:49>> So I think um yeah, it's a conflict of

1:14:51interest or pot even potential conflict

1:14:54of interest is even better.

1:15:14And aside from that, I have no other

1:15:16changes.

1:15:24Um

1:15:26motion to accept the meeting minutes for

1:15:28September 23rd, 2026.

1:15:30>> As amended.

1:15:32>> As amended.

1:15:33>> Is there a second?

1:15:34>> I second.

1:15:35>> Any discussion? All those in favor say

1:15:37I.

1:15:38>> I.

1:15:39>> I.

1:15:39>> Opposed. It's a vote. All right.

1:15:42[clears throat]

1:15:42>> So, we have some requests of

1:15:44determination applicability that I think

1:15:46we can dispose of fairly quickly.

1:15:49Um for 14 Rotary Road, Jeff Creek Pike.

1:15:53Is there a motion?

1:15:56>> Negative is a termination.

1:15:57>> Okay.

1:15:58>> With erosion and sedimentation.

1:16:01>> Exactly.

1:16:01>> Around stock.

1:16:02>> Very good.

1:16:04>> Yeah. Is there a second?

1:16:05>> I second.

1:16:06>> Is there any discussion?

1:16:08>> All those in favor say I.

1:16:10>> I.

1:16:10>> I. I.

1:16:11>> Post it. Okay. for

1:16:1526 [clears throat] Riverside Drive. Um

1:16:18Ted Olson uh the tree that he wants to

1:16:20remove. Is there a motion?

1:16:21>> I make a motion to issue a negative

1:16:24determination for 26 Riverside

1:16:28Drive.

1:16:29>> Okay. Is there a second?

1:16:31>> Second. Okay. Any discussion?

1:16:35All those in favor say I.

1:16:36>> I. I.

1:16:37>> Opposed. It's a vote. Okay. With respect

1:16:41to um we're going to we've continued the

1:16:45public hearing for 190 Washington

1:16:46Street, for uh 369 South Bridge, for 76

1:16:52Church Street, and then for the order

1:16:56conditions for 15 Harts Gravel Road, my

1:16:59preference would be to um we have 21

1:17:02days to issue the decision unless

1:17:04there's um a strong objection. My

1:17:07preference would be to continue this to

1:17:08our next hearing. Is he looking for that

1:17:11though for the meeting for the 27th?

1:17:13>> Actually, he is. So, delay that order.

1:17:16Be bully that suggestion.

1:17:18>> All right.

1:17:19>> All right. [clears throat] So, who wants

1:17:20to who wants to hear this?

1:17:22>> Could we have a a vote for me to be

1:17:24chair again? [laughter]

1:17:30>> Sure.

1:17:32>> Sa dance.

1:17:33>> Power.

1:17:33>> I like the power. You're going You're

1:17:35doing this for 15 minutes.

1:17:37>> Are you No. Are you serious? I'm so

1:17:39serious.

1:17:40>> Okay.

1:17:41>> You're really you're really good at it.

1:17:42>> Thank you.

1:17:43>> Well, I've been doing it with fitters.

1:17:46>> Um, [clears throat]

1:17:47you know, if you want to propose the

1:17:49motion or have someone propose the

1:17:51motion, have

1:17:54>> I make a motion to

1:17:57have Ricky Risme as chairman for

1:18:00conservation commission. Is that how it

1:18:02works? No.

1:18:03>> Temporary.

1:18:04>> Temporary. Temporary chairman

1:18:06>> for for the sole purpose. It's like a

1:18:08crude det sole purpose of um a

1:18:11determination regarding 15 hearts

1:18:13scramble road.

1:18:14>> Still moved.

1:18:15>> Yeah.

1:18:16>> So, so

1:18:18moved. So moved.

1:18:19>> That's still moved.

1:18:20>> So moved.

1:18:21>> Okay. Is there a second?

1:18:22>> I'll second that.

1:18:24>> Is there any discussion?

1:18:26>> All those in favor say I.

1:18:27>> I.

1:18:28>> I. Post. It's a vote.

1:18:30>> Okay.

1:18:31>> All right. Ricky, you're a temporary

1:18:32chairman.

1:18:33>> Okay. Good.

1:18:35>> So, Mike, [clears throat] you got no

1:18:37nope. You got to fill the shoes now. You

1:18:38have to say.

1:18:40>> Come on.

1:18:42>> You got to walk the walk and talk the

1:18:43talk.

1:18:43>> What's the What's the

1:18:45>> a vote?

1:18:46>> Can I have a motion for 15 Hard Scrabble

1:18:50Road?

1:18:51>> Uh I'll make a motion for 15 Hard

1:18:53Scrabble Road. Our standard conditions

1:18:56plus our the following

1:18:59special conditions. If I can find my

1:19:01special conditions. Thank you.

1:19:03>> You're welcome.

1:19:04>> Okay. So standard order plus the

1:19:07following crash conditions one two three

1:19:13um

1:19:16five

1:19:17I don't know if there's any rip wrap. I

1:19:20don't think so. Um 8 9

1:19:2911

1:19:3513

1:19:39and I would actually amend 13 to be uh

1:19:43uh semianually

1:19:45or more often as um called for by the

1:19:48applicant.

1:19:57Uh 15.

1:20:09Uh 20

1:20:1924.

1:20:31Uh 27. Although we probably won't have

1:20:33to do that.

1:20:41And that'll do it.

1:20:48>> Ricky.

1:20:49>> Um,

1:20:50>> I made my motion.

1:20:51>> Yes.

1:20:52>> What's the next step?

1:20:53>> I don't remember.

1:20:54>> Um,

1:20:56all those in favor?

1:20:57>> No.

1:20:58>> No. No.

1:20:58>> Oh. Is there a second?

1:21:01>> No. The vote.

1:21:02>> Is there a second?

1:21:03>> Is there a second? Someone second.

1:21:06>> I'll second it.

1:21:07>> Mark Beu.

1:21:09>> All those All those in favor?

1:21:11>> I I

1:21:13>> All right. It's a vote.

1:21:14>> Okay.

1:21:15>> Perfect.

1:21:16>> Okay.

1:21:16>> I make a motion to

1:21:19>> Oh,

1:21:19>> reinstate Mark uh Mike as head chairman

1:21:24for his foreseeable future.

1:21:27>> Um,

1:21:29>> you know, we're gonna have to come up

1:21:30with a script so that it's not so

1:21:31awkward. Okay.

1:21:33>> All right. [clears throat] Is there a

1:21:34second to Go ahead.

1:21:36>> Is there a second?

1:21:37>> A second.

1:21:38>> Yes.

1:21:38>> Second.

1:21:39>> They must think we're idiots. Um,

1:21:41>> all those in favor?

1:21:42>> I

1:21:43>> I

1:21:44>> All right. It's a vote.

1:21:45>> Yay.

1:21:46>> Okay. All right. Uh, thank you for

1:21:48reinstating me.

1:21:51>> I was really concerned there for a

1:21:53minute.

1:21:53>> Actually, I don't have the thing, but

1:21:57um,

1:21:59can we check the rip thing on that? I

1:22:01should have said that before. I don't

1:22:03think there's rip wrap.

1:22:04>> No.

1:22:04>> In the wetlands,

1:22:05>> the alcohol of the uh pipes through

1:22:08these.

1:22:08>> I think that there is.

1:22:09>> I think there is.

1:22:10>> And if there is, then there has to be an

1:22:12additional condition which is

1:22:17>> the four pipes.

1:22:19>> Oh, they come across the road.

1:22:22All right.

1:22:24>> Okay. Hold on.

1:22:26Uh number seven then.

1:22:29[clears throat]

1:22:32Right. So,

1:22:34>> can I make the

1:22:36>> Yeah, you can. Please, please.

1:22:38>> I make Wait, sorry. Which was what was

1:22:41the

1:22:42>> It's 15 Hearts Gravel Road.

1:22:44>> No, sorry. What's the the item that the

1:22:46special condition?

1:22:47>> It's number seven.

1:22:48>> Number seven.

1:22:49>> Yeah.

1:22:50>> Okay. I make a motion to amend the order

1:22:54of conditions for 15 Hard Scrabble Road

1:22:57to add special condition number seven.

1:23:00>> Perfect. Second.

1:23:02>> Okay. Is there any discussion? All those

1:23:04in favor say I.

1:23:05>> I. Opposed. It's a vote. All right. Is

1:23:08there a motion to adjurnn?

1:23:10>> Move to adjourn.

1:23:11>> Is there a second?

1:23:13>> I second.

1:23:13>> Second. Is there any discussion? There

1:23:15never is. All those in favor say I.

1:23:17>> I.

1:23:18>> Post vote. All right, everyone. Thank

1:23:20you very much. All right.

1:23:22>> Thank you, Ricky.