2026-10-14 - Conservation Commission
Summary
Based on auto-generated captions; names, addresses and details may be misheard and outcomes incomplete.
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?
18:17>> 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.
