88 Webster Street Riprap Restoration

At a glance

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• What: enforcement matter (CC-2023-025, DEP# 349-1361) over a section of stream bank at 88 Webster Street that was armored with riprap.
• Where it stands: on 2026-08-24 the Commission voted 3-0 to issue a formal enforcement order requiring the owner's restoration plan to be carried out.
• Next: restoration work, then two monitoring visits the following year.

The restoration plan

• Prepared by wetland scientist Matt Marro and presented by Nick Facendola of Level Design Group, LLC.
• Remove the riprap, lightly regrade the bank, decompact the soil, add topsoil and replant with native species.
• Eric Flint said the matter had been seen at a prior meeting and was listed only as a violation until now; staff had no concerns with the plan.

Earlier discussion (2026-08-03)

• Riprap was placed over the winter without a permit to stop washout at a parking area beside Curtis Pond; the engineer for the owner said they were unaware until the City flagged it. Staff recommended letting them prepare a restoration plan for August 24; the Commission also asked how snow will be managed there (the engineer said plowing is for fire access and a transformer, with a redevelopment plan coming).

Log

• 2026-08-24 - Conservation Commission - Restoration plan reviewed; enforcement order issued 3-0 to implement it.
• 2026-08-03 - Conservation Commission - Enforcement update: owner's engineer acknowledged unpermitted riprap; plan promised for August 24.