What was said

Conservation Commission, January 10, 2022

the recording · 2:03 long, about 14,762 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town has published neither minutes nor an agenda for this meeting. The recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 35:48The Commission continued the 711 Mass Ave eight-unit riverfront subdivision to February 2 and asked the applicant for evidence that fewer units are not viable.
  2. ▶ 1:16:52It approved two timber sale prospectuses with recommended changes, on a roll call with all yes heard.
  3. ▶ 1:07:53It issued a positive determination for 188 Wayland Road and a certificate of compliance for 139 Northfield Road.
  4. ▶ 1:40:36It approved a purchase order for grant-related GIS work, to be paid from the timber rights fund.
  5. ▶ 2:01:48It authorized the chair to sign a letter supporting the snow riders' trails grant project, which would use volunteer in-kind contributions as its match.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The 711 Mass Ave project is still undecided, and the Commission's request for evidence on fewer units is the step that shapes how much of the riverfront is developed.
  • The timber sales and the GIS purchase order draw on the town's conservation land revenue rather than the general tax levy, as heard in the minutes, though the amounts are not established here.

Watch next

  • February 2: the 711 Mass Ave hearing resumes, with the applicant's analysis of fewer-unit alternatives.
  • February 8: the chair is to share draft conservation land goals with the open space committee.

grantslegalpersonnelplanning and zoningpublic commentrecreation

Present: Bob Pease (chair); Rich Bursh (member); Jeff Viviano (member); Katie Childs (member); Jack Rabbit (member); Patty Adams (member); Mike Larouche (member); Matt (conservation agent); Wesley Fliss (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 35:48Continue 711 Mass Ave notice of intent to February 2passed (roll call, all yes heard)
  2. ▶ 37:10Continue 21 Brookview Terrace hearing to February 2passed (roll call, all yes heard)
  3. ▶ 57:24Continue the 2 Games Place request for determination to February 2passed (roll call, all yes heard)
  4. ▶ 1:03:01Approve 524 Northfield Road project with hay bales at limit of work — moved by Jack Rabbit, as heardpassed; one abstention heard, others yes
  5. ▶ 1:04:25Continue 445 High Road hearing to February 2passed (roll call, all yes heard)
  6. ▶ 1:07:53Positive determination for 188 Wayland Roadpassed (roll call, all yes heard)
  7. ▶ 1:16:52Approve the two timber sale prospectuses with recommended changes — moved by Rich, as heardpassed (roll call, all yes heard)
  8. ▶ 1:40:36Approve a purchase order for grant-related GIS workpassed (roll call, all yes heard)
  9. ▶ 1:41:58Issue certificate of compliance for 139 Northfield Roadpassed (roll call, all yes heard)
  10. ▶ 2:01:48Authorize chair to sign letter of support for the snow riders' trails projectpassed (roll call, all yes heard)

And 3 procedural: accept the december 1 minutes as corrected (▶ 6:23); approve minutes of january 5 (▶ 6:45); adjourn at 9:04 (▶ 2:02:30).

The money

  1. ▶ 1:38:55Trails grant GIS time

    Original grant GIS hours were exceeded and the regional planning commission's free annual hours were applied. A purchase order was requested to cover further GIS work from the timber rights fund.

    as heard:20 hours27 additional hoursthree gis hours390 bucks and changea thousand dollar purchase order

  2. ▶ 1:39:36Trail signs order

    An initial sign order was placed to test them before a wholesale order.

    as heard:200 bucks

  3. ▶ 1:59:21Snow riders trails grant match

    The snow riders would use in-kind volunteer contributions to meet a grant match; the commission would buy some materials, estimated to be small.

    as heard:20 grand or 30 grandover sixteen thousand dollarsless than a thousand dollars10 bucks

  4. ▶ 26:49Economic feasibility of fewer units

    The applicant's representative cited lot cost and construction loan profitability as reasons for eight units; the commission asked for supporting evidence.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 35:06Applicant to provide a profitability analysis for fewer-unit alternatives and return February 2 on 711 Mass Ave.
  • ▶ 58:102 Games Place applicant to meet the agent on site and draw a plan showing 12 pin oak replantings, cleanup of the wetland, and marking of the 30-foot line.
  • ▶ 1:22:50Richard Tremblay invited by the chair as an informal associate member; no commission vote needed.
  • ▶ 1:33:44441 Townsend Harbor enforcement stays open; applicant to return with field change request once the building inspector approves.
  • ▶ 1:36:51Agent recommended lifting the 205 Arbor Street enforcement order and removing it from the agenda.
  • ▶ 1:57:07Chair to share the draft conservation land goals with the open space committee on February 8.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 9:13Notice of intent for 711 Mass Aveapplication or permit, shown
  • ▶ 12:39Graves Engineering peer reviewreport
  • ▶ 9:54Existing conditions planplan or drawing, shown
  • ▶ 4:54December 1 minutesprior minutes, shown
  • ▶ 1:09:57Timber sale prospectusesdraft policy or bylaw, shown
  • ▶ 1:43:43Draft land use goalsreport, shown

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 4:54Chair asked for public comment at the start; none was offered.
  2. ▶ 1:27:23Said she was only watching the meeting. — linda morin, as heard
  3. ▶ 1:18:14Introduced himself as a candidate for associate member. — richard tremblay, as heard, resident of Lake Shirley

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:01Setup, open meeting notice, roll callinformational · 3:32 long
  2. ▶ 3:33Announcements, stormwater council minutes, prior minutesvoted · 3:54 long · policy
  3. ▶ 7:27711 Mass Ave four-building subdivision notice of intentcontinued to February 2 · 29:02 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 36:2921 Brookview Terrace drain linecontinued · 1:21 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 37:502 Games Place tree removal request for determinationcontinued to February 2 with conditions · 22:00 long · planning and zoning
  6. ▶ 59:50524 Northfield Road septic and pool removalvoted · 3:52 long · planning and zoning
  7. ▶ 1:03:42445 High Road, 188 Wayland Road, 123 Chasecontinued; positive determination · 6:15 long · planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 1:09:57Timber sale prospectusesvoted · 8:17 long · planning and zoning
  9. ▶ 1:18:14Associate member candidateinformal invitation · 8:27 long · personnel
  10. ▶ 1:27:02Enforcement ordersinformational · 10:50 long · legal
  11. ▶ 1:37:52Trails grant and GIS purchase ordervoted · 3:26 long · grants
  12. ▶ 1:41:18Certificate of compliance 139 Northfield Roadvoted · 2:04 long · planning and zoning
  13. ▶ 1:43:22Open space and trail strategy goalsinformational · 14:26 long · recreation
  14. ▶ 1:57:48Snow riders trails grant partnershipvoted · 4:42 long · grants, recreation
  15. ▶ 2:02:30Adjournmentvoted · 0:40 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Individual roll call votes were sometimes partly garbled; unanimous yes assumed only where each name was heard with a yes.
  • The 524 Northfield Road abstainer appears to be Rich but the captions are unclear.
  • Exact figures for GIS hours are uncertain.

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