What was said

Conservation Commission, June 1, 2022

the recording · 4:06 long, about 30,575 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published minutes (text) and an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.

The short version

  1. ▶ 3:51:34The Commission voted 3-2 to issue a certificate of compliance for the Pleasant Street bridge.
  2. ▶ 1:34:07The Commission continued the Hickory Hills whole-lake management plan to June 15.
  3. ▶ 3:08:05The chair directed the engineer for 16 Fire Road to return with a plan raising the berm to full height and adding trees.
  4. ▶ 3:47:25Commissioners agreed to a site visit at 205 Sunset before deciding on enforcement over the dock, and deferred the decision to the next meeting.
  5. ▶ 19:24The Commission approved a replanting plan at 190 Peninsula Drive and issued a negative determination, with a wall-removal stipulation, at Townsend Harbor Road.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Wetlands rulings decide what can be built or kept near water, and the Hickory Hills plan and the Fire Road and Sunset Lane enforcement cases remain unresolved, so the outcomes affect lakefront and wetland property owners.
  • The Hickory Hills applicant said new abutter notices for each herbicide treatment cost volunteers time and money, so the filing rule the Commission sets will decide who pays for lake treatment.

Watch next

  • The June 15 meeting, where the Hickory Hills plan, the Fahlula Road warehouse and the 205 Sunset Lane RDA are due to return.
  • The Commission's decision on enforcement at 205 Sunset after the site visit.

economic developmentgrantslegalplanning and zoningpolicypublic commentpublic safetyrecreation

Present: Bob Pisa (chair); Rich Bursch (member); Katie Childs (member); Mike Larouche (member); Jack Rabbit (member); Nadia Madden (conservation administrator); Jeff Viviana (member (absent)); Patty Adams (member (absent)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 19:24Approve replanting remediation plan at 190 Peninsula Drivepassed (roll call, one recused, no dissent heard)
  2. ▶ 37:08Continue the 42 Sumner Street marijuana retail NOI to next meetingpassed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  3. ▶ 1:34:07Continue Hickory Hills lake management plan NOI to June 15passed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  4. ▶ 1:40:50Negative determination with stipulation that the wall be removed at Townsend Harbor Road RDApassed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  5. ▶ 1:45:22Continue Fitchburg Land warehouse NOI at 260 Fahlula Road to June 15passed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  6. ▶ 1:47:10Issue positive determination for 411 Goodwin Street RDApassed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  7. ▶ 1:48:32Continue 205 Sunset Lane RDA (Walton) to June 15passed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  8. ▶ 3:51:34Issue certificate of compliance for Pleasant Street bridge — moved by Rich Bursch, as heardpassed 3-2
  9. ▶ 3:57:08Issue duplicate certificate of compliance for 712 Mass Ave (DPW, 2007 work)passed (roll call, no dissent heard)
  10. ▶ 3:59:53Ratify agent's determination to remove dead pine at 104/106 Royal Fern Drivepassed (roll call, no dissent heard; only four voting)
  11. ▶ 4:02:38Ratify agent's determination to remove tree 85 feet from water at 191 Peninsula Drivepassed (roll call, no dissent heard)

And 2 procedural: approve minutes of may 18 (▶ 8:11); adjourn (▶ 4:05:23).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 12 agree, 5 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 1 substantive difference. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsFire Road remediation decision and address▶ 3:08:05

    recording Chair directed the 16 Fire Road engineer to return with a plan raising the berm to full height and adding trees.

    town’s minutes “bp took a straw poll: bp, rb, cc and ml would like to see enough trees in the 30 foot buffer to imitate the existing canopy on the remediation plan.”

    The address differs (16 vs 238 Fire Road) and the decision is described differently (berm height and trees as a chair directive vs a four-member straw poll on trees only); check the recording and the agenda for the address and whether a berm was discussed.

5 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Vote: continue marijuana retail NOI, street name:Continue the 42 Sumner Street marijuana retail NOI to next meeting — passed (roll call, no dissent heard)→42 Summer Street▶ 37:08
  • Vote: continue warehouse NOI to June 15, road name:Continue Fitchburg Land warehouse NOI at 260 Fahlula Road to June 15 — passed (roll call, no dissent heard)→Fahlulah Road▶ 1:45:22
  • Vote: positive determination RDA, street name:Issue positive determination for 411 Goodwin Street RDA — passed (roll call, no dissent heard)→411 Goodrich Street▶ 1:47:10
  • Attendee: chair:Bob Pisa (chair)→Bob Pease
  • Attendee: absent member Viviano:Jeff Viviana (member (absent))→Jeff Viviano
In one record only: 6 from the recording, 5 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Hickory Hills notice and mailing cost: Hickory Hills notice and mailing costs: over 300 notices, over seven hundred dollars ▶ 1:11:55
  • Recording only — 205 Sunset compensatory planting amount: 205 Sunset compensatory planting: a thousand dollars ▶ 3:27:12
  • Recording only — 16 Fire Road remediation cost: 16 Fire Road remediation cost: hundred grand ▶ 3:02:01
  • Recording only — Enforcement order at 411 Goodwin/Goodrich Street: An enforcement order will be pursued at 411 Goodwin Street after the positive determination. ▶ 1:47:51
  • Recording only — 23 Cove Road structure inspection: Administrator asked to inspect a structure in the 30-foot no-disturbance zone at 23 Cove Road and report back. ▶ 3:12:53
  • Recording only — Hollis Road bid specs and DPW director: Commission to ask the new DPW director to help identify a contractor to develop bid specs for window and insulation work at Hollis Road. ▶ 1:52:40
  • Town’s minutes only — Trails grant signs funding: “the grant funds will have all been spent, so putting up the signs will need to be funded by the timber rights account”
  • Town’s minutes only — 205 Sunset straw poll on deck footprint: “bp took a straw poll with the commission, and the majority requested that they return the deck to the originally approved footprint.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Outreach to Gary Goldrup on forest cutting: “bp will reach out to him regarding forest cutting plans.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Associate members present: “associate member: richard tremblay”
  • Town’s minutes only — Public comment: school safety vigil: “dave macdonald: thanks to matt marro for their excellent work in lunenburg. announcement on school safety vigil and resolution to support school safety on 6/10 at 6:30 at tc passios campus.”

Compared 2026-10-16. Neither record is treated as the referee: a caption error is the same fact heard badly; a difference is for a person to check at the timestamp.

The money

  1. ▶ 1:11:55Hickory Hills notice and mailing costs

    The applicant said mailing notices to abutters for a new filing took many volunteers and cost real money, arguing a fresh NOI for every spot herbicide treatment would be a financial burden.

    as heard:over 300 noticesover seven hundred dollars

  2. ▶ 3:27:12205 Sunset compensatory planting

    The applicant offered replanting as a compensatory measure for the oversized dock.

    as heard:a thousand dollars

  3. ▶ 3:48:26Trails grant closeout

    The grant funds will be fully spent on trail map signs, but the work won't be complete; timber rides fund money will be needed to finish installation.

  4. ▶ 3:02:0116 Fire Road remediation cost

    A member referred to the applicant's stake in the dispute in passing as a large sum.

    as heard:hundred grand

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:44:12Administrator to ask the Fitchburg Land applicant to have Graves Engineering review the project for wetlands bylaw issues, not just planning board.
  • ▶ 3:08:05Chair directed the 16 Fire Road engineer to return with a plan raising the berm to full height and adding trees.
  • ▶ 3:47:25Commissioners agreed to a site visit at 205 Sunset before deciding the enforcement; decision deferred to next meeting.
  • ▶ 1:47:51An enforcement order will be pursued at 411 Goodwin Street after the positive determination.
  • ▶ 3:12:53Administrator asked to inspect a structure in the 30-foot no-disturbance zone at 23 Cove Road and report back.
  • ▶ 1:52:40Commission to ask the new DPW director to help identify a contractor to develop bid specs for window and insulation work at Hollis Road.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The minutes print a list, headed he asked us to share a prior powerpoint presentation:

  • Prior PowerPoint presentation (190 Peninsula Drive)
  • More recent replanting plan (190 Peninsula Drive)
  • Plans for 42 Summer Street
  • Hickory Hills Association lake management plan
  • Revised as-built and revegetation plan (238 Fire Road)
  • Presentation on dock placement (205 Sunset)

Named in the running text, not in a list:

  • Maintenance plan for the infiltration trench (42 Summer Street)
  • 2021 year-end plan (Hickory Hills)
  • Previous OOCs 208-1133 and 208-1104 (Hickory Hills)
  • Draft list of permitted activities for the order of conditions
  • Site walk photograph (192 Townsend Harbor Road)
  • One-page drawdown summary (Hickory Hills lake management plan)

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 9:17replanting trees PowerPointpresentation, shown· in the minutes’ list (“More recent replanting plan (190 Peninsula Drive)”)
  • ▶ 25:59stormwater management reportreport· in the minutes’ list (“Hickory Hills Association lake management plan”)
  • ▶ 38:34Hickory Hills lake management planreport, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“One-page drawdown summary (Hickory Hills lake management plan)”)
  • ▶ 1:55:55updated as-built plan and mitigation plan for 16 Fire Roadplan or drawing, shown· in the minutes’ list (“Revised as-built and revegetation plan (238 Fire Road)”)
  • ▶ 2:29:17Massachusetts erosion and sediment control guidelinesreport· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 2:15:22Jack's PowerPoint of site photospresentation, shown· in the minutes’ list (“Prior PowerPoint presentation (190 Peninsula Drive)”)
  • ▶ 3:58:30administrator's determination for Royal Fern Drivememo, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Plans for 42 Summer Street; Presentation on dock placement (205 Sunset).

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. ▶ 4:46Thanked departing agent Matt Morrow, objected to a driveway decision on Townsend Harbor Road, and promoted a 6/10 candlelight vigil and resolution against violence. — Dave McDonald, as heard, resident

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. ▶ 0:12Recording setup, opening statement, roll callinformational · 4:34 long
  2. ▶ 4:46Public commentinformational · 2:42 long · public comment
  3. ▶ 7:28Minutes approval and introduction of new administratorvoted · 1:27 long
  4. ▶ 8:55190 Peninsula Drive replanting planvoted · 11:52 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 20:4742 Sumner Street marijuana retail NOIcontinued · 16:41 long · planning and zoning, economic development
  6. ▶ 37:28Hickory Hills whole-lake management plan NOIcontinued to June 15 · 57:20 long · planning and zoning, policy
  7. ▶ 1:34:48Townsend Harbor Road retaining wall RDAvoted · 8:07 long · planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 1:42:55Fahlula Road warehouse, 411 Goodwin, 205 Sunset hearingscontinued or voted · 5:57 long · planning and zoning, economic development
  9. ▶ 1:48:52Old business: encroachments and Hollis Road maintenanceinformational · 5:57 long · legal, facilities
  10. ▶ 1:54:4916 Fire Road enforcement and remediation planapplicant to revise plan · 1:16:21 long · legal, planning and zoning
  11. ▶ 3:11:10Other enforcement updatesinformational · 3:10 long · legal
  12. ▶ 3:14:20205 Sunset dock enforcementsite visit; deferred · 33:46 long · legal, planning and zoning
  13. ▶ 3:48:06Trails grant updateinformational · 1:21 long · grants, recreation
  14. ▶ 3:49:27Certificates of compliancevoted · 11:10 long · planning and zoning
  15. ▶ 3:57:28Administrator's determinationsvoted · 6:12 long · planning and zoning
  16. ▶ 4:03:40Final comments and adjournmentadjourned · 2:20 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Date of the next meeting was garbled in places (the 15th of June was meant).
  • The count on the 205 Sunset RDA original vote was only stated verbally in passing.
  • Several roll-call votes list only ayes; no dissent was heard but full counts are not stated.

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