What was said

Conservation Commission, November 2, 2022

the recording · 2:15 long, about 15,779 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. ▶ 22:18The commission voted negative determinations on four requests: paving at Chase Road, tree cutting at White Street, and driveway paving at Townsend Harbor Road.
  2. ▶ 1:06:55The commission continued three Round Road retaining wall notices of intent and the Falulah Road warehouse notice of intent to November 16th.
  3. ▶ 1:53:55The 23 Cove Road enforcement order was referred to an outside person for review; no enforcement will proceed until an administrator is hired.
  4. ▶ 2:07:47The commission approved a larger purchase order for bridge repair materials after the existing one proved much smaller than thought.
  5. ▶ 1:34:07The meeting ran by Zoom with no conservation administrator, and the commission voted no interest in acquiring a Sunny Hill Road parcel.

Why it matters — our reading

  • With no administrator, enforcement matters such as the Cove Road order are on hold, so property owners and neighbors face a delay in resolution until a hire is made.
  • The Round Road wall and Falulah Road warehouse projects stay open until the November 16th hearing, which is when abutters can next raise concerns about drainage and wall placement.

Watch next

  • Conservation Commission meeting on November 16th: continued Round Road and Falulah Road warehouse hearings.
  • Whether an administrator is hired, which the commission said must happen before any Cove Road enforcement proceeds.

housinglegalpersonnelplanning and zoningpublic commenttown departments

Present: Bob peas (chair); Rich Bush / Richard Birch (member); Jeff Viviana (member (absent at roll call)); Katie Childs (member); Mike larouche (member); Mary Wilson (member); Rich Tremblay (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 22:18Negative determination for Dan's Paving RDA at 691 Chase Road, with conditions on septic changes and erosion control — moved by Richard Birch, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  2. ▶ 37:21Negative determination for Housing Authority tree cutting at 131 White Street, with stumps left and damage to vegetation minimized — moved by Richard, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  3. ▶ 1:06:55Continue 47 Round Road to November 16thpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  4. ▶ 1:07:36Continue 57 Round Road to November 16th — moved by Mary, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  5. ▶ 1:08:01Continue 73 Round Road to November 16th — moved by Michael, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  6. ▶ 1:21:45Negative determination for Brian Haas driveway paving at 509 Townsend Harbor Road, as submitted — moved by Richard, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  7. ▶ 1:24:56Continue the 260 Falulah Road warehouse notice of intent to November 16thpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  8. ▶ 1:34:07Commission has no interest in acquiring parcel 3 Sunny Hill Road — moved by Mary, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  9. ▶ 1:36:34Allow field change to nine inch wattle for Richard Tremblay's project (he recused) — moved by Richard, as heardpassed (roll call, ayes heard)
  10. ▶ 1:37:37Grant Boy Scouts permission to camp overnight for Eagle Scout project — moved by Richard Tremblay, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  11. ▶ 1:42:36Approve certificate of compliance for 390 New West Townsend Road — moved by Richard, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)
  12. ▶ 2:07:47Approve a purchase order to Mackie's for bridge repair materials — moved by Richard, as heardpassed (roll call, all aye heard)

And 2 procedural: approve the minutes of the october 19 meeting (▶ 5:26); adjourn (▶ 2:13:52).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 11 agree, 5 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 5 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a full record.

  1. differsConditions on the Dan's Paving determination▶ 22:18

    recording with conditions on septic changes and erosion control

    town’s minutes “rb/mw m/s to approve with a negative determination with condition that the office be notified”

    Ours lists septic and erosion-control conditions; the official minutes give notification of the office (plus Commission review of septic plan changes) and no erosion control. Check the recording and the written determination.

  2. differsVotes to continue 47, 57 and 73 Round Road to November 16▶ 1:06:55

    recording Continue 47 Round Road to November 16th — passed (roll call, all aye heard); Continue 57 Round Road to November 16th; Continue 73 Round Road to November 16th

    town’s minutes —

    Three continuance votes in ours; the official minutes quoted here record no vote on them. Check the official minutes and the recording.

  3. differsContinuance of 260 Falulah Road warehouse NOI▶ 1:24:56

    recording Continue the 260 Falulah Road warehouse notice of intent to November 16th — passed (roll call, all aye heard)

    town’s minutes —

    Vote present in ours; the official minutes record no Falulah Road item or vote. Check whether it was heard and whether the official minutes omit it.

  4. differs23 Cove Road enforcement order▶ 1:53:55

    recording The 23 Cove Road enforcement order was referred to an outside person for review; chair will review the August 2021 video, and no enforcement action will proceed until an administrator is hired.

    town’s minutes “bp stated that this must remain on the agenda until adam burney or the new conservation administrator reviews the eo and determines no further action is needed.”

    Ours has a referral to an outside person and the chair reviewing a video; the official minutes have the item staying on the agenda until the administrator reviews it. Check the recording.

  5. differsVolunteer / associate membership▶ 2:09:54

    recording A volunteer was welcomed as an informal associate member.

    town’s minutes “mw stated she will send sw any relevant volunteering opportunities.”

    Ours says he was welcomed as an informal associate member; the official minutes say only that the Clerk will send volunteering opportunities. Check the recording.

5 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Vendor name on the bridge-repair purchase order vote:Approve a purchase order to Mackie's for bridge repair materials — passed (roll call, all aye heard)→Maki▶ 2:07:47
  • Chair's name:Bob peas (chair)→Bob Pease
  • Vice chair's name:Rich Bush / Richard Birch (member)→Richard Bursch
  • Clerk's name and absence:Jeff Viviana (member (absent at roll call))→Jeffrey Viviano
  • Member Katie Childs:Katie Childs (member)→Catie Childs
In one record only: 0 from the recording, 3 from the town’s minutes
  • Town’s minutes only — Hollis Road exterminator contract signatory: “bp said he should reach out to julie belliveau about who should sign it.”
  • Town’s minutes only — 509 Townsend Harbor Road setback concern: “bp stated this should be brought up with the building inspector.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Other attendees and public participants: “sam welch noted that he is present at the meeting.”

Compared 2026-10-14. 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. ▶ 1:40:04Pest control contract for 123 Hollis Road

    An annual open contract with a pest control company needs signatures; the chair asked a member to check who should sign.

    as heard:495 dollar

  2. ▶ 2:05:20Mackie's purchase order for conservation land bridge repair

    The existing purchase order was much smaller than thought; materials already spent exceed it. A larger purchase order was moved to cover bridge repairs, signs and gates.

    as heard:1 900 something bucksthree hundred dollarsone thousand two hundred and fifty dollarstwo thousand dollars

  3. ▶ 37:01Housing Authority tree replacement funding

    The housing authority said funding is limited, so replacement trees depend on money left after bidding.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:53:55The 23 Cove Road enforcement order was referred to an outside person for review; chair will review the August 2021 video, and no enforcement action will proceed until an administrator is hired.
  • ▶ 1:28:56Members will individually send comments on the select board's draft environmental policies.
  • ▶ 2:09:54A volunteer was welcomed as an informal associate member.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

Not yet read for a documents list.

Heard in the recording

Not yet looked for in the recording.

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. ▶ 4:23A would-be volunteer introduced himself as present, with a computer name problem. — Sam Welch, as heard
  2. ▶ 59:55Abutter on Round Road supported the wall projects but asked that the replacement wall match the location and height of his existing wall to avoid a gap that could channel water. — a speaker, abutter
  3. ▶ 1:19:39Abutter asked whether the retained driveway meets the zoning bylaw's setback from the lot line. — Susan petrelia, as heard, abutter
  4. ▶ 1:43:17Owner of 23 Cove Road disputed the enforcement order, saying it had been resolved in 2021 and April site visit. — a speaker, homeowner
  5. ▶ 2:09:54Volunteer interested in becoming an associate member, discussed his Mass Audubon land acquisition interest.

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. ▶ 1:36Open meeting script, roll call, no administratorinformational · 3:29 long
  2. ▶ 5:05Approval of prior minutesvoted · 1:22 long · policy
  3. ▶ 6:27Dan's Paving RDA, 691 Chase Roadvoted negative determination · 17:42 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 24:09Housing Authority tree cutting RDA, 131 White Streetvoted negative determination · 14:13 long · housing, planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 38:22Three Round Road retaining wall notices of intentall continued to November 16th · 30:22 long · planning and zoning
  6. ▶ 1:08:44Haas driveway paving RDA, 509 Townsend Harbor Roadvoted negative determination · 15:51 long · planning and zoning
  7. ▶ 1:24:35Falulah Road warehouse notice of intentcontinued to November 16th · 1:48 long · planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 1:26:23Town counsel statute of limitations; select board environmental policiesinformational · 7:02 long · legal, policy
  9. ▶ 1:33:25Sunny Hill Road parcelvoted no interest · 2:06 long · planning and zoning
  10. ▶ 1:35:31Field change and Boy Scout campingvoted · 2:46 long
  11. ▶ 1:38:17Property updates, pest contract, certificate of compliancevoted certificate · 5:00 long · facilities, contracts and unions
  12. ▶ 1:43:17Enforcement order, 23 Cove Roadreferred for review · 21:21 long · legal
  13. ▶ 2:04:38Open space, timber, bridge purchase order, Hickory Hills estatevoted purchase order · 5:16 long · budget, capital
  14. ▶ 2:09:54Volunteer, adjournment, administrator searchadjourned · 5:20 long · personnel, public comment

What the captions could not carry

  • Opening audio between 8 and 96 seconds is music only
  • Jeff Viviano absent; individual roll-call votes sometimes partly garbled
  • Dep file numbers and some names are garbled, such as whether the conservation chair is Bob peas
  • Roll call for the field change and some others did not clearly include every member

These are ours, and they are not the record

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