[Music] public hearing is now called at order at 6:00. This hearing is beheld as a requirement by the provisions of chapter 131 section 40 of the general laws of the commonwealth and act relative to the
protection of the wetlands as most recently amended. Notice the time and place of this hearing was published in the FA neighborhood news on September 25th, 2025. It was also posted in the town's clerk office. This meeting is
being audioed and videotaped. Uh persons wishing to be heard will be called in the following order. Um uh motion to open the public meeting. I'll make a motion to open meeting. Second. All those in favor? I. Okay. So, as we
approach the podium to the address, um please speak loudly and clear. Um the girl we have doing um minutes for us, Patty, is having a hard time hearing even us at the podium. I mean, at the table, also at the podium. Um there's also a signup sheet there. Could we
please sign in whoever goes to the podium and um this way here it'll make easier for her. Okay. Um town uh this meeting is at the town hall meeting room located at 122 Main Street, Massachusetts. This is a hybrid
meeting which is httw.microsoft.com nus Microsoft teams join a meeting. Meeting ID number is 298579158-5134. Passcode FZ6 Q4HB7. With that being said, new business
public hearing ID Kushner Company 115 Manchester Lane, map 11, lot 25C.34. A request for determination was filed by Kushner Company for property located at 115 Manchester Lane, map 11, lot 25 C34.
The applicant proposed removing existing pavement and a portion of the base material and repave with the existing driveway with 14 ft approximately 1,50 ft from the garage toward the visitor center. The applicant is represented by
William F. Madden of GAF Engineering Incorporated. Plan name is plan to accompany request of determination of applicability dated September 10th 2025 revised September 16th 2025.
Review of matters presented votes may be taken. Bill, it's all yours. Mr. Chairman, I'm going to recuse myself and commission public. I'll be recusing myself. Thank you. Phil, you don't mind? Make sure you sign into the sheet. just makes it easier.
No problem. Next question. Please you can continue. I can continue now. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Um I have a couple half sizes for you if you'd like to look at those. All
up to Heidi. I've been looking at the big plans I've seen and all but you can give one to Heidi Bill. I'm all set. Thank you bud. You're welcome. All right. Ready for me to go? I'll go right ahead. I'm Bill Madden from GAF Engineering here on behalf of the Acushia Company
and a little project they're looking to construct down at the facility on Manchester Lane. Um we filed a request for determination of applicability on this project because the uh the work that I'm going to describe to you all
occurs outside the or in the buffer zone to a BVW or outside the buffer zone. We've also shown the work that's not jurisdictional on this plan only because we're giving it to the contractor to operate from and to um also to show the
commission the full the full project. Um just so that you know what the what the scheme of things is down there as we've done in the past few years. Um the drawings that I gave you, I have I broke it up into two separate two separate
sheets. Um they're both of me and Chester Lane. We start at the guard shack essentially at the guard shack at the westerly end of the property. And uh first part of the work is to is to repave Manchester Lane driveway um from
the basically the guard shack up to where we terminated the pavement on the uh on the facility that we just completed up there um the test facility. So what the intention is here is to
essentially strip out all the pavement that exists on me and Chester Lane. It's roughly 14 feet in width, 1,50 feet in length. And we're looking to pull that pavement out. It's a little deteriorated. Doesn't look like it has
much life left to it. Then grab a little bit of the um the the base coarse material, the dense grade that's underneath that, and uh remove that all from the uh from the site. Only after we place the erosion control um on the job
site first. Um we've delineated that on the plan each side of the each side of the driveway as erosion control um straw bottles um shown there for the most of it in areas where we have a
paved surface. We're using the compost sock so that it's it's weighted by itself. It's that stays on the pavement and um doesn't require any stakes or anything to be driven into the ground. So, we thought that was a good solution for erosion control there. Um,
also I'd like to just point out that the project is a short duration project with the pavement. You know, it's expected to basically about one week's worth of work to go in there and strip out the pavement is a day. Prep it is a a day.
Put the binder down is a day and put the top down is a day. So, we're looking to do um you know the standard typical one and a half inch top, one and a half inch of binder for this for this driveway for the entire length. So, we'll saw cut
along the driveway where we have the um saw cut along the driveway where we have the maintenance facility. There's a couple of driveways there. Remove that pavement. Prepare the butt joint so that we pave right up to something um something nice and firm. So that's uh
what the intention is in in that particular in that particular area. We also show a speed table down at the guard shack. They want to ensure that anybody who comes to visit stops at the guard shack, you know, signs in appropriately and um you know they're
able to contact the official from the title list that they are there to see. We've noted it on the plan to be somewhat variable in location. We want to really go out there before they place it and locate it so
that it's, you know, in the proper location for the operators of the of the facility down there. So, we're showing it as a um what do we got? 16 by 14 18t long speed table is what it is. There's
a small detail on the plan shows the it's like a speed bump with a big flat top, but it only rises up say three or 4 in so that it's easy to mount with a plow. Then the roadway is easy easy to maintain and doesn't offer the same difficulties that a speed bump would
offer. So that's the only little I call it a little variable because you just want to shift it up and down the driveway to some degree. And that particular project where the driveway is, that's the job that's within the 100t
buffer zone to the wetlands. We've had all those wetland flags on flagged on previous projects and I think it worked out um fairly well for I think we knew them pretty good by hand by now. Yeah. No, it's all Yeah, it is it is all pretty good.
Then we also showed down at the end of the big test fairway. Remember we were in here several years ago. We want to clear some trees to improve um air flow and drain not drainage but just get better air circulation eliminate the seed stock you know from being dumped onto the
fairway. Now they've recognized that it's a little irregularly shaped. So, they want to improve the the drainage, the surface drainage by essentially cutting out some of the sod that's there, leveling up the area, placing
down some um some like top dressing for the for the material to be placed onto, then resod the area. So, as soon as they um strip that all out, they'll prep it for resolding and just take the
curse off of the uh the drainage issues. On the um on the second sheet, this is one that we uh that we we put a revision on the drawing and where it was the same type of work as
what was proposed on the fairway. Um, we just thought that it would be wise to include a little bit of a uh T- box modification in front of one of the test buildings. So, they have a 2100 square
ft T- box that they're just really it's an existing T- box that they're upgrading it to the better standards of today. They're going to improve that um by you know providing the irrigation have a little sub drain underneath it to capture any drain it's a might be an
issue and then sorry don't be sorry happens to the best of us yeah exactly and um just to the to the west of that of that tea box it's a just that part of the landscape out there in the building so little of that will be
regraded in the same manner as the fair weight down there. So they'll take that out, provide the top soil in there that's necessary, re resaw it and go from there. Beautiful. The edge of the roadway when we do the work on the edge of the roadway, DJ, the
superintendent down there, he's Yep. he's going to dress up those edges and and be responsible for that piece of the work. So the company is essentially responsible for all the the real visual stuff, the the green things that they're
very concerned about and um contractor whoever is selected will be the guy responsible for the patuminous pay on the job. Um just make sure you give me five day notice after the um soon as the waddles are in. Give me a call. I'll get out
there. I have up to 5 days to get out there. I'll try to get out there as soon as I can right after I get the phone call. I am retired. I should be able to handle it. And as soon as I get out there, I'll just give you a call right back, give you a thumbs up, and rock and roll. Yeah. Okay. Should be reasonably straightforward. You know, we're happy
to answer any questions you might have as a result of your site inspection and any questions you may have right now for that matter. Um, uh, Heidi, you got anything? No, I know you do a great job that a lot of that doesn't have to conservation fees except for
Christian. I know we uh I know we don't No problem. I know we walked through it Saturday. Um I'm very comfortable with it. I'm sure everyone else is. Um so with that being said, I'd like to entertain a motion for a negative determination.
So moved. I'll second. All those in favor? I I um I'd also like to entertain a motion to close it. I'll make a motion to close. Second. All those in favor? Hi. I'll set give me a call as soon as the waddles are made. We'll do
very good. Thanks very much for your time and uh appreciate very much. Thanks. No problem. No problem. Um Doug, you want to come back to the table? Yeah. Yeah. Got a lot of business. So, okay.
Nice seeing you. Yeah. Always good seeing you. Talk soon. Yep. Discussion. Uh we don't have nothing on discussion. agent updates. Um I sat in the other day, we had three people interviewed. Um I think it went
very well. Um I think they have the one they want to choose and then we'll go from there and see what happens, right? Just going to make sure that um everything works out and but at least the interviews went real well. So no matter what, it's heading in the right direction. Good and we'll go from there. um other
business um back up one time one a little bit thing on this agent update. Maybe it'll let the public know too. Um we are kind of really swamped in that office. Um trying to get things out on a deadline is kind of hectic right now. So I've met with Jamie Kelly and we're
going to shut the office down um Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 4:00. Um, so from 8:00 to 10 o'clock, Joan will be taking emails, phone calls. 10:00 comes, she's done. Um, we really just got to concentrate on getting
things kicked out of the office. Um, hopefully this is only maybe a two week span the most. I think we should be able to catch right up after a couple after Tuesday and Thursday. It should really keep her from saying she's got so many things to do and concentrate on what she
has to do. um it is interfering when you get the phone calls, the emails, and you're trying to respond to everything. So, if she can hold back and just concentrate on the things that are deadlined and it might take some of the stress off her, might make things go a little smoother. And like I said,
hopefully it's only, you know, maybe two weeks max and we get the agent in and we can get this place back rolling to normal. So, let's just that being said, Mr. Chairman, I would like to see this posted as a temporary post. um the hours
of um of the availability to the um you know to the office for the public. So Joanne uh I know Joanne was making up signage today for the doors and uh we'll make sure we get it out. Um just to let everyone know. The other thing is I'm probably going to reach out to a few
engineers too. Um the reason I picked Tuesdays and Thursdays cuz Wednesdays are our deadlines so we can't shut off a Wednesday. Um, so I think it's kind of like two of the best days to really just try to whip this out and try to get caught up. If we
can get caught up, get cleaned up and um, go from there. Who knows, right? We might be able to get this thing turned around where it's looking a lot better. I think that's an excellent idea. Yep. So, other businesses, any other business that may properly come before the commission, not reasonably anticipated
when posting 48 hours prior to the meeting. Future business. The next meeting of conservation commission will be on October 8, 2025. Meeting will be held at the town hall meeting room located at 122 Main Street at Kushnet, Mass. With that being said, I'd like to entertain a
motion to adjourn the meeting. I'll make a motion to adjourn. So moved. All those in favor? All right. Bye. [Music] Heat. Heat.
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