This public hearing is now called to order at 6 p.m. This hearing is being held as required 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 of the time and place of this
hearing was published in the Fhaven neighborhood news on February 19th, 2026 and March 5th, 2026. It was also posted in the town's clerk office. This meeting is being audio and videotape. PE persons
wish to be heard will be called in the following order. Um, entertain a motion to open the public hearing. >> Motion to open public hearing. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. When you approach the podium to the trust of commission, speak clearly and loudly, please.
Okay, first let's start out with the minutes for approval. Um, February 11:26 views amend presented. Votes may be taken. Um, I checked them out. I found them very well. Obviously, nothing wrong. Um, I don't know who else had a chance to look at them. >> Sure.
>> Yeah. >> All right. With that, I'd like to entertain a motion that we accept the February 11th, 2026 meeting minute motion. >> So, accept February 11, 2026 review minutes. Meetings meeting minutes.
>> Second. All those in favor? >> Old business. >> Okay. Um, this one here, folks, this is continued from February 25th due to the weather in the town. um hall was closed.
The meetings were closed. So, this is a just a um a postponed meeting. So, I'd like to continue public hearing. NI and storm water Christian um meet in the middle LLC 0 middle road map 23 lot 1B001-62.
A notice of intent and storm water application was filed by Cristiano meet in the middle LLC for property located at zero middle road, map 23, lot 1B. The applicant proposes to construct a singlestory commercial storage building with office space and a contractor's
yard for material and supply storage with associated pave park and utility storm water management controls and landscaping within the 100 foot buffer zone to a bordering vegetated weather. The applicant is represented by Chris Vanderberg of site engineering
environmental consultants incorporated. Plan 9 is proposed contract gap storage facilities. Date December 12, 2025. Storm uh water management report dated January 26, 2026. Um review of matters presented. Votes may be taken. I'd like
to entertain a motion to open this hearing. Motion to open public hearing. I'll >> second. >> All those in favor? >> I buddy. Good evening. For the record, Chris Vanderber with Scitec Engineering Environmental Consultants representing client Chris Young. Um so a little
project overview. Uh the site sits um on the south side of Middle Road. It's approximately 26 acres in size. Um uh it has a border of vegetative living and it does have a um riverfront area on it and we one of the comments actually
that we had was to add the riverfront area on it. But so you can see the 200 foot riverfront area comes just south of the PBW here and clipses just portion of that site over there. So, we're only probably working in a portion, very small portion of the 26 acre site here.
Um, the rest of the um site is well to the south of this. So, as stated, applicant just proposing to construct a 5,000t commercial building situated um just south of Middle Road. set way back.
Um it'll have a 1,000 foot office space along with a 4,000 foot garage space to be used exclusively by the applic. Um the project will also employ what he's proposing as a material storage area, material storage bins on the south side of middle road uh set back about 75 ft
from Middle Road. Um he's also proposing to um construct an equipment storage area just south of the proposed building here. I've highlighted the 100 foot buffer here and the 25 foot no touch here. As you can see, everything is outside the 25 foot uh buffer there.
And also per one of the comments uh they asked us to have an interior storage um excuse me snow storage area on the site um that was outside the 100 foot buffer. So that's what we did there. Looks something like this. There the site will be served with an onsite
infiltration basin. uh designed to attenuate peak uh flow rates from the uh project. Uh let's see what else we got. Um this area, the material storage area is supposed to be a gravel gravel area as well as the uh equipment storage area is supposed to be gravel as well. We um
clarified that for Merrill's comments. Um the site has been designed in accordance with the Masters and Storm Water Standards. Um instead also another important part of the project site the site will be serviced uh with an
on-site uh septic system um that has gone through review through the board of health I believe one revision um just kind of waiting on uh approval from them but we should be good on that. Uh here's a proposed landscaping uh screening plant. So, the front portion of the site off of Mil Road will be
screened with 19 Leland Cypress plants along with some screening along the uh eastern side along the property line of uh 474 Mil Road and we got some LED wall packs along the front and u pretty much
the project. Any questions, comments? >> Anyone can you go back to the septic system? to see the man. >> Right. That's it. >> Y >> Is there a um is there a grease trap or
anything or some kind of grease collector at the storage yard for the construction equipment? >> Um I don't believe there is. There is one in the the garage just coming out of the garage bay system there. >> So you're going to have the the equipment proposed 25 ft away from the wetlands.
>> Oh yeah. Yep. Um this Yeah. Yeah. So this this really there's no work proposed within the 25 foot uh no touch. This is the uh extent of the 25 foot proposing a 2 to1 slope here and then the material equipment storage area. >> Is that material or equipment?
>> Uh equipment storage. >> I kind of have a little bit of a concern with that. My own opinion. Is there any way we can like get that further away from 25 ft? I mean, you're going to be putting equipment and I know it's not all new equipment. I know we do
have possibilities of leaks and spills and you know, I mean, stuff happens, right? >> It's certainly farther away than 25 ft. I mean, we're showing, you know, just a box area of uh this area to be used as >> well. You see the corner there? The corner is what maybe 35 ft away. >> Yeah, it's really close.
>> Yeah, I can see, you know, like hey, if we shift it up, you know, plan north there, you know, just 25 foot out. So, you're getting farther and farther away. You go up north, you You know, I don't know the rhyme reason of the size of that why that was necessary. >> That's one of my concerns, but I know
that you still have to go to the planning board. You have to go to the zoning board and we did not get a chance to walk the site. >> Y >> um we do plan on going. I believe it's the 21st. >> Right. So, we plan on walking it March 21st. Is everything staked out on that site?
>> I will check with Mr. Gio on that one. Uh do you have a time for that? >> Um we don't right now. Joanne will send you an email. It'll probably be uh I don't know how many site visits we have. So, she'll send you an email, but I would like to have that equipment yet staked out the building uh your septic
system and um the storage up front by Middle Road. >> Footprint of the uh the garage, you know. >> And Chris, is is that the plan we have in the office? It's not right. >> No, that's Can you please send me the full set of
>> I was looking at the plan today and that's right. That is in that plan. Yeah, that's why I'm kind of essentially waiting for comments on you guys. >> All right. So, I know that um like I said, we are going to walk out on the 21st. If no one's got anything else, um anyone in the audience?
>> Obviously not. So, what we're going to do is I'm going to entertain a motion that we continue this to the March 25th meeting. >> Motion to continue March 25th. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I
is that a Saturday? March 25th. March 21st is a Saturday. >> Okay. Is it crucial to get everything staked out by then? Like >> Yeah. If we're going to walk it, we want to see everything. Um I mean, you got to, you know, 10 days, right? >> Yep. >> So, you want building staked out?
>> Is there anything staked out there now? >> Uh, as far as I know, now nothing sight stuff. >> So, at least let's get that building in, get that equipment yard st. I mean, we want to be able to walk on site and see what we own or see what you're proposing to build. >> Yeah. >> All right.
All right. See you on the 21st. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Yep. >> Okay. Next public hearing. NOI Storm Water MD South Coast Properties LLC 72 Middle Road SE00001. Do we have a um D number yet?
>> No. >> So, still no D number. Um, a notice of present stone one application was filed by MD South Coast Properties LLC 72 Middle Road, map 24, lot 35. The applicant proposes to construct three duplex building with associated sitew
construction, a detention pond within 100t buffer zone of a bordering vegetative wetland and to perform minor clearing, filling and grading within the 200t riverfront boundary. The applicant presented by David M. Deinion of Schneider Deion and Leon Incorporated.
Plan name is special residential development plan for over 55 units, not 55 units for over 55 people. Uh to be known as Middle Road Meadows at 72 Middle Road and pushing it at Mass Dated February 10th, 2026. Project is being
peer reviewed by Field Engineering Company incorporated. Review is madam presented. Motion may be taken. Um I'd like to entertain a motion that we open the public hearing. Motion to open public hearing. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> David, sir.
>> Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman and commission members, for the record, I'm Dave Deman from Schneider Leon. I represent uh the property owners and developers. They're one and the same. Uh the first plan, I'll be very brief. I'll show you the first plan, which is actually what we're calling a landscape
plan done by a landscape architect. It uh shows the project which consists of the development of a 5 66 acre property. Um, a redevelopment I'll call it because the property, if you go to the site today, there's an existing dwelling on
it. There's a various barns, green houses. Um, it there was uh a lot of the field was u used historically. So, majority of the property has been historically utilized. Um, and they're basically going to wipe everything clean
and start over um and put in a a roadway and six dwelling unit, six duplexes. So, this is an over 55 development. Each building you see here uh would be a duplex, so there'll be 12 dwelling
units. Uh when all said and done, the proposed roadway is within an existing rightway layout. Right now, uh there is a gravel road that runs uh through that way, and this is actually an existing barn and the gravel road somewhere in
somewhere in this vicinity. Um so the uh the project would consist of building six buildings putting in the roadway putting in infrastructure which would be sewer, water, uh gas and electric. The storm water is designed
accordance with mass and the cushion storm water res. Essentially in a nutshell, all the storm water through the roadway be collected through a catch basin system and diverted into a drainage pond out towards the southeast of the property. The site flows
basically in the east to west to southeast direction. So we're just going with the contours. The roadway um primarily the the roadway of the outside of the buffer zone. I've actually highlighted the plan here to help understand a little better
what you have for resource areas. So the green, the light green I'm highlighted represents a wetland system that is comes into the site and primarily goes onto the police department site that somewhere over here connects to this
wetland. It's one big system and and wraps around the east and the south and southeast corner of property. So this green line represents the BBW flag by Brad Holmes of UCR. the uh parallel green line represents the 100 foot buffer zone. Well, you can
see that the the site it gets smaller as you back the middle road. So, the first two houses, two duplexes, first one about 70% maybe in the buffer zone. Second one's entirely within the buffer zone with its front just outside the 100 right at the 100. Third building
about 50% and then the last three buildings are outside of the 100 foot buffer zone. The roadway is outside of the buffer zone. All the driveways are outside of the buffer zone. We do have additional resource area. We have off uh to the east the site borders the Kushner
River and the river runs in a north uh south direction and there is a branch that comes off to the northwest. This line represents this light blue line here represents uh the 100 foot repairarian zone in a repairing zone. No work is proposed within that. And then
the second line right here is the the 200 foot riverfront boundary. >> The dark green line represents the limits of clearing that's proposed. So you can see the work within the riverfront. We're allowed to do uh 10% of what the riverfront area is or 5,000
ft whichever is larger for a number. In this particular case, since a lot of the property falls within it, we have a significant number that we could deal with, but we're very small in what we're proposing, which is a little bit of clearing in that 200 foot buffer. Um,
work within the buffer beyond the three buildings. Um, just some utilities that are proposed to run behind the building, which is a a sewer force main and gas to service the buildings. And then the drainage pond, obviously, it's
gradient and and near the uh the lower part of the lot. So the drainage pond is located in the southeast quadrant. Um so the buffer zones we're basically following the existing um uh cleared and historically used property. Right here is a bubble line which which is the
existing clearing that we're following right around this right here. Um over here we've cut cut it off at 50 ft from the property line. And then we kind of have to pinch back down a little bit to fit this this building in. Um so we do
not have a D file number as of yet. Um the peer review will be done by Mel Associates. It's going to be a quasi review for planning board and conservation. Um there was a proposal that was u submitted today to the planning office and we're going to
accept that proposal for it to be a dual review. Um, so we would respectfully ask for a one month continuence uh based upon the review hasn't even begun. Um, and we may or may not be ready by then, but we can
certainly um go out and meet at the site. Um, I figure what makes sense if you concur to state the uh base of the advantage bond and and possibly just uh put in these three buildings which are buffer zone everything else. >> That would be fine with me. And if if you can give us the one by that on the
other resource, even if it's just a corner of that building, Dave. >> Sure. >> Um so, uh I know that I read Field Engineering, uh just so you guys know, um we got the proposal back from Field. Um they were a little bit higher, actually a lot higher than so Dave asked
that we sent it to someone else. At the same time, we got a hold of Victoria from Planning Board. We did this, we're going to do this as a joint venture, let him do a Planning Board and storm water. So that's why it's going to Merryill now. Merryill came back uh yesterday or when did Mel came back?
>> Uh it was yesterday. >> Yeah. So Merryill came back. Dave's accepting it. So um basically we're going to have to do a site visit and um then we'll check out the fair reviews and go from there. So um I know Dave saying a meth out we were looking at the
paperwork. I was actually talking to Dave today. We're thinking about April 8th. So I think we should do the Saturday before the 8th for a site visit. And um with that being said, I'd like to entertain a motion that we continue this to the April 8th meeting
with a um site visit on the fourth. Am I right about saying that? Site visit on the 4th. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Fourth >> motion to continue for April. >> So yeah, second. All those in favor. >> We should be guaranteed to have no stone
by now. Well, there's no guarantee only. Don't >> Don't be putting the whammy on us. >> Yeah. Remember the snow April 1st snow? >> That's true. >> Yeah. Well, there there's no guarantee. >> Definitely. Definitely a tight footprint, >> especially this year. >> I have a question, Dave. Is it is do you
know anything about when the units are built and become available? Are they a cushion at resident preference? Somebody wanted me to ask that. >> I have no idea. >> Don't know. Okay. I don't even know if the owners are I think this is their first venture. It is a local um entity
doing it. >> All I know is that one of the developers said I think I might live in one myself. >> Thank you sir. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Now for discussion, we have 1236
Main Street. Demolition review of methods presented books may be taken. Um Julia, you want to come in on this one? >> Yeah. So, we didn't get a chance to do a site visit on this one, but I checked it out on Mass Mapper and it looks like the wetlands are about 140 ft away from the
demolition site. And so, if that is correct, then we wouldn't have the jurisdiction to deny the demolition. Um, so that's kind of what I think about that. But >> so I did do a site visit myself um when we had the first little snow, right? And I walked quite a way back. I couldn't
see a determination of plants or anything, but I don't even know if I was back 150 ft away from the bond, right? The other thing is the bond is on asphalt. Um it's a residential contractor. Um and right now with the weather he has, he ain't got a lot of
work. I can't see why we would hold this up because like Julie was saying, I don't even think this is under our jurisdiction. So with that going forward, I think we should entertain a motion that Julia gets to sign on this and let sign off on this to the building
department and let them uh do the demo. >> Feel confident that you >> I feel very confident. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And it's a demo, too. I mean, if it was building, maybe we would try to get out there, >> you know, and it's on the asphalt. >> Yeah. Right. For the best. Anyway,
>> so I entertained a motion. All we need is someone to put in another motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Beautiful. So um get a hold of the building department. Sign off on um charity. What the hell? Is it charity?
>> No. >> What's the name? >> Simplicity. >> Simplicity. >> Sign off on simplicity and then we can um let them know that they can go ahead with the demo. >> All right. Sounds good. >> Okay. Next is um 35 Hathaway Road. Review of M is presented. votes may be
taken. Once again, I'm going to let Julia open up with this one. >> So, we received an email from Kevin McHugh on uh February 9th. Um and this email was shared with the commission. Um and based on the note from Kevin McHugh,
um and the suggestion from our D circuit writer, I think we should have the applicant just file for an after the fact NOI for this work. And I can read you a little bit of what Kevin said in that email in case you didn't get a chance to check it out, but he said, "Having inspected the area on Friday,
February 6, 2026, it is my opinion that the work completed is within the jurisdiction of the WPA and does not fall under the MS4 program." Um, he said the MS4 program does not relieve a property owner from the need to comply with the WPA. and the town had reached
out to the Department of Environmental Protection and the D provided a similar opinion and also recommended that an after- the-act notice of intent be submitted by the property owner for the work completed. I agree with the D's recommended NOI approach. >> The other thing is is just so everyone
knows, Julia did look at all the plans of record. >> Yes. >> Um going through the plans of record, there is no an existing spillway there. There never was a spillway there. Um, I know right off the edge of the road is where they're trying to say MS4. That's actually a wet spot
>> right off the edge of the road on Mass Mapper. You can see it. It's not big. It's probably like 30 by like 12, maybe even 15 ft wide right off the road. >> Um, >> so with that being said, um, I'm going to entertain a motion that we go by the
um, >> by the D by Kevin McHugh and by Julia. >> Yeah. and asked for right after the fact NOI. You >> want to set a date on that? >> Um, so after Julius sends him an email,
um, I think the guy should be able to get a contract within an engineer within 30 days. So I think he should try to get the, um, at least try to get the NOI going within the 30-day. Um, I feel that's reasonable. >> So I'll make a motion to accept the NOI
with with the 30 days >> after fact. Yeah. Julia second. >> A second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Agent updates. Julia, this is you, young lady. >> Yep. So, um, last meeting I was not
here, but I know you guys talked a little bit about laptops and like townisssued cell phones. So, I just wanted to give an update. Um, the last I reached out about a town issued cell phone was yesterday. Um, I know Joanne has sent like three emails in the past probably two or three weeks. Um, and
there's still no update on that. So, I do not have a cell phone yet. >> Crickets. >> So, so is is um Jamie still in play here for us >> right now? Jamie still is in play. He is Jamie. >> So, are we are we going directly to
Jamie with these requests? >> I'm going through Margaret. Um, I can go directly to Jamie if we think that will help. >> Um, it's worth a shot. Okay. >> Right. The other thing I would um honestly think about too is maybe even getting the select mini board. Yeah. >> Um this is something that every agent
has always had a phone that's always been upstairs. Um it's your personal phone. I know that you do take pictures, you do what you got to do with your phone, but if we're ever on a site and you dropped it in the water or whatever, you know, you're the one that's going to be out and the town ain't going to help
you. Um same thing with the laptop. Um it's I think it's an issue that this town should go follow with. Mhm. >> Reach up to the technology too. It Nick Nick is the >> street gets the grease eventually. >> Yep. >> Eventually got to go to the top. We go
to the top and that's where we're headed. So, you know. >> All right. So, that's good for me. That's all I have to update you guys. >> All right. Um, 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 the conservation commission will be on March 25th, 2026. Meeting will be held at the police station conference room located at 64 Middle Road at Cushion, Mass. With that
folks, I would like to entertain a motion that we adjourn the meeting. >> Motion to adjourn this meeting. Second that. >> All those in favor? All right. Heat.