Good evening. Uh this is the meeting of the Air Conservation Commission. It's Thursday, April 9th here in Air Town Hall. Um so first order of business is approval of the agenda. Any changes?
>> I have no changes to the agenda. >> Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve the agenda as written. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I chair votes I. Any opposed? Crickets.
Next is approval of the meeting minutes for March 26th, 2026. I submitted all my >> Yeah, I did all of your corrections. >> I figured you did correctly. Um >> I must have looked at the correct >> My only instruction is that they were
done too fast. Sorry. >> Too fast. >> No changes to the minutes. Do we have a motion to approve the minutes as written? >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I chair votes I. Motion passes. No
opposition. Okay. Uh next on our agenda is the annual conservation restriction yearly monitoring report for Autumn Ridge presented by the masterful Steve Smith.
As always, >> hi everybody. How are you this evening? >> I've got uh copies of the report. You can pass them around. >> Each take one. >> No more than one. >> That bear looked pretty big.
>> Yeah. >> I can pull up I can pull up some of the pictures. I sent it I sent it to myself down here so we can pull up some of the pictures. I just don't want to make very dead with it. But
>> these are blowups of some of the pictures. >> Thank you. >> Just pass them around. Have a have a look. Turn it over to you, Steve. >> What did you say? >> Turn it over to you. >> Okay. Um,
>> I here on the I'm here on the annual annual visit. Very nice to be here to greet you all and and uh to present my annual report. Uh, I have with me Chuck Francis and
Bill Strickland and my sister Beverly supporting us. Um, so as you all most of you know,
um, I'm the the volunteer steward of this conservation restriction. The conservation restriction was established March 31st, 2005 in
favor of the town of Air. The baseline documentation was completed in the spring, winter spring of 2010, and a five-year photo update was completed in 2015 and a second one in
2020. In late June to 2025, I conducted field work to monitor the conservation restriction. The annual January walk with autumn rich residents was cancelled
due to the extreme cold and deep snow. However, several Autumn residents contributed to the monitoring info and wildlife sightings list in item three.
The attached map shows the roots which I don't I didn't attach the map. I apologize. This is the map. I just hold it up here. And one one route was down this way, up and
around. And another was in the winter time on snowshoes around Brock Metal Park. Plus, there was the annual trail work in earlier in the year that covered all the trails
for you this year in case you need it. Um, this is a Hold on to that joint. There's some talking. The conservation restriction is divided into four zones.
Zone A is this dark green including the pond which is basically you don't do anything except mother nature takes its course. Zone B is this
area here that allows farming. >> That's where the hay goes on. And this horseshoe around the the village allows minimal development like gazeos,
board hooks, things like that. So those are the four zones and those are what I monitor for clients and and u anything else that's going on.
So in this report um I list the current trustees of Autumn Bridge Farm and this is for your use in case you need to contact the owners of the
property because this board represents the owners of the property. One trustee Bill Strickland is here tonight. He's a new trustee and new land lover.
Can I call you that, Bill? >> Land lover. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> For sure. >> Um and it also lists the property manager uh
represented by Lyanna Anderson. So number one, 2025 was a year of average rainfall and the water level in Rock Meadow Pond was low. Birds and wildlife were present, but not
in the numbers of previous years. Many dead fish were noted in Rock Battle Pond in the spring. Now, I've since learned that a lack of oxygen in the water
>> can kill the fish >> and a low level of of water can do that. We haven't really noticed a low level could be the oxygen, but there was significant number of dead fish.
>> First time we ever saw it. >> Mhm. Uh, new wildlife cited this year includes a golden coyote. >> Is that that first picture? >> Yeah. >> Yeah,
>> that's a golden coyote. >> Uh, I'll get it. >> My brother took that picture. >> Is that the one? Is that a genetically different >> well >> coyote?
>> Speculation is it might be a crossbreed >> with a golden retriever >> or something like that. >> Okay. >> But but this is a female who two weeks prior to this picture was in the field with two pups also golden.
>> Okay. So, and uh my brother said two or three decades ago, he noticed golden coyote and the uh turkey tree farm. Now, a little
>> I would have looked at that initially and just thought fox. >> Yeah, >> that's what I thought. >> It's too big for a fox. >> Looks like a coyote. >> Um >> and the other uh kind of interesting
thing was uh a beaver pair with the female birthing a kit which is one of the pictures that in this package that Chuck received >> Chuck's got a uh
>> a new motion activated nighttime camera. That's why some of these pictures look like they're flash pictures. >> Yeah. the bear and the possum and the uh raccoons.
They're all taken at night. Okay. Uh back in 2023, I reported a beaver deceiver malfunction. >> Mhm. Heather followed up with the contractor and a site visit was conducted.
Water levels in rock bed pond, the lower pond now appear normal, but it looks like the beaver deceased. >> Mhm. >> We noted a new beaver lodge in Rock Bond
on the backside. This is a couple of years now away from the dam. We believe this new beaver lodge was made to replace the old one which got flooded out during high water. Again, number four at Smith Pond, a
beaver pair was photographed during a birthing event photographed by Chuck Francis. In 2024, new Beaver Dam construction was noted at the lower end of Meadow Brook near the
villages, but dry conditions led the beavers to abandon this site. No further work was noted in 2025. The original conservation restriction
map shows a dam at this location back in 2005, but it was also abandoned at that time. >> The beavers never got it going because it wasn't enough water. So number three includes all the
wildlife sightings, animals and birds starting in 2019 right through 2025 and you can uh peruse that at your leisure. I called out the interesting ones in the
pictures. Number six, no hunter interactions were important. The no hunting signs stayed in place were installed during 2018. Those no
warning signs are along this boundary line which is the boundary between publicly accessible part of the conservation restriction >> and the public publicly accessible and
private >> autom residents only. So this is where the no where hunting is allowed >> as it is in the town conservation land. Mhm. >> With the same rules. >> Mhm.
>> Deer season only, >> just shotgun season. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> The power company was not active on autumn land in 23 and 24. Autumn Bridge was notified of work
to be done in 25 and it was noted on the U on the wooden power line >> which goes along this >> call it the wooden because got wooden bolts. >> Yeah. >> Call it the wood power.
And although the J number eight although the January walk-in with autumn rich residence was cancelled due to the cold and snowy conditions, several residents contributed to the reports on recreational visitors and wildlife
sightings. Two group hikes were observed. These were visiting group. >> Uh we think one group was burders. Mhm. >> Looking for the redheaded woodpecker. >> Okay. >> Cuz that redheaded woodpecker
is down here where the observation point is and uh it's it's noted in the bird websites cuz we we see bird is once in a while. >> Yeah. I've I've seen them further up on the on the ledges and the rocks where they do their climbing. >> Right. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Who wasn't happy to see me? >> The redheaded woodpecker is a pretty rare bird. That's a big >> not a frequent birds. >> That's not the same as the piated, is it? >> No. >> Um,
trail work on autumn bridge trails is done by a resident crew. Chuck Francis continues to lead this Autumn Bridge Farm volunteer effort. Thank you, Chuck. In 2025, we held the group trail workday
on June 7th. About six people come came out. Worked out very well. The trails were in good shape. It's the start of the hiking season. During the summer and fall of 2025,
Chuck and Bill did a total reblazing of the trails. And they have new colors. And this is the schematic. I'll pass pass it around.
That was a good piece of work. Thank you, Bill and Chuck. Chuck said there's about a mile and a half >> of trail on a bridge. >> Do you all enjoy those trails?
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. That lookout. I always love going to >> you. What? >> The lookout area up by Do you call it the second beaver dam or the first beaver dam? >> The observation. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> It's a nice place. It's very peaceful place. >> Yeah. >> Can listen to the wildlife. >> Yeah. >> The uh for your information, the osprey have arrived again. They >> set up they're fixing up the nest. When
did they come, Chuck? Late March. >> Osprey. >> Osprey. >> When did they show up? >> Late March. Yes. >> Late March. >> Yeah. >> And they same nest. >> Build it all up again. >> Mhm. >> I've been doing it for 11 years since
I've been here. And every year they've come. I don't know when they stop. >> I mean, they got to get old. >> Birds live a long time. They write with us though. All of us old people and
>> maybe maybe this year they'll they won't leave and they'll just stay in your retirement community. >> That'd be nice. >> Um, number 11. If you Google air boulders,
you're led to an interesting website detailing all the boulders in the town of air that this boulder club likes to climb. The only exception to proper recreational use is a log wreck
constructed at the chimney boulder which is more or less here. It's up in the steep cliff boulders. Um, they built this log rack so they could
put their mattresses on it. >> So if they fell off the boulder, they'll land on something soft. >> They put up They put down the mattresses at the other boulders, too. But there's enough flat ground. >> Mhm.
>> For them. But at this location, there wasn't any. So they built this log structure out of dead logs. cut any live trees all deadlocks and use any nails. It's all set. And uh
I I did at your at the judgment of the ARF board and your judgment, I was to contact them and make them aware that we were aware of this
one uh non-compliant structure >> and that we'd like no more. Mhm. >> So the observation this and I did talk to Boulders um and the observation this year was that they respected the resource
very well. They're they're good recreationists and they don't cross into the private area. They stay in the >> public access. So number 12, no encroachments of any kind were
noticed during the 2025 by campers, firebuilders, motorcycles, motorbikes, or boers. However, on February 19th, 2026,
numerous snowmobile tracks >> were observed on Rock Meadow Pond. That was on the snowshoe snowshoe track. >> Mhm. >> I don't recall ever seeing snowmobiles previously. >> We had a lot of snow this year.
>> We had a lot more snow this year than >> Yeah, I think that was the And it's thick ice, too. Safe ice. >> No, that ice was really thick. Really, >> really hard. So, could have been locals.
Um, and I couldn't really identify the entry point. >> See it. Um, this year, you know, previous years we've we've counted, we've noted and counted the geocaching sites.
Um, and we were down at two last year >> in 2024. This year we didn't because we didn't do our usual walk. We didn't observe any. We didn't verify >> Mhm. >> that they were there or not.
I suspect they're still there. That's also a, you know, a club, recreational club, the geocaching. Yep. >> People, they go there and record their >> presents, put a little tidbit in the
box, and off they go. Um the haying and mowing of the fields in B zones B and C were again conducted by David Lides and Richard Smith.
Trail mowing in the power line crossings is done by me with my lawn tractor. David Lides has big mowing equipment. >> A big
>> Okay. >> mower plus bor and trailering drags behind the mower. So he can do the flatter fields, but he can't do the hillsides, >> right? That's where my brother goes with
his rotary mower on the back of his the name of that tractor. >> John Deere. >> No, it's the orange one. >> Kabota. >> Kabota. >> Yeah. >> He says he's ever happier than when he's
on his Kabota. So, um, >> that's it for this year. I open to any questions, comments you have. >> Sounds great. And we really very grateful for your excellent monitoring and reporting every year.
>> You're kind of my favorite person that comes in, not a lot. >> Excuse me. >> Said you're my favorite person that comes in. It's always interesting to hear about. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. That includes us, too. >> Yeah, it's very detailed. But I always love seeing what kind of pictures you're going to send in every year.
>> Yeah. What new things? >> What new things you're going to find. Yeah. One of these years I got to get this I forgot to get them too late this year, but next year I'm going to get um the ice cuz I needed them this year to get out the pine meadow. The ice things that go on your feet and your shoes so I can go out in the frozen pond sometime so I can see like walk right up to that
beaver loggers that are out there cuz >> Yeah, >> they're big looking from the shore. I can't wait. I want to go out and see them on the ice. >> Yeah. >> Um just be careful. >> Yeah. No, I know. They're not going to be happy with me. >> No, no. I mean, I've >> miss itself. >> Oh, yeah. I trust me. No, I know.
>> They keep some They keep some Yeah. And uh I was over by the one near the Boy Scout bridge on Long Metal Pond >> and I was like, "Oh, this is cool." >> No, I was right by >> I'd make sure I tell them where I'm going, too. So, if I needed to see >> Yes, sir.
Since the hospital closed, >> we had bobcats coming through and the Canadian links. >> I can only think that they might have used the dumpsters or something behind the hospitals in the past or what, but it only happened when the hospital
closed. >> Yeah. Wow. >> So, we got more wildlife. >> I'd love to mention that next time the town complains about the hospital being closed. Obviously, but the Autumn Ridge people have more bobcats. So, Um, so every year I ask if you want me
to continue. >> Well, I was just going to say, do you want to keep doing it because we really appreciate it. >> Mhm. >> Um, for now, yes. >> Um, I uh I'm finding it more difficult
to uh do the hiking and the bushwacking especially that's needed. If you need any help um going forward doing the boundaries or anything like that, please let me know. We have a group that can do that for you. If you want to just keep
maintaining doing the the animal tracking and stuff for us, that I think that just that part is is wonderful for us. But if you ever need help with the boundary marks, just let me know. I can get somebody out there to do that monitoring for you. Um North County Land Trust. >> Oh yeah, >> we have them.
Yeah, we're we're working with them to try to get the rest of the Pine Meadow area into a conservation restriction that they'll monitor for us as well. >> That's Faith Salter. >> Yes. >> Yeah. She's the director. Yeah. >> She's a former volunteer coordinator for AMC. >> Yeah. >> I met her in that.
>> Yeah. >> She just lives up the street, >> does she? >> Yeah. >> Lives here. >> Yeah. She doesn't want her back. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Good enough. So, if you ever need any help with any of the modern, just just feel free to reach out to me and we can get somebody out there to help you with it.
>> But I I appreciate I I love seeing the pictures of what animals you've seen. So, I would love no matter what you at least submit something like that to us or comment and talk to us. >> Um, and I do appreciate the trail work as well. >> Yeah. And >> because for me to get equipment in there
or the DPW would be would be a trick. So >> yeah, this uh I did conservation restriction monitoring for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy >> along the AT Massachusetts. >> Um and I was part of the job is to talk
to the owners >> of the land who have to respect >> the restriction. Mhm. >> And I never had as good a relationship with the owners of the land and those
restrictions as I do here >> with the board and the residents of Autumn Bridge. They're just delightful and they have as much love for land and being restricted as >> Oh, that's wonderful to hear. I hope
more people in there feel that same way when they move into their areas of new development that have similar restrictions. >> Well, it's perfectly located cuz that one is perfectly located. Yeah, >> it is. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it's kind of magic. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah, you guys locked out up there. >> Okay, so that's it for this year. >> Thank you, Steve. Thanks, Steve. You're >> welcome. >> We will see you next year like clockwork. >> Yep. Hopefully. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. If I don't hear anything from you by March, I'll get worried.
>> Thanks to the rest of you, too. >> Appreciate it. >> Yeah, Chuck, keep up with the pictures. >> He's not here. >> Thank you. >> Keep up with the pictures. Thank you. >> All right. Next on our agenda is request for an amended order of conditions for D
file number 100-0500 for 12 Willow Road creative materials. Do we have somebody here for this? And if you could for the camera state your name and then go right into why you're here.
>> Of course. Uh good evening chair and member of the comm members of the commission. My name is Libby Baler. from Anderson Kger and I'm here on behalf of creative materials. Sorry, can you spell your last name for me? >> Sure. Baler B as in boy O W K E R and
this evening um we're seeking a what we see as a very minor amendment to an order of conditions that you issued back in November. Um we really appreciate the time and effort that you put into review of your project and all of the the details and thought that went into it. And um the order of conditions contained
58 special conditions and we just want to tweak just one um and actually replace it with two conditions um that just really make clear to users, the current owner, future owners that the riverfront area is, you know, subject to
heightened restrictions under both the Wilds Protection Act and the local bylaw. Um, so I believe in our cover letter I put the two conditions that we're um proposing. They consist of both recording a plan in the registry of deeds kind of demarcating the location
of the riverfront area and explicitly stating that it's subject to, you know, these special laws. And then the second condition would be to actually put a number of signs along the 100 foot riverfront area. Um, content and location actually be determined by the
commissioner, the agent. um probably in the field to make sure they make sense. Um and with that amendment, we would be very happy. Um nothing about the project is changing. Um and this is all post construction kind of conditions and we
have discussed this with D. I know the original condition was put in place directly from their recommendation. Um, so we called D and we made sure this was okay with them and I believe that these conditions have also been um, uh, run by
agent Henson as well. >> So what we're you're proposing taking out is the requirement for a deed restriction. >> That's correct. Yes. >> Which we did put in because FD >> recommended it. Yes, we saw that.
>> Okay. Any questions from the commission? Any questions from our agent? No, I will just make one statement and I might do a minor modification to the special conditions if if you're okay with this. When thinking about I I want to make
sure we understand that the the markings of the 100 the signs on the 100 foot buffer, they might not be exactly at the 100 ft. They might be a little bit outside and be a little bit inside at that 100 foot. Just depending on where we need to put them. as long as you're okay and and the owner is okay with that that the markings may not be exactly on
that 100 foot, but we understand they're more or less there to just mark that we're not supposed to go any further back here. So, if there's a landscaped area that's at say 75 ft or 110 ft, I'm going to put just outside of that to be that we're not going to go any further out of here. Just as as understanding
that that's that was the intent of that. >> No, I appreciate that. I'm going to defer to our owner. Is that all right? That's all right. Thank you. Just want to make sure we have a clarification on that. That was that was the point of that is to make sure we're >> when we have already disturbed areas or undisturbed areas that we're putting these signs there to make sure people
understand they're not going to go beyond that. So whether that is exactly on the 100 foot just outside or just inside it might it might vary depending on where we put them. >> That makes sense. >> You want to say something to the effect of nominally at the 100 foot. >> Yeah. I might change the modification of
I might say um you know plus or minus 100 ft or something like that and just make that minor change in that. Well, they have the rest of it all typed up. So, great. >> Okay. And you're you're fine with that a change along those lines. So, okay. Anything else?
>> That's it. Okay. So, and you have any other questions for us at this time? I don't. I really appreciate you taking the time to to hear this and all the work you put into the additional review. So, thank you. >> All right. So, we can consider a motion
to approve the amendments to the order of conditions for 100-0500 as outlined in the um letter from Anderson Kger of March 20th, changing getting rid of a deed restriction and uh
replacing it with two special conditions. Should I read them into the record? Um I just one you can um just one minor thing before we do that. Does the commission on top of the the number 58 for the reported plant does the commission want
to review or have myself review that plan prior to the recording >> or are we fine? >> You did not say that. >> It does not say that. >> Get it to come up. Sorry. >> Yeah. No, it does not say that and it it dawned on me after the fact. Um, and it
just dawned on me now and thankfully it stuck my head. Um, to just to ensure that that plan shows exactly what we needed to. Um, so I don't know if that's something we want to add on there too as a minor correction.
>> Any objections from the applicant on that? >> Um, I don't believe so. We were planning on using I think one of the plans in the application which just has the >> um the delineation. It's not specified in the condition what the plan's going to look like. So, I don't know if it's something we just
agree to here or if we need to actually put that in the conditions um or not. What do people think, George? >> I think that's a good idea. >> I'd prefer
>> Jen John. >> Okay. So, we will just make that slight change as well. And I'm not going to Let's see that would be in number 58. So proposed condition number 58 would be prior to the issuance of the certificate of
compliance a plan must be recorded in the registry of deeds indicating the extent of riverfront area noting any disturbance requires compliance with the air wetlands bylaw and regulations the state wetlands protection act and regulations and any amendments there
too. And Heather, you're going to make a little >> Yep. Yeah. change >> following review by >> following review by the the conservation conservation agency or the commission. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Okay. And >> one clarification question. Um is that
something you'd want us to come back to a hearing for or is that something you just send to me for some reason if I'm not here? That's when we have the commission or the agent for some strange reason. If somehow the agent's not here in whatever capacity, we have the commission to do the same. Oh, but were you asking about do you have to come
back to our next meeting to >> No, about when we have the plan ready to go uh if we needed to present it collectively or if we can shoot it to you via email and >> Yep. That is it. >> Okay. In proposed condition number 59 would be at least five signs must be
placed along the undisturbed 100 ft riverfront area >> plus or minus >> plus or minus or nominally or however you want to word that stating that there is no further disturbance or dumping beyond this point. Final approval of the number location and wording of the signs
will come from the conservation agent or the commission. So, any further questions? There being none, we have a motion to approve the amendment to the order of conditions for 100-0500
creative materials. >> So, second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> opposed. Chair votes I. Motion passes. >> Thank you so much. Thank you. Have a wonderful evening. You >> Thank you.
Okay. Next on the agenda would be uh opening reopening the public hearing for >> it's already open. Not reopening. Yeah. >> Not reopening. Continuing the public hearing for the notice of intent filed only under the air wetlands bylaw for
Sawyer May LLC for the Orion Park Drive. >> Where are we at at this? >> Good evening. >> And you are Joe Catalo, manager of Soya May. Um sure you're getting tired of seeing me here every other week. No. >> Um, so >> one of our favorite
>> progress in the sense that this afternoon I forwarded to Heather the um assessment from um guarded associ guarded consulting which was sent along to Mass Wildlife. I believe you should have a copy. >> Mhm.
>> Um for your review, which basically is their assessment and then they're waiting for mass wildlife to review that and report back. >> And did they have any response to the barb wire cleanup?
>> Yes. So, um it was Goddard, sorry, Jen, it was Goddard, um the gentleman from Goddard's um suggestion that that will be should be removed. Um I did send this question on to to Joe um yesterday. I had a meeting with Anna Wilkins and we
were looking over conservation restrictions and per the old original conservation um permit for the order of conditions from 2008 when the first first this subdivision was first done. There was a comment on there from
Natural Heritage and it wasn't the original plan to have new fencing put up. >> Really? >> Yes. So, I I sent Joe and and copied um his son and Michael and Sean the um letter from Natural Heritage from back then
along with the the special conditions that were put on the original one. Um assuming that when we do get something back from natural hairs that might be a an item again. Um, so just so everyone knows that that a little history of that
site. >> It was just a recommendation. It wasn't a requirement. >> No, it was requirement. >> There was other plans. It was added on to the original plans. >> Yeah. Was that because of the functioning the working farm at the time? >> I that's completely changed.
>> Yeah. Well, no, the the original subdivision. >> Very good point. >> Yeah. The the subdivision um is the same thing that we're looking at now where you have two lots over here, two lots on the left side, two on the right side. the potential vertical pool here, the the wetland in the back, and the conservation restriction. All that was
in that original plan. >> Um, and it's the fencing is along a storm water basin and over on the um the end of the culde-sac more or less for I think >> okay, >> for my thought of the animals crunching over. So, um I just wanted to to share
that with with J because I found that because silly me, I should have looked at that when we first did this and that that's that's my thankfully we did see it. I did find it, but that's on me for not looking to the old one, not even thinking that these conditions would be on there. Um, but uh, so we did I did
forward those on and we do have those in there and it did come from Natural Heritage. So when we did draft to put up just I did whatever comes from Natural Heritage in there. So sorry, >> board members, what I'd like to recommend that given the fact that that was 20 some odd years ago, I think a lot
of type of signage has changed. I know we did this in a conservation restricted area in western when we built some homes is we put up signs >> along the wetland area, you know, wildlife um wildlife habitat access limited um
and we posted those every 100 ft. I think that might be a more appropriate approach when we're completed with our project and certainly we can plant an area. I and to your point, Heather, >> I think that >> that was probably written because
>> Mr. Woodmire, the owner of the property, used to let Mr. um >> the gentleman I bought the property from >> um McN graze his cows over there. So, I think that's why all that fencing was put there and so forth. So, I think
>> given the fact that times have changed, um I think uh signage would certainly be more appropriate. Um, >> as long as Natural Heritage agrees, I mean, I'd be very much more in favor of trying to >> I will ask I'm going to ask a consulting
to approach mass wildlife with that >> because I think to put a fence up would hurt the wildlife, not help the wildlife. >> And make sure that they make them aware that there was the farm, there's no longer the farm. >> Yeah. Right. That's definitely too
>> that that's probably the thought, too. That's why I wanted natural heritage to be asked the question. Um I did draft later this afternoon so I don't think we had a chance to review it the the special conditions but I can go over some of them step one >> um today or
>> Mhm. Okay. >> Could you send me a copy of that? >> I did. I can send it to you again. >> I didn't get it. >> You didn't get it? >> No, I don't know board members got it either. I I I checked. >> Maybe I I I was running around the last I know you were this last hour of work. I was just >> She was stressed.
I I I did not I did not have an attachment to it. >> Oh, then that's what happened. I I'm using the new Microsoft listers, >> but if you could send it back, I can go through a few of them, the key points this evening, and then I'll I'll resend it. But >> okay. And the other thing too, uh, board
members, Heather did ask, um, >> for the owner's name and number of the property so she can discuss the, um, conservation restriction with him. That's not part of our work, right? No. >> But, um, Mr. Woodmire is expecting a
phone call from Heather when >> time comes. >> So, that's where we're at. I can certainly come back in two weeks and hopefully I have more news positive >> and if I could get the order conditions that would be wonderful just so we could
start working on that on our side that would be great. Oh wonderful >> and do you want to briefly show that real quick and I'll get back to you. So, I did I did one of the ones that's uh that's not one that we normally do and this is just one that
popped in my head that I I think we need to start looking at doing um completely on the side of the commission if they want to leave this in here. I did have in there because the storm water system that's being put in the drainage and the road will flow into the storm water system that's right next to the wetland and especially the conservation
restriction. Um, I did put a condition in here. It does end up being outside of our jurisdiction kind of. Um, that the storm drains be marked with a no dumping whether it's spray painted along outside or one of those little markers you put on the the catch basin gray itself. Um, I think that's a probably be a good
condition that we start adding. We start getting a >> that's not a problem. >> Start getting these basins that are the overflow is going towards the wetland area. Yeah, I would think that's a good one. >> Um, there's a what do we put on here? There's a condition for
um the the proposed vegetated buffer along the end of the roadway. Um, I've put on it that it should be completed as soon as practical. Um, I'm not sure if we want to put an actual deadline on that. I just don't know. I don't want to give a deadline for it not knowing what the
construction sequence is and I don't want it to be put in and impede what you're going to work on. >> Yeah. I think what we could do is we could uh once we put that drainage in there, we'll obviously be in touch with the board and certainly do that within the uh whether it's the spring planning
season or the fall planning season, we would get that at least vegetated and protected with erosion controls um before winter sets in. if if if we're doing that work in the fall, which I suspect at this point that's when we'll be doing it.
>> Um, as we have in the past, we put a condition on there that um the use of deicing chemicals such as cast uh sodium chloride is not allowed within the the buffazone area, which is technically just the end of that bowl, but at the same time, it might just be easier not to use it at all on that road with
everything storm draining and then flowing into the wetland area overflow. Um, >> isn't that a DPW issue though if it's a town accepted roadway? >> I mean, we could certainly >> It is. I would I would run it by them too because I think they are slowly moving away from certain chemicals as
well in in sensitive areas. But I will run I will definitely mention it to Dan um when I see him next. >> Um, >> you put a caveat in it that this would apply. >> Yeah, we can we can put it in there until until this town road. Yes. the
term weird way so that you're not >> presently in other properties we use um calcium magnesium acetate CMA in place of u >> calcium chloride it's doesn't have the melting capac ability
uh low low temperatures but it's it's good to about 20 below and not as invasive and corrosive so that's that may be an option as well that we could utilize Um, oh, I put a condition on to limit the
work uh within the potential vernal pool buffer zone area to be outside of um May uh March 1st to April 15th, assuming if at all there is any potential vernal pool activity in that area, it's outside of that migration
>> period to May 15th. >> Uh March 1st to April 15th. April 15th >> because it's first rainy day when it's above certain temperature which can be anywhere between March and April. >> So that won't really apply to this year but next year. >> Next year correct. Yep. >> April 15th. Yep. >> And that's for the whatever salamanders,
turtles, frogs going to that pool area if there is any. Um and then the last condition is just any and all conditions placed in the project based on natural heritage approval is incorporated into these conditions. >> Yeah.
I think that's about it. But um I will forward it off to everybody. Joe, you can have that copy now with you and I and I will email it out again tomorrow. >> Okay. >> Still getting used to the new Microsoft Office. >> The report from Goddard. I don't know if everybody got a chance to read the whole thing.
>> I don't know where we sat with any vegetation removal. On page eight, it talks about possibly pulling off some of that >> the buckthorn that there and maybe replace with >> Okay. Okay. >> Pie bush blueberry. >> Okay. >> I don't know what others thought about that. I thought that wasn't such a bad
idea. >> Depending on the is it within the as long as it's not within the the conservation restriction area. >> So that's what it's saying. It's the it's along the envelope of the vernal pool. >> Yeah. That ends up being the conservation restriction area.
>> Yeah. Okay. we that that's that's where this project becomes kind of touchy which is why I'm trying to get the the baseline and everything marked at least staked out prior to Okay. >> Um I did ask uh Sean and and and Malone and and um Joe if if they would be able
to at least stake out that storm water easement area. Um, one, it would save us on the town side time and money and getting the whole face and the whole baseline done. And at the same time, it gives them the opportunity of knowing where they can't cross when they're
doing construction because of that conservation restriction. Um, we'll see if we get the answer from that, but if not, I'm going to reach out to the home the land owner. We'll try to get that baseline done sooner than later so we know where everything is because I
it makes sense to do that. I did have in the conditions too. Thank you for that to remove any sort of um debris and anything that's on there. Um not thinking bad about the conservation restriction, but >> yeah, >> we'll I can tweak it if we can. I'll get that information for me and when I talk to her, I'll review the CR.
>> When we were out there, I didn't notice a lot of I mean, there was some memorial roads and buckthornne, but I thought it was really on this side of >> Yeah, it could it could be on this side. I didn't think it was I didn't think there was >> because because not knowing where that bulb was is essentially out there when you when we walk it makes it a little
difficult. So I think as long as it's in within the area of work which we we could add that which we t sometimes we'll put that in the special conditions if there's any invasive species they get removed. >> Yeah. The the way it reads it says to further mitigate for the proposed impacts the applicant may consider
removing the glossy bubthorn along the perimeter of the vernal pool and replacing with uh replacing >> the replace sorry hold on veral and replacing the vernal pool margins with native woody
plantings such as hypolish blueberry. So that's all I was considering. >> So maybe something that's removal of invasives where appropriate in areas >> in work of work and disturbance.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah, we have no problem with that. >> Okay. >> All right. Any other comments or questions? >> Any questions from you? >> No. Thank you for your time and I guess I'll see you in two weeks. >> Thank you.
>> Take care. Thank you very much. >> Try to get this through the uh over. >> Well, I think we're moving we're moving we're moving upstream, right? >> I said I'll I'll make a few corrections to that hopefully first thing tomorrow and get it reset out and have it all. >> Have a good night. >> Thank you. >> All right. We need a motion to continue
the public hearing to April 23rd. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> motion passes. Unanimously. >> Unanimously. Yes. >> And next we have continued public
hearing for notice of intent file number 100-0. We got a >> 051. Yes. We >> 051. >> Yes. Um I did not hear >> 050. I
zero. >> Gotcha. Okay. The letter wasn't >> I did not hear anything from um BSC or or National Grid in regards to continuing this hearing. I'm assuming they wanted to. >> The um D uh number and com comment came
in at 7:52 this morning, >> which granted it's not it's not a huge comment, but there is still time that needs to go through in the review of that and and the plans. So, I would assume we're just continuing that. >> We're waiting to hear from Natural Heritage. I believe they also heritage
too. Yes, that's right. They were to heritage, too. So, >> we can't do anything. >> We can't do anything either. Anyway, um and yeah, just yeah, I'm interested to see what they're going to say because with D's comments um in regards to >> if a resource area is determined, then
this Yeah, it's one of these lot of typical D like if the commission sees it's this then they should do that because they can't see that. >> Deed restriction is in trouble again. Yeah. So, um, so I Yeah, I'm assuming they want a continuation of that, >> right?
>> All right. So, nobody being here for the applicant. Let's have a motion to continue the public hearing for D file number 100-0501 to April 23rd. >> So, second.
>> All in favor? I >> I >> I motion passes four to zero with Mark Phillips and Stains. >> Okay. Conservation Office and member updates.
>> Take it away. Take it away. Um, first and foremost, we have our annual McFersonson Road Earth Day event on April 22nd from 2 to 6, road closure. Um
myself will um my myself I will be there um along with some members of our newly formed um sustainability committee um handing out um hopefully if I get them in time some more wildflower seeds. Never have enough wildflower seeds. and
hopefully be doing some demonstrations on storm water and where things go when it rains if we can get a mod a model in time along with if you look the I think when Beth when I asked her she said there was 18 different people vendors
organizations coming for that event >> I think that's the most we've seen there so it should be quite a few people um with guided walk uh hikes um tours and lots of fun stuff. And if no one's gone ever gone to it, it gives you a great
chance to actually walk along the one area we actually have the National River in town. Um >> because we do we do have a national river here. It just you can't see it um unless you go down there Bishop Road and then this gives you a chance to really walk along it. And if you've ever driven by Park Street and see the gates closed
and go, "Wait, why are they closed?" if you want to take the extra long, you know, mile and a half walk to see it, you can see why it gets closed because you can touch it from the card room. Um, so that's happening um during school vacation week on actual Earth Day on
April 22nd. I didn't send >> I think uh Beth said they we're going to be having building bird boxes and maybe doing a mural. >> Yeah. I don't know why. She has a whole bunch of stuff. I think she got a lot I think she's got really lucky and looked out on that. the myself with the
sustainability committee will be more or less they are introducing ourselves as a newer form committee in town. I say newer, we've been around for almost a year now, but looking to try to gather information from residents in local residents on what they would like to see
as far as what would the as from the town in regards to sustainability, where where do they see concerns, where do they see the opportunity for growth? Um, we're going to use it as a as a great public outreach, public input. um session on that end. Um I also have some
a coloring book that I got from MACC that I'm going to photocopy for kids to have color their own turtles and salamanders. >> Is there um I know there's one wide cleanup coming up. >> Yes, that's that's the flyer. I I have extra flyers over there. I did not email it to myself to put it on here. That
will be on that Saturday, the 25th, Town Beach 8:30. Rain date for that Sunday. Um, >> but are you doing a cleanup that day also while this is closed? >> No. No. >> How long that? >> I mean, no, we could. I mean, people can
if they want yourself, but the townwide cleanup is that Saturday. >> You know what time? >> 8:30. Um, you meet at the town beach to get your supplies and assignment. Uh, if anybody needs as far as teenagers for
high school community service hours, they will be available for that. So, I will be there with a reluctant 15year-old to help him get his hours. Um, so that will be that Saturday, the 25th. Um, and we'll be working. That'll be my first
time doing the townline cleanup in town. So, that'll be interesting. Um, script's ears. Um, what's today? Today's Thursday. Yesterday I had a good hour, hour and a half long meeting with Anna Wilkins from North County Land Trust
going through um more or less the conservation restriction for Ryan Park. Um trying to get that one through the finish line which is where I found some of this. She helped me find some of these things. It's a good working meeting. So we're hoping to get um I'm
in touch with the owner to get make sure we have permission to go out there and get the boundary marks done. Um, I have an email in to Robert to ensure that they'll allow us to hire North County to use their um, third-party contractor to do the baseline so we can get that
baseline report done, signed and recorded. We already have the conservation restriction recorded back when this first subdivision first came through. So then that'll be a complete >> another old not old um, CR done that we
can have them start monitoring the following year. Y >> um I we already have Shaker Mill Pond done. They North County does their monitoring in the fall. So that'll be monitored this fall. >> Are they going to be monitoring cooler place?
>> So we're getting there. Um we we're just about done the I just have to get the baseline for Curly Circle signed and that recorded and then the we'll have that done for the fall monitoring as well. So that'll be then with Autumn
Ridge by by the end of the fall three conservation restrictions completely done and monitored once we have the baseline done for whether it's in process done for um Orion Park. The other one that we
have on the radar to get done is is coplay. The CR for that is done. The baseline has not the owner for that sub for that work there um wanted to get the road street acceptance done. He was reaching out to the town on that last year. Obviously with town meeting a few
weeks away. It's not coming for spring town meeting which still gives us time that he'll probably go for the fall. So then we can reach out to him, get that baseline then done. >> Okay. >> And then we'll have a fourth one done. >> Now on Yes.
>> Have they ever applied for a certificate of compliance? >> I I don't know. There's there's a lot of questions with that because within um when when DPW was looking at it, there was some storm water basins that were like, "Hey, were those never actually even installed >> and I think when some of those questions
came up, I don't know if that's when the developer just stopped asking for the street acceptance or if they were >> or stopped to do their due diligence to make sure they could then go through and construct the things that were missing. I don't know. Um, I do need to reach out to him, but I do want to get the Orion
Park one 100%, you know, fully going before we start tackling a third another one. >> Right. When we get to to Coler, I know they have a lot of silk fencing. I think >> still up. Yeah, probably. Yeah. Um, >> that's one of the things when we're looking at the regulations and I said
I'm still working through those because I did find some old ones that you had sent me I think over in the fall from Sturbridge that I I just found on my old email. So, I printed that out. So, I'm going try to incorporate some of that stuff in. And then the question of erosion controls that came up through
the MSMCP group and I've thought of that for a long time too. Um, possibly adding this to our regulations to no longer allow silk fence. It unless for extreme not as a requirement basically only if needed. Um, because it does end up being left. It ends up being trash. It's their
plastic. It breaks down. It's not unless someone's building on a three to one, you know, two to one slope, it's not necessarily needed. >> There's other erosion control barriers that can be put in place that are are better. Um, there are fabric,
>> biodegradable fabric, silk socks that are filled with mulch or actual seeds and dirt that if they were be left behind would just >> seed itself that I think would be a better option. Um, and then for smaller projects or or ones that people that say
that, you know, money's tight, we we keep it the straw bottles. But I I I feel like maybe changing our regulations to basically say we just we don't want to see self- fence unless it's an unneeded basis because it it does get left behind >> sign in blood that they're going to
remove it. >> Yeah. So whether I whether I find it in a regulation or if it's just something we don't need to put in the regulations, but we just start calling out in our special order of conditions and and letting applicants know, it's probably going to have to be in the order because it always ends up on the erosion control plan. So I got to figure out how to put
that find a good um >> draft regulation for that. >> Certain developers or certain work that's done kind of do the two, right? They put the silk >> they always put the silk fence. Yeah, they self fence in the in the in in the straw waddles. Um,
>> but it if sometimes don't allow either of those anymore because >> straw waddles are wrapped some most of the time are binded in a plastic wrap. >> Um, and they do if if you see if they don't get moved, they get driven over and it just makes a mess of straw
everywhere. Straw is also expensive. Um, because it's a product that only comes up once and then you have to replant it. hay. That's why most way back in the day used to be mulch hay, >> but you didn't want to use mulch hay because the invasives because it does recede itself. So, it has a lot of
invasives in it. People say straw doesn't have it because it comes up once. You still have invasives in there. It's just not as common because you do write it down every year. >> Well, if we update our regulations, it could be, you know, no plastic use of the socks. >> Yeah. So, it's one of those it's one of
those things where I I want to see if I can find a good um a good a good draft regulation that has something where we're using more of this the the silk socks instead and then contact that agent to see if they've had one any
issue with reusing it that way and if um and how their compliance has been on. >> Okay. That'll be a good change to happen in there because yeah, that just this the silk fence just gets left behind if you're not vigilant on it and it's a pain in the butt. >> Um, and developers might actually like
not have to have the two things on sale anymore and just have the one product. So, >> we're still plugging away through those, but hopefully I'm going to have those done as the agendas get a little bit lighter. Um, that we can uh have that the next hearing, the next week. I just now that the sun's the sun's out and
it's warming up. It's been a busy week and we'll be I'll be going out to um National Grid on Monday. Yes. Um they're looking they want to see if it' be a field change. I don't think it's going to be. They're looking to um dig out a
section of the wetland to expand on their flood storage. >> Which area is this? >> Um the substation on Bishop in Park Street. >> Okay. >> Um they're just running into an issue there. I'm going to go out and look at the site Monday. um to see what area they're talking about, what the issue
is. I think it's gonna have to come back as an amended order just because we're doing actual work in the actual wetland and I need to get a square footage from them on the amount of work we're looking at. Um I was hoping to get out there this week before the meeting so I could ask you guys um tonight, but I'll be
going out there on Monday, Thursday to go out to Katana. they're having issues in their pond in the back with uh water level being high. Um I did reach out to Dan Pinchowwick DPW a few weeks ago when this first came to me in
regards to asking if maybe there was a black co blocked covert on his end and there actually is a covert that needs to be rebuilt on the railroad side that probably is causing the issue at Katana. But I'm still going to go out to the site and take a look at it with them and
discuss that with them to let them know that it's most likely a um railroad uh covert issue. >> So, it's not a town cover, it's railroad, >> not a railroad. Um what else have we had? >> Did you say you went there on >> I'll be going there next Thursday. Yeah.
>> Uh today we had the pre-construction meeting for Bishop Road for that road work that you guys did with the DPW when I wasn't here. um that will be starting um the week of the 20th. They'll be getting So, I gota I got to let them know what what where what we're parking
for Earth Day so they're not competing with that. They will be working at the senior center location down to Park Street. So, they won't be getting to our area of concern at the um head wall the conser wetland area until probably
beginning of June. Um, and as much as it pains me to say this, hope for a dry June so it's easier for them to do the work in. Um, Chief Bigalow was surprised to say that, but it's helpful. >> So, with West Main Street under construction, >> I did I did I did ask that question
during the meeting after we were all done and and National Grid and um Comcast had left, I I did ask Matt and Dan when West Main Street was going to be closed. Now, they do. This work thankfully is more or less shoulder work. It's not a whole lane closure. Um
but just to let the contractors know like you the traffic's going to be a lot higher. So they anticipate the the signs going up and possibly um West Main Street I don't closure within the next month. So this will be impacting them. >> Is West Main Street closed completely
now or are they down to one lane? >> It's not. It'll be when it does close it'll be down to one lane. Okay. Um, the DPW has it all on their page. They'll obviously send out whatever email to ask >> alternating directions. >> Alternating directions when that does go through, but before that closes, they
will send out, I'm sure, plenty of notice. I just haven't seen it. But I did ask with that Bishop Road work going on. >> Yeah. >> And and the police are well aware of it, too, to make sure that they have the the detail that they need. I just >> I'm going to be going do I want to deal with air traffic for that or Bront?
might be better to deal with GR traffic coming here every morning and then next we'll have GR school road. Um >> the other bridge was still in service that would not be an issue, right? >> Yes. If the other one didn't close, but then you'd have all the neighbors complaining and all this traffic is
cutting through the little neighborhood, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it does. Um it's going to go through Devon's. I had to do that one time reading and surely because there was no access into air because every road was flooded. Um
we have so we've had we do have a meeting with Noah um for the air common tomorrow. They are looking at some slight plan modifications that was approved by the ZBA. Um they may have to go back to obviously go back to the ZBA for those modifications, but they're
meeting with the town departments first um on that. And when that does, so that project should be coming to us probably sometime this late spring, early summer, I would assume for their order of conditions for their work. Um, >> but they now got all their state
funding. >> They they they are getting all their funding and everything and they're just working through the plans now. They have said they have some slight modifications and we just need to keep in mind if we do need to hire a consultant for that, we cannot use BSC. But I did get a name from uh Matt Burn
from BSC of a consulting firm to use, an engineering firm to use when I saw him at the MACC conference. So, >> okay, that's that's about all I got. >> Okay, commission members. John
>> updates. Jen >> George. >> So I saw an email from Susan Tordella. >> Oh yeah. >> Regarding signs >> regarding signs. Yes. Um so her and Jyn reached out to me in regards to the the
signs at the Pine Meadow. Um so again, this has been on my radar forever. I just haven't gotten around to doing it. So I thank them for bringing it back to my radar. I reached out to Chuck Schultz, facilities director, who put the signs out here and for the historical commission on the trail trail to see what where he got those from and
how much they cost because I thought those would be a much better looking sign and to stay with you the towns keep using these same signs throughout towns more uniformed um how much they were. He gave me the specs on those. They're a little expensive more than the ones that I had found.
>> So is this for the kiosks? for the kiosk. But so it would the the bigger one would be on the grton um Harvard roadside >> and then possibly two smaller ones. One inside Pine Meadow at the trail head that is the one that they emailed me
about and then the one on Oakridge Drive. The bigger signs that we have here that are on the rail trail were around $2,000. Um so I I'm going to look and see if I can find maybe slightly cheaper option. I did tell Susan Tralis that it's this is a project. It's going to be a
multi-year project where we look at possibly doing one of the trail, one of the signs each, you know, multiple things each year. So, we'll look at replacing the one on Grten Harvard Road and getting that set up and started. And then we can look at going inside of Pine
Meadow the following year and getting that sign set up and then possibly ordering signs that need to be replaced inside the trails like the this way to the you vertical pool or the pond and replacing those with maybe like a metal type sign on a post instead of attached to a tree.
>> Yeah. Although I would have been thinking more of I mean >> of a type of kiosk sign that um you could sort of lock up windows covering material. That's that's what we would have for entering the trail and possibly
inside too. So we can update them. >> Um so I think what we'll do is I'll work on I'll work on like a two or three year trail sign like a signed plan for Pine Meadow and start writing down costs so we can start ordering these things and getting them installed and we can start
checking these things off the list. >> Yeah. >> And that way we have a plan for those because it is a lot of work that needs to be done in there and a lot of stuff that just hasn't been done for so long. >> Yeah. that to try to think of doing it all at once would just be a huge feat. So to just try to think, okay, we have a plan and as things pop up, we just throw
that into that plan and we have a an idea what we're doing going forward. And thank you for bringing that to your attention. I did forget I didn't get with her. That was earlier this week or end of last week. So yes. >> Okay. >> We're working on that. >> All right. >> So we'll get something in this year at least at least one new signage put in
this year and other ones on the plans for the following. >> All right. I can help if you want. >> Okay. Sweet. What was her last name again? >> T O R D E L L E A. >> When you said lock up, you mean like >> you can't see the material?
>> No, like >> No, clear. So, but so it's protected from the weather, >> right? >> People can't rip things down. >> Yeah. Like like we have outside here. >> Yeah. But you can change things inside instead of what we have now, which dating faded. We have a nice big picture
of the beaver lodge that you can find and that goes away. There's a new feature that I don't know you can change it out or someone loses something you can >> Yeah. And hunting hunting hunting more be more specific yearly on the hunting season >> what we allow and what we don't allow.
You know, we can update those dates every year. >> Yep. >> And we should expand that. season. >> Oh, the governor's working on that for you. >> To bow. >> Well, we do have bow included with
overlapping with the shotgun season. >> Is that the way it's written? I guess I never caught that. >> Yeah, it was allowed during that. >> The only thing we just we just It's only deer. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> It's big game, I think, just regardless.
I mean, I don't know. Unless we stipulate it, which I didn't think we did. >> Well, when we are going through regulations, we could I think we did stipulate it, but when we're going through regulations, we could review our hunting regulations, too, at some point.
>> I don't know where to find them. Find them. I think it's on they're on the website somewhere. >> Yeah. I mean, it might be nice to, you know, again, that I'm sure there's not a lot of folks that are going there anyways because based on the original regulations, it makes it extremely difficult to do. >> Mhm. Yeah.
>> To find a spot with which to discharge your your hunting implement basically. >> Um you have to be like on the east side of the pond near the pond. >> You can't go more than like 100 ft to the right or I mean to the east or you know you're going to be encroaching. But
now with the different regulations coming through >> that'll open up a little bit more. What we had specifically was hunting is limited to the taking of deer as permitted under state law and solely during Massachusetts state approved
shotgun season. Only shotguns and bows and arrows may be used during this time period for deer hunting on conservation land. >> Say the last one again. Only what? >> Shotguns and bows and arrows. >> Okay. So we put those two over overlapped, but we didn't do bow and
arrow season, >> which is because school groups in the early fall. >> That was part of the the thought was >> we didn't want to take it take bow hunting away completely, but um it could
overlap with shotgun season, but it wouldn't present a longer period of danger for the school groups going in there. So it is stipulated. Okay. >> All right. >> And there's other I mean you have the run gun club layout.
>> Yeah. >> And hunting is a lot wrong. >> Yeah. But you don't have to remember. >> Yeah. >> John, you've got something else. >> Yeah. I was approached by some citizens that said that the access to Pine Meadow
off of Oakidge, >> Mhm. a steep hill going up the hill is a is a little sketchy right now. >> Yeah, I've heard that. >> I haven't I haven't walked it myself, but that part. But >> so that that would be a great cupcakes.
It's a matter of just putting in steps. >> Yeah, some basic steps. >> Mhm. >> Yeah, that could work. >> Yeah, that is a tricky one. >> Coming off Oakidge. >> Yeah, Oakidge Drive access. >> Okay, Mark, do you have anything else?
>> I do not. Okay. Uh John and I met this morning with uh Robert to go over a bunch of conservation things and just some of them would be um town meeting is going to have two
articles related to conservation potentially. One is of course the weed treatment. The other is asking for authorization to move forward with a deed restriction and conservation restriction for the land that was cut
off for the senior center because they discovered it's article 97 land. So it will >> oh it was during the the uh misa permitting that it was required
>> 97. What is that? Article 97 was the uh the uh >> septic. >> Yeah, >> the put in the >> Flanigans. >> Am I getting that for the right one or was that something else? >> That was for the >> That was something else. >> That was for Flanigan Ponia.
>> Okay, never mind. Never mind. Forget what I just said. >> Yeah. No, cuz but yeah, >> due to the state permitting through the MEA process, >> right? So, um, so they'll have yet to determine who would hold the deed restriction and and all that, but that's
just something to move forward on that. Um, >> to clarify, >> there are two articles two articles we treat >> and then one on just authorizing moving forward >> on the senior center land restriction
>> and event and they'll have to come before us for the conservation restriction. Correct. Uh the sheds may come down. We at our next meeting, Robert assures us we should at least have an idea of the timing. They had hoped to do it over the
winter, but as everybody noted, we had a lot of snow. So, and um and we we noted and Heather has noted as well that the um conservation restriction for the that Tuker property area can't be completed
while those sheds are are up. So, they do have to come down. >> Yeah. I I informed North County Land Trust that there are two sheds on there and they said they will make sure that they come down prior to them taking the conservation restriction. >> Um there's still discussion or plans to
go ahead with the canoe launch at the town beach area, canoe kayak launch. Um John had also raised previous issues about an area a little further up on um Snake Hill where there's a lot of
informal access with canoes and kayaks and as a result a lot of erosion which will eventually affect the road. So, um, in terms of timing sequence, it' be good to get the canoe access in
before closing off that other access. Otherwise, people will just >> Mhm. >> But they're trying to figure out what is an aesthetic way to both close off access from the problem area on Snake Hill and also create rebuild the
shoreline right there. Especially when people use that area too for fishing. >> Yeah. So it will to be to be discovered. To be to >> be that's one thing we get right about because people are putting their canoes in it. They're standing there fishing all the time.
>> Yeah. >> Say it again. >> People are standing there fishing all the time, too. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So we don't want to block on people to do that. >> We should be hearing more on the 71 Sandy Pond Road on um
we have down May 4th, uh there's going to be another meeting of the working group >> and um depending on how that meeting goes, there may be a meeting following that with select board to present a
concept. Uh John and I both made um >> Robert aware of some of our concerns. Um John had a very good phrase, need things over there that have some life to them. >> Yeah. So, we'll see how that evolves, but once
those meetings start, it' >> be good to have attendance. Um, plant pond access still being discussed. I don't know if we're going to make too much headway on that >> this year, but the issue with the using
the land at the um pump station on central land is that land is article 97. Mhm. >> So, anything that gets done with public access there probably >> has to get approval from the state legislature. >> The amount of times that comes up in different towns is do you think we would
know where all our chapter land article 97? >> Nope. >> We don't. >> Um, what else regulations do? Um, I talked to Robert about the idea of
can con conservation uh institute a suggestion for a bylaw amendment to the open space residential development zoning bylaw and it's technically not our purview. He's going to check with town council, but we were in agreement
that the um definition of open space in that bylaw needs to be >> Well, there is no there is not a there is no definition. >> It's very it can be it's very open to wide interpretation. >> Correct. And depending on which border committee is looking at open space, each
one would have their own definition, which is why there's our state definition. Yeah, we have our definition and it doesn't necessarily fly with other other boards >> and I've not found another town I've asked a question that had like do you have that like no I asked state agencies
no I'm like can somebody define open space for me please >> DCR >> yeah so that's >> and um other than that I think that's the main things that were discussed
Okay. A few other things, but yeah, that's all I have. John, anything I forgot? >> Nope. Covered. >> All right. If there's nothing else before my Oh, Rachel,
public comment. Ready to come up. >> They come up. >> Come to the M. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Um, uh, Rachel Kosera, 30 Graten Harvard Road. I was wondering, um, are the bylaws that you were describing earlier, are those
available online? Are those still >> Which bylaws? >> Uh, you were referring to the bylaws you were discussing with Robert. Um, >> the OSRD, >> the OSRD. >> Um, it was with regard to pesticides and also the senior center. Uh the land that
is >> the senior center that's an article before town meeting. >> My apologies. I meant the articles. >> It's not bylaw. Um the warrant Yeah. The warrant was published. >> Oh, the warrant is published. >> Yeah, it was approved. >> Select it. It was approved for the select board meeting on Tuesday.
>> Yeah. >> So, it'll be mailed out to every resident in the town of Air um as soon as it gets sent to the printer and published. So is that um when you discussed uh that with uh Robert, what were the parameters? Um I guess regarding the
land, I know that um >> this is for the senior center. >> Yes, that's correct. >> We had we had no input on that. Nope. >> We just got to the it's already a done deal in the warrant. So we'll all um >> So is it but we have to vote on it in
the town. Is that correct? >> Yeah. Um, so that was like a very restricted conservation area. Is that >> what was what happened with that? And so I was just wondering is that just specific to that'll be just specific to
the senior center. That's not something that's available for other projects or anything to >> Right. Okay. Because they split off piece of land that was DPW land >> to go to the senior center. >> Mhm. And now this is that's going to
have to be disposed of differently. So deed restriction and a conservation restriction will protect the land. >> Yeah. Based on the the permitting through the state. Um like we have when we talk about Orion Park, there's a conservation restriction there. Based on the pro the permitting process, the state will sometimes put restrictions on
it that say that's fine for you to propose this amount of clearing a project, but in order to do so, you must give us x amount of land in exchange for that in permanent protection. And that's what this is for. >> Yeah. The deed restriction protects state listed rare species habitat which
in this case is the landings turtle. >> Turtles. >> Our friend. >> Good old blinding. >> I thought there was a Isn't there like a plant or something? >> You think there was a star but not >> Can one person talk at a time? I'm having I'm having difficulty because I'm asking you questions and other people are ask answering.
>> Um I'm so sorry. Could you continue? Oh, so the um so the deed restriction is for the endangered species which is in this case the BL uh landings turtle. Also raised was possibility of a plant called blazing star but it has not been found
on the particular piece of land for the senior center that was separated off from the DPW land. >> Okay. So all this will be would be imposing a deed restriction to protect that endangered species and impose a conservation restriction
um which will go through us eventually um that will protect the land from in perpetuity. So those are both good things. >> Wonderful. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. Um any other questions or comments? And
there being none, before my phone rings for my hairball treatment for my cat, I'll take a motion to adjourn. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I unanimous vote at 8:27.
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