Meeting Agenda
The following is the Notice of Meeting and, at the time of posting, a listing of topics that the Chairman reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the Meeting of the Conservation Commission on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 6:30 PM.
The Conservation Commission will hold this meeting, as a virtual meeting on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 6:30 PM. No in-person meeting will take place at City Hall.
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1. Open Public Meeting: Roll Call of Members Present
2. Public Hearings:
a. William E. Scire – Locus: 7 Locust Street – NOI- DEP #348-845 – Single Family House – (Public Hearing to be continued to September 1, 2022, at the Applicant’s request)
b. Asphalt Services, Inc. – Locus: 2-3 Elm Street – RDA – Repair subsurface pipes & sinkhole
c. CCF New Boston Property Co., LLC – Locus: 216 New Boston & 225 Merrimac Streets – NOI – DEP #348-849 – Construction of two Buildings – (Public Hearing to be continued to September 1, 2022, at the Applicant’s request)
3. Business Items:
a. Request for permission for tree removal at 2 Sara Way
b. Request for approval of the calculation of 150% of the costs of all proposed replicated wetlands (including cost of materials, installation, and monitoring) at the Vale
c. Vote to authorize the Chairman, acting on the Commission’s behalf, to sign the Escrow Agreement for The Vale Project (DEP #348-0814)
d. Request for approval of minor changes to The Vale (DEP #348-0814) plans including: (1) a shift northward in the location of a previously approved structure and proposed change in its use from a parking garage to a lab / cGMP building; and (2) a shift in the location of a previously approved retaining wall away from the Aberjona River.
e. Dewatering plan for The Vale (DEP #348-0814)
f. Clarification of condition #91 in OOC for Highland at Vale (DEP #348-0819)
g. Community Gardens / Rag Rock Conservation Area
h. Schedule site visits: 22 Grant Street; 290 Mishawum Road (Avalon); 73 Central Street
4. Adjournment