Conservation Commission

Members:  Donald Blais, Jr. (Chair), Dorothy Lawrence (Vice Chair), Peter Izyk, David Cotter, Nicholas Zeo, Brenda Cole, Lucas McDiarmid, Sarah Fortune (Conservation Agent)

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Palmer Conservation Commission will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to attend this meeting can be found below. No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so, despite best efforts, we will post on the Town of Palmer website an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting.

 

To Join the Zoom Meeting:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9050389791?pwd=bkhyZUIzZUl5MGxYaFdwWC9VR0Rrdz09

 

By Phone: (646) 558-8656                  Meeting ID: 905 038 9791

 

Call/text or email the Conservation Agent for the Meeting Passcode or with questions during the meeting at (413) 626-7084 or sfortune@townofpalmer.com

 

1. Call to Order
2. Chair, Member & Committee Reports
3. Review Mail/Phone Messages
4. Public Inquiries
5. Approval of Minutes: 11/16/2021, 12/7/2021 (4/6/2021 & 7/20/2021 Executive Session)
6. Approval of Payables:
7. Signing of Documents (DOA, OOC, COC, Ext, Etc.):
   1. Request for Extension: DEP # 256-0338 – 1235 Thorndike Street
8. Schedule of Public Hearings & Meetings:
   1. 7:00 PM Request for Determination of Applicability (RDA) – 138 Boston Road (Map 9-35): The applicant is requesting determination to see if the work associated with the installation of a new private water supply well is subject to the MA Wetlands Protection Act and the Town of Palmer Wetlands Protection Ordinance. Work is proposed to occur within the 100-foot buffer zone and 50-foot No Disturb Zone to Bank of an intermittent stream.
   2. 7:00 PM Request for Determination of Applicability (RDA) – 693 Ware Street (Map 31-29): The applicant is requesting a determination to see if the work associated with the Roger Reed Fish Hatchery Dam Pipeline Replacement is subject to the MA Wetlands Protection Act and the Town of Palmer Wetlands Protection Ordinance. The work will occur within inland Bank, Bordering Vegetated Wetlands, Land Under Waterbodies and Waterways, Bordering Land Subject to Flooding, 200-foot Riverfront Area, and the 100-foot Buffer Zone.
   3. 7:00 PM Notice of Intent (NOI) DEP #256-0358 – 9 Fuller Road (Map 29-12):The applicant has submitted a Notice of Intent for activities associated with the proposed construction of two (2) single family homes on ANR lots subdivided from 9 Fuller Road. Work is proposed to occur within the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (BVW) and within the 200-foot Riverfront Area to Moores brook, a coldwater fisheries resource.
9. Requests for Certificates of Compliance:
10. Violations & Enforcement:Issue Enforcement Order – L27 Springfield Street (Map 16-27); restoration of altered BVW
11. New/Old Business:
    1. Conflict of Interest training
    2. Trail Grant update: Mass Central Rail Trail
    3. FEMA HMGP Update
    4. 604(b) grant update
    5. OSRP Update
12. Set Next Meeting Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 6:30 PM.

The items listed which may be discussed at the meeting are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. This meeting will be televised live on Channel 15 and taped and shown on M-Pact.

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