Information for Meeting of Conservation Commission
Tuesday November 23, 2021 7:00 PM EST

CONSERVATION COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING & REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
** VIA ZOOM **
November 23, 2021
7:00 P.M.

This meeting of the Conservation Commission will be conducted via remote participation. Members of the public will be permitted, and the meeting will be recorded.

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RECORD THE MEETING

ROLL CALL: 
Members:Cheryl Rose, Dom Sacco, Bob Bishop, Henry Rose, Esther Balardini, Ed Gero, John Burnham


PUBLIC HEARING: 
previous VOTE - To allow the Chair of the Conservation Commission to sign on behalf of the Conservation Commissioners when meetings are held via video conference. The Commissioners recognize and accept the provisions of M.G.L. c.110G regarding electronic signatures and that its members will henceforth execute documents either with electronic signatures or with wet ink signatures and that both will carry the same legal weight and effect. Only those Commissioners present at the meeting and who vote in favor will have their names so signed. Typed names will carry the same weight as wet ink signatures. Such electronically signed documents will include a statement that :  The signatures here are made in accordance with M.G.L. c.110G and pursuant to the Commission’s electronic signature authorization vote recorded on October 2, 2020 in BOOK 6733, PAGE 235 at the Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds. 
Certificate of Compliance – 6 Park Terr – Michael Deep [site visit -11/7 JBurnham. HRose and CRose had reviewed previously] concrete slab for mobile home, some top-of-bank clean-up and stabilization of bank


REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING:
Previous Minutes:-  October 2021
695 Grange Hall Rd – [site visit 11/2 –  CRose, HRose, ?EGero - checked on waddle integrity, digging for foundation has begun, pics]
161 North Mountain Rd – [post construction site visit 11/3 CRose, EGero, HRose to review drainage/water management], infiltration trenches
30 Main St – Bay State Mill – follow up on large limb and small tree removal on steep bank in 2020 [site visit 11/2 CRose, HRose]
Nexamp solar – site visit 11/16 – reviewed erosioin controls, requested silt fence be removed
municipal wetlands bylaw consideration – 
Purchase of wetlands assessment tools
Correspondence -   
follow-up on past issues – see below
Old Business: 
Elect Vice-Chair
Misc.:




** Next Scheduled Meeting: Tuesday,  November 23, 2021 @ 7pm **

Ongoing:
DEP File# 140-0182 NOI Eversource Line 393 Structure&Insulator Replacement/COC
Article 20190827.2 – EO -126 Reservoir Rd –  inspect plantings for establishment -spring 2021(2 growing seasons)
30 Main St (Crane) – follow up spring2020 vegetation regrowth after large tree limb removal
Article 20190924.1 – RDA Dalton Solar, LLC -Michael Gagnon, Milone & MacBroom, Inc. - preconstruction (gravel processing site)
DEP File# 140-0189 – Ashley Reservoir – preconstruction site visit and 2 growing seasons (2022/2023)
DEP File# 140-0191 – July 2021 - Pioneer Mill -  preconstruction site visit - securtiy fence, 2 growing seasons enhancement
DEP File# 140-0192 – July 2021 - Byron Weston Mill – preconstruction site visit -  securtiy fence, 2 growing seasons enhancement
SMA NOI SMA File# 140- SM20210727 – 695 Grange Hall Rd  - Geoff Patti -house  preconstruction site visit (check waddle integrity)
RDA – 161 North Mountain Rd – Jim Scalise – post-construction site visit
SMA NOI File# 140-SM20210622 and extension of 140-01SM – Margaret Bacon -663 & 679 Grange Hall Rd – house and garage
190 Hubbard Ave – follow up on berm vegetation growth (spring 2022) – partial COC for 2003?
146 Appletree Lane – Steve Valenti – remove trees from stream, Waconah Falls Brook – waiting to hear about a plan (site visit 10/8/2021)