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FINAL
PRINCETON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES FOR MEETING
April 26, 2016
PRESENT:
John Vieira, Holly Palmgren, Ron Thompson, Renee McDonough and Brian Keevan from the PCC were in attendance.
John Vieira called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
OLD BUSINESS:
- Charlie Wyman (Audubon) Shawn Provencher (DCR) and Kevin Scherer (City of Worcester) attended the PCC meeting. A Conservation Restriction was submitted to the Commission to review and comment at the April 19th meeting. Charlie Wyman spoke about the changes requested by the Town Council as well as the PCC. PCC made a motion to approve the final draft of the CR for Fieldstone Farm with revisions as discussed. Conservation Works will be writing the Baseline Plan and the Management Plan on the 122 acre parcel and will be on the agenda to attend the May meeting. Tom Sullivan will be having the sign made and the landing area will be used for a parking area. PCC discussed a name for the area and Calamint Hill Conservation Area was the unanimous vote by the members. Also discussed was
the marking of the boundaries, all corners will have pins before the baseline plan is done; flagging of all lines that are not stone walls; blaze property lines unless walls are the boundaries. Mr. Wyman also discussed the Limited Development Site of 20 acres will go to Town Meeting to add 10 of those acres to the CR Restriction making is approximately 132 acres.
NEW BUSINESS:
- A Request for a Certificate of Compliance was received from Thomas & Yvonne Pitzi for 71 Main Street, Princeton, DEP File No. 267-0385. A site visit took place on April 25, 2016 with John Vieira and Brian Keevan. John Vieira spoke to the property owner regarding the findings. The area was bare ground seeded with very little growth. PCC would like the area to be stabilized prior to the Certificate of Compliance. A motion to revisit in a month and to continue to the May meeting.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE: NONE
FOREST CUTTING PLANS:
The minutes from the April 26, 2016 meeting was accepted with minor changes as noted.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Marsha Dowdy
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