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Town of Rutland
Conservation Commission
Minutes: May 21, 2019
Meeting Opened: 7:11 P.M.
Attendance:
Board Members Present: Joseph Dell’Aquila, Shawn Moore, Melissa Danza, Willard Cannon Board Members Absent: Peter Craine, Eric Bigelow Guests: Michael Votruba
Application Submissions:
Notice of Intent: Jean Bulger, 35 Demond Pond Row
Votes:
Motion to accept meeting minutes from May 7, 2019—Motion made by Willard, seconded by Melissa; vote unanimous at 7:13 P.M.
Motion made to close the meeting--Motion made by Melissa, seconded by Shawn; vote unanimous at 8:27 P.M.
Hearings:
Under Chapter 131, Section 40:
Notice of Intent: Tom & Kristin Gould, 362 Pleasantdale Rd. Opened: 7:13 P.M. Continued to June 4, 2019 @ 7:15 P.M. Motion made by Shawn, seconded by Melissa; vote unanimous at 7:15 P.M. Notes: Hearing continued from May 7, 2019. DEP had not received the
application at their central office, and therefore a DEP number was not issued, so hearing is continued to June 4, 2019 @ 7:15 P.M.
Notice of Intent: C.B. Blair Development Corp., Bear Hill/Grizzly Dr./Brintnal Dr. Opened: 7:15 P.M. Continued to June 4, 2019 at 7:20 P.M Motion made by Melissa, seconded by Shawn; vote
unanimous at 7:16 P.M. Notes: Hearing first opened on February 5, 2019 and continued on May 21, 2019.
Discussions:
At the May 7th meeting, some of the residents of Finn Park Rd. were in attendance to express their concerns about the washout of the road and the impact from the solar farm. As a follow up, Joe reached out to Nexamp to schedule a visit with the residents. On May 15th, Allen Clapp from Nexamp met with Joe and the residents at Finn Park Rd. Prior to the meeting, Joe walked the solar farm property and found that the detention basins are working as designed with minimal flow and no evidence of a washout toward Finn Park. Nexamp is not accepting fault, but in an effort to be good neighbors, they have agreed to have their engineers verify that everything is working as designed. If minimal modifications are needed to help the situation, Nexamp is amenable to that. Joe will wait to
hear back from them and will pass the info along to the residents.
National Grid is taking out a beaver dam on Bushy Lane. The efforts were approved and permitted by the Board of Health and the beavers will be safely relocated.
Respectfully Submitted,
Tomeca Murphy, Secretary
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