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<br />Meeting broadcasted by LexMedia <br /> <br />PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES <br />Conservation Commission <br /> <br />___________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />AGENDA Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />This Conservation Commission meeting was held remotely via Zoom, an online meeting <br />platform. Public Participation via calling in or using your computer was encouraged. <br /> <br />Commissioners Present: Duke Bitsko, Alex Dohan, Philip Hamilton (Chairman), Jason Hnatko, <br />Ruth Ladd and Holly Samuels (not present: Kevin Beuttell) <br /> <br />Staff Present: Karen Mullins, Conservation Director, and Meghan McNamara, Conservation <br />Department Assistant <br /> <br />6:30 PM New Business/Pending Matters <br /> <br />Parker Meadow story walk discussion continued to the Monday, March 6, 2023 public meeting <br /> <br />Chairman Hamilton announced that the discussion on the Parker Meadow story walk installation <br />will be continued to the March 6, 2023 meeting. <br /> <br />Charles Hornig request for support of Article 32: Dunback Meadow Sewer Easement <br /> <br />Mr. Charles Hornig, owner of 18 Bacon Street, requested to speak with the Commission about <br />the warrant article for a Dunback Meadow sewer easement and confirmed that it is on the <br />warrant for the 2023 Annual Town Meeting beginning in March. Mr. Hornig requested that the <br />Commission formally express their support for the draft motion. Chairman Hamilton stated that <br />the Commission previously requested a plan showing that the proposed easement and sewer <br />connection would cause no significant harm to the wetland interest and Conservation land, and <br />Mr. Hornig did not provide this information. Members of the Commission agreed that a formal <br />statement supporting the draft motion could be misinterpreted as the Commission’s approval of <br />the easement itself, under Article 97 of the Massachusetts constitution, and that the Commission <br />should have the requested information before taking any formal action on Mr. Hornig’s motion. <br />Ms. Ladd stated that the draft motion indicates multiple easements are being requested, and Mr. <br />Hornig responded that multiple easements were previously being considered; however, only one <br />easement is being requested at Annual Town Meeting and this is a typo. He said he would note <br />this during Town Meeting. <br /> <br />6:44 PM <br /> <br />Issue Order of Conditions: Oxbow Road and Constitution Road Phase 2 Drainage Improvements, <br />VPC# CNOI-23-1, DEP#201-1282 <br /> <br />