ARLINGTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
AGENDA
AUGUST 17, 2006
7:30pm Call meeting to order and review agenda
7:35pm Other Commission Business:
List of Native Plants to control invasives and improve stormwater
Town Day participation/coordination
Minutes: approve 8/3 minutes
Fiscal:
7:45pm NOTICE OF INTENT – MENOTOMY ROCKS PARK pathways and related work
8:15pm NOTICE OF INTENT – 9 DUDLEY ST PLACE demolition and construction of commercial building
Enforcements:
Project Updates:
Alewife Path (91-183) – DEP issued SOOC (affirmation) on 6/28/06 for Arlington. S. Kaiser reported that Cambridge citizens appealed the Cambridge SOOC for the path and it is proceeding through DEP appeal process. Also, the Cambridge appeal of the retention basin proposed at the Alewife Reservation is heading to court.
Announcements:
Town Day is Saturday, September 9, 2006.
DCR and MEMA have a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funded by FEMA. Types of eligible projects: acquisition of real property for willing sellers to convert of open space, retrofitting of structures, elevation of flood-prone structures, development of vegetation management plans, minor flood control projects, local flood control projects to protect critical facilities. Application for grants will be coordinated with other town departments.
Recent Job Announcements:
Town of Wellesley Natural Resources Commission, Full-Time Conservation Administrator
Schofield Brothers, Inc. in Framingham, wetland specialist
Lexington Conservation Assistant, FT
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