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- Temporary chair: Commissioners elected Mitch Dunn to chair the meeting in a temporary capacity at the start of the session; the motion carried.

- Continued Notices of Intent (all continued to June 18 unless otherwise noted):
• DEP #128193835 Main Street (40 multifamily units in buffer zone) — continued to June 18.
• DEP #1281964 Lot 1 0 Sandersdale Road (Lot 1 was heard and closed; see separate article) — other Sandersdale lots continued as noted below.
• DEP #1281966 Lot 2 Sandersdale Road — continued to June 18 pending stormwater peer review and well reports.
• DEP #1281967 Lot 4 Sandersdale Road — continued to June 18 pending peer review and missing reports.
• 78 Glen Ucker Shore Road (French drain, patio, fire pit near Glen Echo Lake) — continued to June 18.
• DEP # (60 Pumpkin Lane) — continued to June 18.
• 24 Willis Drive (replacement septic system near South Charlton Reservoir) — continued to June 18 pending DEP/GP number.
• Lot 5 Harrington Road (4‑bedroom house) — continued to June 18.
• RDA 130 Sturbridge Road (demolition and construction of two single‑story buildings) — continued to June 18.

- Certificate of compliance: The commission voted to make the certificate of compliance for Gillespie Road invalid because no work commenced and the lot remains vacant; the motion carried.

- Hagerty Road certificate: The commission postponed action on DEP 128154390 (Haggerty Road) to allow staff inspection and follow up.

- Fay Martin Farm contract: The commission learned the current farm manager will not renew the contract; the commission postponed contract review to the next meeting to allow the town to publicize and seek replacements and for selectmen representation on the farm committee to be established.

- Adjournment: The commission moved to adjourn and the motion carried.

Most continuance motions and routine procedural votes were recorded in the transcript as \"motion made, second, motion carries\" without roll‑call tallies in the text; the commission's official minutes will include formal vote records and any required conditions to implement these actions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Conservation Commission Meeting May 28, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Charlton Conservation Commission continued multiple Notices of Intent to June 18, invalidated a certificate of compliance for a vacant lot, postponed review of the Fay Martin Farm contract, and elected a temporary chair for the meeting.","taxTitle","Town of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts","taxId",54464,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6525173,"Commission closes hearing for Dresser Hill Road home; issues order with condition that Board of Health septic approval be provided before construction",496,1409000,1905000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3648341-39e82ce75401d5f2c4494ff530659f20&start=1409&end=1905","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3648341-39e82ce75401d5f2c4494ff530659f20/thumbnail_1409000.jpg","/articles/6525173/Town-of-Charlton/Worcester-County/Massachusetts/Commission-closes-hearing-for-Dresser-Hill-Road-home-issues-order-with-condition-that-Board-of-Health-septic-approval-be-provided-before-construction","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6525173-1fbab615ff508efa30890692f67c62db/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186257&Signature=THz~U4Y07HwEhbm6Ac4U~taH5Xu8wyjOtdkf86kIZ-BuFWg-bCwCSbXIStZiRh3RcmR-D~wUT1jaG-v3LVvjrg5vzXzXbDBPuF163Ke8U7cxmqByJ-ORYrYFOpRK9160LVA1vpEOI3VnIIjxz-ErW1PmOasmQQW~IY3~kLn-oCEvbvOnFEc0hc1PgEhfYcjRQdWMdnM-~i8xCOqUkh8AOe~s24zo56JT4HCIe31mGADeeAa2ULXWSghP1QrvF0ivMfSp8JM4jKxjiMdtTf0pWDc9VC85oEUTrPz45~mZ1FYhgOtn3dlb0Nw0hRWo0-VWrBCIYzHaFsXxtTCPTfSNtg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Conservation Commission closed the public hearing for a proposed single‑family home on Dresser Hill Road and authorized issuance of an Order of Conditions that will be contingent on Board of Health approval of the septic system.

Presenters described the lot and existing features: the proposal retains an existing outbuilding for storage, cleans debris and invasive species in a tree line, and places a septic system that the engineer said is outside the conservation buffer at its closest point. Glenn (engineer) said the closest point from the leach field to the wetland buffer measures about 45 feet on the plan (approximate). Jay DuBois prepared Perka deep profiles and reported soil and water‑table observations; the team said test pits showed upland conditions to 30 inches in the planned leach field area.

The conservation agent told the commission she typically prefers Board of Health approval of septic systems before issuing Order of Conditions when septic work is within or near the 100‑foot buffer, but in this case she recommended issuing the order with a special condition requiring submission of proof of Board of Health approval prior to construction. \"I will still issue the order because I'm just gonna have a special condition that prior to construction, I must have a proof plan to verify that it still remains as approved,\" she said.

Commissioners approved a motion to close the hearing and issue the order; the agent said she expected the written order to be available within about a week and that a 10‑day appeal period would apply before work begins. The agent also said an on‑site preconstruction meeting and erosion control inspection will follow issuance of the order and lapse of the appeal period.

The transcript records the decision but does not show a roll‑call vote; the official minutes should contain the formal vote tally.","The commission closed the hearing for a single‑family house proposal on Dresser Hill Road and indicated it will issue an Order of Conditions that includes a special condition requiring Board of Health approval of the septic system before construction begins.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6525178,"Developer objects to stormwater peer‑review costs as commission issues order on Lot 1 and continues Lots 2 and 4 in Sandersdale subdivision",517,692000,1209000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3648341-39e82ce75401d5f2c4494ff530659f20&start=692&end=1209","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3648341-39e82ce75401d5f2c4494ff530659f20/thumbnail_692000.jpg","/articles/6525178/Town-of-Charlton/Worcester-County/Massachusetts/Developer-objects-to-stormwater-peerreview-costs-as-commission-issues-order-on-Lot-1-and-continues-Lots-2-and-4-in-Sandersdale-subdivision","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6525178-c95973c7b3358c92653a272a9285d467/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186257&Signature=Uc3nua~NsdfWkVK3jlQ-MY5qeTNTRVslnIE47EZLgNHFOhNM7jhUZSsq8lsvPdafOQk1Wge23QE3SX5X2~NBWD5MYSiOmalsJK7zc6f73Wz~eI7YeajEflWLgeb2J5EvQuocSPEWnk1DTPoMqmoiddQQjTa~F2I1-LcsFUXJ~Wy1z8D93Mlzaod3O26DVEnywXSs9LytVmunAkx~G68fY9HpkrCAksN5bRWDyXIrad1qTn-9OmIa8vf9xWFzEPMdgFZDne768fSyXJj46zvoTKnvOp5qwIpIRxW677BzyViv56-PG9nuCDddHY6osjQTpRwkQuf1~y2~wH6qJU8NkA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Conservation Commission closed the public hearing and issued an Order of Conditions for Lot 1 of the Sandersdale Road ANR subdivision after peer‑review comments were addressed, while continuing Notices of Intent for Lots 2 and 4 to June 18 pending stormwater peer review and well reports.

Glenn (surname not recorded), the project delineator and engineer, summarized field work and said the site includes an intermittent stream that becomes perennial downstream and that the team deliberately located buildings and septic outside the 200‑foot riverfront area. He described erosion control measures, a 50‑foot setback for certain equipment identified by peer review, and noted a state botanist will inspect a nonnative plant (referred to as “lungwort”) found in the area.

Chuck Black of Kendall Homes, who said he purchased several lots in the subdivision, told the commission he has built in Massachusetts for about 40 years and objected to applying the town’s stormwater bylaw to the individual lots because they are part of an ANR common plan of development. \"I think that the way your bylaw is, it might add $15,000 in cost to building an individual home,\" Black said, asking the commission to waive additional peer review requirements for Lots 2 and 4 because he already paid for peer review on Lot 3.

Rose Conway, the conservation agent, told the commission the peer review requirement and enforcement align with the town’s regulations and said the application for Lots 2 and 4 was incomplete because she had not yet received well reports and other data cards needed to verify flagged resource areas. The commission voted to continue Lots 2 and 4 to June 18 pending the missing reports and peer review. For Lot 1 the agent had prepared draft special conditions and recommended closing the hearing and issuing the Order of Conditions; commissioners approved that motion.

The transcript shows the commission did not record a roll‑call tally in the text for these motions; the official minutes should include vote details. The commission noted that the ANR/common plan concept triggers stormwater review when combined disturbance exceeds one acre; the agent reiterated that regulation enforcement is required even for individual lots within a common plan of development.

The commission scheduled continued hearings for Lots 2 and 4 to allow the applicant to provide the outstanding well and stormwater peer‑review reports and to resolve bylaw compliance questions raised by the developer.","At a Charlton Conservation Commission meeting the commission closed the hearing and issued an Order of Conditions for Lot 1 in the Sandersdale ANR subdivision while continuing hearings on Lots 2 and 4 for missing stormwater/ well reports; the developer said the peer review and bylaw compliance could add about $15,000 per home.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6525185,"Conservation commission closes hearing, moves to issue order for capping of uncapped Flint Road landfill",441,108000,549000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3648341-39e82ce75401d5f2c4494ff530659f20&start=108&end=549","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3648341-39e82ce75401d5f2c4494ff530659f20/thumbnail_108000.jpg","/articles/6525185/Town-of-Charlton/Worcester-County/Massachusetts/Conservation-commission-closes-hearing-moves-to-issue-order-for-capping-of-uncapped-Flint-Road-landfill","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6525185-98179e714ccc025079e0f3139475b87e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186257&Signature=JqIfCdRfMHRxMMqoz8LLJAm7~YByhXWucRO6P7iqxvuENaEnVXCNpshSdDHw92uNAlyQT-tPcpCl5aVArEVz6k48~jyREW2b9cntYtzSRYu0~w1S2Fc9Tsr6I5JS6Gl-gq3xcmcMNDG46E7-U-XkxvW-65PFWh3KNrsaZ0uJGYDeeryyULSWsBB3o1vC0XC8KodT~c9Zcz2JQrzXXLDGYA9OiS0k41XbzE93iy~80GuX85ADVPMx4EIh6mq~Ct~9MZVYk8krpn1cgyJr3ZjvIAC05CpZcTR1NQs2dnI6L9LNE18FoFHBOJoEUbxSd7zVzQoDdEnvZiQYob4cK9Z5vw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Charlton Conservation Commission voted to close the public hearing and issue Order of Conditions for the proposed capping of an uncapped landfill at 54 Flint Road, a MassDEP‑mandated closure project described by the applicant’s environmental consultant as intended to reduce contaminant migration to nearby wetlands and groundwater.

Gary Magnuson, an owner of CMG Environmental and the project presenter, told the commission the site is a roughly 6‑ to 7‑acre vegetated former landfill with steep slopes that descend to wetlands. He said Langdon Engineering is the engineer of record and that the project has received permission from MassDEP’s Central Regional Office to proceed. \"It's a standard closure in accordance with MassDEP Division of Solid Waste approval,\" Magnuson said.

The applicant's plan calls for capping the landfill with engineered slopes, stormwater controls and grading that would raise the center of the waste mass about 20 feet, with 3:1 side slopes and a stormwater discharge control system. Magnuson said small areas of flagged wetland—about 400 square feet total—overlap the landfill edge; the proposal would pull waste back from those flagged areas, tie the cap in below the flagged wetland boundary, and perform wetland reclamation in those locations.

Magnuson described the public‑health rationale for capping: monitoring shows elevated contaminant concentrations at the uncapped site, and groundwater sampling the town commissioned has detected contaminants in nearby drinking wells. \"We are sampling 58 or 62 homes around this landfill right now,\" Magnuson said, and he reported roughly 20 homes on Burlingame Road with detections and about two or three homes that have had drinking‑water treatment systems installed after PFAS levels exceeded standards. He said contaminant concentrations at the uncapped landfill are approximately twice those at an adjacent capped landfill and that capping would reduce infiltration and concentrations over time.

Project oversight will include stormwater controls implemented under an NPDES permit, a public bid for construction expected within the next two months, and a construction schedule the applicant estimated at about one to one and a half years. The commission's peer review engineer reviewed submitted plans and provided comments that the applicant has responded to, and the conservation agent told commissioners she had drafted special conditions.

After discussion, a motion to close the hearing and issue the Order of Conditions carried. The commission's action authorizes the conservation agent to finalize and issue the order consistent with the special conditions discussed at the hearing.

The commission did not record roll‑call vote tallies in the meeting transcript; meeting minutes should list the official vote record once posted. The applicant and engineering team remain subject to the conditions the commission places in the Order of Conditions and to required state permits before construction begins.","The Town of Charlton Conservation Commission closed the public hearing on a MassDEP‑mandated closure and voted to issue an Order of Conditions for capping the uncapped landfill at 54 Flint Road; presenters said groundwater testing found contamination affecting nearby homes and that capping should reduce contaminant migration.","actionData","errors"]

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