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Conservation staff reported that GZA, the project engineer, evaluated the completed work and concluded the required stabilization and planting obligations had been met for permit closeout. Staff noted that some photos in the engineering report showed sediment accumulation at a lower-level outlet structure, and GZA flagged that the inlet may require ongoing maintenance; staff said that issue may already have been addressed since the photos were taken.

Commissioners voted to accept the certificate of compliance, authorizing the town to close out the permit and move forward with project administrative closeout and contractor final payment. The vote was unanimous.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Northampton Conservation Commission | September 18, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The conservation commission approved a certificate of compliance for a FEMA-funded Route 66 ice-pond gate reconstruction project, finding the work met permit requirements though the engineer’s photos noted some sediment at an outlet structure.","taxTitle","Northampton City, Hampshire County, Massachusetts","taxId",68541,"location","Massachusetts","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},5977960,"Commission approves house addition with 2:1 wetland mitigation and invasive control condition",465,3080000,3545000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5793241-bccfbb393792589f399b288868d9c821&start=3080&end=3545","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5793241-bccfbb393792589f399b288868d9c821/thumbnail_3080000.jpg","/articles/5977960/Massachusetts/Commission-approves-house-addition-with-21-wetland-mitigation-and-invasive-control-condition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5977960-8d75ca66a82d59be9634bb2e7b4949eb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770610595&Signature=D0Hm2TuJADUGH6wutdFtFRgxVhlPDrE0Nt2RsiZ27eZ-FYZDWg2YG1WeVpjsDsQkVlz8D6C4yIqYB7H-tWsBTjQb4IvlTr7W~XFipjczx9zHWQB8-m9aizwoHR58UXxO1f75DCAswx9dKT1fV7UgtmxgJmckUhit5OMdnaIi6arMeXUs-VbPFqrqaOFWny25nE71IHWvNC6PIMfET7b7gDu5WexEXGr0iK3Ug7IbUX4mVhRjo3wk-T-n-uDOYnJdp2rE6TtPOtIiNjaVKV7rGcgTP7UUIDdFxiZ7pSA1HswvuUT17EDlxcdTSzO1jQHqK~iw3zE~uTJWpCxOt-QtMQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town Conservation Commission voted Sept. 18 to close the hearing and issue an order of conditions for a 196-square-foot addition to an existing single-family home at 59 Sylvester Road, contingent on receipt of a revised plan showing expanded plantings. The property owner is William Ryan; Ward Smith of Wendell Wetland Services represented the applicant.

Ward Smith told the commission the addition (14 by 14 feet) with an entry landing and steps places roughly half of the new footprint within the 50-foot no-disturb buffer that borders a beaver-impounded section of Parsons Brook. Because the work occurs in an existing lawn area that the applicant and staff characterized as a degraded or previously filled area, the commission accepted a mitigation approach requiring two square feet of mitigation for every one square foot of buffer disturbance.

The applicant agreed to provide a 5-foot-wide planting strip approximately 76 feet long along the top of the lawn edge, which the parties calculated will yield 380 square feet of mitigation (2:1 for roughly 190 square feet in the buffer). The planting palette will consist of native shrubs already shown on the plan (shadbush, black chokeberry, American hazelnut, silky dogwood) with quantities doubled from the initial submission. Commissioners said the strip will help keep people off the slope and allow the embankment to revert to more natural conditions.

Commissioners asked that invasive species in the new planting area be controlled on an ongoing basis. Commissioner Melissa suggested annual inspection and removal of invasives; the commission adopted an additional order condition requiring annual invasive-species inspection and removal for the mitigation area. The applicant agreed to supply a revised plan showing the expanded planting area and revised planting counts; staff will prepare the order of conditions and mail it to the applicant once the corrected plan is received.

The commission noted the change is expected to improve a degraded area behind the house and that the proposal does not encroach on the riverfront or the submerged channel; Smith said he delineated the mean annual high-water line at the beaver dam and that the work is on the beaver pond side of that feature.

The commission’s vote to close the hearing and issue the order of conditions was unanimous.","The commission closed and approved a Notice of Intent for a 196-square-foot house addition at 59 Sylvester Road with a 2:1 mitigation requirement: a 380-square-foot planting strip of native shrubs, plus an annual invasive-species control condition.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},5977963,"Conservation commission continues hearing on solar canopies at Mount Tom salvage yard after parties agree on planting, fencing and monitoring",2898,141000,3039000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5793241-bccfbb393792589f399b288868d9c821&start=141&end=3039","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5793241-bccfbb393792589f399b288868d9c821/thumbnail_141000.jpg","/articles/5977963/Massachusetts/Conservation-commission-continues-hearing-on-solar-canopies-at-Mount-Tom-salvage-yard-after-parties-agree-on-planting-fencing-and-monitoring","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5977963-37afd46012f5cf7c404d686be1736140/orig.mp4?Expires=1770610595&Signature=RWYPziDPotcsKyGUEjQ0v4JVpOCafegmInKGeZPDlJ0iiLiWRILP3ozdQ1wgUGjfFljIbLZ28xuLGncTfG2D~oDjVL10DiSJUNSGeS9DUvoy782gJhaF0OECdZ2MmiMTqnRWFqw0VHWyXiaDOgP8NPkgRcV8UQVlNqnVgv2xw6Ef458m17JO5NY7QIj01ndkWc0f~vmJped~95Efhp3G7UOXOKQ1Srn0CArKKEOOkdLPn523V3HNipjTKoYlXfy8QTfQmfDTqnlCXyQgN2XlWR4o2AG4ZoxtYdAyagMRcFH09GukU0k17cMecu1Oi09mW6c54T8wCOyQmBn5YB4NAw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town Conservation Commission continued a public hearing Sept. 18 on Parallel Products’ proposal to construct nine solar-panel canopies at 182 Mount Tom Road, asking the applicant to supply a revised plan that shows newly agreed protections for the 50-foot riverfront buffer and additional operation-and-maintenance details. The commission set a continuation for Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m.

The project team — attorney Michael Monod, Parallel Products representative Phil Cavallo and Scott Daggett, senior project manager for Farland Corporation — told the commission they removed all proposed work from the 50-foot buffer zone except for stormwater management controls, added shrub plantings intended to absorb petroleum contaminants, and reduced the number of vehicles stored on-site from about 2,000 to roughly 200. The team said those changes and additional documentation on compensatory flood storage had been submitted to staff.

Commissioners pressed for clearer demarcation of the buffer and for durable measures to prevent operations from encroaching on the protection zone. Commissioner questions focused on whether gaps in proposed remediation trenches would allow bypass flow, who will perform annual inspections and planting maintenance, and where a fence should be placed to prevent gravel and equipment from migrating into the buffer. Scott Daggett explained the remediation trenches were split to follow existing site contours and maintain even pretreatment and overflow; he said the gaps are roughly 3–4 feet and could be adjusted if the commission requires.

The applicant agreed to plant petroleum-absorbing native shrubs between the 50-foot buffer edge and the stormwater controls as a pretreatment zone and to add signage. The team also said they will provide an operation-and-maintenance (O&M) plan and annual monitoring reports; the commission asked that those reports be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or a wetland scientist and suggested annual replacement for any plantings that die.

Commissioners recommended a simple, flexible wire fence running roughly parallel to the solar canopy edges, offset about 5 feet from the canopy edge where feasible, as a low-volume, durable demarcation that would be easy to inspect and would not significantly affect compensatory storage. The applicant said they would discuss the fence with the property owner and provide a sketch to staff showing the fence alignment and gates for maintenance access.

Other revisions the commission asked to see on a revised plan include a clearer snow-storage and plowing O&M note (applicants said snow would be cleared north–south to a single linear aisle), a documented approach for removal of debris and junk in the protected area before construction, and documentation of any compensatory storage adjustments resulting from plan changes.

Commissioners expressed encouragement at the changes while reiterating the need for clear, inspectable limits to protect the riverfront resource. The commission voted unanimously to continue the hearing to Oct. 9 and asked staff to receive and circulate the revised plan and the updated O&M provisions before that meeting.","The commission continued a Notice of Intent for installation of nine solar canopies at Parallel Products’ salvage yard at 182 Mount Tom Road, after applicants agreed to revise plans to remove work from the 50-foot riverfront buffer, add petroleum-absorbing plantings, and provide fencing and annual monitoring.","actionData","errors"]

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