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Conservation commission to back Nature Conservancy zoning requests; debates 200‑ vs. 400‑foot buffer
Summary
Commissioners reviewed The Nature Conservancy's request that the Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve and adjacent lands receive conservation zoning and a limited‑activity buffer where the Innovation District abuts conserved land, and staff reported parcel‑level map changes that would expand conservation zoning for several parks and waterbodies.
Commissioners reviewed two draft letters supporting The Nature Conservancy's request that portions of the Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve be protected by conservation zoning and that a limited‑activity buffer be established where the Innovation District abuts conserved land.
Staff and commissioners displayed a parcel‑based map of proposed conservation zoning changes and described specific additions: Pine Island Park and most of Pine Island Pond, Stevens Pond, Livingston Park, Stark Park, expanded protection along Black Brook and several city‑owned park parcels that will be reclassified from split zoning into a conservation district. The maper noted that one parcel containing a city dump will remain in the Innovation District and was removed from the conservation overlay on the map.
The Nature Conservancy asked the city to require a limited‑activity buffer where the Innovation District meets conservation…
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