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Reservoir Meadows flexible development: board gets open-space exhibit, peer review clears water-balance concerns — hearing continued
Summary
Developer provided a color-coded open-space exhibit and peer-review confirmation that the project's water-balance and hydrogeologic analyses met peer-review standards; the board asked for a draft decision and easement/covenant language and continued the hearing to July 14.
The board reviewed revised materials for 26 Meadow Lane (Reservoir Meadows), including a new exhibit that color-codes common open space, meadow mowing limits and natural wooded areas, and a water-balance/hydrogeologic assessment whose peer review returned without comments.
Peter Bemis (project engineer) told the board that Fuss & O'Neill reviewed the project's water-balance calculations and did not raise objections; the board requested that Fuss & O'Neill correct one editorial line in its letter for the record. Bemis also explained how the design retains stormwater on-site and increases infiltration compared with existing runway conditions, and that municipal water supplied to the development will be infiltrated on site as part of the design.
The board spent significant time on open-space definitions. The revised exhibit shows areas that will be maintained lawn (mowed once annually after August), common open space that is intended to remain meadow, and natural wooded areas that will be left in a forested state. Several board members asked that the final open-space covenant explicitly state that trees in the sloped forested area will remain and will not be cleared, and that the covenant language align with the exhibit and be recorded with the deed.
Neighbors responded: David Williams, a representative of the adjoining homeowners association, described terms the HOA sought and said the applicant agreed to easement language revisions and a performance-bond mechanism to cover remediation if construction impacted the HOA's septic systems. The applicant and HOA also agreed that paved loop segments that may be removed during future work would be replaced at the applicant's cost, and the HOA's engineer may observe specific work affecting septic infrastructure.
Next steps The board will draft a decision and circulate a draft to members to allow focused review before the July 14 continued public hearing. The applicant will provide a final open-space easement/covenant that mirrors the exhibit and any related HOA agreements.
