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Commission discusses multi‑year compliance issues at Gail Paving Winstead Road site; staff to arrange pre‑application meeting
Summary
The commission reviewed a complex enforcement history at a Gail Paving site on Winstead Road — unbuilt compensatory wetlands, an Army Corps bridge order, and large material stockpiles in floodplain areas — and directed staff to convene a pre‑application meeting with planning staff and consultants.
Commissioners on Nov. 18 reviewed a long‑running compliance matter at the Gail Paving property on Winstead Road. Staff and a surveyor presented mapping and explained that parts of a previously permitted piping/compensatory wetlands plan were never constructed and that material stockpiles and processing activity on the site predate current floodplain regulations.
Staff noted an Army Corps order to remove a bridge on the site remains unimplemented and that the permitted compensation wetland was not constructed as required. The surveyor and staff recommended either re‑establishing past conditions, daylighting piped segments, or identifying compensatory mitigation elsewhere as part of a formal permitting application. Discussion covered floodplain delineations (AE zone vs. floodway), the volume and composition of on‑site stockpiles (asphalt, concrete, topsoil, decorative rock), and the practical difficulty of redesigning the bridge to meet Corps and local floodplain requirements.
Commissioners and staff agreed that a pre‑application meeting (Wetlands staff, Planning & Zoning, and the property’s consultants) and a site visit would be productive next steps. Staff also recommended pausing escalation of new fines while a permitting and mitigation process is pursued. No formal enforcement vote was taken at the meeting; staff said they would schedule the pre‑application coordination and report back to the commission.
