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Hearing focuses on Wetland B, buffer reductions and access: designers argue fencing impractical, city proposes restoration and signage
Summary
Witnesses debated whether fencing or stricter exclusion is practical at Wetland B, with the city’s ecologist and designers arguing the bulkhead removal and targeted buffer plantings will restore functions while full fencing would block shoreline access and is structurally impractical at the waterward edge.
The hearing turned to whether Wetland B — the narrow lake‑edge wetland — should be fenced, restored, or otherwise excluded from public access. Cross‑examination and testimony explored what the wetlands provide, how they were delineated, and options for buffering and mitigation.
Mister Callow, the city's biologist, testified that Wetland B is largely dominated by invasive plants and that some functions are limited by the existing bulkhead. "We are providing some functional lift by removing the bulkhead around Wetland B… which will allow the wetland to provide hydrologic functions," he said, adding the wetland could regain certain functions once the bulkhead is removed and the buffer is replanted. He also noted that the…
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