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Finance Committee backs $4.0M Broadmeadow stormwater request, advanced metering and several CPC/CPA articles
Summary
At its April 8 meeting the Needham Finance Committee recommended multiple warrant articles, including a $4.0 million stormwater project for Lower Broadmeadow, water-enterprise capital for advanced metering, and several CPC/CPA items; it voted not to recommend a $50,000 disc‑golf feasibility article.
The Needham Finance Committee on April 8 recommended adoption of a slate of special‑town‑meeting warrant articles and voted not to recommend one recreation feasibility proposal.
The committee unanimously recommended Article 26, a $4,000,000 stormwater project for the Lower Broadmeadow field tied to the town's NPDES/NIPPs obligations. Planning and DPW staff described the work as earthwork to create on-site water storage — a vegetated swale and a combination of subsurface and above‑ground storage — to reduce surcharging into nearby properties and to improve phosphorus removal. Beta Engineering produced the cost estimate and watershed analysis; staff said the project would be financed with borrowing (approximately $4.0 million) and that the town expects to repay debt service from…
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