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Middletown panel recommends approval of Sweetberry Farm master plan with conditions
Summary
The Middletown Conservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of Sweetberry Farm LLC's master plan, imposing two conditions aimed at reducing impervious surfaces: maximize pervious materials in parking and roadways and consider narrowing roadways to 20 feet where practicable. The recommendation goes to the Planning Board.
The Middletown Conservation Commission on April 13 voted 5'0to'00 to recommend approval of Sweetberry Farm LLC's master plan to the Planning Board, adding two conditions aimed at limiting impervious area and protecting watershed health.
Chair Melissa Welch said the commission's review focuses on watershed resources, natural-resource protection and preservation of natural aesthetics. "We are not decision makers; we recommend," Welch said, explaining the panel would forward its findings and conditions to the Planning Board for the next stage of review.
The applicant, represented by Gerard Galvin, presented a team that included owner Tom Haggerty, civil engineer Lynn Small and landscape architect Pamela Rogers. Haggerty told the commission he purchased Sweetberry to preserve and rejuvenate the farm, and outlined plans that include a roughly 7,500'sq'ft barn, a linked market/cafe, additional wells, soil-rehabilitation work and an expanded orchard program across about a…
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