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Commission continues Keene Road stormwater review; issues negative determination for adjacent RDA
Summary
The commission continued stormwater review for AMN Estate Holdings’ six‑lot Keene Road subdivision pending peer review and sign‑offs, and issued a negative determination on an RDA for a related parcel after site visits confirmed flagging.
Acushnet — The Conservation Commission on Oct. 9 continued action on a stormwater permit application for AMN Estate Holdings’ proposed six‑lot subdivision on Keene Road and approved a Request for Determination of Applicability (RDA) for a related parcel.
The stormwater application describes a six‑lot residential subdivision with about 702 linear feet of roadway, on‑site septic systems and private wells. Applicant representative John Marchand said the design had been revised after an initial July peer‑review comment letter and that the team added HDPE pipe specifications and clarified emergency overflow dimensions. He said the revisions addressed most reviewer comments but two issues remained for the peer review: pipe specifications and overflow details.
Commissioners said they wanted Bill Madden, the town’s peer reviewer, to sign off on final stormwater checks and recommended continuing the stormwater hearing to the commission’s Oct. 23 meeting so planning‑board sign‑offs and outstanding comments could be resolved. A motion to continue was made and supported.
Separately the commission opened a Request for Determination for the Angelo Drive subdivision — the same 10.5‑acre project — to confirm the flagged wetland boundaries. Marchand said the wetland flags were delineated by ECR in January 2023 and that the replication plan had been prepared to meet planning board requirements. After a site visit and commission review, members found the flagging to be accurate and voted to issue a negative determination for the work at 39 King Road, indicating the described work does not require a Notice of Intent under the Wetlands Protection Act as presented.
The commission reminded abutters that planning‑board materials and additional peer‑review results will be provided at a reconvened hearing; stormwater calculations and test‑pit results will be reviewed by the town peer reviewer prior to any final conservation decision.
