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Bolton commission delays decision on proposed fire pond at 26 West Street, requests more detail
Summary
Mark Reynolds presented a plan for a dry fire pond at 26 West Street that he said could store about 45,000 gallons for fire protection; commissioners requested more information on runoff, silt-fence details and pond lining and will consider the application at the May meeting.
Mark Reynolds presented a proposal on April 23 to excavate a dry fire pond at 26 West Street to install a dry hydrant and provide stored water for fire protection.
Reynolds told the commission the pond “could hold 45,000 gallons of water for fire protection at the site.” He said the planned berm and a silt fence would separate the pond from adjacent wetlands and that there was no proposed direct disturbance of the mapped wetland. Reynolds reported a site evaluation around elevation 85–86 and a pond-bottom elevation near 80.
Commissioners asked about plans for channeling runoff from a nearby parking lot, whether the berm would impound stormwater, how the pond would be lined and seeded, and sought more detailed silt-fence installation plans. Reynolds said some runoff had been incorporated into the design and explained the berm is intended to separate the pond from wetlands rather than to impound the lake.
The Commission requested copies of Reynolds’s presentation slides and additional construction details and deferred formal action on application #1W-24-3 to the May meeting so staff and the applicant can provide the requested information.
