Sherborn approves Coolidge Crossing multi‑family project with restoration and monitoring conditions

The Sherborn Conservation Commission reviewed and approved a draft order of conditions for the Coolidge Crossing multi‑family development (84 & 86 Coolidge Street) on March 5, concluding a long series of continued hearings for the project.

Agent Joyce Hastings presented a revised draft order that incorporated comments from the applicant and commissioners. Key modifications included clarifying that environmental monitoring would end when work in jurisdictional areas was fully stabilized (rather than strictly when all work finished); allowing flexibility in distances between wetland bounds; modifying herbaceous layer coverage language; adding a separate wet meadow restoration section; and setting maintenance intervals at no more than two years.

Applicant representative Will Adams asked whether the definition of “stabilized” would require weekly consultant visits during periods of no activity; Hastings said stabilization meant there was no danger of erosion or siltation into wetlands and could occur before a two‑year monitoring period concluded. Commissioner Terry Luskin suggested adding clarifying language that stabilization means “no possibility of erosion or silting” to make the term explicit in the order.

After editing and cleanup of formatting, the Commission voted 5–0 to close the hearing and approve the project with the restoration and mitigation documented in the order and the conditions discussed at the meeting.

Next steps: staff will finalize the order of conditions (formatting and phrasing) for signature and monitor implementation according to the approved monitoring schedule.