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Crystal Mall redevelopment plan would cut impervious area and add stormwater controls; commission finds no wetland activity
Summary
Representatives for General Dynamics Electric Boat described parking-area repaving, vegetated islands, a 1.2-acre reduction in impervious surface and permeable pavement at Crystal Mall; the Conservation Commission found no regulated wetland activity and approved the referral 5-0.
At the Feb. 26 meeting, the Waterford Conservation Commission reviewed a Planning & Zoning referral (PL-26-04) for the adaptive re-use of Crystal Mall. Kyle Haubert, P.E., of CLA Engineers and Attorney John Casey appeared on behalf of General Dynamics Electric Boat to describe proposed site improvements.
Staff displayed a site plan showing re-milling and repaving of parking areas, the addition of vegetated islands, installation of permeable pavement and a net reduction of about 1.2 acres of impervious area. The plan also calls for hydro-dynamic separators and catch-basin filter inserts to treat stormwater runoff. Staff indicated on the map where pervious pavement and tree filters would be located. The meeting record states that no regulated wetland activity is proposed for the redevelopment site.
Commissioner Keith Kriet moved and Commissioner Wade Thomas seconded a motion to find that the redevelopment does not involve regulated wetland activity and incorporates improved stormwater treatment practices; the motion passed 5-0. The minutes note the referral was acknowledged and no further wetlands conditions were recorded by the commission during the meeting.
The item was presented as a Planning & Zoning referral; the commission’s action is a finding for the referral record and does not itself grant permits for site work. Further reviews or approvals by Planning & Zoning or other permitting authorities would be required before construction.
