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Applicant cites VTrans access permit and plans to reclaim nearby gravel pit during construction
Summary
Project representatives told the DRB they have a VTrans access permit, intend to adjust sight lines by lowering a knoll, and plan to reclaim an old gravel pit using excavated materials from Lots 1 and 2 during early construction phases.
Scott Baker and Jason Barnard told the board the project has an issued VTrans access permit and that sight-line improvements would include lowering a knoll north of Lots 1 and 2. The northern gravel pit, unused for decades and now a pond, will be reclaimed during early construction phases using excavated materials; the applicant team said the pit would not be reused as an active gravel operation after reclamation.
Board members asked for clarification about where fill would come from and whether soils would need compaction for new foundations; Barnard said foundations should be set on undisturbed native material and noted no precise cut/fill calculation had been provided at preliminary review. The applicant said street trees would be added along the new drive "not to 'hide' the development, but to soften the facades," and that Lot 8 is treated as a deferred-use lot with no current development proposed.
