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Conservation commission approves permits, orders and $300 sign purchase
Summary
The Arlington Conservation Commission approved purchase of revegetation signage, issued a certificate of compliance for 57 Mystic Lake Drive, and granted permits for 91 Sunnyside and 26 Dudley Street with maintenance and monitoring conditions; the commission also continued the 0 Reed Street NOI pending survey data.
The Arlington Conservation Commission voted to authorize several routine actions and two project permits at its July 23 remote meeting.
The commission approved up to $300 from the water bodies fund to buy additional signage for revegetation areas at Spy Pond Park. David Morgan, the town’s conservation agent and environmental planner, said a prior purchase cost $197 and asked for an upper threshold so staff could place an order. Chair Chuck Tierney moved the item and the commission approved it by roll call.
Commissioners also approved a certificate of compliance for 57 Mystic Lake Drive after staff presented site photos and confirmed mitigation plantings met survivability thresholds. David Morgan said engineer John Barrows stamped an as-built plan and that standard continuing conditions—restricted chemical use and mitigation maintenance—apply.
On larger items, the commission closed hearings and issued an order of conditions for 91 Sunnyside and a permit for 26 Dudley Street. For 91 Sunnyside the commission required an operation-and-maintenance plan, twice-yearly inspections during the first three years with log-keeping for gutters and the infiltration field, and standard vegetation survivability conditions. For 26 Dudley Street the commission included an updated O&M log (added biannual pavement sweeping), a 2:1 planting schedule using smaller saplings with 80% survivability monitoring over three years, and defined snow-storage areas (excess snow to be trucked off site).
Not all business moved forward: the commission continued the Notice of Intent for 0 Reed Street to allow the applicant to provide a stamped, flagged wetland survey and other documentation. Chair Tierney and several commissioners said the filing was premature without signed survey data.
