Board presses applicant on tree replacement and soil handling for Dolan Solar site
At the Aug. 28 hearing, Planning Board members asked how the Dolan Solar plan will handle dead-tree replacement, soil reuse and site access; the town engineer said the bond would be called if owners failed to replace dead trees and requested more distributed soil handling and logistics details prior to construction.
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Board member Max Fruchter questioned the applicant on how tree losses would be measured and enforced. Fruchter said an overall percent could be unwieldy and suggested a cluster-based percentage to trigger replacement requirements; applicant representative Mitch Quine said the team was open to approaches and would work with the board on a practical standard.
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