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Board summarizes Nova/Brownsville site walk, urges limited disturbance and clear easement marking
Summary
Committee members who walked the Nova/Brownsville parcel said the site is mostly former farm/grassland with modest disturbance; they recommended limiting intrusion into steep woodlots, marking easements and using sales agreement language to clarify easement use.
A committee member who participated in a site walk described the parcel near Brownsville as largely grassland with a modest grade in most places and some steeper slopes near wooded areas. “We caught it right before a huge storm came in… It will I think the additional fee will be added. There's some additional screening for those residents,” the Committee member said, summarizing observations about buffers and limited disturbance.
The group discussed whether to add an access road through a large lot on the south side and concluded that would create too much disturbance on steep terrain. Committee members recommended marking easements with clearer lines and suggested the developer include easement language in sales agreements. The board discussed the Morrell lot separately and leaned toward more restrictive treatment to protect forested areas adjacent to future lots. Conversations also included outreach to Genesee Land Trust about potential easement coordination.
Board members noted potential impacts to adjacent homeowners at the edge of slopes and asked staff to ensure any proposed access minimizes intrusion and that easements are clearly indicated on plans and sales documents.
