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Engineer outlines stormwater fixes; board votes to file state grant application
Summary
A consulting engineer presented three on‑site stormwater management options for a parking‑lot area and an adjacent industrial site; the board authorized filing the state grant application so the town retains $49,000 in design and application funds and also voted to pursue a feasibility filing for the industry site one‑time impact‑fee option.
Andreas, the consulting engineer, walked the Select Board through a three‑area design that uses underground StormTech chambers, a smaller chamber with a drain where soils are poor, and a planted rain‑garden prefab at the apartments. He told the board, "we need to submit we need to basically have an application to the state and complete by the end of September of this year," warning the town is approaching state grant deadlines.
He estimated application fees at roughly $1,000 per acre and said the $49,000 state grant earmarks about $30,000 for engineering design and the balance for application fees; he said those application fees would be covered by the grant so the town would not be required to front the fee. The board voted to authorize staff to file the parking‑lot application and separately approved pursuing the industry‑site feasibility option that could let the town pay a one‑time state impact fee rather than build on‑site treatment.
