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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River comm 09/07/2000Foxborough Mansfield tl p REcr VEb Sharon Canoe River'' - f,,of:-FICE / Aquifer Advisory CommittQO AUG 25 40 9. 17 Canoe River AquiferIEL 417 Bay Road SSA CH�SET TS Easton South Easton, MA 02375 Tel. (508) 238-3641 Fax: (508) 238-5303 Norton AGENDA Thursday — September 7, 2000 Mansfield Town Hall 1:00 P.M. I. Call to Order II. Review Minutes of August 3, 2000 III. Patrick E. Rogers (Taunton River Watershed Team Leader) Discussion on $50,000 Grant to study the Canoe River IV. Green Belt Project - a. Norton -186 acres along Route #495 b. Suborn Property off Route #123 V. Recognition Event To highlight the Green Belt Acquisitions and thank all participants VI. Old Business VII. New Business RECEIVED rt e-ry tz nr7r CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE 00SEP 27 Q,i 9:32 Minutes of the meeting held by the Canoe River Aquifer Committee on. September 7 2000 beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Mansfield Town Hall. flil. i; �I- i E J 0 MASSACHUSETTS Members present: Wayne P. Southworth, Easton; Bill Hardin, Easton; Phil Barske, Easton; Ed Tartufo, Mansfield; Dave Masciarelli, Sharon; Suzanne Erikson, Norton; Bob Boette, Foxboro; Joan Sozio, Foxboro; Leonard F. Flynn, Mansfield. Others present: Rep. Barbara Hyland, Foxboro; Cliff Barnes representing Senator Jo Ann Sprague and Senator Jo Ann Sprague. I. CALL TO ORDER - Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m. H. MINUTES WERE VOTED AND APPROVED - August 3, 2000 III. $50,000 GRANT - Pat Rogers was unable to attend and Chairman Southworth read a letter from him addressing the $50,000 Grant to study the Canoe River. The Committee discussed the outline and made recommendations. Phil Barske felt we should target on the recharge of the Aquifer the lack of vegetation and development and how sewerage will impact recharge. Dave Masciarelli felt water restrictions should be the same in each five communities. Barbara Hyland felt the public forum would be an excellent tool to provide information to the communities. Phil Barske felt we should disseminate the findings of this study to all those in each community --perhaps an executive summary could be provided. Joan Sozio spoke about D.E.P.'s initiative to keep the recharge within the basin. She also spoke on Foxboro's recharge program. Wayne felt we should embrace this study as a project for the next year and work toward the report to be a model for the state to show how five communities can cooperate to develop a plan to share the responsibility of providing water to all five communities. Leonard Flynn felt our water issue is a world-wide problem. We should develop policies to constrain the water fairly to all communities. We must tie in water and development. Barbara Hyland asked if we can make this part of the permitting process. In addition, is the water adequate before issuing a building permit? Dr. Phil Barske, Leonard Flynn, and Joan Sozio volunteered to meet with Pat Rogers to discuss our recommendations. Pat Rogers will meet with the Committee in Easton on Oct. 5, 2000. IV. GREENBELT PROJECT - Dedication of Johnson Acres will be on Saturday, September 16 at 10:00 a.m. Suzanne Erikson commended Jen Carlino for all the hard work she has done in Norton on developing our Greenbelt. Leonard Flynn reported that the Rt. #495 Project appears to be moving. The Committee voted to send a letter to the Norton Board of Selectman commending Jen Carlino on her efforts to protecting the Aquifer with copies to the Conservation Committee and Town Manager. V. RECOGNITION EVENT - We need to recognize all the State Reps and Senators. A suggestion was to have this at our Annual Event, perhaps at Ann's Place, Norton, Mass. Wayne asked the Committee to vote on a proclamation to be presented to Warren McKay, Foxboro Water Supt., at his retirement party on Friday, Sept. 15, 2000/voted unanimously. Joan Sozio reported that Leo Potter has been hired as the new water superintendent in Foxboro. Ed Tartufo, Susanne Erikson, and Leonard Flynn set up a booth for the Canoe River at the Norton Community Day on Saturday. The meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.