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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm 11/04/1999Sharon Foxborough Canoe River Aquifer �w Mansfield Easton Norton Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee 417 Bay Road South Easton, MA 02375 Tel. (508) 238-3641 Fax: (508) 238-5303 AGENDA Thursday — November 4,1999 Easton Water Division 1:00 P.M. I. Call to Order II. Review Minutes of October 7,1999 III. Water Conservation and Lawn Care Seminar - March 2000 Mike Walsh - Speaker IV. Green Belt Project Update V. Abandoned Hercules Dump Site - Mansfield - Wayne P. Southworth VI. Old Business VII. New Business 1+ ksJ iP;l i i i, U5 I. Call to Order II. Review Minutes of October 7,1999 III. Water Conservation and Lawn Care Seminar - March 2000 Mike Walsh - Speaker IV. Green Belt Project Update V. Abandoned Hercules Dump Site - Mansfield - Wayne P. Southworth VI. Old Business VII. New Business CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE t; 05 Minutes of the meeting held by the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee on No 4, 1999 beginning at 1:00 P.M. at the Easton Water Department, 417 Bay Road, So ton, MA. Members present: Wayne Southworth, Easton; Duane M. Knapp 'Nortoh:,' d -T' ufo, Mansfield; Susanne Erikson, Norton; Jennifer Carlin, Norton; Leonard Flynn, Mansfield; Dave Masciarelli, Sharon; Philip Barske, Easton Fred Watson - Norton; Joan Sozio, Foxborough; Robert Boette, Foxborough; Bill Hardin, Easton; Susan Mims, Norton; Tim Lavallee, `Easton Journal'; Deborah Graham, Mansfield resident. I. CALL TO ORDER - Meeting called to order at 1:00 P.M. by Wayne Southworth. II. REVIEW OF MINUTES - October 7, 1999On a motion made by Ed Tartufo and seconded by Robert Boette, it was VOTED to accept the minutes of October 7, 1999. III. WATER CONSERVATION AND LAWN CARE SEMINAR 'MARCH 2000, MIKE WALSH, SPEAKER Southworth gave a :status report as follows: date is to be in March, 2000; sent a letter out to the Water Superintendents of the five towns asking for contribution - 'have commitments from four of the five; location will probably be in Norton; need to secure a location and date prior to hiring Mr. Walsh; seminar needs to be video taped. Short discussion ensued. Consensus: - first choice Thursday, March 30,"2000/second choice Friday, March '31, 2000; location - middle school in Norton (need.to confirm this and ask about video capabilities); hours 7:30 to 9:00 PM. Jennifer Carlino presented a first draft for a grant requested under the "Riverways Grant' to each member for their comments. IV. GREEN BELT PROJECT UPDATE - Leonard Flynn reported he has talked to Secretary Durand about the 186 acres in Norton; the first response from the Massachusetts Highway Department has been very negative; may need to go the route we did previously (writing letters to senators and representatives); think we have to go the political route and persistence is important; will draft a letter for the committee. As to the GIS package, could training be provided? Wayne Southworth to talked to Maurice Goulet. Flynn noted with regards to the River Act, this past year was not a drought here in southeast Massachusetts. Southworth noted he has received a letter from Secretary Durand inviting the committee to the Community Preservation Day to be held on 12-08-99. Invitation requested photographs of areas that should be saved or preserved — will send some in. CRAAC -2- November 4, 1999 Southworth: with regards to photographs would like to scan all of the Committee's photographs into a power point program, which could be run during the Awareness Day. There are plenty brochures on the Canoe River Greenbelt; asked members to take them for their local libraries. Watson: noted he saw a decal on a window that read "Nausha River Watershed Association"; might be an idea to consider. Southworth to look into it. Flynn: the manure pile in Norton has been removed. V. ABANDONED HERCULES DUMP SITE MANSFIELD — WA VNE P. SOUTHWORTH Southworth: this item has become a recent issue in our community because there is a possible of many new homes ' being built in the area; concerned with contamination; growth has effected individual wells; large developments should be on municipal sources; a meeting has been scheduled here for next Monday. Short discussion ensued relative to the history of the site. VI. OLD BUSINESS - incorporated above. VII. NEW BUSINESS Watched a video entitled "Use of Constructed Wetlands for Stormwater Runoff' which was given to the CRAAC Library by Philip Barske. Next meeting to be in Sharon on December 2, 1999. Boette/Hardin moved to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 2:45 PM.