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Home My WebLink AboutCanoe River Comm 12/02/19931c,MINDTES OF THE CANOE'LR_AQU FER,ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of the meeting held by the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory,,,, Committee on December 2, J993 at the Easton Water ;\'Department, 417 Bay Road, Easton, MA.' Members in attendance: Easton - Wayne P. Southworth ('Chairman), William Hardin; Mansfield - Dick Lewis, Ed Tartufo; Sharon - Shirley Davenport, Dave Masciarelli; Norton - Katherine Romero, Susan Mims, Suzanne Erikson; Foxborough - Joan Sozio (Secretary), Timothy Higgins. 1. Call to Order Mr. Southworth called the meeting to order at 1:07 P.M. 2. Approval of Minutes Aly motion was made by Shirley Davenport and seconded by Suzanne Erikson to accept the minutes of November 4, 1993 as corrected. 3 Update on Joint ACEC Meeting Wayne Southworth reported as follows: have had one session in Bridgewater at the Taunton River Alliance meeting; as Senator Keating has done a great deal on 'stewardship', have asked him to be a speaker; Leslie Luchonok will also speak; trying to get Fisheries & Wildlife to do a slide presentation - something simple/not too lengthy; date has been set for January 28, 1994 which is a Friday evening at Stonehill College; probably will have some light refreshments; will be looking for participants to do tabletop displays. Kathy Romero mentioned that there are slides of Canoe River in Norton. 4 Tim Higgins - Update on Video Tim Higgins reported: video is moving along; trying to line up George Yell to talk about some of the historical aspects in Norton; in process of drafting an outline; want to try and get some quick shots; each segment will be twenty minutes; time frame is next summer. 5 Discussion of Long -Range Planning Sub -Committee Wayne Southworth stated there has been one meeting. Dick Lewis: there are still a lot of uncertainties; discussed political aspects on how to approach it; trying to pull together all the best pieces of each community; trying to make it a fair and responsible package. Joan Sozio: might want to consider coming up with a general bylaw. Consensus: there is some work that has to be done; all agreed it is politically sensitive. 6. Use of Road Salt on Routes 495 & 95 Background: all started with Route 1 when the state was going to widen the shoulders; salt rose in 10 years (11 to 22 per litre); Town of Sharon has agreed to switch to calcuim chloride. Concern: should this committee send a request to the state to establish low salt areas as it is effecting the wells. Discussion: should be careful how the letter is written; should point out this is a Sole Source Aquifer and an Area of Critical Environmental Concern; have educated our communities have not educated the state. On Mr. Tartufo's motion, seconded by Mr. Hardin, VOTED to send a letter of support to appropriate state agencies to see what they could do about the salting and encourage them to contact the Water Departments in the five towns and let the Water Department inform the state of the sensitive spots. 7. Old Business Joan Sozio: the Massachusetts River Protection Act is apparently hung up in the House Ways and Means; asking that letters be written so this can be voted on. Wayne Southworth and Kathy Romero reported on the Bridgewater College Earth Lab Conference: had a lot of people stop and collect information; there are a lot of teachers who want to teach a water curriculum. Wayne Southworth noted that the CRACC was listed as a co- sponsor of the "Taunton River Watershed Connections Project". A pilot program is being conducted at the Junior High level. ` 8. New Business 1. Wayne Southworth played a new tape entitled "Customer Attitude Survey" for the members. Survey proves that the public wants to be informed and they are willing to pay for it. 2. A short explanation was given on the "Xeriscape" Garden planted on the lawn of this building. 3. Mr. Hardin noted that Wayne Southworth had an article on this community in a Metro Chamber of Commerce publication. 4. Wayne Southworth: attended a meeting in Barney Frank's office. There was part of an announcement of a study to be done on the Taunton River Basin by the Army Corps of Engineers; it was made very clear that this is not soley for Brockton - will be a study of the entire Taunton River Basin; going to put the scope of work together in February; our communities are all in the stressed portion of the basin. Meeting adjourned at 2:35 P.M. Next meeting to take place in Sharon. you are cordia((y invited to attend an informal educational evening to (earn about some of the most eXtraordinary natural resources in southeastern Massachusetts. The Canoe 96vers'lquifer and NfockomockSwamp have been designated by the state as areas of critical environmentaf concern. 'these two speciaCdesignations are the largest contiguous A.C.E.C.'s in the state containing 36,000 acres. join with us and Cuten to the speakers:talkabout these natural resources and how they are presently working to protect them and promote better environmental stewardship for future generations, we, lookforzoard to your participation in this enjoyable evening . CO-SPONSORS STONEIRLL COLLEGE OLD COLONY PLANNING COUNCIL EASTON NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST NORTON LAND PRESERVATION SOCIETY PLYMOUTH COUNTY WILDLANDS TRUST MANSFIELD NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED CONNECTIONS PROJECT MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL PLANNING ECONOMIC DEV. DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT There is no charge for this meeting. Refreshments will be served. Please call with reservations by January 21, 1993. r TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE - 508-697-5700 CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE - 508-238-3641 FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1994 6:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. MARTIN INSTITUTE STONEHILL COLLEGE, EASTON AGENDA 7:00 p.m.. Welcome -- Wayne P. Southworth 7:05 p.m. Senator William Keating 7:15 p.m. Slide Presentation Canoe River -- Wayne P. Southworth Hockomock Swamp -- Kitty Doherty 7:30 p.m. A.C.E.C. Stewardship -- Leslie Luchonok 8:00 p.m. Network Session -- Bill Napolitano CO-SPONSORS STONEIRLL COLLEGE OLD COLONY PLANNING COUNCIL EASTON NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST NORTON LAND PRESERVATION SOCIETY PLYMOUTH COUNTY WILDLANDS TRUST MANSFIELD NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED CONNECTIONS PROJECT MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL PLANNING ECONOMIC DEV. DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT There is no charge for this meeting. Refreshments will be served. Please call with reservations by January 21, 1993. r TAUNTON RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE - 508-697-5700 CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE - 508-238-3641 '11