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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm 01/04/1990CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVIOSRY COMMITTEE Minutes of the meeting held on January 4, 1990 at the Selectmen's Office, Sharon Town Hall, 90 Main Street, Sharon, MA. Members in attendance: Wayne P. Southworth, Easton Edward J. Tartufo, Mansfield Dan Iagatta, Foxborough Kathy Romero, Norton Jack Sulik, Sharon Dick Lewis, Mansfield William Hardin, Easton 'Joan Sozio, Foxborough Deborah L. Graham, Mansfield I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Wayne Southworth. II. MINUTES A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the December 7, 1989 minutes. It was so voted. III. LAND USE CONFERENCE UPDATE Wayne Southworth and Joan Sozio provided an update of the conference. 1. Conference to be held March 3, 1990. 2. •Conference open to all landowners, developers, officials, and citizens of member towns. 3. All town boards will be receiving information about the conference. Members were asked to encourage their town officials to come. 4. Conference and luncheon are free. The Land Trusts of Easton and Norton, Easton Lion's Club, and MassCLEAN have donated monies to pay for the conference. 5. All details and programs for the conference will be finalized and printed by the next Canoe River meeeting. 6. All five towns agreed to share the cost of 100 copies of Stephen Small:'s book. IV. GOALS Bill Hardin mentioned that benefits from Canoe River should apply townwide. Towns, such as Foxborough and Sharon, whose interest in Canoe River is not as great as the other towns, must derive benefits from Canoe River to make their participation worthwhile. Land uses in these two towns can (2) impact the water quality of the Canoe River Aquifer. Regulations passed by towns usually "boil over" to include all the aquifers. Jack Sulik commented that Sharon had water supplies in three aquifers. The Canoe River aquifer was the least productive and, therefore, not a top-prioraty to Sharon as the other two aquifers. He agreed with Mr. Hardin that benefits must be townwide. Ed Tartufo said that we must draw attention to Canoe River, encourage partipation in Canoe River, and create participation in Canoe River. Also, we should encourage our town boards to work together with the same boards in other towns. Joan Sozio agreed that the various town boards should work together. She felt that the committee should work toward unification of regulations within each town, while also allowing for individual town differences. Basically the regulations, though., should be the same. Wayne Southworth stated that we need the cooperation of the entire communities. We need to somehow tie in all the water supplies. Water departments within the member towns have traditionally done this by sharing information and working together. Members discussed the formation of a subcommittee to review development plans. Dick Lewis and. Deborah Graham stressed the need to have a consistant review process with regard to subdivision plans. Bill Hardin and Wayne Southworth discussed the establishment of an office and hiring a staff person. This person's expertise could be utilized with regards to other aquifers, if the towns so desired. It was concluded that a list of the goals from IEP's report be typed briefly and sent out to the members. Each member is asked to review the list and to rank each goal by priority. Additional goals may also be added. Each member's list is to be ready for next meeting. The typed list of IEP's goals will be prepared for the membership by Dan Iagatta before the February meeting. V. OLD BUSINESS Kathy Romero will arrange for a speaker on dam safety for the February meeting. Dick Lewis will check with Tim Higgins on the status of the brochure. In four to six weeks the committee should receive an answer with regard to the ACEC Hockomock Swamp issue. Annual Report was finalized and distributed by Joan Sozio. (3) Joan Sozio provided members with Riverway information regarding the Water Management Act, legislation, and the proposal for a riverways coalition. VI. NEW BUSINESS Wayne Southworth will fill out an application to obtain a display through the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission for possible use at the Rotary Club exhibit in February and the March 3, Land Use Conference. Deborah Graham will also provide displays from DEM. The town of Easton has equipped two trucks with CaC12 tanks. Easton plans to start a salting program similar to Sharon's. Jack Sulik, Sharon's DPW Director, has been very helpful in sharing his program's information. Letters of appreciation for Jack's help will be sent to the Sharon Board of Selectmen. It was also mentioned that Al Truax, Foxoborough's Highway Superintendent, has been in touch with Mr. Sulik. Foxborough is also interested in the CaC12 program. Easton's Water Department purchased a video called "Land in Trust". Several members asked to view it. The video will be copied for use by Cable TV stations. The purpose is to show the video prior to the Land Use Conference. Kathy Romero will check with John Tyler about Norton Cable taping the Land Use Conference. If Norton is unable to do this, Joan Sozio will check with Foxborough Cable Access. Joan Sozio asked about the possibility of arranging a forum on the Water Management Act. Wayne Southworth mentioned that the Easton Natural Resources Trust was already doing this. Elizabeth Kline, from EDEA, will be speaking to the group on February 6,.1990. Wayne will ask the NRT to send their meeting agenda to the officials in member.towns. New England Environmental Conference will be held on March 17 and 18 at Tufts University. Cost is $65.00. Members are encouraged to attend. VII. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Ed Tartufo and seconded by Joan Sozio to adjourn. It was so voted.