At the Conservation Commission meeting this Thursday, December 5, at 7 pm, members are again expected to continue their review of stormwater issues at the Mugar/Thorndike Place development. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 19. We will provide any new information when it is available.
Check the Con Com website to register for the Zoom meetings and to see the final agenda, new correspondence, and reports.
The Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page hosts the most recent GZA and BSC reports along with previous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing.
Mugar Site
Mugar Hearing Continued to Dec 5
At the Conservation Commission meeting this Thursday, November 21, at 7 pm, members are expected to continue their review of stormwater issues at the Mugar/Thorndike Place development to Thursday, December 5.
At the special hearing on October 24, representatives from the peer reviewer, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., and BSC Group, the consultant for the Applicant (Arlington Land Realty LLC), presented their most recent findings and comments as part of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA). Numerous questions were raised, and the Applicant was asked to provide additional information.
The Land Trust’s hydrology consultants, Scott Horsley and Michael Mobile/MMA, also provided information from their respective groundwater monitoring and stormwater mounding analyses and responses to recent GZA and BSC reports. They continue to review and respond to new information as it is available.
Check the Con Com website to register for the Zoom meetings and to see the final agenda, new correspondence, and reports.
The Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page hosts the recent GZA and BSC reports along with previous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing.
Mugar Hearing Continued to November 21
At the Conservation Commission meeting this Thursday, November 7, at 7 pm, members are expected to continue their review of stormwater issues at the Mugar/Thorndike Place development to Thursday, November 21, following a request by the Applicant for more time to prepare feedback.
At the previous special hearing on October 24, representatives from the peer reviewer, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., and BSC, the consultant for the Applicant (Arlington Land Realty LLC), presented their most recent findings and comments as part of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA). Numerous questions were raised, and the Applicant was asked to provide additional information.
The Land Trust’s hydrology consultants, Scott Horsley and Michael Mobile/MMA, also provided information from their respective groundwater monitoring and stormwater mounding analyses and responses to recent GZA and BSC reports. They continue to review and respond to new information as it is available.
Check the Con Com website to register for the Zoom meetings and to see the final agenda, new correspondence, and reports.
The Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page hosts the recent GZA and BSC reports along with previous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing.
Special Mugar Hearing October 24
The Conservation Commission is holding a special Zoom hearing this Thursday, October 24, at 7 pm to continue its review of stormwater issues at the Mugar/Thorndike Place development in East Arlington. Check the Con Com website to register for the Zoom meeting and to see the final agenda, new correspondence, and reports.
The Commission has received the peer review report from GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., and revised stormwater calculations from BSC, the consultant for the Applicant (Arlington Land Realty LLC), as part of its review of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA). The Commission hired GZA in June as a third-party reviewer to provide additional geohydrologic expertise on the project’s compliance with regulations outlined in the Massachusetts Stormwater Handbook and Stormwater Standards.
As documented in previous hearings, the Land Trust, through its hydrology consultants, Scott Horsley and Michael Mobile/MMA, has also provided information from their respective groundwater monitoring and stormwater mounding analyses. The Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page hosts the recent GZA and BSC reports along with previous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing.
Mugar Hearing Continued to September 19
The Conservation Commission hearing on stormwater issues at the Mugar/Thorndike Place development, originally scheduled for Thursday, September 5, has been continued again to Thursday, September 19. Check the Con Com website for the final agenda, new correspondence and reports, and Zoom registration information.
The Commission has received the peer review report from GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., but is not ready to hold its hearing on the stormwater review aspects of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA). The Commission hired GZA in June as a third-party reviewer to provide additional geohydrologic expertise on the project’s compliance with regulations outlined in the Massachusetts Stormwater Handbook and Stormwater Standards.
As documented in previous hearings, the Land Trust, through its hydrology consultants, Scott Horsley and Michael Mobile/MMA, and The BSC Group, engineering consultants for the Applicant, Arlington Land Realty LLC, have provided information from their respective groundwater monitoring and stormwater mounding analyses. The next hearing is expected to be a critical review of the long-running and conflicting analyses and assessments provided to date.
The GZA Stormwater Standards Peer Review is posted on the Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page along with previous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing.