Mugar Site

On Thursday, May 2 at 7 pm via Zoom, the Conservation Commission will continue its hearing on the stormwater review aspect of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place, under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA) received from Arlington Land Realty, LLC, the owner/developer of the site. The hearing on the invasive management and habitat plan was completed at the April 4 meeting.

Check the Con Com website for the final agenda, additional correspondence submitted for the hearing, and Zoom registration information.
Numerous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, recordings of previous meetings, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing are posted on the Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page. 

The Land Trust continues to fund Hydrologist Scott Horsley and his colleagues to analyze data presented by the developer’s consultant, BSC Group, and to present new data based on their own research, including water level readings from additional monitoring wells that have been placed on Town property adjacent to the Mugar site. The developer and BSC Group also agreed to install additional test pits and a monitoring well on their property. All of the new data is expected to be presented and discussed at the May 2 meeting.

On Thursday, May 2 at 7 pm via Zoom, the Conservation Commission will continue its hearing on the stormwater review aspect of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place, under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA) received from Arlington Land Realty, LLC, the owner/developer of the site. The hearing on the invasive management and habitat plans was completed at the April 4 meeting.

Check the Con Com website for the final agenda, additional correspondence submitted for the hearing, and Zoom registration information.

Numerous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, recordings of previous meetings, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing are posted on the Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page. 

The Land Trust continues to fund Hydrologist Scott Horsley and his colleagues to analyze data presented by the developer’s consultant, BSC Group, and to present new data based on their own research, including water level readings from additional monitoring wells that have been placed on Town property adjacent to the Mugar site. The developer and BSC Group also agreed to install additional test pits and a monitoring well on their property. All of the available data is expected to be presented at the May 2 meeting.

Please write to concomm@town.arlington.ma.us to share your concerns about the importance of continued data collection and analysis of the hydrological conditions on the Mugar property so the Commission can be assured it has the most up-to-date and relevant information for their decision making. Thank you.

On Thursday, April 4 at 7 pm via Zoom, the Conservation Commission will continue its hearing on the stormwater review and habitat restoration planning as outlined in the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Thorndike Place, under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA) received from Arlington Land Realty, LLC, the owner/developer of the site.

Check the Con Com website for the final agenda, additional correspondence submitted for the hearing, and Zoom registration information.
Numerous peer review and consultants’ reports, public comments, and other correspondence regarding the NOI hearing are posted on the Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page. 

The Land Trust continues to fund Hydrologist Scott Horsley and his colleagues to analyze data presented by the developer’s consultant, BSC Group, and to present new data based on their own research. Please write to
concomm@town.arlington.ma.us to share your concerns about the need for additional groundwater testing and other timely data on the hydrological conditions on the Mugar property so the Commission can be assured it has the most up-to-date and relevant information for their decision making.

Thank you.

On Thursday, March 21 at 7 pm via Zoom, the Conservation Commission will continue its hearing on stormwater concerns and habitat planning as outlined in the Notice of Intent (NOI) under the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act (WPA) received from Arlington Land Realty, LLC, the owner/developer of the site.

Check the Con Com website for the final agenda, additional correspondence submitted for the hearing, and Zoom registration information.

Several peer review consultants’ reports, public comments, and past correspondence regarding the NOI hearing are posted on the Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page. 

The Conservation Commission hearing on stormwater concerns and landscape and habitat planning for wildlife and vegetation at Thorndike Place on the Mugar property in East Arlington will continue on March 7 at 7 pm via Zoom.

Check the Con Com website for the final agenda, additional correspondence submitted for the hearing, and Zoom registration information.

A recording of the February 15 hearing, the various consultants’ reports, and public comments are posted on the Commission’s Thorndike Place Wetlands Permit web page. 

Following the February 15 hearing, the Land Trust requested permission from the Select Board to install two monitoring wells on Town property on Dorothy Road to provide additional data on groundwater readings in the proposed development area to supplement data provided by the developer’s consultants. The Select Board unanimously approved the request at its meeting on March 4, so the monitoring wells will be installed with Town oversight in the next few days. Stay tuned for further updates, and attend the March 7 hearing for more information.