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Conservation Commission 
Pequitside Farm, 79 Pleasant Street 
Canton, AIA 02021 - (781) 821-5035 
Wednesday February 13,2019 
G& 7:00 P.M. 
Meeting Minutes 
Attendance: Joshua Cohen- Chairman, Kevin Cohney Vice -Chairman, -Paul Degnan — Clerk, 
Robert MacDonald -Treasurer, Treasurer, Melissa Mayer, 
Absent: Gerald Carmichael 
Conservation Agent: Regen Milani 
Recording Secretary: Heather Cahill 
Complete hearings are recorded and available on Canton Comniunj!y Television. 
Chairman Cohen opened public meeting at 7:01 P.M. 
mutes• 
January 9, 2019 
Motion Made by Robert MacDonald vote to approve meeting meetings as written. 
Seconded by Gerald Carmichael Vote: 7-0 
January 23, 2019 
Motion Made by Robert MacDonald vote to approve meeting meetings as written. 
Seconded by Gerald Carmichael Vote: 7-0 
WETLAND HEARINGS: 
Request for Determination of Applicability (RDA- 78-19) Town of Canton Board of Selectman, 20 Pine 
St. 
(Map 58, Lot 90) For proposed improvement of BMP and water quality measures, installation of a guardrail, 
construction of a grass swale, berm and rain garden within the 100' Buffer Zone of a Bordering Vegetated 
Wetland. 
• Barbara Reardon, Engineer for Town of Canton presented the following: 
• Devoll field parking lot is used for snow storage during the winter, snow melts off parking lot into the 
wetlands. 
• Proposed water quality measures include: 
Installation of a guardrail to prevent direct dumping of snow into the wetlands. 
Installation of grassed swale and berm. 
Construction of a Rain Garden to cleanse snow prior to discharging into wetland. 
Install a broad -crested outlet weir on top of 6" stone to dissipate flow from Rain Garden into 
wetland. 
• Erosion Control Barriers to be installed, inspected and approved by Agent Milani prior to the start of 
construction. 
Agent Milani — 
Currently there is no treatment of the snow melt, proposed is an improvement. Agent Milani 
recommended issuing a Determination of Applicability. Long-term impact is improved water quality of 
Beaver Meadow Brook. Special condition will include an operations and maintenance plan, in 
perpetuity, for the rain garden. 
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