HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - OS - 06/05/2018 Open Space &Recreation Committee
Meeting Minutes from June 5, 2018
Call to order at 7:00 PM.
Members in attendance: Peter Pescatore, Deirdre Riley, Katie Holden, Tom Callahan, Eric Eisenhauer,
Chuck Peterson and Jennifer McCarthy,Administrative Support.
Motion to approve 5/8/18 Minutes made by Deirdre and 2nd by Eric. The vote to approve was 3 for 0
against and 3 abstentions.
The chair asked the committee to consider Clark Brewer's request that the committee recommend a
bylaw change in the 7 Year Action PLan to rezone the Wompatuck Rail Spur Line, that is currently zoned
as Industrial,to Open Space/Municipal. Deirdre moved the question and Chuck 2nd, the vote was 6-0 to
approve .
The chair asked the committee to consider adding an action item to add bike racks to all public open
space areas around the town that do not currently have them. Katie moved the question and Deirdre 2nd,
the vote was 6-0 to approve.
Section - 3.0 Community Setting
The chair informed the committee that he was going to talk to Beals &Thomas as to whether there is any
update of the 1999 EOEA Buildout Analysis referenced in Section 3.12.2 .
The chair has asked the Planning Director to provide an update to Section 3.9 and 3.9.1.1 Growth and
Development Trends. The update is expected back during the week of 6/10.
Section 4.0 - Environmental Inventory and Analysis.
The committee was led through several changes in the content of Section 4.0 - Environmental Inventory
and Analysis by Katie Holden. The changes included updated content from various state data bases
including the NHESP and refreshing footnotes.
Katie will work with Brian Joyce and Peter Matchak to update the flood plain information. Katie will also
look for a better 4.5 Image of The Priority Habitat of Rare Species Map and also see if there is a current
GIS layer for Cohasset Vernal Pools.
The committee noted that a comment about the passage of the plastic bag prohibition at the 2018 Annual
Town Meeting needed to be added into Section 4.0 somewhere.
The committee also agreed to add an action item to focus attention on maintenance of the existing rain
gardens.
The chair noted that he needed to provide a budget for the 7 Year Action Plan.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday June 11th at 6:30 PM.
A motion to adjourn was made by Eric and 2nd by Chuck, the vote was 6-0 to adjourn at 9:25 PM.
Respectfully submitted
Peter Pescatore