HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - SAC - 03/21/2016 COHASSET STORMWATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
21 MARCH 2O16
Present: Jim Fitzgerald and Noel Collins
Absent/Excused: Francis Collins
Invited Guests: Jack Buckley(Center for Student Coastal Research)
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting convened on 21 March 2016 at 7:00 PM in Cohasset Town Hall—2nd Floor
Break Room.
2. PREVIOUS MINUTES
The Committee reviewed the meeting minutes for the 7 January 2016 meeting minutes.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the meeting meetings were approved with
several edits.
3. DAM
Committee discussed with Jack Buckley(CSCR)potential overlapping/complementary
"educational" opportunities consistent with school curriculum, CSCR efforts, and
Stormwater Advisory Committee public awareness efforts. Discussions included,but
were not necessarily limited to:
• Eutrophication of Sanctuary Pond—evaluate causes, quantify impacts and
investigate/evaluate possible control/remediation activities
• Prepare Educational Program/Raising Awareness -Know your watershed!
o Cohasset Mariner article series on stormwater and related items
o Osgood and Deer Hill curriculum on stormwater issues, possibility of high
school students delivering a program to the middle school/Deer Hill
students
o Participates in the 6t' grade program becomes an Honorary Stormwater
Advisor! Using students to positively impact parent's behavior.
• Investigate North Scituate drainage impacts/contamination of the Gulf River;
follow-up on previously performed Foam Study
• Investigate Hydraulic and Nutrient Balance of Cohasset Harbor(and headwaters)
o Cohasset Cove and Cohasset Harbor exchange and flushing- calculate
volume of water and determine impact on ecosystem...
o Watershed drainage, watershed route to the harbor; sub-drainage-where
does it go?
• Evaluate Greenbush Wetland Replication Efforts—Evaluate current status of
Greenbush replicated wetlands including wetland plant life, wildlife
populations/diversification, etc.
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• Refuse Transfer Station(RTF)—Evaluate effectiveness of current waste
segregation efforts, update waste stream analysis (amount of recyclables disposed
as trash) and possible programs to improve recycling rates.
4. ACTION ITEMS
Jim Fitzgerald to work with Brian Joyce on letter to Selectmen related to Committee's
recommendation for annual funding to support maintenance of existing rain gardens.
5. NEXT MEETING
The Committee did not establish a date/time for the next meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Upon a motion duly made, seconded and approved the Committee accepted the above
meeting minutes during the 19 April 2016 Committee meeting.
Attested
James D. Fitzgerald
Secretary
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