HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - WREC - 07/01/2014 Weir River Estuary Park Committee (WREPComm)
Meeting Minutes from July 1, 2014
Location: Hingham Town Hall
Attendees: Dick Avery(Cohasset), Patti Coyle (Hingham), Faith Burbank was absent from this meeting,
Judeth Van Hamm and Scott Plympton (Hull)
Guests: None
Housekeeping:Started: 7:05 PM
Scribe: Dick Avery, Minutes of May 27,2014 were approved as drafted by Patti Coyle
Updates
A. Hull: 1 Access between Richards Road and Eastman Avenue via an easement or purchase of a
parcel of Lofchie land is still being negotiated with Butch Lofchie. Next steps are for Hull Land
Conservation Trust members Scott and Judeth to meet with Cohasset Conservation Trust president
Debbie Shadd and the Lofchies to prepare a presentation to the full CCT board. Meanwhile Judeth will
seek grants from other foundations to supplement the $11,000 raised thus far. A subdivision filing fee
of$250 is needed plus permission to add another house to the existing sewer line.
Hull: 2 A community garden is in full development at the former"Showboat" property on George
Washington Boulevard as featured in a recent Boston Globe South article. Paul Grata provided the
water hook-up. Note that there is still room on the plot for a small park with bench and bicycle rack.
Hull: (3)TTOR as holder of the CR on Chatham Street parcel did an annual inspection and was
impressed with the conditions.
B. Cohasset: (1)TTOR has asked the Cohasset Conservation Trust to hold the CR for Brass Kettle
Brook Conservation Area around Lily Pond since ownership of some included parcels is unclear.
Cohasset: (2) CCT has conducted a full review of signage needs for their holdings. Many of the
naming signs will now include the phrase "No Dumping" since that is a continuing problem.
C. Hingham: No updates
Water Matters Forums
On June 28, 2014 via a series of reverse 911 calls Aquarion announced to customers that a strict ban
on outside watering was now in effect. No explanation as to why was included in the communication. An
article in the Hingham Journal surmised that it was due to managing within the State allowed withdrawal
limit for yearly average. WREP members hope to see results of Weir River flow monitoring during the
summer. Dick will request from Aquarion/Forum meeting facilitators a full list of attendees with contact
information since that was the initial reason for sponsoring the series. Sense of the meeting is that the
forums should continue to sustain momentum of interest and to learn more about the capacity of the
aquifer underlying the Weir River watershed.
Land Management Plans
A. Patti will send Abby Pearsall's template to other members for testing content formats.
B. Members will try out the template for specific parcels:
C. Faith -- Noonan / Sidney Pond
Dick--Straits Pond
D. Scott and Judeth -- Estuary Center and Weir River Woods
Next Meetings: September 3 at Estuary Center; October 1 at Hingham Town Hall
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