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Home My Public Portal AboutPond Parcel Planning -- 2023-07-12 MinutesTown of Brewster �( 141EIDER '= 2198 Main Street 3 a = Brewster, MA 02631-1898 ° Phone: (508) 896-3701 r — _ www.brewster-ma.gov MINUTES OF THE POND PROPERTY PLANNING COMMITTEE DATE: July 12, 2023 TIME: 4:00pm PLACE: 2198 Main Street Office of: Select Board Town Manager PARTICIPANTS: Chair Doug Wilcock, Cindy Bingham, Kari Hoffmann, Elizabeth Taylor, Tim Hackert, Christopher Williams, Steve Ferris, Donna Kalinick, Patricia Hess, Amy Henderson, Paul Anderson, Jon Idman, Peter Johnson, Chris Ellis, Cynthia Baran, Melissa Lowe REMOTE PARTICIPANTS: Mike Gradone, Tino Kamarck, Helen Fialkowski, Katie Gregoire, Elizabeth Randall (Reed Hilderbrand), Madeleine Aronson (Reed Hilderbrand) Call to Order, Declaration of a Quorum, Meeting Participation Statement, and Recording Statement Chair Wilcock called the meeting to order at 4:00pm and declared a quorum. Chair Wilcock read the meeting and recording statements. r Public Announcements'�and Comment None Review and Discuss Draft Presentation Materials and Planned Format for Second Community Forum Elizabeth Randall noted that the key interests of the community were gathered and then translated into a set of scenarios that they hope addresses and provokes the interests and questions that the community has expressed. The five sceharios will be presented to the community and the forum will solicit feedback. The scenarios include thingsc.that Reed Hilderbrand want to confirm are interests or not interests and provide a range of options. Members of the committee had the opportunity to provide feedback, which included: • Happy to see consistent access to the beach/pond • Glad to see rustic day camp/education/nature piece in all 5 scenarios • Suggestion to change the language that says "limit new buildings" as it may be misleading • "Housing Revenue" may be a misleading term, as it is not a revenue generating parcel • Surprised only one scenario protects our open space and drinking water Ms. Randall noted that they will be relying on methods from the last forum, providing stickers to residents to provide input on the different scenarios and vote for options they prefer. Ms. Randall agrees that there may be a lot of folks who gravitate to the option without housing, and this will be helpful to understand if there were very clearly an overwhelming number of stickers that indicated a strong preference for one of the options. Ms. Randall reminded the committee that there will be additional forums to continue to narrow done options, for now vie are keeping everything on the table that the community has shown interest in. PPPC 7.12.23 www.brewster-ma.gov Page 1 of 4 Town of Brewster Office of: Gi/// Select Board = r FNS 2198 Main StreetTown Manager cn = Brewster, MA 02631-1898 f _ Phone: (508) 896-3701 Y�:}¢ www.brewster-ma.gov B. RPB RABp As for the commented about revenue generation, the survey results noted a lot of feedback about managing costs and considering revenue generation, so one proposal presents an option to see what it might look like to have revenue generation potential. There was a lot of interest in science, education, and arts residency options. 11 The committee continued their discussion and comments, it was noted that the committee needs to keep in mind that in looking at the parcel, we need to keep it in context with other documents that guide Brewster, including the Local Comprehensive Plan. There was discussion on parking options, ripting that there is no new parking options within the wet land buffer zone. The proposed scenarios are intended to show both ends of the spectrum. Other comments made by committee members included: s • Housing is incredibly important on the Cape, having some sort of plan makes sense. • Doesn't seem like the mention of a wastewater treatment plant or cell towers belongs on the parcel. • Keep in mind that few people have seen the property or know where it is. Thinks it would be helpful to provide more information about property and the surrounding parcels. Discussion continued regarding the forum process and the results of the survey. Ms. Kalinick announced that the second community forum will be held on August 5, 2023. There will be three sessions and the Bay Property will be open to the public from 12pm — 5pm. Regarding the revenue question, the Select Board has received feedback related to their Strategic Plan related to taxes, money and fiscal responsibility in relation to the Cape Cod Sea Camps properties. 1' Discussion of Re ug latory.guidelines- Paul Anderson, Water Superintendent and Jon Idman, Town Planner Paul Anderson clarified the concern for sewers on the property, noting that just beceuse a Zone II exists doesn't necessarily mean that disposal of sewage within the Zone II is a terrible idea Stating that there are plenty of septic systems within a Zone II. If there is the ability to capture some of the sewage in private systems, relocate it further away, treat it in a more advance matter and reinject it irvto the soil there is more of a benefit, but is not saying that it is a good idea on this property. Mr. Anderson noted that Brewster currently has five operational wells, during the winter the Town can run on one and during the summer months we need all five. There is one more approved source in the Punkhorn area that could be developed in the future. The Town would need to look at least one more source, possibly two for the build out of Brewster. Mr. Anderson noted that the Town could also look at the possibility of water conservation instead of developing sources, as a significant amount of water is used. Overall, the Town is in good shape currently in regards to the amount of water that is available. There are concerns with emerging contaminants, which would likely be treated at the source if it became a problem. Mr. Anderson shared that the Water Department is looking to develop a Master Plan next fiscal year that will look at the current status and what Brewster will need in the future. Mr. Anderson reviewed the requirements for a well, including establishing a protective radius under Massachusetts regulations. PPPC 7.12.23 www.brewster-ma.gov Page 2 of 4 ,O•gaa"V r o,,, Town of Brewster Office of: E`oER B9R Select Board Main Street = 2198 Town Manager Brewster, MA 02631-1898 0 Phone: (508) 896-3701 www.brewster-ma.gov P8 Ri BO \\\O\\\\\\\\\ There was a question regarding the adjacent Woodlands Property and the conservation restrict which states no well development. Ms. Kalinick stated that it is unclear whether it would be allowed to have an access road that would go through the protective radius of a well. Mr. Anderson provided some ideas about what may be allowed on the protective radius, but all the plans would need to be approved by the State. The Water Department must own, maintain, and control the protective radius. Jon Idman reviewed the water protection overlay district, Article 11 of the Zoning bylaw. Sharing that the last update was in 2008, pursuant to a process with the Cape Cod Commission called a District of Critical Planning Concern (DCPC). These overly districts avoid the need to change the underlying zoning. Adding that within the DCPC you have a small commercial district, an industrial district and mostly residential zoning. With an overlay district you can add more liberal provisions if you want to allow more in the overlay district or have more restrictive provisions. Mr. Idman noted that a special permit may be required for certain uses. Mr. Idman explained Natural Resource Protection Design, NRPD, adding that it can only be done in the water protection district of critical planning concern. He does not think the committee needs to concern themselves unless there is an interest to subdivide the land. The NRPD is an alternate way to subdivide land and allows a level flexibility to subdivision. Mr. Idman in response to a question about conflicting with zoning bylaws noted tftat the Town intent at this point should be to articulate that there may be a carve out for municipal infrastructure or public utility infrastructure. Adding that within the DCPC you can have a wastewater plant/facility, there would be specific criteria that would have to be meet and there has to be an identified water quality problem that needs to be solved. Short Term Uses of Property a. Conservation Dray follow up — July 8, 2023 Received great feedback, people liked the two-sided map and showed interested in learning more about the Pond Property. b. Guided walk report update- updated plans and revised the route, next one is on July 29, 2023 c. Discussion of rescheduling Kayak trips to September from a Harwich or other landin - There will not be a trip in the fall, we will look to reschedule for the Spring. Feedback Request for Select Board Annual Retreat on Former Sea Camps Building Block Chair Wilcock shared that he would like to gain public access to the property relatively quickly, within 1-2 years at it would beneficial. He also suggested that the Parks and Recreation goal to have "boots on the ground" would be best with a 2 -to -5 -year goal. Elizabeth Taylor suggested that the Select Board consider the other building blocks, including climate resilience as it relates to the Cape Cod Sea Camps Planning. FYIs • Welcome Chrislfllis as the Recreation Commission representative. • Chris Williams announced the monthly meeting of the Natural Resources Advisory Committee which will be held joirftly with the Alewives Committee. PPPC 7.12.23 ; www.brewster-ma.gov Page 3 of 4 'aF► E w s �. �i�,,� F,� ,, Town of Brewster Office of: °o`��oF ��°ER a9 �., Select Board RaA§ 2198 Main Street Y Town Manager A a = Brewster, MA 02631-1898 0 r Phone: (508) 896-3701 www.brewster-ma.gov RPO P� Approval of Minutes from June 21 2023 N/A i Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair r None questions from the media None Next Meetings August 5, 2023 Forum #2 and September 6, 2023 at 4:00pm Adjournment Member Hackert moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:01pm. Member Bingham second. A roll call vote was taken. A roll call vote was taken. Member Bingham -yes, Member Hoffmann -yes, Member Taylor -yes, Member Hackert-yes, Member Baran -yes, Member Williams -yes, Member Ferris -yes, Member Gregoire -yes, Chair Wilcock -yes. The vote was 9 -Yes, 0 -No. Respectfully submitted by Erika Mawn, Executive Assistant to Town Administration �Droved on: September 20, 2023 BRBM:i_TER TOM., CLERK Lam` .E •_ .L. -; o.y 'i PPPC 7.12.23 www.brewster-ma.gov Page 4 of 4 l