HomeMy Public PortalAboutMay 2019Watertown Stormwater Advisory Committee (SAC) minutes
May 16, 2019 4:00 PM @ Watertown DPW conference room
In attendance: David Stokes (SAC Chair), Matt Shuman, Steve Magoon, David Jay, Janet Buck
Absent: None
Visiting: Lisa Feltner, District B Town Councilor; Jesse Myott, Director of Administration &
Finance, Watertown DPW
I. Welcome and Introduction of Visitors:
Meeting called to order at 4:00 PM.
11. Brief Reports/ Status Updates
A. Committee membership — Efforts to fill Conservation agent and Community
member positions: No change in status on this item.
B. MS4 Permit — Review of SWMP comments and draft status: Matt reported that
no comments on the draft Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) have been
received to -date. He also reported that the draft was on -target to be complete
by the deadline (end of June 2019).
C. Make Your Own Rain Barrel workshop — Move to July or September?
Date and venue still to be determined, with new dates under consideration.
David Stokes has still not received answers to some important questions from
CRWA. Funding requirements and sources still need to be identified.
III. Discussions / Actions
A. Approval of Meeting Minutes
This topic was tabled until the next meeting.
B. Mapping out our future Outreach and Education efforts
In summary, under the new MS4 permit, we need to provide 2 educational
"messages" for each of four audiences: Residents, Developers, Businesses and
Commercial Facilities, and Industrial Facilities.
i. 7th Grade Future Cities project (June 3, 4, or 5)
David Stokes mentioned that he had reached out to the Watertown Middle
School Cluster 4 teachers with whom we had worked on this project over the
last 2 years, in order to gauge whether they would want our participation
again this year — and to what extent. He did not expect to hear back from
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them until after April vacation, when they might begin planning for those last
few weeks of school after Memorial Day.
ii. "Stormwater Management in Watertown" Walk — with Live Well
Watertown (June 15 or 22?)
No updates were available, except that David Stokes had spoken with
Stephanie Venizelos and discussed the two Saturday options in June as
possible times for this walk. The sense of the Committee was that either
date was fine.
iii. Faire on the Square (September)
David Stokes confirmed the date of September 28, 2019 for this year's Faire
on the Square. General discussion ensued, with no real decisions or
conclusions.
iv. Further discussion about possible new opportunities
No additional discussion on this topic occurred.
IV. New Business / Future Agenda Items / Stormwater Improvement Opportunities
Matt Shuman announced that the Watertown DPW has created small yard signs
that they will use to inform people not to park on the planting strip. He also
noted that DPW is working on brochures about the tree planting program and
planting strip maintenance.
V. Announcements
Next Meeting was announced for: Thursday, June 20, 2019 @ 4:00 PM.
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