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In their last meeting, the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) sent a warning to applicants. They wanted more detail and more substance. In this week’s public hearing it was clear that several applicants got the memo, and they brought the thunder.
The two applications with the broadest interest are probably the Community Gardens application and the Wayside Inn Bridge, so we’ll focus on those.
Lori Capone, Sudbury’s Conservation Coordinator, presented on the community gardens application. (0:49:57) If funded, the project would put in a new well at the existing community garden at Lincoln Meadows, and build a new community garden at Broadacres on Morse Road. The well at Lincoln Meadows would also enable the Town to establish a nursery for native plants that could be grown and then planted on Town conservation land to combat the spread of invasive species. Here’s a diagram of the proposed Broadacres layout:
And here’s a breakdown of the costs:
As for the Wayside Inn bridge, (1:15:00), Sudbury’s Department of Public Works Director, Dan Nason, presented the details. Here’s the backstory, presented in delightfully concise fashion:
And here’s the current condition after a temporary repair a few years back:
And finally, here’s the proposed solution they developed with the Historic Districts Commission:
Members of the CPC seemed generally pleased with the level of detail provided during the presentations. To the credit of Capone and Nason, their presentations were objectively thorough, concise, and well-organized. They also had clear, substantive answers for all the questions they were asked, which made for rather smooth sailing through the hearing.
In their next hearing, the CPC will hear presentations on a proposed widening of the Parkinson’s Field driveway, as well as a funding request for Phase 3 of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. That is scheduled for December 6.