Conservation Commission

Thursday, November 13, 2025, 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm
Town Hall Annex, 1 Avenue A, Turners Falls & via Zoom
A meeting of the Conservation Commission

CONSERVATION COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, November 13, 2025 6:30 PM
Town Hall Annex, 1 Avenue A, Turners Falls and via Zoom

To join meeting via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85790607802?pwd=cdOUWqusDRa53c4OiPIxvTbIVCzEvW.1

Dial: (309) 205-3325 Meeting ID: 857 9060 7802 Passcode: 149234

This meeting is being held in-person at the location provided on this notice. Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting. Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast, unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on this agenda should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly.

ROLL CALL:

MINUTES:

  1. Approval of Meeting Minutes from July 10, 2025

PUBLIC MEETING:

  1. RDA #2025-04 - Request for Determination of Applicability, filed by First Generation Investments Group to determine whether regrading and paving of a new parking area in buffer zone only at 11 Tenth Street (Assessor’s Map/Parcel 03-0-048) is subject to the Wetlands Protection Act.

PUBLIC HEARING: None

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Announcement: Town is developing a 10-year Open Space & Recreation Plan (OSRP) –

a. Virtual Public Meeting at 6:00 PM on November 18.

b. OSRP Survey

c. For more info, visit the project website at: https://montague-ma.gov/p/1589/

OLD BUSINESS:

  1. Notification of ongoing maintenance for Montague City Road Drainage Improvement pursuant to condition 11 of the previously approved Order of Conditions DEP #229-0254
  2. Status update on sinkhole(s) forming at 42 Canal Road (Parcel #03-0-086)
  3. Status update on Preliminary FEMA Floodplain Mapping
  4. Status update on possible violations at 0 Rod Shop Rd (Parcel #12-0-052)

OTHER BUSINESS NOT ANTICIPATD WITHIN 48 HOURS:

ADJOURN:

Conservation Commission 2025-11-13 Agenda (2025-11-05 at 11:40 AM)