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From YouTube: Sherrin Woods Urban Wild Community Briefing - 02/15/2023
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Date: February 15, 2023
A
Right
excellent
good
evening,
everyone
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
the
Sharon
Woods
Community
briefing
by
the
parks,
department,
I'm,
Paul,
Sutton,
the
urban
wild
program
manager
and
I'm
joined
tonight
by
Christine,
brandeo
parks,
department,
Outreach
coordinator
and
from
our
design
team.
We
have
Duke
bitsko
and
Andrew
keel,
so
we
are
really
excited
about
this
this
project
and
we
want
to
go
through
a
presentation.
A
We
just
wanted
to
go
over
a
few
guidelines
starting
off
regarding
this
meeting,
this
meeting
will
be
recorded
and
the
parks
department
will
be
posting
actually
this,
this
recording
to
the
the
project
web
page.
So
it's
also
possible
that
people
on
this
this
this
meeting
will
be
recording
the
meeting
with
their
phones
cameras
other
devices.
So
if
you
don't
wish
to
be
recorded
during
the
meeting,
just
simply
keep
your
microphone
and
camera
off
a
couple
of
other
things:
we've.
A
What
we
do
is
we
will
be
doing
a
presentation,
then
we'll
be
having
a
portion
at
the
end
for
comments
and
questions,
and
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
just
see
if
we
can
remind
people
to
just
be
respectful
of
other
people's
time
in
asking
questions.
But
also
to
if
we
could
just
stay
focused
on
the
the
actual
subject
of
the
meeting
tonight,
which
is
the
phase
two
restoration
and
I
think.
A
If
you
are
joining
via
phone,
please
use
star
nine
to
raise
your
hand,
ask
for
audio
video
permission
to
ask
questions
if
you
as
we
go
through
the
presentation,
if
you
want
to
add
a
comment
or
question,
feel
free
to
do
so
in
the
chat
function.
If
you
want
to
raise
your
hand
at
the
end,
to
make
some
comments,
just
raise
your
hand
and
we'll
pristine
will
help
with
the
audio
video
permissions.
A
What
we'd
like
to
do
is
just
give
a
little
overview
of
the
project
and
the
urban
wise
program
we'd
like
to
also
introduce
the
project
team,
then
we'll
go
through
move
pretty
quickly.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
project
overview.
What
the
work
areas
are
take
a
look
at
the
existing
conditions
and
the
design
approach.
That's
what
that's!
What
the
work
is
centered
on
recently
and
then
we'll
we'll
finish
with
talking
about
next
steps
and
and
asking
for
your
feedback
and
questions.
A
So
that
is
the
agenda.
We
thought
it
would
be
worth
mentioning,
especially
for
folks
that
may
not
have
been
involved
up
to
this
point.
The
parks
department,
Urban
Wiles
program,
is
pretty
unique
in
that
the
program
focuses
on
on
the
Ecology
of
these
natural
areas.
So
we're
really
focusing
a
lot
about
plant
wildlife
habitat,
but
we're
also
thinking
about
recreate
passive
Recreation.
So
it
kind
of
balances
those
two
two
goals
and,
let's
see
you
can
go
on
to
the
next
slide,
I
think
again,
just
some
background
information.
A
A
A
key
a
year
was
2016
you'll.
Remember
the
city
used
some
Capital
monies
and
also
applied
for
and
was
awarded
a
land
and
water
conservation
Grant
of
250
000,
and
that
really
funded
the
phase.
One
project,
if
you
remember
that
phase
one
project,
that
construction
happened
in
2018-19,
so
it's
already
been
a
few
years
fast
forward.
A
You
know
we
did
the
phase
one
we
we
did
a
lot,
but
there
were
other
errors
that
we
weren't
able
to
get
to,
and
we
wanted
to
try
to
finish
off
things
on
this
Sharon
Street
Edge,
looking
forward
the
where
where
well,
where
we
are
right
now
we're
in
the
fall
winter
2022.
This
is
where
we're
talking
about
the
site,
analysis
and
some
concept
designs
with
you
tonight
and
then
the
hope
is
going
forward
spring
and
summer
construction.
A
So
this
is
an
exciting
timeline.
Let's,
let's
take
a
look
forward.
The
next
slide
very
quickly
again:
Christine
Brandeis
helping
run
the
meeting
tonight
thanks
Christine
and
from
the
our
consultant
team
Engineers,
the
hatch
engineers
and
Landscape
Architects
do
Bix.
Bitsko
is
on
the
call
and
Andrew
Keel
who's.
The
project
manager
will
also
be
making
some
presentation
tonight
and
our
Wetland
scientist
is
LEC
for
this
project.
A
B
A
Great,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
We
included
a
regional
context
map
showing
Sharon
Woods
third
largest
urban
wild.
Even
on
this
small
scale
map
it.
It
does
stand
out
pretty
prominently.
We
thought
we'd
go
into
the
presentation
now.
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Andrew,
and
what
we'll
do
is
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
this
fees
too
is
different
from
the
phase
one
that
was
just
completed
Andrew
you
can
take
over
from
here.
If
you
would.
C
We
were
lucky
to
be
involved
with
the
design
and
construction
of
the
phase
one
project
so
we're
very
familiar
with
the
site
and
kind
of
the
jumping
off
point
for
phase
two.
This
graphic
right
here
shows
more
or
less
all
of
the
components
of
phase
one.
So
these
these
work
areas
the
large
Meadow
in
the
center
here,
Trailhead
improvements,
construction,
debris,
removal,
the
construction
debris.
Removal
has
been
in
place
for
a
number
of
years.
C
Most
of
it
was
left
in
place
from
the
from
kind
of
the
Developers
construction
of
most
of
these
roads,
and
it's
the
same
thing
for
phase
two.
So
this
isn't
new
construction
debris
most
of
it.
It's
been
there
for
a
really
long
time.
It's
impacted
the
soil,
quality,
invasive
species
management
and
then
signage,
signage
and
kind
of
site.
Improvements
were
a
big
part
of
phase
one.
That's
a
little
bit
different
in
phase
two.
We
don't
really
have
kind
of
any
any
paths
that
go
through
the
phase
two
project
area.
C
It's
based
on
kind
of
more
restoration,
ecological
kind
of
improvements
and
kind
of
protecting
some
of
these
resource
areas
that
do
exist,
but
buffering
them
and
kind
of
creating
sight
lines
into
them
so
that
you
know
their
value
can
kind
of
be
a
little
bit
more
nosed
than
is
now
because,
right
now,
it's
just
overgrown
with
invasives
and
construction
debris.
So.
C
Really
quickly,
the
DCR
property
line
kind
of
borders,
the
north.
Here
this
red,
rectangle
kind
of,
indicates
the
general
location
of
phase
two.
You
know
there's
a
trail
system
that
basically
kind
of
connects
all
of
these.
It
goes
above
phase
two
and
kind
of
the
Sweatland
area
and
then
Sharon
street
directly
borders
kind
of
the
west
side
of
the
project
area.
C
And
really
quickly,
the
these
are
some
photos
from
the
phase
one
improvements.
You
know
this
is
a
project
that
we're
very
proud
of.
It
was
kind
of
very
well
conceived
and
it
wasn't
necessarily
an
easy
project
to
construct
and
things
changed
during
construction.
But
we're
really
happy
with
how
everything
turned
out
the
large
photo
in
the
top
left
is
the
meadow
area
at
the
center.
C
C
A
really
nice
custom
sign
was
generated
for
this
project
and
placed
at
the
different
trailheads
to
kind
of
tie
in
kind
of
that
Boston
Parks
feel
to
the
urban
Wild,
and
it's
it's
funny,
because
these
restoration
projects,
when
they're
done
they,
you
know
the
restoration,
is
intended
to
kind
of
mimic.
What
would
otherwise
kind
of
organically
and
naturally
kind
of
be
in
place.
C
C
This
light
blue
color
indicates
kind
of
the
resource
area,
the
Wetland,
that's
at
the
base
of
pine
Rock.
This
you
can
kind
of
it
might
be
kind
of
hard
to
see
these
small
blue
arrows.
Basically,
this
hill
top
everything
from
the
hilltop,
this
Watershed
drains
down
towards
Sharon
Street
and
towards
this
Wetland.
C
So
you
know
Pine,
Rock
and-
and
the
hilltop
here
kind
of
create
this
Valley
this
little
Valley
here
that
kind
of
make
up
this
Wetland
habitat
that
kind
of
borders,
the
I
guess
it's
the
east
side
of
this
project
and
then
directly
to
the
South,
is
the
Sharon
Street
Trailhead.
That
was
part
of
the
phase
one
project,
so
you
know
this
area
has
already
been
improved.
C
That's
kind
of
the
jumping
off
point
is
the
edge
of
that
Trailhead
and
kind
of
the
views
that
you
kind
of
get
coming
up
this
coming
up
this
path.
You
can
see
it
here.
It's
a
little
bit
hard
to
see.
This
blue
line
shows
that
Trailhead
entrance
and
then
kind
of
the
path
system
that
opens
up
from
that
point.
So
it
it
is
kind
of
a
cool
experience
right
here,
because
you
kind
of
come
down
through
kind
of
that
Wetlands
low
area
and
then
up
kind
of
above
onto
Pine
Rock.
C
So,
just
to
kind
of
summarize
I
guess
some
of
the
opportunities
in
general
that
exist
they're
very
similar
to
the
phase
one
project,
again:
heavily
impacted
soils
from
construction
debris
over
the
years
and
yard
waste.
That's
being
that's,
been
left
so
kind
of
improving
that
soil
strata
stabilizing
soils
that
don't
have
any
kind
of
plant
material
that
can
hold
them
in
place
that
are
experiencing
erosion,
replacing
invasive
species
with
natural
plant
communities
and
native
plants.
C
And
then
you
know
with
that
comes
the
the
benefit
of
increased
biodiversity
kind
of
of
the
whole
area.
And
then
you
know
the
habitat
value
that
comes
along
with
that,
and
also
you
know.
If
we're
we
were
able
to
incorporate
kind
of
a
large
Meadow
area
as
part
of
phase
one,
because
it
kind
of
was
a
much
bigger
area
in
general.
C
C
And
then
again,
it's
kind
of
it's
kind
of
the
yin
and
the
Yang.
You
know
when
you're
trying
to
kind
of
restore
net
like
Native,
Plant
communities
and
ecology,
you
have
to
kind
of
work
against
these
invasives
that
just
come
in
and
are
really
hard
to
deal
with
and
really
hard
to
get
rid
of,
and
just
take
a
lot
of
repetitive
effort
which,
which
Paul
and
his
group
do
a
great
job
with
you
know
it's
not
it's
not
just
the
construction
implementation
of
this
project,
it's
an
ongoing
process.
C
So
these
are
some
of
the
the
invasive
species
that
exist
on
site.
I'm.
Sure
most
people
are
pretty
familiar
with
these
and
you're
going
to
start
to
see
that
garlic
mustard
in
these
white
dots
pop
up
in
the
spring
here
and
it's
kind
of
it's
kind
of
pretty.
But
it's
an
easy
plant
to
pick
off.
You
know
it's
the
first
one
to
kind
of
come
up
and
it's
you
can
really
see
how
prevalent
it
is
on
the
site.
C
So
the
way
that
Paul
kind
of
wanted
to
divide
this
project
up
was
to
kind
of
create
three
distinct
zones
or
kind
of
areas
and
kind
of
tackle
it.
That
way,
so
we've
identified
kind
of
a
buffer
area
for
the
Sharon
Street
trailhead,
an
area,
that's
along
the
road,
the
street
edge
of
the
Sharon
Street,
which
is
a
private
way,
and
then
the
area
kind
of
to
the
I
guess
it's.
C
So
it's
you
know
it's
a
storm
water
basin
and
and
its
function,
and
the
red
line
here
indicates
the
Wetland
delineation
boundary
and
it
looks
like
it's
actually
kind
of
connected
and
it
comes
up
here
and
kind
of
does
this
big
hook,
but
these
are
actually
independent
areas.
So
this
this
area
here
is
kind
of
isolated.
This
is
that
storm
water
piece
that
was
kind
of
designed
and
constructed
in
that
with
that
intent,
that's
not
actually
connected
to
kind
of
this
little
dog
leg
and
this
broader
Wetland
system
below.
D
C
C
C
You
know
we
weren't
able
to
tackle
this
as
part
of
phase
one.
So
it's
really
this.
This
is
kind
of
the
jumping
off
point
for
phase
two,
so
kind
of
going
right
up
to
where
we
left
off
the
restoration
for
phase
one
is
kind
of
that
edge
and
again
you
can
see
some
of
the
construction
debris
here.
This
is
asphalt.
There's
brick
and
concrete
mixed
in
here.
C
All
of
that
material
being
dumped
has
created
this
kind
of
choppy
grade
and
kind
of,
like
humming,
hummicky
kind
of
land
form
that
you
can
see
here,
there's
no
consistent
kind
of
slope
to
any
of
this
again.
The
poor,
the
poor
quality
of
the
soil,
leads
to
very
little
ground
cover
vegetation,
essentially
very
little.
Understory
vegetation
and
the
trees
that
do
exist
are
trees
that
thrive
on
unhealthy
soils
like
Atlantis
and
Norway
Maples,
and
so
they're,
not
the
canopy
trees
that
you
want
to
have
anyway.
C
C
So
the
design
approach
again
for
this
area
this
this
is
one
of
those
kind
of
piles.
I
was
talking
about
again,
it's
a
little
bit
difficult
to
see
in
this
photo,
but
the
white
line
is
kind
of
an
indication
of
what
the
kind
of
the
the
grade
should
be
kind
of
that
finished
surface
should
be,
and
you
can
see
just
how
how
high
this
is
just
a
pile
of
I.
Think
in
this
case
this
is
just
asphalt,
so
an
asphalt
paving
job
was
done.
C
They
had
extra
asphalt,
they
backed
their
truck
up
into
here
and
they
just
dumped
all
the
asphalt.
So
there's
quite
a
few
of
these
again,
the
people
that
are
familiar
with
phase
one
remember
this
from
phase
one
and
as
part
of
phase
one
kind
of
what
we
did
is
we
took
kind
of
a
two-pronged
approach
and
that
you
can't
you
can't
kind
of
address
everything.
It's
just
not
possible
with
the
budget
with
the
with
the
grades
and
everything
else,
this
is
very
accessible.
C
So
the
goal
here
is
to
kind
of
remove
approximately
18
inches
on
top
of
those
piles
that
are
there
but
kind
of
go
down
into
that
that
poor
soil
about
18
inches,
remove
that
regrade
kind
of
the
subgrade
Place
new
planting
soil
and
kind
of.
Let
let
that
new
plant
commune
native
plant
Community,
really
Thrive
so
again,
smooth
transition
between
this
kind
of
wetland,
resource
area
and
the
road.
C
So
this
this
area
again
is
in
nature
kind
of
a
buffer
but
really
kind
of
upgrade
the
soil
in
order
to
upgrade
the
plant
material,
the
pathway
system.
Again
it
doesn't
kind
of
cut
down
through
this
area.
If
it
goes
around
this
area,
so
you
can,
you
can
you'd
otherwise
be
able
to
see
into
this
Wetland
system,
which
you
can.
There
are
filtered
views
even
now
that
are
really
pretty,
but
with
the
removal
of
these
invasive
trees
and
kind
of
I
think
the
Strategic
placement
of
some
of
this
new
canopy
material.
C
Area,
Street
Edge,
so
this
is
really
a
10
foot,
wide
band
plus
or
minus.
That's
that's
kind
of
the
the
width
that
we've
assigned
to
it
from
the
edge
of
the
asphalt
on
Sharon
Street
to
the
property
line.
That
is
the
city
of
Boston
Parks,
is
about
six
and
a
half
feet
ish
and
again
we're
kind
of
trying
to
tackle
a
10-foot
span
with
the
idea
being.
C
We
want
to
kind
of
address,
address
this
shoulder
and
some
of
the
problems
that
exist
on
it
and
then
still
have
a
little
bit
of
area
on
the
parks
land
to
kind
of
again
kind
of
create
a
filtered
buffer
along
this
stretch.
So
the
again
a
lot
of
the
same
issues
plague
the
the
the
edge
here
we
have
a
silt
fence.
That's
been
in
place,
I!
Think,
since
that,
since
the
construction
of
the
road
project,
that's
that's
kind
of
covered
and
grown
over
that
needs
to
be
removed.
C
C
Some
of
the
things
I
just
mentioned,
there's
a
group
of
Atlantis
trees
and
Norway
Maples
that
are
kind
of
on
the
Northern
Edge,
so
removing
those
maybe
pruning
has
some
other
Hazard
trees
limbs
that
exist
along
this
Edge.
You
can
see
just
how
far
it's
grown
out
here
in
this
image,
the
white
line,
kind
of
indicates
more
or
less
I.
Guess
what
10
feet
would
be.
C
It's
probably
a
little
bit
further
back
than
this,
but
you
can
see
that
there's
no
real
shoulder
to
this
road
so
again,
we'd
want
to
we'd
want
to
kind
of
use
that
six
feet
as
kind
of
a
nice
clean,
maintain,
maintainable,
Edge
and
then
kind
of
have
this
buffer
of
ground
covers
and
shrubs
that
kind
of
lead
down
to
that
kind
of
wetland
system.
That's
kind
of
further
to
the
east
and
again
Sharon
Street,
it's
private.
The
condition
of
the
road
is
not
going
to
be
part
of
this
project.
C
But
again
by
cleaning
this
up,
you
can
kind
of
restore
I,
guess
the
drainage
pattern
that
would
otherwise
kind
of
follow.
This
curb
as
well
and
for
that
for
that
kind
of
six
foot
buffer,
that
I
mentioned
we'd,
be
targeting
a
low-growing
kind
of
low
maintenance,
Woodland
seed
mix,
something
like
that
would
be
mowed,
maybe
like
once
a
year.
It
could
go
a
year
without
being
mowed
at
all,
but
again
something
that's
that's
very
kind
of
manageable
and
we
looked
at
a
couple
alternatives
for
these.
C
C
The
blue
is
a
rough
boundary
for
our
kind
of
limited
work.
It's
really.
It's
really
predicated
on
the
Contours
of
this
area
and
kind
of
the
the
limits
of
the
Wetland
itself.
As
it
was
delineated,
we
took
a
look
at
the
construction
drawings
for
the
kind
of
stormwater
basin
as
part
of
the
noi
we
don't
have
as
built,
unfortunately,
but
we
were
able
to
get
our
hands
on
those
Paul
was
able
to
get
those
and
what
they,
what
they
kind
of
told
us
was
there's
quite
a
bit
of
sediment.
C
C
The
path
forward
on
this
Wetland
restoration
and
how
how
the
decisions
are
made
really
revolve
around
how
you
can
keep
debris
out
from
coming
in
in
the
first
place.
So
there
are
three
catch
basins
along
Sharon
Street
that
are
part
of
this
private
kind
of
stormwater
system
that
then
have
the
little
head
wall
here,
a
little
an
outlet
that
comes
in
to
this
Wetland
system.
Again,
those
are
private
leoned.
They.
C
Have
language
in
the
deed
for
the
for
the
butters
along
this
stretch
that
kind
of
spells
out
the
kind
of
the
maintenance
requirements
in
the
upkeep?
That
is
supposed
to
kind
of
be
done,
and
you
know
it's
essentially
the
clean
out
of
this
catch
Basin
system,
the
we
did
a
little
back
for
exploration
and
the
catch
basins
along
this
stretch.
C
Don't
have
a
deep
sump,
which
means
you
know
they
don't
have
a
basically
a
a
deeper
bottom.
That's
intended
to
kind
of
catch,
more
material
which
would
be
like
48
inches,
and
these
are
around
maybe
like
I,
think
it
was
like
20,
25,
26,
27
I
think
the
deepest
one
was
like
35,
or
something
like
that.
So
they're
still
deep
enough
that
they
that
they
kind
of
perform
as
they
were
intended.
The
biggest
thing
is
just
cleaning
them
out.
C
If,
if
you
clean
them
out
and
the
system
function
functions
as
it
should,
you
don't
have
system
that
ends
up
kind
of
in
this
Wetland
Basin,
and
it's
much
easier
to
kind
of
keep
this
Wetland
Basin,
looking
really
nice
and
not
kind
of
impacting
any
restoration.
That
would
be
done.
So
you
know
the
maintenance
component
is
is
really
important,
but
again
those
are
kind
of
those
are
privately
owned.
So
this
photo
this
photo
at
the
bottom.
C
Here
you
can
see
the
outlet
for
the
Basin
here,
so
Sharon,
Street's
kind
of
along
the
back.
This
is
the
bottom
of
that
Wetland,
the
area
that
looks
like.
Maybe
you
have
18
inches,
so
our
of
sediment
that's
built
up
over
the
years
again.
It's
the
same
construction
debris
up
along
this
Edge.
This
Edge
is,
is
really
rough.
C
You
know
again,
this
was
material
that
was
basically
pushed
out
to
form
this
Edge,
so
it
was
never
graded
really
carefully,
and
even
even
that
edge
after
construction
was
kind
of
impacted
by
even
more
dumping
kind
of
later
on
again
heavy
presence
of
invasive
species,
and,
let's
you
can
see
from
this
next
photo
again.
This
is
Sharon
Street
in
the
back.
This
is
the
bottom
of
the
Basin.
You
can
see
that
this
is
just
kind
of
completely
overgrown
the
invasives,
the
Bittersweet
everything
is
kind
of
just
taken
over.
C
So
you
know
to
get
in
here
to
clean
the
sediment
out
to
kind
of
clean
this
edge
up,
remove
the
invasives
and
then
just
you
know,
come
back
in
with
native
plants
and
really
kind
of
restore
this
Wetland
to
to
you
know
what
it
should
be.
But
again
you
know
all
of
that
kind
of
hinges
on
the
maintenance
of
the
system
and
kind
of
having
a
plan.
C
C
Some
of
that
sediment
in
the
bottom
and
and
certainly
restore
this
Wetland,
it's
just
a
matter
of
you
know,
do
we
need
to
put
in
a
new
structure
that
manages
that
water
quality
and
can
be
cleaned
out
independently
of
the
other
three
catch
basins.
Can
we
keep
those
in
place
and
and
make
sure
that
they're
being
maintained
in
a
way
that
you
know
we
don't
need
that
additional
structure?
So
those
are
things
that
we're
working
through,
but
you
know
a
lot
of
the
same
things
on
this
list.
C
So
you
almost
you
almost
don't
even
know
that
that
this
is
a
wetland
in
here.
So
it
would
be
nice
to
kind
of
open
up
some
views
into
here,
too
and
kind
of
kind
of
make
that
a
little
bit
more
aesthetic
in
that
the
shoulder
is
clean,
but
also
you
can
kind
of
see
down
into
this
Wildland
area
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
easier.
C
So
just
kind
of
some
planting
restoration
approach,
overview
stuff
here,
I
our
I
guess
our
plant.
Our
planting
approach
is
a
little
bit
different
than
a
lot
of
of
some
other
consulting
firms.
I'll
say
the
the
I'm,
a
landscape,
architect,
Duke
is
a
landscape
architect
as
part
of
the
hatch
team.
We
strongly
believe
in
kind
of
a
native
plant
community
based
approach
and
there's.
There
are
quite
a
few
benefits.
C
You
know
these
are
plants
that
thrive
kind
of
in
our
kind
of
local
ecosystem,
and
because
of
that
you
know
they
typically
don't
need
a
lot
of
irrigation.
They
don't
need
a
lot
of
extra
care,
they
provide
a
lot
more
benefit
to
insects,
and
then
you
know
in
that
the
rest
of
kind
of
the
the
wildlife
system
that
that
they
serve
so
just
some
kind
of
definitions
here.
C
You
get
the
best
ecological
Improvement
and
they
want
the
plants
want
to
be
here
so
they're
happy
and
they
Thrive
and
the
two
plant
communities
that
exist
here
that
that
we're
working
with
are
oak
Hickory,
White
Pine
Upland,
which
is
kind
of
that
first
green
area.
We
looked
at
and
then,
as
you
kind
of
transition
down
into
that
Wetland.
You
know
the
forested
Wetland
community.
C
So
vegetation
layers,
so
these
are
really
just
you
know,
I'm
sorry
if
this
is
kind
of
like
repeating
some
of
this
stuff,
but
it's
really
just
the
breakdown
of
these
kind
of
layers
that
they
take
and
kind
of
the
the
benefit
that
each
one
and
the
value
that
each
one
kind
of
bring
to
the
table
and
one
of
the
problems
with
these
Woody
invasives
are
that
they're
so
dominant
on
a
canopy
level
that
they
really
deny
kind
of
the
understory
and
the
ground
cover
level
completely.
They
kind
of
just
starve
it
out.
C
C
You
know
this
layer
is
really
important
to
erosion
control
as
well,
and
then
the
canopy
layer
and
again
erosion
control
is
important
here
and
then
you
know
having
a
really
solid
canopy
helps
with
the
dissipation
of
rainfall
and
erosion,
but
also
obviously
like
heat
island,
and
some
of
you
know
some
of
these
other
effects.
These
little
microclimate
effects
that,
when
you're
in
the
city
are
really
important
to
kind
of
consider,
because
you
know
they're
they're
a
lot
more
noticeable.
C
So
invasive
trees,
this
there,
the
kind
of
the
the
Bittersweet
kind
of
understory-ish
layer
of
invasives,
is
so
prevalent
that
you
I
don't
we
didn't
even
need
to
kind
of
put
it
on
here.
We
really
focused
more
on
the
trees.
This
is
to
kind
of
provide
an
understanding
of
the
number
of
trees
that
we'd
be
looking
to
remove.
So
it's
it's
not
anything.
That's
kind
of
you
know
mowing
down
the
Woodland
or
anything
like
that.
C
C
It's
worth
mentioning
too
some
of
these
some
of
the
problems
again.
I
already
mentioned
some
of
these,
but
the
Atlantis
in
particular
the
spotted
Lantern
flies
becoming
more
and
more
of
a
problem.
It's
a
host
species
for
the
lanternfly,
unfortunately,
lanternfly
doesn't
kill
it
or
harm
it.
It
kind
of
just
uses
it
as
a
jumping
off
point
to
go
and
harm
all
of
these
other
native
species
again
dense,
shade
from
black
locusts,
Norway
Maples.
C
You
know,
you
see
the
norways
come
out
really
early
in
the
spring
and
they
have
their
leaves
on
until
really
late
in
the
fall,
and
it's
really
hard
for
other
plants
to
get
sunlight
and
they
just
out-compete
them.
So
you
know
they
outshade
them.
They
outcompete
them.
They
outgrow
them.
And
again
all
these
trees
thrive
in
bad
soils,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
they
kind
of
dominate
this
area
and
the
telepathy
here.
C
There's
there's
basically
the
way
that
the
the
drip
line
of
these
trees
and
the
root
system
works
it
it
basically
inhibits
the
growth
of
other
kind
of
understory
and
ground
cover
species
through
chemicals
in
the
soil,
basically
that
it
secretes.
So
it's
it's
really
kind
of
just
bad
news
and
it's
another
reason
why
you
don't
see
kind
of
a
more
diverse
range
of
species
around
these
trees.
C
So,
just
jumping
off
I'm
going
to
take
you
through
just
a
few
slides
here
that
just
kind
of
show
some
images
and
talk
about
species
that
we
would
go
back
and
plant
as
part
of
the
restoration
strategy.
So
obviously
you
get
the
keystone
species
here.
The
yolks
just
amazing
kind
of
habitat
value,
tons
of
insects
that
then
feed
tons
of
birds
and
tons
of
mammals,
White,
Pines,
hickories.
C
Black
Birch
sassafras
a
lot
of
these
again
are
you.
You
might
recognize
these
from
phase
one.
It's
against
the
same
communities,
the
shrub
layer
here,
spice
bush,
Silky,
Dogwood
Winterberry.
So
again
these
are
all
plants
that
thrive.
You
know
you
want
to.
Even
even
you
know,
these
were
still
picking
the
location
really
based
on
the
plant
being
as
happy
as
it
can
be
in
thriving.
C
And
you
know
the
white
wood
Aster
and,
and
you
know
you
can
come
back
and
you
can
find
this
presentation
like
Paul,
said
online.
It's
it's
kind
of
fun
because
you
know
if
you
walk
phase
one
in
the
spring,
you're
really
going
to
see
a
lot
of
these
same
plants
start
to
pop
up
that
are
going
to
be
part
of
phase
two.
C
So
you
know
the
kind
of
this,
this
Wetland
system,
the
restoration,
the
Wetland
system,
kind
of
to
the
north
kind
of
restoring
a
native
canopy,
where
some
of
these
invasive
trees
are
removed.
Here
again,
the
natives
just
kind
of
dominate
this
Edge
right
now
and
kind
of
shade
out
kind
of
this
whole
area.
C
But
cleaning
up
this
Edge,
removing
the
construction
debris
kind
of
making
a
I
guess
a
kind
of
continuous
I,
don't
want
to
say
flat,
but
more
kind
of
gradual,
even
shoulder,
and
then
this
this
kind
of
Upland
piece
this
buffer
zone
from
the
trailhead.
That
then
leads
down
to
the
resource
area.
You
know
whether
whether
this
is
restored
as
a
woodland,
whether
this
some
of
this
is
left
open
to
basically
be
restored
as
a
meadow.
C
So
Paul
kind
of
briefly
mentioned
the
schedule
at
the
very
beginning.
Right
now
we're
still
in
this
design
development
stage
we're
working
towards
a
75
permitting
submission
that
will
be
the
noi
submission
because
we're
working
right.
Next
to
these
you
know
the
Wetland
resource
area
there
there
isn't
anything
about
this
project
that
should
create
a
really
long
parameting
process,
so
we're
anticipating
going
out
to
bid
in
the
spring
and
then
the
like.
C
The
access
to
these
work
areas
being
so
close
to
Sharon,
Street
I
think
the
construction
phase
would
probably
just
be
a
couple
months
in
the
summer.
So
you
know
I
I
think
we
kind
of
have
all
the
information
that
we
need
at
this
point
we're
pushing
hard
towards
kind
of
finalizing.
Some
of
these
design
decisions
it'll
be
great
to
hear
what
people
have
to
say
and
get
their
feedback
so
that
we
can
kind
of
move
towards
that
75
percent.
But
you
know
this
is
a.
C
This
is
a
pretty
a
pretty
fast
moving
project
and
I
think
you
know
it'll
be
very
similar
to
phase
one
and
that
by
appearance,
but
I
think
also
just
success.
So
I
think
this
is
our
last
slide
here.
So
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
Paul.
I,
don't
know
Paul.
If
you
have
anything
else,
you
want
to
add
before
we
do
the
questions
and
comments.
A
Yeah,
the
only
the
only
thing
I'd
add
is
you
know
we
focused
a
lot
on
the
prop
the
problem
areas,
the
these
work
areas
that
are
degraded
but
just
keep
in
mind
once
you
move
B
just
beyond
these
work
areas.
This
is
one
of
the
healthiest
parts
of
the
site.
This
Northern
end,
so
we
think
that
this
project
will
really
go
a
long
way
to
complete
the
restoration
on
this,
this
North
End
but
yeah.
F
This
is
amazing,
it's
I'm
so
excited
it
looks
beautiful
everything
you've
talked
about,
I
would
just
pitch
for
that
area
where
you
said
could
be
a
meadow
or
more
trees,
I
I,
think
I,
don't
know
you
know,
I'm,
not
I,
think
the
more
trees,
the
better
for
my
because
we
already
have
the
giant,
Meadow
and
I
think
the
whole
point
is
of
Sharon
Woods.
One
of
the
major
issues
of
Sharon
Woods
is
to
you
know,
suck
up
that
carbon
sequester
that
carbon.
So
that's
what
I!
F
E
A
E
G
Paul
can
I
ask
a
question
sure
during
the
planning
phase
of
this,
we
talked
potentially
of
adding
a
small
sign
for
the
Wetland
restoration
piece,
and
we
know
that.
There's
these
very
nice
kiosks
at
the
trailhead
entrances,
what
it
would
a
small
sign,
identifying
the
restoration
process
and
what
plants
were
planted
and
why
would
that
be
something
that
would
be
beneficial
to
somebody
who
was
walking
down
Sharon
Street
or
with
something
more
like
a
description
of
that
on
the
Boston
Parks
web
website,
identifying
that
or
adding
a
piece
to
the
actual
kiosk
and.
A
I
mean
I
I
feel
like
I,
think
about
five
years
from
now
right,
five
years,
seven
years,
people
living
here
or
walking
by
here-
and
you
know,
the
thought
is:
if
we're
able
to
maintain
this
really
well,
which
we're
we're
gonna
do
do
the
best
we
absolutely
can
is
that
there
should.
There
should
be
note
that
there
was
a
lot
of
effort
and
time
in
in
funding
that
went
into
restore
the
theory
and
that
it
says
specific.
A
E
A
The
the
thought
there
is
that
we
wanted
to
really
try
to
get
a
hundred
percent
removal
of
invasive
plants
and
100
establishment
of
of
of
native
plants
in
that
area,
and
so
we're
still
hiring
contractors
to
do
selective,
herbicide
treatment,
and
so
it's
still
a
kind
of
a
work
Zone.
But
no
the
goal
is
within
the
next
year
or
so
to
release
that
the
the
fence
was
very
expensive.
A
E
Okay,
great
and
then
you
Joan
just
says
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
She's
really
excited
about
the
updates
and
if
any
of
her
of
their
Naval
associations
can
help
with
anything,
let
them
know,
and
they
appreciate
everything
you
do
to
keep
up.
The
sharing
Awards
keep
up,
keep
sharing.
What's
beautiful,
useful
for
our
resident
ecological,
the
sound.
F
I
just
wanted
to
mention
regarding
the
meadow
you
know,
one
of
the
frustrations
I
don't
know
if
people
are
aware
of
this.
Is
that
certain
you
know
dogs
have
to
be
leashed
and
otherwise
they'll
damage
the
woods
and
the
wetlands
and
people
have
been
cutting
the
fence
and
letting
their
dogs
inside
the
meadow
and
doing
damage
to
it.
So
you
know
how
do
we
as
a
community,
make
sure
that
doesn't
keep
happening
if
we
remove
the
fence.
A
Yeah
I
think
I
think
we've
had
some
really
helpful.
Neighbors
who've
have
you
know,
told
us
about
this,
and
we've
tried
to
you
know,
educate
with
signs
about
the
the
delicate
nature
of
the
work
going
on
out
there
and
I
think
you
know.
If
people
do
seem
problems
we
just
need.
We
do
need
to
report
them
directly
to
Animal,
Care
and
control
and
just
try
to
keep
getting
the
message
out.
A
We
we
put
up
those
sandwich
boards
Pat,
you
remember
about
the,
why
it's
important
for
dog
leashing
and
how
this
is.
This
is
different
from
a
regular
like
playground
site.
This
is,
you
know,
we're
thinking
about
Wildlife
here,
impacts
and
such
so
we'll.
Try
we'll
try
to
keep
up
with
the
messaging
work
with
animal
can
care.
We
just
appreciate
people
would
report
that
to
Animal
Care
directly
any
problems.
A
A
G
How
often
do
you
cut
the
metal
and
do
you
cut
it
at
all
and
the
reason
that
we
would
probably
cut
this
on
an
annual
basis
would
be
to
remove
the
Woody
invasive
species
that
are
going
to
grow
up
there
and
shade
out
the
meadow
and
that's
typically
done
in
in
the
spring
and
and
the
value
of
that
is
that
the
seeds
can
actually
drop
down
over
the
winter.
The
the
grasses
that
stay
erect
can
you
know,
provide
habitat
and
foraging
for
birds
and
other
in
other
species.