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From YouTube: Groton Inland Wetlands Agency 1/26/22
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Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Inland Wetlands Agency January 26, 2022. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
https://www.agendasuite.org/iip/groton/file/getfile/60768
A
There
we
go
good
all
right.
Let
me
just
get
the
live
stream
going
right.
We
are
good
okay.
So
this
is
the
january
26
meeting
of
the
inland
wetland
agency,
dave
scott's,
the
chair
staff
tonight
bruce
lofgren
and
deb
jones.
If
anyone
if
members
of
the
public
want
to
address
the
permission,
they
can
do
that
under
public
communications
and
you'll
have
to
raise
your
hand
to
be
recognized,
and
then
we
will
promote
you
so
that
you
can
speak
to
them
if
you're
an
applicant,
we'll
we'll
let
you
speak
when
your
agenda
item
is
up.
D
B
E
And
just
while
they
come
on
just
so,
everyone
knows-
and
this
is
bruce
often
for
the
record-
that
this
is
a
new
application,
so
we
can't
improve
it
tonight.
We
just
received
it
last
week.
It
is
a
single
family
dwelling
at
the
end
of
prospect
street.
It
was
a
subdivision
that
was
approved
in
the
early
90s
and
I
believe
this
is
the
last
vacant
lot
in
the
subdivision
and
they're
now
proposing
to
develop,
but
I
think
the
builder
is
here
as
well
as
the
owners.
E
F
Okay,
here
we
go,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes?
Yes,
I
don't
think
you
can
see
me,
but
you
can
hear
me.
Okay,
my
name
is
paul.
Lucia
I've
been
a
local
builder
since
1982
in
the
southeastern
connecticut
area,
I'm
representing
my
clients,
kyle
and
stephanie
brown
in
regard
to
this
wetlands
permit
application
for
49
prospect
street
lot,
6
and
grant.
F
F
F
Three
restrictions
in
particular
were
a
factor
which
I'll
now
explain
restriction.
Number
one
was
the
minimum
house
size
requirement.
It
reads:
temperature
controlled
living
areas
to
be
no
less
than
2
200
square
feet
with
a
minimum
of
1200
square
feet
on
the
first
floor
house
that
we've
designed
is
2655
square
feet
with
1635
square
feet.
On
the
first
floor,
this
does
not
include
the
three
bay
attached
garage,
which
is
864
square
feet,
which
will
not
be
heated
at
this
time.
F
F
F
Item
number
restriction.
Number
three
was
the
driveway
location
from
the
property
line.
It
reads
that
no
portion
of
any
driveway
shall
be
closer
than
six
feet
from
the
side
property
lines,
as
you
can
see,
that
front
is
pretty
narrow
and
so
there's
another
restriction
that
states
for
garages
located
within
60
feet
from
the
front
of
the
closest
road.
Curb
such
overhead
doors
shall
not
face
directly
toward
the
street
and
she'll
make
an
angle
with
the
street
of
at
least
45
degrees.
F
G
E
F
F
So
we
are
asking
for
your
consideration
to
reduce
the
wetland
buffer
to
25
feet,
to
allow
us
to
achieve
better
and
more
gradual
grading
of
the
property.
If
the
commission
requires
plantings
to
help
with
any
absorption
of
water
or
runoff
from
the
property
we're
more
than
willing
to
do
that.
In
addition,
silt
fence
will
be
installed
and
maintained,
as
shown
on
the
plan
and
hay
bales
will
be
used
as
needed
to
keep
any
water
or
runoff
from
entering
the
wetland
while
we're
working
on
the
property.
F
B
C
B
H
C
Well,
I
I
drove
by
there
the
other
day,
and
I
I
think
I
know
we
sight
walked
this
in
2000
when
we
approved
this
subdivision.
I
remember
it
was
somewhat
complex
and
deb.
Of
course
you
will
remember
and
remind
me
because
you're
still
younger
than
I
am
there
was
intermittent
water
course
coming
down
from
somewhere.
I
want
to
say
that
the
house
that
was
existing
on
this
prospect
street
intermittent
water
course
and
then
there
was
something
about
that
that
I'm
not
remembering
clearly.
A
A
C
That's
awesome
and
the
other
thing
that
I
noticed
when
I
was
driving
out
just
to
check
this
from
my
car
I
didn't
get
out
of
my
car.
I
did
notice
that
the
house
on
lot
I'll
just
say
seven.
I
guess
there's
a
lot
of
clearing
behind
that
house,
and
so
if
there
was
any
upland
review
area
restriction,
I
would
be
interested
to
know
if
that
was
honored.
So.
A
C
H
D
F
C
C
E
Sure,
I'm
not
sure
if
dab
remembers,
but
just
just
let
everyone
know
you
know
we
did
just
received
this
last
week,
so
staff
hasn't
done
their
full
review
on
it.
Yet
so
I
I
haven't,
looked
at
all
the
conditions
of
this.
This
subdivision's
wetland
approval
yet,
but
it
does
show
here
a
50-foot
buffer
and
it
says
a
c-note
20.,
but
I
I'm
assuming
that
that
that
probably
was
a
restriction
that
there's
no
building
within
50
and
possibly
no
clearing
within
50
feet
of
the
wetlands
back
then.
H
H
E
A
Those
were
those
were
typical
houses
placed
on
the
plan
to
just
show
that
you
could
put
a
house
within
the
setbacks.
It
appears
that
the
the
developer
of
the
subdivision
created
a
homeowner's
association
and
created
some
restrictions
so
that
he
could
control
the
look
of
the
houses
that
were
placed
on
there.
Those
the
restrictions
that
were
listed
out
to
you
are
not
town
restrictions.
C
Yeah,
that's
that's
what
that's
what
I
was
trying
to
say.
Think
too
I
mean
you
know,
it
shows
the
the
25
foot,
but
then
it's
hard
to
sort
of
guess
where
the
50
foot
would
be
and
that's
not
not
withstanding
the
pool
I
mean.
Obviously
the
pool
seems
to
be.
I
don't
know
again.
I
I
don't.
I
don't
know
where
that
would
be
looks
like
the
pool
would
still
be
outside
the
50-foot.
But
I
I
don't
know
it's
hard
to
tell
yeah.
F
That's
right,
what
we
were
actually
trying
to
do
originally
was
to
keep
everything
50
feet
away
from
the
actual
wetland,
and
then
we
thought
geez.
Maybe
it
would
be
good
if
we
went
to
25
it
would
give
us
a
better
opportunity
to
grade
things
a
little
differently
and
maybe
kind
of
blend
it
into
the
to
the
site
a
little
bit
better
right,
because
you're
correct,
I
mean
you're
right
behind.
G
F
We
did
have
the
we
did,
have
the
wetlands
reflagged
when
when
they
purchased
the
land,
so
that
we,
you
know,
we
knew
what
we
were
getting
ourselves
into,
but
the
I
think
that
would
be
a
big
help.
You
all.
If
we
put
some
stakes
where
the
where
the
foundation
would
potentially
be
at
least
get
something
close
and
then
you'd
have
an
idea
of
where
it
is
in
proximity
to
the
wetland.
H
Yeah,
given
given
my
newness
to
this,
I'm
I'm
sort
of
asked,
I
have
to
ask
a
question.
You
know
I
can
understand
and
appreciate
the
short-term
impacts
of
construction
that
potentially
could
happen
on
that.
But
what
about
the
long-term
like?
What
do
you
anticipate
this
construction
to
have
in
terms
of
a
long-term
impact
to
the
two
wetland
areas?
H
F
F
Yeah,
I
don't
think
it'll
increase
or
decrease.
I
think
it'll
be
basically
the
same.
The
road
runoff
catches
in
that
storm
drain
and
goes
down
through
that
easement.
So
really
it
would
be
just
the
site
runoff,
which
would
be
gutter
drains
and
that
type
of
thing
and
footing
drains-
and
you
know
basically
the
same
water
that
would
be
on
that
property
would
be
dispersed
on
that
property.
F
G
B
F
F
Yes,
we
will
dig
out
soil
and
the
way
that
the
topography
works.
The
the
back
of
the
house
works
almost
perfectly
for
a
walk-out
basement.
There
will
be
some
grading
and
probably
some
small,
retaining
walls
that
will
need
to
be
built
right
near
the
house,
underneath
the
deck
that
type
of
thing,
which
will
retain
the
the
soils.
But
the
front
is
really
just
kind
of
tying
back
into
the
existing
topography.
F
Yeah
there'll
be
a
space
on
the.
So
if
you're
looking
at
the
back
of
the
house
on
the
right
hand,
side
that'll
be
that'll,
be
the
walk
out
area
underneath
the
deck
we'll
we'll
build
topography
into
it
right
there
put
a
little
retaining
wall
and
then
on
the
opposite
side.
It
kind
of
naturally
flows
to
come
down
right
there
and
blends
back
into
that.
Easement.
C
C
F
Yeah,
we'll
definitely
get
it
done
next
week.
I'll
actually
try
to
get
the
surveyor
to
go
out
and
do
it.
But
if
I
can't
get
that
done,
you
know
I'll
go
out
with
some
long
stakes
and
you
know
pull
a
tape
from
the
street
and
and
get
some
stakes
with
some
flags
on
them.
Maybe
even
get
some
markings
on
them,
so
you
can
see.
What's
there
it'd
be
a
rough
idea
of
where
the
house
will
be
in
general.
H
F
F
F
J
F
Well,
we're
not
really
sure
that
that's
actually
even
going
to
happen
that
way,
because
the
right
now
we
just
have
again
the
pool
we
put
it
on
there
as
a
sort
of
a
a
mark
just
to
kind
of
claim
that
space,
if
you
will
and
that
pool,
could
be
fairly.
You
know
much
lower
than
the
houses
and
that
grade
could
all
change,
and
you
know
I
think,
if
they
need
to
come
back
when
the
pool
goes
in,
that
you
know
just
to
give
you
what
the
final
grades
would
be.
E
Paul
this
is
bruce
some
one
of
my
comments
for
the
plan,
for
my
review
is
going
to
be
showing
a
clear
clearing
limit
line.
Okay
and
whether
that
be
your
proposed
line
is
the
25
foot
buffer
or
whether
it's
further
than
the
25
foot
bumper.
Usually
when
I
review
plans,
I
like
it
to
be
clean
and
show
you
know
exactly
where
you're
going
to
be
clearing
and
where
you're
not
going
to
be
clearing.
B
B
C
D
C
C
I
F
G
A
H
D
B
C
I
don't
think
54.
It
goes
right
through
the
middle
of
the
house.
I
don't
think
that's
that's
going
to
make
any
sense.
Barbara,
we
and
plus
the
previous
subdivision
was
approved
for
50
feet,
so
I
think
we
really
need
to
okay
yeah.
I
don't.
I
don't
think
that
would
be
an
exercise
that
would
be
helpful.
J
C
J
C
B
B
C
B
A
B
A
G
A
A
A
B
A
C
A
Really
high
ground
water
here
and-
and
I
think
you
can
probably
see
on
here
the
rent
where
the
wetlands
actually
were
so
this
whole
area
up
in
here
was
wet
and
was
filled
as
part
of
the
development
of
the
fields
yeah.
You
know,
there's
there's
a
discharge
from
the
from
the
fort
hill
citgo
that
that
outlets
over
here.
So
there's
there's
storm
water
that
comes
to
this
area
as
well,
and
then
the
other
problem
with
this
whole
field
is
that
it's
really
really
flat.
So
there's
it's
open.
C
C
G
G
A
C
A
D
G
A
C
I
just
have
one
quick
thing:
I
was
visiting
my
friend
sidney,
vanzant
and
joan
smith
of
gosa
stopped
by
while
I
was
visiting
her
and
she
brought
up
on
the
avery
farm.
Apparently
there
are
existing
bridges
over
wetlands
again,
I'm
not
familiar
with
what
they
are
and
she
said
just
wondering
to
save
money.
If
they're
existing
can
we
replace
them
and
repair
them
and
of
course
I
said
you
need
to
talk
to
blah
blah
blah.
But
again,
I'm
just
acknowledging
that
I
had
that
conversation
about,
and
I
said
I
just
said.