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Home My WebLink About2005-11-22 Board of Selectmen HandoutHechenbleikner, Peter From: Frey, Bob (MHD) [Bob.Frey@state.ma.us] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:20 PM , To: Corey, John; Schubert, Rick; Anthony, Camille; Barnes, Jonathan; Bruen, Darlene; Casey, Paul; Clarke, Dennis; Curran, John; DiBlasi, Joe; Durrant, Ian; Everson, Jeff; Festa, Mike; Gallagher, Jim; Gallerani, Michael; Grover, Robert; Grzegorzewski, Josh; Hamblin, Eileen; Havem, Robert; Jones, Bradley; Katsoufis, George; Kennedy, Anthony; Kinsman, Art; Leiner, Craig; Meaney, Paul; Medeiros, Paul; Molter, Andrew; Natale, Patrick; Rogers, Maureen A.; Smith, Susan; Sodano, Paul; Stinson, Richard; Sullivan, Dan; Tarallo, Ed; Tisei, Richard; Webster, Bill; Woelfel, Steve Cc: Blaustein, Joan; Burggraff, Mary; Callan, Melissa; Christello, Tricia; Cooke, Don; DiZoglio, Dennis; Draisen, Mark; Dwyer, Margaret; Edwards, Adriel; Florino, Ron; Frey, Bob; Town Manager; Lindstrom, Mike; Lucas, Barbara; Lutz, Elaine; McKinnon, Anne; Mcvann, John; Miller, Kenneth; O'Rourke, Carmen; Purdy, Jim; Pyke, Keri; Reilly, Chris; Schwartz, Bill; Stein, Kathy; Tafoya, Ben; Van Magness, Frederick; Wood, Gail Subject: ADVANCE NOTICE: Next 1-93/1-95 ITF Meeting Clarifying Study Issues.doc (6... Greetings Task Force Members, Our next ITF meeting will be on: Wednesday, November 30 4:30 - 6:30 PM Reading Senior Center Further information will be provided next week. Attached for your review is a document that addresses some of the issues raised at the previous meeting: <<Clarifying Study Issues.doc>> Thanks, - Bob Bob Frey Manager of Statewide Planning Office of Transportation Planning Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (617) 973-7449 bob.frey@state.ma.us 1 0 Hechenblefter Peter From: Frey, Bob (MHD) [Bob.Frey@state.ma.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:21 PM To: Corey, John; Schubert, Rick; Anthony, Camille; Barnes, Jonathan; Bruen, Darlene; Casey, Paul; Clarke, Dennis; Curran, John; DiBlasi, Joe; Durrant, Ian; Everson, Jeff; Festa, Mike; Gallagher, Jim; Gallerani, Michael; Grover, Robert; Grzegorzewski, Josh; Hamblin, Eileen; Havern, Robert; Jones, Bradley; Katsoufis, George; Kennedy, Anthony; Kinsman, Art; Leiner, Craig; Meaney, Paul; Medeiros, Paul; Motter, Andrew; Natale, Patrick; Rogers, Maureen A.; Smith, Susan; Sodano, Paul; Stinson, Richard; Sullivan, Dan; Tarallo, Ed; Tisei, Richard; Webster, Bill; Woelfel, Steve Cc: Blaustein, Joan; Burggraff, Mary; Callan, Melissa; Christello, Tricia; Cooke, Don; DiZoglio, Dennis; Draisen, Mark; Dwyer, Margaret; Edwards, Adriel; Florino, Ron; Frey, Bob; Town Manager; Lindstrom, Mike; Lucas, Barbara; Lutz, Elaine; McKinnon, Anne; Mcvann, John; Miller, Kenneth; O'Rourke, Carmen; Purdy, Jim; Pyke, Keri; Reilly, Chris; Schwartz, Bill; Stein, Kathy; Tafoya, Ben; Van Magness, Frederick; Wood, Gail Subject: Next 93/95 ITF Meeting 11/30 IN n ITF 2005 11-30 ITF 2005 10-19 neeting agenda..ummary.doc (73. Greetings Task Force Members: Just a reminder that the next meeting of the I-93/I-95 Interchange Task Force will be: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Reading Senior Center 49 Pleasant Street Reading Directions if you need them: Traveling north on Route 28, take a right on to Pleasant at the traffic light post in the center of town. The Senior Center is the brick building on the right. Parking is available in the lot behind the building or on the street. The 11/30 meeting agenda and a summary from the last ITF meeting (10/19) are attached: «ITF 2005 11-30 meeting agenda.doc>> «ITF 2005 10-19 summary.doc>> At this meeting, we will further explore our suggested method for developing and evaluating alternatives (including some examples). You may notice from the agenda that we are changing the meeting format slightly in that we are reserving time for open issues near the end of the meeting rather than the beginning. The intent is to be more responsive to all facets of the study and to make better overall progress as a result. As we have stated before, e-mail correspondence from ITF members will primarily be addressed at the ITF and subcommittee meetings rather than through continued threads of e- mail replies which are ultimately less productive for all. The meetings remain the best forum for addressing all the issues, old and new, in an open and inclusive environment. Accordingly, please note that this will be the last message from me until the meeting. Thanks and HAPPY THANKSGIVING, - Bob Bob Frey Manager of Statewide Planning Office of Transportation Planning Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (617) 973-7449 1 Peter Hechenbleikner Town Manager 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 November 22, 2005 Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2684 Website: www.ci.reading.ma.us RE: Holiday Sticker Shock Campaign Dear Peter, Reading Health Division Phone: 781 942-6618 Fag: 781 942-9071 The Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council is assisting the Reading Memorial High School students from the Students Against Drunk Driving program with a MADD Holiday Sticker Shock Campaign. The project is regional and involves one Sunday afternoon, December 11, 2005. Five volunteer students with an adult advisor will bring the "stickers" to the particular liquor shops in Reading that have agreed to participate in placing the enclosed sticker on kegs and multi packs of beer and wine. During the holiday season all 6 packs will go home with the student generated message "Hey you! It is illegal to provide alcohol for people under 21". The sticker and slogan were designed by students. The purpose of the project is to empower students, remind the public not to give, buy or sell alcohol products to minors and with the press release reinforce the legal drinking age. The following cities and towns are participating with the Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization on December 11, 2005: Brockton, Cambridge, Everett, Framingham, Malden, Medford, Reading, Revere, Somerville, Chelsea, Hamilton-Wenham, Saugus, and Weymouth. As a Council, we appreciate your support you and the Selectmen have given with all our community education efforts. The students are enthusiastic about participating in this regional and statewide campaign. Sincerely, ane M. Fiore C / Health Services Administrator Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council Staff Liaison D Example of Sticker: a ymyfS is ,Acfiin 800 MA®® Massachusetts TFA Outw furdedtry ttm EsswGwonce,tIOeLnOffddtV*tisrxaw'a Ntpmati SCMI IUMMGuts"DIt a0R$td-'kLhw. t MY Page 1 c 1 C , , L~ Hechenbleikner, Peter From: William Johnston [wjohnston@usm.maine.edu] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:33 PM To: Reading - Selectmen Subject: Stormwater Fees Dear Selectmen: I just happened to run across today an article in The Globe about Reading's proposed stormwater fees. Sounds like you are aware of Chicopee's program, but it might be helpful for you to know that there are at least two other communities in New England that have adopted stormwater fees: South Burlington, VT (httpj/sburl.com/stormwater) and Augusta, ME. New England is certainly lagging behind the rest of the country, where at last estimate, more than 400 stormwater utilities exist. It is always hard to be the first on your block to propose something different, but sometimes it helps to know that others have gone before you. Having landowners threaten legal action seems to be a recurring theme, but ultimately these utilities have been adopted and administered with relatively few legal challenges (and have been mostly upheld in the few challenges that have occurred). I imagine your pubic works department has done a lot of research on this topic, but I've provided two links below that might be helpful, including a report on the subject I put together some time back (which includes lots of other useful links). Good luck. Will Johnston Will Johnston, Water Program Manager New England Environmental Finance Center Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service University of Southern Maine 96 Falmouth Street, Box 9300 617, Law Building Portland, Maine 04104-9300 Phone: 207-228-8356 FAX: 207-780-4417 wiohnston(@usm.maine.edu htto://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu Stormwater Utilities Fee: Considerations & Options for Interlocal Stormwater Working Group htto://efc.muskie. usm.maine.edu/docs/StormwaterUtilitvFeeRer)ort.Ddf 2005 survey of stormwater utilities. httD://Clerkdoc.sannet.aov/RiahtSite/aetcontent/local.r)df? DMW OBJECTID=09001451800b8385 11/21/2005 Benefits of a Utility The Stormwater Utility will: • Manage and upgrade the City's stormwater infrastructure, such as culverts and storm drains, so that systems continue to meet current regulations and would receive permits. • Manage, maintain, and handle permitting for residential stormwater systems in the City, after the systems are brought up to current Vermont (2002) standards by residents or homeowners associations. • Provide technical assistance to South Burlington property owners who need to bring their stormwater system up to current Vermont (2002) standards. A valid stormwater permit is part of the value of your home and property. t - I~ fi Vermont Youth Conseruation Corps volunteers plant the Bartlett Brook stormwater treatment wetland. "four Job, hAy Job The City is responsible for parts of the stormwater system that are in the public right of way and located on public property. This includes storm drains, culverts, conveyance piping, catch basins and stormwater outfalls. Property owners are responsible for everything on their property. This includes cleaning leaves out of your rain gutters and removing gravel from your driveway. South Burlington Stormwater Utility www.sburl.com/stoimwater City of South Burlington 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 8464106 002/2005 www.sburi.com/stormwater r` South Burlington Stormwater Utility www.sburl.com/ston-nwater An Inlroductolon to Vermont's First SHormwater fflif ,~;i ,mom ~m , ' Stormwater drain v 111w v-, , , i fee WM be ty ,user bills. 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" erosion' m generate stor banks s ub that lic arpe no roblem' visit our Web Sl¢,ore and mew streamtormwater SYsten' n private- s came a p a atia learn roblem be obtaining earrn water to ter P ,maintained have d difficulty For msburl.com~ st N~ch shows stormwa Expired permits an it e hindering interactive o'V ent prOJects as' water per gu gt°n• an d storm valf sin SO'.i ,nertY rlin areas tz.ansfer FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER SYSTEM TAKEOVERS South Burlington Planning &Zoning, 31rr/2oo5 1. Our association has an expired Vermont Stormwater Discharge Permit, and we are in a stormwater-impaired watershed (Potash, Bartlett, Centennial, Engelsby or Munroe Brooks). Must we renew this permit prior to having the City take over the system, and what will be the City's standards for the stormwater system itself - the standards in place when the permit was issued, or the new 2002 State Standards, or something else? Stormwater systems with expired permits in impaired watersheds must be upgraded to a "2002 best fix" standard - meaning that they must be modified and upgraded to come as close to the 2002 Vermont Stormwater Management Manual treatment standards as feasible on site - prior to a City takeover. However, because the State has not yet come up with a protocol for renewing these permits, the City will accept responsibility for obtaining the actual permit once the State's situation is clarified. Properties can then continue to be transferred under the existing "deferral of permit" provisions in State law, and associations will be relieved of dealing with the State permit situation. Associations in this situation must do the following prior to a City takeover of the system and the permit responsibility (we will provide staff support and guidance throughout this process): (1) Hire a Professional Engineer licensed in Vermont to evaluate the existing permit, and the condition of the existing stormwater system'. (2) Have the engineer complete a City application that also includes the State's Engineering Feasibility Analysis or "EFA." The purpose of using the EFA procedure is to determine how closely the system can come to meeting the 2002 VT standards on site. (3) Discuss the options for meeting these new standards on site, and choose the option that best suits your association and property. (4) Submit these completed applications, as well as legal documents related to the permit, to the Stormwater Superintendent and the Department of Planning & Zoning. The Stormwater Superintendent will have the final say as to whether the proposed upgrade is acceptable for City takeover. (5) Choose a contractor and complete the required upgrades. (6) Have the system inspected by the Stormwater Superintendent or his designee. (7) Complete the legal documents for necessary easements or deeds, and for transfer of the permit. In some cases, a designer who is not a PE may do some of the work, but a Vermont licensed Professional Engineer must stamp and certify the drawings and application submitted to the City. D FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER SYSTEM TAKEOVERS South Burlington Planning &Zoning, 311112oo5 As part of this process, your engineer will advise your association of any other permits or amendments that are necessary to complete this process. Obtaining these permits (which may include an amendment of your Act 250 permit or a wetlands permit) is your association's responsibility, but City staff will provide assistance wherever we can. 2. Our association has a valid Vermont Stormwater Discharge Permit issued under the 2002 Vermont Standards2. If the City utility takes over our stormwater system, who is responsible for the cost of renewing this permit or obtaining any required federal permit--the City or our association? As with the expired permit systems, City will assume permit responsibility once system is inspected, certified, and transferred to the City (steps (6) and (7) outlined above). You will need to complete the City's application form, and work with the Stormwater Superintendent to complete the transfer. 3. Our association has a valid Vermont Stormwater Discharge Permit, but it was issued under older standards. Do we have to upgrade the system to the 2002 "Best Fix" standard prior to a City takeover? If you are in a storwmater-impaired watershed, yes - you must follow the State's EFA procedure and upgrade the system as outlined in #1. If you are not in a stormwater-impaired watershed (i.e. areas that drain directly to Lake Champlain or the Winooski River, or to Muddy Brook or its tributaries), no. The system needs to meet the standards under which it was permitted. In either case, the procedures for applying for City takeover are substantially the same. You can find a link to most State permits and also find out what watershed your property is in on the City's website, www.sburl.com/stormwater. 4. Once the city utility takes over our system, does the city utility assumes responsibility for the cost of routine maintenance, inspections and repairs? How about the cost of broken pipes, broken catchbasins, broken down stormwater ponds or future replacement of the same at some point in the future--the city or our association? The City assumes maintenance, inspection and repair responsibility and costs for the treatment system components (i.e. ponds, infiltration basins), and for all 2 This applies to both pre-Lowe's (up to June 25, 2oo1) and post-Lowe's (June 26, 2001 and later) permits! 2 10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER SYSTEM TAKEOVERS South Burlington Planning &Zoning, 31r112oo5 conveyance components (i.e. catch basins and pipes) that are included in the permit for your association. Components like swales, driveways, or drains that are on private land and are not included in the State permitted design are NOT taken over, and do not become the City's responsibility. The costs of repairs, maintenance and upgrades will be covered through the stormwater user (utility) fee charged to individual owners, and to the homeowners' association for commonly-owned lands. If in the future your system needs a capital upgrade this will be the Utility's responsibility, just as the City has responsibility for fixing neighborhood streets. This is why we have to make sure we accept qualified, properly upgraded systems that have a high level of environmental performance and are in good working order. The utility will establish a strategic capital plan to do these upgrades in the future. 5. Does the City actually take title ownership of the stormwater system, or will it hold easements? Will the city draft legal documents for the transfer? The form of the takeover is to be decided based on your individual association structure, and the City Attorney's recommendation. There may be cases where easements are more appropriate than fee title, depending on the underlying association or condominium structure and documents. In either case, the City Attorney will draft the legal documents to ensure consistency and ease of administration. Your association's attorney will only need to review these documents, rather than having to draft new ones. We will work with you and your attorney to determine which is best. 6. Our association's stormwater system includes some pipes and catchbasins on a "private" road which services a number of homes. Any special considerations regarding this "private" section? To ensure that the City can carry out maintenance and repairs on stormwater systems under private roads, which are part of the whole stormwater picture, the City will take over components that are part of the State permit, and located in or under private roads. The City will require easements in these cases so that repairs and maintenance can be done. As is the case with sewer and water lines, the Stormwater Services division will return any private roads that have to be dug up to a condition as close to their existing condition as possible. 7. Must our association engage an engineer to certify that our stormwater system meets "current standards" or will your engineers review the engineering drawings on file and advise us of any required upgrades? The association will need to engage its own Vermont-licensed professional engineer to certify the system, and then the City's Stormwater Superintendent or his designee will review the plans and application and inspect the system. The 3 "or A Stormwater Consultants This is an alphabetical list of firms in the area with whom City staff are familiar who perform stormwater permitting, design and engineering services. Inclusion on this list does not certify or qualify these firms. The City does not have and does not imply any preference for one firm over another. Champlain Consulting Engineers, Colchester 863-8060 Civil Engineering Associates, Shelburne 985-2323 DuBois & King, Williston 878-7661 Dufresne-Henry, South Burlington Eric Sandblom Engineering Services, Williston Forcier Aldrich & Associates, Essex Junction Hamlin Consulting Engineers, Essex Junction Heindel & Noyes, South Burlington Hoyle Tanner Associates, Burlington 864-0223 383-0486 879-7733 878-3956 658-082o x 43 860-1331 Lamoureux & Dicldnson, Essex Junction 878-4450 Llewellyn-Howley, South Burlington 658-2100 Krebs & Lansing, Colchester 878-0375 O'Leary-Burke, Essex Junction 878-9990 Otter Creels Engineering, Middlebury 382-8522 Phelps Engineering, Middlebury 388-7829 Pioneer Environmental Associates, Vergennes 877-1380 Ross Environmental Associates, Stowe 253-4280 Summit Engineering, South Burlington 658-5588 Trudell Consulting Engineers, South Burlington 879-6331 The Verterre Group, Colchester 654-8663 6 ~ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER SYSTEM TAKEOVERS South Burlington Planning &Zoning, 31hl2oo5 Planning & Zoning or Public Works departments will be happy to give you a list of qualified engineers in the area. Since Vermont's permitting situation is so confusing, we strongly recommend that your have your engineer arrange for a "pre-review" meeting regarding your system with our Stormwater Superintendent before the engineer does any work. It's important that we all have the same understanding of how the City requirements and state permit standards relate to each other before you spend any money! 8. Any thoughts on how much credit our homeowners could expect to receive against their city utility assessments if we retain responsibility for our stormwater system? Having the City take over your system is entirely voluntary. Credits for systems that remain in private ownership will be based on an engineering assessment of how closely the system fits the criteria for treatment performance in the City's Credit Manual. The City's Credit Manual is closely linked to the State standards, but has some differences, so it's important for your engineer to work with the Stormwater Superintendent to understand this relationship. If the City is taking over the system, the Homeowners' Association will not receive a credit against its stormwater bill. Also, individual homeowners will still pay their monthly fee as well as the Association's assessment regardless of whether the City takes over the system. The Stormwater Superintendent will be happy to go over the credit manual with you and your engineer, but only after you've filled out the necessary credit applications can he determine how much credit your association will receive. Your engineer also can give you some estimate of what credit he/she estimates you are eligible for under the City's Credit Manual. 9. Our association anticipates engaging a professional engineer to conduct semiannual inspections of our system at least through spring of 2005 to comply with our existing permit. Will you request any additional items from this engineer before considering accepting our system? The City will need an engineer's certification, the City application forms, and the City application review fee. Once work is done, you will also need to arrange an inspection. Typically, the engineer will attend the inspection. l o. How will the legal transfer of our permit work? The City is still consulting with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the City Attorney to determine which specific transfer of permit 4 (9 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER SYSTEM TAKEOVERS South Burlington Planning & Zoning, 311112oo5 forms will be required, and how this relates to the Deferral of Permit provisions in Vermont law. 11. How do we get this process going? The first step is to hire a consulting engineer. A list of area firms is attached. Once you have an engineer on board and he or she has a general understanding of your system's permit status and existing condition, please call Public Works and we will set up a meeting to discuss how to proceed BEFORE you start working through the application and the EFA process. We expect that the Stormwater Superintendent will be with us full-time by the beginning of May. In the meantime, Planning & Zoning and Public Works staff will meet with you to get started. For more information please call or e-mail us: Juli Beth Hinds, AICP Director of Planning & Zoning 846-4lo6/ihinds(@sburl.com Bruce Hoar Director of Public Works 6-8-7A61/sbnwbl,,h(@adelnhia.net Mike Schramm, PE Hoyle Tanner & Associates 86 o-1q.q1 /mschramm(@hta-vt.com Chuck Hafter City Manager chafter(@sburl.com 5 D Page 1 of 1 Hechenbleikner, Peter From: Cormier, Jim Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 2:12 PM To: Hechenbleikner, Peter; Delaney, Joe; McIntire, Ted; Reilly, Chris; Murphy, Tom Subject: PTTF - Edgemont FYI - Mrs. Watkins called re: parking on Edgemont and is afraid there may be an accident. I explained to her we are exploring options up there. I asked her what she thought might remedy the situation she felt one way all the time may be the answer. Jimmy Chief James W. Cormier Reading Police Department 15 Union St. Reading, MA 01867 781-944-1212 11/21/2005 Message Hechenbleikner, Peter From: Hechenbleikner, Peter Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:48 PM To: 'Susan LaRosa' Subject: RE: Agenda Item #3 - Tonight Thanks Susan I'll see that the Board of Selectmen get a copy of your email. Pete From: Susan LaRosa [mailto:larosa@mindspring.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:08 AM To: Town Manager Subject: Agenda Item #3 - Tonight Hi Mr. Hechenbleikner: Page 1 of 1 My name is Susan LaRosa. I live on 19 Arcadia Avenue; my house is between West Street and Edgemont Avenue. I believe that one way proposal on Edgemont Avenue would neaatively impact traffic greatly in our area. We already have a very high volume of traffic here during peak school hours. We can barely get out of the driveway with all the autos zooming (and I do mean zooming) by to get their children to and from school. During water main construction and the renovation of Barrows School, we had very heavy traffic, including large trucks which was bothersome, but temporary. Arcadia used to be a nice residential street, but it now seems like it will be used as a thoroughfare for all residents in this development, as well as delivery trucks, contractors, etc. It is more like living on a city street now. Keeping Edgemont a two-way street is my vote. The parking is another situation that should have been addressed with the new addition to Barrows. Please consider the negative impact to the neighbors in this area. Some have small children and the extra heavy traffic will be a detriment. If there was / is an impact study done, please send me a copy. Thank you. 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