Natural Resources Advisory Cmt (Rm A)

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 6:00pm

Town of Brewster 

Natural Resources Advisory Commission

2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631

naturalresourcesmeeting@brewster-ma.gov

(508) 896-4546

 

MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:00 PM

This meeting will be conducted in person at the time and location identified above.  Members of 

the public who wish to access the meeting remotely may do so in the following manner:

Phone: Call (312) 626 6799 or (301) 715-8592.  Webinar ID: 885 7411 7201 Passcode: 985327

To request to speak: Press *9 and wait to be recognized.

Zoom Webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88574117201?pwd=SExTRzRjZ1dXSUlPdnJ5SmVTZkpyQT09

Passcode: 985327. To request to speak: Tap Zoom “Raise Hand”, then wait to be recognized.

Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast live, in real time, via Live broadcast (Brewster 

Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestream.brewster-ma.gov), or Video 

recording (tv.brewster-ma.gov).

 

1. Call to Order

2. Declaration of a Quorum

3. Recording Statement

4. Notes from the Chair:

a. Admin: New Commissioner - Scott Weissman

b. Follow up: DMF River Herring Spawning and Nursery Habitat Assessment: Stony Brook Watershed

c. Follow up: Eversource 5-Year Vegetation Management Plan and Yearly Operating Plan

d. Follow up: Coastal Resource Management Plan

e. New Issue: MWRA Deer Island National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Renewal: Removal of Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel (OMSAP) by EPA/DEP

f. Admin: Commission Structure -  “Hearing Officer”

5. Discussion: Adaptive Management - Review of Current Projects Under Management (Pearson)

6. Reports:

a. Natural Resources (Chris Miller)

b. Brewster Pond Coalition (Ron Essig)

c. Brewster Conservation Trust (Amy Henderson)

d. Bay Parcel Committee (Pat Hughes)

e. Pond Parcel Committee (Chris Williams)

f. Open Space Committee (Elizabeth Taylor)

g. Water Resources Task Force (Kim Pearson)

h. Select Board (Mary Chaffee)

7. Approval of Minutes

8. Matters not reasonably anticipated by the Chair

9. Topic(s) for next meeting:

a. Intermunicipal Shoreline Management Grant Discussion

10. Informational Items:

a. 2023 Ellis Landing Littleneck Week http://www.brewster-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6286/f/uploads/7._2023_fa...

b. EPA plans to disband board studying wastewater discharge in Mass. Bay

c. https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/21/deer-island-outfall-monitoring-scie...

d. Predicting the Long-Term Fate of Sediments and Contaminants in Massachusetts Bay. USGS Fact Sheet 172-97. https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs172-97/fs172-97.pdf

e. Framework for Understanding Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Marine Waters Recommendations of the Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 1) and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection https://seagrant.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Framework_Understand...

f. A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation: Uniting Design, Economics, and Policy Carolyn Kousky (Editor), Billy Fleming (Editor), Alan M. Berger (Editor)

g. Pleasant Bay Climate Action Community Forum and Survey, Oct 21, 9am-2pm at the Chatham Community Center, 702 Main Street, Chatham

                https://pleasantbay.org/news-updates-2023

 

Adjournment

 

Date Posted:                Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk

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