CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED FLOOD MODELING PROJECT

 Sherborn is participating in a regional effort to create a model of potential flooding within the Charles River Watershed as the impacts of climate change result in larger storm events. FEMA flood maps illustrate historic flood data, while the purpose of the model is to identify areas that may flood as a result of future precipitation events. The Charles River Watershed Association is spearheading the effort using a consultant to develop the model. 

Public input is an important component of this project. The first public workshop was held on December 10, 2020, and a webinar was held on January 28, both on Zoom. More public participation events are planned, including a second workshop and meetings focusing on the middle watershed (of which Sherborn is a part) and the upper watershed. To learn more about this project, please use the following links:

Project Website

Results from December Workshop #1 Survey

Feedback From January Webinar

MEADOWBROOK ACRES (THE SEQUEL)

 You may remember that several months ago, I wrote a post about the Meadowbrook Acres subdivision. I explained that it was not something that was proposed to be built, but it was only proposed in order to freeze the the zoning as provided for by Massachusetts Zoning Law (Chapter 40A, Section 6).

Well, the Preliminary Plan was approved by the Planning Board back in September. That froze the zoning for 7 months. A Definitive Subdivision had to be submitted and approved in order to extend the zoning freeze to 8 years.  The Definitive Subdivision Plan has now been submitted. It needs to follow all of the same rules as a real subdivision. So there will be a legal notice in the newspaper and abutters have been notified, but please be aware that this is just part of the zoning freeze process. The Plan is essentially the same as the Preliminary Subdivision Plan showing 2 lots and a short cul-de-sac but now it is fully engineered. A public hearing has been scheduled for April 6 at 7:30.

The Coolidge Crossing 40B apartment project (for part of the same land as Meadowbrook Acres is moving through the comprehensive permit process with the ZBA and the next hearing on that project is on March 31. 

For more information about the zoning freeze process, please see the earlier post about Meadowbrook Acres.