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Wellesley Special Town meeting votes ‘Yes’ on Hunnewell question

December 10, 2019 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Hunnewell Elementary School in WellesleyThe Board of Selectmen (BOS) on Monday, Dec. 9 convened a Special Town Meeting (STM) at the Wellesley Middle School Auditorium. The 199 STM members in attendance voted on whether the Town should allocation $5 million for design development funds for the Hunnewell Elementary School construction project.

162 members voted Yes to allocate the design funds. 35 voted No. There were 2 abstentions. Therefore, the two-thirds vote needed for the article to pass was achieved, and the design process for a new Hunnewell School will go forward. (Wellesley Public Media recording of meeting embedded below.)

Town Meeting is made up of 240 elected voting members in eight precincts.

For the first time, electronic voting devices were used to tabulate votes. Town Meeting members took a test run with the devices by doing some practice voting ahead of time. One of the practice questions was whether the Patriots would be one of the two teams in the Super Bowl. That question passed by a yes majority, but not by as wide a margin as the Hunnewell Design Funds vote.

Superintendent David Lussier in a tweet said, “Thank you to Wellesley Town Meeting for your overwhelming vote of support tonight to move forward with the detailed design of a new Hunnewell School. One more important step in bringing much-needed, new elementary schools online in Wellesley.”

Wording of Article 2:

“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or borrow a sum of money, to be expended under the direction of the Permanent Building Committee, for architectural and engineering designs, plans, and other specifications, bid documents, permitting, and any associated costs related to the reconstruction or replacement of the Hunnewell School located a t 28 Cameron Street, and for any other services in connection therewith and, for the purpose of meeting such appropriation, to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow said sum in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 7(7) of the Massachusetts General Laws, or any other enabling authority and to issue bonds or note of the Town therefor, and that any premium received by the Town upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of the issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20, of the Massachusetts General Laws, thereby reducing the amount to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount; or to take any other action in relation thereto.”

 

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Filed Under: Construction, Education, Government, Hunnewell Elementary School, Town Meeting

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Public hearing on Morses Pond Feasibility & Design Study, Dec. 16th

December 9, 2019 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

There will be a Morses Pond (MOPO) Beach & Bathhouse Feasiblity & Design Study Public Hearing on Dec. 16, 2019, at 6pm at the Warren Building, 90 Washington St.

Morses Pond, Wellesley
Morses Pond, Wellesley

The Wellesley Recreation Department, with the assistance of about $80k from Community Preservation funds, hired Weston & Sampson to conduct a Feasibility & Design study of the MOPO Beach and Bathhouse. As part of the study, Weston & Sampson will conduct the Dec. 16 public hearing for residents and Morses Pond patrons to give their input on the study’s findings and suggestions.

Back in August 2019, Weston & Sampson led a MOPO public engagement and listening session about their first ideas for improving the beach area and bathhouse. About 40 stakeholders were in attendance. At that time, it was estimated that the feasibility study would be completed by late Fall 2019. The MOPO area, located at 13 Turner Rd., encompasses about five acres and is owned by the town.

During the presentation, Weston & Sampson representatives listed project priorities. (You can see information about the
August 2019 presentation here.
)

Topping the list for suggested MOPO changes:

  • Improve the bathhouse, staff areas, storage
  • Improve exterior site and landscape elements
  • Enhance water-based play experience and accessibility
  • Facilitate walking/hiking and related passive recreational use
  • Enhance natural resources and habitat
  • Expand user amenities and revenue generation opportunities
  • Look at the entire site from an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) perspective

MOPO beach fees generated $159K in revenue last year, and the area has attracted between 18,000 to 28,000 visitors per year in recent years.

More here on the August 2019 MOPO meeting.

Morses Pond pics, Summer 2019

Rare sight: cycling on water at Morses Pond.

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Special Town meeting to answer $5M Hunnewell school question

December 8, 2019 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The Board of Selectmen (BOS) will convene a Special Town Meeting (STM) on Monday, Dec. 9 at the Wellesley Middle School Auditorium, 50 Kingsbury St., at 7pm. The major topic: to discuss the Hunnewell School building project. The warrant was posted on Nov. 6 at Town Hall.

Town meeting members will be asked to vote on whether to allocate $5 million for design development funds for the Hunnewell Elementary School construction project.

Hunnewell School, Wellesley
Hunnewell Elementary School

 

In June 2018, Town meeting members voted to OK $1 million for a Hunnewell feasibility study put together by Compass Project Management. The study examined the question of whether the 80-year-old school could be renovated. The study was completed in March 2019 and determined that a renovation was not feasible due to structural problems with the school. Specifically, the study found that the HVAC systems are beyond their life expectancy; code deficiencies exist throughout the facility; and an antiquated and inefficient control system can’t maintain temperature appropriately throughout the building.

Hunnewell Elementary School is a 36,000 square-foot, one-level, 15-classroom building that currently holds 260 students. If Town Meeting approves the design development funds, a plan will be put together by Compass for a new 75,000 square-foot, two-story, 19-classroom building that will educate 350 – 375 students, with a maximum capability of 400 -425 students.

Not everyone agrees that the design should go forward

A ballot question proposal for the 2020 annual Town election has been submitted to the BOS. The proposed text reads, “Do you believe the Town of Wellesley should keep our current seven neighborhood elementary school model by rebuilding and/or renovating the Hardy, Hunnewell and Upham Elementary Schools, instead of closing one school and redistricting all of our elementary students into six schools? Please vote YES or NO.”

Wellesley’s seven elementary schools are: Bates, Fiske, Hardy, Hunnewell, Schofield, Sprague, and Upham.

The following schools are not currently under discussion for closing or for major renovation: Bates, Fiske, Schofield, and Sprague.

If the BOS agrees that this question should be put to voters, it would appear at the polls on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

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Filed Under: Construction, Education, Government, Hunnewell Elementary School, Town Meeting

Blasting off: Reviewing Wellesley’s blasting rules

November 6, 2019 by bbrown 2 Comments

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Blasting signs along Rte. 135 in Wellesley

 

Blasting at the Fieldstone Way condo project site at 135 Great Plain Ave., has had nearby residents rumbling over the past week or so about the possible impact of such activity on their homes and the environment. One online commenter said she thought she felt an earthquake. Another worried about how animals on their property would react. A development exec relayed an anecdote about a neighbor he met right after a blast who didn’t even realize it had happened.

We’re not going to dive into the particulars of the developer-neighbor relations and negotiations on this project: Some abutters have come to terms with it but not everyone is seeing eye-to-eye in the wake of town approval for the 40B project a year ago and the start of construction more recently.

But it does seem like a good time to at least review Wellesley’s blasting rules given that more neighborhoods could be in for fireworks of their own in the months or years ahead as other 40B projects make their way from town hall into the neighborhoods (and then who knows what the reverberations could be like if Upham Elementary School its rocky surroundings are in for new construction). Seismographs, shot cast, and matting might suddenly become common lingo. Maine Blasting and Drilling vehicles might become more recognizable than those from Roche Bros. or Capt. Marden’s.

While the various 40B proposals in Wellesley in recent years have dragged on for many months, the reality is that once construction gets underway, blasting schedules can explode onto the scene. We’re talking days, not weeks or months.

The actual blasting rules in Wellesley largely boil down to adherence with a bunch of state requirements, including that the blasting outfit has a copy of a $20K bond from the State Treasurer, boasts assorted certifications and gives 24-hour notice before any blast. Wellesley has averaged about 4 blasting permits per year over the past decade, according to the Fire Department, which issues them.

There’s not much in the way of prior public review of the actual blasting permits—some would like to see that change. The opportunity for public comment appears to largely take place during development proceedings at town hall, though those plans can change after the commenting period is complete. Developers and their partners are required, however, to keep neighbors in the loop in advance of and during the blasting process.

Having a blast on Rte. 135

Blasting on Great Plain Avenue, which is living up to its name for now
Beep, Beep, Boom!

You can’t miss the emerging Fieldstone Way project if traveling along Rte. 135 in Wellesley near the dump: Acres upon acres of trees were obliterated toward the end of summer to make way for a 44-unit condo complex with 11 relatively affordable units that will contribute to Wellesley’s overall efforts to boost its affordable housing stock. While residents and other passersby have lamented the loss of the woods and disruption of wildlife, the changes to that landscape were no surprise to those following the ins and outs of a wave of 40B development proposals in town.

What has surprised some is the blasting that has now begun to further transform that land. Wetlands, traffic and stormwater concerns were raised by the town and residents during public discussion about the Fieldstone Way project. But blasting wasn’t a huge focus of the original Fieldstone Way discussions like it was with the Stearns Road 40B project, which sits near homes, a capped landfill, Sprague Elementary School and an Alzheimer’s facility.

“We fought long and hard on the dangers of blasting at 16 Stearns Road during the ZBA hearings,” says Pete Buhler, an abutter of the Stearns Road project and frequent spokesman for the Our Affordable Wellesley group.  “But in the end, the ZBA determined that, in the grip of 40B, the risks were minimal and did not outweigh the community’s need for affordable housing —even though it abuts Sprague School, the nursing home, the fields, the footpath, neighboring homes, the capped former landfill and the below ground infrastructure of culverts, connecting piping, drains and retention basins.”

Wellesley Executive Director Meghan Jop says that when the Comprehensive Permit was issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) for the Fieldstone Way project about a year ago, the ZBA “addressed blasting by stating in condition 20e (vi) that the Construction Management Plan must address blasting if there was blasting.” The original plan was submitted to the town in April prior to the issuance of the building permit and was approved by Wellesley’s Planning Department as required. As work commenced on the site, the developer identified rock that needed removal. The developer then submitted an application to the Fire Department on Oct. 17 for a blasting permit.

“The blasting company did go to neighbors’ houses seeking a pre-blast survey before the Town was made aware or the neighbors that a blasting permit was necessary,” Jop says.  The Fire Department, ZBA, Building Inspector and Planning Department then reviewed materials and in the end, the Construction Management Plan was updated and neighbors were notified by the town.

Additional seismographs were requested by abutters, but the blasting application itself was not subject to public review. Keep in mind that one of the main perks for 40B developers is that they gain leeway on zoning rules, so once they get a Comprehensive Permit for their project, it can be full-speed ahead. But again, blasting rules themselves are set by the state.

Peter Crabtree is the executive who led the Fieldstone Way townhouse condo project through permitting and approvals with the town, and interactions with neighbors to gain trust. He detailed for us Northland Residential’s efforts to reach out to neighbors in advance of blasting in recent weeks. This included emails and texts about the schedule, and he shared his email address ([email protected]) and phone number (781.229.4706) with us to disseminate to those who might still have questions. He pledged to extend the radius of his communications from properties 250 feet away from the development site to those 600 feet away in all directions after we chatted by email.

“I made a point to be at the site this past Monday when the first ‘shot’ was detonated at around 10:15 am.,” Crabtree wrote on Oct. 30. Typically, 2 shots are detonated in a day during the blasting cycle, he says, and techniques such as laying down heavy pads are used to contain debris.

Wellesley Fire Department on the job

The Wellesley Fire Department plays a key role in blasting oversight, both in terms of issuing permits and serving details on site. You can get a peek at permits, if you know they’re being issued, at the Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Office, and the department is working toward online permitting. All regulations are set by the state, which seeks to ease residents’ concerns about blasting.

“Any blaster filing for a permit is required to supply specific documentation to ensure all State guidelines are met before a permit is issued,” says Wellesley Fire Chief Rick DeLorie. “This documentation includes a Massachusetts Explosives License, certificate of explosive storage and handling, blast analysis design plan, pre-blast inspection surveys, bond with the State Treasurer and an insurance certificate. Every blasting project has a fire detail assigned to it to ensure the work follows all state regulations; each firefighter has a list—called the Uniform Blasting Site Detail Check List —that is filled out on site for each blast.”

DeLorie says the Wellesley Fire Department is closely monitoring work at 135 Great Plain Ave., and “is confident there have been no violations of state regulations at that site since blasting began. All of the blasts have been well below the allowed threshold.”

Of course, that still doesn’t mean people are going to like it or future blasting in Wellesley. Though from the sound of things, we might all need to get ready for more of it.


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Private school spotlight: Riverbend School Open House on Saturday, Nov. 2

November 1, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

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Construction vehicles have made their way to Riverbend School, and the real digging has begun. By this time next year, Riverbend will have built additional classrooms specifically designed to support the Montessori pedagogy. The art and design spaces will allow our students to expand their curious nature and problem-solving skills. The addition of a full-size gymnasium will give students the chance to spread their wings and continue to develop their skills.

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Riverbend School groundbreaking ceremony. The kids are involved in the project through observation and interaction. They are curious and want to know what is going on.

We’ve mounted cameras for time-lapse project updates, and we’ve staged safe viewing areas for our youngest students — toddlers love trucks! Like an exuberant child, Riverbend is eager to “dig” in. Join us on the adventure.

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Compass Real Estate presents expansive in-town home and to-be-built showstopper in Wellesley

September 20, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

111 Crest Road, Wellesley
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Wellesley HHU project — current status 2019

September 7, 2019 by Deborah Brown 5 Comments

A series of school briefings on the Hunnewell Hardy Upham (HHU) elementary schools project is scheduled over the next few weeks. The purpose of the meetings is to focus on the internal swing space plan for the Hunnewell School and how this will involve elementary schools throughout the Wellesley Public Schools district; overall timelines and process; as well as redistricting efforts that will impact the entire district and require the participation of each elementary school.

School briefings schedule:

Sept. 9, 2019:   Hunnewell School Library 6:30 pm
Sept. 10, 2019: Bates School Library 6:30 pm
Sept. 12, 2019: Fiske School Library 6:00 pm
Sept. 16, 2019: Schofield School Library 7:30 pm
Sept. 23, 2019: Hardy School Library 6:30 pm
Sept. 24, 2019: Upham School Library 6:30 pm

The School Committee has identified the following as key factors of the Hunnewell Project:

A new school cannot be built while occupying the current school, therefore off-site swing space is needed. The District has conducted an exhaustive search, but no viable external swing space options exist. The School Committee wants to do an internal swing space distribution of Hunnewell students during construction. That means space would be utilized at other WPS elementary schools to host Hunnewell students for 1.5 – 2 years while the new Hunnewell School is being built. How long that would last depends on whether Hunnewell opens with four years from the start of construction (January or Fall of 2023) or seven years from the start of construction (January or Fall of 2026). See the below project timeline:

Hunnewell project timeline

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Wood Wizard chips away at Wellesley art installation

September 4, 2019 by Deborah Brown 1 Comment

An artist-in-residence has blown into Wellesley and is hard at work on Overbrook Drive as he turns a tree removal project into a creative sculpture that is stopping traffic in that area. Wielding mostly a chainsaw, sometimes a blowtorch, woodcarver Michael Legassey’s job is to carve custom pieces for clients. The talented artist makes anything from hummingbirds to 10-foot bears and says on his Facebook page, “We can pretty much do anything you could think up!”

Wellesley tree carving
Artist Michael Legassey of Wood Wizard Carvings at work on Overbrook Drive.

On Overbrook Drive, what his clients have thought up is a 10-point stag atop an 8-foot tall tree stump. The deer stands proud and strong, gazing off into the distance at the home across the street. The stump was once itself part of a mighty being in its own right, one that has been felled and shall rise no more. Yet in a way the sculptor’s medium lives on, shapeshifting into something that can no longer provide shade, but can still provide a presence. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein comes to mind.

Wellesley tree carving
The artist keeps a tidy workspace.

 

Wood Wizard Carvings out of Athol, Massachusetts was started 26 years ago by Legassey’s father. If you’ve got a wood carving challenge, he’s up for it You can reach Legassey at [email protected]

Thanks to sharp-eyed reader PM for the heads-up on this story.

 

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There could have been more tree art in town

Maybe you know of other such woodworking in town, and if so, let us know: [email protected] But here’s something you might be surprised to learn. Back in 2014 there was talk of creating art — “a whimsical seat in each trunk,” according to the Natural Resources Commission meeting minutes —  from 2 10-foot Silver Maple stumps on either side of the Brook Path. But that never materialized, with one neighbor reporting “there is no groundswell of support for the tree stump art.”

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Wellesley Natural Resources Commission to host Vernal Pool Boardwalk grand opening

August 31, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Wellesley vernal pool

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