Notice of Meeting

TOWN OF WAYLAND NOTICE OF MEETING

Michael Wegerbauer, Chair Jon Mishara Clifford Lewis, Vice Chair Michael Lowery Bob Goldsmith

Posted in accordance with the provisions of the Open Meeting Law* www.mass.gov/ago/openmeeting

NAME OF BOARD: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DATE OF MEETING: Tuesday February 9, 2021 TIME OF MEETING: 5:00 PM PLACE OF MEETING: TOWN BUILDING (REMOTE) 41 Cochituate Rd. Wayland, MA 01778

AGENDA

*In compliance with the revised Open Meeting Law requirements, we will live stream the meeting via Zoom as well as WayCam. The Zoom meeting can be entered using the following link: https://zoom.us/j/98442984645?pwd=ajNsUXJoZzdBMVJRMmloV1A3ZHErUT09 Password: 438508

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In addition to being live streamed, WayCam will record the meeting and this recording will be made available to the public as soon after the meeting as is practicable. No in‐person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings.

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5:00 Meeting Information, Remote Roll Call & Announcements

5:02 Public Comment

5:05 Town Meeting Articles  Transfer Station – Move from Revolving Fund – Discussion and Possible Vote  Spencer Circle Street Acceptance – Discussion and Possible Vote

5:25 FY22 Capital Equipment Substitution (H20) – Discussion and Possible Vote

5:30 MassDEP Water Management Act Permit – Discussion

5:40 MWRA Study – Discussion

5:50 December Financials

6:00 Director’s Operational Report  Tree Removal/Replacement Update  Tree Inventory  Complete Streets  Wireless Water Meter Reading

6:15 Transfer Station Initiatives  Book Shed Replacement – Discussion and Possible Vote  Public Access to Metal Container – Discussion and Possible Vote

6:30 Board Members’ Reports, Concerns and Updates  Eversource Vegetation Management  Route 20 South Landfill Updates  CPC Updates – BoPW Request & Historical Commission Support  Transfer Station Curbside Pickup Study  Wayland Town Pool  SWQC Harvester Request  Tree Replacement Coordination w/Planning Board

6:50 Topics Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair 48 Hours Prior to Posting, if any

7:00 Review and Approve Minutes of the 1/12/2021 Meeting

7:10 Set Future Meeting Dates

7:15 Adjourn

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BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Meeting Information, Remote Roll Call, & Announcements

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Public Comment

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Town Meeting Articles

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 FY22 Capital Equipment Substitution (H20)

TOWN OF WAYLAND 41 COCHITUATE ROAD WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS 01778

CAPITAL APPROPRIATION REQUEST FY22 - FY26 (FIVE YEARS)

PROJECT INFO: Equipment Replacement - H20 Heavy Dump Truck Yes Project Title Included in Prior 5 Year Capital Plan? (Y/N)

PROJECT SPONSOR: Tom Holder - DPW Director / Board of Public Works T. Holder - 508-358-3672 Sponsor (Advocate) Name Contact Information

APPROVING BODY / VOTE: Mike Wegerbauer - Board of Public Works Contact Name and Email Address Date and Quantum of Vote (if required)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a replacement scheduled for FY24 which is being advanced due to recent significant equipment failures.

PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: H20 is a 1999 Volvo 10-Wheel Dump Truck which has had a number of frame failures, most recently in January2021. These are failures to the truck frame which have been welded as temporary repairs. It is strongly recommended to replace this vehicle during FY22. It is recommended to replace H20 with a 10-Wheel Dump Truck due to its necessary capabilities.

Does Not Partially Fully Meets Meet or Does Meets Criteria Not Apply Criteria EVALUATION CRITERIA: (Applies to current year budget requests only) A. ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO SATISFY NEEDS B. MAINTAINS OR IMPROVES THE STANDARD OF SERVICE X C. MANDATED BY LEGAL OR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS D. OPERATIONAL BUDGET IMPACT E. PROJECT FEASIBILITY, (READINESS)

EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE (please provide detailed supporting schedule for 2021 to 2025): ELEMENT Prior to Date 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TOTAL Comments 1. PLANNING & DESIGN $ - 2. LAND $ - 3. CONSTRUCTION $ - 4. EQUIPMENT $ 275,000 $ 275,000 5. OTHER $ - TOTAL $ - $ 275,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 275,000

OPERATIONAL BUDGET IMPACT: YES NO If YES, please provide details. 1. Will this Capital Request generate new revenue? X 2. Will this Capital Request Increase operating costs? X 3. Will this Capital Request Decrease operating costs? X Replacement should decrease maintenance expenses. 4. Will this Capital Request impact personnel? X

FUNDING SOURCES: YES NO If YES, please provide details. How will this Capital Request be paid for? 1. Borrowing/Cash Capital X 2. CPA Funds 3. Grants or Gifts 4. Other

WARRANT DETAILS Request Number DPW 04b Dept Department of Public Works Schedule: FY2022 Relationship to General Plan: Scheduled replacement of an older piece of equipment that is valuable to the operations of the DPW. History: This is a planned replacement. Updated 2/1/2021

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 MassDEP Water Management Act Permit

Charles D. Baker Kathleen A. Theoharides Governor Secretary

Karyn E. Polito Martin Suuberg Lieutenant Governor Commissioner

DRAFT January 22, 2021

Cherry C. Karlson, Chair RE: Wayland-BWR\WMA Wayland Board of Selectmen Renewal Application 41 Cochituate Road WMA Permit #9P4-3-14-315.01 Wayland, MA 01778 Action: Draft Renewed Permit

Dear Ms. Karlson:

Please find the attached documents:

• DRAFT Findings of Fact in Support of the New Permit #9P4-3-14-315.01; and • DRAFT Water Management Act Permit #9P4-3-14-315.01 (Concord Basin) for the Wayland Water Department.

Consistent with 310 CMR 36.27 (6)-(8) of the revised Water Management Act Regulations promulgated on November 7, 2014, the Department will now publish notice in the Environmental Monitor that a DRAFT Permit is available for review and comment for 30 days following January 22, 2021 publication in the Environmental Monitor. Notice of the public comment period will also be sent to all registrants, permittees and those having non-consumptive use statements within the Concord Basin. The Department expects to issue the final permit within 30 days of the close of the public comment period.

The signature on this cover letter indicates formal issuance of the attached document. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Shi Chen via e-mail at [email protected] or Duane LeVangie via e-mail at [email protected] .

Very truly yours,

Duane LeVangie, Water Management Program Chief Bureau of Water Resources

This information is available in alternate format. Contact Michelle Waters-Ekanem, Director of Diversity/Civil Rights at 617-292-5751. TTY# MassRelay Service 1-800-439-2370 MassDEP Website: www.mass.gov/dep Printed on Recycled Paper

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Y:\DWPAchive\NERO\ Wayland- 3315000-DRAFT Permit 9P431431501-2021-1-22 Y:\DWPWMA\PermitRenewals\Concord\Wayland- 3315000-DRAFT Permit 9P431431501-2021-1-22 Ecc: Jen Pederson, MWWA Alison Field-Juma, OARS Julia Blatt, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Sarah Bower, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Don Millette, Wayland Water Department Superintendent

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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street, Boston MA 02108 • Phone: 617-292-5751 Communication For Non-English Speaking Parties - 310 CMR 1.03(5)(a)

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Charles D. Baker Kathleen A. Theoharides Governor Secretary

Karyn E. Polito Martin Suuberg Lieutenant Governor Commissioner

Findings of Fact in Support of DRAFT Water Management Permit # 9P4-3-14-315.01 Town of Wayland

The Department of Environmental Protection (the Department or MassDEP) makes the following Findings of Fact in support of the attached Draft Water Management Permit #9P4-3- 14-315.01, and includes herewith its reasons for issuing the Draft Permit and for conditions of approval imposed, as required by M.G.L. c. 21G, § 11. The issuance of this permit is in response to a Water Management Act (WMA) permit renewal application by the Town of Wayland.

The Department adopted revised Water Management Regulations at 310 CMR 36.00 on November 7, 2014, (described in greater detail below). Since that time, the Department has been working closely with each Water Management Act permittee to fully consider all aspects of their individual situations and ensure thoughtful and implementable permits.

The Town of Wayland Withdrawal Summary

The Town of Wayland (Wayland) is registered to withdraw an annual daily average volume of 1.66 million gallons per day (MGD) from seven groundwater sources (Wells 3315000-01G through -07G) in the Concord Basin. See Registration #3-14-315.02. On October 2003, the Department issued Wayland a WMA Permit in order to add the Chamberlain Well as an authorized withdrawal point and to increase the authorized volume. The registered wells were not added to the permit as withdrawal points, therefore they are limited to the registered withdrawal volume of 1.66 MGD.

The Permit Extensions Wayland`s WMA permit was initially set to expire on August 31, 2011. Prior to that date, the Permit Extension Act, Section 173 of Chapter 240 of the Acts of 2010, as amended by Sections 74 and 75 of Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2012, extended all existing permits by four years. Therefore, WMA permits for withdrawals in the Concord River basin were extended to August 31, 2015.

On April 8, 2015, the Department informed Wayland that the Department would need additional time before making a determination on the application in order to ensure that all permit renewal applicants in the Concord River Basin fully understood the new Water Management Regulations This information is available in alternate format. Contact Michelle Waters-Ekanem, Director of Diversity/Civil Rights at 617-292-5751. TTY# MassRelay Service 1-800-439-2370 MassDEP Website: www.mass.gov/dep Printed on Recycled Paper

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(discussed below), and to give proper consideration to all permit renewal applications within the basin. Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, § 13, and 310 CMR 36.18(7), Wayland’s permit continues in force and effect until the Department issues a final decision on the permit renewal application.

On August 27, 2015, Wayland applied to MassDEP for a permit renewal in the Concord River Basin. The Department published notice of the permit renewal application in the Environmental Monitor on December 9, 2015. No comments were received. On March 6, 2020, Wayland was issued a Permit Renewal Order to Complete (OTC) outlining specific information that was required to renew Wayland’s permit. Wayland responded on June 29, 2020.

The expiration date for all permits going forward in the Concord River Basin will be August 31, 2031, in order to restore the staggered permitting schedule set forth in the regulations.

The Water Management Act (M.G.L. c. 21G) The Water Management Act (Act) requires the Department to issue permits that balance a variety of factors including without limitation: • Impact of the withdrawal on other water sources; • Water available within the safe yield of the water source; • Reasonable protection of existing water uses, land values, investments and enterprises; • Proposed use of the water and other existing or projected uses of water from the water source; • Municipal and Massachusetts Water Resources Commission (WRC) water resource management plans; • Reasonable conservation consistent with efficient water use; • Reasonable protection of public drinking water supplies, water quality, wastewater treatment capacity, waste assimilation capacity, groundwater recharge areas, navigation, hydropower resources, water-based recreation, wetland habitat, fish and wildlife, agriculture, flood plains; and • Reasonable economic development and job creation.

Water Management Regulation Revisions In 2010 the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) convened the Sustainable Water Management Initiative (SWMI) for the purpose of incorporating the best available science into the management of the Commonwealth’s water resources. SWMI was a multi-year process that included a wide range of stakeholders and support from the Departments of Environmental Protection, Fish and Game, and Conservation and Recreation. In November 2012 the Massachusetts Sustainable Water Management Initiative Framework Summary (http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/eea/water/swmi-framework-nov-2012.pdf) was released.

On November 7, 2014, the Department adopted revised Water Management Regulations at 310 CMR 36.00 that incorporate elements of the SWMI framework and the Water Conservation Standards adopted by the Massachusetts WRC. The regulations reflect a carefully developed balance to protect the health of Massachusetts’ water bodies while meeting the needs of businesses and communities for water.

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Without limitation, the Department has incorporated the following into Water Management permitting: • Safe yield determinations for the major river basins based on a new methodology developed through SWMI (see the Safe Yield in the Concord Basin section of this document or for more information on the Safe Yield methodology, go to the November 28, 2012 SWMI Framework Summary and Appendices); • Water needs forecasts for public water suppliers developed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources (DCR), using a methodology reviewed and approved by the Massachusetts WRC; • Water supply protection measures for public water supplies including Zone II delineations for groundwater sources, and wellhead and surface water protection measures as required by Massachusetts Drinking Water Regulations (310 CMR 22.00);

Water conservation standards reviewed and approved by the WRC in July 2006 and revised in July 2018 (https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-water-conservation-standards-2)/ including without limitation; o performance standard of 65 residential gallons per capita day or less; o performance standard of 10% or less unaccounted for water; o seasonal limits on nonessential outdoor water use; o a water conservation program that includes leak detection and repair, full metering of the system and proper maintenance of the meters, periodic review of pricing, and education and outreach to residents and industrial and commercial water users; and • Environmental protections developed through SWMI, including without limitation; o protection for coldwater fish resources; o minimization of withdrawal impacts in areas stressed by groundwater use; o mitigation of the impacts of increasing withdrawals.

Safe Yield in the Concord River Basin This permit is being issued under the safe yield methodology adopted by the Department on November 7, 2014, and described in the regulations at 310 CMR 36.13. As of the date of issuance of this permit, the Safe Yield calculation for the Concord River Basin is 87.50 million gallons per day (MGD), and total registered and permitted withdrawals are 36.79 MGD. The withdrawals authorized by this renewed permit and all other permits currently being renewed in the Concord River Basin, will be within the safe yield of the Concord River Basin and may be further conditioned by the regulations.

Findings of Fact for Permit Conditions in Wayland’s Water Management Act Permit The Findings of Fact for the special conditions included in the permit generally describe the rationale and background for each special condition in the DRAFT permit. This summary of permit special conditions is not intended to, and should not be construed as, modifying any of the permit special conditions. In the event of any ambiguity between this summary and the actual permit conditions, the permit language shall control.

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Special Condition 1, Maximum Authorized Annual Average Withdrawal Volume, specifies the registered withdrawal volume of 1.66 MGD and a permitted increase of 0.11 MGD, for a total of 1.77 MGD. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) recommended a temporary allocation of water be used in the renewed permit because a Water Needs Forecast (WNF) could not be completed due to the high unaccounted-for water (UAW) by Wayland during the years (2010-2014) evaluated. Wayland has taken steps to reduce their UAW in recent years and may contact DCR in the future to evaluate developing a WNF. Note that if more than 1.77 MGD is expected to be withdrawn, Wayland must obtain a new permit at the higher volume and will need a new WNF.

Special Condition 2, Maximum Authorized Daily Withdrawals from each Withdrawal Points, specifies the maximum daily withdrawal rates by source, according to MassDEP approved Zone II rates.

Special Condition 3, Ground Water Supply Protection, A portion of the Zone II area for the permitted Chamberlain Well extends into Sudbury. Wayland is required to repeat the Best Effort Requirements per 310 CMR 22.21 (1) to encourage the Town of Sudbury to include Wayland`s Zone II in Sudbury`s Water Resource Protection District within one year of the permit`s issuance.

Special Condition 4, Performance Standards for Residential Gallons Per Capita Day Water Use and Special Condition 5, Performance Standard for Unaccounted for Water are part of the Water Conservation Standards for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts adopted by the MA Water Resources Commission in July 2018 and can be found at https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/09/11/ma-water-conservation-standards-2018.pdf.

The Residential Gallons Per Capita Day performance standard required of all PWS permittees is 65 RGPCD. Permittees that cannot meet the performance standard within the timeframe in the permit must meet Functional Equivalence requirements outlined in Appendix A.

Wayland’s RGPCD for the last five years has not consistently met the performance standard, particularly during dry years. This permit limits nonessential outdoor water use to no more than 2 days per week whenever RGPCD is below 65 for the previous year, and to no more than 1 day per week whenever RGPCD is above 65 for the previous year.

Wayland’s Residential Gallons Per Capita Day 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 64 66 70 63 65

The Unaccounted for Water performance standard required for all PWS permittees is 10% for 2 out of every 3 years. Permittees that cannot comply within the timeframe in the permit must meet Functional Equivalence requirements based on the AWWA/IWA Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual of Water Supply Practices M36, as outlined in Appendix B.

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Wayland’s recent UAW has been:

Wayland’s Unaccounted-for-Water 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 11.5% 12.8% 12.5% 15.2% 16.1%

An audit based on the AWWA/IWA Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual of Water Supply Practices M36 was completed by Tata & Howard, Inc for Wayland in 2018 using the water withdrawal data from the periods of 2013-2015. The data validity score for those three years covered in the audit was 68 out of 100, which met the Level III (51-70) requirement. A Leakage Component Analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify causes of real and apparent water loss. The LCA identified the background leakage to be 33.58 million gallons (mg) and the real losses to be 44.97 mg. In addition to the LCA, a Water Loss Control Program was developed. The program includes measures of conducting an audit annually based on the AWWA/IWA Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual of Water Supply Practices M36, practicing good record keeping and tracking every breaks, leaks and flushing, etc., completing one leak detection survey annually, utilizing the Capital Efficiency Plan (CEP) to prioritize water distribution system improvements, implementing an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and replacing water meters.

Within six months of the issuance of the final permit, Wayland should submit the proposed implementation schedule for each measures listed in the Water Loss Control Program and the funding sources for those measures. Continued implementation of those measures will be a condition of the permit in place of meeting the 10% UAW performance standard. Discontinuation of the Water Loss Program may be approved by the Department when Wayland achieves below 10% UAW for four consecutive years and the water audit data validity scores are at least Level III (51-70) for the same four years.

Special Condition 6, Seasonal Limits on Nonessential Outdoor Water Use specifies the restrictions on nonessential outdoor water use from May through September and has changed since the existing permit issued in 2010. The options outlined in Special Condition 6 are based on whether reported RGPCD for the previous year was in compliance with the RGPCD Performance Standard (see Special Condition 5, Performance Standard for RGPCD).

In addition, outdoor water use by suppliers, like Wayland, with wells in August net groundwater depleted subbasins1 is limited to one or two days per week to minimize withdrawals from depleted subbasins.

Each year Wayland may choose one of two options for implementing nonessential outdoor watering restrictions.

1 Subbasins used for WMA permitting are the 1,395 subbasins delineated by the U.S. Geological Survey in Indicators of Streamflow Alteration, Habitat Fragmentation, Impervious Cover, and Water Quality for Massachusetts Stream Basins (Weiskel et al., 2010, USGS SIR 2009-5272).

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• Calendar triggered restrictions are in place from May 1st through September 30th. Many public water suppliers find this option easier to implement and enforce than the streamflow triggered approach • Streamflow triggered restrictions are implemented at those times when streamflow falls below designated flow triggers measured at an assigned, web-based, real-time U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) stream gage from May 1st through September 30th. At a minimum, restrictions commence when streamflow falls below the trigger for three consecutive days. Once implemented, the restrictions remain in place until streamflow at the assigned USGS local stream gage meets or exceeds the trigger streamflow for seven consecutive days.

• If Wayland selects the streamflow trigger approach, it has been assigned USGS stream gage #01099500 –Concord River below Meadow Brook, at Lowell, MA. The local gage streamflow triggers at this site are 427 cubic feet per second (cfs) for May and June, and 156 cfs for July, August and September. Should the reliability of flow measurement at this gage be so impaired as to question its accuracy, Wayland may request MassDEP’s review and approval to transfer to another gage to trigger restrictions. MassDEP reserves the right to require use of a different gage.

• The 7-Day Low Flow Trigger, at which restrictions increase, is incorporated into both Calendar and Streamflow Triggered restrictions in order to provide additional protection to streamflows when flows are very low. The 7-day low flow trigger is based on the median value of the annual 7-day low flows for the period of record. The 7 day low-flow trigger for the Concord River below Meadow Brook gage is 71 cfs.

Wayland may choose to implement limits on nonessential outdoor water use that are stricter than those required by the permit. This permit condition does not confer enforcement authority to the permittee. Wayland’s Bylaw 190 includes enforcement authority and establishes penalties for violations of the permit restrictions.

Special Condition 7, Requirement to Report Raw and Finished Water Volumes, ensures that the information necessary to evaluate compliance with the conditions included herein is accurately reported.

Special Condition 8, Water Conservation Requirements, incorporates the Water Conservation Standards for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts reviewed and approved by the Water Resources Commission in July 2018 (https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-water- conservation-standards-2).

Special Condition 9, Minimization of Groundwater Withdrawal impacts in Stressed Subbsins, requires permittees with permitted groundwater sources in subbasins with net groundwater depletion (August NGD) of 25% or more during August to minimize their withdrawal impacts on those subbasins to the greatest extent feasible, through optimization of groundwater source use, surface water releases to improve streamflows, outdoor water use

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Wayland`s permitted groundwater source (3315000-08G) is located in Subbasin 12077 which has an August NGD of 37.7%. Therefore, Wayland must prepare a Minimization Plan.

Based on the Department’s records and information submitted by Wayland, the Department finds that minimization requirements will be met as follows: • Wayland`s sources are located in Subbasin 12077 (3315000-01G, 02G, 06G, 07G, 08G) with an August NGD of 37.7% and in Subbain 12092 (3315000-03G, 04G, 05G) with an August NGD of 34.7%. This permit does not require that Wayland shift additional pumping to another subbasin because both subbasins have an August NGD of more than 25%.

• Wayland has no surface water supplies and, therefore cannot make releases to improve streamflow.

• The limits on nonessential outdoor water use set forth in Special Condition 6 are restrictions developed to minimize withdrawals in August net groundwater depleted subbasins.

• Wayland has started planning for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) implementation and water meter replacement program to improve meter reading accuracy and reduce water loss. Wayland is required to submit the proposed implementation schedule for the meter replacement program within six months of the issuance of the final permit.

• Wayland`s Chapter 191 Lawn Irrigation Systems Bylaw, adopted by the Annual Town Meeting on April 3, 2003 under its common law police powers to protect public health and welfare, MGL.c.40, §21, and under the Town of Wayland`s authority to regulate water use through its Board of Public Works pursuant to Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1878, includes application procedures, system requirements, rules and regulations, and violations and penalties to ensure proper installation and efficient operation of automatic sprinkler systems.

Special Condition 10, Mitigation of Impacts for Withdrawals that Exceed Baseline Withdrawals, requires mitigation where feasible, for withdrawals over a baseline volume. Baseline withdrawal means the volume of water withdrawn during calendar year 2005 plus 5%, or the average annual volume withdrawn from 2003 through 2005 plus 5%, whichever is greater provided that: a) baseline cannot be less than a permittee’s registered volume; b) baseline cannot be greater than the permittee’s authorized volume for 2005; and c) if during the period from 2003 to 2005, the permittee’s withdrawals from the water source were interrupted due to contamination of the source or construction of a

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treatment plant, the Department will use best available data to establish a baseline volume from the water source.

Baseline Withdrawal and Mitigation Calculation: Wayland’s baseline is 1.72 MGD, based on withdrawals made in 2005 plus 5%. Wayland’s water withdrawals in recent years have been below the 1.72 MGD baseline.

Wayland’s Annual Average Withdrawals (MGD) 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 1.40 1.37 1.45 1.66 1.47

Wayland requested to renew its existing permitted volume of 0.11 MGD for a total allocation of 1.77 MGD. No mitigation is required until Wayland`s total water withdrawals reach 1.72 MGD. Mitigation measures must be in place prior to Wayland making withdrawals of more than the 1.72 MGD baseline.

The mitigation volume calculation below assumes that Wayland’s future withdrawals will be discharged to on-site septic systems at the same rate (98%) as current water withdrawals. A “wastewater adjustment” is calculated for water withdrawn that is returned to the ground as wastewater within the same major basin. MassDEP will assume that 85% of water delivered to customers with septic systems will be returned to the ground within the same major basin as the withdrawal, thus reducing the amount of mitigation needed. After calculating the adjustment for authorized withdrawals over baseline that will be returned to groundwater through septic system discharge (Step 2 below), Wayland’s total mitigation requirement will be up to 8,350 gallons per day (Step 3 below).

Wayland’s Wastewater Adjustment Calculation for Mitigation 1. Permitted amount above Baseline = 0.05 MGD • Permitted amount above Baseline: 1.77 – 1.72 = 0.05 MGD 2. Adjustment for Wastewater Discharge to Local Groundwater = 0.04165 MGD • 98% of increased withdrawals are delivered to areas with on-site septic systems: 0.05 MGD x 0.98 (98%) = 0.049 MGD • 85% of water delivered to areas with on-site septic systems returns to groundwater: 0.049 MGD x 0.85 (85%) = 0.04165 MGD 3. Amount to be Mitigated after Adjustment for Wastewater Discharge to Local Groundwater = 0. 00835 MGD • Permitted amount above baseline (0.05 MGD) – adjustment for wastewater discharge to local groundwater (0.04165 MGD) = 0.00835 MGD or 8,350 gallons per day

Because Wayland`s authorized volume exceeds its baseline volume, a mitigation plan is required. Wayland identified a stormwater recharge project at Wayland High School for its mitigation plan.

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Stormwater BMPs that were built on or after January 1, 2005 that infiltrate stormwater from previously directly connected impervious surfaces2 are eligible for Direct Mitigation credits. The BMP mitigation credit is calculated based on average annual precipitation, BMP design infiltration depth3, and the area of directly connected impervious surface built prior to 2005 re- directed to the BMP built on or after January 1, 2005. Wayland’s stormwater BMPs at Wayland High School located at 264 Old Connecticut Path qualified for credits. Based on the information provided by Wayland, the BMPs were completed in 2012. The BMPs infiltrate a total of 0.013 MGD of stormwater.

Coldwater Fish Resource Protection was incorporated into the Water Management Regulations in November 2014. Coldwater Fish Resource Protection is not a condition of this permit because Wayland’s withdrawals do not impact any waters that the MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife has identified as supporting coldwater fish.

2 Directly connected impervious surfaces are those whose runoff discharges to a surface water body. 3 BMP design infiltration depth is the inches of runoff from 24 hours of precipitation that is infiltrated via a BMP in 72 hours, per MA Stormwater Handbook, Vol. 3, Ch. 1, page 25

Charles D. Baker Kathleen A. Theoharides Governor Secretary

Karyn E. Polito Martin Suuberg Lieutenant Governor Commissioner

DRAFT WATER WITHDRAWAL PERMIT #9P4-3-14-315.01 TOWN OF WAYLAND

This renewal of Permit 9P4-3-14-315.01 is issued pursuant to the Massachusetts Water Management Act for the sole purpose of authorizing the withdrawal of a volume of water as stated below and subject to the following special and general conditions. This permit conveys no right in or to any property beyond the right to withdraw the volume of water for which it is issued.

PERMIT NUMBER: 9P4-3-14-315.01 RIVER BASIN: Concord

PERMITTEE: Town of Wayland

EFFECTIVE DATE: XXXX, 2021

EXPIRATION DATE: August 31, 2031

NUMBER OF WITHDRAWAL POINTS: Groundwater: 1 Surface Water: 0

USE: Public Water Supply

DAYS OF OPERATION: 365

Table 1: WITHDRAWAL POINT IDENTIFICATION

Source Name PWS Source ID Code Chamberlain Well 3315000-08G

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SPECIAL CONDITIONS

1. Maximum Authorized Annual Average Withdrawal Volume This permit authorizes the Town of Wayland (Wayland) to withdraw water from the Concord Basin at the rate described below (Table 2). This permitted volume is in addition to the 1.66 million gallons per day (MGD) that Wayland is authorized to withdraw from its sources in the Concord River Basin under its WMA Registration #3-14-315.02. The permitted volume is expressed both as an annual average daily withdrawal rate, MGD, and as a total annual withdrawal volume, million gallons per year (MGY), for each permit period over the term of this permit. The Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP or the Department) bases these withdrawal volumes on the raw water withdrawn from the authorized withdrawal points and will use the raw water amount to assess compliance with the registered and permitted withdrawal volumes.

Table 2: Maximum Authorized Withdrawal Volumes Total Raw Water Withdrawal Volumes Permit Permit + Registration Permit Periods Daily Total Annual Daily Average Total Annual Average (MGY) (MGD) (MGY) (MGD) XXX/2021 to 0.11 40.15 0.11+1.66=1.77 646.05 08/31/2026 09/01/2026 to 0.11 40.15 0.11+1.66=1.77 646.05 08/31/2031

2. Maximum Authorized Daily Withdrawals from each Withdrawal Point Withdrawals from permitted withdrawal points are not to exceed the approved maximum daily volumes listed below without specific advance written approval from MassDEP (Table 3). The authorized maximum daily volume is the approved rate of each source. In no event shall the combined withdrawals from the individual withdrawal points exceed the withdrawal volumes authorized above in Special Condition 1.

Table 3: Maximum Daily Withdrawal Volumes PWS Source Code Source Name Maximum Daily Rate (MGD) ID Chamberlain Well 3315000-08G 0.828

3. Ground Water Supply Protection According to MassDEP`s records, Wayland is required to repeat the Best Effort Requirements per 310 CMR 22.21 (1) to encourage the Town of Sudbury to include Wayland`s Zone II in Sudbury`s Water Resource Protection District. Wayland shall complete this effort within one year of the permit’s issuance. If you need assistance on groundwater supply protection requirements, please contact Catherine Hamilton of MassDEP`s Boston Office at 617-556-1070.

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4. Performance Standard for Residential Gallons Per Capita Day Water Use Wayland’s performance standard for residential gallons per capita day (RGPCD) is 65 gallons or less. Wayland shall be in compliance with this performance standard, if Wayland does not meet the standard, Wayland shall be in compliance with the functional equivalence requirements (Appendix A).

Wayland shall report its RGPCD water use annually in its Annual Statistical Report (ASR).

5. Performance Standard for Unaccounted for Water Within six months of the issuance of the permit, Wayland should submit the proposed implementation schedule for the following measures that are listed in its Water Loss Control Program (attached) and the funding sources for those measures: • Conducting an audit based on the AWWA/IWA Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual of Water Supply Practices M36 annually; • Practicing good record keeping and tracking every breaks, leaks and flushing, etc.; • Completing one leak detection survey annually; • Utilizing the Capital Efficiency Plan (CEP) to prioritize water distribution system improvements; • Implementing an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and replacing water meters.

Continued implementation of those measures is required. Discontinuation of the Water Loss Program may be approved by the Department when Wayland achieves 10% UAW or less for four consecutive years and the water audit data validity scores are at least Level III (51-70) for the same four years.

6. Seasonal Limits on Nonessential Outdoor Water Use Wayland shall limit nonessential outdoor water use through mandatory restrictions from May 1st through September 30th as outlined in below. To the extent feasible, all summer outdoor water use should take place before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m. when evaporation and evapotranspiration rates are lower.

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Table 4: Seasonal Limits on Nonessential Outdoor Water Use For Permittees meeting the 65 RGPCD Standard for the preceding year RGPCD < 65 as reported in the ASR and accepted by MassDEP Nonessential outdoor water use is allowed: a) Two (2) days per week before 9 am and after 5 pm; and b) one (1) day per week before 9 am and after 5 pm Calendar when USGS stream gage 01108000 – Concord River at Meadow Brook, at Triggered Lowell MA falls below 71 cfs for three (3) consecutive days. Restrictions

Once streamflow triggered restrictions are implemented, they shall remain in place until streamflow at the gage meets or exceeds 71 cfs for seven (7) consecutive days. Nonessential outdoor water use is allowed: a) Two (2) days per week before 9 am and after 5 pm when USGS stream gage 01108000 – Concord River at Meadow Brook, Lowell, MA falls below: • May 1 – June 30: 427 cfs for three (3) consecutive days Streamflow

Triggered • July 1 – September 30: 156 cfs for three (3) consecutive days

Restrictions b) one (1) day per week before 9 am and after 5 pm when USGS stream gage 01108000 – Concord River at Meadow Brook, Lowell, MA falls below 71 cfs for three (3) consecutive days.

Once implemented, the restrictions shall remain in place until streamflow at the gage meets or exceeds the trigger streamflow for seven (7) consecutive days. For Permittees NOT meeting the 65 RGPCD standard for the preceding year RGPCD > 65 as reported in the ASR and accepted by MassDEP Calendar Triggered Nonessential outdoor water use is allowed one (1) day per week before 9 am and Restrictions after 5pm; Nonessential outdoor water use is allowed one (1) day per week before 9 am and after 5 pm when USGS stream gage 01108000 – Concord River at Meadow Brook, Lowell , MA falls below: Streamflow • May 1 – June 30: 427 cfs for three (3) consecutive days Triggered

Restrictions • July 1 – September 30: 156 cfs for three (3) consecutive days

Once implemented, the restrictions shall remain in place until streamflow at the gage meets or exceeds the trigger streamflow for seven (7) consecutive days.

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Instructions for Accessing Streamflow Website Information If Wayland chooses Streamflow Triggered Restrictions, Wayland shall be responsible for tracking streamflows and drought advisories and recording and reporting to MassDEP when restrictions are implemented. Streamflow information is available at the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS): Web Interface. The USGS NWIS default shows Massachusetts streamflows in real time, i.e., the most recent, usually quarterly hourly, reading made at each USGS stream gage.

Seasonal Limits on Nonessential Outdoor Water Use are implemented when the mean daily streamflow falls below the designated trigger for 3 consecutive days. The mean daily flow is not calculated until after midnight each day when the USGS computes the hourly data into a mean daily streamflow. As a result, permittees must use the mean daily streamflow from the preceding day when tracking streamflows.

Mean daily streamflow gage readings are available at the USGS NWIS Web Interface at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/current/?type=flow. • Scroll down to 01099500 – Concord River below Meadow Brook at Lowell, MA. • Click on the gage number. • Scroll down to “Provisional Date Subject to Revision – Available data for this site” and click on the drop-down menu. • Click on “Time-series: Daily data” and hit GO. • Scroll down to the “Available Parameters” box. Within the box, be sure “00060 Discharge (Mean)” is checked, then, under “Output Format” click “Table” and hit GO. • Scroll down to “Daily Mean Discharge, cubic feet per second” table and find the current date on the table. • Compare the cubic feet per second (cfs) measurement shown on the table to the cfs shown under Streamflow Triggered Restrictions above. Wayland shall document compliance with the Seasonal Nonessential Outdoor Water Use Restrictions annually in its Annual Statistical Report (ASR) and indicate whether it anticipates implementing calendar triggered restrictions or streamflow triggered restrictions during the next year.

Restricted Nonessential Outdoor Water Uses Nonessential outdoor water uses that are subject to mandatory restrictions include: • irrigation of lawns via automatic irrigation systems or sprinklers; • filling swimming pools; • washing vehicles, except in a commercial car wash or as necessary for operator safety; and • washing exterior building surfaces, parking lots, driveways or sidewalks, except as necessary to apply surface treatments such as paint, preservatives, stucco, pavement or cement. The following uses may be allowed when mandatory restrictions are in place:

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• irrigation to establish a new lawn and new plantings during the months of May and September; • irrigation of public parks and recreational fields before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m.; • irrigation of gardens, flowers and ornamental plants by means of a hand-held hose or drip irrigation system; and • irrigation of lawns by means of a hand-held hose. Water uses NOT subject to mandatory restrictions are those required: • for health or safety reasons; • by regulation; • for the production of food and fiber; • for the maintenance of livestock; or • to meet the core functions of a business (for example, irrigation by golf courses as necessary to maintain tees, greens, and minimal fairway watering, or irrigation by plant nurseries as necessary to maintain stock).

Public Notice of Seasonal Nonessential Outdoor Water Use Restrictions Wayland shall notify its customers of the restrictions, including a detailed description of the restrictions and penalties for violating the restrictions, by April 15th each year.

Notice that restrictions have been put in place shall be filed each year with the Department within 14 days of the restriction’s effective date. Filing shall be in writing on the form “Notification of Water Use Restrictions” available on MassDEP website.

Nothing in the permit shall prevent Wayland from implementing water use restrictions that are more stringent than those set forth in this permit.

7. Requirement to Report Raw and Finished Water Volumes Wayland shall report annually on its ASR the raw water volumes and finished water volumes for the entire water system and the raw water volumes for individual water withdrawal points.

8. Water Conservation Requirements At a minimum, Wayland shall implement the following conservation measures forthwith. Compliance with the water conservation requirements shall be reported to MassDEP upon request, unless otherwise noted below.

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Table 5: Minimum Water Conservation Requirements

System Water Audits and Leak Detection 1. At a minimum, conduct a full leak detection survey every three years. A full leak detection survey should be completed by December 31, 2021. 2. Conduct leak detection of the entire distribution system within one year whenever the percentage of UAW increases by 5% or more (for example an increase from 3% to 8%) over the percentage reported on the ASR for the prior calendar year. Within 60 days of completing the leak detection survey, submit to the Department a report detailing the survey, any leaks uncovered as a result of the survey or otherwise, dates of repair and the estimated water savings as a result of the repairs. 3. Conduct field surveys for leaks and repair programs in accordance with the AWWA Manual 36. 4. Repair reports shall be kept available for inspection by the Department. The permittee shall establish a schedule for repairing leaks that is at least as stringent as the following: o Leaks of 3 gallons per minute or more shall be repaired within 3 months of detection. o Leaks of less than 3 gallons per minute at hydrants and appurtenances shall be repaired as soon as possible. o Leaks of less than 3 gallons per minute shall be repaired in a timely manner, but in no event more than 6 months from detection, except that leaks in freeway, arterial or collector roadways shall be repaired when other roadwork is being performed on the roadway. o Leaks shall be repaired in accordance with the permittee’s priority schedule including leaks up to the property line, curb stop or service meter, as applicable. o Permittee shall have water use regulations in place that require property owners to expeditiously repair leaks on their property. The following exceptions may be considered: • Repair of leakage detected during winter months can be delayed until weather conditions become favorable for conducting repairs;* and • Leaks in freeway, arterial or collector roadways may be coordinated with other scheduled projects being performed on the roadway**. *Reference: MWRA regulations 360 CMR 12.09 **Mass Highway or local regulations may regulate the timing of tearing up pavement to repair leaks.

Metering 1. 1. Calibrate all source, treatment and finished water meters at least annually and report date of calibration on the ASR. 2. One hundred percent (100%) metering of the system is required. All water distribution system users shall have properly sized service lines and meters that meet AWWA

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calibration and accuracy performance standards as set forth in AWWA Manual M6 – Water Meters. 3. The permittee shall have an ongoing program to inspect individual service meters to ensure that all service meters accurately measure the volume of water used by its customers. The metering program shall include regular meter maintenance, including testing, calibration, repair, replacement and checks for tampering to identify and correct illegal connections. The plan shall continue to include placement of sufficient funds in the annual budget to calibrate, repair, or replace meters as necessary. Pricing 1. Establish a water pricing structure that includes the full cost of operating the water supply system. Full cost pricing recovers all costs as applicable, including: o pumping and distribution equipment cost, repair and maintenance; o water treatment; o electricity; o capital investment, including planning, design and construction; o land purchase and protection; o debt service; o administrative costs including systems management, billing, accounting, customer service, service studies, rate analyses and long-range planning; o conservation program including audits, leak detection equipment, service and repair, meter replacement program, automated meter reading installation and maintenance, conservation devices, rebate program, public education program; o regulatory compliance; and o staff salaries, benefits training and professional development. 2. Evaluate rates at a minimum every three to five years and adjust costs as needed. 3. Permittee shall not use decreasing block rates. Decreasing block rates which charge lower prices as water use increases during the billing period, are prohibited by M.G.L. Chapter 40 Section 39L. 4. If billing frequency is less than quarterly (i.e. annual or biannual), implement quarterly or more frequent meter reading and billing as soon as practicable.

Residential and Public Sector Conservation 1. Meet all standards set forth in the Federal Energy Policy Act, 1992, and the Massachusetts Plumbing Code. 2. Meter or estimate water used by contractors using fire hydrants for pipe flushing and construction. 3. Wayland shall continue to ensure that water savings devices are installed in all municipal buildings as they are renovated, and shall ensure water conserving fixtures and landscaping practices are incorporating into the design of new municipal capital projects. Industrial and Commercial Water Conservation 1. Wayland shall ensure implementation of water conservation practices, including the installation of WaterSense compliant low flow plumbing fixtures where applicable, and low water use landscaping in all development proposals.

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Lawn and Landscape 1. Develop and adopt or update as necessary, a water use restriction bylaw, ordinance or regulation that authorizes enforcement of the seasonal limits on nonessential outdoor water use. MassDEP has developed the “DEP Model Outdoor Water Use Bylaw/Ordinance” to help municipalities and water districts implement seasonal water conservation requirements. The Model Bylaw also includes options for regulating private wells and in-ground irrigation systems. See http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/regulations/model-water-use- restriction-bylaw-ordinance.html NOTE: Wayland’s Bylaw 190, adopted by the Town of Wayland on May 6, 1998 with amendments noted where applicable, includes enforcement authority and establishes penalties for violations of the permit restrictions.

Public Education and Outreach 1. Develop and implement a water conservation and education plan designed to educate water customers on ways to conserve water. Without limitation, the plan may include the following actions: o Include in bill stuffers and/or bills, a work sheet to enable customers to track water use and conservation efforts and estimate the dollar savings; o Public space advertising/media stories on successes (and failures); o Conservation information centers perhaps run jointly with electric or gas company; o Speakers for community organizations; o Public service announcements; radio/T.V./audio-visual presentations; o Joint advertising with hardware stores to promote conservation devices; o Use of civic and professional organization resources; o Special events such as Conservation Fairs; o Develop materials that are targeted to schools with media that appeals to children, including materials on water resource projects and field trips; and o Provide multilingual materials as needed. 2. Upon request of MassDEP, permittee shall report on its public education and outreach efforts, including a summary of activities developed for specific target audiences, any events or activities sponsored to promote water conservation and copies of written materials.

9. Minimization of Groundwater Withdrawal Impacts in Stressed Subbasins Wayland shall minimize the impacts of its groundwater withdrawals from its permitted source in Subbasin 12077, as follows: • Implement seasonal limits on nonessential outdoor water use as outlined in Special Condition 6; • Continue to implement the ongoing meter replacement program and submit the proposed implementation schedule within six months of the issuance of the permit;

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• Continue to enforce Chapter 191 Lawn Irrigation Systems Bylaw, which requires the proper installation and efficient operation of automatic sprinkler systems adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Wayland on April 3, 2003.

10. Mitigation of Impacts for Withdrawals that Exceed Baseline Withdrawals Wayland is required to mitigate up to 0.00835 MGD (8,350 gpd) for its permitted withdrawals over its 1.72 MGD baseline withdrawal rate. The mitigation requirement of 0.00835 MGD is met through the stormwater recharge project located at Wayland High School, 264 Old Connecticut Path in Wayland. The project was completed in 2012. According to the information provided, the Wayland High School project with a design infiltration depth of 1 inch would infiltrate 0.013 MGD of stormwater for the 5.6 acres of directly connected impervious surface built before 2005 that was rerouted to the infiltration structure.

Wayland Water Department shall contact MassDEP should there be changes to the status of the mitigation project.

GENERAL CONDITIONS (applicable to all permittees)

1. Duty to Comply The permittee shall comply at all times with the terms and conditions of this permit, the Act and all applicable State and Federal statutes and regulations. 2. Operation and Maintenance The permittee shall at all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and equipment installed or used to withdraw up to the authorized volume so as not to impair the purposes and interests of the Act. 3. Entry and Inspections The permittee or the permittee's agent shall allow personnel or authorized agents or employees of the Department at reasonable times to enter and examine any property or inspect and copy any records for the purpose of determining compliance with this permit, the Act or the regulations published pursuant thereto, upon presentation of proper identification and an oral statement of purpose. 4. Water Emergency Withdrawal volumes authorized by this permit are subject to restriction in any water emergency declared by the Department pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21G, s. 15-17, M.G.L. c. 111, s. 160, or any other enabling authority. 5. Transfer of Permits This permit shall not be transferred in whole or in part unless and until the Department approves such transfer in writing, pursuant to a transfer application on forms provided by the Department requesting such approval and received by the Department at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the proposed transfer. No transfer application shall be deemed filed unless it is accompanied by the applicable transfer fee established by 310 CMR 36.33. 6. Duty to Report The permittee shall submit annually, on the electronic Annual Statistical Report (eASR) accessed through the Department’s eDEP website, a statement of the withdrawal. Such report must be submitted annually by the date identified on eDEP each

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year, unless the permittee has explicit permission from the MassDEP Drinking Water program for an extension of time. 7. Duty to Maintain Records The permittee shall be responsible for maintaining withdrawal records in sufficient detail to assess compliance with the conditions of this permit. 8. Metering All withdrawal points included within the permit shall be metered. Meters are to be calibrated annually. 9. Amendment, Suspension or Termination The Department may amend, suspend or terminate the permit in accordance with M.G.L. c. 21G and 310 CMR 36.29. APPEAL RIGHTS AND TIME LIMITS This permit is a decision of the Department. Any person aggrieved by this decision and any person who has been allowed pursuant to 310 CMR 1.01(7) to intervene in the adjudicatory proceeding that resulted in this decision may request an adjudicatory hearing. Any such request must be made in writing, by certified mail or hand delivered, and received by the Department within twenty-one (21) days of the date of receipt of this permit. No request for an appeal of this permit shall be validly filed unless a copy of the request is sent by certified mail, or delivered by hand to the local water resources management official in the city or town in which the withdrawal point is located; and for any person appealing this decision, who is not the applicant, unless such person notifies the permit applicant of the appeal in writing by certified mail or by hand within five (5) days of mailing the appeal to the Department.

CONTENTS OF HEARING REQUEST The request for a hearing shall state specifically, clearly and concisely the facts which are the grounds for the appeal, the relief sought, and any additional information required by 310 CMR 1.01(6)(b) or other applicable law or regulation. For any person appealing this decision who is not the applicant, the request must include sufficient written facts to demonstrate status as a person aggrieved and documentation to demonstrate previous participation where required.

FILING FEE AND ADDRESS The hearing request, together with a valid check, payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the amount of $100 must be mailed to: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 4062 Boston, MA 02211 The request shall be dismissed if the filing fee is not paid, unless the appellant is exempt or granted a waiver as described below.

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EXEMPTIONS The filing fee is not required if the appellant is a city or town (or municipal agency), county, district of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or a municipal housing authority.

WAIVER The Department may waive the adjudicatory hearing filing fee for any person who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that the fee will create an undue financial hardship. A person seeking a waiver must file, together with the hearing request, an affidavit setting forth the facts which support the claim of undue hardship.

Duane LeVangie, Program Chief Date Water Management Act Program Bureau of Water Resources

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Appendix A–Functional Equivalence with the 65 Residential Gallons Per Capita Day Performance Standard

MassDEP will consider PWS permittees who cannot meet the 65 RGPCD performance standard to be functionally equivalent, and in compliance with their permit, if they have an on-going program in place that ensures best practices for controlling residential water use as described below.

If the permittee fails to document compliance with the RGPCD performance standard in any Annual Statistical Report (ASR), then the permittee must file with that ASR a Residential Gallons Per Capita Day Compliance Plan (RGPCD Plan) which shall include, at a minimum: 1. A description of the actions taken during the prior calendar year to meet the performance standard; 2. An analysis of the cause of the failure to meet the performance standard; 3. A description of the actions that will be taken to meet the performance standard which must include, at a minimum, at least one of the following: a) a program that provides water saving devices such as faucet aerators and low flow shower heads at cost; b) a program that provides rebates or other incentives for the purchase of low water use appliances (washing machines, dishwashers, and toilets), or c) the adoption and enforcement of an ordinance, by-law or regulation to require the installation of moisture sensors or similar climate related control technology on all automatic irrigation systems; and may include, without limitation, the following: d) the use of an increasing block water rate or a seasonal water rate structure as a tool to encourage water conservation; e) a program that provides rebates or other incentives for the installation of moisture sensors or similar climate related control technology on automatic irrigation systems; f) the adoption and enforcement of an ordinance, by-law or regulation to require that all new construction include water saving devices and low water use appliances; g) the adoption and enforcement of an ordinance, by-law or regulation to require that all new construction minimize lawn area and/or irrigated lawn area, maximize the use of drought resistant landscaping, and maximize the use of top soil with a high water retention rate; h) the implementation of a program to encourage the use of cisterns or rain barrels for outside watering; i) the implementation of monthly or quarterly billing. 4. A schedule for implementation; and 5. An analysis of how the planned actions will address the specific circumstances that resulted in the failure to meet the performance standard.

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If the permittee is already implementing one or more of these programs, it must include in its RGPCD plan the continued implementation of such program(s), as well as implementation of at least one additional program. All programs must include a public information component designed to inform customers of the program and to encourage participation in the program. RGPCD plans may be amended to revise the actions that will be taken to meet the performance standard. Amended RGPCD plans must include the information set forth above. If a RGPCD plan is required, the permittee must: 1. submit information and supporting documentation sufficient to demonstrate compliance with its RGPCD plan annually at the time it files its ASR, and 2. continue to implement the RGPCD plan until it complies with the performance standard and such compliance is documented in the permittee’s ASR for the calendar year in which the standard is met.

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Appendix B – Functional Equivalence: 10% Unaccounted for Water Performance Standard MassDEP will consider PWS permittees who cannot meet the 10% UAW performance standard to be functionally equivalent, and in compliance with their permit, if they have an on-going program in place that ensures “best practices” for controlling water loss. The water loss control program will be based on annual water audits and guidance as described in the AWWA/IWA Manual of Water Supply Practices – M36, Water Audits and Loss Control Programs (AWWA M36).

If Wayland fails to document compliance with the Unaccounted for Water performance standard (UAW of 10% or less for 2 of the 3 most recent years throughout the permit period), then Wayland shall develop and implement a water loss control program following the AWWA M36 Water Audits and Loss Control Programs within 5 full calendar years of failing to meet the standard as follows: 1. Conduct an annual “top down” water audit, calculate the data validity level/score using AWWA Water Loss Control Committee’s Free Water Audit Software, and submit the AWWA WLCC Free Water Audit Software: Reporting Worksheet and data validity score annually with its Annual Statistical Report (ASR). • If a PWS’s data validity level/score is less than Level III (51-70), steps recommended through the audit(s) shall be taken to improve the reliability of the data prior to developing a long-term program to reduce real and apparent water losses. • Data with a validity score of 50 or less are considered too weak to be used to develop a component analysis or for infrastructure planning and maintenance. • Developing data with an acceptably strong validity score can be a multi-year process. 2. When the data validity score meets the Level III (51-70) requirement, conduct a component analysis to identify causes of real and apparent water loss and develop a program to control losses based on the results of the component analysis. 3. Within 5 full calendar years of failing to meet the standard, submit the component analysis and water loss control program with a proposed implementation schedule to the Department. 4. Continued implementation will be a condition of the permit in place of meeting the 10% UAW performance standard. 5. Upon request of the Department, the permittee shall report on its implementation of the water loss control program.

A PWS permittee may choose to discontinue the water loss program implementation if UAW, as reported on the ASR and approved by the Department, is below 10% for four consecutive years, and the water audit data validity scores are at least Level III (51-70) for the same four years.

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NOTE FOR SMALL SYSTEMS: For small systems with less than 3,000 service connections or a service connection density of less than 16 connections per mile of pipeline, the Unavoidable Annual Real Loss (UARL) calculation and the Infrastructure Leak Index (ILI) developed as the final steps of the top down water audit may not result in valid performance indicators, and may not be comparable to the UARL and ILI calculations for larger systems.

However, these small systems can benefit from developing reliable data and conducting an annual top down water audit. Small systems can rely on the real losses (gallons per mile of main per day) performance indicator developed in the water audit as a measure of real water loss when developing a water loss control program. The M36 Manual discusses the audit process for small systems, and includes a chapter to guide small systems in understanding the results of their audits and in developing a water loss control program (Manual of Water Supply Practices – M36, Fourth Edition, Chapter 9: Considerations for Small Systems, pp. 293-305).

MassDEP UAW Water Loss Control Measures: If Wayland is required to develop a Functional Equivalence Plan for the 10% Unaccounted for Water Performance Standard, and Wayland does not have a MassDEP-approved Water Loss Control Program in place within 5 full calendar years of failing to meet the standard, Wayland will be required to implement the MassDEP UAW Water Loss Control Measures outlined below: • An annual water audit and leak detection survey, as described in the AWWA M36 Manual, of the entire system. o Within one year, repair 75% (by water volume) of all leaks detected in the survey that are under the control of the public water system; o Thereafter, repair leaks as necessary to reduce permittee’s UAW to 10% or the minimum level possible. • Meter inspection and, as appropriate, repair, replace and calibrate water meters: o Large Meters (2" or greater) – within one year o Medium Meters (1" or greater and less than 2") – within 2 years o Small Meters (less than 1") - within three years o Thereafter, calibrate and or replace all meters according to type and specification. • Bill at least quarterly within three years. • Water pricing structure sufficient to pay the full cost of operating the system.

Hardship - A permittee may present an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of implementing certain conservation measures included in the MassDEP UAW Water Loss Control Measures and offer alternative measures. Any analysis must explicitly consider environmental impacts and must produce equal or greater environmental benefits. A permittee’s hardship analysis shall:

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• Document economic hardship and present an analysis demonstrating that implementation of specific measures will cause or exacerbate significant economic hardship; • Present reasons why specific measures are not cost-effective because the cost would exceed the costs of alternative methods of achieving the appropriate standard; and • Propose specific conservation measures that would result in equal or greater system- wide water savings or equal or greater environmental benefits than the conservation measures included in the MassDEP UAW Water Loss Control Measures.

MassDEP will review a permittee’s detailed, written analysis to determine whether unique circumstances make specific Best Management Practices (BMPs) less cost-effective than alternatives, or infeasible for the permittee.

APPENDIX A Appendix A Appendix Water Management Act Permit #9P4-3-14-315.01 Leakage Component Analysis and Water Loss Control Program Wayland Water Department

Leakage Component Analysis and Water Loss Control Program

General

In accordance with the Wayland Water Department (WWD) Water Management Act (WMA) Order to Complete (OTC), the WWD is required to submit an unaccounted-for-water (UAW) compliance plan consistent with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (MassDEP’s) Functional Equivalence with the 10% UAW Performance Standard . The WWD is required to complete a “top down” water audit, complete a leakage component analysis (LCA) and develop a water loss control program, implement the water loss control program, and, when requested by the MassDEP, report on its implementation of the water loss control program. An American Water Works Association (AWWA) M36 Water Audit was completed by Tata & Howard, Inc. in 2017 for audit periods 2013, 2014, and 2015. The water audit is included in Appendix A of this Leakage Component Analysis and Water Loss Control Program.

Leakage Component Analysis

The LCA is a tool developed by the Water Research Foundation to help water industries design efficient and sustainable leakage control programs. The LCA takes data from the water audit, system leak and break data, and other system information to analyze the possible strategies to be undertaken by the user to reduce leakage and water loss. Data from the 2015 WWD water audit and 2015 leak data were used to complete the LCA. The LCA worksheets are included in Appendix B of this Leakage Component Analysis and Water Loss Control Program.

The LCA calculates background leakage on tanks, water mains and appurtenances, and water services. Background leaks are defined as individual water loss events (small leaks and weeps at pipe joints) that will continue to flow, with flow rates too low to be detected by sonic methods of an active leakage control program. They can be detected either by chance or when they gradually worsen to the point that they are detected acoustically, become disruptive, and are detected as reported leaks. Background leakage is sensitive to pressure levels. The LCA utilizes the Infrastructure Condition Factor (ICF) when calculating background leakage. A default ICF can be selected based on the age of the distribution system or can be assessed using one of the approaches outlined in the AWWA M36 Manual. The ICF can be assumed to be equal to the Infrastructure Leakage Index (ILI) which is calculated in the AWWA M36 Water Audit. The 2015 ILI for the WWD was 0.94, therefore an ICF of 1.0 was used for the LCA, which is the lowest allowable ICF value. The LCA calculated 0.26 million gallons (mg) lost through the water storage tank, 9.14 mg lost through water mains and appurtenances, and 24.18 mg lost through water service connections. The total background leakage was determined to be 33.58 mg based on the calculations in the LCA.

The WWD reported 5.75 mg lost through water main leaks and 3.68 mg lost through water service connections in 2015 for a total of 9.43 mg. Data from 2015 were provided by the WWD and included information on leaks on water mains and service connections as well as Confidently Estimated Municipal Use (CEMU) as defined by the MassDEP. The 2015 total annual real loss (TARL) was 43.01 mg when the total background leakage and 2015 WWD reported leakage were added together. The real losses as determined by the water audit in 2015 were 44.97 mg.

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Therefore, the LCA calculated hidden losses/unreported leakage undetected in 2015 was approximately 1.96 mg.

The LCA compares the WWD’s water main failure frequency to the North American Average Failure Frequency and calculates failure frequency for optimized distribution systems. The WWD has 12.7 water main breaks per 100 miles of water main per year. This is below the North American Average Failure Frequency of 25 water main breaks per 100 miles per year and below the optimized distribution failure frequency of 15 water main breaks per 100 miles per year. The LCA also compares the WWD service connection failures to the AWWA Unavoidable Annual Real Losses (UARL) component of reported service line failures. The WWD has 3.6 service breaks per 1,000 service connections per year which is below the UARL of 3.75 service breaks per 1,000 service connections per year.

The LCA provides a tool to evaluate location and repair time reduction options. The WWD’s reported average time to locate and repair a water main leak is 0.17 days or 4.0 hours. If that time is reduced 10% to 0.15 days, or 3.6 hours, the WWD would potentially save $43 in leakage volume costs per year. The WWD’s reported average time to locate and repair a service line leak is 0.17 days or 4.0 hours. If that time is reduced 10% to 0.15 days, or 3.6 hours, the WWD would potentially save $9 in leakage volume costs per year. The WWD generally has a fast repair time, and it may not be feasible to locate to and repair leaks any faster for such an insignificant cost savings.

The LCA also provides a tool to calculate economic intervention frequency for proactive leak detection based on system characteristics, the AWWA M36 water audit results, the cost of a comprehensive leak detection test, and the average rate of rise of unreported leakage. The WWD reported that the cost of a comprehensive leak detection survey is $9,800 for the entire system or $96.08 per mile based on the system including approximately 102 miles of water main. The average rate of rise of unreported leakage based on calculations using data from the WWD’s Annual Statistical Reports (ASR) is 0.01 thousand gallons per mile of main per day in a year (or 10 gallons per mile of main per day in a year). The LCA reports that the potentially recoverable leakage is 0.70 mg/year by having comprehensive leak detection surveys completed, a small portion of the overall real losses of the system.

The final tool that the LCA provides is an evaluation of pressure management opportunities. The WWD has two separate pressure zones in the water distribution system: a small high service area and the main low service area. An alternative way to manage pressure is to operate the water storage tank at a lower level. If the average operating pressure of 80 pounds per square inch (psi) was dropped 2.5-percent to 78 psi, the WWD could potentially save 1.4 mg/year and $1,908 per year at no additional cost. However, to lower the operating range of the one existing water storage tank for the water system by 2 psi or 4.5 feet may not be a viable alternative to maintain satisfactory system conditions and allow the booster pump station at the tank site to function properly, especially considering the marginal benefit in terms of water loss and cost savings.

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Water Loss Control Program

The WWD is committed to implementing a water loss control program. This program includes steps that the WWD can take on a scheduled basis to help control water loss. The goal of the program is to reduce water losses and meet the MassDEP 10 percent UAW Standard.

The first step that the WWD can take is an annual AWWA M36 Water Audit. This can be completed during the first quarter of each year for a water audit period of the previous year, and can be completed by either the WWD or their consultant. The focus should be improving the data validity score and on reducing real and apparent losses. The annual water audits will have distinct measurable goals by identifying real and apparent losses. In addition to the water audit, a LCA should be conducted to identify potential background leakage that is running undetected. The data used for the water audit and LCA should be checked for accuracy.

The WWD practices good record keeping and tracks all known water use. The WWD tracks known losses, leaks, repairs, and CEMU as defined by the MassDEP. The CEMU includes water used for firefighting, flushing water mains and hydrants, street sweeping, construction use, tank overflows, and other authorized unbilled uses. Information tracked includes water main breaks and leaks, hydrant leaks, meter leaks, water service leaks, and water released through blow offs. The WWD uses Excel spreadsheets to track these losses, the dates, the size of the water main where the break occurred (if applicable), length of time the WWD is aware of the leak, length of time to repair the break, estimated rate of leak, and estimated total water lost. The WWD should continue to track these losses and practice good record keeping. This will also increase the data validity score of the annual water audit.

The WWD has historically completed one leak detection survey annually, but no surveys were completed in 2018 or 2019. A leak detection survey is planned to be conducted in 2020. The WWD quickly repairs all found leaks and breaks identified by the leak detection. The WWD believes that hiring a professional leak detection firm to complete the surveys of the system is a more effective way of locating leaks than purchasing its own leak detection equipment. All repairs should be recorded on a standard work order form for uniform record keeping.

The water loss control program also includes preventative tasks in addition to reactive measures. A Capital Efficiency Plan™ (CEP) for the WWD was completed by Tata & Howard, Inc. in 2007 and updated in 2016. The purpose of the CEP is to identify areas of the water distribution system in need of rehabilitation, repair, or replacement, and to prioritize improvements to make the most efficient use of the WWD’s capital budget. The CEP prioritizes improvement recommendations that are hydraulic improvements, critical improvements, and asset management improvements. By addressing these improvements in a timely fashion, the WWD can avoid potential leaks and breaks in their water distribution system.

The WWD has “General Water Regulations” and “Quick Hydrant and Service Specifications” readily available on their website to ensure all work, repairs, and connections are properly specified and installed. It is important for all work to comply with these regulations and specifications so that unnecessary leakage is not caused.

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The WWD initiated planning for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) implementation and water meter replacement program in 2017. Several meter manufacturers presented their water meters and AMI to the WWD through which the WWD was able to understand the advantages of the various options. In late 2019, the WWD received proposals for the supply and installation of all necessary AMI equipment and software. In 2020, the WWD received bids for the supply of new water meters. The WWD is currently in the process of awarding the contracts for the procurement of the AMI and water meters. The WWD has begun preparing an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the installation of the water meters and radio frequency (RF) endpoints. After installed and implemented, the new water meters and AMI will improve meter reading accuracy, reduce unaccounted-for-water, reduce lost revenue, collect meter readings remotely, allow for more frequent billing, and improve customer service. AMI software has the capability to produce alerts for leaks and backflow events, so customer issues can be proactively addressed and high usage customers can be identified and targeted with additional usage and efficiency information.

The WWD has several ways to reduce water loss and continues their efforts for new ways to reduce losses as well. The WWD is confident that water losses will be reduced by following their water loss control plan.

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BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 MWRA Study

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 December Financials

TOWN OF WAYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

FY21‐YEAR TO DATE OPERATING BUDGET SUMMARY AS OF 12/ 31/2020

Program percentage ‐ 50% ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET YTD ACTUAL EXPENSES BUDGET YEAR‐TO‐DATE BALANCE BALANCE % used FY2020 FY2019 FY2018 FY2017 FY2016 HIGHWAY SALARIES $ 1,032,100.00 $ 505,620.10 $ 526,479.90 48.99%$ 953,712.00 $1,007,074.82 $993,042.81 $939,665.56 $851,281.48 SERVICE EXPENSES $ 491,300.00 $ 89,549.23 $ 81,401.94 $ 320,348.83 18.23%$ 281,619.00 $514,528.85 $462,611.14 $228,709.27 $254,814.72 GOODS EXPENSES $ 151,500.00 $ 17,762.85 $ 24,888.69 $ 108,848.46 11.72%$ 111,302.00 $140,839.50 $92,252.51 $81,463.56 $73,263.51 FY21 TOTAL $ 1,674,900.00 $ 612,932.18 $ 106,290.63 $ 955,677.19 36.60% $ 1,346,633.00 $1,662,443.17 $1,547,906.46 $1,249,838.39 $1,179,359.71 $ ‐ HIGHWAY‐SNOW $ ‐ OVERTIME $ 175,000.00 $ 37,044.87 $ 137,955.13 21.17%$ 126,464.00 $168,415.59 $207,581.41 $176,405.70 $96,602.26 SERVICE & GOODS EXPENSES $ 325,000.00 $ 45,417.42 $ 173,712.53 $ 105,870.05 13.97%$ 282,535.00 $390,402.70 $522,549.00 $585,000.00 $331,104.92 FY21 TOTAL $ 500,000.00 $ 82,462.29 $ 173,712.53 $ 243,825.18 16.49% $ 408,999.00 $558,818.29 $730,130.41 $761,405.70 $427,707.18 $ ‐ TRANSFER STATION $ ‐ SALARIES $ 186,150.00 $ 99,692.44 $ 86,457.56 53.55%$ 168,570.00 $148,402.75 $456,161.95 $406,701.63 $361,603.29 SERVICE & GOODS EXPENSES $ 262,600.00 $ 92,075.25 $ 207,871.30 $ (37,346.55) 35.06%$ 234,095.00 $221,385.31 FY21 TOTAL $ 448,750.00 $ 191,767.69 $ 207,871.30 $ 49,111.01 42.73% $ 402,665.00 $369,788.06 $289,831.58 $359,072.54 $409,071.43 TRANSFER STATION REVENUE $ 280,811.03 REV/EXP BALANCE +/‐ $ 89,043.34 LANDFILL EXPENSES $ 50,000.00 $ 3,990.00 $ 9,500.00 $ 36,510.00 7.98%$ 32,071.00 $56,060.00 $53,150.20 $42,231.64 $23,316.56 $ ‐ PARK $ ‐ SALARIES $ 703,100.00 $ 390,441.57 $ 312,658.43 55.53%$ 640,390.00 $605,531.90 $564,038.91 $550,555.51 $497,669.11 SERVICE EXPENSES $ 217,800.00 $ 41,233.09 $ 106,848.04 $ 69,718.87 18.93%$ 153,630.00 $214,808.97 $211,203.07 $187,726.09 $216,729.22 GOODS EXPENSES $ 132,000.00 $ 28,187.96 $ 35,995.86 $ 66,208.61 21.35%$ 97,955.00 $104,521.77 $122,535.91 $114,327.03 $107,032.63 FY21 TOTAL $ 1,052,900.00 $ 459,862.62 $ 142,843.90 $ 450,193.48 43.68% $ 891,975.00 $924,862.64 $897,777.89 $852,608.63 $821,430.96 $ ‐ ENGINEERING $ ‐ SALARIES $ 283,970.00 $ 148,066.21 $ 135,903.79 52.14%$ 261,048.00 $335,292.76 $134,075.19 $169,040.76 $165,319.10 SERVICE & GOODS EXPENSES $ 49,420.00 $ 4,878.12 $ 9,741.21 $ 34,800.67 9.87%$ 14,391.00 $18,793.70 $25,169.99 $1,634.49 $2,030.19 FY21 TOTAL $ 333,390.00 $ 152,944.33 $ 9,741.21 $ 170,704.46 45.88% $ 275,439.00 $354,086.46 $159,245.18 $170,675.25 $167,349.29 $ ‐ WATER $ ‐ SALARIES $ 811,600.00 $ 395,303.97 $ 416,296.03 48.71%$ 743,291.00 $744,874.30 $675,988.22 $624,068.06 $675,805.03 SERVICES & GOODS EXPENSES $ 1,495,967.00 $ 386,880.73 $ 663,176.11 $ 445,910.16 25.86%$ 940,037.00 $1,052,873.72 $1,834,032.00 $1,756,287.00 $1,732,749.00 DEBT SERVICE $ 1,313,018.00 $ 611,362.38 $ 701,655.62 46.56%$ 1,231,860.00 $1,622,498.49 $1,322,861.00 $1,093,106.00 $1,064,627.00 INDIRECTS $ 362,472.00 $ 366,169.00 FY21 TOTAL $ 3,983,057.00 $ 1,393,547.08 $ 663,176.11 $ 1,926,333.81 34.99% $ 2,915,188.00 $3,420,246.51 $3,832,881.22 $3,473,461.06 $3,473,181.03 Revenue $ 3,983,864.00 $ 2,012,818.26 $ 1,971,045.74 50.52%$ 3,721,520.00 $3,660,402.39 $3,724,858.74 $3,825,827.51 $3,684,596.80 Fund Balance start FY21 $ 1,415,214.00 $ 1,415,214.00 0.00% REV/EXP BALANCE +/‐ $ 619,271.18 Current Fund Balance$ 2,034,485.18 TOTAL DPW FUNDING FOR $ 7,992,997.00 $ 2,893,516.19 $ 1,303,635.68 $ 3,795,845.13 36.20%$ 5,831,900.00 $6,731,426.84 $6,727,642.33 $6,105,655.87$ 5,664,637.55 FY21 WASTEWATER Please Note:‐ The ($37,346.55) balance for Transfer Station Services & Goods is a consequence of the projected 2021 figures having been prepared in October 2019 FY21 Encumbrances are based on actual FY2020 spend as of 6/30/2020.

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Director’s Operational Report

DPW Director’s Report February 9, 2021

Director’s Project Update (Director to Provide Update at Meeting)

 Tree Removal – Town 41 of 69 – Eversource 13 of 26 Done  MS4 - Stormwater Field Investigations  ATM Article Support

Engineering Division Town Engineer:  Old Stone’s Bridge, Old Sudbury Road Bridge, and Stonebridge/Potter Road Bridge projects coordination.  Sedgemeadow Road Water Main Replacement – Design & Advertisement Preparation.  Alta at River’s Edge sewer system connection design coordination. WWMDC support.  Alta at River’s Edge project review and Selectmen support.  MWRA Study – Proposal Evaluation

GIS Coordinator:  GIS Sidewalks Layer Digitizing and updating  Drainage and Sidewalks Field Research  Assessors Office Parcel Data Review

Town Surveyor:  Compatibility Control on Data in Plans Database, relocating plans on network drives(security incompatibility issue with old drive, working with IT on getting new network drive)  MA Historical Commission Preservation Projects Fund Application for Stone’s Bridge Project  Resolving Land area issue with Assessors Office and Board of Assessors  Various requests for Deed and Plan Research

Water Division Treatment: • Performed monthly calibrations on all chemical pumps (stations and plant) • Performed Monthly Water Quality Sampling • Skid 100 offline at Baldwin Pond due to failures of the membrane fibers • Went out to bid for 44 direct replacement cartridges. • Winter maintenance continuing at Stations and Plant

Distribution: • Repaired Water Main Break on Standish Road @ Wildwood Road • Painting interior of Garage • LED Lighting upgrade completed at Baldwin Pond Treatment Plant and Garage • Finished Cycle 1 Water Meter Reading

Other:  Water Management Act Permit is available for Public comment

Highway & Park Division

 Responded to 3 Snow & Ice events. February 1st storm received 18” of accumulation.  Storm clean up, clearing catch basins, hydrants and intersection snow removal  Tree clean up from 2/1 storm  4 Burial/Cremation interments  Sanitize playgrounds  Assist Water Division with water break and preparation for trench to be paved  Cleared and inspected culverts for debris removal  Assisted Stumpys tree service with tree removal  Rebuilt 4 catch basins  Assisted Conservation with grading parking area at Cow Common and installed large boulders on Snake Brook pathways

Transfer Station

 Chipped several hundred Christmas trees  Applied for MassDEP Sustainable Materials Recovery Program grant renewal  Prepared documents for quote solicitation for brush pile removal

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Transfer Station Initiatives

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Board Members’ Reports, Concerns, and Updates

WAYLAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS TOWN OF WAYLAND 41 COCHITUATE ROAD, Wayland, Massachusetts 01778-2697

January 2, 2021

To: William Hayes, Senior Transmission Arborist Eversource Energy, Eastern MA Vegetation Management One NSTAR Way, SE-370 Westwood, MA 02090-9230

Subject: Wayland Wellhead Capture Zones – Sensitive Areas

Gentlemen:

“The Wayland Capture Zones are defined as the aquifer volume through which groundwater flows that contribute water to the recovery of the well system during normal pumping conditions. Groundwater found in the Capture Zone will eventually be "captured" and pumped out of the ground at the well.” Page 10, Wellhead Protection Plan, on file with MA DEP.

One of these zones is covered by your 2021 Vegetation Management Plan:

The area within the dark blue shape above in a capture zone within the area covered by your 2021 Vegetation management plan.

As Water Commissioners, we consider this a ‘sensitive area’ within your definition and request that manual methods rather than herbicides be used to control vegetation in this area.

At the January 12, 2021 of the Board of Public Works, the members requested that I respond to the 2021 Eversource Vegetation Management plan by identifying our sensitive areas as we have done in years past.

Best regards, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

Michael P. Lowery Member 1

Brief History of Wayland’s South 20 Landfill Rev 4 January 4, 2021

Area Description The area known as the Wayland South 20 Landfill is an area of land in Wayland that, from about 1955 through mid - 1980, served as the Town’s landfill, dump and refuse disposal area. The actual area is shown in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1 The area is located just south of Route 20 (The Boston Post Road) directly across from the present entrance to the Town’s transfer station. The area is a long, pointed triangular shape that is roughly 17 acres in size overall. There are two principle sections of the property. These are identified as parcels 22-001 and 22-002. Parcel 22-001 is the eastern parcel and 22-002 is the western parcel. The address of the parcel identified as 22-001 is 471 Boston Post Road. This parcel is shown in Figure 1 as the yellow parcel. It is roughly 10.65 acres in size and contains a sizeable portion of land that has been identified as wetland and water protection on its eastern tip. This wetland area is approximately 4.4 acres in size. There is a definitive berm, or dike that has been constructed at the western boundary of the wetland. This dike separates the designated wetland area and the balance of the parcel. Parcel 22- 001 has about 1,585 feet of frontage on Boston Post Road. The address of the parcel identified as 22-002 is 473 Boston Post Road. In Figure 1, this parcel is shown in white, just to the west of parcel 22-001. The 22-002 parcel is roughly 5.9 acres in size and has about 641 feet of frontage on Boston Post Road. The parcels are bounded on the north by the Boston Post Road where the State of Massachusetts owns a right-of-way, which is somewhat wider than the paved portion of the roadway. On the south, the area is bounded by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. At one time an active railroad, this right-of-way is planned to become part of the Wayland-Weston portion of the Mass Central Rail Trail. On the east, the triangle point of the property comes just past the east side of the Sudbury River. The western border is the Wayland/Sudbury Town line. The area has a slope that rises in the western portion of the site. The elevation of the wetland at the eastern terminus of parcel 22-001 is 118 feet. The highest point of the 22-002 parcel is 165 feet. From the dike at the wetland on the east, up to the west end of the area, the average grade is roughly 2.6% but the grade is a bit less near the wetland and a bit more near the Sudbury Town line. For most of the length of the site, the Boston Post Road is a bit lower than the adjoining area of the site, particularly so towards the western end of the site. Prelude to the Area History Much of the history of the area and the documentation for its closure was assembled for the Wayland Real Asset Planning Committee (WRAP) report from June 2017. The files from this report are summarized below. The files are quite comprehensive and may afford further details regarding the area. Area History At the Wayland Annual Town Meeting held in March of 1954, by unanimous vote in favor of Article 16, the Town authorized the Board of Selectmen to acquire the 22-001 parcel “for purposes of a refuse disposal area”. On March 14, 1954 the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wayland took the area for a sum of $3 for a “refuse disposal area or dump”. This area was then known as the “State Road West Dump”. It was operated by the Highway Department as a dump and refuse area beginning August 17, 1958 at which time the “Cochituate Dump” was closed for “lack of further space”. The State Road West Dump operations generally began at the western end of the 22- 001 parcel and worked its way east, filling the available area with the eventual intent of completely filling the 22-001 parcel including the wetland on the eastern tip. These operations were conducted by the Highway Department and overseen by the Board of Road Commissioners and they included filling, compacting and the burning of refuse. Over time, of course, the country became increasingly aware of environmental concerns. Across the entire country, dumpsites run by cities and towns were identified as problematic as was the practice of filling wetlands. Open burning of refuse was prohibited in 1965, as was the notion of extending filling operations into wetland areas. As a result, more refuse fill was generated at the same time as less space became available. To ensure that the dump operations did not extend into the wetlands on the eastern end of the 22-001 parcel, a dike at the border of the wetlands was constructed by the Highway Department, in conjunction with its operation of the dump area. The dike construction began in late 1965. In 1966, the Highway Department ceased the practice of burning refuse and began running the dump and refuse area as a “Sanitary Landfill”. It was clear by that time that the available space in the 22-001 parcel would soon be full. A search began for new landfill areas. The area known as parcel 22-002 was identified. This area was owned by the Boston Edison Company. At the Special Town Meeting of

Brief History of Wayland South 20 Landfill, Rev 4 Page 2 November 19, 1969, Article 4 authorized the Selectmen to acquire the parcel “for dump purposes”. By Order of Taking dated March 30 1970, the area was taken “for dump purposes” for a fee of $5,000 paid to the Boston Edison Company. The idea at the time was to excavate the high ground in parcel 22-002 as it consisted of “good gravel” of about 500,000 cubic yards. That excavated volume was then to be filled, increasing the capacity of the landfill. At the same time, the country’s concern about environmental hazards continued to grow, as did State and Federal regulations regarding landfills. These increased concerns and regulations required changes to operating practices at Wayland’s landfill area and these concerns, responses to regulatory bodies and operational changes were handled for the Town by Wayland’s Highway Department and the Wayland Board of Road Commissioners. Part of the changes required was leachate control from the site. As part of that control measure, the Road Commissioners directed that a berm be built along the south boundary of the site along the railroad right-of-way. An impervious barrier trench on the easterly side of the landfill area was also to be constructed and in place by September 1, 1979. At the same time, a leachate monitoring system was installed. These leachate control measures were approved by the State in April of 1979 and extended the life of the area through June 30, 1980. The leachate investigations revealed that the leachate discharges consisted primarily of road salt that was stored on the 22-001 parcel in basically an open pile. To address the salt runoff, a shed for road salt was funded and a salt storage shed was constructed on a parcel north of the Boston Post Road that is now part of the Town’s Transfer Station. Once the salt shed was complete, the practice of open salt storage on the 22-001 parcel ceased and the concentration of salt in the leachate declined markedly. The work was reviewed by the State’s acting Environmental Engineer. The State’s letter following that review was very complimentary, stating that the leachate controls were effective in “abatting (sic) a serious water pollution problem”. The South 20 Landfill area was closed and capped in 1980. Note that the June 1980 closure date was long before the 22-002 parcel was put into mainstream service. The 500,000 cubic yards of “good gravel” was not removed from the 22-002 area. For the most part, that area remained unused for landfill purposes. Conditions for Closure Several conditions for closure were implemented over a number of years, which defined the operation of the dump and the landfill and preceded the closing of the South Landfill area. These conditions followed a Phase I and Phase II closure plan. In April 1978, the State Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) approved with conditions, Phase I of the Highway Department’s “Operation and Use Plan”. The conditions related to the leachate monitoring and suitable intermediate and final covering material to be placed and seeded, where necessary by October 1, 1978.

Brief History of Wayland South 20 Landfill, Rev 4 Page 3 At a review meeting on October 17, 1978, Mr. William St. Hilaire of the Massachusetts DEQE agreed that substantial improvements had been made and that the intermediate covering had been completed over the entire southern berm and most of the western end embankment area. He asked that the remaining site preparation work be completed before winter. Further stating that with minor revisions and changes that “no formal resubmittal of revised plans to his office would be required.” In November 1978, Ronald Reed a consulting geologist, for the Wayland Highway Department prepared an extensive report on the area that included borings, observation wells and soil samples. The report shows a cross section of the earth beneath the landfill. In the cross section beneath the landfill area there is a layer of peat a number of feet in thickness that is situated on top of a very thick layer of a glacial lake deposit of imbedded silt with thin layers of silty fine sand. “One of the significant results of this study has been the lack of contamination of the groundwater. As previously noted, the peat, lake deposits and glacial till are relatively impermeable and act as a barrier to groundwater flow.” The report concluded that groundwater in a number of the test wells was generally of better quality than the tap water. It further concluded that “pollution of the Sudbury River only occurs during river flooding or development of a leachate stream on the south side of Route 20 after a prolonged, heavy rain.” The report is roughly 50 pages in length and shows that the landfill area consists of the 22-001 parcel and that the 22-002 portion was abandoned. The report further confirms the aforementioned road salt storage to be the culprit for the salt leachate into the Sudbury River and that this source of leachate was removed. On April 24, 1979, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Metropolitan Boston-Northeast Region reviewed the Phase II Operations, which allowed for the use of the site for one more year. This review concluded that “No environmental Assessment form is required to be submitted” and that “the project has therefore been determined to cause no significant damage to the environment.” A study of the area conducted independently by the Sudbury Valley Trustees in January 1986 showed that “contaminants present in the water at any given time are too small to be detected”. In January 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (successor agency to the DEQE) issued a list of Inactive and Closed Landfills and Dumping Grounds. This list includes on p. 86 the “OLD WAYLAND LANDFILL RTE 20” and indicates that it has been closed with no environmental monitoring required and that the area had been capped but not lined. Board of Public Works Special Act At the April 10, 2008 Annual Town Meeting Article 5 entitled “Create a Department of Public Works” was debated and approved. This article petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to enact a Special Act authorizing the Town of Wayland to establish a Department of Public Works. The Special Act was submitted to the General Court and it was signed into law as Chapter 347 of the Acts of 2008, to take effect on July 1, 2009.

Brief History of Wayland South 20 Landfill, Rev 4 Page 4 The following paragraphs quoted from that Special Act concern the creation of and assignment of responsibilities and duties to the Board of Public Works: Section 4 (a) “There shall be a board of public works consisting of 5 members, in this act called the board”. Section 4 (c) “The town’s sanitary landfill and any other solid waste disposal facilities or services that may be provided, made available or arranged by the town shall be under the supervision and control of the board” (i.e. the Board of Public Works as defined in Section 4 (a)). Section 4 (d) “In addition, the board (i.e., the Board of Public Works as defined in Section 4(a)) shall be responsible for the custody, care, management, control, operation, repair and maintenance of all town-owned land, equipment, facilities, vehicles and other personal property and accounts, budgetary funds, other funds and staff formerly under the jurisdiction of the board of road commissioners” …. Section 4 (e) “The board (i.e., the Board of Public Works as defined in Section 4(a)) shall have the authority to adopt and amend rules and regulations relative to all matters and affairs under its jurisdiction”…. I have found no subsequent action taken by the General Court to amend or alter the intent of Chapter 347 of the Acts of 2008. Going Forward The actions taken by the Town regarding the South Landfill allow its use for a “refuse disposal area or dump” and its operation, care and control was given to the Wayland Highway Department operating under the Board of Road Commissioners. These responsibilities were transferred to the Board of Public Works in the implementation of the special act of the General Court creating the Wayland Board of Public Works. The area we know as the South 20 Landfill area ceased its operations as a dump and landfill in June 1980. Based on the Reed report, the Massachusetts Inactive Landfill report and the Sudbury Valley Trustees report, all cited above, it has a clean bill of health to remain as a closed landfill with no further disturbance of the subsurface. Within the past couple of years the Board of Public Works has initiated an examination of the site to determine its present condition but no significant actions have been taken since the landfill closure in 1980 to prepare the area for any new or additional use.

Revision Information: Rev 1, December 22,2020 Initial Draft Rev 2, December 26, 2020 Internal Edits Rev 3, December 28, 2020 First Release Rev 4, January 04, 2021 Added section titled “Board of Public Works Special Act”

Brief History of Wayland South 20 Landfill, Rev 4 Page 5 TOWN OF WAYLAND 41 COCHITUATE ROAD WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS 01778 www.wayland.ma.us

WAYLAND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

The Town of Wayland adopted the Community Preservation Act (CPA) at Annual Town Meeting in April 2002. Accordingly, the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) was established as an on-going committee of the town. Its primary task is to administer the CPA fund by seeking and evaluating proposals, and making recommendations to Town Meeting for the expenditure of CPA funds. The monies are collected yearly as a 1.5% surcharge on the tax bill of each property owner. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts also contributes to the CPA fund through the State Community Preservation Trust Fund. The CPC welcomes requests for funding and presents the following information to assist applicants in seeking those funds.

Eligible Uses (as per Community Preservation Act as amended July 2012)

The Wayland CPC can only consider proposals that are eligible for CPA funding according to the requirements described in the CPA legislation, specifically for:

• acquisition, creation, and preservation of open space • acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of historic resources • acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of land for recreational use • acquisition, creation, preservation, and support of community housing • rehabilitation or restoration of open space and community housing that is acquired or created using monies from the fund.

Application for Funding

Use of CPA funds is determined by Wayland’s Town Meeting. The request for funds must be made at Town Meeting by the CPC following consideration of eligible applications. Please provide as much information as possible so that the CPC is able to make an informed decision on funding requests.

It is highly recommended that applicants meet with the CPC to discuss a potential proposal. The CPC generally meets once a month. Please submit information at least one week prior to a CPC meeting at which the application will be considered.

Revised November 2020 WAYLAND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT PROJECT APPLICATION COVER SHEET

Use tabs to move to the next field. Fields will expand as you type. I: Project Information

Project Title: Millpond Bridge and Walkway Restoration

Project Summary:

Restore Mill Pond Dam Walkway to safe condition, allowing walk around Mill Pond.

Map 24 & Parcel 126 Estimated completion: Month November Year 2022 CPA Program Area (check all that apply):

Open Space Historic Preservation Community Housing Recreation

II: Applicant/Developer Information

Contact Person and or/primary applicant: Michael Lowery

Property Owner (if applicable): Town of Wayland Organization (if applicable): Board of Public Works (PARK) Mailing Address: 66 River Road, Wayland, MA 01778 Daytime phone #: 508-358-3672 Other phone #: 5083978828 -MPL E-mail address: [email protected] Website: https://www.wayland.ma.us/board-public- works

III: Budget Summary

Total budget for project: $21760

CPA funding request: $21760 CPA request as percentage of total budget: 100%

Applicant Signature: Michael P. Lowery______

Date Submitted: 1 / 3 / 2021

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. Scope or concept of project: State the scope of work including the specific information about extent of work. Provide photographs of existing conditions and proposed plans, if applicable.

The walkway adjoins the Town’s trail system and provides access across the Mill Brook at the dam outlet from Mill Pond. The walkway supports have deteriorated and is no longer a stable as originally constructed. Deterioration in the north side support has lead to a 3-5% tilt and bowing of the rails. The supporting timbers and portions of the structure are aging related to exposure to the weather.

This project will replace the structure in kind and in location with a newer timber support and a new pressure treated walkway structure. Minor improvements will be incorporated to provide a more stable and longer lasting structure. The work will include the removal of the existing structure, removal of woody plants within the area of the structure, and construction of a new walkway.

It is anticipated that permitting required will be a Request for Determination of Applicability through the Wayland Conservation Commission. The land is currently under the control of the Board of Public works as Parks Commissioners.

2. Projected action plan and timeline: List steps needed to complete the project and an estimated timeline. This plan and schedule are critical for preparation of the Project Status Reports submitted annually to Town Meeting until project completion. If you need more lines for steps, use a separate sheet.

List of steps and approximate date or period of time to accomplish this step (1) Obtain Conservation approval (RDA) - To be completed July 2021 (2) Bid job - To be completed July 2021 (3) Demolition - To be completed September 2021 (4) Reconstruction - To be completed October 2021 (5) Inspection (Conservation) - To be completed November 2021 (6) - To be completed (7) - To be completed (8) - To be completed (9) - To be completed

FINANCES 3. Anticipated project cost: Provide a budget, with line itemization and justification. Amount To be used for Justification: Why is this item/expense needed? $ 2000 Demolition and Displsal of existring prepare for new structure structure $ 1000 Grubbing of existing woody plants create access for new structure $ 7500 Materials - timber support, lumber new bridge materials hardware $ 6000 Labor: 3 persons 2 days, prevailing construct new bridge wage $ 3300 Overhead and profit (contractor) prevailing wage law $ 3760 Contingency (returned if unused) $ $ Revised November 2020 $ Estimate prepared by Paul Brinkman, Town Engineer $ $ $ $ $ $ $

4. Other funding sources, including private, public, and/or in-kind. You may include comments about amounts and likelihood of receiving funding. n/a. Area is maintained by the Wayland DPW.

5. CPA funding request amount.: $21,760.00

6. If included in Wayland Capital Improvement Plan, indicate CIP year: n/a

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PURPOSE OF PROJECT 7. Relevance to community: Indicate how the project is relevant to the current and/or future needs of Wayland. Does it serve multiple needs? * Connected to the town's trail system and the Mass Central Rail Trail, a safe bridge is a requirement in order to be able walk fully around Mill Pond. It serves recreation, open space, and historic preservation.

8. Explain how the project will meet goals and objectives of the category under which you are applying (Community Housing, Historic Preservation, Open Space, Recreation).

HISTORIC PRESERVATION: Land for Mill Pond park was donated by Charlotte Adams in 1936 and contains the site of historic Thomas Cakebread mill (Historical Society article attached)

RECREATION: Mill Pond park hosts winter skating, an annual fishing derby. DPW provides trash removal and a picnic table near the proposed bridge

OPEN SPACE: Mill Pond park paths connects the Lower Mill Brook Trail, and the Mass Central Rail Trail. It is a serene pocket park, walkable form Town Center on one side by dirt road, and on the other side by an informal trail across the crest of an esker, ending at the proposed bridge (see attachment).

9. Supporting documents: Provide supporting letters, references, studies, maps, and statistics, as applicable.

Please keep in mind that there are legal limitations on the uses of CPA funds. If you have any questions about your project's eligibility, please contact the CPC for guidance. Thank you.

Wayland Community Preservation Committee

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Data shown on this map is provided for planning and informational purposes only. The municipality and CAI Technologies are not responsible for any use for other purposes or misuse or misrepresentation of this map. 2021 Community Preservation Act – Site Location Map and Photos Millpond Bridge and Walkway Restoration

Site location & nearby Town Trails. Yellow dashed line is Mass Central Rail Trail

2021 Community Preservation Act – Site Location Map and Photos Millpond Bridge and Walkway Restoration

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Skating at the Mill Pond by BEK | Feb 24, 2019 | News, Snap from the past | 2 comments

SKATING AT THE MILL POND

Molly Faulkner

With thanks to Gary Chase, Bob Dorey, Mike Lindemann, Mike Lowery, Mark Shepard.

This winter, 2018-19, has so far yielded some great pond skating in Wayland after conditions haven’t been good for years. The days before Thanksgiving, a few days after Christmas and some days in late January, very cold temperatures and no snow enabled young skaters to enjoy the Mill Pond. Old(er) skaters like Mark Shepard, Peter Connelly and Ricky Irving (early 70s Wayland hockey players) played hockey at nearby Shep’s Pond on a cold January night where the ice was black and smooth and, even with lights, they could barely see the puck.

Pond skating was wildly popular with most everyone in Wayland until organized team sports, commercial recreation, and “second homes” drew people away from the local ponds, according to local historian George Lewis.

HOW DID MILL POND GET ITS NAME?

Mill Pond—accessed from Plain Road, near Concord Road, and from Millbrook Road– is the site of the mill built for Thomas Cakebread in 1639 Wayland — then called Sudbury. These early Sudbury settlers dammed up the brook creating a pond and built a mill to grind the corn they grew. After just four years, Cakebread died and his son in law, John Grout, and his descendants, operated the mill for generations. John Grout’s grandson, Jonathan, built the original house know for years as the Grout Heard House, home of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society at 12 Cochituate Road.

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After the need for gristmills had long passed, commercial dairy farming grew thanks to railroads, and ice harvesting, storage and delivery became the new business opportunity at the Mill Pond. What made Mill Pond so perfect for skating made it also perfect for ice cutting.

Arthur Atwood, operating Arthur Atwood’s Coal, Wood and Ice Company, just across from today’s Public Safety Building, leased the pond from the Adams family and built ice houses for storing blocks of ice until delivery. The Mill Dam icehouse at the Mill Dam was built from what remained after the 1890 re at the old Grout mill. Arthur Atwood also supplied the town’s needs for wood, coal, and oil.

Yet, while ice cutting was big business on Mill Pond, skating was popular there and elsewhere. Ice skating was one of the few sporting activities including men and women and people of all backgrounds. We know that special excursion trains carried up to 1,500 skaters daily to Jamaica Pond in 1850s Boston. At a Concord River skating party in December 1842, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson met for an afternoon of frolicking on an icy river—Emerson skating “earnestly,” Hawthorne “grandly,” and Thoreau moving wildly in what Sophia Hawthorne described as “dithyrambic dances and Bacchic leaps.” Thoreau skated up to 60 miles in one day on the Sudbury, Concord and Assabet Rivers.

WAYLAND IS GIVEN “AN OPEN PLEASURE GROUND”

In 1936, land around and including Mill Pond was conveyed to the town, thanks to owner Charlotte Adams’s bequest, “to be maintained as an open pleasure ground…(f)or the public use and benet of the inhabitants of Wayland.” She hoped “that this area may be laid out and maintained as a park…..called The Adams Park.” Meanwhile ice harvesting at Mill Pond continued well into the 1940s; there were two ice houses, one at each end of the Mill Pond.

MILL POND in the 60s/THE MAZE/Shep’s Pond/The Heyday of Pond Skating

Mark Shepard (of Shep’s Mobil) grew up just north of Mill Pond and has a long family association with Mill Pond. His grandfather cut ice there in the winter and his dad, Shep, used to deliver ice to households during the spring, summer and fall from the ice houses at Mill Pond.

When good “natural” skating conditions with black ice were spoiled by the rst snow, Shep worked hard to maintain the pond for skating using sweepers, snow blowers, and a little Willy’s jeep. He would clear the Mill Pond for the gure skaters and the young kids; then he cleared Mill Brook (the Maze) for the older hockey players (10-12 and up – if you were good enough). The Maze, a ooded area of Mill Brook, was so-called due to all the little islands and tufts; it was a perfect place to learn stick handling – playing tag and follow the leader. And, it was perfectly safe – only 2-3 feet deep. The Maze was just outside Mark’s back door; he and friends would put on their skates in Mark’s kitchen and then skate down a 50’ iced (by Mark) hill onto the ice north of Plain Road. When kids were hungry, Mark’s mom, Ee, https://www.waylandmuseum.org/skating-at-the-mill-pond/ 2/11 1/3/2021 Skating at the Mill Pond | Wayland Museum & Historical Society

made mini pizzas with English muns, Ragu and a little cheese to feed and warm them before they skated some more. They’d skate from 7 am to 10 Saturday night, 6-7 on Sundays. Shep dug a pond on his property for even more skating – “Shep’s Pond”.

Gary Chase, Wayland High’s wrestling coach from 1998-2007, recalls: “I was always envious of the kids who played ‘at Shep’s’ as that was where all ‘the good kids played’ –my skills weren’t good enough to hang with that group – but I played on the Mill Pond. Back in the days before water bottles when kids drank from hoses in the summer we used to slide on our stomachs to the edge of the water fall to get a drink when thirsty. I remember the water being ice cold and very refreshing! I never had parental supervision, I would get dropped o and picked up and would often have to walk home on Concord Road with frozen feet.”

Shep was big in the Natick Youth Hockey program (Comets); he and Bill Chase who had the barbershop (near Shep’s Mobil) maintained a skate shop right behind the station – before the rink in Natick was built in spring of 1971. Gary Chase recalled that Wayland High School had team tryouts on the pond during the rst week of December. Mark recalls that Bill Morris, who used to own the boards at the Cochituate balleld, brought them to Mill Pond c. 1968 for a year or two before they became frozen in the ice and then wrecked when going over the dam.

Mill Pond was regularly dredged in the 1960s to 6-10 feet. Some 100 people would skate there every weekend day, and somehow, no one recalls concussions or lost teeth albeit maybe a twisted ankle from catching a crack in the ice. No one wore helmets.

During the 70’s and into the 80’s, the Wayland Park Department closely monitored the ice once it began forming around early December. As soon as the ice supported a person ice measurements were made , close to shore at rst, by chipping a small hole in the ice and using a custom made measuring stick to determine thickness. When the ice measured 4” of “black ice” at every one of the several measured locations the ice would be declared safe. If the ice was cloudy, 6” of measured ice would be needed to be deemed safe. Down near the foot bridge over the dam was a light pole where a green ag would be own when the ice was safe and a red ag when the ice was deemed unsafe. You could also call a special Park Department recording to get the latest safety update.

Park Department 4×4 trucks with plows cleared the pond when snow fell. While there was a risk of having the truck breaking through the ice, there was little danger for the driver as the pond was shallow — perhaps 5 feet deep at its deepest. In 1975 the Park Commission purchased a Ford Bronco, a light weight SUV type utility vehicle, used by Assistant Superintendent Eric Nelson for his daily duties and to plow the pond in the winter.

When the weather grew very cold the Park crews would also ood the pond at night using a re hose attached to a specially installed water valve buried below the frost line. This created a surface as smooth as an ice skating rink. Special attention was given to insure that the ice surface was at its best during the weekends, and at Christmas and winter vacations. https://www.waylandmuseum.org/skating-at-the-mill-pond/ 3/11 1/3/2021 Skating at the Mill Pond | Wayland Museum & Historical Society

Mike Lindemann, former head of the Park Department, says “ we used to come in at 10pm , sweep and spray the ice until 2am if the temp was below 30 degrees and do this at least once a week. We’d sweep every day which took about two hours — bundled up and freezing until I made some heated cabs for the sweepers. We took a lot of pride in the maintenance of the pond and all the enjoyment the people got from it.”

WHO TO CALL? FIRE? HIGHWAY! PARKS!

During the winter of 1978- 79 the Park crew, which included longtime WHS wrestling coach Gary Chase, was clearing the pond after a snow storm when the driver of the Bronco broke through the ice in front of the middle shed and oated before settling on the bottom with the water just below the roof line. The driver, Richard Nagle, calmly rolled down the window and climbed out.

Chase, the foreman on the job, contacted the Fire Department as they needed someone in the water to extricate the truck , but was informed that as it was not a safety issue, it was a Park Department problem. The Highway Department, when contacted, sent their big John Deere loader and State Road Auto Body sent a tow truck. Chase, a certied SCUBA diver, tunneled under the plow to attach the tow hook and was able to get the truck out of the pond.

Park mechanic Charlie Campbell got the truck running in just three hours and it continued to be used as a supervisory vehicle and a pond plow vehicle for the next 3 years.

There were amenities on-site. At the dam end of the pond was an ice skate changing shed, built by the Boy Scouts, and another changing shed at the middle of the pond. Attached to the surrounding trees, a series of lights would go on every evening from 4 pm to 10 pm. This bucolic New England setting was probably the most active recreation area in the town at the time, with huge crowds coming to the pond every weekend and each evening.

TOWN BEGINS TO PULL SUPPORT

Due to the ever increasing price of new vehicles the Park Commission made the decision in the 1980s that town vehicles would not be used to plow Mill Pond; however they did allow the Park Department to purchase a used 4×4 vehicle for $500 which Department mechanic Mike Lindemann retrotted with an old plow. This truck was used for several seasons until it would no longer pass inspection and the Park C omission decided that it was not worth the money and eort to plow the pond any longer. The Park Department continued to sweep and ood the pond when possible but a snow storm could quickly end the skating season.

ONGOING WARMER WEATHER

During the 80’s the winter skating season became shorter and shorter with fewer safe skating days each season. Mark Shepard said that if there were 45-60 ‘skate-able’ days in the winter, they’d be on the pond for 45 of them. Now you’re lucky if there are 5 skateable https://www.waylandmuseum.org/skating-at-the-mill-pond/ 4/11 1/3/2021 Skating at the Mill Pond | Wayland Museum & Historical Society

days.” He and others believe that warmer winters caused by development and climate change have changed the rain/snow line from Rte. 128 out to 495.

The town stopped caring for the winter pond, except in the winter of 2014-15 when the DPW cleared the pond for skating and activated lights using generators for night skating. Then the following summer, the town contracted with a company to remove detritus and debris buildup, but this amounted to only 100 cubic yards. According to Gary Chase, the Mill Pond doesn’t bear any resemblance to what it was in its prime. With the sediment build up and all the fallen trees, he says it’s hard to imagine how vibrant it was all through the 60s, 70s and 80s.

PRIVATE ATTEMPTS

Around 2004- 2005, a good Samaritan spent $15,000 to recondition a truck and proceeded to plow the pond of snow and, according to Mark Shepard, “on his last turn coming down the far side he got too close to the shore and dropped both wheels through the ice – 200 ‘ from the dam. It must have cost him a fortune: he had to get tow trucks, guys with chain saws, and they had to saw, not only all the way to the dam, but every 3-4 feet, moving chunks of ice in order to pull it out, pretty much destroying the body of the truck.”

THE FUTURE?

Our changing climate has limited much of the skating on Mill Pond and many of the private costly back-yard rinks have suered from warm winters. Yet, as Mark Shepard knows and a large group of Wayland kids know, you can still nd places to skate even when the ponds aren’t good.

The DPW still grades the road in and out of Mill Pond, collects the trash during the summer, and removed a fallen tree there last year. Mike Lowery, chair of the Board of Public Works, says that they have voted to rename the area around Mill Pond as Adams Park — nally honoring Charlotte Adams’s wishes.

The photographs used in this article were provided by the Wayland Museum & Historical Society, the Shepard family, the Wayland DPW or by the author.

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Madge Cutting below mill Likely taken from below the mill and dam, Madge Cutting poses for Alfred Wayland Cutting

Mill Pond Likely taken from a boat on Mill Pond, this shows the mill that was in operation until 1882 and which burned down in 1890

Cutting ice at Mill Pond Ralph Yetton and Ralph Morse drag rectangular cakes of ice to the Atwood icehouse at Mill Pond.

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Early skates Old iron skates displayed at the Wayland Museum’s Grout-Heard House. These skates likely had a wooden piece fastened on to the iron skates with straps that held the booted foot

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Mill Pond Mill Pond 1954 Shepard family #1 George, Ee, George Jr (Shep) Shepard and a cousin on the Mill Pond c. 1950

On thin ice… The Park Department’s Bronco and Gary Chase in the water– note the crowd in the back of the photo

Measuring ice From the Middlesex News. Gary Chase, Park and Recreation Department foreman, tests the ice at Mill Pond. Workers also measured the ice at Dudley Pond at Mansion Beach and Bayeld Road. Ice conditions were made https://www.waylandmuseum.org/skating-at-the-mill-pond/ 8/11 1/3/2021 Skating at the Mill Pond | Wayland Museum & Historical Society

available at Park and Rec or at the Police or Fire Departments after 4:30 pm

Warming up Two small skaters warming up in Wayland, Shepard family #2 February 2019 Mark Shepard, his son Shane, and two nephews on Mill Pond

Afternoon hockey “Swamp hockey” in Wayland, February 2019

Adams Park Mill Pond (Adams Park)

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2 Comments Richard P Turner on February 24, 2019 at 12:52 pm

This is a great article I can remember when I worked for Park Department while I was in high school as a part time employee in a program oered to students to attend school until noon time and then go to work in the afternoons and a half day on Saturdays we were paid employees of the town the program was called work study. After I graduated in 1962 I went to work the Park department full time until 1964 when I went to join the Navy . I spent many cold days walking behind a sweeper and snow blower keeping the ice clean and also the department acquired a plainer from the Brea Burn Country club in Newton to smooth the ice this was towed behind the truck driven by Steve MacEnroy and I was the plainer operator bundled up and on ice skates I also spent time plowing the pond with the truck that to fell through the ice near the shore line.

Ann Gordon on February 26, 2019 at 2:58 pm

Great article! Such a wonderful combination of history and personal reminiscences…..lovely.

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BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Topics Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair 48 Hours Prior to Posting, if any

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Review and Approve Minutes of the 1/12/2021 Meeting

WAYLAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Posted in accordance with the provisions of the Open Meeting Law www.mass.gov/ago/openmeeting

Town Building 41 Cochituate Road Wayland, MA 01778 January 12, 2021

MEETING MINUTES

Present: M. Wegerbauer (Chair), C. Lewis (Vice Chair), J. Mishara, M. Lowery, B. Goldsmith

DPW Staff in Attendance: Tom Holder (DPW Director), Joe Doucette (DPW Superintendent),

Other Attendees: Louise Miller (Town Administrator), Pam Roman (Finance Committee), Tom Fay (Board of Selectmen Liaison), Susan Green (Board of Health), Brud Wright (Recreation Commission), Asa Foster (Recreation Commission), Jason Adams, Host (Technology)

Meeting opened at 5:03 PM (Hard Stop 6:45 PM)

Opening, Remote Call, & Announcements

Wegerbauer called the meeting to order and explained that this meeting was being held in compliance with the revised Open Meeting Law requirements. The meeting would be live streamed on WayCAM, with all BoPW members participating by teleconference. Public comment would be received by phone at 508-358-6812. The phone number would be active during the public comment portion of the meeting. To make a public comment via Zoom, perform a virtual “hand raise”. The meeting moderator will contact you via a chat message to acknowledge your request and will inform the chair of your request to comment. Instructions for performing a virtual “hand raise” can be found at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en- us/articles/205566129-Raising-your-hand-In-a-webinar

Wegerbauer reviewed the agenda.

Mishara announced that his BoPW term ends in April, but he has decided not to run for election again; he will not be seeking a 5th term. Wegerbauer thanked him on behalf of the Board, but asked if they could change his mind; he would be sorely missed.

Public Comment

Richard Turner (Veterans Grave Officer/PCC Chair), thanked the DPW and Joe Doucette on behalf of the committee for the volunteer efforts regarding Wreaths Across America.

Playgrounds/Fields

The Town Administrator explained that since March we have been under a state of public health emergency. This affects the operation of all outdoor recreation facilities including pools. Directives are received from the state executive branch and the Governor. The Health 1

Department receives directives from the Public Health Department and the CDC. Since playgrounds are regarded as high risk, it was considered prudent to close the fields and playgrounds. Now the Town is discussing how to determine when playgrounds and fields should be opened. The Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health are discussing cleaning protocols with the DPW. Green will ensure this is on the next Board of Health agenda. Following extensive discussion, Mishara thanked the Town Administrator for her very helpful memorandum.

Lowery stressed that it was important to protect residents, and since the Cochituate Playground was open and unsupervised, it could result in the spread of Coronavirus. He made a motion to direct the DPW to build a gate at the Cochituate Playground and ensure it was locked. Goldsmith 2nd, and Wegerbauer invited discussion. Finally it was agreed that Green would attempt to have this item discussed at the next Board of Health meeting. This item to be left open until our next meeting.

Items Not Included in the Packet for Discussion - Town Administrator Review of Playgrounds/Fields Timeline

Green, Wright and Foster left the meeting at 5:28pm.

FY22 Capital Budget Review – Discussion and Possible Vote

The Town Administrator, Holder, and Wegerbauer had already discussed the FY22 Capital Budget Review. Following review by the Board and detailed discussion, Mishara made a motion to vote to accept the FY22 Capital Budget for FY2022. Lewis 2nd, and a roll-call was taken.

Mishara aye, Lewis aye, Goldsmith aye, Lowery abstain, Wegerbauer aye. (4-0-1).

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - BoS Draft Memorandum dated 12/6/2020 - Summary of Recommended FY2022 CIP and Funding Recommendations for Five-Year CIP Department Requests

MWRA Study – Timeline, BoPW scope review, Evaluation Committee BoPW representative – Discussion and Possible Vote

Wegerbauer invited Holder to update the Board. Holder explained that MWRA Study proposals are due on Thursday. Five of the firms who were interested in the solicitation had practice working with communities on MWRA connection. A team will review the proposals. The study would take 7-8 months to complete. Permitting will begin in FY2023, design will be done in FY2024 and construction in FY2025.

Lowery would have liked to see the procurement document in our packet. It should not have been acted upon unless the Board had approved it. Goldsmith stressed that since this was such a momentous decision for the Board, it was important that they be involved in every stage. Holder explained that this stage was the selection of a firm to execute the study. The next stage was to scope the project. In order to craft the scope a working group is to be established and a Board liaison would be involved. A cost comparison will be part of study. Wegerbauer asked Holder to share the procurement document and responses with the board.

Mishara made a motion that Goldsmith would be the BoPW Liaison. Lewis 2nd, and a roll-call vote was taken.

Mishara aye, Lowery aye, Lewis aye, Wegerbauer aye, Goldsmith abstain.

Capital Appropriations for Closeout – Discussion and Possible Vote

Holder reminded the Board that some months ago they had approved the closing of a number of capital appropriations. This means that the appropriated monies are released, either to be returned to the general fund, or to be reappropriated to similar projects if the money was borrowed. Holder offered the Board two further appropriations for closure.

The first is regarding the remaining funds from the purchase of the P55 Backhoe. Holder recommends that these funds be returned to the general fund. The second is regarding the remaining funds from a FY2017 appropriation (Stonebridge Road water main replacement) from borrowings. These remaining funds will be repurposed for a similar venture. The closure of appropriations, once approved by the Board, will then necessitate an article for voting at the Town Meeting. The Finance Department will prepare the article.

The two appropriation closures were voted together. Lewis made a motion that they both be closed. Mishara 2nd, and a roll-call vote was taken.

Mishara aye, Lewis aye, Lowery aye, Wegerbauer aye, Goldsmith had left the room so did not vote. (Passed 4-0-0).

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - Summary of Capital Appropriations for Closure

November Financials

Wegerbauer asked the Town Administrator why the Financials arrive so late from Finance. She proposed that she would talk with the Finance Director about sending out information earlier.

Since the Town Administrator needed to leave to attend another meeting this agenda item will be discussed at the next BoPW meeting.

The Town Administrator left the meeting at 5:54 pm.

Items sent under separate cover for Discussion - Summary of Transfer Station Financials for YTD November 30th

Director’s Operational Report

Holder shared that the Finance Committee are considering $125,000 to repair the vactor. Vaccination of public works staff will commence in March. In the meantime, to minimize personnel contact time, cohort working had been instituted. One cohort starts work at 6:00 am and leaves at 2:00 pm. The second cohort begins at 6:30 am and works until 2:30 pm.

The Board have been solicited to accept Dunster Road. The DPW are researching this possibility but will not be able to advance this in time for the Town Meeting in May 2021. However, it would be ready for a Town Meeting in the Fall.

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - Director’s Operational Report

CPC Requests for CPA Funds – Update and Possible Vote

Lowery explained that the Millpond Dam Walkway Restoration proposal had received approval from the CPC.

Lowery made a motion that the Board formally support the BoPW Millpond Dam Walkway Restoration 2021 CPA Application. Lewis 2nd, and a roll-call vote was taken.

Mishara aye, Lowery aye, Goldsmith aye, Lewis aye, Wegerbauer aye.

Lowery would let the CPC know that the BoPW had voted to support the Millpond project 5-0-0.

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - 2021 CPA Application – BoPW Millpond Dam Walkway Restoration - Site Location & Photos - Millpond History - Mill Pond Park Map

Historical Commission CPA Cemetery Initiative Support Request – Discussion and Possible Vote

Following discussion, the Board agreed that they were happy that a letter be written supporting the Historical Commission’s proposal to survey all historical tombstones in the Town’s three cemeteries. Goldsmith pointed out that historic tombstones are classed as historical sites.

Lowery queried why the actual CPA Cemetery Application had not been included in the packet; he was informed that it had not been made available to the DPW.

Wegerbauer made a motion that Goldsmith would prepare a letter supporting the Historical Commission’s survey of all historic tombstones in the 3 cemeteries, on behalf of the Board. Lewis 2nd, and a roll-call was taken.

Mishara aye, Goldsmith aye, Lewis aye, Wegerbauer aye, Lowery abstain.

Lowery said that he would work with Goldsmith in preparing the letter of support.

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - e:mail referencing the Historical Commission’s Request for BoPW support for CPA Cemetery Initiative Application

Transfer Station – Curbside Pickup Study – working group establishment – Possible Vote

Wegerbauer announced that this item would be discussed at a future meeting.

Transfer Station – Short Term Initiatives – book shed/metal container access - Discussion and Possible Vote

Wegerbauer announced that this item would be discussed at a future meeting.

Traffic Calming Policy – Review proposed updates – better define cautionary (traffic calming) measures vs. regulatory (traffic control) measures – Discussion and Possible Vote

The Board had asked Mishara to update the language in the town’s traffic calming policy. Mishara clarified the town’s policy regarding lights at crosswalks and who is responsible (the Board of Selectmen or the BoPW). Wegerbauer thanked Mishara for preparing the draft presented in the packet and asked the Board members to review and send comments to Mishara. The revised Policy will be finalized in the next couple of months.

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - January, 2021 Revision (Draft) of Town of Wayland Traffic Calming Policy

Board Members’ Reports, Concerns and Updates

 Route 20 South Landfill Updates

Lewis briefly reviewed the history of the landfill site.

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - Brief History of Wayland South 20 Landfill Rev4 January 4, 2021

 Wayland Town Pool’s Water billing Balance.

Holder informed the Board that the Treasurer/Collector is working with the Pool manager. A demand bill is being prepared which, once paid, will clear the account.

Topics Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair 48 Hours Prior to Posting, if any

Holder informed the Board that an annual letter had been received from Eversource informing the Town of Wayland that they will be selectively applying herbicides in 2021 along the power line rights-of-way that pass through the municipality. The BoPW annually send them a reply requesting mechanized efforts rather than herbicides. Lowery has prepared this letter in past years.

Lowery made a motion that he would draft a reply to Eversource on behalf of the Board requesting the use of mechanized efforts rather than herbicides. Lewis 2nd, and a roll call was taken.

Wegerbauer aye, Lewis aye, Goldsmith aye, Lowery aye, Mishara aye.

Review and Approve the Minutes of the 12/08/2020 Meeting

Mishara made a motion to approve the minutes of the 12/08/2020 as presented.

Lowery 2nd, and a roll call vote was taken.

Mishara aye, Lewis aye, Goldsmith aye, Wegerbauer aye, Lowery aye.

Items Included in the Packet for Discussion - 12/08/2020 BOPW Meeting Minutes Draft

Set Future Meeting Dates

The next meeting will take place on February 9th at 5 pm. All BoPW meetings will be held remotely until further notice.

Wegerbauer asked Holder if the Board needed to do anything with regard to the three DPW related articles being presented at the upcoming Town Meeting. Holder suggested that they could prepare the article narratives. Lowery offered to help.

Wegerbauer made a motion that Lowery would prepare the article narratives on behalf of the Board. Goldsmith 2nd, and a roll call was taken.

Lowery aye, Lewis aye, Mishara aye, Goldsmith aye, Wegerbauer aye.

Mishara inquired about how his role as liaison for Spencer Circle would be dealt with in light of him leaving the Board. Wegerbauer to clarify with Tom Fay (the BoPW liaison with the Board of Selectmen).

Adjourn

Mishara made a motion to adjourn. Lewis 2nd, and a roll call was taken.

Mishara aye, Wegerbauer aye, Goldsmith aye, Lowery aye, Lewis aye.

Meeting adjourned at 6:45 PM.

Respectfully submitted, Anita Martin Business Manager

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Set Future Meeting Dates

BoPW Meeting 2/9/2021 Adjourn

Short/Long Term Goals ‐ Parking Lot/Follow Up Items Annual/Recurring Items Schedule

Short/Long Term Goals

 Define Annual/Periodic Responsibilities and Schedules  Review Processes and Procedures ‐ Update as Required  Review Inter‐Board Communications/Engagement

Parking Lot/Follow Up Items

 Town Meeting Articles – Transfer Station Enterprise, Spencer Circle  Water Management Permit discussion  BoPW Terms Ending – Cliff (planning to re‐up) – Jon (not planning to re‐up)  Playgrounds/Fields/Ponds (i.e. Cochituate) – TA/BoS/BoH/RecComm – f/u  MWRA study – timeline, BoPW scope review, BoPW evaluation committee representative – Bob Goldsmith  Transfer Station – short term initiatives – book shed/metal container access  Transfer Station – curbside pickup study – working group establishment  Traffic Calming Policy – review proposed updates/possible vote – better define cautionary (traffic calming) measures vs. regulatory (traffic control) measures  Wayland Town Pool – overdue balance review  Tree Replacement Planning – March? o coordinate w/planning – West Plain/Pemberton? volunteers? o Eversource tree replacement program – make request o review replacement policy – 1 for 4 may be in the bylaw o coordinate Waltham/Lincoln tree plantings  Tree Inventory ‐ discuss at future meeting  SWQC Harvester (possible CPA request) – DPW Coordination Discussion  BoPW Laydown Options – Sudbury coordination?  Route 20 South Landfill – updates  Complete Streets ‐ updates

Annual/Recurring Items Schedule

 Tree Hearings Schedule o Fall ‐ set target meeting (October?) o Spring ‐ set target meeting (May?)  BoPW/RecComm Joint Meeting ‐ set target meeting (March?)  Rate Setting Activities o Transfer Station Rate Setting Hearing (April?) o Water Rate Setting Hearing (May?) o Cemetery Rate Review (periodic)  Memos of Understanding Review o BoS/TA/DPW Dir/BoPW o School/BoPW/RecComm  BoPW Annual Report (March?)  Road Maintenance Plan/Prioritization Review

Financials Review Schedule:  September ‐ 1st meeting ‐ Jul/Aug uncertified expenses/revenue  October ‐ 1st meeting ‐ prior year certified close  November ‐ 1st meeting ‐ 1st quarter certified  November ‐ 2nd meeting ‐ upcoming FY operating/capital budget  December ‐ 1st meeting ‐ October certified  January ‐ 1st meeting ‐ November certified  February ‐ 1st meeting ‐ December certified  March ‐ 1st meeting ‐ January certified  April ‐ 1st meeting ‐ February certified  May ‐ 1st meeting ‐ March certified  June ‐ 1st meeting ‐ April certified  July ‐ 1st meeting ‐ May certified  August ‐ 1st meeting ‐ June certified