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Open Space and Recreation Plan Town of Easton Massachusetts Conservation Commission Open Space and Recreation Plan Prepared by Old Colony Planning Council April, 2008 Town of Easton Massachusetts Conservation Commission Open Space and Recreation Plan Old Colony Planning Council April 2008 This report was prepared under contract with the Town of Easton by the Old Colony Planning Council under the supervision of Executive Director Pasquale Ciaramella by the following members of OCPC staff: Bruce G. Hughes EDP, Economic Development Specialist/Community Development Planner: Report writing Susan J. McGrath, GIS Coordinator: Town Census Tract map This 2008 Easton Open Space and Recreation Plan was prepared with the participation of members and staff of the Easton Conservation and Recreation Commissions with review by the Easton Department of Planning and Community Development. Maps by Old Colony Planning Council and the Easton Department of Public Works. Conservation Commission Patricia Haederle, Chairman Dr. Kyla Bennett, Vice Chairman John E. Grant Jonathan Chase Michael A. Ganshirt Recreation Commission Michael McDonald, Chairman Tana Babbitt Leonard Cidado Charles Hammond Elizabeth Nikiciuk Recreation Staff Jennifer Hruniak, Recreation Director Anne Daley, Program Director Department of Public Works Wayne P. Southworth, DPW Director Adrienne M. Edwards, GIS/CAD Specialist Department of Planning and Community Development Marc R. Rousseau AICP, Planning Director Alice Savage, Staff Planner Stephanie Danielson, Land Use Agent Pamela Almeida, Principal Clerk Old Colony Planning Council Bruce G. Hughes EDP, Economic Development Specialist/Community Development Planner Susan J. McGrath, GIS Coordinator Cover Photos: Top to bottom, left to right Meadowbrook, Unionville Playground, Yardley Rink, Wheaton Farm, Sheep Pasture, Thomas Truman Farm Table of Contents Page I Plan Summary 1 II Introduction 4 A. Statement of Purpose 4 B. Planning Process, Public Participation and Recent Progress 4 III. Community Setting 8 A. Regional Context 8 B. History of the Community 9 C. Population Characteristics 10 D. Growth and Development Patterns 16 IV. Environmental Inventory and Analysis 26 A. Geology, Soils and Topography 26 B. Landscape Character 29 C. Water Resources 31 D. Vegetation 33 E. Fisheries and Wildlife 37 F. Scenic Resources and Unique Environments 43 G. Environmental Problems 49 V. Inventory of Lands of Conservation/Recreation Interest Open Space Protected by Fee Ownership 53 A. Commonwealth of Massachusetts 53 B. Town of Easton 55 Open Space Protected by Less than Fee Ownership 67 A. Conservation Restrictions held by the Conservation Commission 67 B. Conservation Restrictions by Natural Resources Trust of Easton 67 Partially Protected Lands Held for Other Purposes 67 A. Town of Easton Water Dept. 67 B. Miscellaneous Town Properties 67 C. Town –owned Water Areas 68 D. Land under Chapter 61 – Forestry 68 E. Land under Chapter 61a – Agriculture 68 F. Land under Chapter 61b – Recreation 69 Recreation and Athletic Facilities 69 A. Easton School Department 69 B. Southeastern Regional Voc-Tech School 70 C. Town-owned Recreation Facilities 71 D.. Quasi-Public Facilities 72 E. Private Recreation Facilities 72 F. Privately Owned Water Areas 73 G List of Outdoor Recreational Facilities in Easton 75 Unprotected Lands of Conservation and Recreation Interest 76 A. Wheaton Farm-Hockomock Swamp Greenbelt, West of Foundry St. 76 B. Wheaton Farm-Hockomock Swamp Greenbelt, East of Bay Road 77 South of Prospect St., and West of Howard St. C. Mulberry Brook Headquarters 77 D. Poquantitcut Brook/Borderland State Park Greenbelt 78 E. The Black Brook Greenbelt 80 F. Unionville/Stonehill College/North Easton 83 G. Eastondale 83 Miscellaneous 84 VI. Community Goals 86 VII. Analysis of Needs 88 A. Conservation Needs 88 B. Recreation Needs 90 C. Access/ADA Compliance 97 VIII. Goals and Objectives 99 IX. Five Year Action Plan 102 X. Public Comments 110 XI. References 113 Appendix A Summary of Recreation Playing Field Usage/Needs Appendix B Section 504 Self-Evaluation Appendix C Letter from Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Appendix D Recreation Summit Notes Appendix E Analysis of Needs Questionnaire List of Maps Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 7 Census Tracts 15 Zoning 25 Soil Limitations for Septic Systems 28 Water Resources 34 Priority and Estimated Habitats 40 BioMap & Living Waters 41 Vernal Pools & Primary Forest 42 Special Landscape Features Follows Page 48 Open Space Map Follows Page 85 Open Space Plan Map Follows Page 109 EASTON OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN SECTION 1 - Plan Summary The following plan updates the 2001 Easton Open Space and Recreation Plan and draws upon past work by the Conservation Commission and Old Colony Planning Council. The current plan reviews the influences on the town’s growth, outlines a vision for future town character, describes present and potential lands of open space and conservation interest and recreation facilities and needs; establishes goals and objectives and offers a five-year action program. The program recommends acquisition or protection of major resources and means of connecting such existing and proposed holdings. The plan also outlines other educational, financial, regulatory and planning activities needed to ensure program effectiveness and long run continued efforts. The overall recommendation is to take a range of actions to maintain Easton’s semi- rural character, to protect major scenic landscapes, valuable wildlife habitat, and water resources; to provide varied open spaces in or near every neighborhood; to preserve the agricultural heritage of the town, to provide access to conservation-recreational facilities and to meet recreational needs of a diverse population. In particular, the town wants to make best use of its stream system. As the Natural Resources Trust of Easton has noted: “If all brooks in Easton and their wetlands are protected, along with adjacent uplands wherever that is possible, all homes in Easton will have protected open space nearby, birds and other wildlife will have corridors of protected land through which they can safely move, a variety of natural habitat types will be available to help maintain wildlife diversity, and a system of hiking trails can be established through the town.” These ideas are further explored in Section 6, Community Goals. The major recommendations of this plan are: 1. Continue to work on acquiring parcels within the north-south Poquanticut Brook/Mulberry Brook Open Space Corridor or Greenbelt segments through the growing western portion of the town from Wheaton Farm to Borderland State Park. (Goal 1) 2. Continue working on acquiring parcels within the east-west Greenbelt from Wheaton Farm to the Hockomock Swamp. (Goal 1) 3. Continue working on acquiring parcels within the north-south Greenbelt through the central portion of the town from Flyaway Pond to the Hockomock Swamp. (Goal 1) 4. Acquisition/protection of open space to give each developed or developing section of Easton an “open space setting” through proximity to a sizable varied area of fields, woods and wetlands. (Goal 1) ________________________________________________________________________ Open Space and Recreation Plan April, 2008 Town of Easton, MA Page 1 5. Selection, acquisition/protection of a range of smaller properties meeting local open space needs, or protecting particular resources or present holdings. (Goal 1) 6. Identify land requirements for the creation of additional team sports fields as needed and work on acquisition of suitable and appropriately-sited land for field construction. (Goal 4) Major Acquisitions: 1. The town should explore exercising the option it has to purchase twenty-three acres of land adjacent to Militia Park, part of the Friends Crossing condominiums, which are available for purchase for $1.00. The town’s baseball league now plays at Militia Field, near this site. Badly needed baseball and softball fields could be developed on this property. (Goal 4) 2. Marshall Farm - habitat preservation, passive recreation, athletic fields (Goals 1-4) 3. Clover Valley Farm – habitat preservation, passive recreation. (Goals 1-4) 4. The Howard Farm – conservation, recreation and historical value (Goals 1-4) 5. Property located west of Washington Street and north of Main Street – habitat preservation, passive recreation, and athletic fields. (Goals 1-4) 6. The Gill Property – habitat preservation, active and passive recreation (Goals 1- 4) 7. The town should look to acquire a large piece of land, which may be any of the properties listed above, or another suitable tract of land, to site athletic fields that would free the town from dependence on using fields at Southeastern Vo- Tech and privately held parcels. (Goal 4) 8. The town is exploring the purchase of the privately-owned Frothingham Memorial Hall on Barrows Street. It has 5,400 square feet, along with a 1,500 square foot finished basement and about 20 parking spaces. The town has long needed adequate space to house the Recreation Department. It could be used as a home for the Recreation Department and Council on Aging. (Goal 4) update: completed 9. Land on Washington Street, south of Marshall Lane, east of Washington Street, a. the Lomer property – active and passive recreation (Goals 1-4) ________________________________________________________________________ Open Space and Recreation Plan April, 2008 Town of Easton, MA Page 2 Site Improvements: 1. A short history of individual pieces of conservation land and their important values
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