Weston Conservation Commission adopts invasive plant policy, closes well abandonment hearing

WESTON — April 12, 2022 — Weston Conservation Commission unanimously adopts invasive plant management policy and closes a water well abandonment hearing. Chair Rees Tulloss presided over the April 12 meeting, where the commission voted to adopt a formal invasive plant strategy adapted from a Massachusetts Audubon framework developed for Lexington, to be used as a shared guidance document across town departments. The commission also closed a Notice of Intent hearing for the abandonment of two long-idle municipal wells near Route 128, with contractor Steve Donate of Tata and Howard describing minimal disturbance — a mini excavator and a few days' work. The panel agreed to schedule an off-calendar public working session, likely in May, to resolve outstanding policy questions — including whether abutter notification should extend 100 or 300 feet — as staff push a proposed local wetlands bylaw toward fall Town Meeting. Member Alison Fronk Barlow agreed to represent the commission on a new Select Board committee overseeing a water storage tank replacement project estimated to span upward of 10 years.