SOUTHWICK – The Conservation Commission held a public hearing on Monday night regarding the ongoing development of the proposed disc golf facility in town.
New England Disc Golf Center was represented by partial business owners, Randy Brown and Freda Brown.
As Randy Brown presented his revised plan to the Planning Board on July 11, this particular public hearing was a check in for the conservation commission, as they last met with the Brown’s several months ago.
Conservation Commission members Frank Soleimani and Christopher Pratt look over the minutes before the start of the meeting. (Photo by Greg Fitzpatrick)
Randy Brown discussed the two foot bridges that would be placed throughout the 18-hole course. Each foot bridge would be 30 in. wide with two logs side by side and a plank down the middle for people to cross from hole to hole.
The Conservation Commission elected to have the partial business owners of New England Disc Golf Facility come back on Aug. 1 for the next Conservation Commission meeting.
Having revised changes to show the Conservation Commission, Randy Brown will now look to take the next step with those changes.
“Those changes need to be passed along to DEP (Mass DEP) for review,” said Brown.
The main changes were the new location of the parking area as well as the two pull-off areas. In order to allow fire trucks to get through in case of emergency, the pull-off areas are necessary.
“It’s just a widening of the driveway,” said Brown. “The pull-off areas are 40 feet long by 10 feet wide.”
Brown and the rest of the partners will attend a public hearing on Tuesday July 26 in front of the Planning Board.
