For demolition of the existing maintenance building and construction of a new 2,300 square foot Equipment Service Center & 56 parking spaces, construction of a 1,700 square foot material storage structure, a 24,700 square foot multi-use Turf Care Maintenance Building, and a 2,330 square foot Environmental Management Center... also Construction of a Comfort Station off Brookside Road.

For replacement of the existing pool & pool house and renovation of the pool area.

See videos of the Zoning Board of Appeals Hearings. Search "Playlists" for "Zoning Board" and select the meeting dates.

Plans can be found on the Wellesley Planning Board website page.

See Abutter Notices for description and details:

PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SPECIAL PERMIT DECISION Issued by Wellesley Planning Board 2/4/13

Pool Facility PSI Document List

PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SPECIAL PERMIT DECISION Issued by Wellesley Planning Board 1/25/13

Maintenance Facility PSI Document List

Planning Board Agenda

On January 3, 2013 the Wetlands Protection Committee approved Wellesley Country Club's Request for Change to the Order of Conditions, MassDEP#324-647: Replace GrassPave System with natural vegetation in the Riverfront Area and the Buffer Zone.

From the Request:


• The proposed construction would include the installation of an 8" crushed stone base on top of which 4" of loam would be spread. A New England Wildflower seed mix will be spread in keeping with the rest of the restoration area.

This change also eliminates the need for an asphalt apron at the site on Brookside Road.

Order of Conditions MA DEP #324-647

(See November 2012, below, for details on the entire project)

9:30 PM -  Wellesley Country Club, 300 Wellesley Avenue - Request for Change to Order of Conditions, MassDEP#324-647, Replace GrassPave System with natural vegetation in the Riverfront Area and the Buffer Zone.

AGENDA

BROOKSIDE ROAD PLAN AMENDMENT

READ THE TOWNSMAN ARTICLE

According to the plans, the proposed location for the new maintenance facility building will be underneath the Club's current paddle courts, which are located across Wellesley Avenue from the Club's main parking lot. The proposed bulk storage facility will also be in that same vicinity. Access will be from Forest Street. The wash-down and fuel facilities will remain in their current location on Wellesley Avenue, but reconfigured to allow more parking. The proposed new comfort station / lightening shelter and grass-paver access off of Scenic Brookside Road near the Community Gardens are also detailed in the plans. See Thursday October 4 meeting, below, for background information.

Written comments can be mailed to the Planning Board, Town Hall, 525 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02482 or emailed to mjop@wellesleyma.gov

See MA DEP #324-565 - the Restoration of Academy Brook under Environmental Considerations for more information about this site.

Scenic Road Regulations, Section 6 - Criteria for Work Projects.
The Planning Board's decision on any application for proposed action affecting Scenic Roads or Scenic Road Layouts shall be based on consideration of the following criteria:

1. The degree to which the proposed action would adversely affect the scenic and aesthetic values upon which the road designation was originally based;
2. The necessity for the proposed action in terms of public safety, welfare or convenience;
3. Compensatory actions proposed, such as replacement of trees, or walls;
4. Availability of reasonable alternatives to the proposed action which could reduce or eliminate anticipated damage to trees or stone walls;
5. Whether the proposed action would compromise or harm other environmental or historical values; and
6. Consistency of the proposed action with previously adopted Town plans and policies.

Public Hearing Scenic Road

Public Hearing Project of Significant Impact 

What is a PSI?

How Brookside Became a Scenic Road!

The entire PSI Document List is available on the Town of Wellesley website.

7:45 PM, Juliani Room, Wellesley Town Hall

Watch the Meeting - Country Club Discussion starts at 45 minutes.

Agenda

Written comments can be sent to the Board of Selectmen at 525 Washington Street, Wellelsey, MA 02482-5992 or emailed to: sel@wellesleyma.gov

Traffic  Impact and Access Study

Traffic Counts and Appendix

Pedestrian Safety

See other documents below.

We'd like to thank the more than 100 of you who signed our letter to the Committee:

You can read more about the Wetlands Protection Act and the Rivers Act and our Town bylaws on our Resources page.

A Notice of Intent has been filed for a proposed Comfort Station and Lightning Shelter along Brookside Road, next to the Community Gardens @Oakland Street

8:05 PM: Continued -- NOTICE OF INTENT

MassDEP #324-647, Wellesley Country Club, 294 Wellesley Avenue, Amended proposal to install utilities for Comfort Station and Restoration and Drainage Improvement in the Riverfront Area.

The new proposed location for the Turf Care and Maintenance Facility is south of Wellesley Avenue, near the Needham Line, with access from Brookside Road. This was not one of the 8 Alternate Locations proposed by the Community in January 2011. (below)

One of our members posted a detailed description of the meeting on our Blog. You can read it here.