Minutes
Conservation Commission/Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency - Minutes - Apr 7, 2026
Apr 7, 2026
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Page 1 of 2 Conservation Commission / Inland Wetlands &Watercourses Agency1 Regular Meeting2 April 7, 2026 – 7:00 P.M.3 Simsbury Town Hall – Main Meeting Room4 933 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 060705 6 MINUTES7 I. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Winters called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.8 9 Present: Chair, Margery Winters; Vice Chair, Jason Levy; Secretary. Joseph10 Campolieta; Commission Members: Jason Berman, Donald Eaton, and Charles11 Haldeman; Alternative Commission Member, Sue Brittell; Planning Director, George12 McGregor; and Assistant Town Planner, Brittany MacGilpin.13 14 Absent: Commission Member, Michael Luzietti; and Alternate Commission Member,15 Alison Wilcox.16 17 Seating of Alternate: Commissioner Brittell was appointed as a regular member for18 tonight’s meeting.19 20 II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES21 22 March 17, 2026, Regular Meeting23 24 MOTION: Secretary Campolieta made a motion, seconded by Commissioner25 Haldeman, to approve the March 17, 2026, Regular Meeting, as written. The motion26 carried unanimously (6-0-0).27 28 III. IWWA BUSINESS29 30 Selection of third-party peer review consultant for CC #26-02, 200 Hopmeadow31 Street (Hartford South)32 33 The Commission briefly discussed the candidates for the third-party peer review34 consultant position.35 36 Page 2 of 2 MOTION: Vice Chair Levy made a motion, seconded by Secretary Campolieta, for37 the Inland Wetland & Watercourses Agency selection of CHA to conduct a third-party38 peer review of Application CC #26-02, 200 Hopmeadow Street, and forwards this39 selection to the Board of Selectmen for the adoption by resolution of the fee estimate.40 The motion carried unanimously (6-0-0).41 42 IV. CONSERVATION COMMISSION BUSINESS43 44 Informational presentation by Lodestar Energy, a solar and energy company,45 regarding a Solar Array project at 140 Nod Road.46 47 Jeffrey Macel, Founder of Lodestar Energy; Samantha Valone, Project Developer at48 Lodestar Energy; Steve Kochis, PE, Civil Engineer at VHB; and Sara Berryman, PWS,49 Wetland Scientist at VHB summarized the proposed Solar Array project. The50 Commission asked several follow-up questions.51 52 Chair’s Report53 54 Chair Winters reported that she met with Public Works to discuss invasive plant control55 and a Native Plant Policy, and the Simsbury Land Trust had a successful “Big Night”.56 57 V. DESIGNATED AGENT ACTIONS AND OTHER REPORTS58 59 Application CC #26-03 of Hartland Construction Co, LLC applicant, Christine60 Bowell, owner, for a wetland permit to construct an approximately 496 s.f. deck in the61 upland review area at 37 Road (Assessor’s Map G09, Block 203, Lot 008) Simsbury,62 CT 06070, R-40 OS.63 64 Assistant Town Planner MacGilpin summarized the approval of the wetland permit for65 the deck construction66 67 VI. ADJOURNMENT68 69 MOTION: Commissioner Haldeman made a motion, seconded by Secretary70 Campolieta, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried unanimously (6-0-0).71 72 Chair Winters adjourned the meeting at 8:12 P.M.73 74 Respectfully submitted,75 76 Amanda Blaze77 Commission Clerk78