The public is invited to see preliminary sketches and make suggestions on Thursday, Nov. Hardy Stecker and Phil Abramson address council about new park. Protasiewicz.Ĭhairwoman Maureen Denman presented the commission’s detailed report on the same night that town planners gave an update on a park proposed for the Speedwell Avenue redevelopment, and the Shade Tree Commission described a two-year program to replace and protect downtown trees.Ī “passive recreation” linear park is envisioned for a 60-foot-wide, 0.75-acre swath of land adjoining the Modera 55 apartments, under construction at the former town public works site as part of the Speedwell redevelopment. You can go out and dredge and spend a million dollars and you don’t know when you have to do it again,” said Commissioner Justin M. Otherwise you’re just shooting in the dark. “If you’re going to dredge the pond, you need to know what the storage volume is so that you know when you need to do the dredging. The commission recommends a $30,000 hydrology study, to ascertain the pond’s importance for stormwater retention and the impact any town actions (or inaction) will have downstream of the James Street nature area. If no action is taken, silt eventually will fill the three-acre pond and vegetation will take over, creating a meadow.

Photo: Morristown Environmental CommissionĪfter studying the pond all summer, the Morristown Environmental Commission on Tuesday told the town council the solution is… another study.ĭredging is estimated to cost about $1 million.

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