HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplication Files_89666_pg0009 MEMORANDUM
To: South Windsor Inland Wetland/Conservation Commission.
From: Jeffrey H. Folger—Environmental Planner/Conservation Officer
Date: July 3, 2013
Re: Appl. #13-23P Review of the proposed Amoun Pita parking lot expansion at 361-363 Pleasant Valley
Rd. Plans dated 06/04/13
The project is to increase the existing parking and vehicle circulation on an existing industrial site.
Stormwater is proposed to be discharged onto several retention/water quality basins,which will empty
into the Podunk River. Proposed activity within the URA equals 14,200 sgft.
Site: The site is located in the Podunk River watershed. The site is comprised of a lot totaling 1.5 acres,
with approximately % acre used from the adjacent property to the east. The site slopes north to south with
the bank of the Podunk River directly south of the property.
The historical use of the site has been industrial. Two industrial buildings and one residential building are
present on the site. An access drive is present along the entire eastern edge of the subject property from
north to south and stops at the bank of the river. Another access drive is present along the adjacent
property that parallels the subject piece. This drive went down to the river and crossed the river via two
large culverts to access an old processing facility,long fallen into disuse.
Surface runoff in the past was sheet flow along the access drive that goes the length of the lot directly into
the Podunk, untreated.
There are no regulated areas on the Amoun property. However, the application includes the Bottcello
property to the east. This property does contain regulated areas, and these areas are within the URA of the
Amoun property and immediately down slope as well.
Regulated areas on the project site consist of the main stem of the Podunk River and its northern
floodplain. This portion of the river contains meanders in the sandy soils present. The floodplain
adjacent to the subject site ranges from 0 to 20 feet wide. The stream channel width averages 10 to 12
feet with a depth of 2 to 4 feet. The channel bottom is comprised of medium to fine sands. The
streambed is active with sedimentation reacting to seasonal changes in flow. Wetlands on the site plan
appear to be accurately identified.
Major functions of these wetlands would be finfish and aquatic organism habitat, groundwater
exfiltration, some nutrient/sediment trapping in the floodplain areas, wildlife habitat, streambank
stabilization, and ecologic diversity.