Applications Filed

Earthwork Board  

Town of Berlin, MA  

The Berlin Select Board, acting in its capacity as Berlin Earthwork Board, will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, July 12, 2021, at 8:15 p.m. to consider the application of Steven F. Venincasa, Owner/Developer, Homes at Highland Ridge, LLC (“Applicant”) for the importation of material and disturbance of an estimated sixteen (16) acre portion of land within the Earthworks job locus consisting of 78.53 acres as located off 64 Highland Street, Berlin, MA and identified in its entirety as Berlin Assessors Map 15/ Parcel 27.

Applicant describes Earthworks activities (both performed-to-date and proposed) as follows: 

1.      blasted 10,000 yards of ledge then crushed and used on site for purposes:

large boulders: slope stabilization and

small product:  road foundation;  and IMPORTING

2.     1 ½” stone (7,500 yards) for roadways;

3.     ¾” stone (20,000 yards) for foundations and pipe laying; and

4.     ¾” dense gravel (15,000 yards) for roads, driveways.  

All Earth materials numbered 2-through-4 above to be sourced from Kimball Sand and Gravel.  To date and approximate only:  half on-site & half (still) to be delivered. 

This Public Hearing will be conducted virtually-only on the Zoom webinar platform with log-in information as follows:

1. Webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/148969555 

2. iPhone one-tap: +16465588656,,148969555# or +13017158592,,148969555# 

3. Telephone: Dial +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 Webinar ID: 148 969 555 

Any persons wishing to be heard on this matter may appear at the above stated time and place. The application & plan, as filed with the Berlin Select Board Office on June 16, 2021 and updated June 17, 2021, can be viewed online here.  

BERLIN SELECT BOARD: Margaret Stone, R. Scott Hawkins, Christine Keefe