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A Conservation Commission hearing on Wildstar Farm has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7:45 p.m.
The commission was due to continue its review of the proposed 22-stall horse barn on Sandy Valley Road last night.
Town consulting firm Comprehensive Environmental Inc. made comments on the Wildstar Farm site plan but has not yet had time to review the responses to those comments. As a result, the commission asked that the Wildstar hearing be continued, said Karon Skinner Catrone, Westwood's conservation specialist.
The hearing will be held in the Champagne Meeting Room at 50 Carby St.
Wildstar Farm owners Polly Kornblith and Michael Newman have planned an elite dressage barn that will include a 20-meter-by-60-meter indoor arena and an outdoor riding ring of a similar size. The couple bought the 16-acre property, which now consists of a house and a two-stall barn garage, in July. Kornblith said recently they want to build a relatively small stable where they can board their horses and the horses of several friends and equestrian colleagues.
The project has met with vocal opposition from Sandy Valley Road neighbors. Craig Foscaldo, a spokesman for neighbors who oppose Wildstar Farm, has raised questions about the farm's impact on nearby wetlands and the possibility of manure getting into streams within the town-owned Lowell Woods next door and eventually into the town drinking supply.
Kornblith has laid out a detailed plan for the farm's handling of manure, and has said her engineers are working with Skinner Catrone to protect adjacent wetlands.
A Conservation Commission hearing on Wildstar Farm has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7:45 p.m.
The commission was due to continue its review of the proposed 22-stall horse barn on Sandy Valley Road last night.
Town consulting firm Comprehensive Environmental Inc. made comments on the Wildstar Farm site plan but has not yet had time to review the responses to those comments. As a result, the commission asked that the Wildstar hearing be continued, said Karon Skinner Catrone, Westwood's conservation specialist.
The hearing will be held in the Champagne Meeting Room at 50 Carby St.
Wildstar Farm owners Polly Kornblith and Michael Newman have planned an elite dressage barn that will include a 20-meter-by-60-meter indoor arena and an outdoor riding ring of a similar size. The couple bought the 16-acre property, which now consists of a house and a two-stall barn garage, in July. Kornblith said recently they want to build a relatively small stable where they can board their horses and the horses of several friends and equestrian colleagues.
The project has met with vocal opposition from Sandy Valley Road neighbors. Craig Foscaldo, a spokesman for neighbors who oppose Wildstar Farm, has raised questions about the farm's impact on nearby wetlands and the possibility of manure getting into streams within the town-owned Lowell Woods next door and eventually into the town drinking supply.
Kornblith has laid out a detailed plan for the farm's handling of manure, and has said her engineers are working with Skinner Catrone to protect adjacent wetlands.
