Princeton
|
||||
5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Princeton) | DEM/ DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 319*/ 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
Capacity-building | Encourage greater use of Chapter 61 for land protection (Princeton) | DEM/ NRWA/ Town | staff time | I |
Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
Open Space | Continued protection of local water supply lands and continued support for MDC-MWRA water supply protections (Princeton) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I to L |
Recreation | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Princeton) | DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Town/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
Recreation | Support Wachusett area greenway protection and permanent Midstate Trail easements (Princeton) | Friends of Wachusett Watershed/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Wachusett Greenways | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Forest Legacy | I to L |
Water Quality | Help develop and disseminate BMPs for small-scale, hobby type agricultural operations eg: horse stables (Princeton) | DEP/ DFA/ MDC/ NRCS/ Town/ Worcester Conservation District | 319/ staff time | I to L |
Water Quantity* | Medium flow stress; therefore, work in Quinapoxet sub-basin experiencing flow stress to plan for future water supply and habitat protection needs. These are current conditions which are expected to continue to 2020. | DEM/ DEP/ SRF/ Municipalities | 604B/ EO 418 | I to L |
* Medium flow stress means that the net 7Q10 outflow from the sub-basin equals or exceeds the estimated natural 7Q10. 7Q10 is the lowest consecutive 7 day streamflow that is likely to occur in a ten year period in a particular river segment. |