Halifax Conservation Commission approves 9 Eighth Avenue yard restoration plan

Conservation · Meeting of January 27, 2026

Halifax Conservation Commission clears a lakeside yard restoration and pushes Amanda's Way duplex hearings to February. The four-member commission — Co-Chair Kathy Evans, Secretary John Guiod, and members Paul Doucette and Edward Haworth, meeting without Chair Edward Lane — voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve a Request for Determination of Applicability for homeowner Eusebio Oliveira of 9 Eighth Avenue, who plans to loam, hydroseed, and plant a river birch, red maple, and 16 arborvitae trees, with members directing him to native species within 50 feet of the lake. Both Amanda's Way hearings — an RDA for Building 3 and a Notice of Intent (DEP# SE-171-0603) for Building 6, each involving grading or construction near a Bordering Vegetated Wetland — were continued to the February 10 meeting, with members voicing unresolved questions about whether the applicant needs to restart the process and whether the Zoning Board of Appeals has signed off.

The commission also approved $1,300 in invoices, including a $1,250 Outback Engineering peer-review bill for the Building 6 NOI, and affirmed a $375 peer-review refund to Stephen Campbell.

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Source: the Conservation meeting of January 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.