Lakeville Conservation Commission Issues Patty's Way Certificate, Continues Six Cases to July

LAKEVILLE -- June 23, 2026, Lakeville Conservation Commission continued six open cases to July 14 and approved a letter of support for a Long Pond biodiversity grant at its June 23 meeting. The commission issued a certificate of compliance for a residential project at 1 Patty's Way under Order of Conditions SE 192-914, with applicant Eric Massey of 55 Long Point Road present; Conservation Agent Mark Minton confirmed the lawn was established and the site stabilized. Member John LeBlanc raised a concern at Zero Myrick Street that gas utility lines shown crossing a culvert in riprap could be punctured over time, and the commission directed Minton to relay the concern to peer reviewer Deb Keller of Merrill Engineering. The commission also reviewed a draft Open Space and Residential Development bylaw the Planning Board intends to bring to fall Town Meeting, with member Nancy Yates arguing that the document uses imprecise terminology, "resource area delineation" instead of the formal "ORAD", and that allowing up to 50 percent of required open space to consist of already-protected wetlands would reduce the amount of meaningful upland preserved. The commission voted to authorize a written response to the Planning Board with those concerns.