Revere planning staff and environmental consultants presented a notice of intent for geotechnical borings and resource‑area confirmation as part of the Resilient Bennington Street and Fredericks Park project (DEP file 601838). The project is a joint Revere–Boston resiliency and recreation effort funded by a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant.

Elle Baker, open space environmental planner with the Revere Office of Planning and Community Development, introduced the project and turned the presentation to Taylor Donovan, an environmental scientist with VHB/EHB, who said the NOI requests confirmation of wetland resource boundaries and approval for seven geotechnical borings (the NOI originally referenced six borings; Donovan corrected that in the presentation).

Donovan described resource areas that include an inland bank associated with Sales Creek, riverfront area that ties into Belle Isle Inlet, salt marsh (mapped to the high tide line which the presenter cited as 6.82 ft NAVD88), tidal flats and land subject to coastal storm flowage. He said borings are largely sited in previously developed portions of the parcel and estimated conservative temporary impacts of about 25 square feet to land subject to coastal storm flowage and about 30 square feet of disturbance to the 100‑foot buffer zones, all to be mitigated and restored.

Commissioners asked about the size of drilling rigs and mitigation near marsh edges; Donovan said borings are expected to be small (roughly 4–5‑inch borings conservatively estimated at 5 square feet per boring) and that matting and scheduling on dry days would be used as needed. The commission scheduled a site walk to confirm resource boundaries for March 24 and continued the hearing to a future meeting for additional permitting steps.

Motion and action: no final vote was taken; the commission set a site walk and will continue the matter at a future meeting.

Why this matters: the geotechnical and resource confirmation work will inform design for resiliency and recreational improvements at Fredericks Park and is a prerequisite for later permitting and construction; the project crosses municipal boundaries and involves multiple coastal resource areas.