Draft Minutes
December 15, 2004
Meeting
From:~ Larry T. Spencer, Chair
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RE: Minutes of the Commission Meeting held on 15 December 2004.at 19:00 at the Town Hall~
Date:~ 12 January 2005
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Agenda Items
1. Approval of November meeting minutes—not submitted by Jacque. Will be examined at January meeting
2. Permits and other matters
a. From the mail box
1. Pemi Bridge Project has received its wetlands permits
2. Ed Ford—Permit to cut
3. From DES—Reprinting of the Comprehensive Shoreland Act materials—Barbara will bring to the attention of the Selectboard
4. Material concerning David and Denise Cossette
3. Meetings:
a. Joint Meeting of Conservations Commission with Steve Kahl—Meeting was very successful and it was decided to hold a similar meeting for the towns associated with the Squam Lakes Watershed and to make the focus of that meeting the use the maps given the town by the LRPC
b. Meeting with Selectboard about Budget matters—The chair meet with the Selectboard. They will put two articles up for the town meeting. One will be a warrant article, with the same language as last year’s warrant article. If voted on in the positive, it will provide $5K to the Conservation Fund. The other will be a separate article providing $5K to the Conservation Fund. We should be ready to present supporting information on both.
c. January meeting—Anne will call meeting and send out agenda as I will be out of the state on the meeting date. The meeting will focus on grants and grant writing.
4. Old Business
a. Trail from Central School to Town Forest—Jacque—Postponed as Jacque was not present
b. Grants—Will be the focus of the January meeting
c. Selectboard response to Pemi Fish and Game Club pit restoration and material from Fred Allen—The matter was discussed at length. It was decided that the Chair should write a “friendly” letter to Fred Allen, the President of the Pemi Fish and Game. Letter should note our concerns, but also indicate that the club needs to be more proactive on conservation matters, particularly since their grounds has one of the Town’s prime wetlands. Anne is still planning on testing the wetland for phosphates
5. New Business
a. Annual Report—The annual report for 2003 was used as a template for 2004—Chair will forward edited/proofed copy to board for their perusal
6. Other Business
a. Town specific maps for the Squam Lakes Watershed—Mike Barney will look into copying the maps and laminating one set.
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CC members in attendance
Mike Barney, Anne Packard, Larry Spencer and Barbara Currier (Selectboard Representative
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