CONSERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES OF JUNE 1ST, 2005
Also present: Mike Asselin, David Knight and Betsy Sanders
The meeting was called to order at 7:30PM and was not televised.
1. Minutes of May 18th workshop- The Commission reviewed and amended the minutes of May 18th, 2005. Judy made a motion to accept the minutes as amended. Sheila 2nd the motion. The vote was unanimous.
2. Conservation Easement Project- Judy spoke to Andrew, from the NH Audubon Society. Andrew suggested that at this point it was not necessary for him to meet with the Commission. Andrew suggested to the Commission the following. A. Shooting Range- doing an environmental assessment or flatten the area, bulldoze it over and have it not used as a shooting range B. Rights Reserved/exceptions on the easement-ATV issues and costs associated with monitoring, ATV are extremely destructive to trails and wildlife; snowmobiles are not as much. Audubon does one inspection yearly checking all reserved rights. C. Reserve Rights for Forest Management Plan- for a future Forest Management Plan and Audubon would review or agree to a patch cut now, Audubon would set that up, where, when, how and for the diversity of the forest and wildlife
The Commission discussed the above issues as well as survey requirement costs, monitoring costs. Chris said he spoke to Mary Currier, from the Rockingham County Conservation District and also Brian Hart, from Rockingham Land Trust. She said that ATV use is no problem as long as they stay on the trails. She suggested that the Town place on the easement the ability to allow or disallow ATV’s if it got out of control. Mary told Chris that the shooting range was not an issue. A joint meeting was discussed, July 6th and July 20th were tentative dates. Sheila will ask the Forest Committee, Heritage and the Selectmen, which dates would be, better for them and get back to Chris. Dave suggested to the Commission that Rockingham County Conservation District would be a good second choice. His suggestion was based on diversity, as other board members, and other interested parties hold positions on the other agency. This would give both non-bias and diversity. Dave said that he hope to be at our joint meeting but just in case he wanted this message to be repeated as he did at the August 4th, 2004 joint meeting.
3. Tuckertown Rd- Chris received email from Betsy Sanders regarding the water level on Tuckertown Rd. The Commission explained that the information that the Commission gathered previously was turned over the Selectmen. Including the information from Beaver Solutions, Inc. which the Commission sought professional estimates from.
Correspondence:
a. letter to the Planning Board regarding sub division plans for Anthony Pizzurro Tax Map and Lot 3-161-1 27 & 33 Main Street
b. Chris Strafford resignation letter
c. Trust for Public Land-report managing growth
4. Trash Issue Program-Judy read an article in the paper regarding a program that provides bags and grants. She will bring it in to the next meeting.
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6. Budget-update
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8. Master Plan-Chris said that the Conservation section of the master plan should be done shortly. Chris will contact them again to check on the progress. The Planning Board will be working on the open space section next.
Sheila made a motion to adjourn. Judy 2nd the motion. The meeting adjourned at 8:55PM.
THESE MINUTES ARE NOT PERMANENT RECORD AND ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL, AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING, AT WHICH TIME, THE ABOVE MINUTES, AS CORRECTED, BECOME PERMANENT.
MINUTES ARE PREPARED BY SHEILA JOHANNESEN, CLERK
APPROVED BY:
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