CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Present: Judy Jervis, Sheila Johannesen, Jason Holder, Laura Games, Chris Giordano, and Janet Denison-CC clerk
The meeting opened at 7:30
and was televised.
Laura was designated a voting
member for this meeting.
Chris explained that as of
April 15th he is no longer a member of the Conservation Commission
but will be the Selectman representative to this board.
The meeting was opened for
nominations for Chairman.
Jason moved and Laura seconded
a motion to nominate Judy as Chair of the Conservation Commission.
The motion passed.
Jason moved and Sheila seconded
a motion to close the nominations for Chairman. The motion
passed. Judy accepted the nomination for Chair.
Judy moved and Laura seconded
a motion to nominate Sheila as Vice-Chair of the Conservation Commission.
The motion passed.
Jason moved and Laura seconded
a motion to close the nominations for
Vice-Chairman. The motion passed. Sheila accepted the
nomination for Vice-Chair.
Judy thanked Chris for his
years of service to the town. She explained that the entire town
needs be grateful for the effort he put into this board, especially
toward finishing the Easement and Stewardship Plan, making land purchases,
and other work. She explained that the forest needs a management
plan. She feels strongly that the town of Danville should be proud
of their forest and sad that the residents don’t realize the value
of the forest and conservation land. She said the town needs to
work together to keep the management plan for the conserved land.
Jason explained that the whole
Board can be proud of what has been done by the Conservation Commission.
He also thanked Chris for all that he has done.
Chris said he would like to
see the current projects finished and will continue attending meetings
of the Conservation Commission.
It was agreed that there are
many projects still to be started and more volunteers would be ideal.
Sheila moved and Jason seconded
a motion to accept the March 19, 2009
minutes as written. The motion passed.
Sheila moved and Jason seconded
a motion to accept the non-public
March 19, 2009 minutes as written.
The motion passed.
Jason said that June 15th
is the date set for treating Long Pond for milfoil. There will
be a 24 hour non-use recommendation. Jason will contact Amy Smagnula
about the details involved with the project. He will find out
if the state will notify the residents with the non-use details.
He plans to meet with the Long Pond residents mid-May for a discussion.
He also said he can place flyers at each residents’ home and would
like to have an article in the newspaper. It was suggested that
these flyers can be included with the tax bills.
Flyers can be put at the boat
ramp. Jason will ask Amy about a video that can be aired on the
cable channel. Amy has a flyer that can also be sent to the residents
and posted at the boat ramp.
There was a discussion of lily
pads being fed from fertilizers. This is different than milfoil
which is brought in from plant fragments on other watercraft.
There was a discussion about
the budget being $3236 this year. It was agreed the first project
that should be taken care of is the milfoil.
There was a discussion about
an RSA allowing the Conservation Commission to roll over unused funds
at the end of the fiscal year, allowing the CC to keep its money.
We are still waiting for SE
Cummings to finish their work. Chris will contact Curt Springer
to inquire about the progress he’s made on the Easement. It
is hoped that the public hearing can be in May.
This is a listing of town property,
conservation land, and anything with an easement. There were a
few properties that needed to be listed. Judy said she’d work
on updating the tract sheet.
Trail Expo:
Jason had information about
a trail expo being held at Hampshire Hills in Milford on May 17th.
This is sponsored by the Milford Conservation Commission. They
are looking to tie in trail systems on an inter-county level.
Project Priorities:
The Stewardship and Easement
should be signed this year. Chris said the $4k grant will be coming
in to help with the fees for the Easement. Laura said that newspaper
articles about awarded grants and other activities could help attract
new members. The CC portion of the town website could also be
updated. The wetlands updates and grants should be priorities
also.
Laura said that she’s looking
for larger dollar amounts in the grants that she researches. Judy
said that we need to be sure we’re using what money we have for the
most important pieces of land. The wildlife mapping should point
out the more important pieces. Judy would like to revisit the
prioritization that was done to help define the more important pieces
of property.
Since the discussion will involve
consideration of land purchase which, if discussed in public, might
benefit a party whose interests are adverse to those of the general
community RSA 91-A: 32d should warrant nonpublic session, Sheila moved
and Jason seconded a motion to go into non-public session
per RSA 91-A: 32d. The Commission was polled and the decision
was unanimous in the affirmative.
At 9:15pm Laura moved and Jason
seconded a motion to close the non-public meeting. The
motion passed unanimously.
Sheila moved and Jason seconded
a motion to seal the non-public minutes of
April 16, 2009. The motion passed unanimously.
At 9:16pm Laura moved and Jason
seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed
unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 9:05 pm.
*****Next
Meeting: May 7, 2009****
Minutes are prepared by Janet S. Denison, clerk