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I had like to call the Dairy Conservation Commission

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meeting to order, have everybody silence their cell phones

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and we'll start the meeting off with a pledge of Allegiance.

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R Pledge. Do the United States of America

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to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation, nation,

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Under God, IVIS, Liberty and Justice All.

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Okay. The emergency exits are located in the back

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of the room.

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And to my right, if there's an emergency in the building,

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please don't use the elevator.

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Use the stairs. If you need help getting out

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of the building, please ask one of the commissioners.

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We'll start off with introduction of Comm Commissioners.

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Starting to my right.

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Christopher Morlock.

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Cheryl Holbert, Jay Hildreth,

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Rick Metz, Bob Spro. Linda Cony,

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Eileen Chabo.

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Pam Piero. Fal Cony, land Manager, Elizabeth Carver.

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And I'm the chair Ricardo Bgo.

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We also have our cons liaison. Mr.

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Charles's Foot joining us tonight. And we're sharing Mike's.

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That means we must have a pretty good group, right?

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I don't think I ever remember sharing Mikes before Charlie.

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That's, that's a first. It might be a first.

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Yeah. Owen's getting a picture right now. It's good.

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Document history.

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First, the order of business on our agenda

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today is the approval of minutes.

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They were sent to you by our secretary, Jay.

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And you also have a copy in front of you.

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Is there any changes necessary

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to those minutes showing Eileen? I have a,

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I have a few comments.

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Okay. Throughout the minutes,

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like starting on page two, when it talks about,

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I think it meant stewardship management

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or like, there's no consistency with regards to the plan

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for the conservation easement.

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Because sometimes it says,

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like on page two it says Stewart management plan,

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on another page it says

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Easement stewardship easement plan.

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I think like a consistent name should be chosen

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and then every time it's referred to,

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it should be the same name.

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So that's one thing. And then I had,

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let's see,

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oh, on page four, the second paragraph

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where I talked about the wording in the easement,

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it says, commissioner Chabot described the documents

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where it read the land would be turned into

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a wildlife management refuge.

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What I really had said was that it seemed like

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to me in reading the document,

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that it was being turned into a wildlife management refuge.

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The actual document did not read that way.

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It just appeared to me like

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that's all we were allowed to do was manage wildlife there.

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So if that could be reworded, I'd appreciate it.

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Anything else, Eileen? Nope, That's it. Thank you.

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Okay. So on the first part of Eileen's suggestion,

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are the minutes taken as spoken?

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So those, when we were referring to that easement,

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it was the way it was spoken.

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So I'm not sure if that would warrant a,

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a change to the minutes and I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll defer to,

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I don't remember what I said. Rick.

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Whatever was said is what's documented,

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Right?

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So, yeah. On your second

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change, Eileen, I think you're right.

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It's what you said. But I think when

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I said it seemed like, You know Yeah, that was your,

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I I was talking about you on your first suggestion when,

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what was being referred to

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as differently a number of times. Oh,

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Then you, the plan. Yeah.

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I think that's the way it was spoken. The second

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Okay. 'cause it's kind of confusing, you know,

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when you start looking at, like,

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there's several different pages

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where it's referred to differently.

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Yeah. But I think the minutes are, are capturing

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what was actually said.

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So, okay. That that's what the people said.

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All on your second.

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And, and if I, if I think that's,

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am I understanding that right, Charlie? Yeah.

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Right. You can't, I mean, you can't reassign

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intent once something something's

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Said once it's written on the second one

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where it was actually your statement.

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Yep. That may have been heard differently

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than I think on that one.

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We should probably make that adjustment, Jay, to the minutes

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and have it reflect exactly what Eileen

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what what Eileen said.

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So Eileen, just for Jay, could you,

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could you be specific exactly on what you said?

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I remember what I said was in reading the easement

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documents, it seemed to me as if the

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only thing we were gonna be allowed

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to do was have a wildlife management refuge there.

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Because we weren't allowed any public access.

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We weren't allowed any trails or any activities.

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But that the state fish

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and game we're going to monitor the wildlife there.

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So is there a specific sentence in the minutes

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that, that we could change?

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Okay. That I could, that I could give him? Yeah.

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Okay. Sure. So he could change it.

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'cause these have to be then, then ratified and sent.

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Okay. You can say, commissioner Chabot described

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in reading the documents

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that it appeared the land would be turned into a

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wildlife management refuge.

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And without any, the rest of it is fine.

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And without any educational opportunities there,

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it would be less a loss for anyone

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to realize any potential environmental awareness

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or educational opportunities.

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And the town is losing out in that, in that aspect.

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So that part's fine.

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We're gonna have the two secretaries just sort that out.

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Yep. So we can make, make the necessary change.

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No, I appreciate that. Thank you.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. Was my voice.

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I can make sure scratchy

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throat, huh?

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Think I might have some

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My coat. All good?

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Yeah. Do, do you need any further clarification? Jay?

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Do you have that? Do you think you got it?

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I may talk to Eileen briefly after the meeting.

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No, we, we need to do, do straight now. Yeah.

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We gotta get it done now. Yeah.

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Okay, Eileen, let's get it,

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let's get it completely clear for Jay so we can, let's

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Do it again.

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Yeah. It's just a matter of a few words

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To change that and just Yeah, that's And just the words,

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just the actual words that need to be changed.

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Yeah. Nothing, nothing else. Alright.

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Instead of where it read Jay, you can say

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it appeared like,

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Okay. It appeared like would be fine to just, okay.

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Yep. Simple change.

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Thank you for making that specific. Yep.

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Okay. Great. All right.

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Anyone else regarding the minutes? Mr. Metz?

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Yeah. Under, under Commissioner Mets motion

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to exit non-public meeting.

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And then we go to move to seal.

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The non-public meeting minutes. Should read indefinitely.

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Thank you. Move

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to seal the non-public min meeting minutes indefinitely.

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Okay, let's, let's have the two secretaries sort that out.

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Page nine. Yeah. Where he says,

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That's all I have.

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Mr. Chair.

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So page nine at the bottom there. Yep.

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Got it. Seal the minutes indefinitely.

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Jay, you have that? Yes sir, I do. Okay.

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Any other changes to the minutes? Okay.

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Seeing none, but I'd like to detain a motion

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to approve those minutes as amended.

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Move to approve the minutes

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of the March 16th, 2026 Conservation commission as amended.

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We first by Mr. Metz. Second. Second by Eileen.

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All those in favor say aye.

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Aye. Opposed? Abstentions. Okay. Motion carries.

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It's a lot of minutes on that meeting.

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Chis report is our next order of business. We've been busy.

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I feel like I'm kind of the quarterback.

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I've become a quarterback of this committee now.

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We have a lot of people working

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behind the scenes between meeting.

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I continue to talk to Beth at least once a week at length,

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setting the direction of the commission, trying to organize

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and highlight our goals.

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And she's feeding back to me

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and things that she's doing, she's doing

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with the subcommittees.

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So we're all systems go.

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We are developing, we're in the middle of developing that.

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I'll share once we have completely developed a scoring

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procedure for the commission's goals.

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We, we have a lot of balls in the air.

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And just to make sure that we're doing the things that

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make the most sense for our community

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and for the goals of the commission.

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Stay at the top of our list for, for goals

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and the more ancillary stuff

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that can be done when things are, we're not

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so busy doing the, the most important stuff.

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And that's all I have. Cheers.

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As far as correspondence,

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we did get a newsletter from South Views Conservation

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for migrating marshes in a changing climate.

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And I'll send that to my left.

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Can look at it as we continue.

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Our next order of business is Officer elections.

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Before we get into that, are, are any

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of the present officers opposed to maintaining their

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position as officers of the commission?

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Anyone in opposition? Seeing none.

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I'm gonna entertain a motion by Mr. Metz.

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Move to nominate Mr.

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Ricardo Bazinga for another term as chair.

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We have a first by Mr. Metz. Is there a second? Second.

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Second. Second. Second. By Eileen. All those in.

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Do we need a roll call on this one?

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Yeah, let's, we'll start with a roll call.

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Starting to my right. Chris is not seated. Yes,

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Yes, Yes, yes.

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Not seated. Yes. Yes.

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And the chair votes. Yes.

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I will make motion to nominate

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Richard Metz as vice chair. And I need a second,

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Second.

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Second by Cheryl. So the first on the floor by myself,

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second by Cheryl to make Mr.

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Metz vice chair.

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I'll take a roll call also on that one to my right.

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Yes. Yes, yes, yes, Yes.

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Yes. Chair votes. Yes. Mr.

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Chair has been elected to vice chair for another term,

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Move to appoint Eileen Chabot as treasurer.

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I'll second. Yes.

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Jay? Yes. Yes,

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Yes, Yes.

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Yes. Chair V. Yes.

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Move to nominate Jay Hildreth as secretary.

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I'll second. Yes. Yes, yes,

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Yes, Yes.

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Chair votes. Yes. And all your pay is tripled.

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Everybody. Yeah. Everybody gets tripled.

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Just saying. Alright.

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Office officer elections are complete.

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Our next elections will be,

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election appointments will be that of our committees.

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I'm gonna wrap 'em all up in one, but

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before we continue with that, is there anybody

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that would like to move off the chair of a committee?

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I think the members we can move kind of at our,

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without any approval, so is if, if any of the present chairs

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of committees wanna relinquish that seat,

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please let me know now.

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Okay. Seeing none, I would like to make a motion

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for the following chair, people

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to chair these following commis com committees.

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Personnel, Mr. Metz, TRC, myself,

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land Acquisition Mr.

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Metz, state Compliance. Eileen Public Outreach.

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Cheryl Community Garden. Jay, land Maintenance.

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Bob Reporting Compliance Val

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and property management.

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Myself. I need a second.

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Second. So first

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and second on the floor to,

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for the chair people

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of these committees. We'll start to my right.

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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes,

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Yes, Yes.

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And chair votes. Yes. Alright. Committees are done.

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Next order of minute. Next order

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of business is an update on the Broadview annex.

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The Jay supplied a pretty detailed

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analysis of his,

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I don't think you need to read it again, Jay.

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We, we, we read the whole thing,

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but maybe go over it as highlights.

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And I'm sure you'll have some questions.

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That's what I plan to, I'm only gonna

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Take 10 minutes or less. Okay.

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Yeah. Good. So Jay's gonna highlight his plan

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and then didn, take any minutes that,

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any questions that we may have.

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Okay. Jay?

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Yeah. This document was just intended to lay down

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information and gather together new, new learnings

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and help to merge together a, a plan.

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And next steps. I'll just mention

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that I did make an a, a inquiry with the Heritage

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Commission in order to be able to describe a little bit more

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what about what this property is

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and what was it in the past.

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It's a fairly unique piece of land.

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It's had a lot of man manmade

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additions, like giant stone walls that sur surround most

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of the 3.4 acres.

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So I want to get more information.

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I haven't heard back from them.

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And so the next steps,

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I am trying, trying to create a development plan.

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And this is the first draft of it.

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And also, I wanted to review a

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permitting process at a high level.

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So I start, I just took down information

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basically from different sources

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and, you know, documented it for, for future use.

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When we come to the point where we have

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to decide are we going to do a permit or not?

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There are exemptions to wetland permits that,

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that are, could apply to our, this land.

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The certain ones are that are exempt,

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or if there are certain recreational activities

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that are low impact, such as hiking, bird watching

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that don't involve the construction of permanent structures

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or alteration of the wetlands or surface waters.

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So if we, it would probably be favorable to see that we have

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to do less permitting,

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but should not be daunted if we do have to,

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again, I research that there is a, you know, a definite path

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to doing, getting permits, different step-by steps.

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And there is assistance from the state.

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We,

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According To E-M-V-W-T

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3 0 9 0 2,

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mowing is allowed under certain conditions that could come

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to a great advantage

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because the, they, the land wants to grow back

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into Meadow, meadow and then into wood woodlands

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and become very dense

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and really hard to try to move in in there.

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So we can do mowing

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and, you know, in a, under the certain conditions that we

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do not do it during, you know,

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don't disturb the vegetation roots.

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Which I can tell you that walking on there, there's a solid

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pack of roots, very intertwined, very supportable.

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I, I never found myself sinking into any kind of mud

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or anything else that I've worked in there since the snow

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melt the ground

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should be dry enough to make an, to make the mowing passes

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that and avoid ruts.

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It's, the project shouldn't be

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located in a bog

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or designated prime wetland, which this is not.

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And I, I'm not sure if there's any 100

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foot buffer rule at all.

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So I don't think so,

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but I'm posing that as a question to, to be answered.

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Yes. And I said that there's plenty

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of consultation guidance from the state and specific steps,

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and I have references to that should the time come.

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Now with monitoring the three potential

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vernal pools, I started to walk, walk on there

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and made some just brief logs in this document

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and taken photo images.

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There's a very definite drainage system

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that just was created by nature.

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It goes from, from south to north down,

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down slope goes into a culvert.

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Then the culvert goes down alongside the road.

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There's a culvert that there's downhill to the west.

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I didn't see how far, where it goes on the western border.

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But this has been established this probably for a long time

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from this south to north

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Channel, which is about six, six inches wide,

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six inches deep, maybe a little less,

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maybe five inches deep.

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It diverges to the north west.

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And then goes into the PVP one,

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which is the pro is the most significant pool

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that's on that property.

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And I've, I've seen it going there about

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four different Wednesdays.

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I'm, I'm always choosing Wednesday to be consistent

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that it goes up and down and, and

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whenever there's been rain or more snow

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or so, there is a fluctuation.

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It's not all going down, down, down there.

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It does vary with the rainfall.

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I'm looking for signs of wildlife, you know, just,

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I'm seeing a little bit of pond plants,

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but no wildlife yet.

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If you listen at night, you know, we know the established

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pools and marshes are, are starting to get the spring pees

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and, and, and small frogs.

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So Valerie is going is I've been working with her

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and we, she has ideas

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because there are very many ways to do this

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col assessment.

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There are many organizations have their own forms and,

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and guide guidebooks.

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And there's different reasons to have them or not.

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Valerie has something she's used all the time.

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Basically, we'll be taking the same information.

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I've just documented all the different organizations

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that are, are

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offering for different reasons.

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And when we may study that further

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and find that even though we've taken information,

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filled it out on a form, there may be an advantage

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to filling it out for another organization to get,

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I was reading that there's some kind of

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documentation statewide of vernal pools.

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So you could apply just added

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to the database for the state.

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So the next thing I wanted to talk about was paths

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to identify where paths should go.

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And we, there are exemptions also for paths

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that needing permits.

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And we may have some, some of the

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exceptions here, exemptions here that we could use.

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I think that 90% of what we want to do

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for PAs could be taken a taken by the, you know,

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annual mowing, which would be probably in the fall.

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We don't know whether we need more than once.

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That would take care of most of the things there.

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There may be a place for boardwalks, if you wanted

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to do a path that goes a loop around, you'd have to

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cross these six, six by six

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channels three times to go around.

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And again, we, we will have more information

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as the season goes on.

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There's, you know, there's nothing

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to say yet about, about it.

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It's premature. There's more, more information

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required by observation.

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So I asked the question about wildlife habitat

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enhancement plan.

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I came up with that myself and reading.

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And also to factor in whether we determined that the, the

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PVPs become actual vernal pools.

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We simply have to follow the

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New Hampshire's latest wildlife action plan.

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It's everything we need.

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It specifies it.

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It's more biological biology of species of animals

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that are present and their habitats

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and how to encourage and enhance them.

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So I have also almost done they,

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so I'm considering a, a more passive approach versus

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adding native species actually introducing

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ourselves native species.

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And again, I had mentioned that letting,

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letting nature just grow, grow back the plants

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is the majority of what has to be done.

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Also though, we, the mowing in certain circumstances just

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for the path use and also considering eliminating

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and doing a survey and eliminating invasive plants,

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that that can be fairly passive.

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But the addition of native species

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for diversity is more, more intensive.

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And it has to be balanced with, you know, the, the benefit

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for wildlife goals.

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And again,

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that will be seen in time and more study.

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So I'm asking, I'm asking for approval

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from the Conservation Commission to continue this pursuit.

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I anticipate that this will merge itself into the

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NH a's CCC Landscape Scale Management program.

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And I did do recognize that that program

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compliments very well the goals that I have, I've stipulated

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for, for this piece of land.

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So if you have any questions, you can ask me or just email

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Any questions for Jay?

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No.

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I noticed in your report you recommended

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that we discontinue allowing public works to,

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or the cemetery crew to

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store any leaves on the property. Is that

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Yes, that happened fast.

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That was the, the NRI that was performed

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by Norman Du definitely was a strong

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recommendation to not do that.

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We do have, we do have that challenge with the gardening

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community garden to try to see what we can do it.

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I walked onto that pile of leaves, you know, sprayed

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for ticks and yeah, it's very thick

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and it already is chopped up, which is great

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for incorporating it into, you know, into the garden.

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But there is a very large volume

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Something if, if we decide we're gonna disallow

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that, we need to let them know.

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I think we, I I think Beth

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and I have that sorted out. Yeah, we

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Have. Okay. We,

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We've started to think about that.

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Yeah, she can give it.

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We wanna do it in your, in your report. Sure.

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Talk about that. Sure. Yeah, I can talk about that.

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That was the only question, Jay. Nice work. Jay.

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It's a lot of work you're doing there. Yeah. Thank

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You Jay.

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So action items moving forward.

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Jay, you have Val helping you, right?

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Yeah. You need more help.

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You need more help from the commission.

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I wouldn't mind anyone coming

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to take a walk. Eileen, come take a walk. I'd

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Be happy to help.

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I have a lot of knowledge of rental pools if you want.

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Yeah. Want that kind of help? Yep.

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Yeah. Let's, you know, definitely engage the rest

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of the commission, get some help.

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What would you, what would you say your next, like,

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first your next two action items are on it?

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Well, we're, we're doing the, the vernal pool studies

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and we need to get familiar

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with the hydrology, you know, on this land.

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What, what goes on with these, these channels,

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Ettes, whatever you want to call them.

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You know, when I, I noticed they're very active

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and flowing a lot and,

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and they, the PVP two is at the

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southern end of that, where that is so that even though

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that happens to be under a, a shrub, the, the major part of

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that PVP is under a shrub.

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The big large shrubs.

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It's interesting, the PVP three is also that way.

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It's just, there's shrubs just growing up

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out of pooling water. So

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00:29:08,645 --> 00:29:12,005
You're gonna continue to just continue to monitor it.

522
00:29:12,675 --> 00:29:15,085
Charlie, is it Craig Durrett? That's the environmental.

523
00:29:15,775 --> 00:29:16,775
Who's the environmental?

524
00:29:18,125 --> 00:29:21,965
I believe he left. There's a, there's an, it's not Sam.

525
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,125
Sam's the engineer. I can see his face

526
00:29:25,325 --> 00:29:27,245
'cause he's in the TRCs with us. Yeah.

527
00:29:27,455 --> 00:29:29,725
Could you, could you get me his info?

528
00:29:29,745 --> 00:29:31,765
And I'm gonna forward that info to you Jay.

529
00:29:31,765 --> 00:29:33,205
There's a, there's a town.

530
00:29:33,665 --> 00:29:36,085
Environmentalist. Environmentalist, okay.

531
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:39,405
That should probably be looped into, looped into this.

532
00:29:39,895 --> 00:29:42,165
Great. Any other questions for Jay?

533
00:29:43,795 --> 00:29:45,045
Alright, nice work Jay.

534
00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:49,925
Alright, next we have our committee reports

535
00:29:50,385 --> 00:29:52,765
and our first one is Jay again.

536
00:29:52,865 --> 00:29:54,685
Jay taking the whole meeting.

537
00:29:54,825 --> 00:29:59,485
Sure's on the, so

538
00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:01,765
I, I had mentioned our last meeting,

539
00:30:03,765 --> 00:30:06,085
a subcommittee meeting that we had

540
00:30:06,845 --> 00:30:08,605
and some action items from that.

541
00:30:09,305 --> 00:30:14,005
We are some actions items for me in particular.

542
00:30:14,505 --> 00:30:18,365
And for Beth was to do a seed starting

543
00:30:19,375 --> 00:30:22,245
video to be for Linda, to

544
00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:24,685
Linda to film us.

545
00:30:24,985 --> 00:30:27,285
And I think she was able to do that with Beth,

546
00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:29,565
but I just ran outta time

547
00:30:29,625 --> 00:30:31,365
and it was, I had to do it outdoors.

548
00:30:31,385 --> 00:30:33,485
It was the best day. It was Wednesday

549
00:30:33,705 --> 00:30:35,445
and she wasn't feeling well.

550
00:30:35,465 --> 00:30:39,445
So I tried to have five hands and do it. I don't know.

551
00:30:39,895 --> 00:30:41,685
We're, we're working on it. It'll be good. It'll be

552
00:30:41,685 --> 00:30:42,685
Fine.

553
00:30:42,685 --> 00:30:44,285
I hacked it up. But

554
00:30:44,995 --> 00:30:46,125
Star It's good I get through.

555
00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:49,165
But yeah, I just wanted to show planning onions

556
00:30:49,225 --> 00:30:50,245
and planning leaks.

557
00:30:51,185 --> 00:30:54,445
And I look forward to her merging those three videos.

558
00:30:55,345 --> 00:30:57,365
And then I'm going to put it on the Facebook

559
00:30:57,505 --> 00:31:00,325
and add some information about,

560
00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:03,845
one thing is when do you start seedlings?

561
00:31:03,845 --> 00:31:07,205
What's the, what's the guideline, the guidance on that,

562
00:31:07,385 --> 00:31:10,205
you know, I was looking at some of the packages

563
00:31:10,385 --> 00:31:12,165
and I, I had to like sit down

564
00:31:12,265 --> 00:31:14,845
and really think it out here, line by line.

565
00:31:14,865 --> 00:31:16,085
It was kind of complicated

566
00:31:17,635 --> 00:31:20,805
because of course the last fall date is

567
00:31:22,305 --> 00:31:25,165
in this, in our business on the gardening committee,

568
00:31:25,745 --> 00:31:29,735
the last fall date is, it's not up to us what that is.

569
00:31:31,795 --> 00:31:35,535
And but so much, so much is determined from that,

570
00:31:36,165 --> 00:31:40,135
including when we plant our plant, our plants

571
00:31:40,155 --> 00:31:44,095
to transplant them when we do the tilling

572
00:31:44,095 --> 00:31:45,175
and when we start planting.

573
00:31:47,475 --> 00:31:50,735
So I also posted to the Facebook, the soil tests

574
00:31:50,935 --> 00:31:52,815
that I had taken and,

575
00:31:52,875 --> 00:31:57,855
and described the recommendations for the gardens gardeners

576
00:31:58,915 --> 00:32:03,815
and otherwise I,

577
00:32:04,835 --> 00:32:05,975
we have our spring,

578
00:32:06,195 --> 00:32:08,575
spring event starting 10:00 AM on the

579
00:32:08,855 --> 00:32:10,095
Saturday after tilling.

580
00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:13,375
We had mentioned that we're gonna also have our next

581
00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:17,295
meeting, April 13th at 6:00 PM

582
00:32:18,195 --> 00:32:21,455
at, and we're trying to meet in person destination India.

583
00:32:22,955 --> 00:32:23,975
And that's it.

584
00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:26,975
We also, Beth will update you on the

585
00:32:28,505 --> 00:32:30,015
April 1st has come by

586
00:32:30,075 --> 00:32:33,575
and that's the time to, for our gardeners to

587
00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:36,895
send in their requests for a plot.

588
00:32:37,315 --> 00:32:42,045
And I know that it was half full just a day or so ago,

589
00:32:42,105 --> 00:32:45,645
but I, I look forward to hearing from Beth.

590
00:32:45,645 --> 00:32:47,725
What that's what that is now

591
00:32:49,475 --> 00:32:50,475
More than half full.

592
00:32:51,855 --> 00:32:54,485
Thank you Jay. Personnel. Mr. Metz,

593
00:32:54,545 --> 00:32:55,545
Mr.

594
00:32:55,545 --> 00:32:57,485
Chairman, excuse me. One Joshua Brown is the

595
00:32:57,485 --> 00:32:59,245
environmental coordinator for the town.

596
00:32:59,595 --> 00:33:00,595
Okay, thank You. Josh.

597
00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:02,685
Joshua Brown. Joshua Brown. Yeah.

598
00:33:02,685 --> 00:33:06,645
He's the coordinator. So you wanna, you wanna,

599
00:33:07,425 --> 00:33:08,805
Jay introduce yourself to him,

600
00:33:08,805 --> 00:33:10,045
tell him what you're doing and sure.

601
00:33:10,265 --> 00:33:14,575
Him in. Okay. Mr. Metz Purcell,

602
00:33:15,755 --> 00:33:17,055
No updates on personnel.

603
00:33:17,055 --> 00:33:19,055
They're both still here, so that's a good sign.

604
00:33:19,945 --> 00:33:21,975
Thank you Mr. Metz. Public outreach. Cheryl?

605
00:33:23,005 --> 00:33:25,935
Okay. I I really wanna thank Eileen and Linda

606
00:33:26,635 --> 00:33:29,575
and Beth in my absence for such a productive meeting.

607
00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:32,855
And we're meeting again this Thursday, coffee factory.

608
00:33:33,915 --> 00:33:36,775
So there's a lot of talk about trail work events

609
00:33:37,035 --> 00:33:40,135
and possible dates for those which we'll be confirming.

610
00:33:40,595 --> 00:33:42,575
And the Margie Ives perhaps in July,

611
00:33:44,885 --> 00:33:46,735
corn Cornelison in August.

612
00:33:46,925 --> 00:33:50,055
Broadview, possibly two of them late January

613
00:33:50,675 --> 00:33:54,575
and also September and Cole Marsh in October.

614
00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:57,335
So as I said, we'll be meeting this Thursday

615
00:33:57,635 --> 00:34:00,815
and if there's any input that the commission would like

616
00:34:00,815 --> 00:34:02,815
to offer for that, we'll have

617
00:34:02,815 --> 00:34:04,695
to solidify those dates sooner than later.

618
00:34:05,675 --> 00:34:09,815
Eileen has offered to on earth for honor

619
00:34:09,815 --> 00:34:13,975
of Earth Day on the 18th Coffee Factory to pass out bags

620
00:34:13,995 --> 00:34:15,855
and gloves, which I think is awesome.

621
00:34:16,995 --> 00:34:20,495
And there is also an idea of a, of a raffle floating around

622
00:34:22,285 --> 00:34:25,815
free entry, any photos, also cleaning up in these

623
00:34:26,505 --> 00:34:29,535
trial work events and with the possibility

624
00:34:29,535 --> 00:34:32,055
of maybe a gift card from the commission

625
00:34:32,635 --> 00:34:34,735
as, as an award for that.

626
00:34:37,085 --> 00:34:39,535
Yeah. And as I said, our next meeting is Thursday, so,

627
00:34:39,915 --> 00:34:41,135
so we have all of this.

628
00:34:41,335 --> 00:34:43,895
I, I think just very like making progress

629
00:34:44,005 --> 00:34:45,695
with some great ideas.

630
00:34:45,955 --> 00:34:48,575
And now just a matter of nailing down the dates,

631
00:34:49,895 --> 00:34:52,015
there'll be plenty, plenty to share

632
00:34:52,015 --> 00:34:53,335
with the community about that.

633
00:34:53,635 --> 00:34:55,775
And thank you too, Jay, for sharing about

634
00:34:55,775 --> 00:34:56,815
the garden community garden.

635
00:34:56,875 --> 00:34:59,815
That's super, super important. Thank you. Sure.

636
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:03,735
Thank you Cheryl. Mr. Metz, TC

637
00:35:05,285 --> 00:35:07,495
I've got four TRCs to report on.

638
00:35:07,575 --> 00:35:09,975
Beth, I'm trying to make sure that you get all the notices.

639
00:35:10,065 --> 00:35:12,375
Thank you. I asked Caroline to try and forward 'em to you.

640
00:35:12,455 --> 00:35:14,895
I noticed she didn't the last ones, so that's my fault.

641
00:35:14,895 --> 00:35:17,535
But you got this. I'm gonna be there Friday. Okay. Yeah.

642
00:35:18,955 --> 00:35:23,695
So the four listed one was Lane Road subdivision.

643
00:35:24,025 --> 00:35:25,735
Ricky, can I just interrupt you for a second? Yep.

644
00:35:25,875 --> 00:35:27,975
I'm not sure, does everybody know what A TRC is?

645
00:35:28,095 --> 00:35:30,415
'cause we have some, yeah, I don't know if our

646
00:35:30,415 --> 00:35:31,495
newest commission,

647
00:35:31,735 --> 00:35:33,655
TRC is technical review committee where

648
00:35:34,715 --> 00:35:38,365
the proposed project comes before all the department heads

649
00:35:39,305 --> 00:35:41,805
and they iron out all the issues

650
00:35:41,905 --> 00:35:43,605
before it goes to the planning board.

651
00:35:43,625 --> 00:35:47,965
So the, the planning board doesn't have to go through

652
00:35:49,065 --> 00:35:50,365
all the stuff the TRC does.

653
00:35:50,365 --> 00:35:53,405
It's all done ahead of time. So,

654
00:35:54,465 --> 00:35:57,885
and it's fire, it's public works, it's police, it's

655
00:36:00,435 --> 00:36:03,685
environmental engineering, all those types of things

656
00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:06,925
that would go into building a property out.

657
00:36:07,225 --> 00:36:10,325
So that's what it is. And sometimes it requires more than

658
00:36:10,325 --> 00:36:13,765
one, sometimes more than two TRCs to get the project

659
00:36:15,225 --> 00:36:16,405
before the planning board.

660
00:36:16,595 --> 00:36:20,285
There's certain criteria that if a plan meets

661
00:36:20,795 --> 00:36:22,485
certain criteria, then it comes

662
00:36:22,485 --> 00:36:25,445
before us a minor subdivision.

663
00:36:25,545 --> 00:36:28,245
If it doesn't in involve wetlands doesn't come before us.

664
00:36:28,245 --> 00:36:30,765
If it's a minor subdivision, which is three or less

665
00:36:31,305 --> 00:36:33,965
and it involves wetland impact, it comes before us.

666
00:36:34,305 --> 00:36:36,205
Before us. If it's for

667
00:36:36,205 --> 00:36:38,645
and over, no matter whether it impacts wetlands

668
00:36:38,645 --> 00:36:39,725
or not, it comes before us.

669
00:36:40,385 --> 00:36:43,445
So there's certain rules that are applied

670
00:36:43,745 --> 00:36:45,005
for a plan to come before us.

671
00:36:45,905 --> 00:36:47,925
Thanks. Any questions? Thank you Mr. Metz.

672
00:36:48,275 --> 00:36:51,365
Okay, the first is a Lane Road subdivision.

673
00:36:51,925 --> 00:36:53,485
There's an existing house on the lot.

674
00:36:54,325 --> 00:36:56,245
It's being done by McMaster Development.

675
00:36:58,375 --> 00:37:00,485
There is wetlands on the property.

676
00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:02,125
It's very deep in the property.

677
00:37:02,145 --> 00:37:03,365
If they were building both houses,

678
00:37:04,325 --> 00:37:05,445
I would have 'em come before us.

679
00:37:05,585 --> 00:37:09,885
The one house is, has the most wetland on it,

680
00:37:09,905 --> 00:37:12,165
but it's probably 300 feet away.

681
00:37:13,505 --> 00:37:17,125
The, the reason it has to, it had to go with TRC is they're

682
00:37:17,965 --> 00:37:20,405
subsized lots, two acre minimum on Lane Road.

683
00:37:20,465 --> 00:37:22,125
So they're like 1.9 acres.

684
00:37:22,825 --> 00:37:24,005
So in order to subdivide it,

685
00:37:24,005 --> 00:37:28,845
and the house is probably, the proposed house is 150 feet,

686
00:37:29,225 --> 00:37:31,965
almost 200 from any wetland impact.

687
00:37:32,665 --> 00:37:35,285
So that was one, they were a little surprised

688
00:37:35,525 --> 00:37:37,965
'cause I said it won't ha even though there's wetland

689
00:37:37,985 --> 00:37:41,685
impact, potential wetland impact, it's far enough away.

690
00:37:42,995 --> 00:37:45,995
There's no need to come before us.

691
00:37:45,995 --> 00:37:47,635
Because I was assured

692
00:37:47,635 --> 00:37:50,075
that McMaster Development does everything they can

693
00:37:50,075 --> 00:37:52,035
to protect wetlands when they develop a property.

694
00:37:52,375 --> 00:37:54,075
And that's coming from Lizo

695
00:37:54,375 --> 00:37:57,195
and Mark LaRue who've been around town a long time.

696
00:37:57,895 --> 00:38:00,595
So that's the reason that one didn't come before us.

697
00:38:01,775 --> 00:38:03,595
The rest are, I believe the rest

698
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:04,795
are all commercial developments.

699
00:38:05,015 --> 00:38:09,995
One is at 10 Manchester Road, it's a total tear down

700
00:38:10,135 --> 00:38:11,275
and redevelopment.

701
00:38:12,045 --> 00:38:14,035
Again, no wetlands impact.

702
00:38:14,195 --> 00:38:15,595
I read the construction details

703
00:38:17,255 --> 00:38:19,715
and they all fit in environmentally friendly.

704
00:38:20,595 --> 00:38:22,355
They're all doing what they're supposed to be doing.

705
00:38:22,595 --> 00:38:27,195
S so fences, so socks and drainage, all that kind of stuff.

706
00:38:27,855 --> 00:38:30,595
So that one, there's no need to come before us.

707
00:38:31,215 --> 00:38:33,235
The other was a small one at, at royalty.

708
00:38:33,235 --> 00:38:36,245
They wanted permission to move some vacuums

709
00:38:36,245 --> 00:38:39,525
because of the four A development that was,

710
00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:43,725
is gonna be fixed with an internal, internal permits to,

711
00:38:43,945 --> 00:38:45,605
to move their vacuums.

712
00:38:46,145 --> 00:38:48,485
And unfortunately their vacuums are four months out,

713
00:38:48,485 --> 00:38:50,965
so they didn't wanna buy 'em until they had permission.

714
00:38:50,965 --> 00:38:53,325
So they're kind of behind the eight ball.

715
00:38:54,105 --> 00:38:57,405
But I'm, I'm assuming they got permission from Carrie Owen.

716
00:38:58,105 --> 00:38:59,845
And the last is 12 a street.

717
00:39:03,205 --> 00:39:07,265
It's, it's Esri es

718
00:39:07,625 --> 00:39:08,865
sy, I'm sorry, Epsy.

719
00:39:08,925 --> 00:39:11,945
And they're a testing facility for

720
00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:15,225
pressure washing tanks, things like that.

721
00:39:15,225 --> 00:39:16,945
There's no manufacturing on site,

722
00:39:17,665 --> 00:39:18,825
strictly a testing facility.

723
00:39:20,265 --> 00:39:22,505
I questioned 'em on a few things as far as drainage.

724
00:39:23,335 --> 00:39:26,585
They talked about expanding a building, whether their,

725
00:39:28,415 --> 00:39:31,305
whether their internal drain on the property was big enough.

726
00:39:31,305 --> 00:39:33,145
They said, yeah, it was sized for the whole roof.

727
00:39:33,345 --> 00:39:34,465
'cause they're gonna take their drainage

728
00:39:35,205 --> 00:39:37,785
and infiltrate it into the ground in the tank

729
00:39:37,885 --> 00:39:41,825
and then run it to their back, which is, they've got a,

730
00:39:42,065 --> 00:39:46,385
a fairly good sized drainage area in the back light,

731
00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,425
almost like dairy plumbing built, that type of,

732
00:39:48,855 --> 00:39:50,385
that type of drainage area.

733
00:39:51,285 --> 00:39:53,625
So is it just, is it just solution like just

734
00:39:53,635 --> 00:39:54,825
water or is it, is there

735
00:39:54,825 --> 00:39:55,825
Good detergents going?

736
00:39:55,825 --> 00:39:57,465
It's just, it's on the ground. It's roof, it's roof runoff.

737
00:39:57,465 --> 00:39:59,105
There's no, oh, there's nothing in the,

738
00:39:59,105 --> 00:40:00,425
nothing in the building that's gonna

739
00:40:00,425 --> 00:40:02,425
be flushed down the drain. Everything. Turgen,

740
00:40:02,705 --> 00:40:03,705
Gergens or Chemicals?

741
00:40:03,705 --> 00:40:06,345
No, everything used for testing is reclaimed inside. Okay.

742
00:40:06,405 --> 00:40:09,105
So there's no impact to our sewer system or,

743
00:40:09,485 --> 00:40:11,905
or any chances of spillage outside.

744
00:40:11,905 --> 00:40:13,665
There's no internal drains in the building.

745
00:40:14,845 --> 00:40:18,025
So strictly a testing, a testing facility.

746
00:40:19,565 --> 00:40:21,305
And that's it. And we have more coming up.

747
00:40:22,715 --> 00:40:25,865
Thank you Mr. Metz. Next we have state compliance, Eileen.

748
00:40:26,535 --> 00:40:28,945
Okay, there's some events coming up

749
00:40:28,945 --> 00:40:30,345
that people might be interested in.

750
00:40:31,795 --> 00:40:35,265
There is a an N-H-C-C-C sent this out.

751
00:40:36,015 --> 00:40:38,305
Make your turtle sightings count.

752
00:40:39,175 --> 00:40:41,585
It's on May 12th, 2026.

753
00:40:41,615 --> 00:40:44,425
It's a Zoom event and it's at 5:30 PM

754
00:40:45,285 --> 00:40:46,665
and it's going to be recorded.

755
00:40:46,885 --> 00:40:48,345
So if you can't make it, then

756
00:40:48,925 --> 00:40:50,945
you could maybe watch the recording later.

757
00:40:52,675 --> 00:40:55,385
There is also an in-person event on turtles

758
00:40:56,215 --> 00:40:58,625
land management practices for New Hampshire turtles.

759
00:40:58,625 --> 00:40:59,625
That's on June 8th.

760
00:40:59,725 --> 00:41:01,905
And that's gonna be held in Wall Pole, New Hampshire.

761
00:41:02,365 --> 00:41:03,865
And if you want more information,

762
00:41:04,005 --> 00:41:07,785
you could find it on the N-H-A-C-C web website, excuse me.

763
00:41:09,125 --> 00:41:10,705
And you would need to go on there to register.

764
00:41:10,775 --> 00:41:13,585
It's a free event. You would be able

765
00:41:13,585 --> 00:41:16,265
to learn various habitat management practices.

766
00:41:16,745 --> 00:41:18,425
They would show you on that property,

767
00:41:19,105 --> 00:41:20,545
what they're doing with turtles.

768
00:41:21,285 --> 00:41:22,945
And then also teach you how

769
00:41:23,145 --> 00:41:25,185
to implement practices on your own property.

770
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:28,985
And it's sponsored by the Cheshire County

771
00:41:28,985 --> 00:41:30,185
Conservation District.

772
00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:36,405
Regarding rules, there's some public hearings coming up,

773
00:41:36,405 --> 00:41:38,525
alteration of Terrain regulations.

774
00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:42,365
There's a public hearing on April 17th from two

775
00:41:42,365 --> 00:41:44,565
to three in Concord at the DES.

776
00:41:45,705 --> 00:41:47,125
You could either attend in person

777
00:41:47,785 --> 00:41:51,525
or you can attend online via Microsoft Teams.

778
00:41:53,305 --> 00:41:55,765
And the point of contact is Edward McKenna.

779
00:41:56,025 --> 00:42:00,805
His number is 6 0 3 2 7 1 1 0 2 3.

780
00:42:02,505 --> 00:42:05,285
And there's also a public hearing coming up for those

781
00:42:05,385 --> 00:42:08,125
who may be interested in what's happening

782
00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:09,565
with the drinking water rules.

783
00:42:09,915 --> 00:42:12,485
Environmental DW 300,

784
00:42:13,745 --> 00:42:17,725
that's coming up on April 30th, 2020 26

785
00:42:18,115 --> 00:42:19,285
from 10 to 11.

786
00:42:20,155 --> 00:42:23,245
Also at DES at 29 Hazen Drive

787
00:42:23,785 --> 00:42:25,285
in room 2 0 8 C.

788
00:42:25,895 --> 00:42:28,325
Again, also for that hearing,

789
00:42:28,585 --> 00:42:31,725
you also could attend either in person or online.

790
00:42:33,945 --> 00:42:34,945
And that's all I have.

791
00:42:35,865 --> 00:42:37,645
Excuse me, Eileen, could you repeat the date

792
00:42:37,645 --> 00:42:39,045
of the alteration of Terrain?

793
00:42:39,345 --> 00:42:42,685
Yep. Alteration of Terrain Public hearing is April 17th.

794
00:42:42,915 --> 00:42:45,845
Okay, thank you. From two to 3:00 PM Yep.

795
00:42:46,465 --> 00:42:50,445
And you can also submit written comments for that up

796
00:42:50,455 --> 00:42:54,725
until Friday, April 24th, 2026 at 4:00 PM

797
00:42:55,235 --> 00:42:57,285
They'll accept written comments if you want

798
00:42:57,285 --> 00:42:58,325
to email your written comments.

799
00:42:59,815 --> 00:43:04,365
Thank you Eileen. Yep. Property management.

800
00:43:04,685 --> 00:43:08,845
We're working on two management challenges right now.

801
00:43:09,825 --> 00:43:14,165
One is a potential encroachment on a conservation property

802
00:43:15,425 --> 00:43:19,925
by a, a potential abutter that puts some signs up over the,

803
00:43:20,435 --> 00:43:22,525
over the line between the conservation property

804
00:43:22,545 --> 00:43:23,565
and the Abutters property.

805
00:43:24,405 --> 00:43:29,345
So we're working with that gentleman and Beth

806
00:43:29,345 --> 00:43:33,745
and I have come up with another, another way to try

807
00:43:33,745 --> 00:43:34,865
to communicate with that person.

808
00:43:36,325 --> 00:43:39,385
The second one is a hazardous tree removal.

809
00:43:40,095 --> 00:43:42,905
Same thing abut property.

810
00:43:43,085 --> 00:43:45,585
We have, we have some trees on the conservation property

811
00:43:46,175 --> 00:43:49,305
that are jeopardizing the owner's property.

812
00:43:49,485 --> 00:43:53,425
And Beth is quarterbacking some

813
00:43:55,875 --> 00:43:58,865
appraisals on the cost of taking those trees down.

814
00:43:59,565 --> 00:44:03,865
That's all we have on property management, land maintenance.

815
00:44:03,885 --> 00:44:04,885
Mr. Sperl,

816
00:44:06,515 --> 00:44:09,785
We're gonna get together again this Thursday

817
00:44:11,965 --> 00:44:15,065
and start planning on getting out onto the trails and stuff.

818
00:44:15,065 --> 00:44:16,585
Pretty much all the properties are

819
00:44:17,375 --> 00:44:19,625
snow free other than a few, one

820
00:44:19,625 --> 00:44:21,025
or two little pockets here and there.

821
00:44:22,255 --> 00:44:25,985
Good time to get out. That's it.

822
00:44:26,155 --> 00:44:28,865
Thank you. Bob. On land acquisition,

823
00:44:28,885 --> 00:44:31,105
we still have two active projects.

824
00:44:33,845 --> 00:44:37,285
I want some guidance on the larger apostle.

825
00:44:37,595 --> 00:44:39,125
I've already sent out a communication

826
00:44:39,125 --> 00:44:41,325
to the smaller apostle waiting to hear back,

827
00:44:41,325 --> 00:44:43,285
but the larger apostle that some of the commissioners

828
00:44:43,905 --> 00:44:48,445
are planning on walking, do we still wanna wait for

829
00:44:48,445 --> 00:44:50,205
that walk or, or do you want Yes.

830
00:44:50,465 --> 00:44:52,845
You don't want me to proceed with entering into

831
00:44:52,845 --> 00:44:54,045
negotiations with that person?

832
00:44:54,275 --> 00:44:55,605
We'd like to walk it. Yeah. All right.

833
00:44:55,605 --> 00:44:58,045
So we just haven't been able to do it yet. Yeah, I get it.

834
00:44:58,045 --> 00:44:59,805
All right. So we're gonna kick the can on that one.

835
00:44:59,915 --> 00:45:01,485
Wait for some people

836
00:45:01,485 --> 00:45:03,765
to walk the property and then bring that up.

837
00:45:03,945 --> 00:45:05,845
And then the third thing we have is the town.

838
00:45:07,235 --> 00:45:11,245
Anytime the town disposes of property that are taken

839
00:45:11,315 --> 00:45:15,245
through various means, whether it be tax lien

840
00:45:15,425 --> 00:45:17,885
or just property that they don't want to have,

841
00:45:17,885 --> 00:45:18,965
they send us the list

842
00:45:20,345 --> 00:45:23,085
and ask us if there's any conservation

843
00:45:23,175 --> 00:45:24,445
value of those properties.

844
00:45:24,545 --> 00:45:29,245
Now normally those properties are very small parcels that,

845
00:45:30,585 --> 00:45:32,245
you know, in my 16 years,

846
00:45:32,365 --> 00:45:34,205
I think there might have been one occasion where one

847
00:45:34,205 --> 00:45:35,605
of those properties was appealing to us.

848
00:45:36,705 --> 00:45:39,525
So we have the list and Beth

849
00:45:39,525 --> 00:45:41,845
and I are gonna take a little dive on it, bring it

850
00:45:41,845 --> 00:45:44,685
to the commission next meeting, share the list

851
00:45:44,805 --> 00:45:49,005
with the commissioners and see if there's any appetite for

852
00:45:50,515 --> 00:45:51,655
taking parcels.

853
00:45:51,655 --> 00:45:54,815
They almost never meet our criteria for like lot size,

854
00:45:55,515 --> 00:45:57,255
but it's always worth looking at the list.

855
00:45:57,935 --> 00:46:00,255
If it's an a budding, if it's a budding and a and a

856
00:46:00,275 --> 00:46:03,375
and a, an an existing property that we can kind of expand.

857
00:46:03,535 --> 00:46:07,055
Alright. So we'll have that, we'll have that

858
00:46:07,115 --> 00:46:09,055
for the commissioners next meeting.

859
00:46:11,375 --> 00:46:13,225
Next we have reporting compliance. Val.

860
00:46:13,925 --> 00:46:16,145
Oh, nothing new here.

861
00:46:16,155 --> 00:46:17,865
We're gonna set up a committee meeting.

862
00:46:17,905 --> 00:46:19,665
I have a scheduled email going out later,

863
00:46:19,725 --> 00:46:20,865
but nothing new to report now.

864
00:46:21,075 --> 00:46:24,105
Great. Still you off floor with net zero Task Force.

865
00:46:24,725 --> 00:46:26,905
Oh yes. Last meeting was canceled,

866
00:46:27,125 --> 00:46:28,505
so nothing new to report there.

867
00:46:29,435 --> 00:46:33,665
Thank you Val. Mr. Foot? I, Mr.

868
00:46:33,665 --> 00:46:35,105
Foot, my, my question to you is, is there,

869
00:46:35,245 --> 00:46:38,625
are we a time sensitive on that property disposal stuff?

870
00:46:38,625 --> 00:46:40,585
Does that take a little while to, to happen?

871
00:46:42,355 --> 00:46:44,465
Those properties of the town needs to, like, they,

872
00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:46,665
they put 'em in auction at some point eventually.

873
00:46:46,665 --> 00:46:48,465
Does that take some time?

874
00:46:48,705 --> 00:46:50,305
A little bit of time, yeah. Okay.

875
00:46:51,045 --> 00:46:52,905
All right. I just got the email, so I don't know

876
00:46:53,085 --> 00:46:54,425
how quickly that process takes.

877
00:46:55,175 --> 00:46:57,065
Yeah, there's a little bit of a process to it. Okay,

878
00:46:57,065 --> 00:46:58,065
Good.

879
00:46:58,065 --> 00:46:59,265
All right. So we have a little time to examine it.

880
00:46:59,775 --> 00:47:02,065
Alright, you on the floor, Mr. Mr. Foot?

881
00:47:02,075 --> 00:47:03,665
Thank you. So as everyone knows,

882
00:47:03,665 --> 00:47:05,345
we had an election last month

883
00:47:05,565 --> 00:47:07,025
and we have two new counselors.

884
00:47:07,135 --> 00:47:09,505
Well, one is a returning counselor.

885
00:47:09,735 --> 00:47:11,505
Dave Mills is the counselor at Lodge.

886
00:47:11,725 --> 00:47:14,025
He was filling a vacancy, he won the election.

887
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:15,945
So he's the lodge counselor.

888
00:47:16,405 --> 00:47:18,345
Dan Haley is the district three counselor.

889
00:47:19,125 --> 00:47:21,905
We have a new chair and that will be Aaron Spencer.

890
00:47:22,895 --> 00:47:26,305
Jack Webb is the vice chair. And I'm the third inventory.

891
00:47:28,905 --> 00:47:31,325
Tomorrow the town council is on the consents agenda

892
00:47:31,465 --> 00:47:33,565
for the Ashley Drive.

893
00:47:34,505 --> 00:47:37,005
And then that will have to have some public hearings

894
00:47:37,215 --> 00:47:38,805
after that, couple meetings after that.

895
00:47:39,865 --> 00:47:41,085
So probably within the next month

896
00:47:41,085 --> 00:47:42,325
or so, whatever happens tomorrow.

897
00:47:42,685 --> 00:47:43,565
I don't wanna speak for the

898
00:47:43,565 --> 00:47:44,525
councils, I'm not sure what will happen.

899
00:47:44,525 --> 00:47:49,365
But it is on the agenda tomorrow to be just taken up.

900
00:47:49,945 --> 00:47:53,165
And then as we know,

901
00:47:53,165 --> 00:47:55,045
earth Day is April 22nd

902
00:47:55,985 --> 00:48:00,365
and the Pinkerton National Honor Society will be assisting

903
00:48:00,365 --> 00:48:05,125
me at the cemetery, will be restarting the cemetery project.

904
00:48:05,185 --> 00:48:07,125
For those who don't know, we go up there

905
00:48:07,125 --> 00:48:10,685
and we take care of the veterans headstones,

906
00:48:10,685 --> 00:48:11,965
we clean them up and whatnot.

907
00:48:12,305 --> 00:48:14,325
And with Memorial Day coming up, it's a good opportunity.

908
00:48:14,425 --> 00:48:16,285
So if anybody's around on April 23rd

909
00:48:16,285 --> 00:48:18,245
and they want help, they're more than glad to come up.

910
00:48:18,585 --> 00:48:19,845
And that'll be 23rd or 22nd,

911
00:48:19,845 --> 00:48:20,845
23rd, Second.

912
00:48:20,905 --> 00:48:22,445
So Earth Day's on 22nd, but Pinker

913
00:48:22,445 --> 00:48:24,845
and they're doing the service project on the 23rd.

914
00:48:24,865 --> 00:48:26,805
23rd. So I'll be up there all day with them.

915
00:48:27,365 --> 00:48:28,885
So if anyone's available on the 23rd

916
00:48:28,885 --> 00:48:30,925
and they'd like to come up, just reach out to me

917
00:48:32,525 --> 00:48:34,445
probably from like 9:00 AM to like 3:00 PM ish.

918
00:48:36,545 --> 00:48:38,765
And if any questions you can reach out to me prior to that.

919
00:48:38,865 --> 00:48:42,245
And that's all I have. Thank you.

920
00:48:43,475 --> 00:48:45,645
Charlie, are you remaining our liaison?

921
00:48:46,785 --> 00:48:48,285
Yes. You stalk me for another year.

922
00:48:48,985 --> 00:48:50,485
Oh, that's great. It's not a bad

923
00:48:50,485 --> 00:48:51,485
Thing.

924
00:48:52,585 --> 00:48:53,925
I'm sorry, Rick, How's your mapping

925
00:48:53,925 --> 00:48:55,125
program going on up there?

926
00:48:55,185 --> 00:48:56,885
Is that still in the

927
00:48:57,755 --> 00:49:00,205
baby baby step stages or? Sure,

928
00:49:00,905 --> 00:49:01,905
Yes.

929
00:49:01,905 --> 00:49:03,805
It, it's, so Jim Ash,

930
00:49:05,115 --> 00:49:06,405
he's a veteran from the VFW

931
00:49:06,495 --> 00:49:07,685
who's been working a lot on that.

932
00:49:07,865 --> 00:49:12,085
So he uncovered many more headstones

933
00:49:12,085 --> 00:49:13,605
that weren't even documented with the town.

934
00:49:14,065 --> 00:49:18,405
So we have well over a 1500 up at the cemetery.

935
00:49:18,905 --> 00:49:21,925
Wow. So we, we are still working on the, on the process

936
00:49:21,925 --> 00:49:23,525
of actually having it out.

937
00:49:23,795 --> 00:49:25,205
Real interesting ones up there too.

938
00:49:25,355 --> 00:49:28,285
Yeah. So for those who haven't been up there, it's very,

939
00:49:28,485 --> 00:49:30,205
a lot of historical knowledge up there.

940
00:49:30,205 --> 00:49:32,165
If you go up there and walk around the old section.

941
00:49:33,025 --> 00:49:36,805
And then we do have, we lot of decorated veterans

942
00:49:36,805 --> 00:49:38,285
that are interned up there.

943
00:49:38,345 --> 00:49:40,845
So ands beautiful

944
00:49:40,845 --> 00:49:42,005
to walk up there on a nice,

945
00:49:42,275 --> 00:49:43,605
nice spring morning. Oh yeah. On

946
00:49:43,645 --> 00:49:44,645
A nice day.

947
00:49:44,645 --> 00:49:45,565
Yeah. It's, it's wonderful. Yeah.

948
00:49:45,825 --> 00:49:48,095
So Charlie, on, on,

949
00:49:49,185 --> 00:49:52,575
we've been level funded at about $5,000 a year

950
00:49:52,575 --> 00:49:53,695
for our administrative account.

951
00:49:55,115 --> 00:49:56,935
You, you know, we get money from different places,

952
00:49:57,115 --> 00:49:58,935
but the one bit of money

953
00:49:58,935 --> 00:50:01,015
that we get from the town is $5,000.

954
00:50:02,985 --> 00:50:04,575
We're, we're, we're self-funded.

955
00:50:04,625 --> 00:50:08,215
We're one of the few kind of groups in town that

956
00:50:08,215 --> 00:50:09,215
that is self-funded.

957
00:50:10,075 --> 00:50:13,175
But the town does give us $5,000 in admin money

958
00:50:13,765 --> 00:50:16,415
that we use specifically for administrative services.

959
00:50:17,635 --> 00:50:22,335
Our administrative services budget has ballooned with the

960
00:50:23,135 --> 00:50:24,215
addition of our two employees.

961
00:50:25,765 --> 00:50:27,255
What would be the best opportunity

962
00:50:27,365 --> 00:50:30,965
and when would be the opportunity to, to petition the,

963
00:50:32,305 --> 00:50:34,285
the town council to expand

964
00:50:34,825 --> 00:50:36,725
or try to get some, try to get a,

965
00:50:37,145 --> 00:50:38,325
an increase in those funds?

966
00:50:41,795 --> 00:50:43,125
Well now we stopped the budget this week.

967
00:50:43,545 --> 00:50:46,965
So we, we have our, actually wrote the dates down

968
00:50:48,295 --> 00:50:51,605
April 9th, 16th, 21st and 23rd.

969
00:50:51,615 --> 00:50:53,725
We're having our budget meetings.

970
00:50:54,265 --> 00:50:56,525
And then we'll have the hearing at the end of the month

971
00:50:57,105 --> 00:50:58,485
on all those, and we'll vote on that.

972
00:51:00,505 --> 00:51:01,685
We, so those who don't know,

973
00:51:01,685 --> 00:51:03,965
we have a tax cap on the town side of things, which is tied

974
00:51:03,965 --> 00:51:06,605
to the CPI and the current CPI is 3.3%

975
00:51:08,105 --> 00:51:10,405
and I know it's gonna be very tight.

976
00:51:10,665 --> 00:51:13,605
For those who don't know, health insurance went up 27% this

977
00:51:13,605 --> 00:51:14,925
past year and that,

978
00:51:14,995 --> 00:51:17,645
that really decimated a lot of our funding.

979
00:51:20,045 --> 00:51:21,605
I will talk to the account administrator tomorrow

980
00:51:21,945 --> 00:51:22,965
and ask about that.

981
00:51:24,145 --> 00:51:27,765
Do do any of the, the, any of those admin accounts

982
00:51:27,765 --> 00:51:29,685
that other commissions,

983
00:51:29,965 --> 00:51:31,885
'cause I know, I think every commission gets a little

984
00:51:31,885 --> 00:51:32,925
bit of admin money, right?

985
00:51:33,055 --> 00:51:35,565
Every committee like planning

986
00:51:35,665 --> 00:51:37,525
and zoning, they, they, everyone gets a little,

987
00:51:37,725 --> 00:51:38,965
a little amount of money, right?

988
00:51:39,905 --> 00:51:41,085
Not everybody, I don't

989
00:51:41,085 --> 00:51:42,085
Think.

990
00:51:42,085 --> 00:51:45,485
No. The ones that do, do they have a CPI attached to it

991
00:51:45,545 --> 00:51:48,245
or is it, is it just on a month annual

992
00:51:48,355 --> 00:51:50,005
process? It's appropriate,

993
00:51:50,005 --> 00:51:52,165
It's whatever is given to them.

994
00:51:52,955 --> 00:51:55,125
Well, if you could, if you could bring that up

995
00:51:55,125 --> 00:51:56,285
to leadership that, you know, our,

996
00:51:56,305 --> 00:52:01,005
our administrative costs have gone up significantly with

997
00:52:02,625 --> 00:52:05,005
an additional matching workload output.

998
00:52:05,205 --> 00:52:09,205
I think our, our work output has gone up, you know,

999
00:52:09,405 --> 00:52:11,965
a hundred fold from what it used to be.

1000
00:52:12,945 --> 00:52:15,245
So I don't, I don't think it's a stretch to try to ask for

1001
00:52:15,765 --> 00:52:17,445
an increase in those funds. Yeah,

1002
00:52:17,485 --> 00:52:20,605
I I'd have to look honestly, our, our, our budget books

1003
00:52:21,615 --> 00:52:25,085
about, Rick can attest to this about six inches thick,

1004
00:52:25,115 --> 00:52:26,685
like this thick and it's a lot to go.

1005
00:52:26,685 --> 00:52:29,045
That's why we break it up into different segments. Right.

1006
00:52:29,285 --> 00:52:32,805
We do it line by line and go through and whatnot.

1007
00:52:32,805 --> 00:52:35,525
So I, I'm,

1008
00:52:37,105 --> 00:52:39,605
if there was a, if there was any flexibility, we could try

1009
00:52:39,605 --> 00:52:40,605
to sneak it in, but I, I don't,

1010
00:52:40,645 --> 00:52:42,005
I don't really know what that looks like right now.

1011
00:52:42,005 --> 00:52:43,645
Okay. Without having gone through everything. So

1012
00:52:43,895 --> 00:52:45,845
Maybe, maybe let's start the conversation.

1013
00:52:45,845 --> 00:52:47,085
Yeah, I, I'll definitely, I'll definitely speak

1014
00:52:47,085 --> 00:52:48,565
with Mr. Fowler tomorrow. Yeah.

1015
00:52:48,565 --> 00:52:50,005
And I'm sure Mr. Metz would be happy

1016
00:52:50,005 --> 00:52:52,085
to come represent the commission and Sure.

1017
00:52:52,535 --> 00:52:56,125
Plead our case. Thank you Charlie.

1018
00:52:56,275 --> 00:53:00,445
Lisa May have some old All right.

1019
00:53:00,445 --> 00:53:02,445
Land manager report. Beth, you're up.

1020
00:53:02,785 --> 00:53:06,525
All right. So, yes, as Jay mentioned,

1021
00:53:06,785 --> 00:53:08,285
the community garden

1022
00:53:09,805 --> 00:53:12,165
registration opened on April 1st.

1023
00:53:12,745 --> 00:53:16,245
And as of today we've had 28 inquiries

1024
00:53:16,505 --> 00:53:19,725
and 35 of the 36 plots have been claimed.

1025
00:53:20,225 --> 00:53:23,845
Wow. However, we still have the two raised beds as well.

1026
00:53:23,905 --> 00:53:25,565
So the raised beds haven't been claimed.

1027
00:53:25,625 --> 00:53:27,485
So those are, those are out there as well.

1028
00:53:28,985 --> 00:53:32,205
And we've been able to use, as Jay mentioned,

1029
00:53:32,205 --> 00:53:35,285
the Facebook group for the private Facebook group

1030
00:53:35,285 --> 00:53:37,645
for community gardeners as a source of photos

1031
00:53:37,905 --> 00:53:38,925
for public outreach.

1032
00:53:39,145 --> 00:53:41,605
So that's been nice. And I did get in touch

1033
00:53:41,715 --> 00:53:45,605
with the same gentleman who tilled the gardens last year

1034
00:53:46,025 --> 00:53:48,445
and he is going to be able to help us with that.

1035
00:53:48,775 --> 00:53:50,205
Again, we haven't set a date

1036
00:53:50,205 --> 00:53:53,245
because last year it was very dependent on the weather.

1037
00:53:53,425 --> 00:53:55,485
So I just said, we're gonna keep an eye on the weather,

1038
00:53:55,595 --> 00:53:57,045
keep an eye on the soil

1039
00:53:57,305 --> 00:53:59,645
and I will call you when it's,

1040
00:54:00,055 --> 00:54:01,845
looks like it's ready to be done.

1041
00:54:03,305 --> 00:54:06,725
We also have a few sources of composted cow manure

1042
00:54:07,475 --> 00:54:10,565
that we can spread on the garden this year as well.

1043
00:54:12,425 --> 00:54:15,125
And I'll be coordinating with that gentleman

1044
00:54:16,865 --> 00:54:18,285
for public outreach.

1045
00:54:18,385 --> 00:54:22,565
We got two inquiries from citizens asking

1046
00:54:22,705 --> 00:54:25,205
how they can help with trash pickup for Earth Day.

1047
00:54:25,585 --> 00:54:28,645
And I know Eileen is coordinating that

1048
00:54:28,785 --> 00:54:29,805
and heading that off

1049
00:54:29,805 --> 00:54:32,365
with the kickoff event at the Coffee factory

1050
00:54:32,375 --> 00:54:33,925
April 18th as been mentioned.

1051
00:54:34,025 --> 00:54:38,805
So there was one mom who actually is,

1052
00:54:39,295 --> 00:54:41,645
she's her son, goes to the same school

1053
00:54:41,645 --> 00:54:43,245
that my son goes to, so I know her.

1054
00:54:43,245 --> 00:54:46,205
Yeah. And she's wants to take a group of kiddos out

1055
00:54:46,205 --> 00:54:47,205
to do some trash pickup.

1056
00:54:48,025 --> 00:54:52,845
And then there was also an inquiry from someone

1057
00:54:52,865 --> 00:54:57,285
who has a group of employees who they offer, you know,

1058
00:54:57,365 --> 00:55:01,285
they offer compensation for their employees to go out and,

1059
00:55:01,585 --> 00:55:02,725
and do trash pickups.

1060
00:55:02,745 --> 00:55:06,165
So there are two couple of groups there who are looking for,

1061
00:55:06,665 --> 00:55:11,325
for some trash pickup to do with the N-A-J-C-C initiative.

1062
00:55:11,845 --> 00:55:15,645
I had a meeting with Barbara, we've confirmed the date

1063
00:55:15,945 --> 00:55:17,085
for the bio blitz.

1064
00:55:17,385 --> 00:55:19,605
So that is going to be June 27th

1065
00:55:20,305 --> 00:55:23,125
and the time is still to be determined,

1066
00:55:23,465 --> 00:55:24,845
but it will be at Broadview.

1067
00:55:25,305 --> 00:55:29,285
So Saturday, June 27th at Broadview is our,

1068
00:55:29,665 --> 00:55:32,725
our bio blitz and Steven,

1069
00:55:33,845 --> 00:55:38,445
I forget his last name from Moose Wood Ecological, is going

1070
00:55:38,445 --> 00:55:42,925
to be there to show everybody how, you know,

1071
00:55:43,235 --> 00:55:45,325
show everybody how to identify the different species

1072
00:55:46,505 --> 00:55:48,605
and, you know, take, walk us

1073
00:55:48,605 --> 00:55:50,685
through the space with that lens.

1074
00:55:51,465 --> 00:55:55,125
And he's also offering through the grant

1075
00:55:55,155 --> 00:55:58,445
that the N-H-A-C-C has for this project.

1076
00:55:59,195 --> 00:56:02,845
They can offer an online training for commissioners

1077
00:56:03,305 --> 00:56:04,605
and also members of the public,

1078
00:56:04,625 --> 00:56:06,085
but primarily for commissioners.

1079
00:56:06,085 --> 00:56:09,765
They can offer a, a training on how to use iNaturalist

1080
00:56:10,185 --> 00:56:13,405
and they'll set up an account for us with iNaturalist.

1081
00:56:13,435 --> 00:56:18,045
It's actually like a webpage basically that will show,

1082
00:56:18,545 --> 00:56:19,845
you know, all the different species

1083
00:56:19,955 --> 00:56:23,285
that have been identified by anybody who is using

1084
00:56:23,635 --> 00:56:24,725
that account.

1085
00:56:24,725 --> 00:56:26,565
And it'll kind of consolidate it all in

1086
00:56:26,565 --> 00:56:27,725
one very nice neat place.

1087
00:56:28,825 --> 00:56:32,085
So we're still working out the details of what

1088
00:56:32,085 --> 00:56:33,405
that training will look like.

1089
00:56:34,385 --> 00:56:38,245
So expect an update that on that at the next meeting.

1090
00:56:39,665 --> 00:56:41,925
And we've been very busy

1091
00:56:42,195 --> 00:56:44,565
with the community wildfire protection plan.

1092
00:56:45,385 --> 00:56:49,005
So we did have a discussion panel the Wednesday

1093
00:56:49,005 --> 00:56:50,125
after our last meeting,

1094
00:56:51,305 --> 00:56:54,045
and that was televised went very well.

1095
00:56:54,705 --> 00:56:56,845
We have a landing page up for that project

1096
00:56:56,865 --> 00:56:59,965
as well on the town website.

1097
00:57:00,025 --> 00:57:04,405
So if you go to dairy nh.org

1098
00:57:04,545 --> 00:57:05,885
or.gov rather now

1099
00:57:06,665 --> 00:57:09,325
and go to the conservation commission page.

1100
00:57:10,055 --> 00:57:13,325
There is on the sidebar there on the green sidebar,

1101
00:57:14,605 --> 00:57:17,565
a landing page for the community wildfire protection plan

1102
00:57:17,565 --> 00:57:21,605
with some of the questions that participants asked

1103
00:57:22,185 --> 00:57:23,605
and some of the information

1104
00:57:23,625 --> 00:57:26,365
and resources that were mentioned in the presentation.

1105
00:57:26,905 --> 00:57:31,405
So that's on there. We had another field assessment this

1106
00:57:31,405 --> 00:57:33,005
past weekend at Coal Marsh

1107
00:57:33,865 --> 00:57:36,485
and found some really interesting fire

1108
00:57:36,555 --> 00:57:38,085
adapted communities there.

1109
00:57:38,585 --> 00:57:42,885
So a fire adapted community is a, a group of plants

1110
00:57:43,475 --> 00:57:45,765
that has evolved to

1111
00:57:46,585 --> 00:57:48,765
thrive within fire conditions.

1112
00:57:48,945 --> 00:57:51,005
So the fire will sweep through the landscape

1113
00:57:51,145 --> 00:57:55,325
and these plants can, you know, can thrive there.

1114
00:57:56,025 --> 00:58:00,605
And blueberries and huckleberries are two yummy plants that

1115
00:58:01,185 --> 00:58:04,605
are in, are considered a fire adapted species.

1116
00:58:05,625 --> 00:58:07,685
So that's exciting. So we found some huckleberry

1117
00:58:07,865 --> 00:58:09,365
and some pitch pine there,

1118
00:58:09,845 --> 00:58:11,285
some really interesting communities.

1119
00:58:13,335 --> 00:58:17,885
There is also a wildfire Community Preparedness day

1120
00:58:18,745 --> 00:58:19,805
on May 2nd.

1121
00:58:20,465 --> 00:58:24,885
And we, the committee is discussing having

1122
00:58:25,825 --> 00:58:28,565
an event or, or some kind of public outreach on

1123
00:58:28,565 --> 00:58:29,565
that May 2nd.

1124
00:58:29,865 --> 00:58:34,285
So basically that is one, it's, it's national.

1125
00:58:34,505 --> 00:58:37,645
So wildfire Community Preparedness Day is a,

1126
00:58:37,725 --> 00:58:41,805
a national effort to show people

1127
00:58:41,875 --> 00:58:43,765
what they can do on their properties

1128
00:58:43,785 --> 00:58:48,205
to help fortify your home from the potential of wildfire.

1129
00:58:49,705 --> 00:58:52,325
And then we can talk about the leaves at Broadview.

1130
00:58:52,465 --> 00:58:56,965
So I have met with Clint Havens in DPW about that.

1131
00:58:57,945 --> 00:59:01,525
We identified another possible location, which is

1132
00:59:01,625 --> 00:59:03,685
by the community gardens for those leaves.

1133
00:59:04,305 --> 00:59:07,005
And Eileen had reached out about wanting

1134
00:59:07,005 --> 00:59:08,405
to look at the location of that

1135
00:59:10,025 --> 00:59:12,525
and Jay, I believe also reached out wanting

1136
00:59:12,545 --> 00:59:13,845
to look at the location of that.

1137
00:59:13,945 --> 00:59:17,645
So now that it's spring Yeah, we can take a walk out there.

1138
00:59:17,645 --> 00:59:19,525
The snow is gone. Yeah. And look at, at that.

1139
00:59:20,305 --> 00:59:25,085
And he said that that location would work for a single year

1140
00:59:25,225 --> 00:59:27,045
as far as like the volume of leaves

1141
00:59:27,225 --> 00:59:29,285
and the volume of the space that's available.

1142
00:59:29,945 --> 00:59:33,325
So it would work for potentially at least this fall.

1143
00:59:33,625 --> 00:59:34,805
And so that we can kind

1144
00:59:34,805 --> 00:59:36,325
of kick the can down the road if we need to.

1145
00:59:36,415 --> 00:59:40,085
Right. And we also have some plans to try

1146
00:59:40,085 --> 00:59:44,125
to eat up those leaves as part of the community garden

1147
00:59:45,185 --> 00:59:46,685
to just utilize them so

1148
00:59:46,685 --> 00:59:49,725
that maybe we don't need a storage place more just like a

1149
00:59:49,965 --> 00:59:51,925
temporary storage until we actually use the leaves.

1150
00:59:51,925 --> 00:59:53,885
So we could try, try composting them. Right, right.

1151
00:59:54,455 --> 00:59:56,805
Think that's really Yeah. A good move. Yep.

1152
00:59:57,305 --> 00:59:58,925
Use And that is the end of my report.

1153
01:00:02,385 --> 01:00:05,885
The, the leaf thing. Beth, I just talked about that.

1154
01:00:06,075 --> 01:00:10,485
Okay, good. Hey, no, no laughing.

1155
01:00:11,825 --> 01:00:13,565
We were having a sidebar. I I know. I apologize.

1156
01:00:13,825 --> 01:00:15,845
We were talking, we were talking about money though, so

1157
01:00:19,195 --> 01:00:21,445
Derrick Kim, our meeting today,

1158
01:00:21,585 --> 01:00:23,085
you wanna talk about it? I'll do it. Oh

1159
01:00:23,085 --> 01:00:23,605
Sure. Yeah.

1160
01:00:23,785 --> 01:00:25,805
So we met with Owen. We met with Owen

1161
01:00:25,945 --> 01:00:30,845
before this meeting actually Owen came to us,

1162
01:00:32,515 --> 01:00:34,405
congratulated us on our success

1163
01:00:34,705 --> 01:00:37,725
and wants to be, wants to be more

1164
01:00:38,365 --> 01:00:41,365
involved in documenting our progress.

1165
01:00:41,465 --> 01:00:45,765
So we we're gonna have a standing meeting with Owen at our

1166
01:00:45,825 --> 01:00:47,645
and, and Ricky, you might have to take one

1167
01:00:47,645 --> 01:00:48,765
of these, some of these meetings.

1168
01:00:48,985 --> 01:00:50,845
So it's gonna be at six 30

1169
01:00:52,635 --> 01:00:54,095
at our first monthly meeting.

1170
01:00:54,195 --> 01:00:55,735
So whenever our first monthly meeting is,

1171
01:00:55,745 --> 01:00:58,095
we're gonna have a standing meeting at six 30 with Owen

1172
01:00:58,875 --> 01:01:02,375
and we're gonna, so we, we spent today highlighting May,

1173
01:01:03,435 --> 01:01:05,055
so projects that we're doing in May,

1174
01:01:05,485 --> 01:01:08,455
he's gonna be participating in the ones that we want

1175
01:01:08,455 --> 01:01:11,765
to highlight and getting them up

1176
01:01:12,105 --> 01:01:13,685
on, on dairy TV.

1177
01:01:13,865 --> 01:01:15,605
And then, you know, we can share 'em to our,

1178
01:01:15,625 --> 01:01:16,885
our Facebook site.

1179
01:01:19,415 --> 01:01:21,035
So that's exciting. I think that's exciting.

1180
01:01:21,105 --> 01:01:23,835
It's, you know, it's one of the things we need to do and,

1181
01:01:23,935 --> 01:01:27,275
and we'll talk about kind of prioritizing

1182
01:01:29,185 --> 01:01:32,595
some of the things that came up was informing the public the

1183
01:01:32,835 --> 01:01:36,835
benefits of conservation property gifts

1184
01:01:37,255 --> 01:01:40,795
or conservation property sales highlighting the advantage

1185
01:01:40,815 --> 01:01:42,195
of do of doing that to folks.

1186
01:01:43,525 --> 01:01:45,795
Other things we talked about is having a,

1187
01:01:47,755 --> 01:01:52,275
participating in a kind of virtual nature walk

1188
01:01:52,855 --> 01:01:57,395
at the conservation properties where he'll follow someone

1189
01:01:57,395 --> 01:01:59,795
through one of our conservation properties and,

1190
01:02:00,215 --> 01:02:01,875
and document some of the highlights of it

1191
01:02:01,875 --> 01:02:03,115
and then turn it into a production

1192
01:02:03,115 --> 01:02:04,635
that could, that could be used.

1193
01:02:04,735 --> 01:02:07,555
And I, I envision that production eventually landing into

1194
01:02:07,555 --> 01:02:08,555
some sort of virtual

1195
01:02:12,325 --> 01:02:14,195
space when we're talking, you know,

1196
01:02:14,225 --> 01:02:15,995
when we eventually at the end game when we,

1197
01:02:15,995 --> 01:02:18,195
when when you can go on our, our site

1198
01:02:18,215 --> 01:02:22,165
and choose coal marsh, that video will pop up

1199
01:02:22,165 --> 01:02:24,005
so people can get kind of an idea of what that is.

1200
01:02:24,425 --> 01:02:26,605
So it's kind of the base, the basis for that stuff.

1201
01:02:26,665 --> 01:02:29,325
So that's exciting. And we're gonna,

1202
01:02:29,325 --> 01:02:30,485
we're gonna be doing that every month.

1203
01:02:32,825 --> 01:02:34,765
And I wanna also commend Beth

1204
01:02:34,905 --> 01:02:39,165
and her tireless work between meetings.

1205
01:02:39,505 --> 01:02:41,445
You know, Beth is doing a lot, a real lot.

1206
01:02:41,645 --> 01:02:43,565
I can't, I can't even give up with her on the phone calls,

1207
01:02:44,665 --> 01:02:48,085
but we're, we're doing, doing the community's work

1208
01:02:48,145 --> 01:02:49,685
and I think it's, it's going really well.

1209
01:02:51,485 --> 01:02:52,725
I have nothing else for other business.

1210
01:02:52,785 --> 01:02:54,685
Any, any other commissioners have anything they want to add?

1211
01:02:55,795 --> 01:02:59,085
Suggestions, topics? It's good to see Val,

1212
01:02:59,505 --> 01:03:00,085
Mr. Chair.

1213
01:03:00,625 --> 01:03:03,525
Yes. I'm looking at the proposed meeting dates

1214
01:03:04,105 --> 01:03:08,205
and I think July 6th

1215
01:03:09,575 --> 01:03:11,525
maybe we want to kick that back to the 13th.

1216
01:03:12,555 --> 01:03:16,085
It's the July 4th. All encompassing weekend holiday.

1217
01:03:17,795 --> 01:03:19,325
Just my thought. It's up to you.

1218
01:03:20,875 --> 01:03:23,005
What was That? They're actually up to the commission.

1219
01:03:23,875 --> 01:03:25,245
That would be my suggestion.

1220
01:03:25,245 --> 01:03:26,685
As far as any other business changes.

1221
01:03:28,715 --> 01:03:31,325
What do people, I I I won't be, I wouldn't be here

1222
01:03:31,325 --> 01:03:34,325
for July 6th in in any event.

1223
01:03:34,325 --> 01:03:36,085
So how do, how do people feel about July?

1224
01:03:38,005 --> 01:03:40,885
I think, I think Rick's suggestion is pretty apropos.

1225
01:03:40,915 --> 01:03:45,805
Some people might not be around that weekend and week.

1226
01:03:46,065 --> 01:03:47,765
I'm just thinking. So the 13th I think

1227
01:03:47,765 --> 01:03:48,965
is a good suggestion.

1228
01:03:49,865 --> 01:03:54,085
We could, I mean we Or would

1229
01:03:54,085 --> 01:03:55,205
you just forego July?

1230
01:03:55,595 --> 01:03:58,205
Yeah, I mean, I think so I wouldn't be able to be at

1231
01:03:59,325 --> 01:04:00,765
probably any July meeting really.

1232
01:04:00,995 --> 01:04:03,245
Yeah. Just because July's a busy day, busy time of the,

1233
01:04:03,635 --> 01:04:05,085
this month, this year it's gonna be my

1234
01:04:05,085 --> 01:04:06,685
busiest month and a long time.

1235
01:04:07,965 --> 01:04:09,605
I would, I would not be opposed

1236
01:04:09,785 --> 01:04:11,445
to just not having a July meeting.

1237
01:04:13,075 --> 01:04:14,095
You know, if something came up

1238
01:04:14,115 --> 01:04:16,055
and we had to schedule something, then we could, we

1239
01:04:16,055 --> 01:04:20,175
Could, I was just gonna say, what about block out the 13th

1240
01:04:20,635 --> 01:04:23,655
but make it as, as needed.

1241
01:04:23,835 --> 01:04:26,975
As needed. Just so it blocked out.

1242
01:04:26,975 --> 01:04:28,975
People would have it on their calendar. And then,

1243
01:04:29,135 --> 01:04:31,335
Because I'll e either day I'm here.

1244
01:04:31,995 --> 01:04:33,895
I'm just thinking that for everybody else. Yeah.

1245
01:04:33,915 --> 01:04:35,095
The sixth is not convenient,

1246
01:04:35,995 --> 01:04:37,575
so I have no problem if we're gonna,

1247
01:04:37,735 --> 01:04:39,455
I I would have no problem with that suggestion.

1248
01:04:40,825 --> 01:04:43,415
Block it. Block it if we need it. Call it a week ahead of

1249
01:04:43,415 --> 01:04:44,415
Time.

1250
01:04:44,415 --> 01:04:44,695
It might be nice. Yeah, it might be nice to have

1251
01:04:44,735 --> 01:04:45,775
a meeting on the 13th.

1252
01:04:45,885 --> 01:04:48,575
Just, you know, I was just saying to Beth, you know, we,

1253
01:04:48,575 --> 01:04:50,095
we wanna keep our pulse on

1254
01:04:50,095 --> 01:04:51,815
that landscape management initiative

1255
01:04:51,835 --> 01:04:53,335
and there might be something to discuss.

1256
01:04:53,645 --> 01:04:54,645
Okay.

1257
01:04:55,075 --> 01:04:57,175
So am I here? We should just move it to the 13th.

1258
01:05:00,215 --> 01:05:01,975
I see head, I see head nodding, so

1259
01:05:02,085 --> 01:05:03,085
Yeah.

1260
01:05:03,085 --> 01:05:05,255
Yeah. Okay. All right. So we'll move the July 6th meeting

1261
01:05:05,315 --> 01:05:06,415
to July 13th.

1262
01:05:06,725 --> 01:05:07,725
Okay.

1263
01:05:11,645 --> 01:05:13,175
It's nice having those on there so

1264
01:05:13,175 --> 01:05:15,375
that we can talk about that ahead of time. Right.

1265
01:05:15,615 --> 01:05:16,975
Whose idea was that? That was a good idea.

1266
01:05:17,010 --> 01:05:17,860
Idea. That was your idea.

1267
01:05:25,855 --> 01:05:27,275
That's a good pickup, Rick.

1268
01:05:27,475 --> 01:05:29,115
'cause that's two days after the fourth.

1269
01:05:29,135 --> 01:05:30,235
So a lot of people, so

1270
01:05:30,235 --> 01:05:34,595
Then would we still meet with Owen if we, if we,

1271
01:05:35,595 --> 01:05:37,555
'cause that would be the first meeting of the month.

1272
01:05:38,055 --> 01:05:39,835
Yes. We can cross that bridge and we come to it.

1273
01:05:39,835 --> 01:05:40,835
That's three months away. So,

1274
01:05:41,175 --> 01:05:42,315
No, I think we should probably tell

1275
01:05:42,315 --> 01:05:44,275
because Owen was putting the first,

1276
01:05:44,535 --> 01:05:45,435
he was putting it in his

1277
01:05:45,595 --> 01:05:46,595
calendar as we were talking about it.

1278
01:05:46,595 --> 01:05:47,595
So why don't we,

1279
01:05:48,445 --> 01:05:51,195
Don't we, I have from, from the meeting that we had

1280
01:05:51,195 --> 01:05:54,755
with Owen earlier, I had a whole list of things

1281
01:05:54,755 --> 01:05:57,755
that I'm get dates and things that I'm getting to him.

1282
01:05:57,895 --> 01:05:59,675
So I'll include that with it.

1283
01:05:59,825 --> 01:06:01,315
Alright. While we're looking at those dates,

1284
01:06:01,375 --> 01:06:02,715
any other dates we need to talk about?

1285
01:06:05,395 --> 01:06:08,405
That was July 13th, right? July 13th, yeah. Yeah,

1286
01:06:08,405 --> 01:06:09,405
That's my anniversary.

1287
01:06:09,505 --> 01:06:12,485
Is it? Oh, that 9 21 is the

1288
01:06:12,485 --> 01:06:13,485
Anniversary.

1289
01:06:13,485 --> 01:06:15,085
The fourth. The fourth. I might not be here. Is that

1290
01:06:15,345 --> 01:06:16,345
May 4th?

1291
01:06:16,345 --> 01:06:17,275
Yeah.

1292
01:06:18,025 --> 01:06:19,365
Coming back from Dollywood?

1293
01:06:22,665 --> 01:06:24,525
No, not yet, huh? No,

1294
01:06:24,985 --> 01:06:25,985
No.

1295
01:06:25,985 --> 01:06:29,125
Just it is the May 4th.

1296
01:06:29,545 --> 01:06:30,725
I'm fine with the rest of those dates.

1297
01:06:31,505 --> 01:06:33,245
I'm just checking the fourth. Yeah,

1298
01:07:13,795 --> 01:07:14,085
yeah.

1299
01:07:14,145 --> 01:07:16,005
No, I'm, I'm good. I'm good. The fourth.

1300
01:07:16,275 --> 01:07:19,775
Okay. Okay,

1301
01:07:19,775 --> 01:07:22,135
so then the other one moving is seven six to seven.

1302
01:07:22,375 --> 01:07:26,535
13. 13. Okay. Okay. Anything else on other business? No

1303
01:07:26,655 --> 01:07:27,655
Sir.

1304
01:07:28,075 --> 01:07:30,415
No. Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion.

1305
01:07:33,205 --> 01:07:35,735
Move to adjourn. Second.

1306
01:07:36,605 --> 01:07:39,015
Okay. We have a motion by Mr. Metz, second by Cheryl.

1307
01:07:39,735 --> 01:07:43,135
All is in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? We're done.

1308
01:07:44,045 --> 01:07:44,535
Nice work.