[0:03] I had like to call the Dairy Conservation Commission
[0:05] meeting to order, have everybody silence their cell phones
[0:10] and we'll start the meeting off with a pledge of Allegiance.
[0:16] R Pledge. Do the United States of America
[0:21] to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation, nation,
[0:25] Under God, IVIS, Liberty and Justice All.
[0:36] Okay. The emergency exits are located in the back
[0:38] of the room.
[0:40] And to my right, if there's an emergency in the building,
[0:43] please don't use the elevator.
[0:45] Use the stairs. If you need help getting out
[0:48] of the building, please ask one of the commissioners.
[0:53] We'll start off with introduction of Comm Commissioners.
[0:56] Starting to my right.
[0:58] Christopher Morlock.
[1:00] Cheryl Holbert, Jay Hildreth,
[1:03] Rick Metz, Bob Spro. Linda Cony,
[1:07] Eileen Chabo.
[1:09] Pam Piero. Fal Cony, land Manager, Elizabeth Carver.
[1:14] And I'm the chair Ricardo Bgo.
[1:17] We also have our cons liaison. Mr.
[1:19] Charles's Foot joining us tonight. And we're sharing Mike's.
[1:23] That means we must have a pretty good group, right?
[1:26] I don't think I ever remember sharing Mikes before Charlie.
[1:28] That's, that's a first. It might be a first.
[1:30] Yeah. Owen's getting a picture right now. It's good.
[1:35] Document history.
[1:37] First, the order of business on our agenda
[1:39] today is the approval of minutes.
[1:40] They were sent to you by our secretary, Jay.
[1:44] And you also have a copy in front of you.
[1:46] Is there any changes necessary
[1:48] to those minutes showing Eileen? I have a,
[1:51] I have a few comments.
[1:52] Okay. Throughout the minutes,
[1:56] like starting on page two, when it talks about,
[2:00] I think it meant stewardship management
[2:02] or like, there's no consistency with regards to the plan
[2:08] for the conservation easement.
[2:10] Because sometimes it says,
[2:11] like on page two it says Stewart management plan,
[2:15] on another page it says
[2:19] Easement stewardship easement plan.
[2:22] I think like a consistent name should be chosen
[2:25] and then every time it's referred to,
[2:26] it should be the same name.
[2:32] So that's one thing. And then I had,
[2:38] let's see,
[2:51] oh, on page four, the second paragraph
[2:56] where I talked about the wording in the easement,
[3:05] it says, commissioner Chabot described the documents
[3:08] where it read the land would be turned into
[3:11] a wildlife management refuge.
[3:13] What I really had said was that it seemed like
[3:17] to me in reading the document,
[3:19] that it was being turned into a wildlife management refuge.
[3:23] The actual document did not read that way.
[3:25] It just appeared to me like
[3:29] that's all we were allowed to do was manage wildlife there.
[3:34] So if that could be reworded, I'd appreciate it.
[3:45] Anything else, Eileen? Nope, That's it. Thank you.
[3:47] Okay. So on the first part of Eileen's suggestion,
[3:54] are the minutes taken as spoken?
[3:58] So those, when we were referring to that easement,
[4:02] it was the way it was spoken.
[4:03] So I'm not sure if that would warrant a,
[4:08] a change to the minutes and I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll defer to,
[4:13] I don't remember what I said. Rick.
[4:14] Whatever was said is what's documented,
[4:16] Right?
[4:17] So, yeah. On your second
[4:17] change, Eileen, I think you're right.
[4:19] It's what you said. But I think when
[4:20] I said it seemed like, You know Yeah, that was your,
[4:23] I I was talking about you on your first suggestion when,
[4:25] what was being referred to
[4:27] as differently a number of times. Oh,
[4:29] Then you, the plan. Yeah.
[4:31] I think that's the way it was spoken. The second
[4:33] One.
[4:34] Okay. 'cause it's kind of confusing, you know,
[4:36] when you start looking at, like,
[4:37] there's several different pages
[4:39] where it's referred to differently.
[4:41] Yeah. But I think the minutes are, are capturing
[4:43] what was actually said.
[4:44] So, okay. That that's what the people said.
[4:46] All on your second.
[4:47] And, and if I, if I think that's,
[4:49] am I understanding that right, Charlie? Yeah.
[4:51] Right. You can't, I mean, you can't reassign
[4:53] intent once something something's
[4:54] Said once it's written on the second one
[4:56] where it was actually your statement.
[4:58] Yep. That may have been heard differently
[5:02] than I think on that one.
[5:03] We should probably make that adjustment, Jay, to the minutes
[5:08] and have it reflect exactly what Eileen
[5:11] what what Eileen said.
[5:12] So Eileen, just for Jay, could you,
[5:14] could you be specific exactly on what you said?
[5:18] I remember what I said was in reading the easement
[5:22] documents, it seemed to me as if the
[5:26] only thing we were gonna be allowed
[5:28] to do was have a wildlife management refuge there.
[5:32] Because we weren't allowed any public access.
[5:35] We weren't allowed any trails or any activities.
[5:40] But that the state fish
[5:41] and game we're going to monitor the wildlife there.
[5:45] So,
[5:46] So is there a specific sentence in the minutes
[5:49] that, that we could change?
[5:50] Okay. That I could, that I could give him? Yeah.
[5:51] Okay. Sure. So he could change it.
[5:53] 'cause these have to be then, then ratified and sent.
[5:56] Okay. You can say, commissioner Chabot described
[6:02] in reading the documents
[6:05] that it appeared the land would be turned into a
[6:08] wildlife management refuge.
[6:13] And without any, the rest of it is fine.
[6:15] And without any educational opportunities there,
[6:18] it would be less a loss for anyone
[6:21] to realize any potential environmental awareness
[6:23] or educational opportunities.
[6:25] And the town is losing out in that, in that aspect.
[6:28] So that part's fine.
[6:32] We're gonna have the two secretaries just sort that out.
[6:35] Yep. So we can make, make the necessary change.
[6:38] No, I appreciate that. Thank you.
[6:48] Yeah.
[6:54] Yeah. Was my voice.
[6:56] I can make sure scratchy
[7:00] throat, huh?
[7:06] Think I might have some
[7:17] My coat. All good?
[7:20] Yeah. Do, do you need any further clarification? Jay?
[7:23] Do you have that? Do you think you got it?
[7:25] I may talk to Eileen briefly after the meeting.
[7:28] No, we, we need to do, do straight now. Yeah.
[7:30] We gotta get it done now. Yeah.
[7:32] Okay, Eileen, let's get it,
[7:34] let's get it completely clear for Jay so we can, let's
[7:36] Do it again.
[7:37] Yeah. It's just a matter of a few words
[7:39] To change that and just Yeah, that's And just the words,
[7:41] just the actual words that need to be changed.
[7:42] Yeah. Nothing, nothing else. Alright.
[7:45] Instead of where it read Jay, you can say
[7:49] it appeared like,
[7:53] Okay.
[7:54] Okay. It appeared like would be fine to just, okay.
[7:57] Yep. Simple change.
[7:59] Thank you for making that specific. Yep.
[8:01] Okay. Great. All right.
[8:02] Anyone else regarding the minutes? Mr. Metz?
[8:05] Yeah. Under, under Commissioner Mets motion
[8:09] to exit non-public meeting.
[8:11] And then we go to move to seal.
[8:13] The non-public meeting minutes. Should read indefinitely.
[8:16] Thank you. Move
[8:18] to seal the non-public min meeting minutes indefinitely.
[8:22] Okay, let's, let's have the two secretaries sort that out.
[8:32] Page nine. Yeah. Where he says,
[8:44] That's all I have.
[8:45] Mr. Chair.
[8:47] So page nine at the bottom there. Yep.
[8:49] Got it. Seal the minutes indefinitely.
[8:55] Jay, you have that? Yes sir, I do. Okay.
[8:57] Any other changes to the minutes? Okay.
[9:02] Seeing none, but I'd like to detain a motion
[9:05] to approve those minutes as amended.
[9:08] Move to approve the minutes
[9:10] of the March 16th, 2026 Conservation commission as amended.
[9:15] We first by Mr. Metz. Second. Second by Eileen.
[9:20] All those in favor say aye.
[9:22] Aye. Opposed? Abstentions. Okay. Motion carries.
[9:27] It's a lot of minutes on that meeting.
[9:32] Chis report is our next order of business. We've been busy.
[9:37] I feel like I'm kind of the quarterback.
[9:39] I've become a quarterback of this committee now.
[9:41] We have a lot of people working
[9:43] behind the scenes between meeting.
[9:45] I continue to talk to Beth at least once a week at length,
[9:50] setting the direction of the commission, trying to organize
[9:55] and highlight our goals.
[9:57] And she's feeding back to me
[9:59] and things that she's doing, she's doing
[10:02] with the subcommittees.
[10:04] So we're all systems go.
[10:06] We are developing, we're in the middle of developing that.
[10:10] I'll share once we have completely developed a scoring
[10:14] procedure for the commission's goals.
[10:17] We, we have a lot of balls in the air.
[10:19] And just to make sure that we're doing the things that
[10:25] make the most sense for our community
[10:28] and for the goals of the commission.
[10:31] Stay at the top of our list for, for goals
[10:34] and the more ancillary stuff
[10:36] that can be done when things are, we're not
[10:39] so busy doing the, the most important stuff.
[10:43] And that's all I have. Cheers.
[10:45] As far as correspondence,
[10:46] we did get a newsletter from South Views Conservation
[10:52] for migrating marshes in a changing climate.
[10:54] And I'll send that to my left.
[10:59] Can look at it as we continue.
[11:01] Our next order of business is Officer elections.
[11:03] Before we get into that, are, are any
[11:06] of the present officers opposed to maintaining their
[11:11] position as officers of the commission?
[11:16] Anyone in opposition? Seeing none.
[11:18] I'm gonna entertain a motion by Mr. Metz.
[11:21] Move to nominate Mr.
[11:23] Ricardo Bazinga for another term as chair.
[11:27] We have a first by Mr. Metz. Is there a second? Second.
[11:30] Second. Second. Second. By Eileen. All those in.
[11:33] Do we need a roll call on this one?
[11:34] Yeah, let's, we'll start with a roll call.
[11:38] Starting to my right. Chris is not seated. Yes,
[11:42] Yes, Yes, yes.
[11:45] Not seated. Yes. Yes.
[11:49] And the chair votes. Yes.
[11:51] I will make motion to nominate
[11:55] Richard Metz as vice chair. And I need a second,
[12:00] Second.
[12:01] Second by Cheryl. So the first on the floor by myself,
[12:03] second by Cheryl to make Mr.
[12:05] Metz vice chair.
[12:06] I'll take a roll call also on that one to my right.
[12:09] Yes. Yes, yes, yes, Yes.
[12:15] Yes. Chair votes. Yes. Mr.
[12:16] Chair has been elected to vice chair for another term,
[12:21] Move to appoint Eileen Chabot as treasurer.
[12:24] I'll second. Yes.
[12:30] Jay? Yes. Yes,
[12:34] Yes, Yes.
[12:36] Yes. Chair V. Yes.
[12:39] Move to nominate Jay Hildreth as secretary.
[12:41] I'll second. Yes. Yes, yes,
[12:47] Yes, Yes.
[12:49] Chair votes. Yes. And all your pay is tripled.
[12:52] Everybody. Yeah. Everybody gets tripled.
[12:54] Just saying. Alright.
[12:57] Office officer elections are complete.
[13:00] Our next elections will be,
[13:03] election appointments will be that of our committees.
[13:08] I'm gonna wrap 'em all up in one, but
[13:10] before we continue with that, is there anybody
[13:12] that would like to move off the chair of a committee?
[13:18] I think the members we can move kind of at our,
[13:23] without any approval, so is if, if any of the present chairs
[13:27] of committees wanna relinquish that seat,
[13:31] please let me know now.
[13:35] Okay. Seeing none, I would like to make a motion
[13:39] for the following chair, people
[13:42] to chair these following commis com committees.
[13:45] Personnel, Mr. Metz, TRC, myself,
[13:50] land Acquisition Mr.
[13:51] Metz, state Compliance. Eileen Public Outreach.
[13:56] Cheryl Community Garden. Jay, land Maintenance.
[14:01] Bob Reporting Compliance Val
[14:05] and property management.
[14:06] Myself. I need a second.
[14:10] Second. So first
[14:11] and second on the floor to,
[14:14] for the chair people
[14:15] of these committees. We'll start to my right.
[14:19] Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes,
[14:23] Yes, Yes.
[14:24] And chair votes. Yes. Alright. Committees are done.
[14:29] Next order of minute. Next order
[14:31] of business is an update on the Broadview annex.
[14:35] The Jay supplied a pretty detailed
[14:40] analysis of his,
[14:43] I don't think you need to read it again, Jay.
[14:44] We, we, we read the whole thing,
[14:45] but maybe go over it as highlights.
[14:47] And I'm sure you'll have some questions.
[14:49] That's what I plan to, I'm only gonna
[14:50] Take 10 minutes or less. Okay.
[14:52] Yeah. Good. So Jay's gonna highlight his plan
[14:54] and then didn, take any minutes that,
[14:57] any questions that we may have.
[14:58] Okay. Jay?
[15:00] Yeah. This document was just intended to lay down
[15:03] information and gather together new, new learnings
[15:08] and help to merge together a, a plan.
[15:13] And next steps. I'll just mention
[15:18] that I did make an a, a inquiry with the Heritage
[15:24] Commission in order to be able to describe a little bit more
[15:27] what about what this property is
[15:29] and what was it in the past.
[15:32] It's a fairly unique piece of land.
[15:35] It's had a lot of man manmade
[15:41] additions, like giant stone walls that sur surround most
[15:44] of the 3.4 acres.
[15:47] So I want to get more information.
[15:49] I haven't heard back from them.
[15:52] And so the next steps,
[15:56] I am trying, trying to create a development plan.
[15:59] And this is the first draft of it.
[16:04] And also, I wanted to review a
[16:09] permitting process at a high level.
[16:11] So I start, I just took down information
[16:15] basically from different sources
[16:18] and, you know, documented it for, for future use.
[16:23] When we come to the point where we have
[16:24] to decide are we going to do a permit or not?
[16:31] There are exemptions to wetland permits that,
[16:36] that are, could apply to our, this land.
[16:42] The certain ones are that are exempt,
[16:47] or if there are certain recreational activities
[16:51] that are low impact, such as hiking, bird watching
[16:55] that don't involve the construction of permanent structures
[16:57] or alteration of the wetlands or surface waters.
[17:01] So if we, it would probably be favorable to see that we have
[17:06] to do less permitting,
[17:08] but should not be daunted if we do have to,
[17:13] again, I research that there is a, you know, a definite path
[17:18] to doing, getting permits, different step-by steps.
[17:22] And there is assistance from the state.
[17:30] We,
[17:33] According To E-M-V-W-T
[17:37] 3 0 9 0 2,
[17:39] mowing is allowed under certain conditions that could come
[17:45] to a great advantage
[17:47] because the, they, the land wants to grow back
[17:52] into Meadow, meadow and then into wood woodlands
[17:55] and become very dense
[17:57] and really hard to try to move in in there.
[18:03] So we can do mowing
[18:06] and, you know, in a, under the certain conditions that we
[18:12] do not do it during, you know,
[18:15] don't disturb the vegetation roots.
[18:17] Which I can tell you that walking on there, there's a solid
[18:22] pack of roots, very intertwined, very supportable.
[18:27] I, I never found myself sinking into any kind of mud
[18:31] or anything else that I've worked in there since the snow
[18:33] melt the ground
[18:37] should be dry enough to make an, to make the mowing passes
[18:42] that and avoid ruts.
[18:43] It's, the project shouldn't be
[18:49] located in a bog
[18:50] or designated prime wetland, which this is not.
[18:55] And I, I'm not sure if there's any 100
[18:58] foot buffer rule at all.
[19:01] So I don't think so,
[19:03] but I'm posing that as a question to, to be answered.
[19:14] Yes. And I said that there's plenty
[19:15] of consultation guidance from the state and specific steps,
[19:19] and I have references to that should the time come.
[19:24] Now with monitoring the three potential
[19:29] vernal pools, I started to walk, walk on there
[19:32] and made some just brief logs in this document
[19:36] and taken photo images.
[19:41] There's a very definite drainage system
[19:46] that just was created by nature.
[19:49] It goes from, from south to north down,
[19:54] down slope goes into a culvert.
[19:57] Then the culvert goes down alongside the road.
[20:01] There's a culvert that there's downhill to the west.
[20:05] I didn't see how far, where it goes on the western border.
[20:09] But this has been established this probably for a long time
[20:14] from this south to north
[20:20] Channel, which is about six, six inches wide,
[20:23] six inches deep, maybe a little less,
[20:25] maybe five inches deep.
[20:28] It diverges to the north west.
[20:32] And then goes into the PVP one,
[20:35] which is the pro is the most significant pool
[20:40] that's on that property.
[20:42] And I've, I've seen it going there about
[20:45] four different Wednesdays.
[20:47] I'm, I'm always choosing Wednesday to be consistent
[20:50] that it goes up and down and, and
[20:54] whenever there's been rain or more snow
[20:56] or so, there is a fluctuation.
[20:59] It's not all going down, down, down there.
[21:02] It does vary with the rainfall.
[21:06] I'm looking for signs of wildlife, you know, just,
[21:09] I'm seeing a little bit of pond plants,
[21:13] but no wildlife yet.
[21:16] If you listen at night, you know, we know the established
[21:19] pools and marshes are, are starting to get the spring pees
[21:23] and, and, and small frogs.
[21:29] So Valerie is going is I've been working with her
[21:33] and we, she has ideas
[21:35] because there are very many ways to do this
[21:42] col assessment.
[21:45] There are many organizations have their own forms and,
[21:51] and guide guidebooks.
[21:53] And there's different reasons to have them or not.
[21:57] Valerie has something she's used all the time.
[21:59] Basically, we'll be taking the same information.
[22:03] I've just documented all the different organizations
[22:06] that are, are
[22:08] offering for different reasons.
[22:12] And when we may study that further
[22:15] and find that even though we've taken information,
[22:17] filled it out on a form, there may be an advantage
[22:20] to filling it out for another organization to get,
[22:25] I was reading that there's some kind of
[22:30] documentation statewide of vernal pools.
[22:33] So you could apply just added
[22:37] to the database for the state.
[22:42] So the next thing I wanted to talk about was paths
[22:46] to identify where paths should go.
[22:49] And we, there are exemptions also for paths
[22:53] that needing permits.
[22:55] And we may have some, some of the
[22:59] exceptions here, exemptions here that we could use.
[23:05] I think that 90% of what we want to do
[23:08] for PAs could be taken a taken by the, you know,
[23:13] annual mowing, which would be probably in the fall.
[23:17] We don't know whether we need more than once.
[23:21] That would take care of most of the things there.
[23:23] There may be a place for boardwalks, if you wanted
[23:26] to do a path that goes a loop around, you'd have to
[23:29] cross these six, six by six
[23:33] channels three times to go around.
[23:38] And again, we, we will have more information
[23:41] as the season goes on.
[23:42] There's, you know, there's nothing
[23:44] to say yet about, about it.
[23:45] It's premature. There's more, more information
[23:48] required by observation.
[23:56] So I asked the question about wildlife habitat
[24:01] enhancement plan.
[24:03] I came up with that myself and reading.
[24:07] And also to factor in whether we determined that the, the
[24:12] PVPs become actual vernal pools.
[24:14] We simply have to follow the
[24:19] New Hampshire's latest wildlife action plan.
[24:23] It's everything we need.
[24:28] It specifies it.
[24:30] It's more biological biology of species of animals
[24:34] that are present and their habitats
[24:39] and how to encourage and enhance them.
[24:44] So I have also almost done they,
[24:48] so I'm considering a, a more passive approach versus
[24:54] adding native species actually introducing
[24:58] ourselves native species.
[25:00] And again, I had mentioned that letting,
[25:04] letting nature just grow, grow back the plants
[25:09] is the majority of what has to be done.
[25:14] Also though, we, the mowing in certain circumstances just
[25:19] for the path use and also considering eliminating
[25:23] and doing a survey and eliminating invasive plants,
[25:28] that that can be fairly passive.
[25:31] But the addition of native species
[25:34] for diversity is more, more intensive.
[25:38] And it has to be balanced with, you know, the, the benefit
[25:42] for wildlife goals.
[25:45] And again,
[25:47] that will be seen in time and more study.
[25:53] So I'm asking, I'm asking for approval
[25:56] from the Conservation Commission to continue this pursuit.
[26:01] I anticipate that this will merge itself into the
[26:07] NH a's CCC Landscape Scale Management program.
[26:13] And I did do recognize that that program
[26:19] compliments very well the goals that I have, I've stipulated
[26:23] for, for this piece of land.
[26:28] So if you have any questions, you can ask me or just email
[26:33] Any questions for Jay?
[26:35] No.
[26:37] I noticed in your report you recommended
[26:39] that we discontinue allowing public works to,
[26:42] or the cemetery crew to
[26:45] store any leaves on the property. Is that
[26:48] Yes, that happened fast.
[26:49] That was the, the NRI that was performed
[26:54] by Norman Du definitely was a strong
[26:57] recommendation to not do that.
[26:59] We do have, we do have that challenge with the gardening
[27:03] community garden to try to see what we can do it.
[27:07] I walked onto that pile of leaves, you know, sprayed
[27:11] for ticks and yeah, it's very thick
[27:13] and it already is chopped up, which is great
[27:17] for incorporating it into, you know, into the garden.
[27:21] But there is a very large volume
[27:24] Something if, if we decide we're gonna disallow
[27:28] that, we need to let them know.
[27:29] I think we, I I think Beth
[27:31] and I have that sorted out. Yeah, we
[27:32] Have. Okay. We,
[27:34] We've started to think about that.
[27:35] Yeah, she can give it.
[27:36] We wanna do it in your, in your report. Sure.
[27:39] Talk about that. Sure. Yeah, I can talk about that.
[27:41] That was the only question, Jay. Nice work. Jay.
[27:45] It's a lot of work you're doing there. Yeah. Thank
[27:47] You Jay.
[27:49] So action items moving forward.
[27:50] Jay, you have Val helping you, right?
[27:53] Yeah. You need more help.
[27:55] You need more help from the commission.
[27:57] I wouldn't mind anyone coming
[27:58] to take a walk. Eileen, come take a walk. I'd
[28:00] Be happy to help.
[28:02] I have a lot of knowledge of rental pools if you want.
[28:05] Yeah. Want that kind of help? Yep.
[28:07] Yeah. Let's, you know, definitely engage the rest
[28:10] of the commission, get some help.
[28:12] What would you, what would you say your next, like,
[28:14] first your next two action items are on it?
[28:19] Well, we're, we're doing the, the vernal pool studies
[28:23] and we need to get familiar
[28:26] with the hydrology, you know, on this land.
[28:30] What, what goes on with these, these channels,
[28:35] Ettes, whatever you want to call them.
[28:36] You know, when I, I noticed they're very active
[28:39] and flowing a lot and,
[28:40] and they, the PVP two is at the
[28:46] southern end of that, where that is so that even though
[28:49] that happens to be under a, a shrub, the, the major part of
[28:54] that PVP is under a shrub.
[28:58] The big large shrubs.
[29:00] It's interesting, the PVP three is also that way.
[29:04] It's just, there's shrubs just growing up
[29:06] out of pooling water. So
[29:08] You're gonna continue to just continue to monitor it.
[29:12] Charlie, is it Craig Durrett? That's the environmental.
[29:15] Who's the environmental?
[29:18] I believe he left. There's a, there's an, it's not Sam.
[29:22] Sam's the engineer. I can see his face
[29:25] 'cause he's in the TRCs with us. Yeah.
[29:27] Could you, could you get me his info?
[29:29] And I'm gonna forward that info to you Jay.
[29:31] There's a, there's a town.
[29:33] Environmentalist. Environmentalist, okay.
[29:36] That should probably be looped into, looped into this.
[29:39] Great. Any other questions for Jay?
[29:43] Alright, nice work Jay.
[29:47] Alright, next we have our committee reports
[29:50] and our first one is Jay again.
[29:52] Jay taking the whole meeting.
[29:54] Sure's on the, so
[29:59] I, I had mentioned our last meeting,
[30:03] a subcommittee meeting that we had
[30:06] and some action items from that.
[30:09] We are some actions items for me in particular.
[30:14] And for Beth was to do a seed starting
[30:19] video to be for Linda, to
[30:23] Linda to film us.
[30:24] And I think she was able to do that with Beth,
[30:27] but I just ran outta time
[30:29] and it was, I had to do it outdoors.
[30:31] It was the best day. It was Wednesday
[30:33] and she wasn't feeling well.
[30:35] So I tried to have five hands and do it. I don't know.
[30:39] We're, we're working on it. It'll be good. It'll be
[30:41] Fine.
[30:42] I hacked it up. But
[30:44] Star It's good I get through.
[30:46] But yeah, I just wanted to show planning onions
[30:49] and planning leaks.
[30:51] And I look forward to her merging those three videos.
[30:55] And then I'm going to put it on the Facebook
[30:57] and add some information about,
[31:00] one thing is when do you start seedlings?
[31:03] What's the, what's the guideline, the guidance on that,
[31:07] you know, I was looking at some of the packages
[31:10] and I, I had to like sit down
[31:12] and really think it out here, line by line.
[31:14] It was kind of complicated
[31:17] because of course the last fall date is
[31:22] in this, in our business on the gardening committee,
[31:25] the last fall date is, it's not up to us what that is.
[31:31] And but so much, so much is determined from that,
[31:36] including when we plant our plant, our plants
[31:40] to transplant them when we do the tilling
[31:44] and when we start planting.
[31:47] So I also posted to the Facebook, the soil tests
[31:50] that I had taken and,
[31:52] and described the recommendations for the gardens gardeners
[31:58] and otherwise I,
[32:04] we have our spring,
[32:06] spring event starting 10:00 AM on the
[32:08] Saturday after tilling.
[32:10] We had mentioned that we're gonna also have our next
[32:13] meeting, April 13th at 6:00 PM
[32:18] at, and we're trying to meet in person destination India.
[32:22] And that's it.
[32:24] We also, Beth will update you on the
[32:28] April 1st has come by
[32:30] and that's the time to, for our gardeners to
[32:34] send in their requests for a plot.
[32:37] And I know that it was half full just a day or so ago,
[32:42] but I, I look forward to hearing from Beth.
[32:45] What that's what that is now
[32:49] More than half full.
[32:51] Thank you Jay. Personnel. Mr. Metz,
[32:54] Mr.
[32:55] Chairman, excuse me. One Joshua Brown is the
[32:57] environmental coordinator for the town.
[32:59] Okay, thank You. Josh.
[33:00] Joshua Brown. Joshua Brown. Yeah.
[33:02] He's the coordinator. So you wanna, you wanna,
[33:07] Jay introduce yourself to him,
[33:08] tell him what you're doing and sure.
[33:10] Him in. Okay. Mr. Metz Purcell,
[33:15] No updates on personnel.
[33:17] They're both still here, so that's a good sign.
[33:19] Thank you Mr. Metz. Public outreach. Cheryl?
[33:23] Okay. I I really wanna thank Eileen and Linda
[33:26] and Beth in my absence for such a productive meeting.
[33:29] And we're meeting again this Thursday, coffee factory.
[33:33] So there's a lot of talk about trail work events
[33:37] and possible dates for those which we'll be confirming.
[33:40] And the Margie Ives perhaps in July,
[33:44] corn Cornelison in August.
[33:46] Broadview, possibly two of them late January
[33:50] and also September and Cole Marsh in October.
[33:54] So as I said, we'll be meeting this Thursday
[33:57] and if there's any input that the commission would like
[34:00] to offer for that, we'll have
[34:02] to solidify those dates sooner than later.
[34:05] Eileen has offered to on earth for honor
[34:09] of Earth Day on the 18th Coffee Factory to pass out bags
[34:13] and gloves, which I think is awesome.
[34:16] And there is also an idea of a, of a raffle floating around
[34:22] free entry, any photos, also cleaning up in these
[34:26] trial work events and with the possibility
[34:29] of maybe a gift card from the commission
[34:32] as, as an award for that.
[34:37] Yeah. And as I said, our next meeting is Thursday, so,
[34:39] so we have all of this.
[34:41] I, I think just very like making progress
[34:44] with some great ideas.
[34:45] And now just a matter of nailing down the dates,
[34:49] there'll be plenty, plenty to share
[34:52] with the community about that.
[34:53] And thank you too, Jay, for sharing about
[34:55] the garden community garden.
[34:56] That's super, super important. Thank you. Sure.
[35:01] Thank you Cheryl. Mr. Metz, TC
[35:05] I've got four TRCs to report on.
[35:07] Beth, I'm trying to make sure that you get all the notices.
[35:10] Thank you. I asked Caroline to try and forward 'em to you.
[35:12] I noticed she didn't the last ones, so that's my fault.
[35:14] But you got this. I'm gonna be there Friday. Okay. Yeah.
[35:18] So the four listed one was Lane Road subdivision.
[35:24] Ricky, can I just interrupt you for a second? Yep.
[35:25] I'm not sure, does everybody know what A TRC is?
[35:28] 'cause we have some, yeah, I don't know if our
[35:30] newest commission,
[35:31] TRC is technical review committee where
[35:34] the proposed project comes before all the department heads
[35:39] and they iron out all the issues
[35:41] before it goes to the planning board.
[35:43] So the, the planning board doesn't have to go through
[35:49] all the stuff the TRC does.
[35:50] It's all done ahead of time. So,
[35:54] and it's fire, it's public works, it's police, it's
[36:00] environmental engineering, all those types of things
[36:03] that would go into building a property out.
[36:07] So that's what it is. And sometimes it requires more than
[36:10] one, sometimes more than two TRCs to get the project
[36:15] before the planning board.
[36:16] There's certain criteria that if a plan meets
[36:20] certain criteria, then it comes
[36:22] before us a minor subdivision.
[36:25] If it doesn't in involve wetlands doesn't come before us.
[36:28] If it's a minor subdivision, which is three or less
[36:31] and it involves wetland impact, it comes before us.
[36:34] Before us. If it's for
[36:36] and over, no matter whether it impacts wetlands
[36:38] or not, it comes before us.
[36:40] So there's certain rules that are applied
[36:43] for a plan to come before us.
[36:45] Thanks. Any questions? Thank you Mr. Metz.
[36:48] Okay, the first is a Lane Road subdivision.
[36:51] There's an existing house on the lot.
[36:54] It's being done by McMaster Development.
[36:58] There is wetlands on the property.
[37:00] It's very deep in the property.
[37:02] If they were building both houses,
[37:04] I would have 'em come before us.
[37:05] The one house is, has the most wetland on it,
[37:09] but it's probably 300 feet away.
[37:13] The, the reason it has to, it had to go with TRC is they're
[37:17] subsized lots, two acre minimum on Lane Road.
[37:20] So they're like 1.9 acres.
[37:22] So in order to subdivide it,
[37:24] and the house is probably, the proposed house is 150 feet,
[37:29] almost 200 from any wetland impact.
[37:32] So that was one, they were a little surprised
[37:35] 'cause I said it won't ha even though there's wetland
[37:37] impact, potential wetland impact, it's far enough away.
[37:42] There's no need to come before us.
[37:45] Because I was assured
[37:47] that McMaster Development does everything they can
[37:50] to protect wetlands when they develop a property.
[37:52] And that's coming from Lizo
[37:54] and Mark LaRue who've been around town a long time.
[37:57] So that's the reason that one didn't come before us.
[38:01] The rest are, I believe the rest
[38:03] are all commercial developments.
[38:05] One is at 10 Manchester Road, it's a total tear down
[38:10] and redevelopment.
[38:12] Again, no wetlands impact.
[38:14] I read the construction details
[38:17] and they all fit in environmentally friendly.
[38:20] They're all doing what they're supposed to be doing.
[38:22] S so fences, so socks and drainage, all that kind of stuff.
[38:27] So that one, there's no need to come before us.
[38:31] The other was a small one at, at royalty.
[38:33] They wanted permission to move some vacuums
[38:36] because of the four A development that was,
[38:40] is gonna be fixed with an internal, internal permits to,
[38:43] to move their vacuums.
[38:46] And unfortunately their vacuums are four months out,
[38:48] so they didn't wanna buy 'em until they had permission.
[38:50] So they're kind of behind the eight ball.
[38:54] But I'm, I'm assuming they got permission from Carrie Owen.
[38:58] And the last is 12 a street.
[39:03] It's, it's Esri es
[39:07] sy, I'm sorry, Epsy.
[39:08] And they're a testing facility for
[39:13] pressure washing tanks, things like that.
[39:15] There's no manufacturing on site,
[39:17] strictly a testing facility.
[39:20] I questioned 'em on a few things as far as drainage.
[39:23] They talked about expanding a building, whether their,
[39:28] whether their internal drain on the property was big enough.
[39:31] They said, yeah, it was sized for the whole roof.
[39:33] 'cause they're gonna take their drainage
[39:35] and infiltrate it into the ground in the tank
[39:37] and then run it to their back, which is, they've got a,
[39:42] a fairly good sized drainage area in the back light,
[39:46] almost like dairy plumbing built, that type of,
[39:48] that type of drainage area.
[39:51] So is it just, is it just solution like just
[39:53] water or is it, is there
[39:54] Good detergents going?
[39:55] It's just, it's on the ground. It's roof, it's roof runoff.
[39:57] There's no, oh, there's nothing in the,
[39:59] nothing in the building that's gonna
[40:00] be flushed down the drain. Everything. Turgen,
[40:02] Gergens or Chemicals?
[40:03] No, everything used for testing is reclaimed inside. Okay.
[40:06] So there's no impact to our sewer system or,
[40:09] or any chances of spillage outside.
[40:11] There's no internal drains in the building.
[40:14] So strictly a testing, a testing facility.
[40:19] And that's it. And we have more coming up.
[40:22] Thank you Mr. Metz. Next we have state compliance, Eileen.
[40:26] Okay, there's some events coming up
[40:28] that people might be interested in.
[40:31] There is a an N-H-C-C-C sent this out.
[40:36] Make your turtle sightings count.
[40:39] It's on May 12th, 2026.
[40:41] It's a Zoom event and it's at 5:30 PM
[40:45] and it's going to be recorded.
[40:46] So if you can't make it, then
[40:48] you could maybe watch the recording later.
[40:52] There is also an in-person event on turtles
[40:56] land management practices for New Hampshire turtles.
[40:58] That's on June 8th.
[40:59] And that's gonna be held in Wall Pole, New Hampshire.
[41:02] And if you want more information,
[41:04] you could find it on the N-H-A-C-C web website, excuse me.
[41:09] And you would need to go on there to register.
[41:10] It's a free event. You would be able
[41:13] to learn various habitat management practices.
[41:16] They would show you on that property,
[41:19] what they're doing with turtles.
[41:21] And then also teach you how
[41:23] to implement practices on your own property.
[41:27] And it's sponsored by the Cheshire County
[41:28] Conservation District.
[41:32] Regarding rules, there's some public hearings coming up,
[41:36] alteration of Terrain regulations.
[41:38] There's a public hearing on April 17th from two
[41:42] to three in Concord at the DES.
[41:45] You could either attend in person
[41:47] or you can attend online via Microsoft Teams.
[41:53] And the point of contact is Edward McKenna.
[41:56] His number is 6 0 3 2 7 1 1 0 2 3.
[42:02] And there's also a public hearing coming up for those
[42:05] who may be interested in what's happening
[42:08] with the drinking water rules.
[42:09] Environmental DW 300,
[42:13] that's coming up on April 30th, 2020 26
[42:18] from 10 to 11.
[42:20] Also at DES at 29 Hazen Drive
[42:23] in room 2 0 8 C.
[42:25] Again, also for that hearing,
[42:28] you also could attend either in person or online.
[42:33] And that's all I have.
[42:35] Excuse me, Eileen, could you repeat the date
[42:37] of the alteration of Terrain?
[42:39] Yep. Alteration of Terrain Public hearing is April 17th.
[42:42] Okay, thank you. From two to 3:00 PM Yep.
[42:46] And you can also submit written comments for that up
[42:50] until Friday, April 24th, 2026 at 4:00 PM
[42:55] They'll accept written comments if you want
[42:57] to email your written comments.
[42:59] Thank you Eileen. Yep. Property management.
[43:04] We're working on two management challenges right now.
[43:09] One is a potential encroachment on a conservation property
[43:15] by a, a potential abutter that puts some signs up over the,
[43:20] over the line between the conservation property
[43:22] and the Abutters property.
[43:24] So we're working with that gentleman and Beth
[43:29] and I have come up with another, another way to try
[43:33] to communicate with that person.
[43:36] The second one is a hazardous tree removal.
[43:40] Same thing abut property.
[43:43] We have, we have some trees on the conservation property
[43:46] that are jeopardizing the owner's property.
[43:49] And Beth is quarterbacking some
[43:55] appraisals on the cost of taking those trees down.
[43:59] That's all we have on property management, land maintenance.
[44:03] Mr. Sperl,
[44:06] We're gonna get together again this Thursday
[44:11] and start planning on getting out onto the trails and stuff.
[44:15] Pretty much all the properties are
[44:17] snow free other than a few, one
[44:19] or two little pockets here and there.
[44:22] Good time to get out. That's it.
[44:26] Thank you. Bob. On land acquisition,
[44:28] we still have two active projects.
[44:33] I want some guidance on the larger apostle.
[44:37] I've already sent out a communication
[44:39] to the smaller apostle waiting to hear back,
[44:41] but the larger apostle that some of the commissioners
[44:43] are planning on walking, do we still wanna wait for
[44:48] that walk or, or do you want Yes.
[44:50] You don't want me to proceed with entering into
[44:52] negotiations with that person?
[44:54] We'd like to walk it. Yeah. All right.
[44:55] So we just haven't been able to do it yet. Yeah, I get it.
[44:58] All right. So we're gonna kick the can on that one.
[44:59] Wait for some people
[45:01] to walk the property and then bring that up.
[45:03] And then the third thing we have is the town.
[45:07] Anytime the town disposes of property that are taken
[45:11] through various means, whether it be tax lien
[45:15] or just property that they don't want to have,
[45:17] they send us the list
[45:20] and ask us if there's any conservation
[45:23] value of those properties.
[45:24] Now normally those properties are very small parcels that,
[45:30] you know, in my 16 years,
[45:32] I think there might have been one occasion where one
[45:34] of those properties was appealing to us.
[45:36] So we have the list and Beth
[45:39] and I are gonna take a little dive on it, bring it
[45:41] to the commission next meeting, share the list
[45:44] with the commissioners and see if there's any appetite for
[45:50] taking parcels.
[45:51] They almost never meet our criteria for like lot size,
[45:55] but it's always worth looking at the list.
[45:57] If it's an a budding, if it's a budding and a and a
[46:00] and a, an an existing property that we can kind of expand.
[46:03] Alright. So we'll have that, we'll have that
[46:07] for the commissioners next meeting.
[46:11] Next we have reporting compliance. Val.
[46:13] Oh, nothing new here.
[46:16] We're gonna set up a committee meeting.
[46:17] I have a scheduled email going out later,
[46:19] but nothing new to report now.
[46:21] Great. Still you off floor with net zero Task Force.
[46:24] Oh yes. Last meeting was canceled,
[46:27] so nothing new to report there.
[46:29] Thank you Val. Mr. Foot? I, Mr.
[46:33] Foot, my, my question to you is, is there,
[46:35] are we a time sensitive on that property disposal stuff?
[46:38] Does that take a little while to, to happen?
[46:42] Those properties of the town needs to, like, they,
[46:44] they put 'em in auction at some point eventually.
[46:46] Does that take some time?
[46:48] A little bit of time, yeah. Okay.
[46:51] All right. I just got the email, so I don't know
[46:53] how quickly that process takes.
[46:55] Yeah, there's a little bit of a process to it. Okay,
[46:57] Good.
[46:58] All right. So we have a little time to examine it.
[46:59] Alright, you on the floor, Mr. Mr. Foot?
[47:02] Thank you. So as everyone knows,
[47:03] we had an election last month
[47:05] and we have two new counselors.
[47:07] Well, one is a returning counselor.
[47:09] Dave Mills is the counselor at Lodge.
[47:11] He was filling a vacancy, he won the election.
[47:14] So he's the lodge counselor.
[47:16] Dan Haley is the district three counselor.
[47:19] We have a new chair and that will be Aaron Spencer.
[47:22] Jack Webb is the vice chair. And I'm the third inventory.
[47:28] Tomorrow the town council is on the consents agenda
[47:31] for the Ashley Drive.
[47:34] And then that will have to have some public hearings
[47:37] after that, couple meetings after that.
[47:39] So probably within the next month
[47:41] or so, whatever happens tomorrow.
[47:42] I don't wanna speak for the
[47:43] councils, I'm not sure what will happen.
[47:44] But it is on the agenda tomorrow to be just taken up.
[47:49] And then as we know,
[47:53] earth Day is April 22nd
[47:55] and the Pinkerton National Honor Society will be assisting
[48:00] me at the cemetery, will be restarting the cemetery project.
[48:05] For those who don't know, we go up there
[48:07] and we take care of the veterans headstones,
[48:10] we clean them up and whatnot.
[48:12] And with Memorial Day coming up, it's a good opportunity.
[48:14] So if anybody's around on April 23rd
[48:16] and they want help, they're more than glad to come up.
[48:18] And that'll be 23rd or 22nd,
[48:19] 23rd, Second.
[48:20] So Earth Day's on 22nd, but Pinker
[48:22] and they're doing the service project on the 23rd.
[48:24] 23rd. So I'll be up there all day with them.
[48:27] So if anyone's available on the 23rd
[48:28] and they'd like to come up, just reach out to me
[48:32] probably from like 9:00 AM to like 3:00 PM ish.
[48:36] And if any questions you can reach out to me prior to that.
[48:38] And that's all I have. Thank you.
[48:43] Charlie, are you remaining our liaison?
[48:46] Yes. You stalk me for another year.
[48:48] Oh, that's great. It's not a bad
[48:50] Thing.
[48:52] I'm sorry, Rick, How's your mapping
[48:53] program going on up there?
[48:55] Is that still in the
[48:57] baby baby step stages or? Sure,
[49:00] Yes.
[49:01] It, it's, so Jim Ash,
[49:05] he's a veteran from the VFW
[49:06] who's been working a lot on that.
[49:07] So he uncovered many more headstones
[49:12] that weren't even documented with the town.
[49:14] So we have well over a 1500 up at the cemetery.
[49:18] Wow. So we, we are still working on the, on the process
[49:21] of actually having it out.
[49:23] Real interesting ones up there too.
[49:25] Yeah. So for those who haven't been up there, it's very,
[49:28] a lot of historical knowledge up there.
[49:30] If you go up there and walk around the old section.
[49:33] And then we do have, we lot of decorated veterans
[49:36] that are interned up there.
[49:38] So ands beautiful
[49:40] to walk up there on a nice,
[49:42] nice spring morning. Oh yeah. On
[49:43] A nice day.
[49:44] Yeah. It's, it's wonderful. Yeah.
[49:45] So Charlie, on, on,
[49:49] we've been level funded at about $5,000 a year
[49:52] for our administrative account.
[49:55] You, you know, we get money from different places,
[49:57] but the one bit of money
[49:58] that we get from the town is $5,000.
[50:02] We're, we're, we're self-funded.
[50:04] We're one of the few kind of groups in town that
[50:08] that is self-funded.
[50:10] But the town does give us $5,000 in admin money
[50:13] that we use specifically for administrative services.
[50:17] Our administrative services budget has ballooned with the
[50:23] addition of our two employees.
[50:25] What would be the best opportunity
[50:27] and when would be the opportunity to, to petition the,
[50:32] the town council to expand
[50:34] or try to get some, try to get a,
[50:37] an increase in those funds?
[50:41] Well now we stopped the budget this week.
[50:43] So we, we have our, actually wrote the dates down
[50:48] April 9th, 16th, 21st and 23rd.
[50:51] We're having our budget meetings.
[50:54] And then we'll have the hearing at the end of the month
[50:57] on all those, and we'll vote on that.
[51:00] We, so those who don't know,
[51:01] we have a tax cap on the town side of things, which is tied
[51:03] to the CPI and the current CPI is 3.3%
[51:08] and I know it's gonna be very tight.
[51:10] For those who don't know, health insurance went up 27% this
[51:13] past year and that,
[51:14] that really decimated a lot of our funding.
[51:20] I will talk to the account administrator tomorrow
[51:21] and ask about that.
[51:24] Do do any of the, the, any of those admin accounts
[51:27] that other commissions,
[51:29] 'cause I know, I think every commission gets a little
[51:31] bit of admin money, right?
[51:33] Every committee like planning
[51:35] and zoning, they, they, everyone gets a little,
[51:37] a little amount of money, right?
[51:39] Not everybody, I don't
[51:41] Think.
[51:42] No. The ones that do, do they have a CPI attached to it
[51:45] or is it, is it just on a month annual
[51:48] process? It's appropriate,
[51:50] It's whatever is given to them.
[51:52] Well, if you could, if you could bring that up
[51:55] to leadership that, you know, our,
[51:56] our administrative costs have gone up significantly with
[52:02] an additional matching workload output.
[52:05] I think our, our work output has gone up, you know,
[52:09] a hundred fold from what it used to be.
[52:12] So I don't, I don't think it's a stretch to try to ask for
[52:15] an increase in those funds. Yeah,
[52:17] I I'd have to look honestly, our, our, our budget books
[52:21] about, Rick can attest to this about six inches thick,
[52:25] like this thick and it's a lot to go.
[52:26] That's why we break it up into different segments. Right.
[52:29] We do it line by line and go through and whatnot.
[52:32] So I, I'm,
[52:37] if there was a, if there was any flexibility, we could try
[52:39] to sneak it in, but I, I don't,
[52:40] I don't really know what that looks like right now.
[52:42] Okay. Without having gone through everything. So
[52:43] Maybe, maybe let's start the conversation.
[52:45] Yeah, I, I'll definitely, I'll definitely speak
[52:47] with Mr. Fowler tomorrow. Yeah.
[52:48] And I'm sure Mr. Metz would be happy
[52:50] to come represent the commission and Sure.
[52:52] Plead our case. Thank you Charlie.
[52:56] Lisa May have some old All right.
[53:00] Land manager report. Beth, you're up.
[53:02] All right. So, yes, as Jay mentioned,
[53:06] the community garden
[53:09] registration opened on April 1st.
[53:12] And as of today we've had 28 inquiries
[53:16] and 35 of the 36 plots have been claimed.
[53:20] Wow. However, we still have the two raised beds as well.
[53:23] So the raised beds haven't been claimed.
[53:25] So those are, those are out there as well.
[53:28] And we've been able to use, as Jay mentioned,
[53:32] the Facebook group for the private Facebook group
[53:35] for community gardeners as a source of photos
[53:37] for public outreach.
[53:39] So that's been nice. And I did get in touch
[53:41] with the same gentleman who tilled the gardens last year
[53:46] and he is going to be able to help us with that.
[53:48] Again, we haven't set a date
[53:50] because last year it was very dependent on the weather.
[53:53] So I just said, we're gonna keep an eye on the weather,
[53:55] keep an eye on the soil
[53:57] and I will call you when it's,
[54:00] looks like it's ready to be done.
[54:03] We also have a few sources of composted cow manure
[54:07] that we can spread on the garden this year as well.
[54:12] And I'll be coordinating with that gentleman
[54:16] for public outreach.
[54:18] We got two inquiries from citizens asking
[54:22] how they can help with trash pickup for Earth Day.
[54:25] And I know Eileen is coordinating that
[54:28] and heading that off
[54:29] with the kickoff event at the Coffee factory
[54:32] April 18th as been mentioned.
[54:34] So there was one mom who actually is,
[54:39] she's her son, goes to the same school
[54:41] that my son goes to, so I know her.
[54:43] Yeah. And she's wants to take a group of kiddos out
[54:46] to do some trash pickup.
[54:48] And then there was also an inquiry from someone
[54:52] who has a group of employees who they offer, you know,
[54:57] they offer compensation for their employees to go out and,
[55:01] and do trash pickups.
[55:02] So there are two couple of groups there who are looking for,
[55:06] for some trash pickup to do with the N-A-J-C-C initiative.
[55:11] I had a meeting with Barbara, we've confirmed the date
[55:15] for the bio blitz.
[55:17] So that is going to be June 27th
[55:20] and the time is still to be determined,
[55:23] but it will be at Broadview.
[55:25] So Saturday, June 27th at Broadview is our,
[55:29] our bio blitz and Steven,
[55:33] I forget his last name from Moose Wood Ecological, is going
[55:38] to be there to show everybody how, you know,
[55:43] show everybody how to identify the different species
[55:46] and, you know, take, walk us
[55:48] through the space with that lens.
[55:51] And he's also offering through the grant
[55:55] that the N-H-A-C-C has for this project.
[55:59] They can offer an online training for commissioners
[56:03] and also members of the public,
[56:04] but primarily for commissioners.
[56:06] They can offer a, a training on how to use iNaturalist
[56:10] and they'll set up an account for us with iNaturalist.
[56:13] It's actually like a webpage basically that will show,
[56:18] you know, all the different species
[56:19] that have been identified by anybody who is using
[56:23] that account.
[56:24] And it'll kind of consolidate it all in
[56:26] one very nice neat place.
[56:28] So we're still working out the details of what
[56:32] that training will look like.
[56:34] So expect an update that on that at the next meeting.
[56:39] And we've been very busy
[56:42] with the community wildfire protection plan.
[56:45] So we did have a discussion panel the Wednesday
[56:49] after our last meeting,
[56:51] and that was televised went very well.
[56:54] We have a landing page up for that project
[56:56] as well on the town website.
[57:00] So if you go to dairy nh.org
[57:04] or.gov rather now
[57:06] and go to the conservation commission page.
[57:10] There is on the sidebar there on the green sidebar,
[57:14] a landing page for the community wildfire protection plan
[57:17] with some of the questions that participants asked
[57:22] and some of the information
[57:23] and resources that were mentioned in the presentation.
[57:26] So that's on there. We had another field assessment this
[57:31] past weekend at Coal Marsh
[57:33] and found some really interesting fire
[57:36] adapted communities there.
[57:38] So a fire adapted community is a, a group of plants
[57:43] that has evolved to
[57:46] thrive within fire conditions.
[57:48] So the fire will sweep through the landscape
[57:51] and these plants can, you know, can thrive there.
[57:56] And blueberries and huckleberries are two yummy plants that
[58:01] are in, are considered a fire adapted species.
[58:05] So that's exciting. So we found some huckleberry
[58:07] and some pitch pine there,
[58:09] some really interesting communities.
[58:13] There is also a wildfire Community Preparedness day
[58:18] on May 2nd.
[58:20] And we, the committee is discussing having
[58:25] an event or, or some kind of public outreach on
[58:28] that May 2nd.
[58:29] So basically that is one, it's, it's national.
[58:34] So wildfire Community Preparedness Day is a,
[58:37] a national effort to show people
[58:41] what they can do on their properties
[58:43] to help fortify your home from the potential of wildfire.
[58:49] And then we can talk about the leaves at Broadview.
[58:52] So I have met with Clint Havens in DPW about that.
[58:57] We identified another possible location, which is
[59:01] by the community gardens for those leaves.
[59:04] And Eileen had reached out about wanting
[59:07] to look at the location of that
[59:10] and Jay, I believe also reached out wanting
[59:12] to look at the location of that.
[59:13] So now that it's spring Yeah, we can take a walk out there.
[59:17] The snow is gone. Yeah. And look at, at that.
[59:20] And he said that that location would work for a single year
[59:25] as far as like the volume of leaves
[59:27] and the volume of the space that's available.
[59:29] So it would work for potentially at least this fall.
[59:33] And so that we can kind
[59:34] of kick the can down the road if we need to.
[59:36] Right. And we also have some plans to try
[59:40] to eat up those leaves as part of the community garden
[59:45] to just utilize them so
[59:46] that maybe we don't need a storage place more just like a
[59:49] temporary storage until we actually use the leaves.
[59:51] So we could try, try composting them. Right, right.
[59:54] Think that's really Yeah. A good move. Yep.
[59:57] Use And that is the end of my report.
[1:00:02] The, the leaf thing. Beth, I just talked about that.
[1:00:06] Okay, good. Hey, no, no laughing.
[1:00:11] We were having a sidebar. I I know. I apologize.
[1:00:13] We were talking, we were talking about money though, so
[1:00:19] Derrick Kim, our meeting today,
[1:00:21] you wanna talk about it? I'll do it. Oh
[1:00:23] Sure. Yeah.
[1:00:23] So we met with Owen. We met with Owen
[1:00:25] before this meeting actually Owen came to us,
[1:00:32] congratulated us on our success
[1:00:34] and wants to be, wants to be more
[1:00:38] involved in documenting our progress.
[1:00:41] So we we're gonna have a standing meeting with Owen at our
[1:00:45] and, and Ricky, you might have to take one
[1:00:47] of these, some of these meetings.
[1:00:48] So it's gonna be at six 30
[1:00:52] at our first monthly meeting.
[1:00:54] So whenever our first monthly meeting is,
[1:00:55] we're gonna have a standing meeting at six 30 with Owen
[1:00:58] and we're gonna, so we, we spent today highlighting May,
[1:01:03] so projects that we're doing in May,
[1:01:05] he's gonna be participating in the ones that we want
[1:01:08] to highlight and getting them up
[1:01:12] on, on dairy TV.
[1:01:13] And then, you know, we can share 'em to our,
[1:01:15] our Facebook site.
[1:01:19] So that's exciting. I think that's exciting.
[1:01:21] It's, you know, it's one of the things we need to do and,
[1:01:23] and we'll talk about kind of prioritizing
[1:01:29] some of the things that came up was informing the public the
[1:01:32] benefits of conservation property gifts
[1:01:37] or conservation property sales highlighting the advantage
[1:01:40] of do of doing that to folks.
[1:01:43] Other things we talked about is having a,
[1:01:47] participating in a kind of virtual nature walk
[1:01:52] at the conservation properties where he'll follow someone
[1:01:57] through one of our conservation properties and,
[1:02:00] and document some of the highlights of it
[1:02:01] and then turn it into a production
[1:02:03] that could, that could be used.
[1:02:04] And I, I envision that production eventually landing into
[1:02:07] some sort of virtual
[1:02:12] space when we're talking, you know,
[1:02:14] when we eventually at the end game when we,
[1:02:15] when when you can go on our, our site
[1:02:18] and choose coal marsh, that video will pop up
[1:02:22] so people can get kind of an idea of what that is.
[1:02:24] So it's kind of the base, the basis for that stuff.
[1:02:26] So that's exciting. And we're gonna,
[1:02:29] we're gonna be doing that every month.
[1:02:32] And I wanna also commend Beth
[1:02:34] and her tireless work between meetings.
[1:02:39] You know, Beth is doing a lot, a real lot.
[1:02:41] I can't, I can't even give up with her on the phone calls,
[1:02:44] but we're, we're doing, doing the community's work
[1:02:48] and I think it's, it's going really well.
[1:02:51] I have nothing else for other business.
[1:02:52] Any, any other commissioners have anything they want to add?
[1:02:55] Suggestions, topics? It's good to see Val,
[1:02:59] Mr. Chair.
[1:03:00] Yes. I'm looking at the proposed meeting dates
[1:03:04] and I think July 6th
[1:03:09] maybe we want to kick that back to the 13th.
[1:03:12] It's the July 4th. All encompassing weekend holiday.
[1:03:17] Just my thought. It's up to you.
[1:03:20] What was That? They're actually up to the commission.
[1:03:23] That would be my suggestion.
[1:03:25] As far as any other business changes.
[1:03:28] What do people, I I I won't be, I wouldn't be here
[1:03:31] for July 6th in in any event.
[1:03:34] So how do, how do people feel about July?
[1:03:38] I think, I think Rick's suggestion is pretty apropos.
[1:03:40] Some people might not be around that weekend and week.
[1:03:46] I'm just thinking. So the 13th I think
[1:03:47] is a good suggestion.
[1:03:49] We could, I mean we Or would
[1:03:54] you just forego July?
[1:03:55] Yeah, I mean, I think so I wouldn't be able to be at
[1:03:59] probably any July meeting really.
[1:04:00] Yeah. Just because July's a busy day, busy time of the,
[1:04:03] this month, this year it's gonna be my
[1:04:05] busiest month and a long time.
[1:04:07] I would, I would not be opposed
[1:04:09] to just not having a July meeting.
[1:04:13] You know, if something came up
[1:04:14] and we had to schedule something, then we could, we
[1:04:16] Could, I was just gonna say, what about block out the 13th
[1:04:20] but make it as, as needed.
[1:04:23] As needed. Just so it blocked out.
[1:04:26] People would have it on their calendar. And then,
[1:04:29] Because I'll e either day I'm here.
[1:04:31] I'm just thinking that for everybody else. Yeah.
[1:04:33] The sixth is not convenient,
[1:04:35] so I have no problem if we're gonna,
[1:04:37] I I would have no problem with that suggestion.
[1:04:40] Block it. Block it if we need it. Call it a week ahead of
[1:04:43] Time.
[1:04:44] It might be nice. Yeah, it might be nice to have
[1:04:44] a meeting on the 13th.
[1:04:45] Just, you know, I was just saying to Beth, you know, we,
[1:04:48] we wanna keep our pulse on
[1:04:50] that landscape management initiative
[1:04:51] and there might be something to discuss.
[1:04:53] Okay.
[1:04:55] So am I here? We should just move it to the 13th.
[1:05:00] I see head, I see head nodding, so
[1:05:02] Yeah.
[1:05:03] Yeah. Okay. All right. So we'll move the July 6th meeting
[1:05:05] to July 13th.
[1:05:06] Okay.
[1:05:11] It's nice having those on there so
[1:05:13] that we can talk about that ahead of time. Right.
[1:05:15] Whose idea was that? That was a good idea.
[1:05:17] Idea. That was your idea.
[1:05:25] That's a good pickup, Rick.
[1:05:27] 'cause that's two days after the fourth.
[1:05:29] So a lot of people, so
[1:05:30] Then would we still meet with Owen if we, if we,
[1:05:35] 'cause that would be the first meeting of the month.
[1:05:38] Yes. We can cross that bridge and we come to it.
[1:05:39] That's three months away. So,
[1:05:41] No, I think we should probably tell
[1:05:42] because Owen was putting the first,
[1:05:44] he was putting it in his
[1:05:45] calendar as we were talking about it.
[1:05:46] So why don't we,
[1:05:48] Don't we, I have from, from the meeting that we had
[1:05:51] with Owen earlier, I had a whole list of things
[1:05:54] that I'm get dates and things that I'm getting to him.
[1:05:57] So I'll include that with it.
[1:05:59] Alright. While we're looking at those dates,
[1:06:01] any other dates we need to talk about?
[1:06:05] That was July 13th, right? July 13th, yeah. Yeah,
[1:06:08] That's my anniversary.
[1:06:09] Is it? Oh, that 9 21 is the
[1:06:12] Anniversary.
[1:06:13] The fourth. The fourth. I might not be here. Is that
[1:06:15] May 4th?
[1:06:16] Yeah.
[1:06:18] Coming back from Dollywood?
[1:06:22] No, not yet, huh? No,
[1:06:24] No.
[1:06:25] Just it is the May 4th.
[1:06:29] I'm fine with the rest of those dates.
[1:06:31] I'm just checking the fourth. Yeah,
[1:07:13] yeah.
[1:07:14] No, I'm, I'm good. I'm good. The fourth.
[1:07:16] Okay. Okay,
[1:07:19] so then the other one moving is seven six to seven.
[1:07:22] 13. 13. Okay. Okay. Anything else on other business? No
[1:07:26] Sir.
[1:07:28] No. Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion.
[1:07:33] Move to adjourn. Second.
[1:07:36] Okay. We have a motion by Mr. Metz, second by Cheryl.
[1:07:39] All is in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? We're done.
[1:07:44] Nice work.