[0:00] The elevator, use the stairs.
[0:01] If you need assistance, please ask
[0:03] assistance of one of the commissioners.
[0:07] Let's have introduction to commissioners.
[0:09] Starting to my left.
[0:12] Elizabeth Carver, land Manager,
[0:15] Bob sro, Eileen Chabo,
[0:18] Charlie Foot Town Council Lee Liaison,
[0:20] And I'm the chair Ricardo Bgo.
[0:23] We have a, a brief discussion today dealing
[0:28] with public access at the Martin Farm in Cornelson
[0:32] and Fernando Properties
[0:36] to support the
[0:40] FSMA compliance
[0:42] during active agricultural operations provisions.
[0:48] I hope to enact some emergency emergency limitations
[0:52] that will last 90 days
[0:56] and allow the commission
[0:59] and the other stakeholders involved to come up
[1:01] with permanent, a permanent solution on
[1:05] how we're gonna deal with these regulations that were,
[1:11] the regulations happened
[1:12] after we had this property put in conservation easement.
[1:17] So there's a conflict between the new federal regulations
[1:21] and what we allow on the pro, the,
[1:24] the conservation easement properties.
[1:27] We're gonna reference a boilerplate agreement from
[1:32] our land manager, Beth Carver,
[1:35] and the stakeholders at JNF Farms.
[1:37] Everyone has a copy of it. It is dated
[1:42] Friday, 8 21, 20 26, 2 30
[1:47] 9:00 PM and it'll be attached to the minutes.
[1:49] As part of the permanent record, I'm gonna have our,
[1:53] our land manager, Beth Carver, go through the nine points on
[1:58] the, we'll call this the memorandum of understanding.
[2:04] I hope to see a motion to adopt those provisions
[2:09] for a period of 90 days.
[2:13] And then we'll have a vote on it.
[2:15] It'll give us 90 days to, to come up
[2:18] with a permanent solution with the, with the stakeholders.
[2:21] So, Beth, can you take, take it from there? Yeah.
[2:24] So I met with Andrew Chisholm
[2:26] and Melissa Fernando,
[2:29] who attended the last Conservation Commission meeting.
[2:33] And just to get an idea from them of what kind
[2:37] of measures would work for them.
[2:40] So this is what we came up with.
[2:45] So one, remove the signage, showing trails going
[2:49] through the Martin Farm from the town website
[2:52] and the trail head kiosk.
[2:53] So right now there's some trails going through, like
[2:57] where they have electric fencing and around their silo.
[3:01] Remove the signage showing both parcels 1197
[3:06] and 1 47 dash 1188 dash three outlined in red from the town
[3:11] website and Trailhead kiosk.
[3:12] So that's the map that's online right now kind
[3:15] of combines the town owned land
[3:17] and their land that has a conservation easement on it.
[3:21] And which property is that, Beth?
[3:22] It doesn't say on number two what property
[3:24] That is.
[3:25] Yeah, so those parcels are the,
[3:29] I can I actually, I have a map if you would like, I can kind
[3:32] of hold it up to the camera maybe.
[3:37] So that's this parcel and this parcel here. Is
[3:41] That also the Martin Farm? I guess that's
[3:44] Where, Nope, the Martin Farm is connected,
[3:48] but the Martin Farm is this collection
[3:52] of parcels here. Okay. So
[3:53] The 1197 and 1 47, which property do those go with?
[3:57] Is it Cornelison?
[3:58] So yes, that's the Cornelison property. Okay. Yep.
[4:01] Thank you. Yep. Post new signage in the Trailhead
[4:05] kiosk on holiday AVEs stating no dogs, no hunting,
[4:09] no motorized vehicles.
[4:12] Post new signage on trees, flanking the trails
[4:15] that empty into the two fields
[4:17] stating keep out fields, stay on trail.
[4:22] And if you'd like, I can show you the location of those
[4:27] post new signage on two stakes along the edges
[4:30] of the upland field that are similar in fashion
[4:33] to the employees only signage posted around the j
[4:36] and f Farms farm stand post
[4:40] new signage on trees flanking the English Range Road
[4:44] driveway entrance to the field that are similar in fashion
[4:46] to employees only signage posted around the j
[4:49] and f Farms farm stand
[4:52] post new signage at the Stonewall break entering the ball
[4:55] farm property reenter trail here.
[5:00] The posted signs covering the Martin farm can remain
[5:03] until the end of the planting season.
[5:06] And the post signs looking into the town owned Cornelius
[5:11] and parcel will be removed.
[5:16] So after reading those,
[5:20] I'm wondering if there's any wisdom to
[5:25] label 'em as food production fields
[5:27] or something like that, just
[5:30] to alert people why they're being asked to stay out of them.
[5:34] Right. And also
[5:39] the, if you look on your sheet there, the, there's some
[5:43] in parentheses, it, it shows who's responsible for each one
[5:46] of those signages.
[5:48] So d is responsible for some of it.
[5:50] And then the folks at the other stakeholders are
[5:54] responsible for some.
[5:55] So if this gets adopted this evening, you know,
[5:59] Beth is gonna lead.
[6:02] Getting all that signage put up, getting it, get,
[6:04] getting it purchase and getting it put up.
[6:07] And you guys can have more questions in just a second,
[6:09] but I, I, I failed to announce that this
[6:15] MOU was
[6:18] after a meeting with myself,
[6:22] Charlie Foot and the town administrator immediately
[6:26] after our previous meeting on first what this
[6:31] rapid response subcommittee has for jurisdiction on it.
[6:36] And second, if, if there was any liability to the town,
[6:41] if we chose not to act
[6:44] and we chose that this was the best way to, to deal
[6:48] with both of those things for a temporary,
[6:51] and again, it's on a temporary basis,
[6:53] the permanent solution is not
[6:54] gonna be what you see in front of you.
[6:55] The permanent solution is gonna be something
[6:59] I think a lot more friendly to all parties,
[7:01] but in order to get something done right away, this is what,
[7:04] this was our, our kind of best, our best swipe in a,
[7:09] in a in a short period of time.
[7:11] Any other questions on it?
[7:14] The only other thing that I, there is a statute
[7:18] regarding posting that specifies the lettering size
[7:23] and stuff that we should be following that.
[7:27] So in, in, in, in the motion,
[7:29] if you're gonna make the motion in the motion,
[7:31] maybe you can add that to the motion that we use.
[7:34] Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. That we use that. Yeah. Yeah.
[7:37] 'cause that's important. So. 'cause I don't think it's
[7:39] probably not, it's probably not binding
[7:42] unless it, unless you use that.
[7:43] So maybe in the motion that's made, you can refer to that.
[7:49] Any other questions?
[7:53] So I'll detain a motion.
[7:56] Can I ask questions? The only way you would be able
[7:59] to ask questions if I, if I open suspend the rules,
[8:02] suspend the rules, and open up a public, a public hearing.
[8:05] And I, and we don't, we, we weren't intending to doing
[8:07] that tonight, but you're welcome to send any questions.
[8:10] You might have to, to the town website,
[8:13] to the council chair, and, and I'll either answer it myself
[8:16] or I'll get, I'll get the right person answered for you.
[8:20] Oh, okay. Good. All Yeah, that's,
[8:22] that's probably where I would've sent you anyways.
[8:23] Chair that. Yeah, good. Ask some
[8:25] Questions.
[8:26] It's not clear to me whether we are like,
[8:29] are we totally closing all the trails during the
[8:34] agricultural crop work?
[8:37] Or are we going to have some access to certain parts
[8:40] of trails Yes.
[8:42] While that's going on. Yes. Because that's important as
[8:45] Well.
[8:46] We will, and if, if it's helpful, I can show on a map like
[8:48] where the signs will go.
[8:49] Right. So I don't know if this is the best way
[8:54] to show here on the big screen,
[8:56] but, so here's the Cornelius
[9:00] and Parcel here, right?
[9:01] So Holiday Ave is, oh goodness. Okay.
[9:04] Holiday Ave is right here.
[9:06] And then this line is the trail that goes through the woods
[9:09] and then it empties out into the field.
[9:11] This is the field that like, if you go up the hill
[9:16] here, you'll be in the ball property.
[9:19] The ball property is right here. Right? Right.
[9:21] So here's a hill, here's
[9:22] where the trail spills out into the field.
[9:24] So the intent is to keep this entire trail open
[9:28] to the public, but just posting signs on these trees
[9:33] where it like empties out into the field.
[9:36] Right. The signs that say, so we're
[9:38] Moving that 30 foot Setback, keep outta fields,
[9:40] stay on trail, and then
[9:42] There's a 30 foot setback acquired by the FMSA
[9:47] from the crop fields. They have to
[9:49] Right.
[9:50] You have to stay away 30 feet.
[9:52] So, yep. And then, so, and then right here as well,
[9:56] because this is a sweet corn field right now.
[9:59] Yeah. So there'd be signs here just saying,
[10:01] stay on the trail, keep out of fields
[10:03] and signs right here saying the same.
[10:06] Okay. Yeah. Stay on the trail, keep off the fields.
[10:08] That's, that's the goal. Yeah.
[10:10] Got it. And then they would also be able, the, the,
[10:13] the point of the reenter trail here sign is
[10:17] that they would be able to come out here, go up here
[10:21] and enter the ball field,
[10:24] the ball ball, farm ball, property.
[10:26] Yeah. Property. And get into the woods that way.
[10:31] Okay. Thank you. You're welcome.
[10:34] Before we get a motion, I probably should have talked a
[10:37] little bit about the origin story of this,
[10:38] of this process and why it exists.
[10:40] The FSMA require the FSMA guidelines.
[10:44] If there's an infraction on a
[10:47] crop producing field,
[10:49] an infraction would be something like a dog, you know,
[10:56] peeing or a human peeing or, or pooping on
[10:59] or near a field that, that field, the entire crops for
[11:04] that entire field can need to be quarantined
[11:07] for the entire growing season.
[11:08] That was what, that was what triggered a lot of this,
[11:11] a lot of this discussion.
[11:12] So just for the public record, so people know why we had
[11:14] to act on this pretty quickly,
[11:18] especially during the growing season.
[11:21] Okay. If there's nothing else, I'll entertain a motion.
[11:25] And the motion when it's made
[11:30] could be as simple as adopting the provisions outlined in
[11:33] the email of 8 21 from the land manager
[11:39] to the stakeholders.
[11:40] Okay. I'll make a motion that we,
[11:42] With that added language about the,
[11:44] about the, and then add mine.
[11:46] Okay, good. Maybe can do
[11:47] a friendly amendment, something like
[11:48] that. Oh, you can do it.
[11:50] All right. I'd like to make a motion that we adopt
[11:55] the provisions one through nine contained in the email
[12:01] entitled Recap of Meeting eight slash 21,
[12:05] dated 8 21 20 26 at 2:39 PM
[12:10] And also include in addition to that,
[12:16] the provisions for proper dimension of signings
[12:20] that's required by statute,
[12:23] I don't remember, by statute number,
[12:26] By state statute, By state statute.
[12:28] And in accordance with that, we would post those signs
[12:33] For a period of 90 days, for A period of 90 days.
[12:37] Okay. That's a good motion. Is there a second?
[12:41] I'll Second. All right.
[12:42] So we have a motion by Eileen, a second by Bob Sperl.
[12:45] We're gonna do a roll call.
[12:47] All, all those in favor, starting to my left.
[12:51] That's you, Bob. Aye Eileen Aye. Chair votes? Yes.
[12:55] So the, the motion carries
[12:57] and is unanimous with no other business
[13:00] before the committee, I'll detain a motion to adjourn.
[13:05] I'll make a motion that we adjourn.
[13:07] Is there a second? Second. First by lien. Second by Bob.
[13:10] In favor say aye. Aye. Aye. We are adjourned.