South Berwick Conservation Commission Minutes -12-19-07, 7:30pm
Present: Pat Robinson, Cari Quarter, Greg Hellyer, John Stirling
Not Attending: Karl Honkonen
2 Open Seats
Next Meeting: 1/16/08 7:30pm at Town Hall
Minutes- October- Reviewed and Accepted. Motion from Pat, John 2nd, All approve.
No quorum on 8/15 or 11/14, no minutes to approve.
Mail- None.
New Business-
Earth Day-April 22, 2008. We will push it as a town clean-up day. Look to get schools and other children's groups involved as it gets closer. Get in touch with Eliot to co-sponsor through school fliers.
Well Water Testing- Demers Lab will do this. Pat will have more info next mtg.
Quamphegan Deadline-January is deadline. We should include Water Testing info, Woods in Backyard info, Earth Day/Cleanup Day info.
MACC Mtg.-Greg attended. Seemed like many familiar themes/issues uniting Maine.
Grow Smart Summit- Greg attended. Addressed how to be smart about growth in ME.
Old Business-
Vernal Pool Teacher's Workshop- 4 Teachers are interested at Great Works School. Cari is going ahead with writing the curriculum.
Woods in Backyard- Cari is waiting to hear from Kevin Doran. Goal- 4 consecutive Tuesdays from Feb 26th - March 18th. Cari will bring a copy of this brochure to next meeting.
Salmon Falls River Greenbelt Plan- Cari will edit the hard copy for the January meeting.
Bennett Rd. Parcel- Workshop only discussed the change of the ordinance to allow for tax-acquired parcels to be allowed to be auctioned off.
Impact Fee/Open Space Plan and Mission Statement-No News. Planning Board has it.
Management Plan- Greg will get in touch with Jean to walk an use GPS to record the site location.
Maps- We have it on disk and on Greg's computer.
Other:
Southern Maine Regional Storm Water Phase II- No News. Voss signs- John will do Town Forest. Pat and Cari will do Hickory Lane area.
Mt. A Steering Committee- Greg passed out the 2007 Summary.
Budget- We need to start planning next years budget.
MACC is asking $150/year
Planning Board- Tatnic Hills subdivision, Boyd's Corner Rd (next to Brookwood subdivision)- Approved. Conservation areas in individual deeds. This includes signage on the property indicating conserved land.
Witchtrot Hills is on the PB agenda again.
Salmon Falls Cleanup- We need to get on the river this spring to remove some debris that is collecting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cari Quater
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