Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission
Meeting Minutes
Date: 19 July 2011
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION
63 Main Street 978 779-2297 or 779-3308
OPEN Term expires 6/30/14
A meeting of the Bolton Agricultural Commission was held on July 19, 2011 at Town Hall. The meeting was
called to order at 7:35 pm. Commission members in attendance: Betsy Taylor-Kennedy, Barbara Parente,
Richard Pelletier and Eric Schartner.
The June 2011 minutes were approved and submitted.
Reports from Liaisons to Town Boards/Commissions
Board of Health (open) : no report
Planning Board (Schartner) : no report
Board of Selectmen (Parente) : Caisse utility pole placement, Rich Pelletier was present
Conservation Commission (Pelletier):
Conservation Trust (Taylor-Kennedy): The Conservation Trust is working on the details of the
conservation restriction for the Weatherbee farm, approved at May Town Meeting and Town Elections.
Complaints/Requests for Site Visits
none
Old Business
Harvest Dinner -- Rich is rescheduling this event to a later date (possibly September)
Member Opening – Arranged for three interviews, however one did not attend. Those interviewed were
Chris Maitland and Robyn Roberts, both of whom also sent letters of intent. Edward Taylor neither came to his
interview nor did he submit a letter of intent. Betsy and Barbara will contact people they called to thank them
for coming and let them know a decision will be made next month.
AgRow at the Bolton Fair – All arrangements have been made for AgRow.
Animal Emergency Management Plan – Barbara will follow up with Sue Storbeck to obtain Sue’s notes on
her meeting with Jai Rezac and possible follow-up with police chief Alfano and Tom Moses (Emergency Mgmt
Coordinator).
New Business
Townshed Farm Utility Pole- Rich discussed a complaint he received from Nancy Caisse regarding the
placement of a utility pole at the intersection of Old Bay Rd. and Wattaquadock Hill Rd. Rich drafted a letter
for members to review and approve prior to the Selectmen’s meeting July 21, 2011. AgCom was encouraged to
attend and support Townshend Farm on this matter.
Awareness Activities – Members agreed to put AgCom brochures in various town businesses. Barbara will
get them to businesses east of Route 495, Betsy will get them to businesses in the town center, Eric will get
them to the Roadhouse, IGC and Twin Springs, and Rich will get them to businesses between the high school
and Bolton Orchards. Barbara will complete an article for local papers about farmstand openings and products
and send it for posting on the AgCom website as well.
Future Meetings/Events
August 16 – AgComm meeting, 7:30 pm upstairs at Town Hall
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 pm.
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