TOWN OF FARMINGTON
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 18, 2007
356 Main Street, Farmington
Members Present: Kristie Marquis, Mickey Fisher, Jim Horgan, David Connolly and Randy Orvis (arrived at 6:20pm).
Members Absent: Mark Seaver
Selectman's Rep: Joel Chagnon
Chairman Kristie Marquis called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm.
Review of Minutes:
Jim Horgan motioned to accept the September minutes as amended for a spelling correction, 2nd David Connolly. Motion carried with all in favor.
Town Management Plans:
1. Dubois Property Management Plan: Kristie informed the Board that an ad was created to run in the paper requesting bids for the creation of the stewardship plan. Joel Chagnon motioned to accept the ad as written except to change the end date to 11/30/07, 2nd Jim Horgan. Motion carried with all in favor.
2. French Property: Kristie said that she will be meeting with Joel Moulton on Friday to get more information on who be be the best candidate for the cutting and to get a price for it.
3. Town Forest: Jim informed the Board that he did speak with Ed Mullen about running an ad on the Bulletin Board for residents interested in watching the land parcels and that he contacted the Scout leaders to late to attend tonight's meeting but that he would try again. Jim added that the UNH plan is very thorough except that the Town needs to confirm that Brown's Mill was officially turned over to the Town. He added that the commission needs to define what activities will be allowed keeping in mind where they are allowed so that you don't have a hunter and a hiker out at the same time. Jim also stated there should be a trail created around the perimeter of the forest per the easement.
A lengthy discussion was held on whether or not the commission wanted to exclude hunting from the property. Kristie read from the deed that the land can not be posted without a vote of the Town's people to change the use. Randy stated he believes Kristie may be misinterpreting the deed and suggested the commission contact Legal Counsel for a legal opinion if this is true or not. Dave commented that he will take an informal survey in the meantime to see how much the parcel is used for hunting now.
Jim stated that the commission really needs paper copies of the UNH plan and will have the Town Secretary have them done up from the disk.
Other:
1. Jim motioned to change the November meeting from the 21st to the 15th, 2nd Joel Chagnon. Motion carried with all in favor.
2. Kristy informed the Board that she received an email from Cynthia Belowski from Moose Mountain Greenways and she would like to meet with the commission soon. Cynthia also asked for the commission to confirm the lists of items they wanted included on the new map to locate potential areas of conservation interest. Kristy said that she thought the only item missing was the parcels that the Town already owns and she will contact Cynthia to confirm this.
Jim Horgan motioned to adjourn, Mickey Fisher seconded. Motion passed with all in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 7:23 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Brandy Sanger
Recording Secretary
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Chairman, Kristie Marquis Date
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