MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.
2nd Floor Conference Room
Town Hall, 302 Main Street
Chairman, Robert Fish, called the special meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
Members Present
Robert Fish
Bruce Sherwin
Partner Group Members Present
Janice Holland, Old Saybrook Land Trust
Heather McNeil, Executive Director, Youth and Family Services
Sue Consoli, Director of Social Services, Youth and Family Services
Land Use Department Staff Present
Christine Nelson, Town Planner
Sandy Prisloe, Environmental Planner
Kathleen Noyes, Recording Clerk
H. McNeil distributed her draft on Social Equity for the group to read. She said she would send it in electronic form to B. Sherwin so he can upload it. She also has two articles she will be submitting.
B. Sherwin said S. Keaney and J. Holland submitted some information on the Old Saybrook Land Trust. J. Holland said she was hoping it could be tied in to conservation groups under the partners’ page.
R. Fish said he’d like to emphasize that the goals are not complete because the group would like the public’s input for the web site. This is intended to be a work in progress.
B. Sherwin said based on the group’s feedback, the home page was changed. He changed the mission statement on the home page, and added definitions of both sustainability and the vision for the project.
R. Fish said he planned to introduce B. Sherwin and to give a short preamble to the presentation.
B. Sherwin went through the presentation so everyone would know what he planned to say and show. This also gave everyone the opportunity to critique the presentation and to make suggestions to improve it.
B. Sherwin said the intent of the presentation is to inform but also to encourage an active dialogue.
C. Nelson thanked S. Consoli and H. McNeil for their submission, and she made some suggestions to improve it.
S. Consoli shared some information she obtained from Eugene, OR on the process of building a sustainable community and web site. She said it’s organized well, and it’s similar in look to our Sustainable Saybrook web site. She suggested the group view it.
The hopeful outcome from the presentation at the Selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. is that the Selectmen will decide to use this tool for reaching out to the public, and they will fund the web site.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Noyes
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