TOWN OF RUTLAND
OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE
MINUTES: AUGUST 2, 2016
MEETING OPENED: 7:53 PM
Attendance
Board Members Present: Karla Bigelow, Chairwoman; Joe Dell’Aquila; Peter Craine; Eric Bigelow; Willard Cannon; Dick Williams; Shawn Moore; John Breault; Jake Pettes; Scott Landgren
Board Members Absent: Nancy Nichols; Stephanie Bacon
Votes
Motion to close meeting – Motion made by Dick, seconded by Jake; vote unanimous at 8:43 PM.
Discussions
Reviewed some of the points that need to be revised:
Point 8 – Cindy Liptak and Bob Cox worked out this point.
Dick said that he has 2 parcels that are missing. Karla said that the information came from the Assessor’s office. Dick is going to speak with the Assessors.
Karla said Joy Liptak works for DCR and is doing a write up for the Wildlife Corridor and hopefully it should be ready for the next meeting.
Environmental Challenges – Karla is going to contact Gary Kelleher and ask for a write up.
Which means only points 10 and 11 are left.
Peter asked about shade trees. Cindy and Bob did the write up for shade trees. Jake said perhaps we can piggyback the shade tree issues to Gary because he is the tree warden.
Point 10 – Analysis of needs – Karla doesn’t think that it is clear in the current plan. She thinks that it the chart was very vague. Joe said we can’t make it too specific.
Make a list on what the needs are and Karla will contact Trish Settles to see how to use SCORP to list them. (goals, objectives, action) As long as we get our goals we should be all set. Barre has a good Open Space Plan that we ought to look at. Peter said we have that and can change any formatting very easily. Peter said we can add an expected timeline for the goals, and Karla thinks it is a great idea.
Point 11 – Analysis of needs – Eric spoke to the Building inspector, who is working on this.
Point 13 – American with Disabilities Act – Working with Eric to get this done.
Point 14 – This is being worked on by Bob and Cindy.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Wamback
Secretary
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