Minutes
1/14/2008
The Lancaster Conservation Commission met at 7:00PM in the
second floor meeting room in the Town Hall for their regularly scheduled
monthly meeting.
Call to Order: 1910
Attending: R. Wert, R. Christie, T. Wagner; D. Rexford
excused
Old Business:
Dam: Nothing new-Bob will contact Deb again to find out
where we sit on the priority list.
MMP Complex Study and Grant: Grant $4720; Watershed to
Wildlife $6720; Difference from
budget. $2000.
McGee Conservation Easement: Request to be back-up easement
holder went to Town
Manager; He requested we do a presentation Tuesday Jan. 22
to explain what it means. Will request Rebecca Brown of ACT come to meeting;
failing her, Ron will do it.
New Business:
Notification of Trail Development Activities Having Minimum
Wetlands Impact-Lancaster
Snow Drifters. – No concerns
expressed.
2008 Budget so far: Grant+ $4720, Change of Use +$~3000 =
+$7720. MM Pond project -$6720, ACT -$2500. = -$9220.
What else? Cater meeting? – No firm requests for money. Catering got shot down.
Prime Wetlands designation. Should
we go for a Warrant Article at Town Meeting in 2009?
Need a delineation of wetlands to determine which property
owners are affected. – After some discussion, Bob moved that “we develop a
program to protect wetlands, watershed & adjoining uplands by adopting
“Prime Wetlands”. Seconded by Traci. The goal is to
implement the 1991 study by Lobdel Associates, Inc. Prior to any substantive move to adopt same, we need to have
the wetlands listed as prime delineated by a wetland scientist. We will contact
Watershed to Wildlife for an estimate of costs to do the delieation
and move on from there. The benefit of Prime Wetlands designation
is an increase of offset to 100’ and much more stringent review by DES when
receiving Wetlands Applications.
Requested by Bob that the status of the CC
budget be included in all further agendas. Will ask
Michael to provide those figures at the
end of each month.
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Invasive species problems (Knotweed,
Purple Loosestrife, etc.). Requested that we have and inventory done to
determine what is here already and to ask DES for assistance in locating grants
and information to mitigate any problems found.
Traci asked that Ron check with Becky to see if anything has
been done with the grant
information provided to her.
No other business was brought before the Conservation
Commission
Communications:
Annual Report of the Riverbend
Subcommittee and