APPROVED Sutton Conservation Commission
Meeting Minutes
August 8, 2007 @ 7:00 p.m.
Present: Betsy Forsham, Tim Davis, Don Davis, Gerry Putnam, Rick Goddard, Garrett Evans, Jean LaChance and Leslie Ward. Bill Curless and George Wells were absent.
Chair Betsy Forsham called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Garrett was appointed to sit in for George and Rick to sit in for Bill.
Review of July 11, 2007 Minutes:
A motion was made by Leslie to accept the minutes of July 11, 2007. Jean seconded the motion. It was unanimously approved.
Financial:
Betsy reported the Town account balance was $2,534.24 as of the end of the month, which is 72.57% of the budget. Expenditures for the month were $33 for miscellaneous items.
The Conservation Fund Account total, as of the end of the month, was $202,457.05, with
$11,248.41 in the KHR Fund and $191,208.64 in the Conservation Fund.
Correspondence:
Betsy reported she hand delivered a letter to George Wells on July 31st that included a draft of the conservation easement deed. She added the letter specified that George should show the deed to his attorney as well as provide appraisal to the Town, if he wishes to apply for a federal tax benefit. Betsy ended by inviting George to call the attorney who drafted the deed for the SCC, if he had any questions.
Betsy reported the next Planning Board meeting would be August 14th. At 7:00 p.m. the Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission will be giving a report on build out analysis and at 8:00 p.m. there will be a review of the Feins subdivision.
Betsy passed out other miscellaneous materials.
Review of Wetlands Applications and Permits:
Laurence Harper, Route 114, the final approval was received on July 24th, File #2007-01344, T/L # 4/126,518.
A Permit by Notification Application was received from the Blaisdell Lake Protective Association, T/L #2/704,486 for replenishment of an existing nontidal beach. Betsy met with Bruce Ellsworth, the president of the association, on July 30th. There are no wetland concerns. Erosion control measures will be in place prior to any work being done.
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A Minimum Impact Expedited Application, T/L # 3/160,359 Beaver Pond Realty Trust (R&P Defelice), Beaver Pond Road. This is for construction of a long driveway to an existing dwelling, with five wetland crossings. Betsy visited the site on July 31st with Jeff Evans, Evans Land Consultants, who prepared the application, and found no problems.
Review of Intents to Cut & Logging Issues:
John and Judith Rodgers, Birch Hill Road T/L #1/576,410. Al Hanson is the logger. Betsy reported she had not seen paperwork for the wetlands crossing but she spoke with Rodgers on the 16th of July and he stated the erosion control measures had been done. Garrett added he had checked the site and everything looked fine.
Old Business:
Betsy gave an update on the Lefferts/Enroth easement. A draft form of the easement was received from ASLPT last month and sent on to the Town Attorney, Jae Whitelaw. Jae had a few comments and it looks like it will go forward soon.
Betsy gave more of an update on the Wells easement.
The members discussed a possible new land acquisition, funding options and a time line for same. Several questions arose which Betsy will forward to the Town’s attorney.
New Business:
There was discussion regarding planning for the upcoming Land Conservation Workshop on September 13th. Betsy handed out a draft notice for the 13th and asked the Board to review the draft and email her with any comments. Jean gave a big thanks to Betsy for all her hard work. A projector, laptop and screen are needed for the slide show. Gerry will provide the projector; Leslie the screen and Betsy will ask Debbie Stanley about a laptop with a PowerPoint display. Jean will take care of refreshments. The mailing of invitations needs to be done by August 31st. All members are to email Betsy with their list of names. Betsy will leave copies of the invitation at the Town Hall for the individual members to pick up and add a personal message. They will then be again left at the Town Hall for Jean to
pick up, address envelopes and mail. Jean will be purchasing 100 self-stamped envelopes for this purpose. The invitation will also be posted throughout Town. It was suggested a copy be sent to the neighboring Town’s Conservation Commissions. There will be two advertisements in the Shopper on the 29th of August and the 5th of September. The InterTown will run one add on the 4th of September and the Argus will run one on the 5th. It was mentioned the invitation could go on the community calendar of the InterTown. Christie Nelson, a reporter for the Argus, has a Sutton Column that could also mention the workshop.
The next regular SCC meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the 13th, before the Land Conservation Workshop
SCC Properties and Greenway Reports:
Don passed around a copy of the Quest book for the members to view. He also noted the link on the Town website for the KHR trail map is down. Don will notify Elly regarding this.
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Don has signs to put up but is in need of another member to help. He still needs pressure treated 2x4’s for posts and he commented there is mowing that needs to be done.
Don described two KHR projects to the Board. The first is to repair eroded areas and improve drainage on the Hominy Pot Trail. This can be done with material already on the site. Don will talk to Matt Ordway for an estimate of the work involved. The second project is to build a kiosk for the Hominy Pot entrance to KHR.
A motion was made by Jean to authorize Don to expend up to $150 for materials for the kiosk and signposts. Leslie seconded the motion. It was unanimously approved.
Don mentioned he had received a call regarding a tree down on one of the greenway trails. It was agreed the issue was for the Greenway committee, and Jean will bring it up at their next meeting.
Garrett reported on a Hazardous Mitigation committee he is serving on for the Town. He stated the purpose was to develop proactive mitigation plans based on the identification of past hazards and potential future ones. He added it was necessary to have an action plan in place to qualify for FEMA funds. There will be six more meetings through September, from 4-6 p.m. on Mondays.
8:50 p.m. A motion was made by Jean to adjourn the meeting. Tim seconded the motion. It was unanimously approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Swett
Secretary
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