Bradford Conservation Commission

Meeting Minutes : Oct. 21, 2009

Members present: Nancy Jones, Barbara Kulzyck, Ed Wendell, Monique Priestley, Sandy Price,
Dick Bolander

Meeting called to order at 6:45 PM by Chair, Nancy Jones

• Acceptance of minutes:
◦ From September 15 meeting: Accepted with the following changes:
▪ Financial Report: Change “Upper Valley Trust” to “Upper Valley Press”
▪ Land Conservation Update: Change “convey” to “sell”
▪ Land Conservation Update: Change “Conservation Commission” to “Town of Bradford”
◦ From October 7 meeting: Accepted as written

• Financial Report:
◦ The $8,755.00 amount payable to Redstart and approved for payment at the October 7
meeting was erroneously calculated. The corrected amount, $10,345.00 will be invoiced
and the check for $8,755.00 will be returned. Motion to authorize payment of corrected
amount to Redstart was made by Nancy Jones; seconded by Sandy Price; Approved.
◦ Current balances:
▪ BCC Budget balance $ 491.01
▪ Conservation Fund 58,982.95
▪ Friends of Wrights Mtn. 15036.99
▪ Compost Account 1106.33

• L.E.A.F. Update:
The following items were approved for payment / reimbursement:

Amount Payee Source of For Moved Second

Funds
$50.00 Danielle Hudson-Durkin LEAF Account Workshop presentation E. Wendell S. Price
$50.00 John Haehnel LEAF Account Workshop presentation E. Wendell S. Price
$50.00 Barry Bernstein LEAF Account Workshop presentation E. Wendell R. Bolander
$145.25 Monique Priestley LEAF Account Layout & design of LEAFlet E. Wendell S. Price
$2,278.58 Upper Valley Press LEAF Account Printing of LEAF Tablet E. Wendell S. Price
$756.00 Tarbox Tent Rental LEAF Account Rent for 2 tents & 16 tables E. Wendell N. Jones
$120.00 K&R Toilets LEAF Account Porta Pottie rental E. Wendell S. Price
$20.00 Bridge Weekly LEAF Account Balance on ad E. Wendell S. Price
$297.00 Nancy Jones LEAF Account Printing costs of LEAFlet E. Wendell R. Bolander
$200.00 Stagecoach LEAF Account Shuttle E. Wendell N. Jones

A request for a $1000 grant from CVPS has come back to life. A motion was made by
Nancy Jones that, should the grant be received, the amount of up to $1000 should be transferred
to the Conservation Fund as repayment of the seed monies originally provided to L.E.A.F.
Seconded by S. Price. Approved.

• Follow-up on Wrights Mtn Recommendations from Oct. 7 meeting:

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Meeting Minutes : Oct. 21, 2009

Postponed until Nov. 4 meeting with expectation that specific recommendations will be
presented.

• UVLT Open House:

Nancy Jones encouraged BCC members to set aside Nov. 10 to attend the UVLT Open
House where BCC will be honored for the quality and stewardship of trails on Wrights Mtn.

• Land Conservation Project:

Nancy Jones will attend the Select Board meeting Oct 22 to describe the plan to
acquire the 45 acre Thomas property and request a letter of support for the grant.

• Vermont Earth Institute Sustainable Living Course:

Members were reminded that the first session of seven will be held on October 22 nd at
the Bradford Public Library. Books are available at North of the Falls for $12, and registration
for this course is available at North of the Falls and Bradford Public Library. (As voted in
December 2008, BCC will cover $10 of the cost of each participant’s book – total cost $22)

• Tire Redemption:
18 tickets remain out of the 40 authorized.
Request was made that a note be placed on our BCC Facebook page offering the
remaining tickets on a first call/first served basis to Bradford residents for recycling 4 tires at
half price. Pick up tickets at Hill's.

• CVSWMD:
Recycling company is at risk of going under and will begin charging for accepting
recycled materials as of Nov. 1.
Multiple options are being considered by the town. Barbara Kulzyk will contact Fairlee
to learn how they recycle their solid materials.

• Other:
No progress to date on placing a link on the “www.bradford-vt.com” site to the
Conservation Commission site Monique has developed.

Motion to close by Dick Bolander; Seconded by Barbara Kulzyk. Passed

Next meeting: November 4, 2009.

Closed at 7:50 PM

Respectfully submitted,
Richard Bolander, Secretary

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