Bradford Conservation Commission MeetingMarch 17, 2010 Minutes

Members Present:

Ed Wendell, Gary Tillotson, Monique Priestley, Sandy Price,Barbara Kulzyck, Nancy Jones, Tom Gray, Brent Bartlett, Dick BolanderAd Hoc – Nikki Darling

Meeting called to order

at 18:40 by Nancy Jones

Minutes

of April 4 meeting were approved as written

Action Items Review:

See updated summary appended with new items

Financials

The following bills were presented by Treasurer, Ed Wendell for payment:

Payable toAmountForPayable fromAction

River Bend Culinary Tech. Ctr.$25.00Vendor booth at Taste of the BendCompost Account Approved

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Motion to give compost and containers remaining from “Taste of the Bend” toPatty Valley for plants to be given to the Senior Center and the CommunityGardens program. Passed

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Motion to provide up to $50 from Compost Account to Community Gardensprogram. Passed

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Motion to commit $55 from Friends of Wrights Mtn. Fund for BCC to become amember of the Cohase Chamber of Commerce as a non-profit. Passed

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Motion to spend balance of funds remaining after purchase of projector & lampto acquire portable projection screen (est. $119). Passed

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Motion to allocate up to $60 for registering 3 persons to attend the AVCC Annualmeeting at VTC on 4/17. Passed

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Motion to allocate funds (no dollar value assigned) for 2 registrants and mileagereimbursement to Wellborn Ecology Conference at Kimball Academy on 3/26.Passed

Conservation Fund

Update on Burgess and Thomas lands –

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Burgess property: Appraisal has been submitted to VHCB

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Thomas property: awaiting appraisal resultsBulk Mail letter –

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Recommendations were made on layout and content to be implemented byNancy and Monique

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Motion to spend up to $450 for printing and postage for bulk mailing of annualfund raising letter. Passed

Energy

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BA Energy Audit Follow-up: Energy Committee to meet on Wed., Mar. 24 6:30 PMto discuss the Charge from the Selectboard and response.

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Possible Elizabeth's Park Energy Audit: Dick advised that he had informaldiscussions with Jon Haehnel about the energy efficiency of the building atElizabeth's Park and the possibility of an energy audit. Jon estimated approx.$400 to conduct the audit (chargeable to Parks & Rec.) with some volunteersfrom the BA Audit Team. No commitments made to date.NE Kingdom Energy Fair: Flyers to be posted at Hill'sBradford & Newbury Energy Challenge: to be held April 24 at the BA concerninginstallation of solar hot water systems. Nancy to funds from banks for ads andrequest representatives who can discuss financing, rebates, etc. Nancy will alsoseek vendors who would be present.

Stewardship

Brush Burn on Wrights Mtn.: Gary and Tom reported they accomplished theburning of brush on Wrights Mtn. on March 13.Update on Recycling Depot: Dick provided input on current status and firstscheduled meeting of the Recycling Advisory Committee (Apr. 14, 6:30 PM at BA)formed by the Selectboard and the membership (Dick, Barbara and Brent from theBCC, Peg Coutemarsh and Gerhard Postpischil). Further info as available. Motionwas made to construct a letter to the Selectboard to enlarge the size of therecycling depot. Passed Need to emphasize to community that brush pile cannotaccept manufactured wood.Green-up Day – Barbara reported posters are available for Green-up Day. SteveRogers will accept refuse. Barbara is pursuing companies that would handlerecycling of tires. Preference would be to accumulate tires at recycling depot forpickup. Barbara will provide Letter to the Editor and

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notices on Green-UpDay. Barbara reported that some funds may be available to support Green-UpDay. Dick to inquire if gate to Recycling Depot could be left open April 29 & 30 forearly drop off of tires.Maps / Brochure – Since the maps will be updated in the near future, it wasdecided to print only 500 copies at this time. Motion for Monique cause printing of a maximum of 500 maps/brochures at Whitmans. Passed

Education

Update on Film Series: Nancy has arranged with The Colatina Exit to have thefollowing presentations in the upstairs room (max. 32 people). Refreshments willbe available for purchase.

DATEFILM TITLE

04/05/10King Korn05/03/10TBD06/07/10Food, Inc.

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DATEFILM TITLE

07/05/10Blue Gold08/02/10Who Killed the Electric Car ?

Monique will produce a poster for the series and place on web site. Nancy will getthe posters printed and distributed. Barbara to place info on

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.Movie “Fresh” may have some constraints on showing and purchase costs. Motionwas made to allocate up to $100 to acquire showing rights to “Fresh”. PassedMonique to get particulars.Motion to allocate up to $300 from Energy Fund to advertise the Film Series.Passed.Update on Speaker Series: Sandy and Ed reported the following tentative speakersin our series:

DATE TOPIC and SPEAKER - LOCATION

04/06/10Redstart / Waits River Presentation – Bradford Academy04/22/10Earth Day / Sandy Price - Bradford Public Library05/20/10? Permaculture07/01/10? Woman Speaking from Randolph

Other:

1)UVLT is planning to hold its annual meeting at the BA on June 2, 2010. Lunch willfeature local foods and products. Stay tuned...Meeting Closed at 21:00Respectfully submitted,Richard Bolander, Secretary

Upcoming Events

March 24 – Legislative Day rescheduledMarch 26 – Wellborn Ecology Conference, Kimball AcademyApril 5 – First Monday Movie in the SeriesApril 6 - Redstart Presentation to Bradford BoardsApril 7 - BCC MeetingApril 13 – Town Officers Education Conf. Lake MoreyApril 20 – AVCC Annual MeetingJune 2 – UVLT Annual Meeting

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