1/24/2008 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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A ashpee conservation Commission ion Minutes of January 24, 2008 Public Hearings lashpee Town Hall Commissioners Present: Jack Fitzsimmons(Chair), Jeffrey Cross, Lloyd Aller, Cass Costas an.d Leonard Pinaud Staff present: Draw McManus (conservation Agent) and Melissa Brown (Board Secretary) Jack Fitzsimmons called the meeting to order 6:55pm Post Hearin-Agenda„ 1) Torn Fudala—Article for Annual Town.Meeting (shield's) Torn Fudala explained that the article the Dom issionees.all had copies of is to get Selectmen backing for the purchase of Mr. Shield's property at 100 Meetinghouse Rd. The Commission had looked into this purchase last year as part of the Shield—Lopez Land deal, but it was never finalized. The article is needed this year so that conservation can apply for some type of self-help' grant. Torn did also mention thea may be the cost of a new appraisal as the other one done i more than a year old. The Commission voted to have the article submitted but that the purchase and sale be subject to procuring self-help funds. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to forward the'article to the selectmen. 2) Torn Fudala—Article for Annual Town Meeting Tom Fudala explained that the article the commissioner's all had copies of is to have the Town. transfer Town owned lead bordering existing Conservation lands. Tont explained that he has wanted to consolidate the area for a long time so that the care and custody of the lands can be solely one department's area. Another benefit of this consolidation is that there will be access to the easement that exists within the named properties. The Commission acknowledged that they were happy to see this and that previous articles like this were opposed by the citizens of the town. The citizens.did not want to have stricter Conservation regulations to abide by. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the article as explained b Torn Fudala to send to Town meeting. i ) Stewardship Initiative Informational Meeting The Agent explained to the Commission that on March 3, 2008 @ 7 p.m. there will be an informational meeting for the public regarding the Stewardship Initiative Program. The Agent will have a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate what the goal of the program is and what will be asked of participants. He has invited the cape Cod Jeep club and they will also be doing a presentation on#heir o ri program. The Agent also.invited the Town of Mashpee Police and Fire Chiefs to get their input in regards to the program. The Agent did mention that the EPO (Environmental Police Officer) Matt Bass did notice that there is some cleaning up taking place already. There was recently a large dumping of computer equipment at one if the sites and it was gone a few dans later, The Agent stated that he was also compiling a list of what landfills take what in the area and if there are any alteratives for people with things like a vaste. Computer components). He will have it available for the general public but also for Stewardship volunteers so if they are faced with having to get rid of such waste they know where to dump it. The eorr missionees will be having a Sub-committee meeting this corning week to prepare for the informational session. Approve Meeting Minutes from 12/2712007 Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried to approve the minutes of 1212712007.