CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING

 

DATE: February 11, 2004

 

MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry Cook, Brett St. Clair, Darlene Jarvis, George Holt, Ron Jarvis, Matt Lavey

 

MEMBERS ABSENT: Jacques Belanger, Margaret Watkins

 

MINUTES: Minutes accepted after being corrected to include Brett St. Clair as present rather than absent

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

Gravel pit off of Kimball Pond Road

 

Bids of $1000.00, $3,500.00 and $6,000.00 were received by the commission from the loggers who are interested in cutting the area to be excavated.  A motion was made by Brett St. Clair who moved that the commission recommend to the Selectmen that we accept the $1,000.00 bid from Bob Lee.  The motion passed.  Ron Jarvis volunteered to relay our recommendation to the Selectmen and to look into providing access to the esker for the necessary equipment.

 

Status of local projects/Wetland Bureau updates

 

Dipietro Homes (Stark Lane/Mansion Road) – The commission received a copy of a “Request for more information” from DES’s Jeff Blecharczyk (NH Wetlands Bureau) which was sent to DiPietro Homes on January 30, 2004.  The letter states that DES is considering “the revised project submitted on December 9, 2003” a new project.   

 

Kimball Pond Management Plan

 

Members present discussed the rough draft of the management plan supplied them by Brett St. Clair.  Brett volunteered to make some revisions to the draft based on suggestions made by members present.

 

Scenic Roads

 

Brett St. Clair and George Holt intend to address the commission’s concerns and draft a scenic road policy as members of the master planning transportation discussion group.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Conservation Fund

 

Larry Cook reported that as of December 31, 2003 there was $32,094.19 in the conservation fund.  Since that date an additional $18,866.00 has been deposited in that account from the current use change tax.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:

 

Received from NHDES - copy of letter of deficiency sent to Mattil (Gorham Pond Road)

                                       - copy of letter requesting a wetland restoration plan from Mike          

                                          Frazier (Tenney Hill Road), 2nd notice

 

NEXT MEETING: March 10, 2004, 7:30 PM

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Darlene M. Jarvis