MILTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
PO BOX 310
MILTON, NH 03851
Conservation Commission July 16, 2012
Members in attendance were: Mike McDonnell, Charlie Karcher, Cynthia Wyatt, Emery Booska and Steve Panish. Also in attendance was Wendy Keane, Recording Secretary.
Meeting called to order at 6:36pm
1) Public Comment
There being no public in attendance the public session was closed.
2) Approval of June 11th, 2012 minutes
Motion: Charlie Karcher moved to approve the June meeting minutes as written. Seconded by Mike McDonnell. Motion carried 3-0.
3) Discussion with town officials regarding
· Conservation Fund accounting and reporting
· Status of 31/8, 31.9 acres on Sam Plummer Rd(Lyman Brook) and 41/69, 73.4 acres on Casey Rd(Great Brook) both town owned properties with valuable conservation features and possible town forests = revenue for town.
This item was tabled.
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4) Review of draft RFP for baseline documentation (inclusive of boundary markers) on 69.5 acre town owned parcel, Lyman Brook easement, (22.17 acres), Lancy/Ward Dev easement (2.35 acres), Silver Springs easement (4.92 &.74), Lavaliere easement (8.87 acres), Bob Frizzell Great Brook buffer easement.
RFP’s Cynthia Wyatt stated she would like to extend the requests to Darryl DeTour, John Wallace and had also emailed Keith to see if he wanted to bid. Darrell DeTour discouraged the idea of extinguishing small easements due to the difficulty to do so.
5) Discuss placing the 69.5 acre parcel on 2013 town warrant to see if the town will vote to place a conservation easement on the property
Chairman Wyatt inquired if we should wait until the Town votes or do baseline prior. Emery thinks we should do baseline to prior to placing the issue on the Warrant in case anyone has questions.
6) Review monitoring report from Darrell Detour on status of Milton’s conservation lands and make decision regarding how to address problems and infractions. Vote for payment – is there an invoice?
Discussion on monitoring tabled until August.
Vote for payment for Darrell Detour.
MOTION: Emery moved to approve payment of invoice dated June 2, 2012 in the amount of $750.00 for monitoring of properties. Seconded by Charlie Karcher. Motion carried 5-0.
7) Update on boundary marking and possible easement infringement on Lyman Brook:
Charlie Karcher explained that the person who worked for McEneaney when the original survey was done now works for Norway Plains and explained that there is an abutter who has placed a pool on the easement, cut wood and filled wetlands. Charlie is not sure what the Commission wants to do about it. The signs are up designating the easement; however the abutter has claimed ignorance. Charlie feels at the very least all the people up there should get a letter from the Con Com reiterating that there is an easement across the back of their lots and now that it is monumented the rules would need to be adhered to. Charlie stated that a baseline has not been completed and all of that information will be included in a baseline report. Steve feels a generic letter should be sent to the landowners prior to baseline and to mention that someone will be monitoring the land at an upcoming date. Charlie reiterated that the signs are up.
8) Status of Frizzell easement on Great Brook.
Plan recorded shows easement but no deed to show transference to the Town. To be brought up to the Planning Board at the meeting on July 17, 2012.
9) Jappe property, Tabled
10) Opinion of Milton town planner regarding low impact development ordinance. Tabled
11) Follow up on any news on economic development committee
Follow up Steve’s idea of composting at town transfer station to bring in income.
Wendy explained that she has not heard when the next Economic Development meeting may be.
Composting tabled.
12) Report/update on hydro dam proposal
Wendy reminded the Commissioners that there is a meeting with TPPA on July 26th regarding the dam.
Cynthia Wyatt stated that she will send a letter to Strafford Rivers Conservancy regarding the 4 properties the Conservation Commission is seeking an easement holder for.
MOTION: Charlie Karcher moved to adjourn. Seconded by Steve Panish. Motion carried 5-0.
Meeting adjourned at 7:23pm
Respectfully submitted,
Wendy L. Keane
Land Use Clerk