Information for Meeting of Conservation Commission
Friday March 02, 2012 7:30 PM EST

March 2, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
AGENDA 

1)	Minutes of previous meeting (review, amend and approve)

2)	Treasurer’s report					as of		Current $
a)	Funds available (need latest from Town Acct/Lee Tabor)
i)	Annual budget ………………………………     $ 500  
ii)	Ford Foundation……………………………..      Is it depleted yet?      
iii)	Mt. Pisgah …………………………………..       Any balance or depleted
iv)	Wetland Fund……………………………….    Balance approx $8K
v)	Land Acquisition Funds/Open Space Fund       Balance approx $520K, also Highland Commons payment plan/schedule is now TBD
b)	Fill out and sign all required forms (deposit & reimbursement form, warrants,…) 
c)	Receipts 
d)	Invoices  
i)	Town attorney (Riverbridge, Coldwell CR, Tall Pines, Berlin Farms)
ii)	Impact Expressions for trail signs
iii)	Eloise Salls for mailing open space plan surveys to Brown/Walker 
iv)	Dave Burke for peer review on 107-0209
v)	Skip Duggan for printing and mailing of open space plan surveys to residents 
      and other admin mailings
3)	Mail/MACC/DEP
a)	Periodicals
b)	Notices (meetings, seminars, etc.)
i)	Walter & Skip to attend to March MACC session at Holy Cross
ii)	Central MA Regional Plng meeting 3/10 7PM in Worcester
4)	Business, issues, projects/ needs discussion, decision, and/or response
i)	Open Space Plan – Update on 3/1/11 meeting and plan status and action items. 
ii)	Land Acquisition – Tom Andrew at 7:45PM to provide status, present MOU for discussion and signature, cut MOU and deposit checks to landowner
iii)	Website – Needs an article regarding upcoming Open Space Plan activity 
iv)	Trail Marking/ Conservation Lands Periphery Marking – 
Karen to discuss plan for dates by property with volunteers—postponed until January when Karen restarts ConComm attendance. 
v)	Tall Pines CR– Final CR back from state review with minor/acceptable comments -- for parcels B1 and B2 (54 acres) only since parcels G and H (14.5 acres bordering housing) already have been deeded to Tall Pines Homeowner Assn and protected via deed restrictions. Once this CR is completed, then need a plan to approach the Clinton Tall Pines Homeowner  Assoc to get parcels G & H protected via a CR.
vi)	Riverbridge CR—Alls signed By Riverbridge, Selectmen and ConComm and state and has been recorded 
vii)	 Coldwell CR – Sent to state late Feb 2011 for comments/review. 
viii)	Forest Stewardship Program – next parcel to target?? 
ix)	Letter to Berlin Orchards/Gerard Bierne -- Sent 2/28/11 regarding removal of non-ag equipment on property and to request attendance at upcoming ConComm meeting to ensure/discuss compliance with CR.


5)	 Wetlands hearings/CRs (Takes precedent over previous unfinished items)
i)	8:00 PM Jennifer Cermak/Berlin Farms -- MOU discussion/signing
6)	New Business (issues, projects, …) Members should attempt to notify chair prior to printing of agenda)
i)	Discuss methods to educate and inform public regarding ConComm activities, trail maps and trail usage, geo-cacheing activity for kids, etc.
ii)	Discuss possible methods to get appropriate  tax title lands moved to conservation lands
iii)	

7)	Land Acquisition and Management