Bradford Conservation Commission

Meeting Minutes: September 15, 2010

Members Present: Ed Wendell, Tom Gray, Nancy Jones, Barbara Kulzyck

Meeting called to order at 6:30 by Nancy Jones

Minutes of September 1, 2010 meeting: Approved as read.
Financials:
Following were presented by Treasurer, Ed Wendell, for payment:

Payable to Amount For Payable from Action

Barbara Kulzyck $ 40.00 Gift award for Bob Sandberg Compost Acct Approved
Ed Wendell $ 94.50 Printing of leaflets for LEAF LEAF Account Approved
Linda Petoff $ 1,093.75 LEAF Tabloid Design LEAF Account Approved
Gary Tillotson $ 50.00 Reimburse. For gasoline for ATV & chainsaw FOWM Fund Approved
Meadow Squier $ 148.08 Misc. Supplies Community Garden Approved
Grant
Meadow Squier $ 312.00 Stipend for 26 hours of work Community Garden Approved
Grant
Abby Copeland $ 240.00 Stipend for 20 hours of work Community Garden Approved
Grant

Voted to support Fall Paddle the Border, by paying up to $75 for an ad in Bridge Weekly; Nancy will contact
Mike Thomas

Voted to request same budget as for 2010 - $1,800 – from Selectboard for 2011.
Voted to request $5,000 allocation on Town Warning for Bradford Conservation Fund.
Barbara will submit request for $500 for 2011 Green-Up Budget.

Compost Award
It was agreed that Nancy will present it to Bob Sandberg at LEAF. Thanks to Barbara for acquiring a
lovely
“Golden Fork”

Energy:
• LEAF
o Has had lots of publicity
o Large turn-out expected for Candidate’s Forum
o BCC booth will be set up at 3:30 on Friday on P. Lavelle’s lawn
• Improvements to B.A. – Ed, Andy Clark, Gayle Weigel and her 2 children worked on insulating
windows last week-end; volunteers being sought to continue this work; receipts for paint and spray
foam will be submitted to Selectboard for reimbursement

Stewardship:
• Trail work is progressing well
• More trail work dates are:
o 9/16/10, 4 – 7 pm, several people have signed up
o 9/28 10th grade bio students will GPS and blaze “Cindy’s Trail”; possibly Amber Boland of
UVLT will be there to teach them about mapping and GPS units
o bench is nearly complete

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o Sunday, October 3, 1 – 5; will try to get football players again; possibly carry bench in
Land Conservation:
• Bradford Municipal Forest – appraisal completed; will soon make an offer re purchase of the land.
• Burgess Property – anticipated closing on 9/23
• Thomas Property –getting deed corrected in preparation for closing
• Cook farm – moving forward trying to get appraisal
• Clean and Clear grants available to land-owners identified along the Waits River on Kenyon Rd; Ben
Machin of Redstart & Nancy will follow-up

Education Committee: tabled

Meeting closed at 7:50

Respectfully submitted,

Nancy Jones

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Action Item Summary

# Description Assignee Planned Status Actual

Completion Completion
15 Contact railroad about Sweet property access Nancy Jones 02/04/10 Pending
42 Possible trip follow-up: Cookeville Compost Nancy Open
43 Possible trip follow-up: Materials Recovery Facility Barbara Open
45 Possible trip follow-up: Vernal Pool Field Trip Nancy Open
47 Possible trip follow-up: Wind Farm Ed Ongoing
48 Possible trip follow-up: Canoe/Kayak at confluence of Nancy Ongoing
Waits & Conn. Rivers
49 Possible trip follow-up: Natural History Tour of 45- Nancy Ongoing
acre Thomas land
50 Possible trip follow-up: “Cow Power” Facility Tom Ongoing
54 Possible trip follow-up: Coventry Landfill - WEC Ed Ongoing
87 Discuss Dutton tax sale w. Selectboard members Nancy 7/21/10 closed
94 Obtain price for “Golden Fork” Barbara 09/01/10 closed
95 Obtain price for placque Dick 09/01/10 closed
96 Write article on award for Organic Diversion Nancy 09/03/10 Closed
97 Gather information on NEEEA Conference Nancy 09/01/10 closed
98 Education committee will meet to discuss plans Nancy, Sandy, 09/15/10 pending
Nikki
99 Purchase pitch fork for compost award Barbara 09/15/10 closed
100 Make arrangements with tire hauler for tire drop on Barbara 10/23/10 pending
10/30/10
101 Get bench backs to Randy Moore Nancy 9/16/10 New
102 Contact football team re October 3 trailwork Nancy 9/30/10 New
103 Contact Ben Machin re Clean & Clear Grant Nancy 9/16/10 New
104 Set up tent; bring ice and chests Tom, Gary 9/17/10 New

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