HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-06-12Torn of Dryden
Conservation Board
,June :I., 2007
Members P resent: Fancy Mun ken beck, Stevc 131 sse n, Stan Marcus, Craig Schutt, Tim Woo+
Bab Beck, Bard Prentiss
tl embers A bsent: ll ilo Richnsond, Chaffe.s .�rrriflj
Others Present: Dan Kwasnowski, Tnvironniental Planner and Conservation .Board Coordinator;
,Joy Faster, Recording Secretary.
Before the wee iing the group met at :30pm to tour the sown owned land out Back,
77w meeting was called la order at 7:35 pm,
started rneeling by I nliproduCing new ,secretary (Joy Faster) and {raving everyone introduce hirM.Ve
or her•,se fto .loy err well. freni around the room rxn , � Cr it irre-
It was suggested to make nameplrries for each member and to usefibr attendance.
Stan: gave all present a entry of his EWC Report which
The Living Wall to be built by the C }orrnnuniry On .larn(,j I
Cily of'Ithaca- Uvar•d chatted back card forth about this.
tan: 'Talk d ahow 02 E, MC meeting in jw1 ry, report of t
Primarily Newfield and Caroline, Big discussion on rare
prevent? Gypsy Uolh and . ent C'alerpillars,
i,s numbered
7 at 1lam at
he 7 0mpkins
destr•o in f),
with items 1 -3• he talked abo try III./
227 C'her•ry St. behind Wegrnans in
Co- Forest Management. Plan,
r White Ash frees. Why and how to
Stan: Talked about 113 EUC:' meeling on ,June 13, � irrdrrrill��- Fnfleld Wind Farm and 1~'11 C resolullLon irr
srrp. orjt of Ranelch's Wind Farris. Beard talks back andibr•th about windmills and crlterncvive,s'� for
energy,
8:10 Dan gets back to (he Agenda to introduce bocci Aguirre. f om Finger Lakes .Land 1 rust (FLL`l
who is the Land Protection Specialist Roder will present that FU isn'l jZrYl Ithaca- Dan summarizes
Charlie Smith's entail trbout the new Town r Dryden open space on Dryden Road. The concept is how
can we eompletnerrt each others programs to make rl ea5y for the Town Board 10 say" OK this fits with
our slralegv on apen space acquisilurn ", need a pleat in place,
Rncei Aguirre speaks, 8.15 Speaks of the E,.arrd 'frust Program: Now Flo your evaluate crndjarsl fy c,ne
parcel oiler another- '1'lrey look at .131ological Data and a whole serious: of 'data to look al, Parr of'rtry talk
is to how der crcililcrle aconger- }croon rrFiozrt critical and how ro rrtesh the 2 programs logether, What the
land truss is looking for irr ter'nr,s of properties and why when We come to the lrrx ns.
Fl L f covers 12 crrurrlies, 6000 � q- miles q f the .size of C orrrz, crrrcf Rl corr:#iirrecl, 5 f'u {} tune slapj'irr the
Ithaca area, '} lrr`s i.y ,carne of 0ur current ekialuations check list user1 }or the last 5 -7 years, overall
quality, ecological value, mature vegetation, porenjIal ecolagrccrl corn unity, ,size, habiia ion, what is
the access for• the local recreallon. We rank the top .10 %, typical or no value to property,
uestirms frnm the Board I Discussion with Rocci aboza Land Trust and donaiedpropet es. A
property comes up whom does it go 10 first, the board or Land Trust Con a property have deem
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restrictions, from estates & 3"" party. Land Trust crct, solely to protect and rnunrlor•Jng the land yearly.
The IRS makes sure each is monitored and the easements are valid under the IRS code.
Surrounding property values go up when a property is in Land Trust.
Roccie passes out a map of the Campbell. property, possible owner donated property. Also hands out a
Newsletter. Bocci done at 9.'20pm
Dan and Josh shoiv reap of waters and_flood plan, 1 all Creek they will talk more ofthis map at next
meeting.
Motion adiourned at 9:45 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Jov foster, Recording Secretary