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TO: CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBERS
FROM: MICHAEL SMITH, SENIOR PLANNER
DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2016
SUBJECT: UPCOMING CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING – MARCH 3, 2016
This is to confirm that the next meeting of the Conservation Board (CB) is Thursday,
March 3rd at 5:30 p.m. The agenda for this meeting is enclosed (see the back of this
memo). The draft minutes from the February 4, 2016 meeting are attached. The draft
minutes from the November 5, 2015 meeting were not available for the mailout.
At this meeting we will have Nick Goldsmith, the Town’s (and City’s) Sustainability
Planner, join us to discuss what projects he is currently working on. For additional
information on the Town’s sustainability efforts, please see the Town’s website
http://www.town.ithaca.ny.us/sustainability or the sustainability Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/IthacaSustainability.
We will also need to spend some time at this meeting reviewing the nominations for the
2015 Fischer Award and select one. Prior to the last meeting, Eva provided a list of
several potential nominees including the Cayuga Nature Center Summer Camp, the
Floating Classroom, Trout in the Classroom, Tony Ingraham, and Get Your Greenback
Tompkins. James has formalized the nomination for the Cayuga Nature Center
Summer Camp by email, which I have forwarded to everyone for your review. I have
also attached some of the information here, for your consideration of the nominations.
As part of the continued discussion on deer management, CB members that attended
the Town Board Study Session can provide a summary and feedback on that meeting.
The CB will need to discuss follow-up items from the meeting along with
strategies/plans to move forward.
We will also continue with discussions on invasive species, including the use of goats
as an environmentally friendly weed and invasive species control and the possibility of
creating educational material (brochures) on invasive plants.
Carrie has signed up to take minutes at the March meeting.
If you have any questions prior to the meeting or are not able to attend, please contact
me at msmith@town.ithaca.ny.us or 607-273-1747.
TOWN OF ITHACA
215 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
PLANNING 273-1747 FAX (607) 273-1704
Conservation Board Members and Associates (*)
James Hamilton, Eva Hoffmann, Jon Meigs*, Vladimir Micic, Michael Roberts – Vice-Chair,
M. Elizabeth Sanders, Carrie Simon, Ellie Stewart – Chair, William VanDyke
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TOWN OF ITHACA
CONSERVATION BOARD
5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 3, 2016
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Aurora Conference Room
215 N. Tioga Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
(The rear entrance is handicapped accessible)
(607) 273-1747
AGENDA
5:30 pm 1. Nick Goldsmith, Town & City Sustainability Planner
Update on current sustainability projects
5:50 pm 2. Persons to be heard
5:55 pm 3. Members concerns
6:00 pm 4. Chair and Coordinator reports
6:10 pm 5. Approval of minutes from 11/05/15 and 02/04/16
6:15 pm 6. Discussion of 2015 Fischer Environmental Conservation Award nominations
6:30 pm 7. Deer management, follow-up from Town Board Study Session Meeting and
strategies/plans to move forward
7:00 pm 8. Continue discussion on invasive species - goats as an environmentally friendly
weed and invasive species control & invasive species educational material
7:10 pm 9. Regular reports and updates
Environmental Review Committee (Ellie)
Scenic Resources Committee (Eva)
Communications Committee (Elizabeth)
Tompkins County EMC (Vladimir)
Six Mile Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program (James)
City of Ithaca Natural Areas Commission (Jon)
Cornell Plantations Natural Areas Program (James)
7:20 pm 10. Other Business
7:25 pm 11. Review 2016 Work Goals / Discuss April Agenda
7:30 pm 12. Adjourn