HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAC Minutes - November 23, 2015Danby Conservation Advisory Council Meeting 11/23/15 Draft Minutes
Members present: Joel Gagnon, Mary Woodsen, Dan Klein, Bill Evans, Jenny
Caldwell, Don Schaufler,
Non-members present: CJ Randall, Ronda Roaring
October’s minutes as tweaked by Joel: Don moved, Bill seconded
Unanimous (Mary abstained)
Landowner letter
Dan will provide a list of the 50 largest parcels (name and address), which will be
circulated to all CAC members. Each of us who choose to participate will select
from the 50 their top 30 to contact. Jenny will collate (winnow) everyone’s
recommendation of which 30 names to choose and produce a composite list of
the most popular 30. Deadline to Jenny by Monday 12/30, Jenny to CJ by 12/2 for
address/landowner verification.
CJ is formatting the letter. There will be a customized greeting for each letter,
without an inside address. We will do it on Town letterhead. Hand signed by Joel.
Follow up calls by people who know the addressees. Post-it note with a
handwritten note by the CAC member who knows that landowner will accompany
the letter.
Meeting of those who can make it on Dec. 2, 5:30pm at the Town Hall, to address
letters and pen the notes.
Report on meeting of Water District reps
Jenny, Joel, and Don met with them
The Water District would like to log sometimes for revenue.
Talked about hunting too; hunting is currently by permission of Commissioners.
Questions about hunting liability will be sent to Town Attorney.
Monitoring of Hansen easement
Done on 11/21.
Steve Selin was there for part of it.
Everything was in compliance.
The corner lot (not part of his parcel) was sold and subdivided into 5 lots.
We need to establish a file for each property – we will check with Town Clerk at
some point about that.
Annual report
Joel will write it again.
Ronda notified the CAC that Allen Nichols of the American Chestnut Foundation
was invited by Ronda to come to Danby to talk and asked the CAC to sponsor this.
At the presentation he would be giving away trees. (This is in reference to an
email Ronda sent to the CAC). A discussion of this was deferred for a discussion
until a future meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 8:40
Meeting minutes by Dan Klein