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Conservation CommissionMinutes - July 13, 2016 |
Members present:
Anne LaBossiere, Larissa Thomas, Linda Penkalski, Doug
Stewart
Absent Member:
Larry Libby
Alternate:
Jeff Cosulich
Others in Attendance:
Nancy Pochan, Annie Crisafulli, Carol Korty, Mike
Jordan
Meeting was convened at the Lamoine Town Hall by Anne
LaBossiere at 7:05 p.m.
Topics Discussed:
There were no comments from Planning Board/Select Board.
The
minutes of the June 8th meeting were approved as disseminated.
Plans for public meeting on
August 10: Linda Penkalski gave us some
background information on the two speakers, Duane and Ruth Braun. The Brauns are
retired geologists who live locally. They spoke at the Library recently in
Southwest Harbor where hopeful attendees had to be turned away due to the
reaching of the meeting room's capacity. Larissa made an excellent flyer to
advertise this upcoming event. Linda will give the press release to the
Ellsworth American in time for inclusion in its August fourth edition.
Reusable bags proposal:
Annie Crisafulli showed and described some possible
bags. The members concurred that the more durable ones would be preferable due
to their endurance and ease of cleaning. Discussion re: how many bags to
purchase, what to charge per bag and where we might sell them. The figure of
$1.99 was commonly accepted as the sale price. We thought that we might be able
to supplement our cost with some of the LCC funds. Linda explained that she had
received the go ahead from the principal of the Lamoine School to send out
flyers to students which would inform them and their parents of our sponsoring a
contest to select a student's drawing of a logo for these bags. This flyer would
contain some very specific information about the size of the logo needed. It was
also suggested that we present a gift card from a Maine based business such as
Reny's to the student whose drawing was chosen by LCC to be the logo on the
bags.
Simon Trail tree ID task list:
Linda had shared a very well developed task list via e-mail prior to this
meeting. So far, Linda has not heard from Chris James. Larissa and Iris have
been doing some collaboration. Iris has been updating the worksheet that will be
used by students on the trail. Larissa has taken a great picture of children
hiking on a trail that will be used as a part of the cover for the student work
book that Chris and others will develop.
Possible sale of compost bins:
Doug Stewart brought two compost bins for us to
see. He had attended a conference on recycling at the Samoset and had a chance
to hear about them. We had a very interesting discussion about our own
composting containers
and comparing them with
bins constructed from the wire used in lobster
traps that Doug had provided for our perusal. We wondered if there would be a
market for compost bins and if the price would be too high. We decided that the
subject of composting might be a good one to offer as a public meeting. Mike
Jordan gave us some rough figures on what the cost might be for a person to
purchase the wire used and the ties/clips and tool needed for assembly on their
own.
Progress on s-turn picnic area:
Doug mentioned that Larry was more involved on
this but did share a bit of information. Mike Jordan provided some information
based on his experience as Lamoine's code enforcement officer in the past. There
needs to be more information obtained to see just what can and cannot be done in
terms of moving this project forward.
Other:
Commission membership:
Nancy is no longer an alternate on the Lamoine
Conservation Commission but will continue to take part in many of our activities
and programs. She spoke very passionately about the role that the conservation
commission has played in the areas of open space, drinking water,
shore lands, composting and serving as a place
in town for people to raise conservation issues of importance to them. She
described LCC as “kind of a clearing house.” Members expressed appreciation for
Nancy's many contributions made to the town during her tenure on the commission
which began at its inception. She has been our “institutional memory” on many
occasions. Nancy's comments served as a catalyst for discussion about whether or
not the LCC was following its ordinance. Mike Jordan suggested that the
ordinance might need to be reviewed and rewritten to more closely follow what
the group feels it should be doing. Linda brought out her copy of the ordinance
and read the section which related to this matter. We also agreed to be thinking
of other Lamoine residents who might be interested in being considered to be an
alternate commission member.
Possible speakers/topics for Fall public
meeting: Larissa mentioned that she had learned
about the person who heads up the Hancock Community Gardens, Judy Adelman, who
might be a good speaker at a Fall public meeting. The topic might be related to
harvesting and getting the gardens ready for winter, etc. Anne presented
information that Larry had given her re: a U.Maine Professor of Anthropology,
Dr. Paul (Jim) Roscoe, who is an internationally known researcher. He is
particularly interested in the anthropology of human dimensions of climate
change, and political evolution.
We thought October might be a good month to have our Fall
meeting.
Good items in the Lamoine Quarterly:
Commissioners recognized Larissa Thomas for the
information
she had provided for inclusion re: the
follow-up on “energy efficiency opportunities available” shared by Dr. Anna
Demeo at the May 4th public meeting of the LCC. We also appreciated
the picture Larissa
had taken of LCC member, Linda Penkalski's
handing off an old piece of electronics to a worker from Electronics End during
Lamoine's E-Waste collection day on June 25th. Great articles, Stu.
Megan Facciolo retirement from
Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District:
LCC members signed a card of appreciation for
Facciolo's presentation at our public meeting on coastal erosion and consulting
with us on plant species in Blount Pond.
Motions and Outcomes:
The minutes of the June 8th LCC minutes
were approved as disseminated.
Follow-up actions and who will do them:
Public Meeting on August 10th:
Larissa and Linda will post flyers in the
usual places around our community. Linda will follow-up with the Brauns re:
whether or not they are willing to have their presentation video taped. If
affirmative, Linda will contact Stu to set up this. She will also get a key to
the school to be sure we can get into the building that night. We
will bring refreshments for the meeting as
follows: Larry
will bring the mugs. Jeff
will provide pretzels.
Linda will bring cold drinks and something of a
dessert nature.
Anne will
bring cups for cold drinks, napkins and nuts.
Nancy and
Annie will bring something from the store.
Doug will
bring a coffee pot, coffee, cream/milk and sugar.
Larissa will take
care of the tea department.
Resusable bags:
Annie Crisafulli will check on prices for bags which will guide our decision of
the quantity to purchase. She will also check with the owner of the Lamoine
Market to explore their willingness to allow us to sell bags there. Once we get
the specific bags selected, we will work on a flyer to present to the Lamoine
School's principal for sending home to inform families about our bag logo
contest.
Simon Trail tree ID:
Linda will send Chris an e-mail to try and set up a
date to meet to continue the work on developing the work book for students. She
will also ask if the teachers of the classes involved might also meet with us
prior to the kick off of this event.
Possible Sale of Compost Bins:
Doug will get multiple copies of the composting
brochure available at no cost from the state. We will consider a public meeting
re: composting, perhaps in March.
Commission Membership:
Take a closer look at the ordinance re: the creation
of the LCC to see if it is time for us to make some revisions to present for
consideration to the planning board. Per Nancy Pochan's suggestion, we could
also explore ways to include more people who might be interested in working on
sub groups of interest to them in lieu of being on the commission.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30ish.
Minutes taken by Anne LaBossiere and approved
on____________________.