Bethany
Conservation Commission
Meeting
Minutes, June 11, 2015
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Place:
Bethany Town Hall
Attendees:
Bruce Loomis, Brian Eitzer, Matt Popp, Dorothy Seaton and Patsy Winer. Matt was
appointed as voting member in lieu of Cathy’s absence.
Absent: Cathy
Rives
Meeting was called to order by Bruce Loomis at 8:10 p.m.
1. Minutes of prior meeting: May 7 meeting
minutes were reviewed. Dorothy motioned
to accept the minutes, Shaukat seconded. Two corrections were made in the
minutes, which are as follows: i.
correction of spelling of the name of one of the members of the commission,
Shaukat, ii. deletion of the line in agenda 6 that reads, “Patsy…. Regulations.”
2. Correspondence
and Bills: Bruce reported no important correspondence since the last meeting.
Members discussed the reimbursement of $41.07 to Bruce for the expenses related
to Conservationist of the Year (COY), also $50 award to The Bethany Land Trust
in the name of Carol Lambiase as this year’s Conservationist of the Year. Motion was made by Dorothy to approve the
reimbursement of the expenses to Bruce, seconded by Brian. The motion was
approved. A second motion to approve the $50 donation was also approved.
3. Update on 48 Mesa Drive: Bruce presented an update on the Woodward
Estate matters- the application for the development of subdivision in two
separate plots. The owner of the estate is James W. Woodward. The commission
tried to understand whether the proposed cut was 1st or 2nd
cut of the lot, as the zoning regulations are different in two
circumstances. If it is the 1st
cut then the commission does not need to be involved but, if it is the second
cut, the owner of the estate will need to appear before the commission. The
commission decided to wait for the legal determination of the status. Bruce informed that he tried to contact the
attorney Kevin McSherry and will try to contact him again.
4. Update on Horse Ring: Bruce informed
the members of the commission that the letter to the Planning Zoning
Commission, with questions related to the proposed modification of the Horse
Rings at the Airport, was not sent yet.
Earlier, in the May 7 meeting, it was decided that this commission would
send a letter (with approximately 12 questions/comments) to Planning and Zoning
Commission to obtain more information.
5. Working
session to organize/clean out file closet:
was not undertaken during this meeting, it was tabled for a future
meeting of the commission.
6. Any other matter: i. Dorothy
distributed the revised version of COY nomination form. Bruce motioned to
accept the revised version of the nomination form for possible use to nominate
the 2016 candidate(s). It was also
decided that after 2016, the form will be further reviewed by the commission
for its possible use in the future. The
motion was seconded by Shaukat. The motion was approved after discussion as
mentioned above. It was also decide that a copy of the revised COY nomination
form will be included in the minutes of this meeting when it is sent to Nancy
McCarthy, the town clerk.
Matt motioned to adjourn the
meeting which was seconded by Shaukat. The meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting is scheduled for
Thursday July 9. 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
Shaukat Khan
Secretary Pro tem
