Agricultural Commission Agenda

                          MEETING              PUBLIC HEARING   (Please underline appropriately)

NOTE: ALL MEETING NOTICES AND LIST OF TOPICS MUST BE FILED AND TIME STAMPED IN THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE AND POSTED 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETINGS EXCLUDING SATURDAY, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.

LIST OF TOPICS / AGENDA

Administrative Business

• Approve Minutes (September)

Board/Commission Liaison

• Reports from liaisons

• Board of Heath (Storbeck)
• Planning Board (OPEN)
• Board of Selectman (Pelletier)
• Conservation Commission (Parente)
• Conservation Trust (Taylor-Kennedy)

Complaints/Requests for Site Visits

• Fence inspection team at Nan Norseen’s farm (Sue)

Appointments Scheduled

• 8:00—8:20 pm:  Tom Moses to discuss the inclusion of animals in the town’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.
• 8:20—8:40 pm:  Town Planner, Jennifer Atwood Burney, for discussion of ideas for Ag business and farm directional signage.

New Business

• 2011 Budget spending plan
• Annual review of “Monster List” of goals and mission statement

Old Business

• Ag Sale and Craft demo at Winery—weekends in November
• Ag Com signage & farmstand signs
• “Right to Farm” Sign design usage by other towns
• Still looking for fifth AgCom member
• A Taste of Bolton (2011) – Date, feasibility, subcommittee
• “Buy Local” Awareness: letter to editor
• Compost project (Sue)
• AgCom Website—How to promote USDA grant info, etc. on website

Future Meetings/Events

• November 16, 2010 - Bolton Agricultural Commission Meeting; 7:30 pm at town hall