Agricultural Commission Minutes
Meeting date:
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
- Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission
- Meeting Minutes
- Date: 19 July 2011
- AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION
- www.boltonag.com
- 63 Main Street 978 779-2297 or 779-3308
- Barbara Parente 779-6303 bparente@comcast.net Term Exp 6/30/2012
- Betsy Taylor-Kennedy 779-5213 betsy@taylor-kennedy.com Term Exp 6/30/2012
- Richard Pelletier 779-5521 email@nashobawinery.com Term Exp 6/30/2013
- Eric Schartner 779-0212 schartnerfarm@verizon.net Term Exp 6/30/2013
- OPEN Term expires 6/30/14
- A meeting of the Bolton Agricultural Commission was held on July 19, 2011 at Town Hall. The meeting was
- called to order at 7:35 pm. Commission members in attendance: Betsy Taylor-Kennedy, Barbara Parente,
- Richard Pelletier and Eric Schartner.
- The June 2011 minutes were approved and submitted.
- Reports from Liaisons to Town Boards/Commissions
- Board of Health (open) : no report
- Planning Board (Schartner) : no report
- Board of Selectmen (Parente) : Caisse utility pole placement, Rich Pelletier was present
- Conservation Commission (Pelletier):
- Conservation Trust (Taylor-Kennedy): The Conservation Trust is working on the details of the
- conservation restriction for the Weatherbee farm, approved at May Town Meeting and Town Elections.
- Complaints/Requests for Site Visits
- none
- Old Business
- Harvest Dinner -- Rich is rescheduling this event to a later date (possibly September)
- Member Opening – Arranged for three interviews, however one did not attend. Those interviewed were
- Chris Maitland and Robyn Roberts, both of whom also sent letters of intent. Edward Taylor neither came to his
- interview nor did he submit a letter of intent. Betsy and Barbara will contact people they called to thank them
- for coming and let them know a decision will be made next month.
- AgRow at the Bolton Fair – All arrangements have been made for AgRow.
- Animal Emergency Management Plan – Barbara will follow up with Sue Storbeck to obtain Sue’s notes on
- her meeting with Jai Rezac and possible follow-up with police chief Alfano and Tom Moses (Emergency Mgmt
- Coordinator).
- New Business
- Townshed Farm Utility Pole- Rich discussed a complaint he received from Nancy Caisse regarding the
- placement of a utility pole at the intersection of Old Bay Rd. and Wattaquadock Hill Rd. Rich drafted a letter
- for members to review and approve prior to the Selectmen’s meeting July 21, 2011. AgCom was encouraged to
- attend and support Townshend Farm on this matter.
- Awareness Activities – Members agreed to put AgCom brochures in various town businesses. Barbara will
- get them to businesses east of Route 495, Betsy will get them to businesses in the town center, Eric will get
- them to the Roadhouse, IGC and Twin Springs, and Rich will get them to businesses between the high school
- and Bolton Orchards. Barbara will complete an article for local papers about farmstand openings and products
- and send it for posting on the AgCom website as well.
- Future Meetings/Events
- August 16 – AgComm meeting, 7:30 pm upstairs at Town Hall
- The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 pm.