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Agricultural Commission Minutes

Meeting date: 
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
  • Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Date: 15 November 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
  • Robyn Roberts 779-8930 wolfrunfarm@comcast.net Term Exp 6/30/2014
  • A meeting of the Bolton Agricultural Commission was held on 15 November, 2011 at Town Hall. The meeting
  • was called to order at 7:48 pm. Commission members in attendance: Barbara Parente, Betsy Taylor-Kennedy,
  • Richard Pelletier. Absent: Eric Schartner, Robyn Roberts
  • The October 2011 minutes were approved and submitted.
  • Reports from liaisons to Town Boards/Commissions
  • ·
  • Board of Health (OPEN)
  • · Planning Board (Schartner) no report
  • · Board of Selectmen (Parente): no report
  • · Conservation Commission (Pelletier): no report
  • · Conservation Trust (Taylor-Kennedy): no report
  • Complaints/Requests for Site Visits
  • ·
  • Storbeck/Ashe: Rich and Robin visited Sue Storbeck’s yard. There was little or no manure in
  • evidence. The dumpster was out for repair. It was a “warmish” fall day with a breeze across the yard.
  • The condition did not match Martha Ashe’s description.
  • · Coolidge/Kashuba: Rich called Tom Kashuba and asked that submit the information about the nature
  • of his complaint in writing to the AgCom. Rich couldn’t contact Bob Coolidge. The concern is about
  • the ancillary use of a sawmill as an agricultural use.
  • Appointments
  • ·
  • None
  • New Business
  • ·
  • Open Space Plan: more discussion in December. Members to review the Open Space Plan section 8,
  • Goals and Objectives, sent out by Carol Gumbart.
  • · FY2013 Budget: (due November 17) Using level funding to match last year ($1746), amounts were
  • allotted as follows:
  • Bolton Fair $800, Spring Ag Sale $300, Farmers’ Dinner $300, Postage $100 (mailing to new
  • residents), Awareness Activities (map, website, stickers, brochures) $246
  • TOTAL $1746
  • Betsy to submit budget info to Pam Powell by Nov. 17.
  • Old Business
  • 1.
  • Fall Ag Sale and Taste of the Ma(i)ze were snowed out.
  • 2. Multi-town Farmers’ Meeting: update postponed to December. (Eric)
  • 3. Emergency Management: update postponed to December. (Robyn)
  • 4. Wayfinding Grant: members to review consultant’s report. Signage is planned for 5 major farms.
  • May want to include Pleasant Garden Daylilies (Sallyann King) since she uses (seasonal) signage.
  • Possibly Jo Barb Farms?
  • 5. AgCom Website: Rich has obtained administrative access to the website from Joe Kovacs. The
  • minutes preparer should send a copy of minutes (updated with any corrections made at meetings) to
  • Barbara to be made into .pdfs for posting on the website.
  • Future Meetings/Events
  • ·
  • Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 20 December, 2011 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall
  • · Multi-town Farmers’ Meeting: TBD 2012
  • · Spring Ag Sale: TBD 2012
  • · Taste of Bolton: TBD 2012
  • The meeting was adjourned at 8:29 pm.