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Agricultural Commission Minutes

Meeting date: 
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  • Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Date: 21 February, 2012
  • 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 875-2273 wolfrunfarm@comcast.net Term Exp 6/30/2014
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  • A meeting of the Bolton Agricultural Commission was held on 21 February, 2012 at Town Hall. The meeting
  • was called to order at 7:38 pm. Commission members in attendance: Betsy Taylor-Kennedy, Barbara Parente,
  • Richard Pelletier, Robyn Roberts. Absent: Eric Schartner
  • The January 2012 minutes were approved and submitted
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  • Reports from liaisons to Town Boards/Commissions
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  • Board of Health (Roberts) No Report
  • · Planning Board (Schartner) Absent
  • · Board of Selectmen (Parente): No Report
  • · Conservation Commission (Pelletier): No Report
  • · Conservation Trust (Taylor-Kennedy): The Town has received a grant of $96K from the State
  • Division of Conservation Resources toward the purchase of the Weatherbee property.
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  • Complaints/Requests for Site Visits
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  • Coolidge/Kashuba: No formal complaint letter has been received yet.
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  • Appointments
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  • None
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  • New Business
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  • Annual Report: Barbara prepared and submitted the AgCom’s Annual Report to the town.
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  • The Neighborhood: Barbara attended a planning meeting for a new BATCO TV program initiated by
  • Bolton Local. Called “The Neighborhood,” it could be a good venue for promoting Ag businesses.
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  • Old Business
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  • Membership Farm Bureau Federation: Robyn still has not received any information regarding the
  • status of our membership.
  • Spring Agricultural Sale: Possible dates are April 1 or the last weekend in April. Barbara has
  • contacted all of last year’s participants. Possibility to extend invitation to Berlin Ag businesses.
  •  Annual Farmers Meeting: Rich reported that Bolton Spring Farms cannot host the event; it may be
  • held at the Winery. Rich will contact Brad Mitchell to be that speaker and put together a date and an
  • agenda for the meeting.
  • Emergency Management: Robyn and Sue plan to meet in the Spring.
  • Wayfinding Grant: Rich will contact the Town Planner about the status of the signs.
  • AgCom Website: Rich reported that he has obtained administrative access to the website from Joe
  • Kovacs. Barbara has some agricultural themed photos left over from the brochure that she will share.
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  • Future Meetings/Events
  • Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall
  • · Bolton Farmers’ Meeting: TBD
  • · Spring Ag Sale: TBD
  • · Taste of Bolton: TBD 2012
  • The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 pm.