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Agricultural Commission Minutes

Meeting date: 
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission

Meeting Minutes

Date: 19 February 2008

AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION

 

http://www.townofbolton.com/Pages/BoltonMA_BComm/steering

663 Main Street

978 779-2297 or 779-3308

Martha Ashe 67 Green Road 779-5422 maashe@comcast.net Term Exp 6/30/2009

Rob Held 116 Bare Hill Road 779-2810 robheld@aol.com Term Exp 6/30/2009

Joe Kovacs 23 Harris Farm Road 779-6979 joseph.kovacs@comcast.net Term Exp 6/30/2010

Ken Nicewicz 116 Sawyer Road 779-6423 nicewicz@nre.umass.edu Term Exp 6/30/2010

Sue Storbeck 92 Sampson Road 779-6020 slstorbeck@comcast.net Term Exp 6/30/2008

 

A meeting of the Bolton Agricultural Commission was held on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 at Town Hall. It was

called to order at 7:40 pm. In attendance were: Held, Kovacs, Nicewicz, and Storbeck.

 

1. Minutes from prior meeting were adjusted and then approved by those who had attended that meeting.

 

2. Agricultural Day at the State House:

 

3. Town Board liaison update:

 

• Ken – Planning Board

 

i. The recent meeting with the Planning Board was attended. The Toth property was discussed

and noted that it is under P&S with a developer. Ken represented the AgComm and

presented information about the agricultural significance of the property, discussed FOSPR

potential and suggestions on how to put the property in active farming.

 

• Sue – Board of Health

 

i. Nothing to report

 

• Joe – Board of Selectmen

 

i. Meeting with Selectmen scheduled for March 13th to review mission/goals and provide an

update on the commission’s activities for the past 6 months.

 

• Rob – Conservation Trust

 

i. Introduction meeting with Conservation Trust scheduled for March 11th

 

• Martha – Conservation

 

o No update available

 

4. MDAR Marketing Grant: The RFR was dropped of in-person by Joe and handed to Mary Jordan to meet the

deadline. The commission also acknowledged it appreciation for the support of Barbara Parente in helping to

prepare the grant package in time to meet the deadline.

 

5. Mission Statement: The commission revised and then unanimously approved by those in attendance (Held,

Kovacs, Storbeck) the mission and goals for 2008 as indicated below:

 

Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission v1.0 2/19/2008

 

Mission Statement

o Through education and promotion, encourage the pursuit of agriculture and create awareness of

Bolton’s agricultural activities. Protect farmlands within the Town of Bolton. Provide a resource for

resolution of conflicts with abutters and Town agencies.

 

 

CY08 Goals

 

1. Promote agriculture businesses in town to benefit local farmers, farm stands and farm related

businesses.

 

2. Establish a program to facilitate education for both farmers and residents in Bolton on farming

and co-existence.

 

3. Conduct inventory of parcels of land in agriculture and key attributes of such activity. Merge data

with town’s annual livestock inventory.

 

4. Promote agriculture through liaison activities with town boards.

 

5. Meet quarterly with abutting towns on agricultural issues jointly affecting the towns.

 

6. Find opportunities for funding which support Agricultural Committee’s activities.

 

7. Meeting Schedule:

• Meet with Cons Trust: Tuesday, March 11th at 8:15 pm at Emerson.

• Meet with Selectmen: Wednesday, January 9 at 7:45 pm at Town Hall.

• Agricultural Day @ State House: Tuesday, February 18th (details attached)

• Next AgComm meeting: Tuesday, February 18 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall.

 

The meeting ended at approximately 9:00 pm.