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Meeting Minutes October 30, 2018
Call to order at 6:37 PM
Members Present: Chuck Peterson,Jeff Hartwell, Tom Callahan, Katie Holden, Peter Pescatore and
Jennifer McCarthy Admin Support.
The chair asked for edits to the minutes of the 9/25/18 meeting. There were none offered.
The chair asked for a motion to approve: Jeff moved and Tom 2nd. Approved 4-0-1
Katie had an update for the CCD information that will be forwarded to BTI for inclusion in the draft since
the final draft that was returned for review is a PDF and control of the OSRP is now with BTI.
Katie provided a letter of recommendation of the 2018 OSRP from the CCT.
The chair discussed the presentation to the BoS on the prior Tuesday and characterized it as successful.
He recounted the questions asked by the Selectmen and reported that each question was covered by an
action item in the plan. The chair emphasized that the charter of the committee to be the advocates of
open space was based on the ability of the committee to be included in any discussion of public land
transfers and be required to record an opinion on habitat before final decisions were made. The chair
presented the required budget to support the plan's Action Items and the board seemed to be supportive
and discussed plans to coordinate regular town clean up days and make Earth Day a town event.
Subsequent to the meeting the Town Manager mentioned that the $10,000 budget item for the Rare
Species Study, to update future plans,was not likely to be included.
The committee went over the 2018 Action Items contained in Section 9.0 and began the process of
prioritizing the execution of them.
This process revealed the need for a Bylaw Sub-committee to work with the Planning Board and other
town staff to coordinate changes to the current by laws to support the mission of the committee.
A motion to approve such a committee was made by Tom and 2nd by Chuck. There was no further
discussion and the motion was approved 5-0.
Tom Callahan and Chuck Peterson volunteered to be on the committee and the chair added Dustyn
Mascia, in absentia, due to her legal background.
The review also pointed out that we should have a liaison member on the Harbor Committee to facilitate
completion of action items specific to the harbor. Chuck volunteered to be our liaison and Peter will
work with the Town Manager to get approval for the board seat.
There was no report from the Grant Sub-committee.
The committee discussed future projects:
Earth Day
250th Celebration
American Elm
Change of the Seasons Messaging
But there was no new direction decided upon.
The review of the newly updated appendix section was postponed to the next meeting when more of the
committee would be there.
Katie began a discussion of whether or not the Open Space &Recreation Map contained in the Appendix
was correct that did not arrive at any definitive conclusion as some of the recent changes in the town
appear while others do not.
A motion to adjourn was offered by Katie and 2nd by Chuck. The motion was approved 5-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Pescatore