Members Present: Tina Cotton, Mary Anne Broshek, Jerry Hersey, Nan Kaplan, Alan McIntyre, Jesse Schust

Correspondence
Supply Lines newsletter – Spring 2018
Supply Lines newsletter – Summer 2018
Merrimack County Conservation District newsletter

Minutes: Alan made a motion to approve the August minutes with minor changes.  Jerry seconded and all were in favor.
ASLPT: ASLPT is working on a range of conservation easements at the moment.  Some changes in monitoring arrangements have been proposed for properties in Andover and elsewhere in order to simplify things.

Monitoring updated: Derek has done monitoring at Green Mountain (Donaldson), Jones, Bernhard /Mayman, Fenvale and Buddenhagen.  The Newman property was also visited and Derek inspected areas previously damaged by ATVs. There doesn’t appear to be any recent damage.  We are grateful to Derek for his work.

Bog Pond:  Mary Anne and Paul Currier have discussed the potential easement area.  We are considering a minimum easement area that would be the wetlands boundary plus 100’ buffer.  We are planning to talk to three landowners with contiguous land along/near the southern edge of the Bog Pond.

We discussed putting up more permanent signage to show the mapped wetland boundary in the vicinity of Bog Pond.  Alan made a motion to budget up to $350 to put up signage to demarcate the Bog Pond wetlands. Nan seconded and all were in favour.  Jesse will get approval from group via email for the design and costs. Jesse will get prices for this and 4×6 – 5×7 (durable 20 years if possible).

Bradley Lake Logging:  Mary Anne met on August 13 with Bradley Lake landowners and others who are concerned about the possibility of logging taking place on the White/Bendixen property during this winter.  We discussed these concerns and Mary Anne will continue to follow up.

Beaver Deceivers:  We have news that the Beaver Deceivers of Andover are working well and the DOT may be exploring the option of utilizing them on state roads.

Wetlands Ordinance:  Sandy Crystall will be helping us in October to look at options that would best suit Andover should we wish to propose a draft Wetlands Ordinance.

Events of the Conservation Commission:
Climate Change (Sherry Godlewski) 6:30pm Stone Chapel held on Oct 4
Water Quality (NH Lakes and DES) 4:30pm Town Hall downstairs held  on Oct 6
Bat Conservation (Jesse Mohr) 6:30 PM Stone Chapel held on Oct 11

Forestry Workshop
Jerry is exploring an option for a Forestry workshop.

Verizon Cell Tower
Tim Wallace (a local forester) will monitor the logging at Verizon for $30 per hour.  
Tim is currently working with Steve Lord on some logging on Tucker Mountain. Alan made a motion (Nan seconded) that the Conservation Commission pay Tim Wallace for up to three hours of monitoring the initial tree marking and cutting of the access route and work areas for the cell tower installation.  All agreed. The purpose of this monitoring is to ensure that the cut stays within the agreed upon scope as specified in the Land Easement Deed agreement between the Town of Andover and Verizon.

Website: Website integration is underway.  Alan is updating the Town Website information and creating links out to the new Conservation Commission Website.

Beacon Article on Pond Dredging:  Alan is working on this.

Co-Occurrence Map: Harvey Pine has not yet been in touch.  We will continue to try to reach Harvey.

Swearing in of CC members:  Tina, Alan, and Jesse have been sworn in.  The others still need to be sworn in. Nan has stepped down but plans to continue to attend meetings.  We now have a vacancy to fill. We are very grateful to Nan for her work on the Conservation Commission.

Pollinator Meadow: Jon Champagne and the UNH Extension continue the process of planning a pollinator meadow on Jon Champagne’s land (after soil disturbance is finished).

Site Visit for Eversource Pole Replacement Work:  Jesse & Alan visited the site of Eversource planned work and took photos in the vicinity of Kearsarge Mountain Rd. and Bridge Rd.

Elbow Pond Road Culvert Repair Work:  The Conservation Commission will be invited to a meeting with the Select Board and the firm responsible for the design of a replacement culvert.

Intent to cut: The CC request to receive copies of Intents to Cut has been denied.  We hope we can develop a useful notification system.

Mary Anne made a motion to adjourn, Jesse seconded and all were in favour.

Meeting adjourned at 9:04