Wallingford
Conservation Commission Minutes*
*These are
unofficial Minutes subject to the approval at the next regular meeting.
August 24, 2009
Attendees: Tim
Chila,
Shannon Pytlik, Carol Macleod, Ralph Nimtz, David Klock, Debbie Scranton, Kim Blodgett
Guest:
Fred Thurlow
(1)
Approval of minutes and agenda
(2)
Guest: Fred Thurlow: Fred
has organized a discussion group which meets the 3rd Monday of every
month in the Klock Room at the Library.
The group discusses all kinds of different topics:
Their first meeting was on Population Trends (
Vermont
in Transition Report), their second meeting included a viewing of the movie King
Corn, and their next meeting, scheduled for September 21st is on
Solar energy (John Blittersdorf-speaker). Anne
Tiplady,
Don Green, Laurie Systac, and Fred are the core members but they would like more folks to
attend. Fred will have Don contact
Tim regarding developing a poster that advertises their next event in concert
with our Efficiency Vermont talk on September 10th (see “programs” below).
Old
Business:
(1)
Walking Brochures:
Tim made a list of all the locations where we should distribute
brochures. Each member will take
responsibility for one or two locations and keep the brochures stocked.
·
Town office: Carol
·
School: David
·
Churches:
·
Thrive Center:
Shannon
·
Sal’s: Carol
·
Pub: David
·
Mom’s; Carol
·
Victorian Inn: Carol
·
White Rocks:
·
Antique Shops;
·
Locker:
Shannon
·
WCS: Ralph
·
Nail It Down: Carol
·
Elfin
Lake
: Debbie
·
Boy’s Camp: Debbie
·
Daycare:
Shannon
·
Town Meeting: Debbie
·
Wally Day:
·
Other Committee Meetings:
·
Stone shop
·
Hearth and Cricket: Kim
·
Busheys: Kim
(2)
Town plan:
No survey was done. We would
be willing to host a meeting and invite Jens Hilke to discuss the town’s
Natural Resources. Tim will email the planning commission and offer to set up a
meeting if they will attend.
(3)
Web page:
Tim printed out pages from the Hartland website to see if we wanted to
use any of them for our website. Kim
will check on Hartford
and get permission to use the materials, if we decide we want them.
(4)
Railroad Hut:
Ralph talked to the railroad people last spring but has never heard back
from them. Ralph thinks we need a
whole new building—painting doesn’t seem to be a good option because the
buildings are so old. He will ask
the railroad folks if there is any possibility the buildings will be replaced
soon. If not, then he will see if they mind if we paint them. The buildings are
not worth much effort so if we paint them we will use a sprayer.
(5)
Strategic Plan: Next
meeting should be devoted to developing a strategic plan.
Review the mission statement and brainstorm action items we want to
accomplish this year (each member should come to the next meeting with 5 items).
Prioritize with dots.
(6)
Library kiosk:
Kim will continue to look into purchasing a kiosk from the state.
David suggested that we use the state kiosk as a template and begin to
build a second one. Carol will find
out about a picnic table. We should
purchase the supplies before winter. Kim
will take pictures and pass them around to the rest of the committee.
Other thoughts: Plexiglass on
one side, cork board on the other side for posting community events.
(7)
Hydro: David will try to
get back to Ron Powers and suggest he talk to Tim.
(8)
Energy Committee: There
was a meeting of the
Rutland
energy committee last month that Tim was unable to attend.
The WCC feels that a separate energy subcommittee should be formed.
Tim will check with the selectmen regarding the development of a local
committee. Tim talked to Ken Welch
and he is interested in participating. Perhaps
the Carbon Diet group would be interested in working on something once they
complete their workbook.
(9)
AVCC: Debbie has the
Vermont Conservation Commission handbook. We currently belong to the
Association. Debbie went to the
meeting on
November 8th 2008
.
(10)
Programs:
Conservation Commission is hosting Efficiency
Vermont on Thursday September 10th with Bob Murphy.
Shannon
will call Julie tomorrow and try to get it into the
Wallingford
news.
Canning and freezing:
Sharon
did not feel that enough people would attend a talk on this topic.
Allen Betz: Global Climate
Change. Hold off until later
Composting with worms/Community Composting/family composting:
speaker: Anna Tally; Tim will call Anna for October
Movies:
King Corn, Fast Food Nation
New
Business:
(1) Pit Committee:
Ralph passed around an email he received from Josh. Overburden from the
berm removal will be used to fill in around the well. Seed and mulch will be
applied if the town buys the supplies. Ralph felt the proposed parking lot was
too large so he developed a new design that would hold 40 cars. The group
endorsed Ralph’s design. Next
meeting is on September 9th at
6:30
at the Pit.
(2) Content for October Newsletter:
Should include: Advertisement for October speaker and “Energy saving
highlights”: From Fred’s
meeting, from Bob Murphy’s presentation, and from the Carbon Diet Group.
(3) Bar-b-que for committee members:
Sunday afternoon September 27th around
4:00. Debbie will provide the meat.
The rest of us will bring the side dishes.
(3)
Meeting adjourned
8:50
(4)
Next meeting: Monday,
September 28th
Respectfully submitted,
Kim Blodgett |