Conservation Commission

MINUTES OF THE MEETING May 6, 2015 LACONIA CONSERVATION COMMISSION CITY Hall Room 200B 6 PM FINAL APPROVAL AT THE JUNE 3, 2015 MEETING I. Call To Order : Hillary May, Assistant Chair called the meeting to order at 6:05 PM PRESENT- On a roll call vote Deborah Williams, Lisa Morin, Mike Foote, Hillary May, and Marnie Schulz all indicated they were present. ABSENT- D. Anson, Chair OTHERS PRESENT- David Jeffers, Lakes Region Planning Commission and Carol Foss, Natural Resources Master Plan Consultant II. The LRPC/Audubon team will present the Natural Resources chapter of the Laconia Master Plan update Introductions took place. D. Jeffers explained the history and the reason the Natural resources chapter was chosen to be updated as part of the Laconia Master Plan work for 2015. The group proceeded to review the 2007 Master Plan. The Conservation Commission provided feed-back and updated all the goals of the 2007 plan. Upon concluding the review it appeared many of the goals already were completed, many of the other goals were under way or continuing to be implemented on a regular consistent basis, with a few goals needing prioritization. A few bullet points to be addressed:  Prime wetlands Yes or No  Better open space trail linkage opportunities  Septic System inventory to target water quality improvements  Storm water ordinance work  Agricultural Commission Yes or No  Infill development  Areas of Synergy he Built infrastructure  View Sheds to preserve  Any fine tuning of the Zoning ordinance to include HISS mapping  Fracking regulations C. Foss quickly reviewed the potential action list as some Con Com members had to leave at 8 PM. D. Jeffers requested the Con Com provide a priority list by next week. An additional meeting will be held next week to prioritize the list for submittal before the week of May 17, 2015 guidelines. C. Foss will come back with an updated version of the 2007 Master Plan after receiving feedback tonight. III. Adjournment: L. Morin made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 PM. The motion was seconded by M. Foote passing 5-0.