Conservation Commission

October 18th, 2017 LCC Minutes CITY OF LACONIA CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING October 18th, 2017 45 BEACON STREET EAST Call to Order The Laconia Conservation Commission convened at 6:00 PM on the 18th of October 2017 in Room 200B on the second floor of Laconia City Hall. The member that are present are as follows: Dean Anson, Deborah Williams, Lisa Morin, Michael Foote, and Richard Christopher. Member Marnie Schulz was absenting from the meeting. There are currently no alternates. A quorum was reached. Minutes M. Foote makes a motion to accept the minutes. D. Williams seconded the motion. 5 members in favor. L. Morin abstained. Motion carried. Big Island Discussion begins in relation to the Big Island zoning board application. M. Foote clarifies who is who in the Big Island team. M. Foote explains what transpired at the ZBA meeting the other night on the 16th of October 2017. D. Anson says that he is under the impression that the agent for the Big Island proposal told the commission at the conceptual meeting for the proposal that the property will not be used for a conference center and will be specifically for the girl’s camp proposed. Technician Rathburn interjects that he has gone over the recording from that night and cannot find anywhere that the agent for Big Island stated that it will not be used for a conference center. The agent does indeed state in the audio that the proposal will be going before the ZBA for a conference center special exception but they will be setting down specific parameters to keep the physical use of the island as a girl’s camp. The camp will be used as a program oriented camp and will not be used by ordinary citizens off the street. The commission after more discussion comes to the decision that there was an error in communication that precipitated the letter from the Chairman to the ZBA. L. Morin says that the commission going forward with this. The LCC held discussion about recommendations to send the agent for Big Island that outlines what they should pay special attention to during the design phase of the plans for the proposal if the Special Exemption is granted. The recommendation that the LCC would like to applicant to pay special attention to are water quality of the lake and island, soil impacts, wetland buffers, and the loon nesting area. Page 1|2 October 18th, 2017 LCC Minutes October 18th, 2017 LCC Minutes L. Morin makes a motion to send the applicant’s agent a letter that includes the points previously stated, have it reviewed by all the commission members, and send a copy to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Additionally, have the Conservation Technician draft a letter of retraction for the previous letter sent on behalf of the Conservation Commission Chairman to send to the ZBA. D. Williams seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried Milfoil D. Anson says that he and Technician Rathburn both sat down with Suzanne Perley recently to go over the process of transferring the responsibility of milfoil management from S. Perley to the Laconia Conservation Commission and to sort out the confusion that has recently transpired between milfoil hand pulling in Paugus Bay and Langley Cove not being treated. D. Anson says that S. Perley will handle all milfoil activities for the remainder of the 2017 year but will not be handling any activities in the coming year. D. Anson also tells the commission that John Jude has recently disappeared without a trace. L. Morin says that she also has been unable to contact Mr. Jude. L. Morin asks D. Anson whether the Milfoil Treatment Subcommittee will be disbanded. D. Anson says that it will not be disbanded. D. Anson poses the question to who will be the person filling the vacant subcommittee position. D. Anson suggests Mr. Richard Tilton from Resorts on The Bay. L. Morin says that she is not sure if that is a sound idea since Mr. Tilton lives on the lake. She would like to prevent a situation where a citizen who lives on the lake would accuse Mr. Tilton of neglecting other parts of the lake in favor of Langley Cove. D. Anson says that he will speak to Mr. Tilton and get his opinion on this. L. Morin makes a motion that the Laconia Conservation Commission agree to maintain a milfoil subcommittee and invite Richard Tilton to a Conservation Commission meeting to discuss 2018 milfoil control activities. M. Foote seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. M. Foote makes a motion to adjourn. L. Morin seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM. Recording technician/clerk Evan Rathburn Page 2|2 October 18th, 2017 LCC Minutes