Conservation Commission

City of Laconia Conservation Commission City Hall in the Armand A. Bolduc City Council Chamber Accepted July 10 6/19/2019 - Minutes 1. CALL TO ORDER Deb Williams called the meeting to order at 6 PM 2. ROLL CALL Present: Marnie Schulz, Lisa Morin, Mike Foote, Richard Christopher, Wesley Bates and Chair Deb Williams Absent: Dean Anson 3. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS Motion to accept the minutes the corrections handed in made by M. Foote, R. Christopher seconded with. All voted in favor. L. Morin abstained. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4.I. Perley Pond Update R. Christopher was over there earlier in the day. There are a lot of good limbs still on the tree. He took pictures. The water seems to have receded a little bit. The waterfront looks good except on the road side, there is poison ivy and he had concern about folks getting in it. The members asked what the City does about poison ivy and R. Mora will contact Parks and Rec and find out. There is a lot of bittersweet on the right hand side. L. Morin asked if there was a plan for the property and D. Williams explained the situation. 4.I.i. Revised Plant List 4.II. MILFOIL D. Williams stated that the Lake hosting will be starting this weekend on Messer Street. There is someone hired to work Messer Street and/or Winnisquam, depending on which needs a host. R. Mora noted that the amount that was asked at the last meeting regarding Winnisquam, was $7,500. There was a question on if it was the town or the watershed that received the money. 5. OLD BUSINESS L. Morin noted that the Lakes Region Food network, which was developed out of the back to farming at the state school, partnering with NH Food Alliance, to bring June 27 from 12:30 – 2:30 for legislative training. How to introduced bills or talk with legislation on anything. Registration is required. The Belknap County Fair will be August 10 and 11 in Belmont. L. Morin’s term on the Conservation Commission is up and did her application for renewal. L. Morin brought up a contractors list she found online and asked if Staff could get the members a copy of that. 6. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS 6.I. 86 Chapin Terrace NHDES Permit (PDF)  L. Morin brought up a contractors list she found online and asked if Staff could get the members a copy of that. 6. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS 6.I. 86 Chapin Terrace NHDES Permit (PDF) D. Williams read the application for dock replacement from a straight to a tee shape. It will be a seasonal crank up. Use existing concrete pad at water’s edge for the hinge, so no disturbance on the ground. Asking for a longer dock because of the lake bed is very high then a 20 ft drop off. M. Foote doesn’t think it sounds unreasonable or unproportionable and nice that the applicant can reuse the pad. D. Christopher doesn’t see a problem with the replacement. Motion to sign off on the 6 x 20 with wings, dock replacement, for 86 Chapin Tr made by M. Foote, R. Christopher seconded. 7. LIAISON AND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS L. Morin stated there is a committee to advance a proposal to utilize some of the old State School buildings and agricultural lands to promote a maker’s group. With kitchens for farmers to develop recipes and sell. R. Christopher brought up that there is a full commercial kitchen in one of the buildings and L. Morin stated that some are still in good shape. D. Williams stated that they had an agriculture day at the school. It was very eye opening because some of the kids have not seen farm animals. R. Christopher mentioned that is what the Boys & Girls Club is starting. There is a garden club, where the kids plant and care for the plants. L. Morin is doing a container planting program at the summer school program at Pleasant Street school. D. Williams noted there are beds for planting at the Middle School that were put in several years ago. When the summer comes, there is no one to attend to the plants, they just get overgrown. 8. STAFF REPORT The next meetings with be July 10 & 24 then pick up with the regular schedule August 7. 9. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn made by M. Foote, L. Morin seconded. The meeting adjourned at 6:45 PM. Respectfully, Kalena Graham 10. NON-PUBLIC SESSION (ACCORDING TO RSA 91-A:3, II) This meeting facility is ADA accessible. Any person with a disability who wishes to attend this public meeting and needs additional accommodations, please contact the department at (603) 527-1264 at least 72 hours in advance so necessary arrangements can be made.