Conservation Commission

City of Laconia Conservation Commission Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 6:00 PM City Hall in the Armand A. Bolduc City Council Chamber Minutes 1. CALL TO ORDER D. Anson calls the meeting to order at 6:01. 2. ROLL CALL L. Morin, R. Harrington, D. Williams, D. Anson, and M. Foote are present. 3. SALUTE TO THE FLAG 4. RECORDING SECRETARY Grey Draper 5. STAFF IN ATTENDANCE Grey Draper, Conservation Technician 6. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS L. Morin motions to accept. D. Williams seconds. D. Williams provides an example of minutes she wrote previously. D. Anson would like information in the minutes to be flushed out more. D. Williams would like the same as well as some clearer formatting. L. Morin suggests that Con Com bring any additional information or changes they would like to see made to the 12.4 minutes to the next meeting. L. Morin revokes her amendment to approve the minutes. M. Foote seconds the motion. L. Morn motions that Con Com will send edits they would like to see on the 12.4 to G. Draper and revisit the minutes next meeting. M. Foote seconds. Unanimous. 6.I. 12.4 Minutes Documents: 12.4 MINUTES.PDF 7. NEW HAMPSIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS No applications. 8. OLD BUSINESS 8.I. All New Construction Be Required To Have Solar Paneling 8.II. Winter Street Treatment Mitigation 8.III. The Water Department Drilling Water Wells  8.IV. Con Comm Checklist 8.V. All Performance Zoning Projects Be Reviewed By The Con Comm 8.VI. Stormwater 8.VII. Number Of Parking 8.VIII. EV Charging Stations 8.IX. Food Waste Control 8.X. Expand The Wetland Buffer 8.XI. Fertilizer Controls And Erosion Mitigation 9. NEW BUSINESS 9.I. Food Ban Update 9.II. State Farm Grants 9.III. Solid Waste Management Fund 10. LIAISON, SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, AND UPCOMING EVENTS 11. OTHER BUSINESS 11.I.Shauna Sanders D. Anson would like Con Com to continue talking with Shauna Sanders at the Lakes Region Planning Commission about arears around Laconia that they would like to see stay undeveloped. S. Sanders identified tools that hey have to help with this goal such as the Wildlife Actions Plan, the city’s Master Plan, and the 2020 NRI. L. Morin suggests getting Joia Hughes involved in this conversation. The Wildlife Actions Plan will be updated in 2025. Con Com would like to start thinking about updating the NRI. 11.II. Resort On The Bay Rich Tilton and LWA submitted a grant application to DES to do work around Resort On The Bay to try to reduce the amount of erosion and sediment runoff into Langley Cove. The grant application was approved. FB Environmental had done an older report for Langley Brook to reduce the sediment and runoff into Langley Cove. Con Com would like to revisit this report. 11.III. Con Com Intern Con Com would like to explore getting an intern from Antioch College or Plymouth State University to help on a number of projects such as tributary samplings, updating the NRI, walking the easements, etc. 11.IV. Milfoil Budget  D. Anson would like to find out how much money has been set aside for milfoil mitigation for the coming summer. He anticipates only D.A.S.H. will be required this coming summer since herbicide was used last summer. He would like the budget to cover Lake Winnisquam, Lake Winnipesaukee, Paugus Bay, and Lake Opechee. 11.V. Old N. Main St. Crime Watch L. Morin shared that there are postings of a crime watch down on Old. N. Main St. L. Morin will do some research and try to find out who has posted the crime watch sign on state property. 11.VI. Next Level Awards D. Williams shares that DES is giving awards to cities across the state to install more EV Charging stations 11.VII. DES Cybersecurity DES is holding a cybersecurity workshop for water systems that is free to all water departments on March 5th. There is a webinar on February 12th. 11.VIII. NH Lakes Webinar There is a webinar on Jan 21st. 11.IX. Belknap County Conservation District Letter Of Support 11.X. FB Environmental Grant Update 11.XI. Improvement Ideas Log/Report 11.XII. Open Space 11.XIII. W.O.W. Trail Pollinator Garden Update 12. STAFF REPORT 13. ADJOURNMENT D. Williams motion to adjourns the meeting. M. Foote seconds the motion. Unanimous.