Conservation Commission

City of Laconia Conservation Commission Wednesday, March 5 2025 - 6:00 PM City Hall in the Armand A. Bolduc City Council Chamber Draft Minutes 3/5/2025 - Minutes 1. CALL TO ORDER D. Anson calls the meeting to order at 6:00. 2. ROLL CALL Dean Anson, Deb Williams, Lisa Morin. 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 Acceptance of 2/19 Minutes will be stayed until the next meeting. 7. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS 8. OLD BUSINESS 8.I. Rob Mora’s Responses To Questions From Last Meeting 8.II. Conservation Commission Checklist Con Com discussed their checklist for developers at length. Con Com went through each item on the checklist and changed or updated it. D. Williams will share the changed Con Com made with G. Draper to make the updates. 8.III. Signs D. Williams shares the signs purchased for the WOW Trail Pollinator Garden. The Signs now need to be installed when the ground thaws. 8.IV. UNH, NHF&G Zoom Meeting Topic 3/19 UNH’s next upcoming cohort will have the same opportunity for attendees to submit a project for help getting it off the ground. 9. NEW BUSINESS 9.I. PB2025-048; 474 Leighton Ave. North (21-253-10) Doug LaRosa from CivilWorks New England presents the project. The application is for a CUP to develop within the SPOD. D. Anson says he knows the property owners of the project and recuses himself. D. LaRosa asks if Con Com will still have a quorum. D. Anson responds “yes”. Con Com provides recommendations to D. LaRosa for the project. 9.II. Prioritize Projects 9.II.i. Langley Brook FB Environmental did a study and found 8 areas that need to be addressed in order to decrease the sediment running into Langley Cove.  D. LaRosa for the project. 9.II. Prioritize Projects 9.II.i. Langley Brook FB Environmental did a study and found 8 areas that need to be addressed in order to decrease the sediment running into Langley Cove. 9.II.ii. Langley Cove 9.II.iii. Public Informational Meetings The Congregational Church will have an Earth Day Fair on 5/10. Con Com will have a table at the fair. Con Com will draft a brief description of what they do. G. Draper will look in the planning office for Con Com’s tablecloth. 9.III. Computerization Of Water Quality Tributary Data G. Draper has created a map on ArcGIS showing water sampling locations and sampling data compiled by NH DES at these locations over the past 10 years. G. Draper does not know of a way to share the map with Con Com since they do not have ArcGIS. He will reach out to find out what the options are for sharing the map with Con Com. 9.IV. Adopt A Spot L. Morin and D. Anson discuss the Belknap County Conservation District stepping down from Adopt A Spot, and having the boy scouts take it over. D. Anson says he will discuss what taking it over would entail with Glenn Smith, the City’s Financial Director and a local boy scout troop leader. 9.V. Vernal Pools D. Anson shares that the following are locations where he believes vernal pools are around the city. He would like Con Com to work with G. Draper to draft some sort of map showing vernal pools around Laconia. 9.V.i. 3 At Taylor Community 9.V.ii. Lafayette Street 9.V.iii. 2 At Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center 9.V.iv. Perley Pond? 9.V.v. Homsi Property 9.V.vi. The Gardens Site 10. LIAISON, SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, AND UPCOMING EVENTS 11. OTHER BUSINESS 11.I. Land For Sale D. Williams shares that there a few parcels of land for sale around Laconia. She shares the locations, the size of the parcels, and the listing prices. 11.II. NH Lakes Lake Host Grant Con Com is eligible for $1,600 in Lake Host grant money. D. Williams is applying for the grant for the Opechee Lake Host position. In order to cover wages for both lake host positions, Con Com will contribute $1,500 to Lake Host wages for summer 2025. D. Anson moves that Con Com allocates $1,500 to paying Lake Hosts for summer 2024. L. Morin seconds the motion. Unanimous. 12. STAFF REPORT  Con Com is eligible for $1,600 in Lake Host grant money. D. Williams is applying for the grant for the Opechee Lake Host position. In order to cover wages for both lake host positions, Con Com will contribute $1,500 to Lake Host wages for summer 2025. D. Anson moves that Con Com allocates $1,500 to paying Lake Hosts for summer 2024. L. Morin seconds the motion. Unanimous. 12. STAFF REPORT 13. ADJOURNMENT D. Williams moves that the meeting be adjourned. L. Morin seconds the motion. Unanimous.