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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm 08/03/1995M CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEEP- �) AUG 25 rlfjP 0 Minutes of the meeting held by the Canoe River Aquifer,AdvL5ory Committee (CRAAC) on August 3, 1995 at the Foxborout�ho,Wn'a, 40 South Street, Foxborough, MA 02035. "-ells Members Present: Wayne P. Southworth, Easton; Ed Tartufo, Mansfield; Suzanne Erikson, Susan Mims, & Frederick J. Watson, Norton; Timothy Higgins, Daniel Iagatta, & Joan F. Sozio, Foxborough; and David Masciarelli, Sharon. Visitors Present: Joan Kimball and Philip Barske Call To Order: Wayne Southworth called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Approval of Minutes: The following correction was made to the minutes. Joan Sozio's name was added to the Members Present list at the June 1, 1995 meeting. Joan Sozio moved that the minutes be accepted as corrected seconded by Tim Higgins. The minutes were approved as corrected. New Member: Wayne Southworth introduced Fred Watson as a new member from Norton. Fred is taking Kathy Romero's place on the committee. He is a health agent for the town of Norton. Annual Elections: The following members were elected to serve as officers for 1995 - 1996: Wayne P. Southworth, Chairman, Edward Tartufo, Vice -Chairman and Suzanne Erikson, Secretary. Video Project: Wayne has not heard from Mike Maynard of Norton who has all of the videos. The DPW Director of Easton (even though he is leaving Easton) along with Dave Andrews from Easton Continental Cable Access would also like to work on the video project. Wayne will follow up on this. Lyn White's husband took aerial photo's of the Canoe River and gave them to Wayne. Some of these photos could be used in the video. Wayne will bring them to the next meeting. Location For Next Awareness Day: Members discussed possible location in Norton on Plain Street for Awareness Day. There is a spot to put canoes in the water by the bridge. The location is also near the Norton Wells. It was suggested that Wayne contact the Norton Water Department to see if they would hold an open house that day. In addition, Wheaton College should be asked to participate in the program. A site inspection will be conducted before next meeting. During that meeting, the Awareness Day Program will be discussed. Adopt -A -Stream -Shoreline Survey: Joan Kimball from the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Environmental Law Enforcement's Adopt -A -Stream Program spoke to us about doing a shoreline survey. A shoreline survey is by foot or canoe, Page 2 Minutes, August 3, 1995 where volunteers go out with data sheets, camera's, and maps and observe the shoreline along the river for sources on non - point pollution, erosion, natural areas, species, trails, etc. The Committee voted unanimously to approve a Canoe River Shoreline Project. CRAAC would facilitate the project, and Joan Kimball would conduct the two hour training session for volunteers. Joan and Wayne will draft a letter which would be sent to all the intermediate and high schools in the area as well as to Stonehill College and Wheaton College to see if students and teachers would be interested in doing a survey of the Canoe River. The letter will be reviewed at our next meeting. From a time perspective, it was decided to do the workshop and survey in the spring. Hopefully the survey will be completed in time for the Canoe River Awareness Day. 10th Anniversary Goals: Ed Tartufo said that the shoreline survey would fit in nicely with our goal to locate areas along the Canoe River for trails. It was decided to discuss CRAAC's goals more fully at our next meeting. Old Business: Ed said that there may be a hang up in the funding mechanism in repairing the Mill Pond Dam in Mansfield. The Committee voted to authorize correspondence to be sent to Trudy Coxe to get an update on the Mill Pond situation. New Business: Wayne passed around a booklet of wildflowers that Philip Barske did for the Hydraulic Company Public Water Supply. He also passed around literature that was sent to CRAAC since last meeting. Wayne talked about the Easton Edison's Right of Way project where the company selectively applies herbicides and cuts vegetation along the power lines. Peter Simpson from Easton Edison would like to meet with CRAAC to talk about this. Wayne will invite him to attend our next meeting. Next meeting will be in Mansfield. Meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.