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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm 12/01/1994Canoe River Aquifer Advisory ComriiC o�,gfict:r,gnat.�haron Town Hall, Dec. 1, 1994 MEMBERS PRESENT: Wayne Southworth, Kathy Romero, Sean Flaherty, Leonard FLynn, Greg Meister, Edward Tartufo, Phil Barske, Shirley Davenport, Dave Masciarelli, William Hardin, Suzanne Erickson, Joan Sozio, Dick Lewis, Dan Iagatta, Marie Cuneo. VISITORS: Mike Maynard, Brown University Student and Jim Watson, Old Colony Planning Council. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 1:00PM by Wayne Southworth at the Town Hall in Sharon. REVIEW OF MINUTES: Motion was made to accept minutes of previous meeting by Shirley Davenport and seconded by Dave Masciarelli... there was only one change requested... Greg Meister's name should appear on the Open Space Plan. Greg was asked about progress of video project ... not moving along too quickly... asked that Nicole Cromwell's name be adc.•�l "o mailing list. Wayne asked all to review mailing list and make any additions. Len suggested that it might be helpful to add planning boards to mailing list and Shirley asked to add Mike Maynard to list also. Kathy Romero reported in conjunction with the Land Acquisition Project that a Wheaton College student volunteer would be available for 5 weeks during the month of January. Suggestions were that maybe he could work with IEP map of the 5 towns. Maybe parcels could be prioritized. Wayne mentione that he has a 6' - 6$' map also. Len Flynn said he had already identified parcels and his informat'on could be of use to that student. Jim Watson said DEM may have maps available and Kathy will call to check. This will be an on-going project and the student will begin 1/4/94. Questions that':need to be address as to the classification of land... Open Space—definition not really clear. Maps should also be uniform as to land use. Kathy and Wayne are trying to finalize plans for winter workshop. They are hoping to get some finacial help from Norton Arts Council, Plymouth County Wildlife Trust and also hoping that Ocean Spray will help to cover costs which will be in the range of $1,500. They are looking for CRAAC members to be facilitators at the workshop. There was discussion for the plans relative to the February meeting. Foxboro High School Eagle Scout.'. will make a presentation. Suggestions were made as to publicizing program and who to invite..students as a whole or just interests people. Need newspaper coverage. Location and time to hold meeting were also discussed. Dan will confirm and advise Wayne. Invite DEM, Adopt -A -Stream Program, Bill Keating and Barbara Hyland. Also maybe ask Bill keating to bring a citation for student presenting program. Bill Harding pointed out importnace of making ry-- young people aware of the importance of aquifer protection and suggested it may be best to invite only those students interested. Next there was a lengthly discussion relative to Spring Awareness Day. The date suggested was 5/13/95. The location was quickly decided upon.. Greely's Pond in Foxboro. Site is interesting since there are trails, picnic area and psssibly canoeing available. Joan said she would ask Dave Risch or Bill Hawkings (Chair- man of CONCOMM) to give a tour. Need for a tent and toilet facilities was also discussed. Dan Iagatta is going to check with a business in Foxboro to see if a donation may come forth. Ed Tartufo suggested interested students could be invited. Rotary Club could also be invited and maybe could bring their "Chuck Wagon". Next draft copies of Annual Report were handed out and reviewed. Wayne thought it would be well to list each member at end of report since it goes into each Town Report. Ed suggested that each town should list only their members in the Town Report. Jim Watson thought a line explaining the purpose of the committee should be added to the first paragraph. It was suggested that in Paragraph 6 it should be mentioned that the Foxboro Rotary was the group that adopted a stream. Motion by Joan to accept with above changes seconded by Dan. Next Mike Maynard (Brown Student) gave overview of the work he would be willing and able to accomplish on the video project. He solicited ideas as this project would be a "self-directed program". Wayne discussed information already gathered. Length of video and content was discussed. Points mentioned included that it not be too long, education of people as to how their actions affect our fresh water supply. Wayne thanked Mike and Sean then wished a Happy Holiday Season to all and meeting was adjourned at 2:55PM.