HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm 08/05/1993_r GANC?E RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
AUGUST 5, 1993
The meeting was held at the Sharon Town Office Buildiing, 90
South Main Street, Sharon, Mass.
Members in Attendance:
Wayne P. Southworth
Easton
Bill Hardin
Easton
Tim Higgins
Foxborough
Dan Iagatta
Foxborough
Joan Sozio
Foxborough
Ed Tartufo
Mansfield
Suzanne Erikson
Norton
Kathy Romero
Norton
Dave Masciarelli
Sharon
Gregory Meister
Sharon
Guests: Phil Barske, Kitty Doherty
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 P.M.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made by Tim Higgins and seconded by Joan Sozio
to approve the minutes with the correction that Kathy Romero
rather than Joan Sozio should be listed as the secretary.
3. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
It was unanimously voted to maintain the current officers of
the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee for another year.
4. CREATIVE LAND USE CONFERENCE
The conference will be held on Saturday, October 30, 1993
9:00 AM to Noon at the Joseph Martin Institute[;_, Stonehill
College, Easton, Mass. Robert Lemire will be the conference
speaker.
A pre -conference meeting will be held August 19, 1993 -
l0 AM at Wayne Southworth's office. Members of the committee
were asked to forward to Lynn White changes in Zoning By -Laws and
Planning Board Rules and Regulations that have occurred since the
last conference in 1989.
Kitty Doherty offered to put announcements in the TRWA
newsletter, the NRT newsletter and Moose Hill newsletter.
5. CABLE TELEVISION PROGRAM
The committee considered resources outside of the committee
to help put together a program for Cable. An educational program
of work of CRAAC could be developed by: student interns; graduate
students; volunteers working for Cable; students in A/V classes.
The Private Industry Council - PIC - (Joe Joseph in
Brockton) is attempting to find work for low income children and
adults. This program may be a resource for developing the Cable
program.
To investigate if any of these options develop merit Wayne
suggested forming a subcommittee to come up with the scope of
work. Wayne, Tim,. Cathy, Phil, and Dan were interested in
developing the Cable program.
6. OLD BUSINESS
CRAAC was written up in "In the Main" for sole source
aquifer designation.
A letter was received from Joan Kimball - Adopt -A -Stream -
thanking the committee for inviting her to the CRAAC Spring
Awareness Day.
There is money still in the budget for the repair to the dam
in Mansfield. There was discussion about whether any other dams
in the river need repair.
Dan Iagatta met with the Foxboro Rotary to see if they would
adopt -a -stream. Joan Kimball, coordinator, will supervise a
Rotary Club group of scouts to adopt a section of the Canoe
River. Kathy Romero will contact Joan Kimball and provide
material to the Rotary Club. Joan Sozio suggested a piece of
Foxboro Conservation land that could be adopted.
Through the efforts of Senator William Keating and
Representative Louis Kafka passage of the Phosphate Bill has
taken place.
The Riverways Bill is stuck in the House of Representatives.
7. NEW BUSINESS
Kitty Doherty, executive of the Taunton River Watershed
Alliance offered to have the Board of Directors of TRWA meet at
watershed towns (at their request). She reported that there are
various vacancies on TRWA and asked if there were interested
members from CRAAC to fill the vacancies. TRWA meets 2 nights a
month, the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 7:30 - 9:30 PM.
Their annual meeting will be Friday, October 22, 1993 at 7:30 PM
at the Silver City Galleria. There will be a presentation from
Save the Bay.
Attention was called to the desalinization operation by
Commonwealth Electric offering potentially lower cost water
supply option to municipalities such as Brockton. They can
produce finished water at $1.40/1000 gallons.
Saturday, Septembe3r 29, 1993 Land Trust Conference at Mass.
4-H Center in Ashland.
George Yelle will make a presentation at the October 7, 1993
CRAAC meeting in Norton. The suggestion was made to video tape
this meeting.
Saturday, November 6, 1993 Earth Lab will be held at
Bridgewater State College.
Next meeting September 2, 1993 - Foxborough Town Hall