TOWN
HALL AUDITORIUM
Members Present: Dennis
Minsky, Lynne Martin and Jack McMahon.
Members Absent: David Hale (excused).
Others Present: Brian Carlson (Conservation Agent) and Ellen C. Battaglini (Recording Secretary).
Open Space
Committee Member Present: Celine Gandolfo
and Dennis Minsky.
PUBLIC MEETING
Chair
Dennis Minsky called the Public Meeting to order at
DISCUSSION: Acquisition of property signs at Town
conservation properties.
The Town
conservation properties under discussion are Shank Painter Pond Sanctuary,
Nicky’s Park, Whistle Path Woods and the Curtis property. According to Celine,
there is currently $11,000.00 available from Land Bank funds for the purchase
of signage, however $9,000.00 has been approved for Land Bank expenditures for
the 2009 fiscal year.
It was
first decided that both property signs and interpretive signs were needed at
each site. The subsequent discussion centered on the number of signs for each property,
their size, their location and their content.
SHANK
PAINTER POND SANCTUARY: There will be two property signs; one at the trailhead off Route 6,
measuring 36” by 24”, and one off Ship’s Way, measuring 18” by 24”. After much
discussion, it was decided that there would be only one interpretive sign located
on the deck, measuring 18” by 24”.
NICKY’S
PARK: There will
be one property sign at the trailhead, measuring 36” by 24”, and two
interpretive signs; one at Jimmy’s Pond and one in the hollow just beyond the
parking area, both measuring 12” by 18”. Celine read the wording that Ray Wells
had requested be placed on one of the signs at the property.
WHISTLE
PATH WOODS:
There will be two property signs; one at each access point, both measuring 18”
by 24”, and one interpretive sign, possibly explaining how the area got its
name, measuring 12” by 18”.
CURTIS PROPERTY: There will be one
property sign on the railroad bed side of the property, measuring 18” by 24”,
and one interpretive sign, possibly to be located near the white cedar swamp,
measuring 12” by 18”. The property sign will reflect the new name for this
site.
The
content of the interpretive signs was discussed at length. The only detail that
was decided was that the Town logo should appear on the signs. The
Commissioners shall endeavor to come up with sample language for those signs
and it was decided that another meeting should be scheduled in order to
finalize the language for the signs. Dennis will write some language and e-mail
to the Commissioners and Celine.
The other
sign issues to be discussed at another meeting are what material they will be
made out of, their color and how many posts will be used to anchor them. The
Curtis property needs to be re-named as well.
COMMISSION BOARD STATEMENTS:
None.
ADJOURNMENT: Dennis Minsky
adjourned the meeting at
These minutes were approved by a
vote of the Conservation Commission at their meeting on ___________________,
2008.
Respectfully submitted,
Ellen C. Battaglini
Approved by ________________________________
on _____________, 2008
Dennis Minsky, Chair