Warner Conservation Commission
Minutes of Meeting
February 14, 2011, 6:00 P.M.

Attending: Nancy Martin, Mimi Wiggin, Russ St. Pierre, Doug Allen, Scott Warren and Jim McLaughlin (recording).

Minutes of the Meeting of January 5, 2011 - The minutes of the meeting of January 5, 2011 were approved as submitted.

Conservation 
Sturms - John advised that an email sent to all members today by Brian Quigley for Mr. Sturms, affirms their plan to accept the terms of the draft conservation easement and to complete a deal to acquire the 20 acres and place it in a conservation easement with the Town by this spring or early summer. They also are okay with the $2,000 contribution to the Town’s conservation fund.
Town owned lands - Nancy opened a discussion on the Commission’s seeking to place conservation easements on suitable parcels that are in Town ownership in order to ensure their long term protection. One of these is a land locked parcel that abuts property with an easement on it donated by Katherine Brown, on the Henniker town line. This lot is about 60 acres in size. Another possibility would be the Town Forest parcels along North Road. John will check on the legal process involved in moving forward. Jim will provide information on these candidate properties for discussion at the March meeting

Wetlands Issues 
Russ reported that there were no new wetlands permit applications on file.

Joint Meeting with Planning and Zoning Boards
Discussed the upcoming meeting with the Planning Board at 7:00 P.M.on February 14. One specific idea that the group wanted to address is a possible aquifer protection ordinance as well as other measures that might be undertaken to protect this important water resource.

Storm Drain Stencil Project
Jim said that he had estimated the cost of materials for this project at $150 and the deadline for submission to seek a grant from PSNH is April 15. Russ suggested that the NHDOT has a traveling exhibit that illustrates storm water flows. This is suitable for school children and he will check on its availability for this project. Timing will probably be mid May to late June, after the Town has the streets swept and prior to the school kids being out of class for the summer.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:45 P.M.

The next regular meeting is March 2, 2011.