2026-09-28 - Conservation Commission

00:00So everybody who's here, state your

00:02name. Lee Wesler is here.

00:06>> Anno

00:11Jane Pillow.

00:12>> Crystal Adams.

00:15>> Jeremy Ser.

00:17>> Carl Cecil.

00:22>> Okay. And then um there's no public here

00:26to seat. No alternatives to seat.

00:30or no no public to participate. So, um,

00:35anyone have a chance to review the

00:37minutes? And is there a motion to accept

00:40them?

00:49>> Yeah, accepted. How do you do that?

00:51>> You made a motion.

00:52>> I made a motion. Okay.

00:54>> Is there a a second on the motion?

01:00I'll second.

01:03>> Okay. Is there any discussion

01:07on the minutes?

01:10Hearing none. All in favor? Oh, say

01:13someone say something.

01:14>> I.

01:16>> Okay. Okay. Everybody say who accepts

01:19the minute say I. I. I.

01:22>> Anyone opposed?

01:23>> I would have to abstain.

01:25>> Yes. Same with Jean.

01:28Yeah,

01:28>> but you could Jean, you can vote even if

01:30you weren't there, but you can abstain

01:32too. Um, okay. So, motion passes.

01:38Uh,

01:40treasures report hand.

01:44>> Okay. So, um we we have um $814

01:52in the [clears throat] fund 25. There

01:54was no um there the only expense was the

01:57$100 that we sent to the um

02:02uh

02:04that guy for the garden.

02:06>> Yeah. Ken Walle.

02:08>> Ken Wley. Yes.

02:10>> Wle legal. And then um there's another

02:13there's the other fund

02:16um that has the 2021

02:19$19322

02:21in it, but [clears throat] it is un

02:23audited, she said. Therefore, we don't

02:25really have it until they finish the

02:27audit and then they might add more money

02:30in.

02:31>> Hey, quick question. Is it uh just just

02:33for accuracy, is it 22 or 23 cents? just

02:37for accuracy because I'm looking at last

02:39minutes. Last

02:40>> two 22.

02:42>> Got it.

02:43>> Thanks.

02:45>> Um, okay.

02:47Uh, communications.

02:50Um,

02:52we had a message from Crystal.

02:57There's a workshop on November 17th.

03:00Uh the Connecticut FOI Commission

03:05Director of Education and Communications

03:08will present an overview of the Freedom

03:10of Information Act to go over uh topics,

03:15etc. Uh that's Tuesday, November 17th at

03:207 PM at town hall. If anybody is itching

03:25to hear learn more about the Freedom of

03:28Information Act

03:31information. Yes,

03:32>> this is Crystal. He he talks about that,

03:34but he also goes into um agendas and

03:38minutes and special meetings versus me

03:40versus regular meetings and a lot of

03:42stuff that is pertinent to um how

03:45commissions operate. So, it's pretty um

03:48interesting and advisable for anyone,

03:51you know, who's in a on a board or

03:52commission to attend.

03:55>> What was the date of that again?

03:59>> The um

04:00>> November 17th.

04:01>> Yes. November 17th, 7 p.m. at the town

04:07hall.

04:10And then um if anyone hasn't heard

04:15uh tomorrow night 7 pm there's a special

04:19town meeting where they're going to one

04:22of the top topics

04:24is going to be whether to change PA490

04:29from a minimum of two acres to a minimum

04:34of five acres open space.

04:38I know this has been a recurring uh

04:41issue for many years.

04:44So, uh

04:46>> is that the only thing on the agenda?

04:49>> Uh

04:51more.

04:52>> Yeah. An ordinance regarding citations

04:55for violation of town. Oh, yeah. I

04:57missed that. Thanks, Jean.

04:59>> An ordinance. This is your thing, Jean.

05:02enorance uh regarding citations for

05:04violation of town regulations.

05:08Uh so

05:11they're going to vote on an amendment

05:14oh let's see amendment two to the

05:16ordinance concerning the vending and

05:19setting of merchandise and goods in the

05:22town of Woodstock.

05:24So, let's see. One, creation of an

05:27ordinance to allow nonprofit

05:30organizations to hold bingo events.

05:33Okay. Two,

05:36uh, by uh, citations for violations of

05:39town regulations. Three,

05:42uh, vending and selling of merchandise

05:45and goods in the town of Woodstock. And

05:47four, PA 490.

05:50>> There's two more, I think.

05:53Two more.

05:55>> I thought there were six.

05:56>> That's for the special. No, there were

05:58six. So, one is to select the moderator

06:00and six six is to adjourn.

06:03>> Sorry.

06:06[clears throat]

06:08Uh, anyone else have any

06:12communications?

06:15If not, on to

06:18Oh, yeah. On to old business.

06:22Uh Jean DRC

06:25>> nothing to report.

06:27>> Okay. Crystal open space.

06:30>> Um we were looking at uh different

06:33layers of a map of protected lands

06:36update and um with looking at different

06:39parcels of less than 5 acres containing

06:41houses and greater than 5 acres

06:44containing houses and greater than 50

06:46acres and greater than 100 hours. Um uh

06:50we had like overlays that Sid Blahett I

06:53believe had made and distributed and so

06:55we were discussing that.

07:00>> Any questions for Crystal?

07:03>> Um yeah just a quick question. So

07:07what OSLA I assume that's open space. Um

07:12and and again is the the semi I'm not

07:14the newest on the board. Thank you,

07:17Jeremy. Um, and he might appreciate

07:20that, too, unless he's been intimately

07:22involved in a lot of these things. But

07:25I'd be just curious as to first of all,

07:28what do the acronyms stand for? Because

07:30it's, you know, it's a whole bunch of

07:32letters, but just kind of a big overview

07:35of of what you try to accomplish. the

07:39Open Space Land Acquisition and

07:41Preservation Committee and we work with

07:44private land owners to provide

07:45information and links to a variety of

07:48preservation partners. Um so people if

07:52they want to put their land in open

07:53space or are curious about it um we help

07:56provide them with the resources you know

07:59um from the state and so on that can

08:02help them with that process.

08:04>> Okay, great. Oh. Um, APC.

08:10>> This is SLA and APC.

08:14>> You just we just usually the shortcut is

08:16open space, but it's open space, land

08:18acquisition, and preservation committee.

08:21>> Okay. Thank you, Crystal. Again, I'm new

08:24to this and just trying to make sure I

08:26understand. A lot of a lot of terms get

08:29flying and, you know, I'm trying to it

08:32helps if you understand a little bit

08:33behind it. So, thank you very much.

08:35You're welcome.

08:38>> Okay. Um,

08:40let the record show Morobia has joined

08:42us. So, she's at the meeting. Uh, PNZ,

08:47nothing gerine to us.

08:50Uh, okay. I forgot who has anyone taken

08:55over Grace's role in the ad commission?

09:01No,

09:02>> I'm not aware of anybody taking over

09:04that role.

09:05>> Is anyone

09:07Jeremy interested in um

09:11so uh a lot of what we do? Um

09:16kind of also is uh done in uh done along

09:22with uh the A commission who were more

09:26more for the farm farmer farm

09:29preservation.

09:31uh and uh Woodstock Agriculture.

09:34So, uh we've had a representative on

09:37that committee

09:39and I know they meet during the day. So,

09:43uh you know, if if anyone's interested,

09:47Crystal, you know what time they meet

09:50or date and time?

09:59>> Well, if

10:00I don't know if she's here, but um this

10:02is Mara.

10:03>> Yeah.

10:04>> Um I know I Rebecca Hyde is on it and so

10:09if no one steps up, I could try to

10:12report

10:14um ask her, you know, but I I think they

10:17don't meet regularly. Last I knew, I

10:19don't know, maybe

10:19>> I think I think they meet uh at 100 p.m.

10:22on Mon on a certain Monday of the month.

10:24I'm not sure if it's which Monday it is.

10:27I'd have to look at the website real

10:28quick and actually I can do that um

10:31right now.

10:34Um

10:36if I'm just looking on the website for

10:39the agricultural

10:41commission [clears throat]

10:44um usually the third Monday of each

10:47month at the town hall at 100 p.m. And

10:51it looks like they've been meeting I

10:52mean their agendas are April, May, June,

10:56July, September. So they've been pretty

10:58busy it looks like.

10:59>> Oh good.

11:01>> Okay. So, if if anyone could possibly

11:05represent us, [snorts] it would be nice.

11:07And if not, uh yeah, more if you could

11:10just get um get feedback from uh Rebecca

11:15reported here, that would be great.

11:17Yeah,

11:18>> I have an alternative solution, Lee,

11:20that we may want to consider is is uh

11:23maybe as a team effect instead of one

11:27person, you know, adding another thing

11:29to their plate every month. Uh maybe,

11:31you know, every month we say, "Okay,

11:33you're the you know, who can who can go

11:35this month?" And and by doing that, it

11:39first of all will enlighten all of us to

11:41some point of what goes on. And uh that

11:46way we come back with a you know a a

11:50fresh report if you will cuz it it'll be

11:53new to each one of us as we go and u

11:56that way we'll learn a bit about it but

11:58at the same time one person isn't kind

12:00of like another thing every month that

12:03you're putting on the calendar. So it's

12:05just an idea.

12:07>> Yeah. Well, I mean, if anyone wants to

12:09go or join a pool, people obviously has

12:12to be people who are not employed during

12:16the day. And Jean's raising her hand

12:18yesterday.

12:18>> I'm raising my hand, not because I'm

12:20volunteering for that.

12:22>> Okay. Um I'm raising my hand because at

12:24the Woodstock Fair um a uh present a

12:29presentation was a presentation board

12:31was put together uh about dairy farms in

12:34Woodstock and it listed 25 former

12:38Woodstock family farms that um are out

12:42of business now and there's only six

12:45active dairy farms left in town. I

12:48thought that was a really sobering um

12:50presentation. You know, I talked to Paul

12:53Miller about it a lot and uh obviously a

12:56lot of the land is still in farming. The

12:58farms that are existing are renting the

13:01land from these people who still own the

13:04property and and it's they're still

13:06growing crops on those u acres in a lot

13:09of cases. But it was just a big change.

13:11I know when I moved into town there was

13:1316 dairy farms and now we're down to six

13:15and one of them is uh going out um

13:19shortly. So that's just

13:22>> interesting of information.

13:25>> Yes. But a lot of that is just um

13:28it's the economics, you know, and the

13:32the market the market's changing.

13:35>> Absolutely.

13:36>> Yeah.

13:38Okay. Um,

13:40anyone else have any thoughts? If not,

13:44um,

13:46uh, the stewardship report, uh, Jim,

13:51>> sure. Um, so we're planning to do our

13:54next, uh, site visit um,

13:58uh, October 10th. So that's for um we'll

14:02be looking at one of the properties

14:06where there's a conservation easement

14:08given to the town and basically it means

14:10um walking the boundaries and the

14:13interior of the plot if that's possible

14:16and just making sure that we're looking

14:18to see if there's any violations of the

14:21con terms of the conservation easement

14:25um and documenting that taking photos

14:28and so on. So it usually takes about

14:31well depending on the size. I expect

14:34this one we're planning on um next week

14:37would be on um child road. Um so I think

14:43it's about a

14:45I I don't recall right now what the size

14:47of it is but it should not be too

14:49complicated the famous last words but

14:52we'll see. Um, so if anybody's

14:55interested in joining us, so and if Carl

14:58um, and myself and Rebecca Hyde and I

15:02haven't heard from Jason yet if he's

15:04available, but if anybody else wants to

15:06join us, it would be more than welcome.

15:10Probably doing it in the morning, but

15:12that's not settled yet. It would be a

15:14Saturday morning.

15:16>> Jim, uh, was the Prospect Street

15:18property reviewed?

15:21>> Yes.

15:22that.

15:23>> Yes, that's right. And you're the you're

15:25the uh neighbor.

15:26>> I'm the abuter. Yeah.

15:28>> Yeah. Yeah.

15:29>> It's It's not much. I mean, it's

15:33>> Right.

15:34>> It's very small.

15:36>> It It is. Yeah. We didn't We didn't

15:38quite finish it because um

15:40[clears throat] we had a little injury

15:41in the process. So, there was Yeah,

15:44there was one um

15:46>> Sorry about that. one line of the

15:47boundary that we did not get to, but

15:50overall it, you know, things looked and

15:52I'm was waiting to get some feedback

15:54from

15:56um a couple of our participants before

15:58finalizing the report on it. Um once we

16:01do that, I can send that to everybody on

16:03on our commission. So

16:05>> I I know the ownership of uh the

16:09underlying property has changed since

16:11the easement was granted.

16:13>> Yeah. So, and a and a third house was

16:17built uh in that little subdivision that

16:19you can't see from the road.

16:21>> Yeah.

16:22>> But, [clears throat] uh I tend to look

16:24at activity from my side when when I'm

16:26hiking up there. You know, I just want

16:28to make sure nobody's

16:29>> doing any illegal dumping or, you know,

16:32>> right from a lot of yard waste over the

16:35stone wall because it's pretty much

16:37stone walls on the border.

16:39>> But the Eastman is still well marked.

16:41Um,

16:42>> yep.

16:42>> In fact, I made sure my trails fell on

16:45my my side when I blazed them.

16:47>> Yeah.

16:48>> So, I I think it's in pretty good shape.

16:51>> I It seemed to be the only thing we that

16:53we noted was that there somebody may

16:55have planted some tomatoes or a little

16:58garden on one part of it, but that's,

17:00you know, considering all the things

17:02that could be done, that's not too bad.

17:03So, that's

17:04>> I'm not even sure that that's a

17:05violation since it's uh

17:08>> Yeah.

17:08>> Whatever. Well, a lot of it's wet, so u

17:12Yeah, whatever. So, I would be

17:15interested in joining you for these

17:19types of things. I I have uh I can't do

17:23it on the 10th. I have an all day

17:24competition that day, but um

17:26>> Okay.

17:27>> Uh in the future, uh [clears throat] I

17:29would rather enjoy that.

17:31>> Okay, great. I'll uh I'll I got your

17:33email, so I'll keep you in the loop

17:36then.

17:36>> Thank you.

17:37>> Thanks, Jim.

17:40Okay. Anyone else have any questions for

17:43Jim?

17:44Thank you, Jim. Good job. Um,

17:48Jean, Pioneer Pathway update.

17:51>> I have nothing to report.

17:54>> Thank you, Crystal. Anything?

17:56Sustainable Connecticut update?

17:58>> Nope. I don't have anything to report.

18:02and

18:04PC

18:08I Natchog

18:10that's just that's just P Carl that's P

18:14just the PCD

18:19um Jean and and where do we where do we

18:23stand is that all done

18:26>> um it hasn't gone to public hearing yet

18:28>> okay so we're just waiting on that

18:31Right.

18:31>> Okay.

18:32>> I I believe planning and zoning has done

18:35reviewing it. Um I could be wrong. I

18:39haven't seen anything.

18:42>> Yeah, I was at um I was at the meeting

18:44last month and I think that was what

18:47they were waiting on.

18:50>> That's just by the way that's the town.

18:53>> Oh, okay.

18:56Um they were waiting to you know for the

18:59town for it to go before town.

19:03Um

19:05okay. Uh and uh more any any updates on

19:09the river project?

19:11>> Well, I think it's supposed to be the

19:13the Nachog is supposed to go

19:15>> Oh, there it is. Okay. Natural river

19:18project update.

19:19>> I don't know where the eye came from.

19:21>> There we go. Thank

19:23>> [laughter]

19:25>> Uh

19:26yeah. So um [clears throat]

19:30so for those who who don't know about

19:33the project, just really quickly, the

19:35Natur River um watershed project is a

19:39319 grant that's Connecticut deep um

19:42administers and it's coming from EPA the

19:46funding. Um and this was to establish a

19:49board an advisory board for the eight

19:51towns that are in the particular

19:53watershed. Woodstock is about um has a

19:57couple of wersheds and it's about a

19:58third or something like that of

20:00Woodstock is in the Nachog um wershed.

20:03So not all of it but um Woodstock is

20:06included and every town has a

20:08representative on the board and Pam

20:12um Manella

20:14>> Morgan now. Oh, Morgan. Pam Morgan um is

20:19the representative.

20:21Um and so we're working on um Nachug is

20:25an overall healthy watershed. Um it is

20:28the largest drinking water watershed in

20:30Connecticut. Um so working on education

20:34mostly at this point um to um try to

20:39keep it that way. and each of the eight

20:41towns has signed in uh memorandum of

20:43understanding or agreement to um work

20:47together. Um so it's it's a really great

20:50project and we have a lot of great

20:52stakeholders. We have Windom Waterworks

20:54folks in on it um because they certainly

20:58have a stake

21:00um because they have to all the water

21:02goes down to them. that they in turn

21:04supply it, clean it and supply it um to

21:07I think around 20,000 residents.

21:10Uh

21:12so we've been doing a lot of education

21:15and outreach as I said and just recently

21:19um we finished installing a riperian

21:22buffer in Willington and um working on

21:25installing a rain garden uh in Eastford.

21:29So it just worked out that way. Um it

21:32could be in any of the towns. So

21:34hopefully future funding, you know,

21:36something could happen in Woodstock. Um

21:39and there's some brochures that have

21:43been created for the municipal land use

21:46officials. Um so basically, uh planning

21:50and zoning are going to get the

21:52brochures. So there's two types of

21:54brochures. Um, and one of them is sort

21:58of a little bit of more education on all

22:01different topics that have to do with

22:03non-point source pollution and ways to

22:06minimize that that the town can take on.

22:08And so all the towns got a certain

22:11number of brochures and um so the mun uh

22:16planning and zoning and I believe I

22:18don't know if inland wetlands got those.

22:20I think it was mostly planning and

22:22zoning for those. Um, and so there's one

22:25that's geared towards the actual

22:28officials, um, mun municipal land use

22:31officials, things that they can be doing

22:34when they're looking at applications.

22:36Um, so suggestions, um, or just things

22:39that, you know, to be aware of and, um,

22:44the other one is for residents of the

22:46town. So, right now we have, you know,

22:49there's going to be online

22:52um

22:53I need to kind of figure out still how

22:56to get each of the towns. Um hopefully

22:58on our website, if we can get into our

23:00website, we can provide the online

23:03versions, the digital versions of those.

23:05Um there's also just recently a um

23:10it's sort of a little third of a page

23:12that we were going to try to get into

23:14some billing um for for taxes um but we

23:19sort of missed those deadlines. So we're

23:21just sort of having those be handed out

23:23at the town and so it's basically a

23:26toilet that is saying your toilet is

23:28calling to try to get um residents to

23:32think about their septic systems. So,

23:34it's kind of a cute little thing and

23:36it's um got some information on it um

23:40about how often you should pump your

23:42septic because um there can be issues

23:45with that getting into groundwater and

23:48um you know having problems with

23:51um the caulifform. So, we're just trying

23:53to educate folks a little bit more about

23:56that as well or the group is. And uh so

24:00I'm hopefully going to I don't know is

24:03there someone in charge of the website

24:05now that I can give this to or are we

24:08still

24:09>> Well, the web the website I don't know

24:11what to do. I can't nobody I can't

24:14>> page. Yeah.

24:16>> Yeah. I can't um renew

24:20the because nobody knows the username

24:23and password to to pay for the thing.

24:29>> You know what?

24:30>> Can't you change a password?

24:33>> I I I don't know where the fair

24:38um

24:52You're breaking up, Jean.

25:00>> Oh, she's missing.

25:04>> Yeah. So,

25:08so

25:09>> I don't know if she's moved out of town

25:10or what the story is.

25:11>> Yeah.

25:12>> Barefoot.

25:14Okay.

25:16Yeah. So the the trouble is without I

25:19don't know whose email if you if you hit

25:22forgot password

25:25I don't know what email is associated

25:27with you know where where they they you

25:31know GoDaddy

25:33sends the the link to renew your

25:35password.

25:37The problems I have it was godd

25:48we're losing you.

26:02>> We can't hear you.

26:05No.

26:07Well, I Yeah, maybe we just

26:11>> I have a username and password.

26:15>> You do.

26:15>> It's the um verification that I don't

26:19have. It's not my phone number that's in

26:21there. So, if they ask for,

26:25you know, they're going to send a text

26:27with a code to a phone number that's not

26:30mine, I can't get it.

26:33Oh,

26:34>> did I did you hear that?

26:36>> Yes.

26:36>> I will I will try to get in tomorrow and

26:39see what happens. Um or maybe right

26:42after this meeting and see if I can. But

26:44if if they send the code I I you know to

26:47Lori I don't I don't know where she is

26:50anymore.

26:51>> Yeah,

26:55>> maybe somebody can reach out to her at

26:58her last

26:58>> We don't know where she is.

26:59>> Her LA But we don't we have an email for

27:01her. Maybe she still has the same email.

27:05>> I mean, might be worth

27:08>> No, I'll give it a try.

27:10>> Okay, Jean. Thanks.

27:12>> Anyway, so that's kind of the idea of

27:15we're trying to

27:16>> have this information available to the

27:18public.

27:20>> Mora, is it up on the Naturally Natog

27:24Facebook page?

27:27Uh, not on the Facebook because they're

27:30they're actually flyers, but I I

27:35probably, if they're not already, we'll

27:37put them on the the our website, the

27:40ECCD website.

27:42>> Okay. Okay.

27:42>> Under the Natch project

27:46>> because if it's something I could share

27:49um with the Woodstock Conservation

27:52Commission Facebook page

27:55um I I could do it that way and I can

27:58share it through town.

28:01>> Okay.

28:05>> I'll see what I can uh send you.

28:09I know somebody's updating the Naturally

28:11Natural website, Facebook page because I

28:13see things posted every now and again.

28:15>> Well, yeah, we are the people involved.

28:17>> Yeah.

28:18>> ECCD. Yes, we are using it.

28:22>> I'm glad.

28:23>> Yeah.

28:26>> Okay. Anyone have any questions for

28:28Moraura?

28:32Uh, okay. anyone go to any meetings or

28:36workshops last month or are aware of

28:38anything coming up uh

28:41next month or this uh fall?

28:44>> Did I see that Khakiwick has announced

28:48their work their November thing?

28:52>> Yeah, they do.

28:57Yeah, let's see.

29:00Uh

29:02I think I think we we should have said

29:06something about that prior meeting.

29:09>> We didn't meet last month. The last time

29:11we met was in July.

29:14>> Yeah, I'm looking. Oh, here it is. The

29:17No, it's I don't think I got anything

29:19from Khaki Wick.

29:22>> I'll look it up quick.

29:24>> I've

29:24>> October 28th.

29:28October 28th.

29:29>> Oh, no. I'm sorry. November 14th. I'm

29:31looking at a different thing. They had

29:33on the same page. November 14th. Again,

29:35at the Cromwell Courtyard by Marriott

29:37Cromwell.

29:41>> For the new people,

29:42>> Khakiwick stands for Connecticut

29:45Association Inland Wetlands and

29:47Conservation.

29:49Um it's a nonprofit organization

29:53and every year they have um this big

29:59workshop day and it's well worth going

30:02especially to the new people um on the

30:05commission if they can make it. uh the

30:08cost will be covered by our budget and

30:12you learn a lot and you get a lot of

30:15inspiration by what other people are

30:18doing as well.

30:21>> Yeah, there's a lot of um a lot of

30:24networking, a lot of boot booths where

30:28you could see you know things that are

30:30going on through the state.

30:32>> When is it?

30:34>> November 14th. Okay. Saturday.

30:39>> Uh I mean if I'm I've been to three or

30:42four of them. It's they have good food

30:46for lunch.

30:48Um and there's three

30:51there there's it's not just one session

30:56each hour. There's three there's like

30:59three pathways at the same time. So you

31:02can kind of max and mix and match the

31:05topics that you're interested on in

31:07there. There's scientific things,

31:10there's legal

31:12legal pathways, and there's

31:16um like uh boards and commission type

31:19pathways. it it but it really is good

31:23you know if you're interested in the

31:25science of conservation climate change

31:29you know vernal pools and you know

31:32invasive species it it really is a good

31:36learning experience

31:37>> can you repeat the name uh and where it

31:40is

31:42>> Connecticut Association Conservation

31:44Inland Wetland Commissions is kacuick

31:48it's c a c i wc C is it acronym

31:54>> and where did you say the conference was

31:58this year? Was it commell and you can go

32:01to khakiwick.org and it gives you all

32:04the information.

32:06Um, I'm curious about how we do this

32:10with if I we usually only have a few

32:13people that go, but if we have more

32:15people, I don't know if there's a limit

32:17and then like

32:18>> there is no limit

32:20>> because we pay a membership, right?

32:23>> No, no, the I think we stopped. We

32:25didn't pay the the the town paid through

32:29us.

32:31So, it was on our budget.

32:32>> We paid the membership. Yeah, there's a

32:35year membership.

32:36>> We have a joint membership with

32:38Wetlands. So, we the cost with Wetlands,

32:41but we don't get the bill until they

32:44fill us for our half.

32:47No, I thought the town I thought the

32:50town was paying it and they were routing

32:53it through us for their budget

32:56and then last year

32:57>> that was ECCD

33:00that anymore for Kywick if we're members

33:03with the wetlands commission we

33:05typically get build annually and we

33:08split the cost.

33:10>> Okay.

33:10>> I don't know if we paid that and Grace

33:13isn't here to ask that. Yeah, I don't

33:15think Grace I don't recall Grace paying

33:18it last year, but anyway, there is no

33:21limit. As many members who want to go,

33:24you know, if need be, we can take it

33:26from our uh savings account, but it

33:29really is, you know, as many people who

33:31want to go, it's it it definitely is

33:33well worth it.

33:34>> Can Can somebody put all those words and

33:38the acronym in the chat? I couldn't

33:40possibly have written all that out.

33:43I'll find a link and I'll I'll send you

33:45the info, Jeremy. I'll send it I'll send

33:48the info to me, too.

33:50>> Yeah, I'll send it to everybody.

33:51>> Yeah, in fact, I'm gonna try to go that

33:54just I I just haven't looked that far

33:56out in my immediate calendar, but that

33:58would be And Jeremy, if you're

34:01interested in going, that'd be kind of

34:02neat for the two of us. maybe some

34:04others. But, you know, that'd be a good

34:07way to, you know, just kind of get to

34:10know each other and and work cra,

34:15>> you know what I mean?

34:16>> Yeah.

34:17>> Collaboratively.

34:18>> I I get it. I I went to school down

34:21there, so I don't I don't mind

34:22returning.

34:24>> I guess the question I still have is

34:27there's a certain way you got to sign up

34:29because there's a

34:31there's a way to sign up. And are we

34:33signing up? How? Like do we get build?

34:36Do we

34:36>> Hey, so you as an individual, you go to

34:39the website, sign up, pay for it, and

34:44then give us the invoice, and we'll

34:47reimburse you.

34:48>> Well, how how much can it possibly be

34:50for a day?

34:51>> It's like 50 50 bucks, maybe.

34:55>> Oh, I'd be I'd be happy to pay for it.

34:57>> And you get food?

34:59>> Good.

35:00>> Oh, no. I mean, we have money in our our

35:02budget. You shouldn't pay for it because

35:04we all get reimbursed.

35:06>> My wife and I went out to lunch in Old

35:08Weathersfield and had salads the other

35:10day and that cost 50 bucks. I mean, you

35:12know, I may as well get lunch for it.

35:15[laughter]

35:17>> Then you're going to be thinking you're

35:18getting a really good deal on this.

35:21[laughter]

35:23>> I'm I'm just looking at the form.

35:26I guess this is a It says membership

35:28application and renewal form.

35:34>> No, you're you have to go to

35:36>> Oh, I'm on the wrong

35:39>> to find

35:43>> Yeah, it is. It is a little bit

35:45confusing.

35:47>> Well, that's why Okay,

35:48>> I'm looking at it, too. Yeah, it's like

35:51they tell you how to do the

35:55membership application and renewal, but

35:58that's not what we want, right?

36:00>> Well, anyway, we'll figure it out.

36:02>> I don't see an agenda yet for it needed.

36:07>> So, um, moving on.

36:10>> I'm on their website. I I don't think I

36:12see them have 2026 up yet.

36:17>> Yeah, you're okay. It just says our

36:20annual meeting will be held.

36:22>> Yeah, they do. I mean, I Where do you

36:24think I got the information? Reading it

36:25off the website,

36:27>> but they don't have an agenda, I don't

36:29think.

36:29>> No, it's it's here.

36:31>> khakiwick.org.

36:36>> Um,

36:39or keynote speaker. They have Oh, no.

36:43Okay.

36:44watch this site for the information of

36:47our 2026 conference. So they they

36:49haven't up they haven't posted it yet.

36:54So it has not the agenda has not been

36:56posted.

36:57>> Yeah.

36:58>> Right. But has the sign up because I

36:59don't

37:00>> the signup has not been posted.

37:01>> Okay. So that's the problem. Okay.

37:03>> Yeah. So I assume that's about what 9 to

37:064 or do you kind of have a ballpark for

37:09what the hours are?

37:10>> Yeah. Yeah. It's like 9 to 3 3:30.

37:14>> Okay.

37:18>> So anyway, once that's So that's why I

37:21haven't reported it because I haven't

37:23they haven't sent it to me yet because

37:25they don't have it yet. So as soon as I

37:27get it, I'll disperse it to all the

37:29members and just mark your calendar for

37:32Saturday, November 14th.

37:34>> So um I'm looking at the website now. It

37:37does talk about memberships. Do you have

37:39to be a member in order to attend the

37:41conference?

37:41>> No, not at all. But you'll check member

37:44because Woodstock is a member.

37:46>> You get a little bit of a discount.

37:48>> All right. Thank you.

37:51>> Um Okay. Any other meetings that

37:53anyone's aware of?

37:57>> If not, um

38:00move on to new business.

38:04And

38:07Carl, you have

38:11you have something about pollinator

38:14pathway on the agenda. Carl,

38:24>> hang on. Yeah. And uh yes, Crystal, I

38:28believe, asked me to add that on uh

38:31shortly after the last meeting, so I put

38:34that on there.

38:35>> Okay. Crystal, what's what's new

38:37business pollinator pathway finance

38:39committee questions?

38:43>> I don't remember.

38:46I don't usually do the pollinator

38:47pathway. Usually that's Jean.

38:50>> Yeah.

38:52I had no questions for the finance

38:55committee. I don't know what this is

38:57referring to.

38:58>> Um

38:59>> I wasn't at the July meeting. We didn't

39:02have an August meeting. So um

39:06clueless.

39:09>> Okay.

39:09>> Just look I'm just looking in my sent

39:11mailbox to see if I've sent anything

39:15to Carl about that, but I don't I don't

39:18recall it. look for what you had sent to

39:21me and you you there I'm I'm I'll have

39:24to look to I'm

39:29>> Yeah, I don't see anything.

39:34>> Well, I mean, we can move on. If if it

39:36if it isn't anything you immediately

39:38have, I'll we'll just delete it from the

39:42uh business. But, you know, it's not

39:44something that's top of mind.

39:48>> I'm looking at four emails I've sent

39:50you, but none of them are about

39:51pollinator pathway.

39:53>> Might not have been pol.

39:58Okay.

40:00>> Okay. We could bring it up next month if

40:03it's important. Anyone else have any new

40:05business?

40:08If not, um, move on to open discussion.

40:12Crystal, anything to add?

40:14>> Nope.

40:16>> Carl?

40:20>> Uh, crap.

40:26>> I had a thought about um the egg

40:29committee.

40:30I kind of like uh Carl's idea of roing

40:34rotating our people in and out, but

40:37wouldn't we have to check with the ad

40:39commission to make sure that works for

40:42them or that it fits their bylaws or

40:44whatever?

40:46>> I don't think we're there as a member.

40:48If we're a member of the public, they're

40:49open.

40:51>> Oh, I see. As a member of the public,

40:54>> right?

40:54>> Um yeah, that makes sense. Okay. It's

40:57not a bad idea.

40:59>> Okay. So, if anyone's interested, email

41:03me your interest and, you know, then

41:06>> we could, you know, I I'll see who's

41:09interested and you could set up a

41:11rotating schedule.

41:14Um,

41:17okay. So, Jeremy, anything else you have

41:20to add for open discussion?

41:24>> Glad to be here. Thank you. Jean,

41:26anything? Open discussion.

41:28>> Don't fall off your chair. But no.

41:31>> Whoa.

41:33That saves us a half an hour. Okay.

41:35[laughter]

41:36Oh,

41:38>> Ann, anything?

41:39>> No, I'm good.

41:41>> Jim,

41:42>> nope.

41:43>> Mora?

41:44>> Nope.

41:45>> Wow.

41:47Um, hey, I just want to say thank you to

41:50our new members. Yeah,

41:53>> we were uh

41:54>> getting worried there for a bit.

41:58>> I do have a quick quick question. The

42:01the name Rebecca Hyde.

42:03>> Yeah.

42:04>> Is she a member [clears throat] that

42:06just hadn't been around or she's just

42:08somebody that's involved in a lot of

42:10things that because I I just want to

42:12make sure she's not one of the members

42:14so that I'm not going, you Yeah, she's

42:16she's not on our committee,

42:18>> but she is, you know, she's on multip,

42:22you know, other committees where she's

42:24been to our meetings and

42:26um, you know, has worked with us and is

42:29working with us

42:30>> and on egg. She's on the egg committee.

42:33>> Yeah, true. Yeah.

42:34>> Commission, whatever you call it.

42:38>> Um,

42:40okay. Um, anything else for the good of

42:42the order? And if not, um, is there a

42:45motion to adjurnn?

42:48>> No, I have a quick one.

42:49>> Sorry, hang on.

42:51>> Sorry for the alibi. Uh last a couple

42:55weeks ago, I was trying to collect uh

42:57telephone numbers in addition to

43:00voicemails and potentially, you know, if

43:02you were willing to to provide more than

43:05that, uh I will send that note out to

43:08you, each of you, individually or or I

43:11guess maybe collectively, and you can

43:13send me back. And if you don't want it

43:15disclosed because you live on 210 West

43:18Quasa Road, Oh, wait a minute. I

43:20disclosed it. uh you don't want people

43:23to know where you are uh you know just

43:26let me know and I I'll keep it discreet

43:28but I am it it just helps me to kind of

43:30know where people are and like I said a

43:33couple well I guess it was last a month

43:35ago or so when I was um there at the

43:39treehouse brewery figuring out h

43:43don't have anybody's telephone number

43:45and I'm I'm all screwed up so um so I

43:49collected some and anyhow Now, for those

43:51of you who are willing to to share, it

43:53would be good just to have it and then I

43:55put up my telephone number and so I know

43:57who not to answer. No, just kidding.

43:59But, uh, anyhow, it's it's it's helpful

44:02and and you know, if anybody

44:05that way, we've at least got one person

44:08that says, "Hey, I I know where Jeremy,

44:10you know, lives that, you know, I can

44:12help you contact them or whatever the

44:14case may be." All right, that's all I

44:16have.

44:17>> Good idea.

44:18>> Thank you, Carl. Uh, okay. Now,

44:23is there a motion to adjurnn?

44:25>> Motion to adjurnn.

44:27>> Seconded. [clears throat]

44:28Crystal Adams.

44:30>> Oh, we got three. Got a threesome. Okay.

44:33Um, thank you everybody. That was a

44:35great meeting and um

44:38I'll get out the information on khaki

44:40wink khaki wick once I receive it. But,

44:44you know, again, great. It's a great

44:46meeting and we'll pay for it. And there

44:48is food if I didn't mention that

44:50already. So everybody have a good month.

44:52>> Right. Thanks [laughter] Lee. Thanks

44:53team.

44:54>> Take care.

44:55>> Thanks. Bye.

44:56>> Thank you.