2026-10-26 - Conservation Commission

00:00Meeting's [clears throat]

00:01called to order

00:03at 7:00 p.m.

00:05Uh

00:07Everybody here who's here, state your

00:10name. Lee Westler's here.

00:12>> Crystal Adams is here.

00:14>> Jean Tello.

00:17>> Carl Cecil.

00:19>> And Ann Amberg's here, but muted.

00:22Um

00:24She doesn't know how to unmute.

00:27>> Hit the Hit the microphone.

00:30>> Um

00:32>> Technology.

00:33>> Okay, there's no alternates to seats.

00:36Um so, next is

00:40uh

00:40Anyone

00:42want to make motion to approve our

00:44minutes from the last meeting?

00:46>> Here's Jim.

00:48>> Oh, Jim's here.

00:51>> Yes, I am.

00:53>> [clears throat]

00:53>> Welcome.

00:55So, we're

00:56We're asking for an approval a motion to

00:59approve the minutes from the um

01:01>> Can you hear me now?

01:02>> meeting. Yes, we hear you now.

01:04>> All right, so I approve whatever.

01:06>> Okay, we have a motion to approve. Is

01:08there a second?

01:09>> I'll second it.

01:10>> Okay, any further discussion?

01:14Hearing none, all in favor, say aye.

01:17>> Aye.

01:18>> Anyone opposed?

01:20Anyone abstaining?

01:23No, there's no public here to

01:25participate. Oh,

01:27uh Jason's here. Welcome, Jason.

01:31Um so, next on the agenda is the

01:33treasurer's report, Ann.

01:36>> Okay, there's a a couple things

01:39for today.

01:41We had to pay Well, actually,

01:42[clears throat] I want to start with

01:43this. Um we have $754

01:49in our general fund and the extra fund

01:53>> [clears throat]

01:53>> as of

01:54June 2026,

01:57we have $2,193.20.

02:02>> As of this month as of this month also,

02:05right?

02:05>> Yes, as of now. Yes.

02:09Um we had to pay $60 last week for um

02:14Connecticut Association of Conservation.

02:17Um it's supposed to be Connecticut

02:18Association of Conservation and Inland

02:20Wetland Commission, but we're not at

02:22Inland Wetland. So, we split it with the

02:24Inland Wetland people and it was $60 and

02:27it's a dues for 1 year.

02:29>> Yeah, that's our Kakiwit dues to make us

02:32a

02:32>> Yeah, it's a Kakiwit membership,

02:34correct.

02:35>> So, we paid $60 for 1 year and they paid

02:38$60?

02:39>> And then the Inland Wetland Commission

02:41paid the other 60 cuz it's $120

02:43altogether.

02:44>> Oh, the rates went up, okay.

02:47>> Um

02:50Yeah, it's 60 bucks, you know, we can

02:51get over that.

02:53So, anyway, so that was paid cuz I

02:55okayed it.

02:57Then

02:58>> [clears throat]

02:59>> so the

03:01Isn't it the Kakiwit thing that we're

03:03going to, Lee?

03:04>> Yes.

03:04>> Yep.

03:05>> So,

03:07um

03:08if you're going

03:10and you want to be reimbursed for the

03:12amount of money

03:13there's um there's a purchase

03:16requisition paperwork that you got you

03:18can fill out.

03:19>> [clears throat]

03:20>> And um I think it's already online. I

03:22think that um Town Hall sent it online.

03:26Um

03:27and if not, I can send it to you

03:30or I can send it to you in the mail

03:32and you fill it out and I can just

03:33already I have to sign it just approve

03:35it and then you can bring it back to

03:36Town Hall, bring it back to me or you

03:39can email it to the Town Hall.

03:41>> Hey Ann,

03:42>> Yeah.

03:43>> uh yeah, if you if you could one or two

03:46things if you could let us know where it

03:48might be online and you know, cuz the

03:51thing I find with the internet, it's

03:52great, but finding things on the

03:54internet is not great. Um so, either

03:58email us, which I I like that idea, or

04:01send us the link to where I'd find it

04:03cuz

04:04I I

04:05as a rookie I did find the agenda a

04:08couple days. I guess it was actually

04:10yesterday and I'm I'm thrilled to have

04:12found the agenda

04:14uh how how to do that but

04:16>> is the purchase requisition has to be

04:18signed by me.

04:19>> Yeah.

04:20>> complete authority.

04:21>> No, I got it but send us the uh the

04:25either the form or the link for the form

04:27and then we can send it back to you or

04:30drop it off at the at the town hall.

04:33>> Lee, do you have everybody's email?

04:37>> I do.

04:37>> Yeah, Carl does.

04:40I think he he said

04:41>> you give me the email so I can send out

04:43all these a picture of all these

04:45requisitions to you guys?

04:48Carl

04:48>> Let's find out who's going.

04:50>> All right, yeah, who's going?

04:51>> We can send the requisition.

04:53>> I may go but I'm not sure yet.

04:55>> Okay.

04:57>> I I have signed up. I'm already signed

05:00up and I've you know, so I'm all

05:03at least I think I've signed up. I've

05:04sent my

05:06I I'm old-fashioned I sent a a real

05:09check and I sent a real hard copy, you

05:12know.

05:13>> Did Jeremy say he's going? Does anybody

05:15know is he He's not here today, right?

05:17>> He's not online right now, no.

05:20>> Cuz there was a rumor he was going to

05:21go.

05:22>> Yep.

05:24Well, we'll you know, he'll let us know.

05:26>> All right, so it's just you and me and

05:27Carl at this point.

05:30>> Well, we haven't gotten to the agenda

05:32yet but yeah.

05:34>> All right.

05:35All right, [clears throat] Carl, I'll

05:36get you that paperwork. Um

05:39or I can just send it to by slow mail if

05:41you want.

05:42>> No, sending email's fine but I I I won't

05:44get home till tomorrow evening.

05:47>> Oh, you're Oh, that's right, you're

05:48gone. Um all right, so those are the

05:49only three things that I have

05:52at this juncture and there was no mail.

05:54>> And any questions for the treasurer?

05:59Uh chairman's report I have nothing new

06:03to

06:04talk about.

06:06I haven't gotten any communications and

06:09hasn't gotten anything at the town hall.

06:12Anyone else have any communications?

06:15Probably not. Basically moving on. Um

06:18sorry, Crystal.

06:19>> Um I just have a reminder about the

06:22November 17th FOI workshop. That is at

06:267:00 p.m. at the town hall with the

06:28Freedom of Information um Director of

06:31Education.

06:32>> Thank you, Crystal.

06:33>> Well, hey Crystal, what was that called

06:35again?

06:37>> Freedom of Information workshop.

06:39>> Okay, thank you.

06:41>> You're welcome.

06:43>> Okay, so moving on to old business.

06:45Jean, anything to

06:48report from DRC?

06:50>> There was no activity from the DRC that

06:54I was

06:56made aware of that there was any

06:59>> Okay.

07:01Uh Crystal, anything new on Open Space?

07:04>> Um Open Space did not meet this month.

07:07>> Okay.

07:08PNZ minutes had nothing germane for our

07:12committee.

07:13>> Uh what about the uh

07:16public hearing about the PCD?

07:20>> I didn't see

07:22I didn't see minutes for that.

07:25When when was that?

07:28Uh were you were you there?

07:30>> I I actually planned to be here but

07:33forgot about it. Went to a different

07:34meeting instead.

07:36Um

07:38October 15th. No.

07:44But

07:45>> I I looked at the

07:46When was it? I I looked at I must have I

07:49looked at the October meetings. I looked

07:51October 1st and October 16th. I didn't

07:54look at I didn't see the uh

07:57>> I think it was supposed to be the 15th

07:59and I forgot to put it on my agenda on

08:01my calendar. So, it just like went went

08:04right over my head.

08:06Um

08:07So, they did have at least the open the

08:09public hearing on the POC date. I was

08:11just

08:12I'll have to look for minutes.

08:14>> Okay.

08:16Um okay, I just want to get it out.

08:20>> Hey Jane, what would you like me to

08:22record in terms of our follow up for POC

08:25date for the minutes?

08:27>> Um just that uh

08:29the public hearing

08:31opened on the 15th, but um

08:34we have no information on how it went.

08:37>> Yeah, I think I I think I saw

08:40the October meeting that Amy

08:45Monahan

08:47talked about something on November 19th.

08:50So, there I think something may be

08:54uh

08:55Give me Give me a minute.

08:57>> Yeah, I think it's been continued.

08:59>> Yeah.

08:59>> Yeah, it's probably continued. Okay,

09:01that makes sense.

09:02>> Okay, so it's been

09:03>> I'll put that in my calendar right here,

09:05you know.

09:05>> Okay.

09:08Um

09:10Okay, is

09:12is anyone

09:13I ask this every month. Anyone uh hear

09:16from the Ag Commission? Or is Is anyone

09:19Has anyone uh come forward to represent

09:21us on the Ag Commission?

09:26Or

09:27is interested in representing us in the

09:29>> I think last month I suggested that we

09:32do a round robin, but I don't know if we

09:34acted upon that.

09:36>> Well, it can't be a complete round robin

09:38cuz it's during the day. So, it has

09:40>> Well, then, you know, if two or three

09:42that that

09:44may not be working during the day.

09:46>> Well, um

09:48Does anyone have the time to go to the

09:52Ag Commission

09:55on a rotating basis? Maybe, you know,

09:59twice a year.

10:00>> Yeah, I'll go.

10:00>> I

10:01>> I'll go.

10:01>> Yeah, I'll do it two or three times a

10:03year.

10:04>> Okay.

10:05>> I could do that, too.

10:06>> Okay.

10:06>> When was it supposed to be?

10:09On Mondays Mondays at 1:00, right?

10:11>> Yes. I I don't know off the top of my

10:14head if it's the third Monday or the

10:16first Monday. I'd have to look on the

10:18website.

10:19>> Okay, so if if I wrote down Carl, Jim,

10:22and Ann,

10:24is there anyone else?

10:26>> I baby-sit on Mondays.

10:29>> I work on Mondays.

10:31>> Same.

10:33>> Okay, so for right now, so

10:36um Carl, Jim, and Ann. Okay, Carl, uh I

10:39think I can speak for him.

10:42Why don't the three of us figure out

10:44which which ones we're going to take so

10:46that we don't miss all of them and that

10:49way we also don't necessarily

10:50double-team. So, the three of us offline

10:53later on

10:54we'll figure out what the rotation is so

10:57that we can make sure we got coverage on

10:59a monthly basis.

11:00>> Yeah, first we have to find out what day

11:02it's on.

11:02>> If you give me 1 minute, I'm on the

11:04website and I am looking for that

11:07information.

11:08>> You go, girl.

11:09>> I I recommend that you all get your name

11:13on the um

11:15agenda, you know, the

11:17distribution list.

11:20And because uh

11:22you have to know when it is and then you

11:24can discuss who's going to cover what

11:26day.

11:26>> Yeah, that's a good idea, Jean.

11:29You've You've been on a couple

11:30committees, right, Jean? I'm

11:32>> Oh, yeah.

11:33>> Just a couple?

11:34>> Just a couple.

11:36>> Yeah, yep.

11:39>> No, I like the idea of us all getting

11:41the agenda and then the three of us can

11:43kind of figure out um

11:45uh

11:46you know, Jim may know more about corn

11:49and I know more about weed and Ann knows

11:52more about cows, what whatever the case

11:54may be.

11:55>> Okay, so it is usually the third Monday

11:58of each month.

12:01>> Okay.

12:02>> Okay, thank you, Crystal. Thank you,

12:04Carl.

12:05>> So, in November, it's going to be

12:09the 23rd.

12:11>> Oh, wow. That's close.

12:15Okay. Is that the week of Thanksgiving?

12:17I can't remember.

12:18Okay. All right.

12:20>> Okay.

12:21>> And it's it's over at the it's over at

12:23town hall, right? At 1:00 p.m.

12:26>> Yeah, so again, that's where that word

12:28usually comes in like double-check

12:32like sign up for their agendas and

12:35minutes and so you can double-check

12:36because being that it is in a holiday

12:39week, they may have decided to change

12:42it.

12:43>> Yeah. Okay.

12:45>> Thank you. Good idea.

12:46>> Hey, thanks everybody.

12:49Jim, anything up today with the

12:50stewardship?

12:51>> Uh just we had scheduled a site visit up

12:56on Child's Road for I was last month,

12:58but we had to last minute we had to

13:00postpone it for a few different reasons,

13:02but hope to get to it this month.

13:05>> Thanks.

13:06Oh, and just

13:07let the record show Mora Roby has joined

13:10us.

13:12>> Yeah, I got her. Thank you.

13:14>> Uh okay.

13:17Jean Pollinator Pathway.

13:19>> Uh there's been no activity, but I would

13:21like to request to

13:24I'm going to go to a workshop.

13:28It's a related subject. Um

13:34It's going to be

13:36in um

13:38at at

13:39Pine College. It's the SALT conference.

13:41It's living

13:43on the edge designing for the transition

13:45from landscape to forest.

13:48So, um

13:51I've already paid for it. It's a $75

13:55admission to go. And you guys could

13:57decide if I can be reimbursed for all or

14:00some of that.

14:02>> Oh, yeah. You definitely can be

14:03reimbursed.

14:04>> How do I get you the

14:06I just want to make sure we have enough

14:07money for it.

14:08>> Yeah, we do.

14:09>> We have 800 bucks.

14:11>> Um

14:11>> We have website and other stuff for

14:13other fees, right?

14:15>> Well, the website uh we don't know yet.

14:18But

14:20Um

14:22>> So, how do I get you the paperwork? Or

14:24do you have the paperwork?

14:25>> Um why don't you just

14:29attach it and send it to me an email?

14:32>> Okay.

14:32>> have my email in your system cuz you and

14:34I have corresponded.

14:35>> Yeah, I think I do, probably.

14:37>> And then uh

14:39I'll fill it out and send it back.

14:42>> Okay, perfect.

14:44>> Thank you.

14:44>> Thanks, Jean.

14:47Crystal, anything Sustainable

14:48Connecticut?

14:49>> Nope.

14:50>> [clears throat]

14:51>> Jean, anything POCD?

14:54>> Again, they they opened the public

14:56hearing um on the 15th, I think, and I

15:00did not attend. And I haven't read the

15:02minutes.

15:04>> Okay. And

15:07Okay, the Morey the I-Natchaug River

15:10Project update.

15:12>> I mean, it's not I-Natchaug.

15:15>> [laughter]

15:16>> It's an acc- That's that's an accident.

15:18It's just the Natchaug.

15:20>> Okay.

15:21>> You can take the I out. Um

15:23yeah, so good news is uh I applied for

15:28funding

15:29um for the next 2 years, and we got the

15:33award.

15:34>> Woohoo!

15:36>> Yeah.

15:37>> To continue

15:39um

15:40you know, the whole outreach and

15:42education and

15:44having the Natchaug Advisory Board and

15:46the We're actually going to have six

15:48work groups now. We're We're adding

15:50agriculture because we didn't have that.

15:53Um that's an important piece.

15:56Um

15:57and then

15:58um

15:59it's not as much as I applied for, so

16:02they gave us partial funding cuz I was I

16:05was trying to do more things.

16:07>> [laughter]

16:08>> So, we're not going to be able to do as

16:10much

16:11um

16:12but I'm still waiting to hear back on

16:14another uh grant award that I kind of

16:16applied for the same thing, just in

16:18case. So,

16:19um yeah, that's good news. Um and then

16:24uh

16:24another thing that Jean will be happy

16:26about is Connecticut deep is finally

16:30moving on um finishing um their portion

16:34of the Natchaug Watershed Based Plan

16:36because the plan was never approved by

16:40EPA cuz it needs to be a nine-element

16:42plan and it has to have certain um

16:45things in there and one of the things is

16:47um talking about

16:50if not specific locations, but at least

16:53generally um where some of the

16:57um best management practices to protect

17:00um water quality can can go.

17:03So, that when we um try to do projects,

17:07we are taking things that are listed in

17:10the uh Natchaug Watershed Based Plan.

17:12So, Connecticut deep um

17:16had that part of

17:19making it a nine-element plan. Jean

17:22wrote the plan, but um

17:25the nine uh so, anyway, um

17:27long-winded, sorry.

17:29Um

17:30so, they're in the process of doing that

17:34and they have asked

17:37um the Natchaug Advisory Board folks to

17:40help out with that. So, I'm going to be

17:43meeting with Pam Minella to try to look

17:45at some sites that they put as sort of

17:49some recommendations.

17:51Um so, as you might remember, not all of

17:54Woodstock is in the Natchaug Watershed,

17:57so it's about you know, a third of

17:59Woodstock. So, we'll just be looking at

18:02some sites to try to give them some

18:04feedback.

18:05Um this isn't mandatory, but I think it

18:08will help to help them out because I

18:10know that they're

18:11probably short-handed. Um

18:13so, maybe by next year we will have the

18:15fully approved plan, which is

18:18a lot better for when we're applying for

18:21grants.

18:22>> Laura,

18:24do you have a sense of where those three

18:26sites are?

18:29>> Oh, it's not three. It's just Did I say

18:32three?

18:32>> I I thought you said three sites, but I

18:35>> I said a few, but

18:37>> Okay. Yeah.

18:37>> I may maybe I said three, I don't know.

18:39But it's actually um

18:41they And this isn't like this is

18:45what deep uh did a desktop analysis,

18:48right? So, that's why they're hoping

18:51that we can do some boots on the ground.

18:54Um one of them is Crystal Pond Park.

18:57And then

18:58>> Perfect.

18:58>> Yeah.

19:00Well, you know, you you have to look for

19:02what opportunities are there. I know

19:04that um

19:07somebody on this commission, I forget

19:08his name.

19:11He did a um sort of a riparian type

19:14buffer.

19:15Um and so we have to see what

19:18opportunities might be there. Probably

19:20maybe rain garden.

19:22Um rain gardens or something like that.

19:25Um

19:25And then, you know, there'll be some

19:27agricultural potentials um without

19:31naming names, I guess.

19:33Um

19:35So, um yeah. So, the other I'm trying to

19:39remember what the other one was. I'm

19:41sorry. I can't remember off the top of

19:43my head.

19:45I mean, if you feel like you know of any

19:48locations and you understand where the

19:51Nachaug watershed is in the town, like

19:53I'm certainly open to getting input from

19:56this group as well. I just didn't figure

19:58that people would necessarily

20:00um you know, know

20:03you It's kind of like um

20:06you're really looking for areas where

20:08there's a potential where it's um

20:10could be causing problems.

20:12Um in nearby water. Um so, stormwater

20:15runoff. So, erosion issues, maybe

20:18there's landscaping issues that could be

20:20affecting nearby water.

20:22So, things like that.

20:27>> And that's great. Hey Mora, I do have

20:29one other question. So, how much was the

20:31funding that was approved for the

20:33minutes or do we want to record that?

20:36>> Uh 150,000.

20:38>> Oh, wow. That's a pretty big number.

20:41>> Yeah, I applied for 270.

20:4470.

20:44>> Okay.

20:45>> But that was to do a lot more. So, um

20:49and even 150 to run this work group and

20:52do the things sort of like the minimal

20:54things to keep it going, that may barely

20:57be enough.

20:58It's a lot It takes a lot of staff time

21:01to run a watershed group.

21:06>> Okay, thank you.

21:07>> Yep.

21:08>> [clears throat]

21:08>> Any other questions for Mora?

21:10>> Will there be any more water quality

21:12monitoring um as part of this for either

21:16through partnership with TLGV or with

21:19DEEP?

21:21>> That was one of the things that I wrote

21:24into the grant that they didn't want to

21:27fund um for uh ECCD staff to oversee.

21:32Um actually, you know, cuz the RBV um

21:36rapid um bio assessment um sorry, am I

21:39saying that right? Rapid

21:42uh in

21:44macro invertebrate assessment. Um that

21:48was going to be one of them and we were

21:50actually going to work with the um the

21:53Last Green Valley cuz they oversee doing

21:55that. So, we can still do that. It's

21:58just the staff isn't going to be as

22:00involved. It's going to be volunteers.

22:01And we already have a volunteer who has

22:03done that and has gone to the all the

22:05training.

22:06So, I feel good about that that at least

22:08that will continue. I wanted to add the

22:11um

22:12E-stem

22:13um which Dean you might know more about

22:16exactly what they

22:17>> They're data loggers.

22:19>> Yeah, temperature data loggers. But

22:21that's um you know, because I put in for

22:24like getting all new equipment

22:25everything like that. So, um that could

22:28still be something that is done because

22:30it's done through Connecticut DEEP.

22:32>> And you can borrow the equipment if you

22:34can't acquire if you don't get the money

22:36to buy it, you can borrow it from DEEP.

22:39>> Right, right. So, but it's just as far

22:42as

22:43um

22:44ECCD staff being able to put any time,

22:47you know, it's just going to have to

22:48rely on volunteers. So, yeah.

22:50>> Well, I think

22:51Emma could probably help you with that

22:53from Last River Valley.

22:56>> Yeah, I know. She did help me. Uh I

22:58talked to her quite a bit when I wrote

23:00the grant. But, Jean, what I'm saying is

23:02they did not fund my time. So, I can't

23:04All my time is going to be going towards

23:06these other tasks.

23:08That's what I'm trying to say.

23:10>> Hey Maura, quick question. So, water

23:12quality monitoring um

23:16what sort of testing are you doing? Cuz

23:18for instance, I do that sort of thing on

23:21Quasset Lake. I'm I'm on our water

23:24quality board. So, I'm just curious as

23:25to what sort of things you're testing

23:27for.

23:29>> Well, Jean probably could tell you more

23:31about the V-stem, but um the um

23:35macroinvertebrate is more in streams.

23:38You have to have It's like a riffle

23:39bioassessment

23:41um to look for particular bugs that um

23:45live in the stream and if it'll tell you

23:48the quality of the stream based on what

23:50you find.

23:51Uh I don't know, Jean, if you want to

23:53explain the V-stem.

23:55>> Well, the riffle bioassessment is a

23:58indicator of healthy streams. If you

24:01find

24:02bugs that are

24:04pollution sensitive and you find

24:08um types in a sample that then you can

24:11assume They did a whole bunch of science

24:13on this. If you find four of these types

24:16of bugs or more, the stream is

24:18considered healthy for fish. And the

24:21V-stem is volunteer stream temperature

24:25something. Um

24:28But, you're putting in these temperature

24:30data loggers in the stream that take the

24:33temperature of the water every hour 24/7

24:37from

24:37June 1st through August 31st. So, we're

24:41looking for the temperature of the

24:43stream during the summer season and

24:46um

24:47there are

24:49indicators of cold water habitat with

24:52the temperature not going over certain

24:54averages or not, you know, if it stays

24:57really cold, that's a very healthy

25:00stream that you want to keep at in that

25:03condition and things that could harm

25:05that would be development in the

25:07riparian areas adjacent to streams,

25:10increasing storm water runoff, all those

25:11things would increase the stream

25:13temperature. And so, it's just a way to

25:17look for cold water habitat. That's how

25:20I was using it. You could also, we did

25:23this at Eastbrook Mall. We put a logger

25:26before Sawmill Brook went around the

25:29Eastbrook Mall in Mansfield and we put

25:32one on the other side of the parking lot

25:35and we left them in for the same amount

25:37of time and compared the water

25:39temperature with no other

25:43inputs of water, you know, into the

25:45river other than the storm water runoff

25:47from the parking lot and there was a

25:49significant temperature difference.

25:52So, you could be looking for impacts of

25:54development um

25:57through that mechanism. If you had pre

25:59and post data

26:01and something like a big solar field

26:02went in, that can increase the runoff

26:04and solar exposure to the land, it could

26:07have an impact on water temperature.

26:10So, that we look for stuff like that

26:11with that.

26:13>> Wow. Okay, hey Jean, that was a fabulous

26:16uh

26:17um discussion about that. Thank you. I

26:20I mean, I'm looking at different things

26:22in our lake, but uh

26:24probably would be interesting thing to

26:26put that sort of assessment at Quasset

26:28Lake as well. Thank you.

26:30>> Well, with Quasset Lake I'd be looking

26:32for different things cuz I used to study

26:35the lakes, too. You could talk to you

26:36about another time.

26:38>> Okay. Thank you.

26:40>> Thanks. Any other questions for Mara?

26:45Okay, and then

26:47uh so um

26:48upcoming Anyone go to workshops? Cuz we

26:52we know the

26:53upcoming workshops is

26:55Crystal's FOI, Jean's going to a

26:57workshop.

26:59And then Cockewit, so far me, Carl, and

27:02Anne.

27:03Um any other

27:05workshops or, you know,

27:07anyone attend a workshop in the last

27:09month?

27:11>> I um

27:12This is Mara. I signed up for Cockewit,

27:15so

27:16>> do I need to get a form cuz I used to

27:18just I thought submit something to

27:21Grace, like the uh receipt.

27:24>> Yeah, Anne

27:25Anne, could you let um

27:27>> Yeah.

27:28>> [clears throat]

27:28>> I can um

27:30put you on the list people to email, and

27:33I'll get you to send you a copy of the

27:34receipt, and then I'll have signed it

27:36for you, and you have to fill out the

27:38rest of it, and then

27:39>> she has the receipt. You'll send her a

27:41copy of whatever the form is.

27:44>> No, it's a Yeah, it's it's a it's a

27:46purchase requisition.

27:48>> Requisition, yeah.

27:49>> And that's what you have to fill out.

27:51And then

27:52>> Okay.

27:52>> then you can bring it over to town hall,

27:55or you can email it back to me, and then

27:57I'll print it and send it to the town

27:59bring it to town hall.

28:01>> Okay. And then do you guys do you mail

28:03the mail me a check or

28:05>> No, the town hall people will send you a

28:08check in the mail.

28:08>> Oh, okay.

28:09>> Yeah, once I deliver it to them, they

28:11just take over.

28:12>> Okay, I'll probably just email it back

28:14to you.

28:15Okay.

28:16Thank you.

28:17>> You're welcome.

28:17>> Okay, excellent.

28:20So, anyone have anything else new

28:22business-wise?

28:25And if not, we'll move on to open

28:27discussion.

28:28Crystal Adams.

28:30>> Uh nope.

28:32>> Uh Carl.

28:34>> Not at time. No, I Well, I will say yes.

28:38I'd like to thank all the people for

28:40answering all my questions

28:42uh so diligently. So, thank you. I

28:44appreciate that.

28:47>> You're very welcome.

28:49Um, Jean.

28:51>> I've got some plants I've got to plonk

28:54into the garden over at the grange. I

28:57didn't want to do it through the summer

28:59when it was hot and then it I just

29:02I'm running out of season so I just got

29:04to get them in the ground. So, if

29:06anybody wants to go over and plonk some

29:08plants in the ground and maybe do some

29:10weeding with me,

29:12uh

29:12I'd like that. Um, let's see. Um,

29:17probably going to get it done this

29:18weekend. This

29:21calendar.

29:28Yeah, I'll I'll probably go uh

29:33this this coming weekend if anybody has

29:35time to go over help just

29:38put in a like I I got one uh

29:41willow that's going to go in and then I

29:43got a bunch of uh perennials and then a

29:45little bit of weeding.

29:46Tidying it up.

29:47>> Location again, Jean? I'm sorry.

29:50>> It This is at the grange. It's the next

29:52to the

29:52>> Oh, the grange. Yeah, I know where the

29:54grange is.

29:55>> pollinator garden there.

29:56>> The 169.

29:58>> Yeah. Wasn't someone doing a a project

30:00like that with their volunteer hours for

30:02the year or something?

30:03>> Well, you never got in touch with me so

30:06that was very disappointing. I It was

30:08somebody from 4-H who wanted to

30:12have me mentor her and then she never

30:14called and they didn't give me her

30:16information and you know, it was up to

30:18her to make that phone call.

30:20>> Right.

30:20>> did talk to the coordinator and she call

30:23you yet? I'm like, no.

30:25And I guess she just changed her mind.

30:28>> Got it.

30:30>> Or maybe she was after she

30:32Do you think after so long she got

30:33embarrassed and didn't want to try to

30:35contact me.

30:37>> Do you want other plants to plant in

30:39there? I got irises I need to thin out.

30:42>> Are they bearded irises?

30:44>> Not all bearded irises. We're trying to

30:46just do natives.

30:47>> Just natives, right? Yeah, okay. I just

30:49asking.

30:50>> Yeah, thank you.

30:53>> Okay, Jim.

30:54>> Nope, nothing.

30:56>> Jason.

30:57>> No, I don't I don't have anything. Thank

30:59you.

31:00>> Maura.

31:02>> Uh yeah, sorry Jason. You were the one

31:04that put in the the kind of riparian

31:07buffer thing. So, sorry I forgot your

31:08name and um

31:10Thank

31:11Um actually Carl, thank you for asking

31:14questions cuz I think you know uh I

31:16appreciate your interest.

31:18Somebody cares about what I'm doing.

31:20>> No, I well, it's a

31:22well, because I'm on the water quality

31:24committee in my lake, I you know, when I

31:26hear that sort of information, it's like

31:28uh

31:29Yeah, what else should we be testing at

31:32our lake that we're probably not

31:34testing?

31:35>> Well, what are you testing for?

31:38>> Uh generally phosphorus, nitrate

31:41uh those those types of things. We do we

31:45do we test the temperatures, we test the

31:47visibility.

31:49That's kind of the general things.

31:51>> Do you have a secchi disk?

31:53>> We do.

31:54>> Okay. Um so, that's one I would

31:57recommend. When you do phosphorus and

31:59nitrogen, where do you sample? Just at

32:01the surface?

32:02>> we we we have three locations

32:05in the lake that we take the samples and

32:07then we take it to Yukon for

32:09um it's actually there's actually three

32:12There I'm missing one of them cuz I

32:15I don't have the the the sheet in front

32:17of me. It was like three different

32:18chemicals that we're looking for that

32:20tell you know, particularly phosphorus

32:22cuz you know, the stuff that comes from

32:24people doing weed and feed on their lawn

32:26that goes down in the lake that causes

32:28all the the weeds to grow more than they

32:31should.

32:33>> I I think there's other sources in your

32:36lake, too, um cuz everybody's on septic

32:38systems, but um

32:41uh

32:44Show me the Send me your monitoring plan

32:47and I'll critique it.

32:48>> Okay.

32:52Okay,

32:53um

32:54I have nothing to add, so is there

32:57anything else for the good of the order?

33:00>> When you go into the Grange, what time

33:02you you go in there this weekend?

33:04>> um When can other people go?

33:07>> [laughter]

33:09>> I mean, I'll I can I can beat you there

33:10and do a little bit of work there, sure.

33:13>> Oh, that'd be great. Um what what day is

33:16better for you?

33:18>> Um I don't think it matters.

33:20I don't think it matters.

33:21>> Okay.

33:22um

33:24Let's do Saturday morning at 10:00.

33:29>> All right.

33:30All right, sounds good.

33:32>> You're going to keep me honest because I

33:33really have been meaning to do this and

33:35now

33:36got Now I have inspiration to do it.

33:39>> Oh, okay. All right, I'll keep We'll

33:41keep each other honest.

33:42>> [laughter]

33:46>> Okay, so uh

33:48anything else for the good of the order?

33:51And if not, is there a motion to

33:52adjourn?

33:55>> So moved.

33:55>> So moved.

33:56>> I second.

33:57>> Thanks.

33:58So

33:59um thank you everybody

34:02uh and uh good job and anyone wants to

34:05go to Kakkiwick, the more the merrier.

34:09Uh otherwise uh we'll see y'all I guess

34:13the Monday after Thanksgiving will be

34:15the 4th, so

34:17>> Well, carpool, quite a drive.

34:20>> We're staying uh Ian and I are going to

34:21stay at the hotel the night before just

34:24to you know, not have to wake up early.

34:27>> I think Karen I think Karen's going with

34:30me, says that she can find more thrift

34:32shops.

34:33>> Okay.

34:35>> And I'm going with the chair of the

34:37Nachaug

34:38uh

34:39Nachaug group.

34:40>> Good. So we're going to have a nice

34:42representation.

34:44>> I can't wait to hear all your reports on

34:46all the stuff you learned.

34:47>> Okay. All right, everybody take care.

34:50>> Good night.

34:50>> Bye.

34:51>> Have a great Thanksgiving.

34:53>> Yeah.

34:54>> Bye-bye.

34:55>> Bye-bye.

37:03>> Mhm.

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