Royalston Open Space Committee

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Meeting Date: April 13, 2006
Members Present: Aaron Ellison, Beth Gospodarek, Kim MacPhee, Patty Carrier, Tom Musco, Christine Beckert Long
Chair: Aaron Ellison
Clerk: Christine Beckert Long

The meeting convened at 7:30 p.m. at town hall.

Minutes: The committee unanimously approved the minutes of March 9, 2006, as corrected.

Internal Matters :
The appointments of committee members Elizabeth Farnsworth, Beth Gospodarek, and Dean Lisiewicz are up this year. Elizabeth does not wish to be reappointed; Beth is not sure. Aaron will check with Dean, and Beth will seek additional volunteers via the town newsletter.

Open Spaces:
(1) Beth will follow up with a subcommittee on the idea of a winter ice skating rink at Bullock Park. She reported that DPW head Keith Newton is supportive, but it is unknown if there is money on the annual town meeting warrant to improve the drainage of the field, though that project was approved in concept some time ago.
(2) Aaron reported that tax bills will be going out in early May. When the date is set, Aaron will call committee members to help stuff our brochure into the bills.
(3) Aaron recommended that at the next meeting, the committee move into another phase of its work: doing pro-active follow-up to the brochure mailings by networking with MGLCT on those properties identified as of high value to open space in the Q2C corridor and by contacting the owners of other high value properties ourselves. Chris recommended one more look at the maps to be sure all key parcels are included on the list. All members are asked to think of "talking points" to be included in a script for this follow-up.

Public Outreach: Beth reported that the Community School will be doing a Biodiversity Days event in early June, and she will seek someone to lead a community walk as well.

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

 

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