appreciated. >> All right. Well, we are going to get going. Um, so I'm going to do the call to order for the EDC meeting on Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. This meeting is being recorded by the
economic development committee. If any other person present are doing the same, you must notify the chairperson at this time. And nobody's recording. Um, I just want to do a mic check. Uh, Councelor Gordon, can you hear us? All right. >> Yep, you're good. Thanks. >> Thank Thank you. All right, moving on.
This should be a nice quick one for everybody tonight. Um, roll call members. Um, I am here. Councelor Mastero >> here >> and councelor Gordon >> here. >> So, we have a quorum.
Approval of minutes July 8th, 2025, page three. Can I get a motion to approve the minutes? >> So move. >> Second. One second. Okay. And we're gonna have to do a roll call because the remote. So, um, we'll do a quick roll
call vote. Um, councelor Gordon. >> Yes. >> Council me. >> Yes. >> And I am a yes as well. Approve minutes. All right. Public comment at this time. Nobody's here and we have no public
comment which is probably the first time in 8 months. Um public hearings we don't have any tonight and then so we're going to move on to motions. So we have two motions on the table tonight.
Um all both are about land donations. Um so I'm going to read the first motion and then we'll discuss and then we'll move on to the second motion. Um, this is order number FY2026-019. The city council moved that be ordered that the Greenfield City Council accepts the land donation of Randall M. Golly
and Shirley Young on parcel R37-57-0 to the Greenfield Conservation Commission for conservation purposes and transferred said property to the Conservation Commission to be named the Kantaly Conservation Area. Um,
and I believe if I could just get a motion and a second, we could go into conversation. >> So, and a second. >> Second. >> Thank you. Um, so I reviewed this. There was a a quick memo from the planning
board sent out yesterday just kind of explaining this a little more. So, um, tonight on our agenda, we just have, uh, two parcels, but it looks like a third parcel is kind of waiting on some more information. Um, does anybody have any questions on this concerns? We have
Travis Drury here from the Conservation Commission. If you wanted to say anything to him, you can come up the table, Travis, if you want, or you can stay there. >> Okay. Anybody have any questions for Travis? I guess I just have the question, you
know, and I apologize for not having read the the memo today. Um, but you know, is there any downside to the city accepting this donation in your opinion, Travis? Obviously, you're not it's not a legal opinion, but just curious what you think.
>> Yeah. Um, really the only downside is a reduction in tax income. Um, but I believe because these are like forested parcels, um, they're they probably aren't paying much on t in taxes on them
anyway. So, I don't I don't have those numbers in front of me, but um I know I think that was something the mayor >> It wasn't a packet. >> Was it okay? I I haven't seen your packet, so I don't know. >> Yeah, I think there was the assessor's card on the lots. >> Yeah. >> Somewhere in here. That's the only
downside I I'm aware of because, you know, they the one parcel uh accesses Shelurn Road. It absuts Shelurn Road, but there's really like not good access to like build a house or anything cuz there's a deep gully and a stream right
where the right where the road is. And the other two parcels don't even have road access. >> Um, if we're talking about all three of them, >> are there any foot trails through there presently? I don't believe there are any foot trails currently other than maybe some you know like deer trails or
whatever. >> That was one of my questions is now uh the con this take I know that the people hunt up there >> now would this restrict that? Uh yeah. So the conservation
>> I'm not a hunter one or the other. >> But the uh conservation land um is all um the conservation commission has a set of rules for conservation land and one of the rules is um that there's no hunting on conservation land. That is
something that um in some towns they do allow hunting I think and those rules can be changed by a majority vote of the conservation commission. So you know at some point that could change but as of right now the rules would restrict hunting.
Um are are there any like big picture plans for the parcel or like mountain biking trails like kind of like Highland Park? Is that kind of the idea down the road or is it just going to be remain conservation and people can just leisurely stroll through as they want?
Um >> yeah, to the best of my knowledge at the moment there's no um big plans for developing it more. Um the deed um as written would allow conservation and uh
passive recreation. So um passive recreation would not be restricted, you know. Uh but currently there wouldn't be any, you know, trails or anything. And I know the conservation commission's hoping to work more with the open space
task force. Um they're sort of uh they've been kind of spearheading the efforts on like where to conserve land and you know how how to better access land. And so I think that's going to be like a partnership going forward. Um because the conservation commission does
have a lot of permitting stuff separate from managing the conservation land. >> Yeah, I I think uh anytime you could get land like this, which it's not the best land to build on, is it possible pro probably, but if you could get a donation like this from somebody and you
can keep as many trees safe as possible, even from solar developments, um because that's the big thing right now, this they're cutting down forestry for solar. So, you know, this is this is a great um green space for Greenfield. You know,
>> on a side note, um the only property on is one on my city. >> That's the only one. I thought I saw one in there, but I'm sure the tax is very minimal on that property. Um any other questions?
>> Pulling up the property card right now. >> Pull up the property card. Uh well the R gez where did that go? R37570. Yep. Um
it says assessed values land 966. So I don't know what the taxes are on that per year, but >> very minimal. Yeah. I wish I could pay that. >> All right. Any other questions before we take a vote?
All right, we're going to do a roll call vote. Councelor Mashero, >> yes. >> Councelor Gordon, >> yes. >> And I am a yes as well. So, this is FY 2619.
So, uh two. So, we're going to move on to the next one, which is a second parcel um and a budding parcel um that's also going into this. And this is order number FY26-020. The city council moved that be ordered that the Greenfield City Council accepts
the land donation of Richard H and Gloria J. East on parcels R37-530 and R37-540 to the Greenfield Conservation Commission for conservation purposes and transfer said property to the Conservation Commission to be named the
Ki Galy and I apologize if I said that wrong. Um conservation area. All right. Um can I get a motion? >> So moved or second whichever. >> Yep. >> Perfect.
Um, so this is the same situation. I spoke wrong previously in the main packet. It didn't have both parcels, but it does in this um order. So this is the other two parcels that they're willing to donate um to the to the conservation commission. Um I doubt we'll have any
questions, but if anybody has any, now is the time to ask. >> All right, we're going to take a roll call vote then. Councelor Master, >> yes. Councelor Gordon, >> yes. >> And I'm a yes as well. So, both those pass.
Um, and you're not involved in the next one because it's planning board. But Travis, thanks for coming. We appreciate it. That was easy. >> Yeah. >> Thanks, Travis. >> And we appreciate all your hard work, too. It's it's huge for the city. We appreciate it. Um, moving on to
discussions. This next discussion item is review and submit written comments if any regarding the surplus property disposition and potential sale of city- owned land on Monagu City Road. So in the packet there's a map of this property. >> It's a very narrow property that is kind
of wedged between um some residential parcels >> and um the Togarellis had reached out to see if they could purchase this land because it abut their rear yard. Um, and >> look, it's just a sliver.
>> It's just a sliver. Yeah. So, >> so >> it it's basically just sitting there. The town the town acquired it from what I read in the packet um through tax taking. Um, and now they're just looking to get rid of it. We don't vote on this or anything. It's just open for discussion.
>> Do you know the value >> or what the sale price is? >> So, there was information in this packet. Let's see here. There's property cards Monu City Road
previous owner. >> Total value 2600 bucks is what the what it's assessed at by the town. Yeah. I don't see any reason to hold on to that. >> Yeah, it's >> and it's not it's not being given away.
I again, we don't know what he's off to pay the city for. >> I'm sure that's still probably in negotiations between the city and and him if it does go through. um this is going to go to the planning board um for for further discussions and then from
there it will get kind of moved on. But what I what I would recommend to counselors is if you take the time to review the information provided. If you have any questions, let's um you could email them to me and I'll submit a list of questions over to Eric Torog and the
mayor. Um I would just ask that you get me those questions by end of the day Friday. That sounds good. Thanks, Councelor Hilly. It's such a strange parcel. >> It really is. I want to look like a driveway. >> Yeah, it looks like it was just a driveway at one point and then there's
this little little building back there. So, >> and that's where I think his shed is presently on. >> Uh Joel, that sh is on that piece of propert.
>> Um if I read that correctly. >> Yeah. So, he's using it, so we might as well sell it. >> Yeah, it's not it's there's really no good use. It's such a narrow lot. You don't even have enough frontage probably
to build anything back there. So, um any other comments on this before I move on? >> Nothing for me. >> Nothing for me. >> Okay. So, we got some next meetings coming up. That's the next item on the agenda. Um, so the agenda says September
4th for a joint meeting with the planning board, but right now that's on pause. We're waiting to hear hear from the planning board, but more than likely this moving will get moved to the EDC meeting on September 9th. Um, so our next EDC meeting is September 9th at
6:30 p.m. And this will likely be a joint meeting with the planning board. Okay. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? Second. >> Second.