A the baby. >> Oh, can you hear me? >> Good to see you. Oh no, my speaker's not working. >> There we go. >> There we go. >> What's the new Concom member's name? >> EMTT. This is EMTT.
>> EMTT. Hi, EMTT. >> Say hello. >> There you go. >> What a calm baby. >> Oh, he's calm now.
>> He's He's pretty good most of the time. >> Yeah. >> So cute. Hi, EMTT. Does he like Does he like watching like the screen? Does he like watching TV and things? >> Yeah, I think he he likes his reflection
in the mirror and stuff. So, >> yeah, >> he he hasn't had too many camera appearances before. So, his time, but yeah, he was born in July 1st,
right? No. Uh oh, you got it wrong. >> 16th I'm I'm off by a month. >> Oh, two days. 18. >> So he's about three months old then. >> Yeah, I am.
>> That's great. He's doing good. >> Good to see all of you. >> Seen you for a while, Mark. It's good to see you. >> How are you? >> Can you hear me? Okay, >> I can. Yep.
>> All right. Well, I think everyone's here. Bob's here, >> Mayor's here, and it's 7 o'clock. So, it's 7 o'clock on October 23rd, 2025. And I'm calling this meeting of
the Shootsbury Conservation Commission to order. This meeting is being recorded. Welcome everybody. Um so uh our first item um I do have some things to just chat about quickly. One
just mostly just emails that you guys have probably seen. One is about the um the power line the WT 11 um Eversource high power high I think it's high tension power line project. Did you see
those emails? Yeah. Um, so that like the town town's known about. I think you guys have known about it because there's been other things that have come in to us about it for a while. And Michael Dier's been um
>> Oh, right. >> Yeah. So, he's been working with some folks from Pelum um to respond to. So they had to file with MEPA. Um you know it's a large huge project. They they want to double the width of the cleared
right ofway. So it's it's over I think it was 278 trees total or 278 acres I'm sorry of trees because it goes it starts north of Shootsbury but then the line goes through Shootsbury goes through
Pelum goes through Belchure Town goes all the way down to Lello. So the whole length of this line they want to take trees on either side. >> Um so yeah 278 acres I believe it's a huge it's a huge thing. So they had to file with MEPA. Eventually they'll come
to us to get a permit with the shoot compound but that's kind of down the road. But they filed with Meepa and then Meepa of course sent some comments and um was looking for public comment. And so Michael Dair is working with a couple
people from the planning board in Pelum and put together a response letter to send to Meepa >> which he is I guess kind of bringing to the select boards to get them to sign off on this um for
support. Um and then the most recent thing that happened in the last week was that Ammerst came forward and said, "Hey, let's all meet as a region to talk about how to how to submit some comments and then also to talk about possible
mitigation ideas because part of all of that impact is they're going to have to offer all of the towns some forms of mitigation. Um, so the line like barely touches Ammers, but whatever. It's fine. They wanted to
organize this meeting with all the different coms and um, so anyway, you guys might have seen it. There was a doodle poll to come to the meeting. Um, I did I submitted the days that I could go in the doodle poll. Um, and then I forwarded it to Michael Degera who then
also included these people from planning in Pelum who didn't who weren't on that list because I think that list from Amoris was just conservation commissions. Um, so Michael I think did the doodle poll too and uh so anyway that's what that was and
um I don't think Michael's I think he's he's got a day where he was going to come to the Shootsbury select board with that letter. Um I should I'll for you guys haven't seen the letter that he put together I can send that out to
everybody just so you guys see it. Um anyway, that's what that was and it'd be great if whoever wants to come to that meeting um should come. The other thing that's been shooting around with the emails was Tom um
Seaffort was commenting about the Beaver Dam um >> under what is that? Lake View Road, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know, there was sort of uh there was an email back today from Haley about sort of what the
conclusion was about that. Um and just so you guys know, in terms of the PMCOM, we get involved when the when a beaver dam's being breached, we're not involved with trapping at all. Um, so it sounds like when Beaver Solutions
does get hired by the town, which it does sound like Haley's plan, then then work would actually be happening within the dam itself. They'd be putting in a beaver deceiver potentially or whatever ideas they come up with. They're pretty creative, like Tom had said. They they know what they're talking about. So,
they might have other ideas. And when they actually go in and start messing around with the water flow, that's when we would get involved and and you know is be issuing them a permit to be able and to do that kind of thing. Um the trapping we don't have anything to do
with. That's board of health. Um and then the only other thing I wanted to mention is that starting in November we are unless Tom did you want to say anything about that? >> Thank you very much for asking. No, but
I appreciate the explanation you just gave. I did some research on the wildlife protection act and that's how I understood it. Trapping board of health and then damn work con of health. >> Yeah. >> Thanks very Yeah, because we're our main concern is uh really the change in flow.
Like if it can cause things cause damage downstream, you can also breach a dam and cause a big effect on water that's been held back for a long time that's created a pond or or that kind of ecosystem. So that's the Kong's role, I guess, you know.
>> Right. Um, but yes, my last thing was that November we only have one meeting and I I think did we decide to go with the second meeting of the month for the winter time versus the fourth? I think the second works because of all the holidays.
Scott's nodding his head. >> Yeah, I think Yeah, that's what I had it on for the 13th. >> The 13th. >> Okay. >> Yep. Sounds good. Great. Next vote um review and vote of
minutes from October 9th. Did everybody get a chance to look at the minutes? I thought they look good. You did a, you know, big thing with all the regulations and I thought Matteo did a good job with that. >> Um I take a motion to approve.
>> I will make a motion. >> Uh second. >> I'll second. All right, roll call. Um, Khan, >> hi. >> Fox, I Douglas, >> hi.
>> And Wilson, I great. Next is site visits. Mayor, >> um, yeah, I did the site visit. I I just just housekeeping. Um, Bob wasn't at the
last meeting. Oh, right, >> Bob. >> Uh, I will I will resend my making of the motion. >> Okay. >> And your vote to your I. So, you should
abstain. Right. >> Right. Probably the cleanest thing to do would be to have somebody else um uh make the motion and and and then the vote carried. >> Matteo, you have your hand up. >> Yeah. Just to I mean obviously this is a
decision that that Bob can make but just to clarify that there is no requirement that a a board or committee or commission member who is not present at a meeting abstains or recuses on a vote on the minutes from that meeting. They can still vote on it but that that's a decision that Bob can make. But
>> okayired that's true >> then then I will uh keep my keep my vote uh because I thought they were encapsulated perfectly. So >> great. Thanks, Matteo, for clarifying that. It's very helpful.
Um, okay, back to site visits. >> Um, so I sent out an email this afternoon. I don't know if Matteo, if you could put the pictures up. Um, just because I just want everybody to see.
Um, I sent the email around it said 3:24. >> Do you have those pictures, Matt? >> I do. Yep. >> So, I went on I went um on Monday. Um,
it was raining. So this is this um is uh like the retention pond that or basin that seems to be working well from this one. It goes to the one
that goes across um closest to the road. It kind of goes um a little north and then west. I did not look at that pond because um I would have had a like there was there they were digging for a leech
field to directly to the right of this but that's the one that needs to be um reconstructed. Um so they have not done that yet. Um so the next picture
is um is this is the they redid this one um this retention basin and um in the far like in the middle of the
picture all the way to the end is the um they they kind of basically it seemed like they moved where the water kind of flows through and um and it seems uh like there is they put in um they put
in like a sidewalk back kind of to the left there closest to the building and then outside of this picture to um kind of to the left is another sidewalk. But they made, you know, they redid that. It looks good. It
seems like it's um closer to the building than I remembered it being. Um and then directly to the right uh is uh if you could go to the I think it's the next picture.
Yep. That's the they they redid this as well. So the water will flow from there into this area. Everything's looking pretty good there. you know, it had rained um pretty heavily. Um so I didn't see there wasn't any, you know,
nothing's filled up. So, and let's see. The next picture I think is the that's looking basically kind of over towards where the well is back at the back of the library. Um and
they had started planting trees. I took a picture of the trees. I don't know why they weren't covered up, but they were like in the ground. And then in the front of the building, they were build they had I didn't take a picture of that either, but they had put, you know, they
had like another 15 or so trees that were going to be going in the ground. Um, and they're working like kind of to the right, um, in the background of this photo where they are, um, starting to
work on, uh, lighting and they're going to, you know, pretty soon be working on the the um parking lot area. Uh, so then what's next? Is there another photo? I think
there was. um tree. Yeah, that's what it I I guess the trees were part of the plantings that were required by Concom. Um
and I think there's one photo. Is there another photo? Um Oh, yeah. Um, I thought there was one more, but hold on. Let me look at my notes. Oh, yeah, that was it. So, um, that's the only thing I want to, you
know, make sure that is done at the next time is that, uh, retention basin that's closest to the the, um, street. Um, all of that, everything else seemed to be,
you know, doing very well. That huge dirt pile is gone. Um, and uh, all the fencings down and so, uh, I just didn't know, like in this
photo, I didn't know if that, you know, there were parameters as to where the retention basins are supposed to go. So, um, I guess I was just looking about, you know, ask questions about that. >> Is that lom and seed? Do you know? It
looks like it's lom. Do you know if it got seated too? >> Not when I was there. It was It had um they have like they were starting to put So they put in like a sidewalk like of you know stone um like kind of like a
stone brick, but then they were also putting in like a a paved uh sidewalk as well. So um they had just started um you know Roger wasn't there. It was just me and Maryanne. So, we were just
kind of taking pictures and trying to figure it out. So, I didn't have his uh insight. Um I guess he leaves earlier now that the project's, you know, close closer to being done. Um Maryanne said that the the opening date would probably
be it looked like December 1st. Um and that's pretty much as as far as I got. >> Sorry, I missed it. I I wanted to go but I I mean I totally I spaced it. Um >> but yeah, just looking at this my only concern is that that stuff will lom that
they put down and usually they'll loom and seed at the same time and then what you usually want to do is put mulch or matting over that so that if it rains a lot >> Yeah. it doesn't end up going like into that basin and filling that basin again because it
>> they obviously worked on the basin to make it >> exactly >> make the dimensions and >> and you don't want it to fill back up with lom. So maybe if I get a chance to go over there I could call Maryanne and just ask her if they plan to mulch or
matt over that at all. Um >> um >> I did have a conversation with her. When was that? Where she clarified that like this basin and some of the other bigger ones I'm not that the one that you had a picture of that looked more like rocks I think
might be infiltration. But this basin and the other ones are actually not meant to Yeah, I think that's infiltration. But the other ones are actually just sedimentation basins. They're not meant to infiltrate. They're meant to just hold water.
So sediments can drop out and then the water is supposed to move on to the next basin and then eventually out of the site. So they act they're acting more like like a sedimentation basin, not an infiltration, which makes it a little more less concerning if some of the lom
and stuff ends up in there. But you wouldn't want very much, that's for sure. Um anyway, I do you have another visit planned? >> I don't. >> Okay. >> I don't. I was I was going to um
uh see um if you know I don't know if you're available on a Monday the 3. I think you had was like was it 3:45 or 4 somewhere
in there? Yeah. So either I can do uh I can do the 3rd or the 10th at um uh 4ish around somewhere around four. >> That sounds great. I'm going to put that. How about for everybody else?
Would that work? Either Monday the 3rd or Monday the 10th. >> I think either one may work for me if you just want to send a notice. >> Okay. around four >> works for me.
>> Okay. Um I'll I'll say the the 10th then. How's that? Um cuz I think that would really bring it like really within a couple weeks of mostly everything being done, you know. Um let me put it in my calendar so I don't
forget this time. Um, so I'll say 4:00 on Monday, November 10th, and I will send Maryanne a text right now. Um, >> great.
>> Okay, >> that was the only visit I had. >> Mayor, I I had a question. the um >> in in in years past uh water has been migrated off site through the hay bales etc. You saw no no evidence of that that
this time? >> No. No. But that but that basin that's closest to the road absolutely needs to be redone because that was the one that just it was it wasn't
um doing what it was supposed to be doing. Um, and it needs to it had to be um, yeah, has to be redone. That was the one that Jan and I, you know, every couple weeks would go and they would say, "Oh, yeah, we're going to do it at
the end." So, I just want to make sure that they're actually going to do it at the end. So, >> the end of the year. >> Yeah, very close, actually. Also, I thought it was unusual that u that one photo of a kind of a pit with a a tree in it and you could actually see its
root ball that's really not a a good a good practice, you know, when we're about to frost and stuff like that. So, that that I thought was a little bit odd. That's a >> required tree that that doesn't seem to be very good silva culture. But >> but you know, it's up to them to make it
right. I don't know where because because uh Roger wasn't there. I don't know where they were with with the seating and with getting the trees covered up and but like I said in the front of the building there were about probably about 10 or 15
trees that were ready to go to be but they hadn't dug holes for them yet but they were sitting there ready to be planted. Um I'm not exactly sure where they were going to go, but um and uh so it it's kind of I think it's at this
point one of those kind of fastm moving parts of the where you know one day you know one thing's going on and the next thing it's you know everything's kind of taking shape. Um so um >> yeah and that that was Monday that you
were there. So today's Thursday and my thought would be that they're watching the weather because starting tonight and into the weekend it is supposed to start getting cold at night. Like up until now it's still been 40 something at night, 40 45, but now it's going to get below
freezing I think. So hopefully they planted the trees and >> Yeah. >> or are protecting them somehow if they haven't planted them yet. >> Okay. Um, last Friday I ended up uh
stopping in at um Camel Brook Project, which I'm not sure who still remembers that. I know Scott because he went out. This was something that got permitted two years ago probably. And uh last year at some point they took
down the trees. So what it is is it's DCR um rebuilding a bridge. they kind of put in sort of those one of those instant instant bridges. It's just a bridge you just drop right in. Um and this what's
left of the project at least now is is the paving of the roads which so it just got delayed. And so last year they they did take down trees. Um I don't know Scott you did like the initial site visit right before they had done anything. Yeah. Just the erosion control. Was
there a new bridge there when you were there? uh on new bridge. I don't think so. >> Okay. So, he just called and said uh that they wanted to they're they're continuing with the project right now. And so, I went out on Friday and I'll
just show you some pictures. Um if I can figure it out. Can you see my screen? Okay. So, let me just there's a picture of the bridge or if
you just >> Oh, >> cuz this is the bridge right here on the side on the right hand side there. It's just one of those bridges you just lay down. Um, and so what this is is basically what I asked
them to do was to redo the erosion control. There's quite a bit of erosion control coming off of both sides of this bridge for um 200 feet on either on all four sides. So kind of both sides of the road in both directions. and the erosion
control had just gotten old because they put it in, you know, year and a half ago or something. So, they went in and um put new erosion control sort of on top of the old erosion control or right next to um the old erosion control. And what
the work left to do is so here's the road. Um, I think this is the bridge is uh like on the bottom side of the photo. And what they need to do is just um
regrade the road so it meets up with the bridge. So, they're going to bring in a bunch of material. It's it's all gravel. It's there's no pavement that's going to happen. And this is this is just a DCR road that it comes right off of 202. Um, and they put this big bridge in, I
think, basically so they can get equipment up in there for fires and also to maybe do some forestry work. Um, so anyway, so the project is probably going right now. And so if anybody's uh interested in in going out again over
the next couple weeks, that's when the project's going to be happening. Um, anybody have any questions? Okay. >> Make sure you guys saw all of them. Yeah, they really they there you can see
the old erosion control and they just basically place new erosion control next to the old that they had. That's it. >> It looked It looks solid and it was stake too. Correctly. Correct. >> Yep. Okay.
>> Yep. Um, all right. Um, next land management update. Scott, you have anything? >> Um, I maybe before I get to that related to
that project, I I just got to think I was wondering where that was at. So, it's good to see it was still moving along. There was another project that I looked at about the same time on DCR land um on New Boston Road
where they were going to be doing work on that bridge. Do you remember that? Um and I I don't think I ever saw anything like they had done the delineation, but I I don't know that they had ever done
the project. I I don't know if they're planning to, but maybe um the next time we're talking to them, it might be a good thing to check in on and see if they still were planning to do a book there or not. >> Yeah, I feel like they did that one, but again, but you know, not sure they
actually went all the way and got a certificate of compliance or anything, which we should follow up on too with people to make sure that they do that. >> Yeah. Okay. Um well, let's see. for land management report. I had a couple of
things to update folks on. Um I did I heard from Penny. She sent an email I think to all of us about the top of the lake and the buckthorn treatment that occurred there in the middle part of the month and it seemed like that went
really well which is good. The whole side was pretty well covered with buckthornne and this should help with access and controlling those invasives. So, that was good news. Um, I
got I think Matteo's on um I think he and I and Haley were having a conversation uh via email about moving forward with the design build project uh at
Southbrook. And it sounded like Mattail that was something that you thought maybe you could take a swing at maybe working with uh Don on to make sure that we put that out correctly. It's a it's a pretty big project. I think we're
estimating it to be over 50,000 and so it seemed like maybe there was a way forward with that uh with Matteo working on that. But um I would leave that to you Matteo if there's anything more you wanted to add or if you had had an opportunity to have more of a
conversation with uh Haley or Donna. >> Uh so I I started drafting the request for bids or the invitation for bids and um about an hour ago I got an email from Haley saying that she was also drafting
an invitation for bids. Uh so we'll we'll put our heads together. We're definitely going to have something pretty soon. Um, but I do want to run it by Donna before we, you know, bring it to you guys to take a look at, um, and start advertising it. It would be great to, I think, get this posted, uh, where
it needs to be posted before December. >> Yeah. Awesome. Thank you for doing that. Uh, so that would be exciting if we can get that out. And um I don't know uh
Beth if you wanted uh me to bring up I I did do some initial I took a swing at some draft regulations for um Southbrook and um I think we had
before uh the concom I think we were asked by various folks to think about um regul ulations for um for that management area. I think this had come up before when we had
folks who were driving on it and we looked at some signage that was put up and then I think it came up again when uh folks were leaving kayaks and canoes and having fires and stuff on the town beach
and asking about um that. So, I did take an initial swing at pulling together what might be some good regulations in in line with uh the management plan that had been drafted previously. And
um I I think there's probably quite a bit more that could be added to um but um I anyways I I don't know when you wanted to talk about that Beth and I and certainly I think it would need some
input from Donna and I I don't know if it makes sense to give that input before or after we uh we talk about it you know for the commission to review it but um I I did have some graphs language I pulled together.
>> Yeah. I um I guess I think maybe send it around to the commission first and you know just so that everybody feels like it's kind of heading in the right direction. Um, and maybe even at our our next meeting on the 13th, uh, if you send it around to everybody, that would
be their homework to to read through it and we can >> we can see what we think on the 13th and then, you know, once we get sort of a version that everybody is comfortable with. Yeah, we have Donna take a look at it, too. >> Perfect. I'll do that. I'll um email
that to all of you and we can talk about it at our meeting in November. That'll be good. Perfect. >> I think that's all I have for land management report unless you have any questions. >> Nope. No more questions. Um,
at our last meeting, you know, Castro came to talk about that 9 acre piece of land across from Brightwater Bob and I did um I've made an effort to get on the select board agenda. I forget the date
>> um to just talk to the select board about whether the town is uh interested in that because um we'd be using CPA money and and we have to start that process. And so I guess my one thing would be if I go to the sledboard and they say yeah sure
then Scott maybe uh you and I could work on the CPA application. >> Yeah. It would come from the com. >> Yeah did that. Um, >> you know, one other um thing I I neglected to mention, but I do on my
agenda, I have um following up on some of our conservation restriction monitoring, too. I think um we're probably due >> for the game this year. Um we have
a few that are done by Castro and one that um typically we have done like at the old peach orchard. Um and I I don't know if we did that this year. I my ears are kind of slipping together, but I I
don't think we did. >> I don't think we've done any this year. I don't >> Yeah. And um we have another one we've contracted before. So, I'm maybe I'll do some working out of that and see if we can get that lined up for as far as that.
>> Sounds good. >> All right. Thank you. >> Sounds good. Uh, and that actually just reminded me too, I think I mentioned at the last meeting that a friend of mine's on the recreation committee and we've been working on um these monthly hikes
through open space and trails in town in in Chesbury. And I'll send you guys some info on that. It's not it hasn't been voted on yet by the rec committee which it has to be voted on to I guess to hold events. You have the the committee actually has
to vote. So I think at their next meeting they would be voting to go forward but we've already sort of picked dates and places and stuff like that and um have a draft flyer. So once it gets voted on and it's official I'll send it around to folks. Um and then Bob, you
had your your day. Did I talk to you about changing it to January 1st? >> Um uh yeah. So I I think I put out um uh uh the Saturday following Christmas, the
Saturday following Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it January 1st. So, oddly enough, I'm running a different hike for for for conservation trust um on that day. But that is a that is a sweet spot to get people to come because they uh they're
ready to walk off their holiday stuff. So it certainly is a good day. >> It's well there is sort of that tradition, you know. I think Kestrel does one on January 1. Like all the groups do the big January 1 heights which is fun. But we could I mean there's no reason we can't do another
one the day you know that you were thinking of doing on a different day and right around Christmas time. Um, we can talk. >> Yeah, I think um I think this this Saturday is the 26th or 27th and um oftentimes it's when uh the kids have driven the parents nuts and they just
want to get outside the house and not go shopping. So that's often a good sweet spot, too. >> Yeah, it says it's the it's the 27th. >> 27th. >> 27th. >> Yeah. And that's it's still in my calendar because you had mentioned it. So,
>> all right. So, uh, if I if I did a little recon of that that little loop at the um off of Russell, what's it? Spring, what's it what's that conservation area called? >> Off of which one?
>> On Lake Wyola in the um off of >> Southbrook. >> South Brook. Yeah, Southbrook. Yeah. >> Okay. >> I think that would make a great little loop and if there's ice, we could do a um an ice fishing demo on and stuff like that. So, it's a it's a lot of fun to do
>> hikes that time of year. >> That sounds great. That sounds like a lot of fun. >> Okay, great. Well, I will probably uh recruit one or two of you to go with me on Thanksgiving and uh we'll we'll plan it for the for the next month in in
December. How's that sound? >> Sounds great. I'm willing to do that. That would be fun and wherever else would be fun. >> Excellent. >> Need to get out. Um, all right.
Next is the review of Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Conservation Restriction um for 101 Lever Road and Mark is here. Hi Mark. >> Last name.
I couldn't hear you for a second there. >> They're kind of coming and going. Can you guys hear him? >> It sounds like you break up a little there, Mark. >> Put it on mute. >> How's that? >> Is that good?
>> Yeah, that's better. >> Thumbs, hands, whatever. So, Miller, I was saying hello, but I I don't know if I can pronounce your last name correctly. It's it's very simple. It's op. >> Wonderful. So, this is Oh, there's Dave. So, this is Dave and Miller. I just
wanted to introduce them to the board. I know they've already spoken with Beth. They have my parcel under deposit. So, they um have a lot of connection to Shootsbury already >> and they can explain that to you. But I just wanted to introduce them to the board and I'm I'm happy to have them um
involved in the remaining process. Let's hope it's almost there. We're almost there. >> So, um, I'll let Miller say a few words if she'd like to, and then I'd like to just discuss the the CR edited version. I think they did a great job in a short
amount of time for us, and maybe we can put that to rest tonight. So, Miller, the floor is yours. >> Oh, well, thank you so much, Mark. Thank you for the nice introduction. It's nice to meet everyone. It's good to see you, Beth, Matteo. Um, I don't see you, but it's it's um, thank you for everything.
Uh, yeah. So, I don't know, perhaps you guys know my sister Nancy Matthews. Um, she's lived here for 20ome years and so Dave and I have been coming up here for that long and we've fallen in love with Chesbury and so we're really hoping that
this works out with Mark and the land and everything. Um, this Mark's land is a half a mile away from Nancy. So, it seems so wonderfully um perfect for us and we're hoping to build our forever home there and I know Mark's done a
gazillion tons of work on figuring out what to do with it and so we're hoping that um that things are going to work out. So, um it's nice to meet everyone. I can't wait to meet everybody in person and uh yeah, Mark, go.
>> Thanks, Dave. We let you off the hook. Yeah, I knew it. You get to know personalities pretty quickly. So, um I had Chris from Berkshire Design send over a second copy of the CR with
the changes made but taking away the the items in the margin. I just thought it might be easier to read for the state. And I think we Matteo can discuss this with his contact at the state. Uh do they want two copies? Do they want one with all the information in the margin
showing what exactly was done highlighting it and then a finished copy without the stuff in the margin which would seem to make sense. The only concern that I have and I think again Donna is not here so I think that Matteo can ask the his contact at the state. Uh
we have in here at the beginning address of premises 101 Lever Road and then this is a portion thereof of tax lot H1 151. uh and a portion of the D3302127. The concern is that uh they've made
comment, the state has made comment that they'd like to see a accurate book and page of the restricted area um the area that's being restricted for conservation. Uh so that means I'd have to record it and I as I said in my email
to everyone, I'm a little uncomfortable recording something that hasn't been approved. um heaven forbid this falls through and now I have a piece of land that's uh got a large portion of it under restriction and I'm not sure how that works but I'm sure the state runs into this all the time. So if could
Matteo could ask them uh what they prefer and if we get through this tonight and everybody feels comfortable with uh having this go back to the state then um Matteo can check with them first to make sure they that we can present it the way they want it. I I'm guessing
I mean I've done this for a while and I'm thinking that probably if I recorded it boy recorded just the plan not the conservation restriction um that the plan could be um usurped I guess with a
new plan or you know if this fell through I could do something to have that removed but again I'd have to have that uh approved by my attorney or by Donna McNichol or um the state letting us know how want to handle it. So, that's my only concern with it. I've gone through it front to back. I'm
really happy that Chris was able to handle it so quickly. It's pretty mundane stuff. It was just cross this out and add this. And if you guys have taken a look at it, I don't see anything that's, as Beth and Donna said, there's nothing detrimental to the town or it's been taken away or added that would be
problematic for the conservation commission as this holder of the restriction or to the town of Shootsbury. So, uh I vote yes. Let's go. Mine doesn't count. I know. >> Um yeah, I looking through the states
comments, um it was f none of them, you know, it didn't like you said in terms of uh what what I feel like the conservation commission's concerns are and everything. Nothing was really changed. In fact, there was a little bit of with the agricultural uses that got
moved to not permitted. I think it actually became a little bit more restrictive, which which is what we want to see. So, I I saw no problems with it at all. And I guess I understand what they're saying about book and page because for them it's just easier if
they follow if that information is in there and they approve it, then it's completely approved. Um, eventually that info has to get added to the document. So, it's sort of like at what point does that get added, you know, but but I think asking the state that question is
is the best thing to do like you know. So, um but yeah, I had I had no other any other comments or concerns. Did anybody else have any? I honestly think this one was was front-loaded and the uh as as far as uh
extensive review and I think the changes made were were diminished frankly. Yeah, a lot of it was just, you know, form for formality kind of stuff, you know, the correct legal way of referring to things and stuff like that. So,
>> how they want necessarily better or worse, but it's just the way they're used to doing it, I suppose. And I agree with you, Beth, that we all agreed on the agricultural forestry ahead of time. So, uh, it was fine from my perspective. I already thought that we had made sure that was something that couldn't be done
except for the modest forestry that could be done for cordwood. So, yeah, I saw no changes that uh were negative for myself or the buyers either. So, I I um I'm happy with it. And if Matteo can just touch base with the state before you guys uh send this over, if you're
good with this, I don't know. Do you want to uh would you do a vote on this tonight or would you uh >> we might as well vote a vote that we're in favor to have it sent back to the state with the changes that have been made by the state and then also the Berkshire design few little you know
just responses. Um eventually we're going to have to sign it again. >> Yeah. >> You know I suppose it comes back from the state and then then goes to what the select board and um and then they Everybody has signed it
>> and then I think the planning board would review uh just that would be past you guys but the planning board would then review and see that the select board has signed concom has signed state has signed and that the CR is in place with a holder um and then they would I guess they would do a final vote even
though they've approved the permit already was contingent upon certain items and I would have to get the $7,500 to you folks and the 10,000 to the neighbor. I hope the neighbor's still there. That would be a little interesting. Tell somebody take the $10,000, please.
So, great. If anybody has any questions of me, I'm happy to answer them. If not, um, and you want to go forward with a vote, I'm I'm happy to listen. >> Yeah, I I think we vote tonight and then I do think we'll we'll vote again to sign once it gets we get it back from the state. We'll have a meet at one of
our meetings. We'll >> vote to sign it and then everybody will have to come up to town hall again and sign it. But um so right now, yeah, looking for a motion um to that we're good with sending it back to the state with the changes that the state made and
the responses that uh that we and Bergkshire Design have made to the state's comments. >> I'd like to make a motion to that effect. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> All right. Great. Um Douglas,
>> hi. Khan, >> hi >> Fox. >> Hi. >> And Wilson. Hi. Well, thank you all for coming. It was great to see you, Miller and Dave. And welcome to hopefully to Shberry.
>> Thank you so much. Thank you guys so much. Looking forward to meeting everyone. >> Yeah, we're looking forward to meeting you guys, too. And Mark, we'll keep on we'll keep on going. We're just gonna keep on going. I know I'm I'm being a little bit redundant and uh I just,
you know, as you get older, I think as I get older anyway, I start to realize um time is very valuable and that you folks are willing to do this over and over and over again. Um I I I can't I would like to say that I could do that and I don't think I could. I think that's very impressive. So I thank you all for doing
this. It's a volunteer position and you just keep on hammering away. So it's appreciated. Thank you very much. >> All right. Have a good night. >> Bye-bye. >> Thanks everyone. >> All right. >> Um, just briefly, Maryanne did respond
and said they've been planting the trees and shrubs this week and that they're going to plant more tomorrow. So >> Oh, good. Did she say anything about seeding the grass? >> Um, yeah, >> I'll ask her that. Um,
>> okay, >> good. You can just you could just email us. >> Yeah, I'll I'll email. >> Okay. Um, last is unanticipated business. And I I do have one thing. um
a person uh emailed us sort of for an emergency to take down some trees. Um the address is 678 Pratt Corner Road which we have done some work there before. Um a while ago. So they he did some
drainage work I remember and got an RDA for that. Um but also he had come forward a while ago to take down something like 20 trees and was going to file an RDA but he never did. Um since that time he started renting the
property. So he has tenants in there and in the past month a tree one of the trees that he had wanted to take down a year and a half ago or two years ago or whenever it was fell on the roof and really damaged the roof and he had to actually redo his whole roof. So,
there's a whole new roof on his house. So, he came to me just yesterday or the day before and um or he just, you know, he just emailed me and wanted an wondered about an emergency s for seven trees, the clo the the ones that are the closest to the house. Um and so I I
issued it. I can bring it I can bring it up and show it to you guys. I thought the work was supposed to start today. I drove by and it hasn't started yet, but um kind of nice share my emergency search. Yeah, here it is. So, it's 678 Pride Corner Road. Jake
Mitchell issued yesterday. Um so, it's good for a month. So, it's for seven compromised trees take down and chipped. Um, I said no equipment is allowed to enter. So, his front yard, he has one of those streams
that goes like under his driveway through a little covert and then kind of goes diagonal across his yard. His whole yard is is wooded. Um, so no equipment allowed to enter the stream area or the bank equipment. Uh, make all efforts to
stay on the driveway. So, I said I told him any hopefully you can reach the trees with any smaller equipment. He's not using any real large equipment and that and the equipment stay on the driveway. All debris must be removed from the site
and then seven native trees will be planted within 8 ft of where the removed trees were located. He he agreed um to do that to plant new trees, smaller trees, take 20 years for them to get big.
Um and that was it. conditions. I just said see the section that we just looked at. So that's the emergency. Um so I just wanted to I guess uh share it with you guys and I think you guys have to ratify
emermergencys. Um so does anybody have any questions? >> No. Okay. Sounds to me like it was handled well. Um uh
I have a huge respect for what the damage of trees can do to houses. So um u my I would like to make a motion that we ratify the enforcement order as drafted. >> Emergency sir. >> I'm sorry. Emergency sert pardon me.
Oh >> great. Um second. >> Okay. Um, Douglas >> Khan, >> hi. >> Fox >> in favor. I mean, I'm sorry.
And Wilson. I Great. All right. Um, that's all I had. >> Okay. Maryanne just responded again and she said that they haven't put they haven't seated it, but they're going to use erosion control netting or blankets.
>> Oh, perfect. >> Okay. >> Okay. That's what would be perfect. Great. I love I love that you can text her right from the meeting and she responds. It's amazing. >> Yeah. And that's and that's why I was like, what what am I saying again? I
couldn't do two things at once. Oh, that's why your eye sounded like >> I was just like, "What? What am I saying?" Yeah. So, okay. I'll tell her that that's perfect. >> Okay. >> Matteo, you had your hand up for a second. Did you want to say anything?
>> Nope. Disregard it. >> Okay. Um All right. I take I'll take a motion to adjurnn. So moved. >> All right. Second. >> I'll second. Okay. Um, Fox,
>> hi. >> Douglas, >> hi. >> And Colin, >> hi. >> And Wilson. Hi. Great. So, we'll see you guys all on uh November 13th, but also we're going to do the site visit at the library before that. Right. That
>> exactly. >> What day was that? It's in here. But >> I did. Yeah, >> it's the 10th. All right. I'll be there >> at 4. Okay. Sounds great. >> All right. Thanks everybody. >> Have a good night everybody.
>> Good night.