Information for Meeting of Conservation Commission
Tuesday April 25, 2017 7:00 PM EDT

MINUTES FOR REVIEW / APPROVAL
• April 18, 2017 (review, approve, & signatures)
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
• Payroll: Mike Fleming, Conservation Agent
o Week ending 04/15/17	19 hours	$ 360.43
o Week ending 04/22/17	19 hours	$ 360.43
• Bills / Invoices / Reimbursements
o NA
BUDGET
• NA
NEW WETLANDS BUSINESS
• Shawn Hillman / 44 Horse Pond Road / OOC #284-0430 / Expired / New Fill observed within 25’ of Brook 
OLD WETLANDS BUSINESS
• N/A
OTHER BUSINESS (not all items listed may be discussed / all items listed may be taken up at any time during the meeting)
•	Associate Members / Policy / How many? / What roles? / etc.
• Open Space and Recreation Plan Committee
• Shirley Trails
o Holden Road Conservation Area, Parking, and Eagle Scout Projects
• Longley Acres
o Use Issues
o Maintenance (Contract)
o 5-year License Agreement / Insurance
o Community Gardens 2017 / Application & Flyer
o Hoe Down / Plant Sale (comments on not participating this year)
• Forest Management
o Forest Cutting Plans (FCP) / Pumpkin Brook & Rich TF (overrun payment)
• Land Acquisition
o Longley Road / Patrick Warner / 10.7ac / donation to Shirley CC
o 36 Groton Road / 30+/- ac donation to Shirley CC (MA DFW (Fee / CR) Project Proposal)
o 133 Hazen Road / Chapter 61B / Request for First Refusal (MA DFW)
• Land Management
o Fredonian Nature Center / Project / Funding / ADA Accessibility 
• Town Permits
o N/A
• Miscellaneous: 
o Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program / Draft Priority Habitat of Rare Species / public Comments due by June 3, 2017
o MA Division of Ecological Restoration / Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Program 2017
o In Town Composting Services?
• Upcoming /  Past Events & Meeting
o Nashua River Watershed Association / Wild & Scenic Study / Public Mtg. / Groton / 7 – 9 PM / April 27th 
o Spring Cleanup Day / Recycling Center / Leominster Road / 9 AM to 1 PM / April 29, 2017
o Friends of the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge / Spring Birding Walk / Still River Road, Harvard / May 6 & 14 at 7:30 AM
o Shirley Hoe Down  / On the Common in Shirley Center / 11 AM to 5 PM / June 3, 2017
ADJOURNMENT