Town of Mansfield

Open Space Preservation Committee

Minutes of the March 20, 2007 meeting

 

Members present:  Evangeline Abbott, Ken Feathers, Steve Lowrey, Jim Morrow, Vicky Wetherell.

 

  1. Meeting called to order at 7:40.

 

  1. Minutes of the February 20, 2007 meeting were approved on a motion by Lowrey/ Feathers.

 

  1. Opportunity for Public Comment:  none present.

 

  1. Old Business:  Discussion concerning the Open Space Initiative included the mailings (and registration logistics) due to go out to landowners with regard to upcoming workshops, programs and field trips.  Members decided to cancel the April 17, 2007 OSPC meeting in order to attend the Protecting Family Farms and Forests Workshop to be held that evening in Council Chambers.  A decision was made to instead hold a working session on April 10, 2007 in the Community Center Conference Room at 7:30pm.  This session will focus on preparation for the April 17, 24 workshops and the April 28 field trip to Coney Rock Preserve.  Presentations to PZC will also be prepared.

 

  1. New Business:  PZC File#750-3 Girard College Development Fund:  Upon review of maps, discussion of comments to be made to PZC included the importance of conservation easements that result in connections of interior forest tracts and wildlife corridors, satisfaction of requirements for subdivision regulations and the driveway approach to the proposed house site.

 

      PZC Files #1256 & 1257 Downtown Partnership/Storrs Center:  the committee         determined the need for larger maps in order to better review the possibilities of    trail connections for pedestrian traffic. 

 

 

  1. Meeting adjourned at 8:55.

 

Respectfully submitted

Evangeline Abbott