Parks Advisory Committee Meeting

December 5, 2007

MANSFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM

7:30 pm

Acting Secretary- Jean Haskell

I. Welcome, announcements, presentations

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of minutes

IV. New Business

A. Draft Torrey Property Management Plan

B. Meeting Dates for 2008

C. Draft 2008/2009 land management budget

D. DRAFT of the pull-off area for the required public access to the Hillside Environmental Education Park (HEEP).

E. Draft Planning, Management and Acquisition Guidelines,

Mansfield Open Space, Park, Recreation and Agricultural Properties

V. Continuing Business

A. PAC membership

B. PAC reports

1. Management plan reviews still needed: 

· Sawmill Brook Preserve

2. Park updates

3. FOMP

4. PAC projects

a. Nature Center

b. Management Plan Needs

· Schoolhouse Brook Park Revision (add Larkins and Morneau)

· Dunhamtown Forest-addition of Sibley property, etc.(in process)

C. Staff Report

D. Non-PAC reports.

1. Other committee minutes

2. Other

VI. Correspondence

VII. Adjournment

Future meeting dates/agenda items

February 6, 2007