Parks Advisory Committee Meeting

February 4, 2009-rescheduled from January

MANSFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM

7:30 pm

Acting Secretary- Ethan Avery

I. Welcome

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of November minutes

IV. New Business

1. Welcome visitors

            Matt Hart, Town Manager

2. Samuel G. Dodd Award for distinguished volunteer service in Mansfield natural areas-nominations

3. 2009 Meeting Dates

4. Annual Report

5. CT Trails Day

6. PAC Comments on PZC file # 1280-4 lot subdivision (3 new lots) Farrell and Hanks Hill Roads

V. Continuing Business

1. Management plan assignments

2. Source to Sea

3. FOMP upcoming programs

4. PAC Projects

VI. Staff Report

1. WHIP Project Update

2. Recent Acquisitions

3. NAV workdays-fall report and spring schedule

4. Grant in Process

§ Commonfields Path through time

§ River Park (online trail guide)

5. Grants applied for

§ NEPA Tree Grant Program-Rain garden plantings at River Park

§ Bicentennial Pond Wheel-chair accessible trail

VII. Other Committee Minutes

1. Conservation Commission

2. Open Space Preservation Committee

3. Planning and Zoning Commission

VIII. Other

IX. Adjournment

1. Future meeting dates/agenda items for meeting of March 4, 2009