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PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES Conservation Commission ___________________________________________________________________________ AGENDA Monday,November 13,2023,6:30 p.m. This Conservation Commission meeting was held remotely via Zoom,an online meeting platform.Public Participation via calling in or using your computer was encouraged. Commissioners Present:Kevin Beuttell,Alex Dohan,Philip Hamilton (Chair),Ruth Ladd (Vice-Chair)and Jason Hnatko Not present:Duke Bitsko Staff Present:Karen Mullins,Conservation Director,Amber Carr,Conservation Coordinator, and Meghan McNamara,Department Assistant 6:30 PM Executive Session,Exemption 6:Consider Purchase,Exchange,Lease or Value of Real Property –Sousa Parcels (72-245,72-246)*Continued to the 11/27/2023 Conservation Commission Meeting The Chair of the Land Acquisition Subcommittee was not available and the discussion will be continued to a future meeting. New Business/Pending Matters Land Acquisition Subcommittee Recommendation to the Conservation Commission:Widnall property (22-63,22-140),Request land planning and appraisal due diligence funds from Community Preservation Committee *Continued to the 11/27/2023 Conservation Commission Meeting The Chair of the Land Acquisition Subcommittee was not available and the discussion will be continued to a future meeting. LUPA 23-10 Drone usage on Conservation land for land management purposes Ms.Carr and Mr.Jeff Howry,Conservation Steward,presented the request to the Commission. Ms.Carr stated that,in response to the Conservation Division being awarded $100,000 from the Participatory Budget process,the funds will be used to focus on meadow management of five Conservation properties.Conservation Stewards brought up the idea to use drones to record imagery of the properties both before and after the meadow management.Mr.Howry stated that drone transects will capture vertical imagery of the property,and ideally the photographs would be taken four times a year,or seasonally.Members of the Commission support the use of drones for this purpose,as well as the importance of notifying abutters and providing proper notification to users of the Conservation land.The Commission would like to evaluate the use of drones