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<br />HANSCOM AREA TOWNS COMMITTEE <br /> <br />NOTES OF MEETING <br />Held at 7:30 PM on April 23, 2009 <br />At Lincoln Town Offices <br /> <br />PRESENT: <br />Jeanne Krieger (Chair) Lexington Board of Selectmen <br />Anne Shapiro Concord Board of Selectmen <br />Mike Rosenberg Bedford Board of Selectmen <br />Richard Canale Lexington Planning Board <br />Lisa Mustapich Bedford Planning Board <br />Robert Domnitz Lincoln Planning Board <br />Margaret Coppe Lexington HATS <br />Dorothy Steele Massport/OGCA <br />J.C.Corcoran Hanscom Air Force Base <br />Lou Sideris Minuteman National Historical Park <br />Delia Kaye Concord Natural Resources Director <br />Art Smith Bedford Conservation Commission <br />Karen Mullins Lexington Conservation Administrator <br />Peter Von Mertens Lincoln Conservation Commission <br />Tom Gumbart Lincoln Conservation Director <br />Dan England Rural Land Foundation (Lincoln) <br />Buzz Constable Rural Land Foundation/ MAPC <br />Mike Day Community Newspaper Group <br /> <br />7:30 PM INTRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS <br />The Chairman introduced the meeting and outlined the agenda, on which the main <br />item is a discussion of conservation issues. Attendees introduced themselves. <br />The Chairman announced that this will be Anne Shapiro’s last HATS meeting as a <br />Selectman and thanked her for her service, recalling that during this time there have been <br />varying issues to address including the BRAC review and changes in air traffic. <br /> <br />7:35 PM DISCUSSION OF CONSERVATION ISSUES <br />Each town outlined its organizational structure for activities related to conservation <br />of land and natural resources, as follows. <br /> <br />Lexington <br />Lexington has a seven member Conservation Commission, supported by staff. <br />There is also a subcommittee of Land Stewards which involves a large number of <br />volunteers in trail construction and similar work and holds an annual stewardship <br />meeting. Conservation activities have included monitoring invasive species, and a new <br />watershed project is being developed in conjunction with engineers. Publicity channels <br />are the local newspaper, websites and schools. Citizens’ groups also run walks and <br />educational programs. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />