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Town of Nantucket Agricultural Commission
Meeting Minutes: November 3, 2011
Bartlett’s Farm Hayloft
ATTENDANCE:
1. Dylan Wallace – Chair
2. Morgan Beryl - Secretary
3. Amy Zelinski
4. Danny Baird
5. Campbell Sutton
6. Dane DeCarlo – Not present
7. Steve Slosek – Not present
• Dylan Calls meeting to order
• Approval of Minutes:
o Amy motions to accept minutes from previous meeting (9/20/2011)
o Campbell Seconds the motion
o All Accept
• Survey:
o Review of survey data
o 14 survey’s in total
o Goal of 51% was reached
o Commission to continue to conduct outreach and receive surveys
o Deadline for current survey is November 16th, 2011.
o Send out results to all who filled out survey – stuff envelopes at next meeting.
o Ag Com want’s to put survey on Town website
o Ag Com would like to survey the community bi-annually.
o Send out paper results to Ag community, if possible.
o Create Press release re: results and send to I & M – Morgan and Amy to create for review at next
meeting.
o Dylan revised Ag Community contact list and will contact new additions to list.
o Group discusses whether or not Aquaculture should be on Ag Comm. list.
Group decides to take Salty Balls Seafood off the list because they are distributers.
Farmers are added, such as Simon (not sure of last name)
• Workshops:
o Discussion of working with other groups on the island to plan agriculturally minded workshops.
• Right to Farm Bill:
o Personalizing the Bill for Nantucket’s needs
o Creating protocols for conflict resolution
o Morgan met with Cormac:
2
Ag exemptions do currently exist as a “right to use” by-law
Cormac suggests contacting zoning to check what the “right to use” actually says.
He agrees that a conflict resolution portion is very important to create
He also suggests to contact Andrew Vorst – Planning Director
• Dylan has conducted research re: grants
o Perhaps survey should include more statistical information so we are more applicable for grants
o Receiving a grant to create brochure may be possible.
• Work Plan Review:
o Group reviews the work plan and makes changes
o Dylan to finalize during break for final vote next meeting
o Dylan will write cover letter to go with work plan to be submitted to Town.
• Next meeting:
o November 17th, 2011
o 7pm – Bartlett’s
• Dylan Calls the meeting to a close.