Kensington Conservation Commission                

Minutes of September 8, 2009

Members in attendance: Heather Douglas, Sydnee Goddard, Joan Skewes

1. Call to order 7:45.

2. Minutes approved.

3. DES is investigating the progress of fill removal at 57 Stumpfield Road.

4. The Southeast Land Trust site walk on August 19 did not happen.  Dave Viale from the Southeast Land Trust will follow up with Sargent to determine next steps.

5. The East Kingston Planning Board sent a notice of a public hearing regarding a prospective tenant for a light industrial park at 213 Haverhill Road, which abuts Kensington conservation land.  Joan may attend the meeting on September 17 at 7 p.m. and Sydnee is going to see if she can get more information about it.

6. Sydnee and Joan attended the Planning Board meeting on August 18 to review the master plan and discuss priorities for conservation.  The Conservation Commission has been working on building a greenway in town, and protection of Kensington’s aquifers emerged as a concern.  Some Kensington residents who live on the Seabrook border have had to buy water from Seabrook because their wells have run dry.  Group discussed passing an aquifer protection ordinance, and the Conservation Commission looked at possible conservation sites on the largest part of the town’s aquifer.

7. Adjourned 8:10 p.m.