Minutes of the FL Environmental Commission on February 4, 2004

Attending members/reps: Mary Burdick, Wendy Dabney, Marty Etler (Council), Peter Kortright (Planning Board), Lydia Kramarchuk (Health Dept), Todd Newman, Joe Pineiro

Others: Jeff DeVries and Jacob Gulko of the Boy Scouts

Absent: Jennifer Greenwood (excused), Elaine Winshell (excused)

1. Jacob Gulko , who needs to work on an environmental project to win an award for the Boy Scouts, presented his idea of cleaning up Lyncrest Park – rebuilding & remarking trails, stop erosion, clean out pond. Joe stated that the pond has a lot of sediment that cannot be dredged due to their toxicity. Wendy suggested including an education factor for the neighboring houses and to get the school involved. Jacob will tour the area & write up a proposal to present to the council.

2. Wendy reported no correspondence of note.

3. Health Dept update: only new item was a complaint of lead paint chipping on the BOE property on Bergen Ave. BOE was notified that safe lead abatement procedures would need to be employed when refinishing occurs.

4. Peter reported no new items from Planning Board.

5. Council update: Marty reported that the Council approved the Litter Marshall Program, where any litter dumping would be reported to Ron Lottermann who would report it to the police. A warning letter would be sent to the perpetrator, a fine would be issued in any additional occurrences. Naugel House update: the buyer of the property wants to build townhouses. He won’t give the house to anyone but the town & will rebuild it. Peter stated that the site was not zoned for townhouses.

6. Adopt-a-Park update by Todd: Spoke to George Frye & Ron Lotterman about recycling receptacles in parks. They are concerned that people wouldn’t use them properly. Ron can use money from Clean Communities grant to purchase cans to see how it works. Todd got information on receptacles to purchase.

7. Wendy stated that the EC has a budget of $1000.


Bring ideas for Earth Day/ Arbor Day to next meeting.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 in the Municipal Building.