Andrews Community Forest 6/24/24

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Andrews Community Forest Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, June 24, 2024 - 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Location: Richmond Town Center Meeting Conf.  Room C, 3rd Floor, 203 Bridge Street.
Meeting will be held in person but may also be joined online or by phone

Zoom Meeting  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87009322152?pwd=QnJLellPK0xJN3RxWjlvMEZGMC9uQT09 
Meeting ID: 870 0932 2152
Passcode: 399802
Join by phone: 1 929 205 6099
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbn1l98GDi 

Agenda (* denotes item in ‘packet’)

a. 6:00-6:15 pm Standing Items - 15 minutes:
•    Start recording Zoom and unmute, speakers on. 
•    Roll call and confirm Quorum; Welcome and identify public in attendance.
•    Appoint time-keeper and minutes taker 
•    * Minutes of May 20th, 2024 meeting*
o    https://www.richmondvt.gov/fileadmin/files/Andrews_Community_Forest/Meetings/2024/05/ACFC_Minutes_05-20-24.pdf?4b0547a3c06cf369152b4476a3f141bbce05a920 
•    Additions/Changes to Agenda
•    Public Comment Period
Note:   Chairperson may recognize Public Comment period of each Agenda item.
(Public in person please move to the table with microphones and identify themselves).

b.  6:15 pm Old Business and Updates 
-  * ACFC Website page*  (5 minutes – Brad)
    (https://www.richmondvt.gov/boards-meetings/mock-andrews-community-forest-mock)
-  * Vision/Mission statement*  – (Brad) (10 min)
-  Wildlife Management Plan (5 minutes – quick update and timeline)
-  VELCO update: ROW to south and west, bridge abutment (Wright – 10 minutes)

c. 6:45 pm *Management plan revisions and timeline – (Daniel) (20 min)

d. 7:05 pm *Discussion – Suggested public meeting with presentations of 
*BioFinder maps (https://anr.vermont.gov/node/1182), 
*VTDigger article [ref] (https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/09/mapping-vermonts-wildlife-highway-how-advanced-data-is-helping-species-one-road-at-a-time/)
**VT Conservation Design.  A collaboration with RCC (https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/vermont-conservation-design)?  (15 min)

e.  7:20 *Hot spots continued (20 min)

f.  7:40 pm *ACFC Bylaws change – language about ACFC appointments * (5 minutes)

g. 7:45 pm Confirm future meeting schedules: (July 22nd, Aug 26th, 2024);
      Entertain Motion to Adjourn

* Denotes an item for the packet (file or URL)