Highlights from the December 17th Meeting: Walton Lake Watershed management presentation was discussed. This meeting will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 22nd at at American Legion Post 488, 532 Lakes Road, Monroe. Please note the date and location change. Guest speaker is Mr. Ed Helbig of the Orange County Water Authority. Representatives of the Town of Monroe and the Village of Chester (which draws municipal water from the lake) have been invited. The general public is encouraged to attend. Plant, Prune, and Preserve Public Spaces. This is the tree grant program. The February MCC meeting will be held at the Monroe Senior Center on Wednesday, February 18th at 8 p.m. Topics to be covered in the tree grant meeting include tree inventories and using the information from the inventory, the economic value of trees including jobs and career opportunities and the siting of trees at Alex Smith Pavilion and Markay New Town Park. The last topic was brought up by a member of the public who attended the meeting. Matt Hoenninger asked about formation of a citizens committee to look at sustainable uses of the Faber Farm property that the town owns. While the Conservation Committee does not have the manpower to create and run such a committee, there was no objection to citizens exploring uses of the property so that proposals could be submitted to the town board.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:22:35 +0000
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