Andrews Community Forest Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, July 22, 2024 - 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Location: Richmond Town Center Meeting Conf. Room A, 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_Mi[...]920
o and *notes for (no-quorum) meeting in June https://www.richmondvt.gov/fileadmin/files/Andrews_Community_Forest/Meetings/2024/06/ACFC_Mi[...]776
• 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/andrews-community-forest)
- *b1 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 *c1 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-helpi[...]me/)
**VT Conservation Design. A collaboration with RCC (https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/vermont-conservation-design)? (15 min)
****d1 Andrews Community Forest: An Ecological Assessment (Bob Low)

e. 7:20 *e1 Hot spots continued (20 min)

f. 7:40 pm *f1 ACFC Bylaws change – language about ACFC appointments * (5 minutes)

g. 7:45 pm Confirm future meeting schedules: (Aug 26th, Sept 23rd 2024);
Entertain Motion to Adjourn

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

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