The Essex Conservation Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. in the Police Community Room, 145 Maple Street (please note the new location!!). The agenda includes the following items:

1) Public comments
2) Development review (with the Trails Committee) of applications scheduled to go before the Planning Commission on May 28:
- 34 Kellogg Road - Essex Mini Storage is looking to expand a storage building by 5,000 square feet and remove 5,055 square feet of pavement;
- 1 Commonwealth Avenue - 4,300 square foot building with ground-floor commercial space and four upstairs apartments;
- 3 Commonwealth Avenue/10 Carmichael St. - 22,400 square foot building with 56 congregate care units and 4,000 square feet of commercial space;
- 7 Carmichael Street - 10,000 square foot building with ground-floor office space and nine second-floor apartments.
3) Current use site visit at Pettingill Road on June 6
4) Draft column for Essex Reporter
5) Town Plan discussion
6) Discussion of establishing a conservation fund or land trust
7) Invasive species management and public education
8) Plan for fall clean-up day
9) Minutes from April 14, 2015
10) Other business

The Conservation Committee is looking for new members to fill two open seats. For more information about the openings or anything on the agenda, please contact Greg Duggan at 878-1343 or email gduggan@essex.org.