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Brewster Natural
Resources Advisory
Commission
Kimberley Crocker Pearson,
Chair
Amy Henderson, Vice
MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, March 14, 2024 6:00 PM
This meeting will be conducted in person at the time and location identified above. Members of
the public who wish to access the meeting remotely may do so in the following manner:
Phone: Call (312) 626 6799 or (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID: 885 7411 7201 Passcode: 985327
To request to speak: Press '9 and wait to be recognized.
Zoom Webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/i/88574117201?ewd=SExTRzRiZ1 dXSUIPdnJ5SmVTZkpyQT09
Passcode: 985327. To request to speak: Tap Zoom "Raise Hand", then wait to be recognized.
Chair, Brewster Conservation
Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast live, in real time, via Live broadcast (Brewster
Trust Representative
Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestream.brewster-ma.gov), or Video
recording (tv.brewster-m.a._goy)..
Pat Hughes, Clerk
Ron Essig, Brewster Pond
Coalition
Call to Order
1. Declaration of a Quorum
Chris Williams
2. Recording Statement
Elizabeth Taylor, Open Space
3. Citizens Forum
Committee
4. Home Rule Petition for Pesticide Reduction - Recommendation for Select Board
Scott Weissman
a. Presentation
b. Discussion
Mary Chaffee, Select Board
c. Public Comment
Liaison
d. Vote
Natural Resources
5 Notes from the Chair:
Department
a. Follow up: DMF River Herring Spawning and Nursery Habitat Assessment:
Chris Miller, Director
Stony Brook Watershed
Ryan Burch, Senior Natural
b. Follow up: Coastal Resource Management Plan: Paine's Creek Landing
Resources Assistant
David Johnson, Natural
Enhancements
Resources Officer
6. Town of Brewster Pond Management Plan:
William Grafton, Conservation
Administrator
a. Pond Management Plan Benchmarking - Report of Commissioners
Cassandra West, Senior
Taylor/Henderson
Department Assistant
b. State of the Waters: Use of cyanobacteria monitoring to determine pond
nutrient impairment?
7. Reports:
a. Represented organizations and committees
8. Approval of Minutes
9. Matters not reasonably anticipated by the Chair
10. Topic(s) for future meetings:
a. Public Forum: PFAS
11. Informational Items:
a. State of the Waters: Cape Cod 2023: https://capecodwaterS.org/wp-
content/uploads/2024/01 /Final-2023-SOTW-Water-Health-Recort-
activelinks-1-12-24.pdf -
b. Massachusetts Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM)
Guidance Manual for the 2022 Reporting Cycle
https://www. mass. aov/doc/2022-consolidated-assessment-and-listing -
meth odology-guidance/download
c. Orleans Home Rule Petition for Pesticide Reduction:
htt sJ/www.town.orleans.ma.us/DocumentCenterNiew/5695/Pesticide-
Reduction-Bylaw-DRAFT-MDF-81723
d. Bill HD.4971: An Act authorizing the town of Orleans to adopt a pesticide
reduction bylaw https://male -islature... ov/Bills/193/HD4971
e. Pesticide Reduction Resource Guide For Citizens and Municipalities of
Massachusetts https://www.mass.-gov/doc/pe_sticide-reduction-resource-
guide-for-citizens-municipalities/download
12. Adjournment
Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk