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MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:00 PM
Brewster Natural
Resources Advisory
Commission
Kimberley Crocker Pearson,
Chair
Amy Henderson, Vice
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
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Zoom Webinar:
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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.,.Iov), or Video
recording (tv.brewster-ma.gov).
Pat Hughes, Clerk
Ron Essig, Brewster Pond
Call to Order
Coalition
1. Declaration of a Quorum
2. Recording Statement
Chris Williams
3. Citizens Forum
Elizabeth Taylor, Open Space
4. Notes from the Chair:
Committee
a. Follow up:
Scott Weissman
I. Stony Brook:
1. DMF River Herring Spawning and Nursery Habitat Assessment
Mary Chaffee, Select Board
Liaison
2. Mill Site Retaining Wall and Fish Passage Improvements
ii. Pesticide Reduction Bylaw
Natural Resources
1. Raptors and Rodenticides
Department
iii. Organizing Subcommittee for Coastal Forum?
Chris Miller, Director
b. Freshwater Initiative Stakeholder Meeting
Ryan Burch, Senior Natural
5. Town of Brewster Pond Management Plan:
Resources Assistant
David Johnson, Natural
a. Review of Benchmarking: Identified pros/cons of regional plans
Resources Officer
b. Statement of Purpose
William Grafton, Conservation
Administrator
i. Reference: Coastal Resource Management Plan; pp 4-5.
Cassandra West, Senior
c. Existing Conditions Evaluation:
Department Assistant
i. Harmful Algal Blooms
1. State of the Waters: Cape Cod 2023 vs. Massachusetts
Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM)
Guidance Manual for the 2022 Reporting Cycle: How to use
cyanobacteria monitoring data to infer pond HAB or nutrient
impairment?
6. Reports:
a. Natural Resources Director
b. Represented organizations and committees
7. Approval of Minutes
8. Matters not reasonably anticipated by the Chair
9. Topic(s) for future meetings:
a. Pond Management Plan: Cape Cod Commission Study on Satellite
prediction of Secchi depth
b. Coastal Resource Management Plan: Beach Profiling Pilot Study (Tricia
Teixeira)
c. Coastal Resource Management Plan: Beach sand nourishment mitigation
requirement for coastal erosion structures
d. Town Tree Policy
10. Informational Items:
a. Town of Brewster Coastal Resource Management Plan Phase 1 Report:
Executive Summary pp 4-5. https://www.brewster-
ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6286/f/uploads/phase 1 coastal resource manag
ement plan.pdf
b. State of the Waters: Cape Cod 2023: https://capecodwaters.org/wp-
content/uploads/2024/01 /Final-2023-SOTW-Water-Health-Report-
activelinks-1-12-24. pdf
c. Massachusetts Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM)
Guidance Manual for the 2022 Reporting Cycle
https://www.mass.gov/doc/2022-consolidated-assessment-and-listing-
methodology-guidance/download
d. Satellite imagery as a management tool for monitoring water clarity across
freshwater ponds on Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Coffer, et al, 2024)
https://www. sciencedirect.com/science/article/r)ii/S0301479724003207?via%
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11. Adjournment
Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk