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Schoharie Land Trust Steering Committee
minutes of 18 April 1991 meeting
CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Schoharie Land
Trust Steering Committee was called to order by Ken
Hotopp at 7:32 PM at the Cooperative Extension Office
in Cobleskill on 18 April 1991.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Elliott Adams Catherine Harwood
Ken Hotopp Steve
Larson
Eugene McCaffrey Mary
Jo O'Donnel Dan Schuppel
Denis O'Sullivan Robert Smith
John Townsend Karl Westphal
Bob Smith came in and chaired the meeting from
7:44 . SELF DEVELOPMENT GRANT: A $500 Self
Development grant has
been received. Someone from the Land trust
must be present for the presentation of the
grant on 19 May 1991.
MINUTES of the 14 Feb 1991 meeting were approved.
INCORPORATION: The Schoharie Land Trust has been
incorporated since 21 February 1991!
Contributions can be accepted and are tax
deductible through an
arrangement with the Catskill Center (checks
should be made out to CCCD/Schoharie Land Trust).
The first checks have cleared! John Townsend is
now working on the Land Trust's tax status.
LAND TRUST ALLIANCE: It was agreed to join the
Land Trust Alliance as soon as possible.
NEWS ARTICLES: There have been several news
articles on the Land Trust. If members will
clip the articles and get them to Elliott
Adams(Box 195,Sharon Springs,13459), he will
keep a file of them.
PRATTSVILLE: A report was given on Prattsville's
vote to reject the idea of a new dam in
their town. CASCADE, Box 36, Prattsville is
spearheading the fight against the Power
Authority and is in need of funds.
N.Y.C. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: A
letter, penned by Catherine Harwood,
supporting the position of the 30 town water
shed coalition was approved.
CONTRIBUTION: VECA made a generous contribution
to the Land Trust.
SOIL CONSERVATION WEEK COMMITTEE REPORT: Book
marks (which were passed out) and coloring
books have been ordered. A press release in
cooperation with ASCS is planned and even a
radio release is being considered.
BROCHURE: The brochure is ready to go to press.
CCDC will contribute $200 toward the $2000
cost of the brochures.
GAS PIPELINE LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM: As part
of the proposed new gas pipeline agreement
the gas line company will setup a fund of
money to be spent within the towns
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the pipeline passes through (Wright,
Schoharie, Esperance, Carlisle). A Committee
will review plans to spend these funds, the
towns will be encouraged to submit
proposals. Eugene McCaffrey suggested that
the Land Trust submit a proposal by which
the Trust would accept offers from land
owners to sell development rights. The trust
would then evaluate these offers (which
would include a price), on a cost/benefit
ratio. Finally a determination would be made
based on potential importance to the public
of the easements, cost of the
easement and funds available. Some towns
have expressed a general interest in
supporting this idea and in having the
Trust take the lead role. The funds must be
committed by Sept. 1st. It was agreed that
Eugene McCaffrey should work in the name of
the Trust to develop such a plan and to
contact the Towns to get their further
support.
HUMBACH PRESENTATION: a report on preparations.
Personal contact should be made with the
planning boards to encourage them to
attend.
Ken Hotopp to contact Cobleskill
Mary Jo O'Donnel to contact Schoharie
Elliott Adams to contact Sharon
Denis O'Sullivan to contact Village of Schoharie
A nominal $50 contribution to Humbach to cover
some
of his expenses was approved. Dan Schupple
will provide a Video Recorder for Denis
O'Sullivan to record the meeting.
NEXT MEETING: Meetings have previously been set
up for 18 April, 16 May & 20 June 7:30 PM
at the Cooperative Extension Office in
Cobleskill.
ANNUAL MEETING: The first annual meeting was set
for 16 May 1991, 7:30 PM at the Cooperative
Extension Office in Cobleskill. Officers
and Directors will be appointed.
MINUTES of the 17 Jan 1991 meeting were
approved.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE: The Nominating
Committee, consisting of Karl
Westphal, gave a status report.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at
9:54 pm.
Elliott D. S.
Adams
Recording
Secretary, pro tem.
