WOODSTOCK ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMISSION
Minutes – January 20, 2021 Zoom
meeting
Alex Bolotow, Chair, called the meeting of the WEC to order at
7:00 pm on January 20, 2021.
Members Present: Arlene
Weissman, David Gross, Vice Chair, Julia Blelock, Erin Moran (joined at 7:10),
Bob Wolff, Secretary, and Alex Bolotow Chair. Members absent: Nick Foad.
Guests were Ken Panza and Mary McNamara.
J. Blelock moved to adopt the
evening’s proposed agenda. D. Gross seconded the motion and the agenda was
adopted as follows:
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Name
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Gross, D
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Foad, N
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Weissman, A
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Blelock, J
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Wolff, B
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Moran, E
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Bolotow, A
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Vote
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Yes
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A
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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A
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Yes
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A. Weissman moved to approve
the minutes for the January 6, 2021 meeting. J. Blelock seconded the motion and
the minutes were approved as follows:
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Name
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Gross, D
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Foad, N
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Weissman, A
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Blelock, J
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Wolff, B
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Moran, E
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Bolotow, A
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Vote
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Yes
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A
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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A
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Yes
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Correspondence
There was no correspondence.
Announcements
David, Arlene and Erin will be sworn for
their new term by the February 3rd meeting.
Updates
Solstice
Community Solar. The Subcommittee will continue to conduct
additional research on solar and other alternative sources. David stated that he had a previous commercial
relationship with Solar Generation, one of the CSS providers available in this
area.
Climate
Smart Committee (CSC). Erin
discussed and questioned the differences between the Climate Action Plan and
Climate Resiliency Plan and how they overlap.
Alex discussed the WEC planning longer term goals (e.g., ten years) with
a focus on resilience. The WEC will ask
for considerable community input and tap into the skill sets of new residents.
Natural Resources Inventory/Planning Board. The Planning Board will spend approximately 10
minutes at each of their meetings discussing critical environmental areas
(CEAs) at each of their meetings. On
April 29 they will host a workshop meeting covering CEAs, in depth. They’ll
invite Ingrid Haeckel and members of the WEC to the 4/29 meeting. Julia
volunteered to monitor the PB’s discussions of CEAs in the runup to 4/29.
Other Business
Ashokan Release SPDES Permit Modification. Mary McNamara of the Esopus Bend Conservancy spoke
to the WEC regarding the DEIS for the modification of the Ashokan SPDES
permit. Mary asked the WEC to review the
DEIS on Esopus.org. The WEC decided to
solicit input from the NYCDEP to present some of the technical details of the
DEIS Alternatives at a future meeting before moving forward with any action
(Note: Arlene, being a NYCDEP employee
recused herself from this portion of the meeting.)
Educational brochure for WEC webpage (on Town website). No update
Next
Meeting
February 3,
2020 @7:00 pm
Adjournment
Alex adjourned the meeting at 8:25 pm.
