WOODSTOCK ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMISSION
June
2, 2021 Zoom Meeting
Alex Bolotow, Chair, called the meeting of the WEC to order at
7:01 pm on June 2, 2021.
Members Present: David Gross (Vice Chair), Julia
Blelock, Bob Wolff (Secretary), Arlene Weissman, Alex Bolotow (Chair) and Nick
Foad. Members Absent: Erin Moran. Guests were Angelina Peone (Director of
Sustainability, UCRRA), Ken Panza, and Laura Ricci (Town Board Member).
Julia moved to adopt the
evening’s proposed agenda. Bob 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
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
A
|
Yes
|
David moved to approve the
minutes for the May 19, 2021 meeting. Julia seconded the motion and the minutes
were approved as follows:
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Name
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Gross,
D
|
Foad,
N
|
Weissman,
A
|
Blelock,
J
|
Wolff,
B
|
Moran,
E
|
Bolotow, A
|
|
Vote
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
A
|
Yes
|
Correspondence
None.
Announcements
Alex announced the June 16 meeting of the WEC
will be “in-person” at the Town offices.
Updates
Municipal Composting. Angelina Peone of the Ulster County Resource
Recovery Agency provided an overview of the composting program at UCRRA. She reviewed the following options with the
WEC:
- promote composting at home, such as
backyard or indoor composting,
- establish community scale (on site)
composting, such as at a community garden or community center,
- establish a residential food scrap
drop off program, such as a farmer’s market or community center,
- curbside food scrap collection is
available in select locations locally.
Farmers Market. The WEC will
have a table on Wednesday, July 21 at the Farmer’s Market.
Youth Center Energy Audit. The audit is
scheduled for June 11 and 18th, gratis, by Green Jobs Initiative
from Citizens for Local Power.
10 Church Road/Fill Law. Laura indicated
a one month extension has been granted to for the hearing. Bob provided technical comments on the new
Fill Law for submittal to the Town Board.
Natural Resources Inventory/CEA/Planning Board. Alex, Julia,
Erin and Arlene attended Hudsonia’s first meeting on June 1st; it
mostly focused on the identification of ecological/historical/hazardous areas
of land use.
Brochure. Nick will provide
input for presentation at the July 21st Farmer’s Market.
Earth Day. Erin will share a “responsibility” spreadsheet
with the WEC via email.
New/Other Business
Town Construction Moratorium. The Town Board has scheduled a public meeting
on June 8 at Mescal Hornbeck Community Center.
Adjournment
Alex adjourned the meeting at 8:39 pm.
