Town of Rochester Environmental Conservation Commission
Minutes for Tuesday, May 25, 2021 – 6:30pm
Video recording can be viewed on YouTube: www.bit.ly/TORECC-YouTube

In attendance:
Madeline Russo (ECC Chair)
Mikala Sherman (ECC member)
Lisa Dokken (ECC member)
Heather Eckardt (ECC member)
Mark Diedrich (ECC member)
Judith Karpova (ECC member)
Absent:
John Messerschmidt (ECC Vice Chair)
Tim Ganon (ECC member)
Guests:
Ann Belmont (public)
Todd Anderson (public)

Meeting called to order at 6:37pm
Approve April Minutes – approved
Recap of May events – Third Thursday cancelled, Forest Clean-up turnout
Upcoming Events
Tire Pull: June 19 – posters, need to reach out to public to solicit boats/kayaks
Third Thursday Nature Series Presentations – need to send posters out tonight, Madeline will follow up with Mikala
June: Judith Karpova (energy efficiency)
July: John Thompson of CRISP (invasive insects)
August: Chris Spratz (wildlife tracking)
September…..?
Mikala to contact HV Bee for future presentation. Lisa to follow up with contact at regenerative farming community. John to reach out to Luke again.
New Business
Letter of support for HRWA LULA grant – approved
Opening on the ECC – Todd will send a letter to Mike. Mark will be leaving soon (later this fall) and another will open then.
Formation of Climate Smart Communities Task Force – Town Board passed a resolution to form a CSC Task Force for Rochester, more information to come. In the meantime, the presentation from the Bard students on the Town’s Gap Analysis is on the Town website.
Public Comment – Todd asks that I change the emails that I have on file for him so that he doesn’t miss future emails.
Meeting Adjourned by consensus 7:12pm