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Conservation commission reviews habitat-restoration plans; Rogers Pond park likely to close for mulching in early July
Summary
The Commission received landscaping plans for Rotary Park from Larkspur, confirmed student volunteer work at Rogers Pond Park, and recorded that Parks & Rec will be asked to close Rogers Pond Park the week of July 6 for mulching; two members completed volunteer herbicide stump-treatment training under licensed supervision.
At its June 1 meeting the Town of Kennebunk Conservation Commission reviewed progress on local habitat-restoration projects and coordinated next steps with town services.
Larkspur, the contractor working on Rotary Park, has received the commission's feedback on the proposed plant list and will prepare a landscaping plan to present by Zoom. The minutes indicate the commission expects to review that plan before further work.
At Rogers Pond Park, students finished required volunteer hours. The commission recorded that it appears there are no events during the week of July 6; Commission member Jennifer Shack said she will confirm with Parks & Recreation and will notify Public Services that the mulcher recommends the park be closed during mulching.
Commission members Lee Sullivan and Jennifer Shack attended volunteer herbicide-application training with Steve Brook. The training certified them to manually apply herbicide to stumps of woody plants under the supervision of a licensed applicator; the minutes note explicitly that the training did not include spraying or injecting herbicide.
The minutes did not record formal votes, contract awards, or dollar amounts for the landscaping work or mulch operations. Next procedural steps in the minutes are confirmation of the July work window with Parks & Recreation and a future Zoom presentation of the Rotary Park landscaping plan.
