===PAGE 1=== Town of Lunenburg Meeting Minutes AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION 7:30 PM Thursday April 18, 2019 Ritter Memorial Building 960 Massachusetts Avenue Present: M. Allison, A. Snow, R. Stober, J. Marzuca Guests: M. Fontaine, Y. Fusaro, G. Burns Chair called the meeting to order at 7:31pm. A. Snow moved to accept the minutes of Jan 17, 2019 R. Stober 2nd, J. Marzuca abstained, all aye. A. Snow moved to accept the minutes of Feb 21, 2019 R. Stober 2nd, all aye. A. Snow moved to accept the minutes of March 21, 2019 R. Stober 2nd, all aye LHS student did not attend to discuss their project. Economic Development Committee discussion included mention that it had been initiated, created and then unanimously tabled by the BOS. Description by the Town Manager and Land Use Director sounded like it would be a positive thing for farms and agriculture in Lunenburg. Land Acquisition Committee discussion included description of the focus parcels. M. Fontaine and Y. Fusaro were in attendance for LCFM(Lunenburg Community Farmers Market) management discussion. Both are educators and business owners, they have worked well together in the past and are each interested in being manager of the farmers market. R. Stober moved that both be appointed the market management team, A. Snow 2nd, all aye. G. Burns expressed interest in becoming member to the AgCom. He is 5th generation farmer in Lunenburg, is a blacksmith, owns his own business. A. Snow moved to recommend G. Burns for appointment to AgCom, R. Stober 2nd, all aye. R. Stober volunteered to retrieve 2018 market signs, credentials for the market facebook page, and key to the Ritter from the previous market manager. LCFM discussion ensued that consumed the rest of the meeting. All other items were tabled to the next meeting. R. Stober moved to adjourn, A. Snow second, adjourned at 9:41pm. Matthew Allison, Chair Arthur Snow, Vice-Chair Ryan Stober, Clerk Jorge Marzuca, Member -VACANCY-, Member -VACANCY-, Alternate -VACANCY-, Alternate AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION P.O. Box 135 Lunenburg, MA 01462-0135