1.Meeting called to order by Paul Savchick at 7:05 PM. Present were Paul

Savchick, Rick Young, Dick Brisbois, Judy Fowler, Tom Head, Dick Fortin and Marnie Cobbs.

2. Administration  Minutes of the 12/09 meeting were accepted with the following amendment: In item #6 last Paragraph should read: "Boulders were not placed at the Peddler’s End logging site due to concern expressed by Chet Russell that they would block a Class VI road."

3.TREASURER’S REPORT Dick Brisbois reported:

Eaton Conservation Fund $ 283.92

Forest Management Fund 16,129.55

$16,413.47

Dick. B. said the minimum amount needed to prevent a fee in the ECF is $500 so he transferred only that much from the FMF.

4.LAND PROTECTION An article in the 1/9/10 Conway Daily Sun described the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust (USVLT) plan to purchase the 99 acre piece on Foss Mt. Marnie placed information at the Eaton Village Store about this. There was extensive discussion about use of money from the Eaton Land Acquisition Capital Reserve Fund (LACRF) towards this land purchase. (This can be referenced in the minutes of the 2002 Town Meeting: articles 11 and 12, pages 32 and 33.) Paul also shared the RSA’s related to use of the LACRF monies. Although it appears the selectmen are not legally obliged to do so, ECC members all felt there should be a noticed public hearing on this issue. Therefore, a hearing will be scheduled for Tuesday, February 9 and Dick F., Paul and Marnie will speak to the land purchase issue. Research continues re: need for this to also be presented at Town Meeting.

5.FOSS MOUNTAIN Nothing at this time.

6.OTHER BUSINESS A. Two lost snowshoers ended up in Dick B."s drive- way recently, having tried to traverse the Nella B. Henney Trail from the winter parking on Foss Mt. Rd. The sign marking this old trail will be removed as the trail is nearly nonexistent due to years of overgrowth.

B. Clean-up projects on Town lands were discussed, both for improving certain sites and for getting more townspeople involved in Town lands.

C. Dick F. is trying to reach Amanda Stone at the Wetlands Bureau re: NH Method of Wetland Evaluation.

D. Re: liaison with other towns doing lake monitoring, Marnie talk to Ken McKenzie.

Next meeting: February8, 2010 at 7:00 PM.

Meeting adjourned t 9:05 PM.

Respectfully submitted by Judy Fowler, secretary.