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MEETING MINUTES
MILTON GREENSPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
July 31, 2017
6:30 pm
City Hall, Community Place
1. Call to Order at 6:33 p.m
• Members present: Robin Gray, Robin Fricton, Marc Walley, Robert
Brannon, Colt Whittall
• Members Absent: Steve Wheeler, Curtis Mills,
2. Adoption/Amendment of Agenda
• As the guest speaker was unavailable, It was requested that item
number 7 (“Lessons from Other Greenspaces”) be removed from the
agenda. It is anticipated that this speaker will be at a future meeting.
• Motion to approve amended agenda: Robin Gray
• 2nd: Robert Brannon
• Vote: 5-0, motion passed
3. Adoption of Minutes
• Motion to approve minutes of the July 10, 2017 MGAC committee
meeting: Marc Walley
• 2nd: Robin Fricton
• Vote: 5-0, motion passed
4. Introduction by Kathy Fields, Community Development Director, of Teresa
Stickels, Sustainability Coordinator, who will replace Katherine Johnson as the
Milton liaison to the Milton Greenspace Committee.
5. Review and Discussion of Project Status Report by, Katherine Moore, Georgia
Conservancy
6. Review and Discussion of Greenspace Program Goals, by Katherine Moore, and
Jonathan Franklin, Georgia Conservancy
• Adoption of three goals and objectives presented by Georgia
Conservancy
o Motion to approve goals and objectives: Robin Gray
o 2nd: Robin Fricton
o Votes: 5-0 motion passed
o Goals are provided as an attachment to these minutes
7. Review and discussion of Maintenance Costs and Management Implications,
Jonathan Franklin, Georgia Conservancy
8. Review and discussion of Preliminary Prioritization Process, Katherine Moore
and Jonathan Franklin, Georgia Conservancy
9. Review and discussion of Next Steps, Katherine Moore, Georgia Conservancy
10. Other business
• Schedule and location of future meetings discussed. Dates will remain the
same but initial locations for meetings is as follows:
August 14 (13000 Deerfield Parkway, Entrance 107-E)
August 28 (Community Place)
September 11 (Bethwell Community Center, 2695 Hopewell Road)
September 25 (Community Place)
October 9 (Location TBD)
October 23 (Community Place)
November 13 (Location TBD)
November 27 (Community Place)
December 11 (Location TBD)
December 18 Tentative (Community Place)
11. Public Comment
• Parker Denmark from Boy Scout Troop 841 was present and asked if there
was any work that the Troop could help with to let them know.
12. Next meeting scheduled for Monday, August 14, 2017 (13000 Deerfield
Parkway, Entrance 107-E) at 6:30 p.m.
14. Adjournment at 8:37 p.m.
Attachment to 7/31/17 Minutes: Approved Program Goals
Goal 1:
Protect and enhance the City of Milton’s rural community character by
protecting greenspace in undeveloped areas of the City as well as establishing
greenspace in developed areas of the City.
Objectives:
• Identify acquisition opportunities in all eight character areas of the City
(references categories in the City’s Comprehensive Plan).
• Tailor protection strategies to the appropriate area of the City.
Goal 2:
Whenever possible, create connections between land interests for increased
greenspace and environmental benefits.
Objectives:
• Identify for acquisition land interests that are adjacent to existing publicly-
owned or otherwise protected land interests.
• Identify for acquisition land interests that have the potential to complete a
network or corridor or in the future may create adjacencies, if other
acquisitions are successfully completed.
Goal 3:
Maximize the benefits to the City of Milton by creating an evaluation process
that reflects priorities from other City of Milton-adopted plans and established
the potential for other funding sources to be leveraged.
Objectives:
• Create an evaluation process that prioritizes properties and land interests
meeting more than one criteria.
• Ensure priorities and goals from other City of Milton-adopted plans are
incorporated into the evaluation process.
• Consider other funding sources when crafting the final acquisition
strategy.