2004 - 2011 Annual Meeting August 13, 2011 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions…, it will, never devise an invention.
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2004 - 2011 Annual Meeting August 13, 2011 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions…, it will, never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. --Leonardo DaVinci Wellfleet Conservation Trust AGENDA Business Meeting Activities Report Robert S. Mangiaratti, Esq. Wellfleet Conservation Trust Mission To conserve land for enjoyment by current and future generations. Wellfleet Conservation Trust Board of Trustees Susan Anthony Richard Ciotti Frank Corbin Herb Daitch Robert Hankey Peter Hall Ned Hitchcock William Iacusessa Gary Joseph John Morrissey Dennis O’Connell Virginia Page Don Palladino Alan Platt Mary Rogers Marcia Seeler Wellfleet Conservation Trust Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc. www.thecompact.org Mission: “To encourage and assist in the acquisition, preservation and management of open space on Cape Cod” Wellfleet Conservation Trust In Memory of Stephen Anthony General Kenneth North Wellfleet Conservation Trust Business Meeting 27 Years! Wellfleet Conservation Trust Treasurer’s Report Donald Palladino, Treasurer Wellfleet Conservation Trust Summary of Results # Donations $ in 000’s Memberships Op Expense Compact Fees 2010 282 2009 229 2008 196 47 19 5 34 25 16 28 38 18 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Financial Resources At July 31, 2011 Operating Funds Land Acquisition Grant Pending Boelhouwer Fund Legal Defense Fund $000’s 33 209 85 11 26 Total $364 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Nominations Committee Gary Joseph, Chair Wellfleet Conservation Trust Candidates for Trustees until 2014 Robert Hankey Frank Corbin Alan Platt Gary Joseph Peter Hall Mary Rogers Wellfleet Conservation Trust Confirmation of Appointment 2012 Ned Hitchcock John Morrissey Confirmation of Appointment for 2013 Susan Anthony Wellfleet Conservation Trust Activities Report Wellfleet Conservation Trust Recent Successes Purchase from Town(fee) 0.25 Ac Adams(fee) 2.65 Duck Creek (fee) 1.25 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Purchase from Town PB Boulangerie Wellfleet Conservation Trust Conversion of Adams CR Senior Center Approx. 1 mile Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Mobil Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Summary Budget Purchase Price Appraisal Demolition Legal & Advisory $200,000 2,000 5,600 3,000 $210,600 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Head of Duck Creek Summary Funding State Grant Fields Ponds Grant Other donations WCT Acq. Fund $ 85,000 10,000 1,000 114,600 $210,600 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Property Review at July 31, 2011 Form Fee Owned CR Held Number 100 31 Total 131 Town Assists! Acres 272 73 345 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Clover Property – Old County Road Wellfleet Conservation Trust Clover Property C B A Wellfleet Conservation Trust Clover Property Anticipated Funding LAND Grant Appraisal Grant WCT Acq. Fund $174,000 3,000 161,000 Total Costs $338,000 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Sources of Capital Partner with Town Community Preservation Fund State Grant programs Institutional Grant Funding Capital Donations Wellfleet Conservation Trust Legal Defense and Resolution Pro-bono work on contracts Pro-bono on dispute resolution Pro-bono and fees on Title Defense Wellfleet Conservation Trust Wellfleet Conservation Trust Future events “Walks in Wellfleet” “State of the Harbor” -- September 17 -- November 5 Wellfleet Conservation Trust Other Activities AmeriCorps Adopt-a-Highway Website Property Inspections Trails – Building/benches/maps Wellfleet Conservation Trust “The end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time” T.S. Eliot “Four Quartets, Little Gidding”