Conservation
Commission
The Conservation/Wetlands
Management (Conservation) module tracks reviews and determinations related
to the protection of water bodies including rivers, estuaries and wetlands.
With the
Conservation module you can:
- Create
custom determinations in the exact wording used in the department
- Send
notices to owners of parcels within a specified distance of
the parcel in the application
- Record
hearings for each review created
- Record
conditions for each review to appear in the printed orders of
condition
- Print
Orders of Condition either to standard module documents or department
created custom documents
Once the
petition records are created, activity is tracked using specialized Conservation
module features including:
- Review
specific hearing detail screens where the members present, application
votes, and the minutes of the hearing are recorded
- Task
specific wizard screens and drop down lists that help you enter information
quickly and accurately
- Review
deadline calculation features that allow you to specify how to calculate
important deadlines for each application type, and calculate deadlines
based on dates selected in the record
- Enhanced
abutter list generators that allow you to add and edit existing abutter
lists and use them to merge into standard or department created documents which are sent to owners of surrounding properties
The information
maintained by the Conservation module can easily be accessed and reported
in a variety of ways including:
- Screens
that display summary or detailed information as needed
- Various
letters, notices, and postings related to hearings and abutters
to the property
- Summary
and detail printed reports generated based on criteria selected
- GIS
map displays of the parcel and abutters to the parcel of the
petition record
