2024-05-02T17:39:28-07:00 2023-12-31 260279453 Mark Keighley CPA 66 North Street Mattapoisett MA 02739 990 2023-01-01 043330724 Rochester Land Trust Inc ROCH 7066755263 PO Box 337 Rochester MA 02770 Russ Keeler Treasurer 2024-05-01 true Russ Keeler 999009999 true Mark Keighley P00428960 5087582090 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Matthew Monteiro PO Box 337 Rochester MA 02770 188313 false X www.rochesterlandtrust.org X 1996 MA Land conservation and preservation 9 9 0 40 0 99644 182705 0 1957 5608 0 101601 188313 99200 0 0 0 0 100 10337 19267 109537 19267 -7936 169046 2677753 2846799 0 2677753 2846799 Land conservation and preservation false false 16977 During 2023 the Land Trust acquired a 63 acre parcel in Rochester known as the Long Plain Forest Reserve. The acquisition was done with the assistance of a grant from the Massachusetts Conservation Partnership Program. This property has conservation values including water quality protection, habitat protection, scenic views, open space expansion, public access and governmental planning. It is part of a larger 241 acre drinking water aquifer protection project that includes land in Mattapoisett, Acushnet and Fairhaven.Also of note during 2023, the Land Trust made significant progress rebuilding and restoring old stone walls at a scenic site known locally as Church's Pony Pasture. Additionally Land Trust volunteers improved trail and property markers and continued monitoring its conservations restrictions. 16977 true false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 9 9 true false false false true true false true true false false true true true true false false false false false MA X X Russ Keeler 6178270840 PO Box 65 157 Vaughn Hill Road Rochester MA 02770 X Russ Keeler Treasurer 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Robert Lawrence Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Dubois Vice President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Joseph Duggan Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Norene Hartley Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matthew Monteiro President 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Brian Vasa Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matthew Sanders Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wendy Keeler Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 157500 25205 182705 0 5608 5608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 188313 5608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 975 975 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2951 2951 Land Improvements 12059 12059 Postage and Shipping 1060 770 190 100 Printing and Publications 960 841 119 Miscellaneous Expense 407 85 322 855 271 584 19267 16977 2190 100 2189 2737 153370 144478 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2699584 2522194 2699584 0 0 0 0 0 2677753 2846799 0 0 X 155232 139397 2522521 2707402 2677753 2846799 2677753 2846799 169046 X false false false X 83825 19304 101111 99644 182705 486589 0 0 83825 19304 101111 99644 182705 486589 12130 474459 2797 642 14 1957 5608 11018 0 646 646 498253 0.95220 0.94380 X X X X 15 69 1 true false 2699584 2699584 2699584 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy Once each year the Rochester Land Trust monitors each conservation restriction it holds to ensure owner compliance with the terms of the conservation restriction agreement. The land trust assigns a stewardship chairperson who assigns a property monitor for each property and reviews and approves the monitoring activity. The chairperson maintains a conservation restriction monitoring plan which lists property names, assigned monitors, and a record of monitoring visits. The property monitor uses the CR monitoring form to document each monitoring visit, and maintains it in the stewardship binder for that property. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. Per the policy of the Rochester Land Trust, conservation easements are recorded at a nominal amount if acquired by gift and at cost if purchased. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Russ Keeler, Treasurer and Wendy Keeler, Secretary have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 To be a voting member of the land trust requires a minimum donation of $25 in the current or previous calendar year. An individual becomes a life member by virtue of a single donation of $1000 or more, or a donation of land or a conservation restriction. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b As The Rochester Land Trust is an all volunteer organization, the president and treasurer are delegated the authority to oversee the filing of Form 990. The financial and other information which is ultimately reported on Form 990 is shared with all board members at their interim meetings. As a final step in the process, the Form 990 is distributed to all the board members for comment before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All newly elected directors of The Rochester Land Trust are given a copy of its conflict of interest policy. That policy requires the director to disclose, at the time of election, all existing or potential conflicts of interest and to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest which arise during the term of the director. This is reaffirmed annually by having each director sign a Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form for each calendar year. The policy also requires a director to abstain from discussing any issue, project or transaction in which the director has a conflict of interest and to absent himself, or herself, from any subsequent vote on the matter. Before discussion begins and before voting on a matter that might involve a conflict of interest, directors are reminded of their obligation not to participate if they perceive a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Rochester Land Trust will provide copies of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements embodied in Form 990 to anyone who requests them. In addition, a copy of The Rochester Land Trust's Form 990 is attached to its annual filing with the Public Charities Division of The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. These records are public and open to inspection at the Attorney General's website.