TO: Board of Directors FROM: Peter Bauer, Executive Director DATE: July 16, 2018 RE: Executive Director’s Report 2018-4

This report covers activities from mid-May to mid-July 2018. The last report was provided to the Board in May 2018 (Executive Director’s report 2018-3). All ED Reports are posted on the Director’s page.

Please note that we have a new direct phone line 518-251-2700 and our mailing address is PO Box 48, North Creek, NY 12853.

PROTECT Programs

Conservation & Advocacy

High Peaks Wilderness and Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest UMP Amendments: Without much fanfare or even discussion about conformance with the APSLMP, the APA acted on July 12-13 to approve the UMP amendments to the High Peaks Wilderness and Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest areas. The CAC and Board had discussed these amendments. We encouraged members to submit letters during the public hearing, which 106 did, and we submitted our comments (posted on the website) on June 27th. The APA-DEC moved fast to get their paperwork done and handled the review in one meeting, not the two meetings, as required under the APA-DEC MOU. They also cut corners on the APSLMP and CP-3 policy.

The only bright spot here is that DEC staff worked with Cad Dawson on an actual “carrying capacity” analysis that they plan to implement. Though vague and heavily subjective, and with out a schedule for implementation, or any financial support from DEC, it’s something. We need this type of analysis in the Forest Preserve to do basic things like size parking lots as well as to do more ambitious things like look at use restrictions/trail permits.

Saranac Lake Wild Forest UMP: The APA closed its public hearing on the Saranac Lake Wild Forest UMP on July 13th, Over 60 PROTECT members submitted comments and we filed our comments on the 13th and they are posted on the website. This is a complicated UMP and one that has been in development for years. The challenge is that many of the campsites do not comply with the APSLMP with regards to separation

Protect the Adirondacks! PO Box 48 North Creek NY 12853 [email protected] www.protectadks.org Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter (@ProtectAdkPark) distances from campsite to campsite and campsite to water. In the DEC draft UMP in 2017 they said that they would bring all campsites into compliance, but in the final UMP they are punting. DEC made the argument that the trampled and degraded areas are only those at campsites and a few trails, while the rest of the 79,000-acre unit is fine, and what they need is a formal carrying capacity analysis.

Buildings on the Forest Preserve/Gooley Club: I sent in a letter and issued a press release on the failure of the DEC to state publicly that it will take down the Gooley Club buildings on Third Lake of the Essex Chain Lakes. In response, DEC issued this:

The

Lori Severino Public Information Officer, Office of Media Relations

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-1016 P: (518) 402-8000 | F: (518) 408-5071 | [email protected] www.dec.ny.gov | | |

“DEC will continue to work with the State Historic Preservation Office regarding this nomination, and ensure the rich Adirondack history of the Essex Chain Lakes area is preserved as we implement our ongoing actions identified in our Unit Management Plan.” -- Lori Severino, June 11, 2018, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation on decision to remove the Gooley Club buldings on Third Lake, Essex Chain Lake

Background: Below is direct language from the UMP on this property:

D. State Historic Preservation Act of 1980

As required by the Section 14.09 of the New York State Historic Preservation Act of 1980, the Department consulted with the of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) regarding the treatment of the Outer Gooley Club Farmhouse and the Inner Gooley Club buildings. OPRHP requested that the Department enter into ongoing consultation with that Office regarding the re-purposing of the Outer Gooley Club Farmhouse. The Department agrees to this and will continue to consult with OPRHP as detailed plans for the adaptation and use Outer Gooley Club Farmhouse are developed and implemented. In regard to the removal of the Inner Gooley Club buildings, OPRHP requested that the Department record these buildings prior to demolition and consider relocating one or more of the structures to the site of the Outer Gooley Club in order to ensure long term preservation. Further discussion of compliance with the New York State Historic Preservation Act of 1980 can be found in section IV. HISTORICAL RESOURCES.

This followed letters and columns that outlined all the legal issues with buildings on the Forest Preserve.

Canoe-in for Motorless Weller Pond on Saturday August 18th: As part of the effort to commemorate the Canoe-In for Wilderness at Little Tupper Lake on August 15, 1998 2 we’ve organized a week of fundraising paddling events August 13-17th (watch your mailboxes) that culminates with another canoe-in at Weller Pond on Saturday August 18th. Our goal is to get at least 100 canoe and kayaks in a protest flotilla calling for Weller Pond and Little Weller Ponds to be managed as motorless waterbodies. The DEC has refused to do this as part of the SLWFUMP, so this is an effort to renew pressure on the state. There will be a lot of logistics work, but we have good internal plans for how to stage the event at South Creek, but park people at another location. There will be a party afterwards and we’re working on the details.

Forest Preserve Monitoring/Rutted and Ruined Redux: We received a Patagonia grant in May to help fund fieldwork to document ATV damage in the Forest Preserve in 2018. We have hired two interns, one a recent college grad who can work into the fall, another undergrad who is done in late August. I worked out a field protocol with Steve Signell that will coordinate with the Adirondack Atlas App and trained them with hikes up and Coney Mountain. They are doing two things: 1) conduct trail inventories to assess conditions and document overuse; 2) document illegal ATV and motor vehicle use.

On the trail inventory side, this will help us with work on cataloguing overuse issues. There will be a focus on the High Peaks. The interns use their smartphone with a downloaded Fulcrum App that we have written that contains trail inventory and facilities information. As information is collected, a GPS point is automatically recorded. We’re in the process of trying to enlist a team of volunteers to help with this project as well. In the long-run, it could be a big group of volunteers who really help to maximize the importance of this work. In the short-run, we hope to have good trail use data that helps with overuse planning at the DEC and documents motor vehicle trespass.

On the ATV side, depending on what we find me may have material to release an update of Rutted and Ruined: ATV Damage on the Adirondack Forest Preserve published in 2003. That report catalyzed a series of events that shut down ATV use on the Forest Preserve, closing over 90 roads. We have received a $15,000 grant from Patagonia and we’re working on lining up other money as well for activities in the fall and spring and analysis.

ORDA UMPS: Gore and Whiteface UMPs were approved by the APA. A new draft is out now for .

High Peaks Trail Crew: The second High Peaks Trail Crew was only able to hire two people this summer. Similarly AFR and Backcountry Stewards positions were unfilled. DEC

Land Acquisition: TNC continues to own Follensby Pond. OSI is working on inholdings in the southern Five Ponds Wilderness Area.

High Peaks Management and Overuse: DEC is continuing to convene a stakeholders group on High Peaks issues. The reroute of Cascade is their first major undertaking.

3 Legislation

The Legislative this year ended in a trainwreck. Betty Little said she would not take any action on conservation design and the Assembly held up other Adirondack legislation.

APA Reform/Conservation Subdivision Design Bill: As previously reported a number of us have been working through a forum convened by the Common Ground Alliance on revision of A5451, legislation to reform the APA Act to ensure conservation development standards for all major subdivisions in the Adirondacks. This was a tortured and frustrating effort. Bob Glennon, Marilyn DuBois, and Barb Rottier deserves medals for going to these meetings and trying to work out an agreement with local government reps and others.

In the end, I thought we had a workable product where local government leaders expressed support to Betty Little and Steve Englebright, but Betty Little killed it.

Empire Forests of the Future: This bill failed during the budget session and again at the end of the session to create the long mythologized “480b” to modernize the NYS preferential forest tax law programs 480/480a. It largely failed because the groups backing it went their different ways and failed to remain unified.

Article XIV Amendments

Camp Gabriels: Caught up in the A5451 fiasco was a proposal for first passage of an Article XIV amendment for to clear the sale of buildings at Camp Gabriels. There was discussion about how to improve this amendment, but they did not get very far given the strained relations between Senate and Assembly.

Health & Safety Land Accounts Authorizing Legislation: This too was caught up in the A5451 fiasco so nothing was passed. This bill simply sought to start the account by showing the land the state had purchased in the Catskills and Adirondacks.

Cathead Mountain: Caught up in the A5451 fiasco was a longshot effort by Bill Farber of Hamilton County to rush through an amendment for Cathead Mountain that involved a variety of changes for Cathead Mountain as part of an agreement to site a new emergency communications tower there. This included reinstating public access to the mountaintop/firetower, new state police/county emergency systems tower, new lands for the Forest Preserve, improved access for a hunting club to its lands that are an inholding in the Forest Preserve. Given the dysfunction, serious discussions never materialized.

NYCO: DEC stated that with changes in ownership and priorities at NYCO there is no action expected to finalize Lot 200 sale.

Township 40 Amendment : A judge that had previously ruled on behalf of the state against a landowner who alleged ownership of disputed lands in Raquette Lake vacated his earlier decision and ruled that the landowner should be allowed into the settlement. The state is supporting this and has submitted legislation (S7939). No word from the Legislature on its position as of yet. I’m gathering more information.

4 Gore/Whiteface/Belleyare: Cuomo Administration wants a new amendment to expand footprint of skis areas and allow for more trail cutting. Expect to see this in 2019-2020.

Legal Action

Article XIV Community Connector Trail Lawsuit: John Caffry and Claudia Braymer are working on the appeal to the Appellate Division. They anticipate having it completed this summer. I have been checking the Class II trail from Newcomb to Minerva to see if it is under construction again.

Essex Chain UMP Lawsuit: Earthjustice has submitted a Notice of Appeal and plans to appeal three issues. The first involve the “ripeness” of the DEC decision over the Cedar River and Polaris Bridges, which have been approved in a UMP but have not been issued permits by the DEC under the Rivers Act. The third issue involves the retention of a motor vehicle road used when the property was privately held in a WSRRA Wild River corridor now that the property is Forest Preserve, the court split 3-2 against us on this. On the fourth issue about violating the Guidance will not be appealed.

Adirondack Lake Assessment Program

We’re into the 2018 season. We’re heading into month 2 with the July samples. 76 lakes enrolled.

Scenic Railroads and Junk Railcars

Lake Placid to Remsen Rail Conversion: I expect that final plans will be released at some point after Labor Day, which it believes will meet issues in the Judge Main decision. If the state gets everything cleared up this fall, they will move to start building this trail in 2019.

Oil Tanker Storage on Sanford Lake Railway: Warren County is investigating measures to officially abrogate its contract with Iowa Pacific, which has stopped making payments to the county. I have continued to call for a conversion to a new multi-use trail.

Research

Adirondack Park and Rural America Report: We solved our data issues and distributed the report to a committee for peer review. We have about half back so far. The Research Committee met on July 6th and went over the report line by line and made a number of revisions. Members took different sections to redraft. Other issues were identified. The committee will reconvene in August with peer review comments and a new draft. It’s getting closer but is still not finalized. The new working draft is The Adirondack Park and Rural America.

On the plus side, we have the funds necessary to design, print, mail, distribute and create an HTML version of this report. We have over $19,000, which should cover all items listed above.

5 Future Research: Once we finish the Adirondack Park and Rural America report we’ll switch channels to the a major report on development trends that looks at: 1) the total area of the Park impacted by development 1972-2015; 2) development by APA Land Class Area 1973-2015; 3) building trends 2001-2015 (following on data we have 1991- 2000) looking at APA permitting and local government permitting. This will be fun.

Adirondack Research Library

The ARL has posted a new plaque about PROTECT being a partner with the collections. This is a good first step. We’re looking at a way to fund an archivist intern to assist with the grant that ARL has for a 1-year archivist.

Communications

Press Releases: We put out press releases on Gooley Club and annual meeting. They’re all posted on the website.

Public Comments: We put in public comments on the Gooley Club, the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest UMP, High Peaks Wilderness UMP, and Saranac Lake Wild Forest UMP.

Website: We continue to post on the website as well as the Adirondack Almanack.

Social Media: I anticipate that our new Development Director will give us a major boost with or social media presence.

PROTECT Committees

Executive Committee: The Executive Committee did not meet in the past month.

Conservation & Advocacy Committee: The CAC met last on May 12th. The Minutes from that meeting are posted online. Then next meeting is September 29th.

The Park Report Newsletter: A new issue of The Park Report is being mailed to members this week. It highlights events in August.

Annual Members Meeting: All planning has been completed for the annual members meeting at The Grange in Whallonsburg on July 21st. We’re honoring The Nature Conservancy for its heart of the Adirondacks campaign and we’re getting a talk by Tom Butler. So far, attendance is similar with the last few years, 75-80. A Board meeting will follow. Big thanks to Jim Dawson and Marilyn DuBois for their help in getting this planned and organized. Kudos to Chuck as well as he lined up Mike Carr and Tom Butler.

Website: Juliana has taken the lead in developing a new website. This is a total redesign. We’ve started with a monthly subscription with WordPress. This site will show as single column on a smartphone and will be a clean informative site. I anticipate that this site will be finalized this month.

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PROTECT Administration

Headquarters

We closed on the Cole bequest on May 30th and moved into “the domes” in Johnsburg on the 31st. I organized work crews for a couple of days to clean up the grounds and cart away garbage and junk. Note that we’ve taken to affectionately referring to our new home as “the Domes.”

Attached, please find an Accounting of the Douglas Cole Revocable Trust. It shows a total bequest of $1,072,365.20. This is the legal bequest. Note that this accounting accords a value of $395,000 for the Wevertown property, which I do not believe we will ever see, and $3,500 for the Toyota Highlander, which has a lot of problems and we will not see. Nevertheless, this is the bequest.

In June, we started the transfer of financial assets. The accounting (attached) from the Trust plans a 2-phase distribution of financial assets. The first was undertaken in June where $334,936.88 of assets were transferred to us and then sold by Wells Fargo. A total of $332,189.33 was transferred to PROTECT’s bank account, of which $320,544.28 was placed into an “Office Permanent Fund” for which it has a separate savings account, and $11,645.05 was placed into a Building Transfer account to repay costs incurred by PROTECT (survey, water testing, moving, title insurance, etc.).

Under the terms of the bequest there wilt be second transfer of financial assets at a point in the future, hopefully before the 2018-19 fiscal year is out, of somewhere in the neighborhood of $85,000, though this is an estimate. The Trust has yet to complete some bill paying for things like medical costs, among other things, due to backlog of billing at hospital.

In the meantime, the Facilities and Grounds Committee met in June and identified three things with the domes that need immediate attention: 1) water penetration into the building; 2) mold abatement; 3) exterior coating. These three things need to be addressed this summer. For the water penetration, we need to fix the drainage around the domes to dig away soil and plantings and grade water away from the building. This will also involve some trenching. For the mold, once we get the drainage work done and the building dried out we need to undertake a top to bottom mold abatement. Last, we need to fix the exterior coating. Once these things are done, the committee will look long- term at interior and exterior renovation plans. Big thanks to Barb Rottier, Michael Wilson, Evelyn Greene, James Long, Marilyn DuBois and Peter Hornbeck for their work on the committee.

The committee also authorized continued work to clean out the domes and sell off anything of value that the organization does not need. A rough estimate of the total value of such contents and equipment is in the neighborhood of $30,000. The idea is to move on selling these things this summer, which not only helps to clean out the property, but also generates some income to maintain the building. We’ll use this as a working fund, listed in the budget as Office Annual Fund (revenues) and Building Maintenance (expenses). 7

I did not do much with Wevertown initially as our focus was getting the domes into working shape. I have since hired a landscaping firm to clean up the site, worked out repairs with a plumber for the damage incurred over the winter (the insurance company balked at paying), and hope to hire a realtor this week to get it listed. The idea is to price the building to sell, as we do not want to own it for very long. That puts its somewhere in the neighborhood of $250,000. My goal as I have told the Board, is to sell Wevertown, undertake all necessary interior and exterior renovations at the Domes, and have at least $500,000 remaining in the office permanent fund for the long-term maintenance of the domes.

Financial Management

Current Account Balances: The fund balance for General Operations at of the end of June 2018 was $216,283 (June 2018 financials are posted to the website). PROTECT’s unrestricted funds stood at $108,638. Restricted Long-Term Accounts stood at $438,246. Total financial assets stood at $654,529.

We have no liabilities going forward as all bills are paid.

Note that the 2018-19 budget and work plan outline plans to expand our annual fundraising to $370,000, a nearly 40% increase over the last number of years where revenues have been around $265,000. All materials for the new budget are posted on the Directors page.

Membership and Development

Membership: In the 2017-18 fiscal year, we have raised just over $49,000 from membership revenues against our goal for the fiscal year of $58,000. This drop is partly explainable by the failure to undertake any major recruitment efforts and by a number of members who moved from basic membership levels to large donors.

E-Activists: We have enrolled over 60.

Grant Proposals: We ended the fiscal year with $69,000 in foundation support against a goal of $78,000. I anticipate that next year we will see major growth in foundation support.

Large Donors: Here, we exceeded our goal $100,000 by raising over $109,000.

Legal Defense Fund: We still have $4,600 in this account for costs going forward. Given that we did not have major bills in the last fiscal year we did not actively work to raise legal defense funds income.

Restricted Long-Term Endowment Funds: PROTECT has five restricted funds: savings account, $11,627; Adirondack Foundation, $26,624; CD at TrustCo Bank, $75,553; $3,928 with Wells Fargo (restricted for Forest Preserve); and the Office Permanent Fund at $320,544.

8 Events: Now that we a development director we’re planning to do things that we have not done before, like fundraising events. It was brought to our attention

Board Oversight

Staffing: Juliana Carattini started as the Director of Development on June 1st. We have two interns out in the field in the Forest Preserve – Carlie Cleary, a recent grad from the New School in NYC from Massena, and Gizella Spencer, a junior at Wheaton College, from Plattsburgh. Carlie can work into the fall and Gizella will wrap up in late August. We also have the two Lake Stewards, one full-time, one part-time, for the summer, with part-time work continuing until Columbus Day.

Records: All corporate records are now stored at the domes, but they are not organized. We still have a storage unit in Queensbury that is holding 15 boxes of books that we have to transport bit by bit to Crandall Library in Glens Falls. The unit will be closed once all transfers have been made.

Annual Audit: We have begun the work for the 2017-18 audit. The game plan is to get them all materials by August 1 and for them to be completed with their work/report by the October 13th Board meeting.

Lobbying Reports: I filed the May-June and Jan-Jun biannual audit reports on July 13th..

2018 Board of Directors/CAC Meetings: The next Board meeting is at the annual meeting on July 21st at The Grange in Whallonsburg. The next CAC meeting is September 29th. The fall Board meeting is scheduled for October 13th.

2018-19 Budget: A draft 2018-19 budget is posted to the Director’s site. There’s an accompanying memo that details revenue and spending projections. Our Treasurer has gone over it.

Board Communications: Email and the Director’s page remain the key points of contact with the Board.

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9 Douglas Cole Revocable Trust Jane Feldblum, Trustee Accounting - Page 1 of 6 June 5, 2018 Description Amount Estate Assets Tangible Personal Property 12/2017 Car - Toyota Highlander $ 3,500.00 Claim against Ken Fish $ 4,000.00 2280 State Route 28, Johnsburg, $ 395,000.00 New York (FMV per assessor) 105 Oven Mountain Road, $ 180,000.00 Johnsburg, New York (FMV per assessor) Merrill Lynch Portfolio - $ 489,865.26 12/29/17 (includes Cash Money Account with balance of $7,883.00) TOTAL ESTATE ASSETS $ 1,072,365.26

Distributions to Date as of June 2018 5/30/18 Assignment of Personal Property 5/30/18 Assigned Claim against Ken Fish 5/30/18 Deed to Protect - Route 28 5/30/18 Deed to Protect - Oven Mountain 6/5/18 Car - Transfer documents sent to Peter 6/ /18 75% of Balance of Merrill Lynch Waiting on Portfolio Statement $330,000.00 +/-

Still on Hand as of June 2018 5/31/18 Merrill Lynch - Cash Money $ 114,502.82 Account Douglas Cole Revocable Trust Jane Feldblum, Trustee Accounting - Page 2 of 6 June 5, 2018 Transaction Merrill Lynch $ 7,883.00 Detail Cash Money Account Balance as of 12/29/17 1/2/18 Tax Collector- Property Taxes - $ -4,556.19 Wevertown and Johnsburg 1/3/18 National Grid $ -77.41 1/3/18 Parker Pump $ -150.00 Jan. 2018 Dividends & Interest $ 892.77 Feb. 2018 Dividends & Interest $ 1,682.20 March 2018 Dividends & Interest $ 1,269.44 4/9/18 US Treasury $ -925.00 4/19/18 John Alexander Funeral Home $ -700.00 4/23/18 Town of Johnsburg - Tannery Pond $ -150.00 Rental - Memorial April 2018 Dividends & Interest $ 895.00 5/1/18 Thissell Mechanical $ -256.80 5/4/18 Frontier $ -136.06 5/25/18 ADT Security $ -68.24 5/30/18 National Grid $ -48.93 5/31/18 Natonal Grid $ -20.34 May 2018 Dividends & Interest $ 630.47 May 2018 Security Sales - Deposit $ 110,569.91 5/30/18 Warren County Clerk - Recording $ -381.00 Fees - Deeds to Protect 6/5/18 SEFCO (CPA - 2017 Returns) $ -650.00 6/6/18 Caffry & Flower (Legal to date) $ -1,200.00 Balance 6/6/18 $ 114,502.82 Douglas Cole Revocable Trust Jane Feldblum, Trustee Accounting - Page 3 of 6 June 5, 2018 6/6/18 Merrill Lynch - Cash Money $ 114,502.82 Account - Balance Forward

Estimated Jane Feldblum - Reimbursement $ -14,228.19 Final for Trust expenses paid Expenses1 personally by Trustee See Pages 4 to 6 Boat Rental - Spread Ashes $ -350.00 Final Legal $ -2,500.00 Brian Flint, CPA (2018/final) $ -1,000.00 Jane Feldblum - Trustee $ -10,723.65 Commission -based on value of assets 12/29/17 of $1,072,365.26 Estimated Final Distribution - $ 85,700.98 To be made between December 2018 to April 2019

Unknowns/ Refunds and/or final bills: Outstanding: National Grid (3 accounts) ADT Security Homeowner’s Insurance

1 Assumes no final medical bills. Douglas Cole Revocable Trust Jane Feldblum, Trustee Accounting - Page 4 of 6 June 5, 2018 Expenses paid by Jane Feldblum from personal account - To be reimbursed by Trust: 8/5/17 Sandra Nichols - healthcare aide $ 140.00 11/20/17 Travis Sharp - healthcare aide $ 350.00 12/9/17 Price Chopper Pharmacy $ 50.75 12/19/17 Viele’s Automotive Service $ 194.10 12/21/17 Braley & Noxon $ 5.75 12/23/17 Top’s Market - groceries $ 11.63 12/29/17 Sue Green, health care aide $ 480.00 1/4/18 Suburban Propane $ 353.52 1/4/18 Frontier - phone/wifi $ 80.41 1/9/18 Viele Automotive $ 35.00 1/9/18 Viehle’s Automotive $ 66.64 1/11/18 Sue Green - Clean Johnsburg $ 340.00 House 1/17/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 39.86 1/17/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 49.34 1/22/18 Allstate Insurance - Wevertown, $ 3,106.48 Johnsburg and auto 1/25/18 Sue Green - final cleaning $ 560.00 1/25/18 Sue Green - bonus $ 500.00 2/1/18 Town of Johnsburg - room rental $ 25.00 -memorial service 1/27/18 Figurski Plumbing - Wevertown - $ 1,000.45 frozen pipes 1/27/18 Buchman’s Fuel - Wevertown house $ 734.11 2/1/18 Capital One - Balance $ 189.41 2/1/18 General Security/ADT - security $ 188.35 Johnsburg Douglas Cole Revocable Trust Jane Feldblum, Trustee Accounting - Page 5 of 6 June 5, 2018 2/2/18 Caffry & Flower - Legal - Trust $ 450.00 2/2/18 Caffry & Flower - Legal - Final $ 125.00 Cole Bill 2/9/18 Consumer Cellular - final $ 89.17 2/9/18 Frontier - phone $ 66.33 2/16/18 Thissell Mechanical $ 256.80 2/16/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 20.08 2/16/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 31.41 2/22/18 National Grid -Johnsburg $ 205.98 3/9/18 Frontier - phone $ 65.66 3/23/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 19.78 3/23/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 22.97 3/23/18 Thissell Mechanical $ 256.80 3/23/18 National Grid - Johnsburg $ 139.25 3/23/18 ADT Security $ 68.24 3/28/18 Ocean State Job Lot - Paper $ 11.75 Products - Memorial 4/12/18 BJ’s - Memorial $ 61.89 4/12/18 Ocean State Job Lot - Memorial - $ 6.59 additional items 4/16/18 NYS 2017 Taxes $ 3,475.00 4/21/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 20.04 4/21/18 National Grid - Wevertown $ 23.78 4/21/18 National Grid - Johnsburg $ 38.27 4/21/18 ADT Security $ 68.24 4/21/18 Deli Food - Memorial $ 204.36 $ 14,228.19 NOTE:

Pursuant to Douglas Cole (Meeting with Flower in June 2017), Jane Feldblum was not included as cash bequest beneficiary of Trust as it was Doug’s intention that the balance of the joint account would pass to Jane on death and serve as his gift to her; and that he intended to pay all expenses from his Merrill Lynch account.

In addition, due to Doug’s health, Jane paid certain checks prior to Doug’s death from the joint account because Doug could not write checks himself.