Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

November 5, 2012

 

Meet­ing start: 7:05 pm

Atten­dees: Mal­colm Page, Drew Logan, Chris­tine Mac­Connell, Pat­ty Hol­land, Mike Riley, Frank Holland

 

1. Review and vote to accept min­utes from Octo­ber 9th meeting.

Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Frank

Unan­i­mous

 

2. Treasurer’s Report – Dues rec’d?

$2,030.54

4 new members

Filed annu­al report — $15

Mix­ture of new and cur­rent members

3. Lake clean-up held Sat­ur­day Octo­ber. 27th – 17 attend­ed: Trash remains at dam, Place­ment of trash cans at dam?

Octo­ber 27th

A lot of trash at the dam

4 full trash bags from the dam – still a lot of trash in water

Spring cleanup only instead of Fall – too many leaves and water

not low enough

Ten­ta­tive date in April depend­ing on weath­er – resched­ule for fall if weath­er does not cooperate.

Trash Can – prob­a­bly not a good idea, pos­si­bly anchor? Check with

High­way Department

4. Draw Down-

-Weed Sur­vey – Aquat­ic Con­trol Tech­nol­o­gy-Sur­vey done 8/26/12

-Spoke to ACT engi­neer today, 11/5, He is fin­ish­ing up report

-Pre­pare report to be sub­mit­ted to Con. Comm., Pub­li­cize Success?

-Con­tact Con. Comm. to get on their agenda

Mal­colm spoke to Aquat­ic Con­trol, should receive writ­ten results in the next cou­ple of days

Weeds were bet­ter, total bio­mass of lake was down

One uniden­ti­fied weed increased, mil­foil way down

Sug­ges­tion – not an opti­mal year, get waiv­er to do it the next year

Mod­i­fi­ca­tion to notice of intent with Con. Comm.

5. Dam Advi­so­ry com­mit­tee – Mike Riley attend­ed selectmen’s meeting

Mike spoke about attend­ing Selectman’s meeting

We want the safe dam, low impact on our taxes

Mike to talk to Town Man­ag­er about mem­bers for the Dam Advi­so­ry Committee

Two peo­ple from lake

Two peo­ple from town

Peo­ple involved who under­stand engineering/technical aspects

Also peo­ple from oth­er towns (pos­si­ble DPW)

6. FALL TOWN MEETING — EMC Zon­ing Change not on agenda

-Mod­i­fy let­ter to EMC to express the need to look at the future of the com­plete parcel?

No EMC zon­ing change at town meeting

Need to send let­ter soon

Should update mem­bers – email update of plans for Spring Town Meeting

7. Decem­ber Meet­ing – Hol­i­day celebration?

Thurs­day, Decem­ber 20th – send a note to everyone

Low key, appe­tiz­ers and desserts – Let Pat­ty know what you plan to bring

Frank and Patty’s house 7 pm

8. Zack Doss let­ter – Does it need to be on our letterhead?

Let­ter sent to Zack on our letterhead.

9. New Business

Win­ter Social – need to get some funds –

Dis­cus­sions about fund rais­ing – Mike and Bill need to get togeth­er regard­ing where to start.

Mal­colm to draft some ideas for sum­ma­ry of what the “state of the lake” has been over the years, send a let­ter out to mem­ber­ship and email

Email mem­bers about Ice Fishing

10. Next meet­ing? Decem­ber 20th

Time: 7:00 pm

Place: Frank and Patty’s (brief meet­ing before hol­i­day party)

11. Motion for adjournment

Motion: Drew

Sec­ond: Tina

Unan­i­mous

Meet­ing end: 8:25 pm