Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

MAY 20, 2013

 

Quarum of 22 vot­ing mem­bers attend­ed the meeting.

Meet­ing start time: 7:15 pm

 

1. Exec­u­tive Board – Vote to accept the min­utes from the last E‑Board Meet­ing held April 8, 2013

Motion: Mal­colm Page

Sec­ond: Mike Riley

Unan­i­mous

 

2. Treasurer’s Report

$1,785 in accounts

Con­tin­ue fund rais­ing efforts, get mem­ber­ship involved

Pat­ty to com­plete brochure once offi­cers are elect­ed and mail­ing to go out to mem­ber­ship. Some mem­bers and E‑Board Mem­bers to go door-to-door with the new brochure once com­plet­ed and printed.

 

3. Elec­tions:

-Trea­sur­er – 3 year term

Tina Mac­Connell continuing

Motion – Mal­colm Page

Sec­ond – Bri­an Eberlin

Unan­i­mous – Tina re-elected

 

-Exec­u­tive #1 — 2 years remain­ing on a 3 year term

Bill Casey – resigning

Rick O’Dell — nominated

Motion: Mal­colm Page

Sec­ond: Bri­an Eberlin

Unan­i­mous – Rick elected

 

-Exec­u­tive #3 — 3 year term

Mike Riley continuing

Motion: Mal­colm Page

Sec­ond: Bri­an Eberlin

Unan­i­mous – Mike re-elected

 

-Exec­u­tive #4 — 3 year term

Mark Sex­ton continuing

Motion: Mal­colm Page

Sec­ond: Pat­ty Holland

Unan­i­mous – Mark re-elected

 

4. Safe Boat­ing Course held again in April at the Fire Station.

22 peo­ple attend­ed, very suc­cess­ful. Will offer to mem­ber­ship again next year

 

5. Draw Down and Weed Con­trol – Bio­log­i­cal Sur­vey com­plet­ed after 2011/2012’s more exten­sive draw down. Find­ings are pub­lished on the web­site. New type of weed has been found in the lake, but the mil­foil prob­lem seems to have lessened.

 

6. Dam Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee – formed

Mem­bers from E‑Board: Mike Riley, Mark Sex­ton, Frank Holland

Mem­ber­ship mem­bers: Dave Gibbs

Goal is to pri­or­i­tize and use town resources

Remove brush, exam­ine leak­age and spill­way through vol­un­teer efforts

Meet­ings should start soon

 

7. Updates on Sandy Beach Renovation

Bri­an updat­ed mem­bers – Project has begun, Beach house is tak­en down

Park and Rec has $500,000 approved for improvements

Plans of ren­o­va­tions: New Bath House, Entrance Way, Under­ground Wiring

They plan to be com­plet­ed close to the timeline

 

8. EMC Land: Seek­ing to meet with EMC

The goal of meet­ing with EMC is to get them to agree to place restric­tions on the land they own around the lake which would per­ma­nent­ly pro­tect all or most of the land. Mal­colm to check with the Plan­ning Board and update mem­ber­ship as appropriate.

 

9. Water Test­ing – 3 times per year, in three loca­tions on the lake

Results are post­ed to the Web­Site and to Face­book page

 

10. Oth­er Business

Put buoys at Sandy Beach out ear­ly. Ear­ly sea­son swim­mers swim in boat chan­nel and its dangerous.

 

Water­shed View – pro­posed by Car­ol Esler to the mem­ber­ship, she request­ed help with her cause from mem­bers in attendance

 

Post to Web­Site and Face­book Page regard­ing golf balls being hit into the Lake.

 

 

11. Motion for Adjourn­ment – Mal­colm Page

Sec­ond: Pat­ty Holland

Meet­ing adjourned – 8:40 pm

 

NEXT LMPA E‑BOARD MEETING TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE