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Town Public Meeting — November 18th — Hopkinton Library — 7:00 pm

Dear LMPA Members,

We had good atten­dance at our recent meet­ing of the LMPA mem­ber­ship on Octo­ber 28 where we dis­cussed the cur­rent state of the weeds in Lake Maspenock and the treat­ment plans that are being pur­sued. We dis­cussed the cur­rent devel­op­ment of 2 options in par­al­lel; the extend­ed draw­down of the lake and appli­ca­tion of herbicides.

The extend­ed draw­down is at a stand­still for the sec­ond straight year due to the poten­tial loss of water for one of our neigh­bors. The plan to deep­en their exist­ing well via a point drill is like­ly not mov­ing for­ward due to the low prob­a­bil­i­ty of suc­cess. We will con­tin­ue to work with the Town of Hop­kin­ton and the home­own­ers to find a solu­tion to this issue.

With regards to her­bi­cide treat­ment, the Cit­i­zens Input Group (CIG) advis­ing the Town of Hop­kin­ton Depart­ment of Pub­lic Works (DPW) is tak­ing the steps nec­es­sary to be able to spot treat the prob­lem areas in the lake dur­ing the Spring if required. The most recent fall weed sur­vey of the lake indi­cates that there will like­ly be a need, how­ev­er a deci­sion will not be final­ized until the spring weed sur­vey is conducted.

One of the required steps is for the CIG to con­duct a Pub­lic Hear­ing to pro­vide infor­ma­tion and solic­it feed­back from the lake com­mu­ni­ty and all inter­est­ed par­ties. This Pub­lic Hear­ing is sched­uled for 7:00 pm on Mon­day, Novem­ber 18 at the Hop­kin­ton Library. It is crit­i­cal that we have a strong show­ing from our mem­ber­ship at this meet­ing regard­less of where you stand on the issue of her­bi­cides. It is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to become bet­ter edu­cat­ed as well as offer your opin­ions on the mat­ter. Please review the infor­ma­tion avail­able on our web­site to become edu­cat­ed on the use of her­bi­cides pri­or to the meet­ing. Doc­u­ments can be found here : (Town Advi­so­ry Group/Weed Con­trol Doc­u­ments).

The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board is unan­i­mous­ly in favor of sup­port­ing the CIG efforts to spot treat with her­bi­cides if needed.

Hope to see you on Novem­ber 18th at the Pub­lic Hearing!

The Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board of the Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association