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Water Testing Results — Week of July 30

Town of Hop­kin­ton, MA — Pub­lic Bathing Beach

SANDY BEACH WATER SAMPLES 2012

Oper­at­ed by Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment – Beach opens June 16 2012 and clos­es August 19, 2012. It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sev­en days a week dur­ing this period

 

445. 031: Indi­ca­tor Organisms

… (B) For fresh water, the indi­ca­tor organ­ism shall be E. Coli or Enterococci.

(1) No sin­gle E. Coli sam­ple shall exceed 235 colonies per 100 ml. and the geo­met­ric mean of the most recent five E. Coli sam­ples with­in the same bathing sea­son shall not exceed 126 colonies per 100 ml. …

Indi­ca­tor Organ­ism — E. Coli

Sam­ple Date Left side of Beach CFU/100ml Cen­ter of Beach CFU/100ml Right side of Beach CFU/100ml

June 11 <10 <10 20

 

June 18 <10 <10 <10

 

June 25 20 <10 10

 

July 2 30 10 80

 

July 9 <10 10 30

 

July 16 <10 30 30

 

July 23 <10 <10 30

 

July 30 30 40 50

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 21, 2011 sam­ples will be tak­en to the end of August__

June — Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age 64.3 ⁰F, +.2⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 4.45 inch­es, +.76 inch­es for the month

July – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

August – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

 

Tem­per­a­ture and pre­cip­i­ta­tion infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by Blue Hills Obser­va­to­ry, Mil­ton, MA

8/2/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

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LMPA Facebook Page

Did you know that the LMPA has a Face­book Page?  Like our page today to see when water test­ing results and meet­ing min­utes have been post­ed as well as pic­tures from events at the lake.

Happy Boat Parade Participants!

Who says bananas can’t be patriotic?

Check out the pho­to gallery from our lat­est event, the July 4 Boat Parade.

Hap­py Friday.…and ‘like’ us on Face­book today!

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Water Testing Results — Week of July 23

Town of Hop­kin­ton, MA — Pub­lic Bathing Beach

SANDY BEACH WATER SAMPLES 2012

Oper­at­ed by Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment – Beach opens June 16 2012 and clos­es August 19, 2012. It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sev­en days a week dur­ing this period

 

445. 031: Indi­ca­tor Organisms

… (B) For fresh water, the indi­ca­tor organ­ism shall be E. Coli or Enterococci.

(1) No sin­gle E. Coli sam­ple shall exceed 235 colonies per 100 ml. and the geo­met­ric mean of the most recent five E. Coli sam­ples with­in the same bathing sea­son shall not exceed 126 colonies per 100 ml. …

Indi­ca­tor Organ­ism — E. Coli

Sam­ple Date Left side of Beach CFU/100ml Cen­ter of Beach CFU/100ml Right side of Beach CFU/100ml

June 11 <10 <10 20

 

June 18 <10 <10 <10

 

June 25 20 <10 10

 

July 2 30 10 80

 

July 9 <10 10 30

 

July 16 <10 30 30

 

July 23 <10 <10 30

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 21, 2011 sam­ples will be tak­en to the end of August__

June — Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age 64.3 ⁰F, +.2⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 4.45 inch­es, +.76 inch­es for the month

July – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

August – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

Tem­per­a­ture and pre­cip­i­ta­tion infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by Blue Hills Obser­va­to­ry, Mil­ton, MA

7/19/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

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Water Testing Results — Week of July 16

Town of Hop­kin­ton, MA — Pub­lic Bathing Beach

SANDY BEACH WATER SAMPLES 2012

Oper­at­ed by Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment – Beach opens June 16 2012 and clos­es August 19, 2012. It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sev­en days a week dur­ing this period

445. 031: Indi­ca­tor Organisms

… (B) For fresh water, the indi­ca­tor organ­ism shall be E. Coli or Enterococci.

(1) No sin­gle E. Coli sam­ple shall exceed 235 colonies per 100 ml. and the geo­met­ric mean of the most recent five E. Coli sam­ples with­in the same bathing sea­son shall not exceed 126 colonies per 100 ml. …

Indi­ca­tor Organ­ism — E. Coli

Sam­ple Date Left side of Beach CFU/100ml Cen­ter of Beach CFU/100ml Right side of Beach CFU/100ml

June 11 <10 <10 20

 

June 18 <10 <10 <10

 

June 25 20 <10 10

 

July 2 30 10 80

 

July 9 <10 10 30

 

July 16 <10 30 30

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 21, 2011 sam­ples will be tak­en to the end of August__

June — Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age 64.3 ⁰F, +.2⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 4.45 inch­es, +.76 inch­es for the month

July – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

August – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

 

Tem­per­a­ture and pre­cip­i­ta­tion infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by Blue Hills Obser­va­to­ry, Mil­ton, MA

7/19/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

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Water Testing Results — Week of July 9th

Town of Hop­kin­ton, MA — Pub­lic Bathing Beach

SANDY BEACH WATER SAMPLES 2012

Oper­at­ed by Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment – Beach opens June 16 2012 and clos­es August 19, 2012. It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sev­en days a week dur­ing this period

445. 031: Indi­ca­tor Organisms

… (B) For fresh water, the indi­ca­tor organ­ism shall be E. Coli or Enterococci.

(1) No sin­gle E. Coli sam­ple shall exceed 235 colonies per 100 ml. and the geo­met­ric mean of the most recent five E. Coli sam­ples with­in the same bathing sea­son shall not exceed 126 colonies per 100 ml. …

Indi­ca­tor Organ­ism — E. Coli

Sam­ple Date Left side of Beach CFU/100ml Cen­ter of Beach CFU/100ml Right side of Beach CFU/100ml

June 11  <10 <10 20

 

June 18  <10 <10 <10

 

June 25  20 <10 10

 

July 2  30 10 80

 

July 9  <10 10 30

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 21, 2011 sam­ples will be tak­en to the end of August__

June — Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age 64.3 ⁰F, +.2⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 4.45 inch­es, +.76 inch­es for the month

July – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

August – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was inches

Tem­per­a­ture and pre­cip­i­ta­tion infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by Blue Hills Obser­va­to­ry, Mil­ton, MA

7/11/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

REPORT BY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR

In com­pli­ance with the Bathing Beach reg­u­la­tions a per­mit to oper­ate Sandy Beach was issued . Dur­ing the sum­mer of 2012 the pub­lic bathing beach swim­ming water was test­ed in three loca­tions on dif­fer­ent occa­sions. Parks and recre­ation will be noti­fied reg­u­lar­ly regard­ing water test results. All sam­ples were tak­en by Board of Health staff and deliv­ered to Microbac Lab­o­ra­to­ries, Inc. in Worces­ter, MA.

 

Cost of sam­pling program $

 

Report 5/31/12

 

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Water Testing Results — Week of July 2

Town of Hop­kin­ton, MA — Pub­lic Bathing Beach

SANDY BEACH WATER SAMPLES         2012

Oper­at­ed by Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment – Beach opens June 16 2012 and clos­es August 19, 2012.  It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sev­en days a week dur­ing this period

 

445. 031: Indi­ca­tor Organisms

… (B) For fresh water, the indi­ca­tor organ­ism shall be E. Coli or Enterococci.

(1)     No sin­gle E. Coli sam­ple shall exceed 235 colonies per 100 ml. and the geo­met­ric mean of the most recent five E. Coli sam­ples with­in the same bathing sea­son shall not exceed 126 colonies per 100 ml. …

Indi­ca­tor Organ­ism — E. Coli

Sam­ple Date     Left side of Beach CFU/100ml                  Cen­ter of Beach CFU/100ml                 Right side of Beach CFU/100ml

 

June 11                     <10                                             <10                                                20

 

June 18                     <10                                             <10                                              <10

 

June 25                       20                                             <10                                                10

 

July 2                           30                                               10                                                80

 

July 9

July 16

July 23

July 30

August 6

August 13

August 20

August 27

 

 

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 21, 2011 sam­ples will be tak­en to the end of August__

June — Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age   64.3 ⁰F, +.2⁰F  and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was  4.45 inch­es, +.76 inch­es for the month

July – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age            ⁰F,  and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was       inches

August – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age       ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was       inches

Tem­per­a­ture and pre­cip­i­ta­tion infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by Blue Hills Obser­va­to­ry, Mil­ton, MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/27/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

 

 

REPORT BY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR

In com­pli­ance with the Bathing Beach reg­u­la­tions a per­mit to oper­ate Sandy Beach was issued                   .  Dur­ing the sum­mer of 2012 the pub­lic bathing beach swim­ming water was test­ed in three loca­tions on dif­fer­ent occa­sions.    Parks and recre­ation will be noti­fied reg­u­lar­ly regard­ing water test results.  All sam­ples  were tak­en by Board of Health staff and deliv­ered to Microbac Lab­o­ra­to­ries, Inc. in Worces­ter, MA.

 

Cost of sam­pling program $

 

Report  5/31/12

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Meeting Minutes — 9 June 2012

 

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

Web­site: www.lmpa.org         Email: lmpa.org@verizon.net

JUNE 9, 2012

 

Quarum of 22 vot­ing mem­bers attend­ed the meeting.

Meet­ing start time:  11:30 am

  1. Weed Con­trol Study

Pro­pos­al to con­tin­ue with Weed Con­trol Study and to com­mis­sion Aquat­ic Con­trol to per­form anoth­er weed study and spend $1,200.

Motion:  Drew Logan

Sec­ond – Tina MacConnell

Vot­ing of mem­bers – unanimous

 

2.   Elec­tions:

-Pres­i­dent – 3 year term

Mal­colm Page – continuing

Motion – Drew Logan

Sec­ond – Mike Riley

Unan­i­mous – Mal­colm elected

 

-Exec­u­tive #2    —  3 year term

Matt McCoy – resigning

Frank Hol­land — nominated

Motion:  Drew Logan

Sec­ond:  Bri­an Eberlan

20 votes — Yes

Major­i­ty

Frank elect­ed

 

Exec­u­tive #3   —  3 year term

Lou Pryz­tas – resigning

Bill Casey — nominated

Motion:  Drew Logan

Sec­ond:  Mike Riley

Unan­i­mous – Bill elected

 

 

3.   Recap of Extend­ed Drawdown

So far, evi­dence that the extend­ed draw down was effective.

Res­i­dents on the shal­low end of the lake have noticed sig­nif­i­cant reduc­tion in the amount of weeds so far this sea­son.  The fish pop­u­la­tion does not seem to be impacted.

 

4.   Recap of Boat Ramp Con­struc­tion Project

-       Huge suc­cess, ramp used by some of the mem­bers in atten­dance, work­ing well.

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5.   Recap of meet­ings with EMC officials

A sub­com­mit­tee has been formed to meet with Dan Fitzger­ald of EMC to dis­cuss the pro­posed park­ing lot on EMC property.

(Mal­colm, Drew, Mike, Dave Gibbs)

 

The arti­cle was tak­en off of Town Meet­ing for the Spring but will be put back on for the Fall.  Dis­cus­sions will con­tin­ue with the sub­com­mit­tee and Dan Fitzger­ald and the mem­ber­ship will be noti­fied of any future dis­cus­sions.  There was a dis­cus­sion at the Gen­er­al Meet­ing regard­ing the posi­tion of EMC and what could pos­si­bly be pro­posed by the LMPA to EMC to make it a “win/win” sit­u­a­tion for both EMC and the Lake Mem­ber­ship.   Mem­ber­ship will be updat­ed after meet­ings are held.

 

6.   1st LMPA Spon­sored Fish­ing Tournament

Huge suc­cess.  Great feed­back from the par­tic­i­pants who have request­ed a fall tour­na­ment.  Thanks to Mac­Connells for orga­niz­ing and to the Hol­lands and Voto­latos who helped on tour­na­ment day.

 

7.   Sandy Beach Project by Park and Rec

 

$300k was approved for ren­o­va­tions of Sandy Beach by Hop­kin­ton Parks & Rec.    Pre­lim­i­nary plans are avail­able and they include rework­ing the entrance to the beach, a new bath house, new play­ground equip­ment and new plant­i­ngs.    There were ques­tions at our meet­ing about mov­ing the swim area to the east out of the nar­row chan­nel.  Tina sug­gest­ed the Park and Rec let local con­trac­tors be aware that they can put in bids for the work at the beach.

 

8.   Mer­chan­dise for sale – mer­chan­dise was for sale at the meet­ing for mem­bers at a dis­count­ed rate.

 

9    Motion for Adjourn­ment – Drew Logan

Sec­ond:  Mike Riley

Meet­ing adjourned – 12:45

 

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

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Meeting Minutes — 14 May 2012

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

Exec­u­tive Board Meet­ing Agenda

May 14, 2012

ATTENDANCE:  Mal­colm, Lou, Tina, Pat­ty, Mike, Drew, Mark, Bri­an, Matt

Start:  7:06 pm

 

 

1.  Review and vote to accept min­utes from March 7th meeting

Motion:  Mal­colm

Sec­ond : Mike

Unan­i­mous

 

2.  Treasurer’s Report

$3,148.14 (Ball park, Tina need­ed to add some deposits)

Tax­es done, every­thing looks good

Tina will send out anoth­er mem­ber­ship email June/July.

 

3.  Fish­ing Tournament

12 paid boats in advance, 3 paid that day

10 boats all togeth­er participated

Peo­ple had a great time

4 lbs 11 oz. – Largest Bass

28 fish caught all together

Boat inspec­tion should be part of the sign in next time

$200.00 in fund­ing approved by Exec­u­tive Bd. vote in April was expend­ed to cov­er costs such as tro­phies, paper goods, food

Cash prizes:

50% for win­ner,  35% 2nd place,  15% 3rd place

Pic­tures post­ed on Face­book page

 

4.  EMC Town Meet­ing Zon­ing Article

 

Busy with hear­ings, etc.  EMC pulled arti­cle off of town war­rant but its not going away.    Will be revis­it­ed in the Fall.

 

Pro­pos­al from Malcolm:

Motion: Form a Sub­com­mit­tee to meet with EMC officials,

Drew, Mal­colm, Mike and Dave Gibbs,

report­ing back to the E‑Board.

Sec­ond: Tina

Vote:  8 in favor, one abstained

Mal­colm to research pos­si­bil­i­ty of 4‑story park­ing structure

One of the next steps: All E‑Board Mem­bers meets with total mem­ber­ship in spe­cial meet­ing, to be deter­mined, after sub­com­mit­tee meets with EMC officials.

 

5.  Fam­i­ly Fun Day and Annu­al Meet­ing – 2nd Week­end in June

Sat­ur­day, June 9th – Rain date of Sun­day, June 10th

 

Tina and Pat­ty avail­able and will coor­di­nate event

Ani­mal Adven­tures – Tina to call

Bri­an to get permit

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Ani­mals – 12:30 pm

 

6.  Elec­tions –

Matt McCoy (Exec­u­tive Board Mem­ber, not seek­ing re-election)

Lou Pryst­sas (Exec­u­tive Board Mem­ber, seek­ing re-election)

Mal­colm Page (Present, Exec­u­tive board, seek­ing re-election)

Mal­colm will be prepar­ing a release indi­cat­ing that all 3 posi­tions are open for any inter­est­ed qual­i­fied mem­bers who would like to run

7.  New Business

Water Test­ing – reaf­firm vot­ing from last year

Vote to spend $600 dollars –

Motion:  Fund con­tin­ued water testing

Sec­ond: Mike

Unan­i­mous

Sandy Beach Improve­ment Passed at Town Meeting –

$330,000 to fix Sandy Beach

New Tree Program

Bath House

 

Need to get Dam Com­mit­tee Board back together

Mike will con­tin­ue to coor­di­nate the for­ma­tion and revival of the Dam Com­mit­tee with the Hop­kin­ton Town Man­ag­er.  He will work on how mem­bers of the com­mit­tee will be select­ed and who will be eligible.

 

Review of new brochure cre­at­ed by Lou – looks good!

 

 

 

 

 

8.  Next Meet­ing – Time = 11:00 am – Annu­al Meeting

Place = Sandy Beach

 

9.  Motion for Adjourn­ment – Mike

Sec­ond: Drew

Unan­i­mous

Meet­ing Adjourned at 9:15 pm

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Water Testing Results — Week of June 25

Town of Hop­kin­ton, MA — Pub­lic Bathing Beach

SANDY BEACH WATER SAMPLES         2012

Oper­at­ed by Hop­kin­ton Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment – Beach opens June 16 2012 and clos­es August 19, 2012.  It is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sev­en days a week dur­ing this period

 

445. 031: Indi­ca­tor Organisms

… (B) For fresh water, the indi­ca­tor organ­ism shall be E. Coli or Enterococci.

(1)     No sin­gle E. Coli sam­ple shall exceed 235 colonies per 100 ml. and the geo­met­ric mean of the most recent five E. Coli sam­ples with­in the same bathing sea­son shall not exceed 126 colonies per 100 ml. …

Indi­ca­tor Organ­ism — E. Coli

Sam­ple Date     Left side of Beach CFU/100ml                  Cen­ter of Beach CFU/100ml                 Right side of Beach CFU/100ml

 

June 11                     <10                                             <10                                                20

 

June 18                     <10                                             <10                                              <10

 

June 25                       20                                             <10                                                10

 

July 2

July 9

July 16

July 23

July 30

August 6

August 13

August 20

August 27

 

 

     N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 21, 2011 sam­ples will be tak­en to the end of August__

June — Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age           ⁰F,  and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was       inches,

July – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age            ⁰F,  and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was       inches

August – Tem­per­a­ture for the month aver­age       ⁰F, and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was       inches

  

                                                                    Tem­per­a­ture and pre­cip­i­ta­tion infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by Blue Hills Obser­va­to­ry, Mil­ton, MA

6/27/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

    Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

 

 

 REPORT BY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR

In com­pli­ance with the Bathing Beach reg­u­la­tions a per­mit to oper­ate Sandy Beach was issued                   .  Dur­ing the sum­mer of 2012 the pub­lic bathing beach swim­ming water was test­ed in three loca­tions on dif­fer­ent occa­sions.    Parks and recre­ation will be noti­fied reg­u­lar­ly regard­ing water test results.  All sam­ples  were tak­en by Board of Health staff and deliv­ered to Microbac Lab­o­ra­to­ries, Inc. in Worces­ter, MA.

 

Cost of sam­pling program $

 

Report  5/31/12

 

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Meeting Minutes — 7 March 2012

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

Exec­u­tive Board Meet­ing Agenda

March 7, 2012

 

ATTENDANCE:  Mal­colm, Mark, Matt, Pat­ty, Tina

Start:  7:10 pm

1.    Review and vote to accept min­utes from Feb­ru­ary 13th meeting.

Min­utes reviewed

Vote:  Accept:  Malcolm

Sec­ond: Mark

Unan­i­mous

 2.    Treasurer’s Report.

$2,062.87.  LMPA not paid back by the town yet

Send­ing anoth­er let­ter out for memberships

 3.    Boat Ramp project – 

Reim­burse­ment to LMPA —  not yet ($966.88 for blocks)

4.    Win­ter par­ty – Summary

Good turnout, around 50 people

-Boat parade tro­phy? – Phil took it to give to the winners

Next year sug­ges­tions:  Lat­er in the evening, 1st week­end in March

Tina sug­gest­ed get­ting gift cer­tifi­cate for Rod and Gun Club mem­ber who vol­un­teered her time to be at the party: 

            Motion:  Malcolm

            Sec­ond: Tina

            Unanimous

 5.    Fish­ing Derby

Date:  Sat­ur­day April 21st (Storm date: May?)

Pay­out of prizes:  Cash

Start 7 am – 2 pm finish

$25 main entry per boat

Max 25 boats – 2 peo­ple per boat

Get per­mits from Park and Rec

Launch from beach near shad­ed area

Invite to go out after per­mits are granted

3 tro­phies to be  award­ed, 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Cash prize for largest bass

Food dona­tions (Pat­ty, Tina, Denise V, others)

Vote:  Expens­es up to $200 to cov­er event

Motion:  Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Patty

Unan­i­mous

 

To do:  Scott to adver­tise, Tina will email Bri­an about per­mit, get Eric to turn on water for date

Scott to put togeth­er a list of tasks for next meeting

 6.    Boat­ing safe­ty course

2 meet­ings, noth­ing con­firmed yet.  Need to pick a date to publicize

Mark to con­tact Peter again

 7.    New busi­ness

 

      11.  April meet­ing – Time, ___April 2__________

            Place?_________Tina’s______________________

 

12. Motion for adjournment

                        Motion:  Malcolm

                        Sec­ond: Tina

                        Unanimous

End:  8:15 pm