The Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion would like to invite you to attend an infor­ma­tion­al meet­ing about the cur­rent weed prob­lem that is hin­der­ing the recre­ation­al use of Lake Maspenock. The Meet­ing will be held on Jan­u­ary 8, 2015 at 7:00PM in the Hop­kin­ton High School Cafeteria.

This is a pub­lic meet­ing with the pur­pose of shar­ing infor­ma­tion about the sever­i­ty of the prob­lem of weeds, the research and inves­ti­ga­tion that has been done by the Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion to date, and rec­om­mend­ed actions. While this is a pub­lic meet­ing open to all, we strong­ly encour­age all mem­bers of the LMPA to join us and learn more about this prob­lem. We will be tak­ing a vote on future plans for weed con­trol. In order to vote you MUST BE AN LMPA mem­ber. If you are not sure if you are a cur­rent mem­ber, please email lmpa.org@verizon.net. If you are not a cur­rent mem­ber and you would like to join, you can do so at www.LMPA.org or there will be mem­ber­ship forms at the meeting.

Infor­ma­tion shared will include:

The Cur­rent situation

• Types of weeds over­tak­ing many areas of the lake
• Weed man­age­ment con­trol to date

Extend­ed draw-downs

• Mass­a­chu­setts Lakes with sim­i­lar problems
• What action has been undertaken

Intro­duc­tion of Aquat­ic Con­trol Tech­nolo­gies-Pond and Lake Man­age­ment Specialists

• Lake Sur­vey-Assess­ment
• Rec­om­men­da­tions for Her­bi­cide application
• Fund Rais­ing
• Activ­i­ties to date

Please join us and learn more about this prob­lem that is affect­ing us all and to fur­ther under­stand the require­ments nec­es­sary to prop­er­ly pre­serve the recre­ation­al use of the Lake.

NOTICE OF UPCOMING ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING

The Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion will be hold­ing a gen­er­al mem­ber­ship meet­ing on Mon­day, Novem­ber 18, 2013, at 6:30 P.M. The meet­ing loca­tion will be the Marathon Restau­rant, locat­ed at the cor­ner of South St. and Hay­ward St. All lake asso­ci­a­tion mem­bers are invit­ed, and encour­aged, to attend.

The agen­da of the meet­ing will include the fol­low­ing items, which must be vot­ed on at a mem­ber­ship meet­ing. They will seek to amend the Asso­ci­a­tion By-laws so must receive a 2/3rds vote from the mem­bers present in order to pass.

1. The LMPA exec­u­tive board has vot­ed to rec­om­mend to the mem­ber­ship that an increase to the annu­al dues be approved. If approved by a mem­ber­ship vote the dues would increase on Jan­u­ary 1, 2014 to $35 per year/$65 for 2 years, if paid in advance for both years. The dues are cur­rent­ly $25/$45. The annu­al dues for seniors (62 and old­er) are rec­om­mend­ed to remain the same at $10.

2. The by-laws do not cur­rent­ly define senior mem­ber as “62 and old­er”. This is the cri­te­ria cur­rent­ly fol­lowed, how­ev­er it is not stat­ed in the By-Laws. It is rec­om­mend­ed that the def­i­n­i­tion be spec­i­fied in the By-laws.

An update on this years’ draw­down will also be provided.

We are aware that the Patri­ots play that evening so Asso­ci­a­tion busi­ness will be fin­ished in time to view the begin­ning of the game.

Please attend; we need a quo­rum of at least 20, to con­duct vot­ing on the two By-Law amend­ments. Come join us in a new meet­ing loca­tion. The LMPA will pro­vide some appe­tiz­ers and a cash bar will be available.

Thank you,

The Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board Members

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

Lake Area Residents:

After a beau­ti­ful sum­mer, it is now approach­ing the time that the annu­al draw down of the lake begins. The tim­ing of the draw down is man­dat­ed by a per­mit received from the Hop­kin­ton Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion and must begin no ear­li­er than Sep­tem­ber 15th and no lat­er than Octo­ber 1st. The exact date can vary from year to year based upon the lev­el of the lake com­ing out of the sum­mer. This year it is antic­i­pat­ed that the draw down will com­mence some time dur­ing the week of Sep­tem­ber 15th.

**********IMPORTANT**********

We have per­mis­sion to con­duct a more exten­sive draw down of the lake, 7–8 feet this year, in an effort to con­trol the inva­sive weeds which were a prob­lem this sum­mer. The nor­mal draw down is a lake lev­el reduc­tion of 4–5 feet. Please be aware of the draw down process and arrange for the removal of boats and docks accord­ing­ly.

Have a great autumn,

The Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

THURSDAY, JULY 4th

SANDY BEACH — 2:00 PM

Line­up starts at 1:45 PM and all are welcome!

Down­load the fly­er and tell your friends.

LMPA 4th OF JULY BOAT PARADE 2013 (3)-1

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.

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!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4^th

SANDY BEACH — 2:00 PM

We will start the line­up at 1:45 pm

ALL Boats Are Welcome
Motor Boats, Kayaks, Canoes, etc.

Dress your­selves, your kids and
your boats in fit­ting regalia!

Spon­sored by
Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association
(www.lmpa.org)

Please renew your LMPA membership!!
Your Lake needs Your Support!!!

      Email news, updates and pho­tos to us at
lmpa.org@verizon.net

Plan­ning Board Meet­ing — April 9, 2012

Read the full arti­cle on Hop­News.  This mea­sure still needs to pass at the Town Meet­ing on May 7, 2012 by a two-thirds major­i­ty.  Encour­age your friends in town to attend this meet­ing and vote down this measure.