Meet­ing min­utes are post­ed for the last Cit­i­zens Input Group on Decem­ber 16, 2019.

Thank you to all who attend­ed last nights Pub­lic Hear­ing of the Town of Hop­kin­ton Cit­i­zens Input Group. It was great­ly attend­ed and both sides of the her­bi­cide issue were well represented. 

We are prov­ing a copy of the pre­sen­ta­tion here for those who were unable to attend.

We will keep the mem­ber­ship informed about next steps in this process.

The Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board Mem­bers of the Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

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

With some debat­able meet­ing agen­da items on the hori­zon, specif­i­cal­ly the Lake Maspenock Weed Man­age­ment and Con­trol Advi­so­ry Group — Pub­lic Meet­ing to be held on Novem­ber 18th, the LMPA Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board are ask­ing Mem­ber­ship to PLEASE edu­cate your­selves on the use of Aquat­ic Her­bi­cides. We have an entire tab locat­ed here on the web­site devot­ed to hours of research done on the use of aquat­ic her­bi­cides for weed con­trol (Town Advi­so­ry Group/Weed Con­trol Doc­u­ments).

Some of these doc­u­ments have been post­ed on the web­site for four (4) years, with new addi­tions recent­ly, and we implore you to please read through them to bet­ter edu­cate your­self before attend­ing the meet­ing on Novem­ber 18th.

Please join the LMPA Exec­u­tive Board for an update and dis­cus­sion meet­ing on Mon­day, Octo­ber 28th:

When: Mon­day, Octo­ber 28th
Where: Hop­kin­ton Cen­ter for the Arts
98 Hay­den Rowe Street
Hop­kin­ton, MA
Time: 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm

Light refresh­ments will be served. Look­ing foward to see­ing you!!

Join the LMPA Exec­u­tive Board on Octo­ber 28th to learn about the lat­est efforts and steps regard­ing extend­ed draw down and long term weed man­age­ment solutions. 

Where: Hop­kin­ton Cen­ter for the Arts
98 Hay­den Rowe Street, Hop­kin­ton, MA
Date: Mon­day, Octo­ber 28th
Time: 7:00 pm

LMPA Mem­bers,
Per the stan­dard agen­da, there will be an open dis­cus­sion at tomor­row’s meet­ing of the Town of Hop­kin­ton Select Board.    The open dis­cus­sion por­tion of the meet­ing begins at 6:30 pm on Sep­tem­ber 24 at Town Hall, 18 Main Street.

Dur­ing the open dis­cus­sion, Cyn­thia Esthimer, Chair of the Lake Maspenock Cit­i­zens Input Group (CIG) for Lake Maspenock Weed Man­age­ment, will briefly update the Select Board on the cur­rent sta­tus of the weeds and rec­om­men­da­tions being made by the CIG to the DPW.   We encour­age you to attend this meet­ing and help edu­cate the Board on the cur­rent sta­tus of the weeds as well as the need to take action.

Thank you,
The Exec­u­tive Board and Offi­cers of the LMPA 

Please join the new­ly formed Envi­ron­men­tal Aware­ness Club from Hop­kin­ton High School for Lake Maspenock and Sandy Beach cleanup on Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 28th from 9 am — 11 am.    We will meet in Sandy Beach park­ing lot at 9 am to receive maps, trash bags and instruc­tions.
We will wrap up with piz­za after we com­plete the cleanup.
Thank you!

Lake Area Res­i­dents: After a beau­ti­ful sum­mer, it will soon be 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 15^thand no lat­er than Octo­ber 1^st.  The exact date can vary from year to year based upon the lev­el of the lake com­ing out of the sum­mer. This year’s reduc­tion in the lev­el of the lake is antic­i­pat­ed to be the stan­dard 48–52 inch­es unless agree­ment can be reached to per­form the deep­er draw­down of 7–8’ in order to man­age the weed growth per the Lake Maspenock Aquat­ic Veg­e­ta­tion Con­trol and Man­age­ment Plan.   As of today, the extend­ed draw­down is not approved. 

We will keep you informed, but in the mean­time 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 PreservationAssociation