Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

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

Sep­tem­ber 18, 2016

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 15^th and 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.  The for­mal draw down has not yet com­menced because of the drought con­di­tions that we have expe­ri­enced this sum­mer. The reduc­tion of the lake lev­el now occur­ring is from nat­ur­al evap­o­ra­tion.  The for­mal draw down will not begin pri­or to Octo­ber 1^st unless we receive sig­nif­i­cant pre­cip­i­ta­tion in the next week or so.  The exact date that the draw down will com­mence has not been set, but please under­stand that it could start any time between now and Octo­ber 1^st.  This year’s reduc­tion in the lev­el of the lake is antic­i­pat­ed to be 48–52 inches.

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

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The Hop­kin­ton DPW, Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion, and Parks & Rec. Dept., in con­cert with the Advi­so­ry Group, will spon­sor a Pub­lic Forum for Hop­kin­ton res­i­dents on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 8, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

A for­mal Com­pre­hen­sive Weed Man­age­ment and Con­trol Plan will be devel­oped for mon­i­tor­ing and con­trol of nui­sance and inva­sive weed prob­lems spe­cif­ic to Lake Maspenock. Hop­kin­ton res­i­dents are urged to attend the Pub­lic Forum in order to pro­vide feed­back and ask ques­tions about ben­e­fits and eco­log­i­cal impact from the pro­posed plan (‘the Plan’). The Plan is expect­ed to be sub­mit­ted to the Board of Select­men in late Octo­ber 2016.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion will be post­ed in Town Hall and on the Town web­site; http://www.hopkintonma.gov/home/government/towncalendar

FORUM LOCATION: HOPKINTON TOWN HALL, RM. 215 MAIN ST., HOPKINTON MA

Please be sure to be adher­ing to the “NO WAKE” zone by Sandy Beach.  Let’s make it a fun, safe sum­mer for all!

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Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

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

PLEASE JOIN THE LMPA AND YOUR FELLOW LMPA MEMBERS FOR

The Annu­al Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion Gen­er­al Meeting

MONDAY, JUNE  13, 2016

7:00 PM

KO Sushi and Grill Restau­rant – UPSTAIRS
Hay­ward Street, Hopkinton

The Annu­al Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion Gen­er­al meet­ing will be held on Mon­day, June 13, 2016.  The meet­ing will be at KO Sushi and Grill, Hay­ward Street, Hop­kin­ton.  Please go direct­ly upstairs for the meet­ing, we will be pro­vid­ing appe­tiz­ers and there will be wait­ress ser­vice as well.   Please try to attend and be on time for the meet­ing so that we have ade­quate num­bers to con­duct asso­ci­a­tion busi­ness. A min­i­mum quo­rum of 20 mem­bers is required.

There are three open posi­tions on the Board that we will be vot­ing on:

Trea­sur­er – cur­rent­ly held by Tina Mac­Connell – Tina would like to continue

Exec­u­tive #3 – cur­rent­ly held by Mark Sexton

Exec­u­tive #4 – cur­rent­ly held by Mike Riley – Mike would like to continue

 Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

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

April 30, 2016

To: Lake Area Residents

As many of you know, Hopkinton’s Annu­al Town Meet­ing takes place Mon­day, May 2^nd at 7:00, in the Hop­kin­ton Mid­dle School audi­to­ri­um.  There will be an item con­cern­ing fund­ing for the con­trol of exces­sive aquat­ic weeds at Lake Maspenock in the bud­get.  The “Lake Maspenock Weed Man­age­ment and Con­trol Advi­so­ry Group”, formed at the direc­tion of the Hop­kin­ton Select­men, has been thor­ough­ly eval­u­at­ing this issue over the last 7 or 8 months.  A pro­fes­sion­al con­sul­tant, with exten­sive lake man­age­ment knowl­edge, was hired by the town to assist and advise the town com­mit­tee.  The pur­pose of the Town’s Advi­so­ry Group is to iden­ti­fy the type and scope of the prob­lem and eval­u­ate ALL avail­able meth­ods of con­trol­ling the exces­sive weed growth.  Each method of weed con­trol is being rat­ed in terms of safe­ty, effec­tive­ness, cost and fea­si­bil­i­ty.  The goal of the Group is to cre­ate a long-term plan for man­ag­ing the lake.  No rec­om­men­da­tions have been made yet, and it is antic­i­pat­ed that their eval­u­a­tion will not be ready until late sum­mer or ear­ly fall.  At that time the Group’s rec­om­men­da­tions will be pre­sent­ed to the pub­lic and Select­men.  The Select­men will make any deci­sions con­cern­ing the Group’s find­ings and they will con­trol if, when, and how any funds are spent.  The pub­lic will have oppor­tu­ni­ties to ask ques­tions and pro­vide input pri­or to any final deci­sions being made.  It is impor­tant that the request­ed funds, includ­ed in the bud­get for the com­ing year, be avail­able to imple­ment the weed con­trol method or meth­ods ulti­mate­ly approved by the Selectmen.

The Lake Maspenock Exec­u­tive Board sup­ports the Weed Con­trol Advi­so­ry Group and believes they are per­form­ing an exten­sive eval­u­a­tion of the prob­lem and the options avail­able to solve it.  It is clear that what­ev­er rec­om­men­da­tion is ulti­mate­ly made by the Group to the town will have been objec­tive­ly arrived at.  The LMPA Exec­u­tive Board urges all to attend Town Meet­ing to sup­port the fund­ing request­ed for the con­trol of the exces­sive aquat­ic weed growth.  If addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion is desired, please go to LMPA.org and select the link to the “Aquat­ic Veg­e­ta­tion Advi­so­ry Group”.

It is antic­i­pat­ed that the top­ic will come up ear­ly on in the meet­ing so please be on time.

Thank you,

The Offi­cers and Exec­u­tive Board

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association