Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

May 6, 2014

ATTENDING:

Malcolm, Patty, Tina, Mark, Mike, Rick, Frank

Start time:  7:06 pm

1. Review, dis­cuss changes and vote to accept min­utes from April 9th meet­ing.  Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval.

Mal­colm had changes which he asked Pat­ty to review and change on 4/9 meet­ing min­utes.  Once com­plet­ed, they can be posted.

Motion:  Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Tina

Unan­i­mous

2. Trea­sur­ers report – New mem­bers…  Account balance?

No update, Tina will update at next meeting

3. David Gold­man, Pres­i­dent of the Hop­kin­ton Area Land Trust and Mal­colm attend­ed the April 14^th Selectmen’s meet­ing.  The Select­men vot­ed to sup­port the con­ser­va­tion restric­tion for land near the lake, locat­ed off Oakhurst Rd. and to allow the LMPA to act as Stewards

Select­men vot­ed to approve, LMPA is now the stew­ard of said land.

4. Web­site-Domain name, Dave Cormi­er, Jen Cas­sidy… — Pat­ty to facilitate.

Pat­ty to work with Jen, she needs Dave Cormier’s con­tact info, Pat­ty to provide

5. Update on Sandy Beach make-over, Bath house, Chris­ten­ing Par­ty, 1^st week­end school is out? Coor­di­nate with Parks and Rec.

Con­trac­tor was award­ed con­tract, no elec­tric­i­ty yet.  Start­ed exca­va­tion of soil and rocks.

We can have the meet­ing and the Fish­ing Derby

6. Annu­al meet­ing, fish­ing derby/family fun day, May 31^st?  Weigh-in for the fish­ing Der­by at 2:00, Annu­al meet­ing and elec­tions at 1:00.

Need infor­ma­tion on which posi­tions are up for election

We will have the Fish­ing Der­by and the Annu­al Meet­ing on

May 31^st.  Fish­ing Der­by reg­is­tra­tion on the beach at 6:30 am,

Tour­na­ment to start at 7:00 am, $40/boat of 2 people

2:00 pm weigh in and prizes to be given

Sand­wich Boards – Frank will put out boards with info

Mike will bring Lake Gear for sale

Time for Annu­al Meet­ing:  1:00 pm

Agen­da to be elec­tions of board mem­bers and COLAP update

7. Bio­log­i­cal study/Lake draw down – Mal­colm to dis­cuss with the Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion as to whether a bio­log­i­cal study of the lake will be nec­es­sary this year

Mal­colm needs to con­tact Don McAdams and Eric Car­ty for actu­al draw­down amount.

8. Dam Advi­so­ry committee

Mark Sex­ton was sworn in, back of dam is leak­ing, need to investigate

9. New Busi­ness

Mark Sex­ton to do the water sam­ples this weekend

4^th of July Parade – 2:00

Pat­ty will cre­ate fly­er for Fish­ing Der­by, Tina to send to mem­ber­ship, Frank to print Sand­wich Boards and put out

Mal­colm to put togeth­er email for Annu­al Meet­ing and Elec­tions to send to membership

1. Next meet­ing? May 31^st- Annu­al Meet­ing,  Place – Sandy Beach,

1:00 PM

1. Motion for adjournment

Motion:        Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Tina

Unan­i­mous

End time of meet­ing:  8:35 pm

Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

April 9, 2014

Start time: 7:06 pm

Atten­dees: Mal­colm, Tina, Pat­ty, Bri­an, Rick, Mike, Frank

1. Review, dis­cuss changes and vote to accept min­utes from Feb­ru­ary 25^th meet­ing. Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval.

Under New busi­ness – new sub­ject for CPA Chemicals

Motion to accept min­utes after changes: Malcolm

Sec­ond: Patty

Unan­i­mous

2. David Gold­man, Pres­i­dent of the Hop­kin­ton Area Land Trust to dis­cuss con­ser­va­tion restric­tion for land near the lake, locat­ed off Oakhurst Rd. LMPA — Stewardship

HALT Estab­lished 18+ years ago, 1,000 acres under pro­tec­tion of Land Trust around the town of Hopkinton

(Jean Scolata/John Deneen) Sub­di­vi­sion – Oakhurst Road – there is a con­ser­va­tion restric­tion on the prop­er­ty, ready to be signed off

LMPA should be the stew­ard of the con­ser­va­tion restric­tion of 13 ‑1/2 acres of prop­er­ty, HALT will be the own­er of the land.

Cre­at­ing a base­line doc­u­ment – pho­to doc­u­ment and GPS, pho­tos in each direc­tion, entire perimeter

look­ing for the Boy Scouts to do the project of improv­ing trails, mark­ing trail and replace signs.

Car­ol Essler is present­ly the stew­ard and has asked to remain.

The con­ser­va­tion restric­tion is a legal doc­u­ment accept­ed by the state. It must to be a 501C3 orga­ni­za­tion with con­ser­va­tion mind­ed goals in the mis­sion state­ment to act as stew­ards of the prop­er­ty. State is sat­is­fied that LMPA is a qual­i­fied orga­ni­za­tion to prop­er­ly act as stew­ards for the restriction.

No motor vehi­cles, can­not build, hunt or fish on prop­er­ty. Pas­sive recre­ation such as hik­ing, nature stud­ies, etc are allowed

Cost — $200 to pro­duce doc­u­ment, cov­ered by Land Trust

Joins Pep­per­corn trails

Need for­mal vote of LMPA and Mal­colm to sign in front of a notary. Hop­kin­ton Select­men must sign off on the documents.

Motion: We, as an asso­ci­a­tion, sup­port this con­ser­va­tion restric­tion and accept stew­ard­ship of the property

Motion by Malcolm

Sec­ond: Brian

Unan­i­mous vote

3. Web­site-Domain name, Dave Cormi­er, Jen Cassidy…

Pat­ty to check with Jen

4. Hop­kin­ton Green-Up day, Sat­ur­day, April 12^th

Tina to send reminder

Start time 10:00 am

Pat­ty – bring table and ban­ner to the beach

Will pro­vide Piz­za, water, soda to vol­un­teers at noon

5. Update on Sandy Beach make-over, Bath house, Chris­ten­ing Par­ty, 1^st week­end school is out? Coor­di­nate with Parks and Rec.

Tina sent an email to Amy today, will wait to hear back

6. Annu­al meet­ing, fish­ing derby/family fun day, May 31^st?

Fish­ing Der­by – May 31^st, com­bine with Annu­al Meeting?

Der­by ends at 2:00 pm, Meet­ing at 1:00 pm?

Beach Christening/Family Fun Day

Rick O’Dell to attend Park & Rec meeting

7. Treasurer’s report – Dues received? New memberships/renewals

$3,105.16

New mem­ber­ships com­ing in slow

Tina to send anoth­er email blast

8. Bio­log­i­cal study/Lake draw down

Mal­colm to speak with Don McAdams about not hav­ing to do the Weed Study as we did not get a com­plete extend­ed draw down this year.

9. Dam Advi­so­ry committee

No update

1. New Busi­ness

Boat­ing Safe­ty course – 28 attend­ed – successruf

Research with chem­i­cal con­trols – fol­low up with Mark with email from COLAP

1. Next meet­ing: TUESDAY, MAY 6^th – FRANK & PATTY’S 7:00 pm

2. Motion for adjournment

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Brian

Unan­i­mous

Meet­ing end 8:28 pm

Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

January 13, 2014

1. Don Keis­er to dis­cuss mem­ber­ship in COLAP, Mark Sex­ton interested

Don attend­ed the meet­ing to dis­cuss the mer­its of join­ing the Coali­tion of Lakes and Ponds(COLAP). We vot­ed to pay the mem­ber­ship fee of $40. Don and Mark were to attend the next meet­ing on Jan­u­ary 25th and coor­di­nate this together.

2. Review and vote to accept min­utes from Novem­ber 18th Gen­er­al meet­ing. Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval.

Meet­ing min­utes accept­ed with a unan­i­mous vote.

3. Treasurer’s Report – Dues rec’d, new mem­ber­ships, renewals?

The bank account bal­ance is cur­rent­ly $2,763.67.

4. Web­site-Domain name, Dave Cormi­er, Jen…

Must ask Jen Jort­ner-Cas­sidy to get in touch with Dave Cormi­er to work this out

5. Draw down, issue with Spin­del Island

The home on the Island lost most water ser­vice. Mal­colm respond­ed to inquiries from the Hop­kin­ton Cons. Comm. and DPW. The Spin­dels had nev­er indi­cat­ed they lost water dur­ing the 1st extend­ed draw down. It appears that the well they draw water from is fed by water infil­trat­ing from the lake, so they are direct­ly affect­ed by the lake lev­el. The sys­tem has nev­er been inspect­ed, they will not allow it, so no one real­ly knows what is there. At the time of the Town inquiries the lake had risen to approx­i­mate­ly nor­mal win­ter draw down lev­els. No fur­ther action was required.

6. Update on Sandy Beach make-over, Bath house

See item #9 below

7. Win­ter social

Winter/Spring social – Try to reserve the Woodville Rod & Gun club for March 8th.

8. Boat­ing safe­ty course

Mark Sex­ton to pur­sue orga­niz­ing for ear­ly April

9. Fish­ing derby/family fun day, chris­ten­ing par­ty for Sandy Beach with Parks and Rec.

Events have to be coor­di­nat­ed with Parks and Rec. Much depends on when things will be fin­ished up with the 1st phase of the Sandy Beach up-grades. Drew will get in touch with Amy Markovich at Parks and Rec. She is the liai­son to the LMPA. She will be invit­ed to our next meet­ing in February.

10. Pho­tos for Face­book page and web site

The lead pic­ture on the site changes peri­od­i­cal­ly, using donat­ed pho­tos. Need to encour­age more pho­tos to be sent.

11. Need to update By-laws – Change in annu­al dues, def­i­n­i­tion of “Senior member”

Mal­colm to work on this

12. New business

11. Next meet­ing? Feb.3,4,5_Wed 2/5_?Place__Tina’s______

12. Motion for adjournment

Adjourned 8:15 PM