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Meeting Minutes — 5 November 2012

Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

November 5, 2012

 

Meet­ing start: 7:05 pm

Atten­dees: Mal­colm Page, Drew Logan, Chris­tine Mac­Connell, Pat­ty Hol­land, Mike Riley, Frank Holland

 

1. Review and vote to accept min­utes from Octo­ber 9th meeting.

Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Frank

Unan­i­mous

 

2. Treasurer’s Report – Dues rec’d?

$2,030.54

4 new members

Filed annu­al report — $15

Mix­ture of new and cur­rent members

3. Lake clean-up held Sat­ur­day Octo­ber. 27th – 17 attend­ed: Trash remains at dam, Place­ment of trash cans at dam?

Octo­ber 27th

A lot of trash at the dam

4 full trash bags from the dam – still a lot of trash in water

Spring cleanup only instead of Fall – too many leaves and water

not low enough

Ten­ta­tive date in April depend­ing on weath­er – resched­ule for fall if weath­er does not cooperate.

Trash Can – prob­a­bly not a good idea, pos­si­bly anchor? Check with

High­way Department

4. Draw Down-

-Weed Sur­vey – Aquat­ic Con­trol Tech­nol­o­gy-Sur­vey done 8/26/12

-Spoke to ACT engi­neer today, 11/5, He is fin­ish­ing up report

-Pre­pare report to be sub­mit­ted to Con. Comm., Pub­li­cize Success?

-Con­tact Con. Comm. to get on their agenda

Mal­colm spoke to Aquat­ic Con­trol, should receive writ­ten results in the next cou­ple of days

Weeds were bet­ter, total bio­mass of lake was down

One uniden­ti­fied weed increased, mil­foil way down

Sug­ges­tion – not an opti­mal year, get waiv­er to do it the next year

Mod­i­fi­ca­tion to notice of intent with Con. Comm.

5. Dam Advi­so­ry com­mit­tee – Mike Riley attend­ed selectmen’s meeting

Mike spoke about attend­ing Selectman’s meeting

We want the safe dam, low impact on our taxes

Mike to talk to Town Man­ag­er about mem­bers for the Dam Advi­so­ry Committee

Two peo­ple from lake

Two peo­ple from town

Peo­ple involved who under­stand engineering/technical aspects

Also peo­ple from oth­er towns (pos­si­ble DPW)

6. FALL TOWN MEETING — EMC Zon­ing Change not on agenda

-Mod­i­fy let­ter to EMC to express the need to look at the future of the com­plete parcel?

No EMC zon­ing change at town meeting

Need to send let­ter soon

Should update mem­bers – email update of plans for Spring Town Meeting

7. Decem­ber Meet­ing – Hol­i­day celebration?

Thurs­day, Decem­ber 20th – send a note to everyone

Low key, appe­tiz­ers and desserts – Let Pat­ty know what you plan to bring

Frank and Patty’s house 7 pm

8. Zack Doss let­ter – Does it need to be on our letterhead?

Let­ter sent to Zack on our letterhead.

9. New Business

Win­ter Social – need to get some funds –

Dis­cus­sions about fund rais­ing – Mike and Bill need to get togeth­er regard­ing where to start.

Mal­colm to draft some ideas for sum­ma­ry of what the “state of the lake” has been over the years, send a let­ter out to mem­ber­ship and email

Email mem­bers about Ice Fishing

10. Next meet­ing? Decem­ber 20th

Time: 7:00 pm

Place: Frank and Patty’s (brief meet­ing before hol­i­day party)

11. Motion for adjournment

Motion: Drew

Sec­ond: Tina

Unan­i­mous

Meet­ing end: 8:25 pm

 

Support Lake Weed Control

Please review the new doc­u­ments and posts that have been added for edu­ca­tion­al purposes.

We want all of the lake mem­bers and sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ty to be ful­ly informed of the approved plans for Lake Weed Con­trol on Lake Maspenock.

Winter on Lake Maspenock

I pre­fer win­ter and fall, when you feel the bone struc­ture of the land­scape. Some­thing waits beneath it; the whole sto­ry does­n’t show.

~Andrew Wyeth

 

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Water Testing Results — Week of August 27

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

 

August 6 10 30 70

 

August 13 <10 <10 10

 

August 20 20 10 <10

 

August 27 20 <10 <10

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 19, 2019 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 73.2 ⁰F, + 3.5⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 3.92 inch­es, +.28 inch­es for the month

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

7th warmest July on record

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

8/29/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

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Water Testing Results — Week of August 13

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

 

August 6 10 30 70

 

August 13 <10 <10 10

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 19, 2019 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 73.2 ⁰F, + 3.5⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 3.92 inch­es, +.28 inch­es for the month

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

7th warmest July on record

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

8/7/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

In case you missed it…
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In case you missed it…

For those of you who may have missed it on Face­book, please enjoy our pho­to gallery from the 2012 Boat Parade.

 

Want more?  Check out this video footage from the very first boat parade in 2007:

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Water Testing Results — Week of August 6

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

 

August 6 10 30 70

N.B. Although there are no life­guards at the beach after August 19, 2019 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 73.2 ⁰F, + 3.5⁰F and pre­cip­i­ta­tion was 3.92 inch­es, +.28 inch­es for the month

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

7th warmest July on record

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

8/7/12

CC: Parks and Recreation

Tina Mac­Connell, Patri­cia Hol­land, LMPA

 

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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!