Due to a conflict with the Hopkinton Horribles parade, we have received many requests to change the time of the boat parade.
The boat parade will now begin at 3pm. Please meet at the Sandy Beach area at 2:45pm. The LMPA will be awarding a prize
for best in show. We hope that this time change has not inconvenieced anyone.
Thank you,
The LMPA E-board
Lake Maspenock Preservation Association
Executive Board Meeting
May 5, 2010
Meeting Start time: 7:07 pm
Attendees:
Lou Przystas Mark Sexton
Dave Gibbs Tina MacConnell
Brian Eberlan Matt McCoy
Drew Logan Patty Holland
Malcolm Page
Agenda Item #1
Vote to appoint new executive board secretary – Patty Holland
Motion – Malcolm
Second – Drew
Vote – unanimous
Agenda Item #2
Treasurer’s Report
Bank balance – $4,488.53
Getting lots of memberships, none on line
Crockett Road – mostly done
Agenda Item #3
Draw down project – Matt’s research? Highest priority that we are currently working on (shallow well plan)
Draw down – refill no later than January 15th
Two months – goal to present to conservation commission
Summary – Main point, cannot do a lot to enforce people
57 Pine Island – not occupied, no indoor plumbing
Twin Island – two houses
Get written statements with alternative sources
Tina called Dalton Water Supply Co., promised her pricing
By Monday, 5/10
Heated hoses from Petersons to Spindle Island
100 foot lengths
Need letter to Chris Colwell to sign (alternative sources)
Peterson’s alternative – heated hoses provided by Lake
Association
Letters need to be written, include “no later than” date for refill in
Letters
Action Items:
Tina to ask about heated hoses
Malcolm t put his info together and draft letters
Tina to email board with pricing from Dalton Water Supply
Agenda Item #4
Membership – Number of Renewals? Contact made to assigned past members from Drew’s List?
Need to do mailing to people who don’t have email addresses.
Action Item:
Tina to mail letters to former members without email addresses
Drew to bring printed updated membership list to each meeting
Agenda Item #5
Annual General Meeting, Elections and Family Fun Day – Sat. June 12th, Permit Obtained?
Executive Board positions up for election at June Annual Meeting:
Secretary – vote to serve the remaining term, expires 6/2011
Treasurer – Tina MacConnell – 6/2013
Executive #3 – Mark Sexton – 6/2013
Executive #4 – David Gibbs – 6/2013
All board members agree to re-election
Permits obtained
Rain Date – Sunday, June 13th
Tina – Animal show – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Times: 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Popcorn Machine to purchase – $199.00
Rentals were $80.00. Possibility to rent machine ($25.00) to members
Needs:
Tables, chairs, coolers, grill
Patty and Tina and Tina’s friends will make the food Friday night
Need to clean the bathrooms and turn on the water a few days before
Rake morning of event or a couple of nights before
Set up volleyball
Action Item:
Tina to draft rough draft of invitation and email to board
Weed control
Boat Launch
Draw Down
Elections
Agenda Item #6
Green Up Day held Saturday, May 1st
Decent turnout
Went well except for dumpster issues
Malcolm was in the paper, good press for the LMPA
Agenda Item #7
Website Management
Lou needs content from Dave to update site
Going to try to link URL through Google
Needs to create a new site
Agenda Item #8
Boating Safety Course
Nothing happening this year
Board members asked Mark Sexton to get certified to teach
Action Item:
Mark to get certified and reply to email from Peter
Agenda Item #9
List of proposals and responsibilities between LMPA and Park and Rec – Trash, Buoys, etc.
Park and Rec opening beach June 19th
Wake Buoys – P&R will put them in, LMPA will take them out
Trash – during off season, barrel at end of gate
P&R considering non-residents for beach – higher prices, not opening on Mondays
Dogs – P&R considering putting up a chain link fence at the gate if people keep
Using the beach with dogs
Discussion about police presence, possibility
Put out the word that a fence could possibly go up if problem persists
Agenda Item #10
Water Testing
Microbec Labs – Matt spoke with Nancy at Microbec Labs regarding testing the lake in three places. Rate sheet was passed around. Testing to be done 3 times a year
Results to be posted on website and bulletin board
Board agreed to let Nancy pick the most valuable tests.
Motion:
Go on Nancy’s recommendation for which tests to pick
Discuss at General Meeting (May, Aug, Oct)
Ph level, phosphorus, algae count (probably 3)
Agenda Item #11
Boat Parade – July 4th, 2:00 pm
Discussed, agreed
Agenda Item #12
New Business
Picnic tables at beach
Someone tossed them in the lake, need to be removed
Message Board
Post our own messages
Park and Rec will hand out launching permits
Nice to see everyone taking ownership of different projects
Next Board Meeting – Wednesday, July 7th – Drews House, 30 Lakeshore Dr.
August Meeting – Lou’s house
Action Item:
Brian to call Park and Rec about tables
Drew to volunteer what gets posted (weekly)
Pass out brochures at boat ramp (at check-in table)
Lou to update brochure
Brian to get 2009 content to review at next meeting
$25 family $45 2-years $10 seniors
Patty to email Board Members on June 28th for reminder of action items
Motion to Adjourn – Malcolm
Second – Drew
Unanimous
Time ended 8:45 pm
Please join us for the Fourth Annual Lake Maspenock
Fourth of July Boat Parade
(Sponsored by the Lake Maspenock Preservation Association)
On Sunday, 7/4, at 2 p.m., we will start to line up in front of Sandy
Beach to parade together in high spirits around the lake.
ALL boats are welcome – motor boats, kayaks, canoes, etc.
Dress yourselves, your kids and your boats in fitting regalia!
Everyone is welcome — come join your neighbors and friends for a
spirited celebration of the day on our beautiful lake.
Please renew your LMPA membership – your lake needs your support!
Email news, updates and photos to us at lmpa.org@verizon.net
Family Fun Day and General Meeting
Saturday, June 12th
11:30am to 2:30pm
Rain Date: Sunday, June 13th
Agenda: 11:30am-12:00n General Meeting
· LMPA Executive Board elections
· The extended lake draw down for weed control
· Sandy Beach boat ramp repair
12:00 noon Lunch – The LMPA will provide food & drinks
1:00 pm-2:00pm AnimalAdventures.net will provide a live show with amazing animals and reptiles
LMPA Sweatshirts, Hats, Towels, etc. will be available for sale.
*This event if free to all LMPA members and their families. Memberships will be available. One year family membership or renewal is $25.00, $45.00 for 2 years and $10.00 for Seniors.
MEMBERS – PLEASE COME PREPARED TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP. Checks preferred.
Please bring a chair or blanket for the animal and reptile show.
You’ll be amazed. Come and join the fun!
SPRING LAKE CLEAN UP
Hopkinton’s Sustainable Green Committee (HopGreen) is sponsoring the 2nd annual Spring Green Up day on
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
9:00am-12:00n
Sandy Beach Parking Lot
Last years Greenup event included a dozen local organizations and over 100 residents which collected over 3 tons of trash.
Please join the LMPA in cleaning up the beach area, the area surrounding your home and our neighborhood streets.
Coffee and donuts will be available at 9:00am at the beach parking lot. We will order pizza around noon. The LMPA will also provide trash bags.
6 DOWNEY STREET
E BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Malcolm Page, Drew Logan,
Brian Eberlin, Mark Sexton, Lou Pryzytas. Matt McCoy, Tina MacConnell
GUEST: Ken Driscoll, Head of the Parks and Recreation Department
The Milford National Bank, that the LMPA currently uses, is closing the
South Street branch at the end of the year. We decided to close the account and open a new account at the Middlesex Savings bank in downtown Hopkinton. Malcolm and Tina will meet at the banks and take care of the paperwork.
Drew attended the last ZAC meeting and mentioned that the owners of Hopkinton Square might request to be included in the Hotel Overlay District. Malcolm will attend the next meeting and see if he can get any more information about this.
The Annual Report needs to be filed with the state by Nov 1st. Drew gave Tina the updated list and she will send to the state. Donielle Moss has resigned as an e-board member, so the report will be filed with one vacant position. We are looking to replace Donielle and have one interested person so far, James Thomas. If anyone else knows of a person interested in joining, please let the board know. We would like to have the position filled in November.
There is an issue with the lack of trash barrels at Sandy Beach. There is a locked dumpster in the parking lot with quite a large amount of trash on top and surrounding it. Tina and a couple of other concerned residents have contacted the DPW and requested a clean up of the trash and a trash barrel in the lot with pick up by the DPW. Ken Driscoll will also look into this.
Membership: It was decided that there would be brochures passed to those that purchase beach passes. P & R is on board with this. The subject of corporate memberships was briefly discussed. These memberships would allow employees to utilize the beach by showing their company badges. Tina will also have a list of expired memberships at the next meeting for e board members to contact and hopefully get some renewals.
News Letter Articles: Malcolm has written about the dogs at Sandy Beach and the boat ramp repair. Lou will write an article requesting old photos and maps. Meg will write about the summer events. Drew will write an article about his company donating $500.00 to the LMPA. Tina will e-mail Dave Cormier and ask him to write about the updates to the web site.
Fall/Winter Events: It was decided, because of the boat ramp repair, that there will not be a lake clean up this fall. We had a clean up last October and also in the spring in conjunction with Green Up day. Tina is looking into booking the Woodville Rod and Gun club for the winter gathering on Saturday, January 30th.
Notice of Intent: The Conservation Commission approved the NOI and has signed off on the Order of Conditions. Tina gave Scott Currin, the main person to do the actual work at the ramp, a copy of the NOI on Tuesday, Oct 6th . Scott will review the paperwork and when the water level is down enough for him to inspect the existing boat ramp, he will give us a list of supplies and some possible dates for the ramp repair. He will choose a date depending on the weather. He will also let us know if he will need people to help with the work or if he is getting his own crew together. It will most likely be sometime in November, possibly late October.
The LMPA will pay for the supplies for the ramp and submit one bill to them at completion of the project for reimbursement.
Well Inventory: We have heard back from about 85% of the residents that were either sent a letter or an e-mail. Tina will send out more letters to those we have not heard from and call some of the others (I already did it).
The Order of Conditions states that the LMPA will have to monitor the flow rate of the stream during the extended draw down. Matt McCoy and Mark Sexton have volunteered to take on this task.
Parks & Recreation: Ken Driscoll requested that the LMPA and P & R formalize a partnership and work together to maintain and improve the Sandy Beach area and Lake Maspenock. He suggested that the LMPA meeting with P & R on a quarterly basis, either at their meeting or ours. He would like us to put together a punch list of things that the LMPA would like to manage. Some of these things are, the removal of the swim buoys at the beach in the fall, the closing and opening of the bath house, signage at the beach, cameras at the beach, lake clean up, etc. Ken would
like to be added to the LMPA e-mail list and be kept informed of what we are doing.
He stated that P & R currently views Sandy Beach as a seasonal recreational area and would like that to change and be viewed as an area that requires year round maintenance. This is something that the LMPA has informally been doing over the years and we would definitely like to turn this into a formal arrangement. Brian is going to head this up and work with both boards. Brian also informed us that Michelle Gates, selectperson for Hopkinton, would like to reinstate the Dam Committee.
Ken also let us know that P & R is not happy about the dog situation at Sandy Beach and we discussed some ways to get pet owners to clean up after their dogs, dog disposal baggies at the parking lot, etc.
Meeting adjourned at 9:17pm.
Next meeting is on Monday, November 2nd at Tina’s.
Welcome to the LMPA Website
The mission of the Lake Maspenock Preservation Association can only be met by the involvement of concerned volunteers. We would like to build a sense of community around Lake Maspenock and build on the momentum of our success with the dam purchase to bring about positive change and protect the lake for future generations.
Please become a member and become involved. Only by working together can we make a difference and preserve this great natural resource for future generations.