Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

Exec­u­tive Board Meet­ing Minutes

MARCH 4, 2013

Attend­ing:

Mal­colm, Brian, Frank, Tina, Patty, Mike, Mark

Start time: 7:03 pm

1. Review and vote to accept min­utes from Jan­u­ary 22nd meeting.

Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval

Mal­colm had changes:

Add the word “min­utes” to title of document

Mike should have been added as attend­ing the meeting

Clar­ify that noth­ing will be acted on: Carol Esler’s conservation

Over­lay Dis­trict comments

Machine Sand in the Park and Rec com­ment – change to “the sand will be machined, water depth must remain 3–4 feet deep”

Motion to accept min­utes with amendments:

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Mike

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2. Treasurer’s Report – Dues rec’d?

There is $1,144.07 in check­ing account

Paid fee for Spring Social to Rod and Gun — $75.00

Email sent to mem­ber­ship on 3/2 – 90 emails, 3 responses

Drew – change Pay­Pal account to the new bank

3. Carol Esler – Email to mem­ber­ship con­cern­ing pro­tect­ing lake views

when new con­struc­tion takes place.

Carol is more than wel­come to address this issue at the Annual Meet­ing with the mem­ber­ship. Mal­colm had advised Carol of what should be addressed in an email to mem­ber­ship. Wait­ing for her response.

4. Fund raising

Mike met with Collela’s and Price Chop­per. He will bring our brochure to Colella’s at their request, he will get the name of the per­son in Price Chopper’s Cor­po­rate head­quar­ters to talk to. Did not get to talk to any­one at Bill’s Pizza. He will fol­low up with PR per­son from EMC.

5. Dam Advi­sory com­mit­tee – Update-Mike, Mark, Frank

Frank and Mark signed up for the Com­mit­tee, Frank has been sworn

in by the Town. Dave Gibbs to also sign up. Meet­ings will begin

once com­mit­tee is formed and they have a sched­ule of meetings

6. Let­ter to EMC to express the need to look at the future of the com­plete par­cel owned by EMC – Sent last week

Mal­colm sent let­ter to EMC last week after review of E Board members

7. Pre­pare report to be sub­mit­ted to Con­ser­va­tion Comm. concerning

the results of the more exten­sive draw down. Post orig­i­nal report on our

web­site

Mal­colm to pre­pare the report and send the orig­i­nal report to Jen for

post­ing on our web­site and Facebook

8. Pre­pare Annual review of 2012, “State of the Lake”, for LMPA members

Mal­colm to pre­pare report

9. Friends of White­hall Annual meet­ing – Feb­ru­ary 5th, Guest speaker From DCR to present infor­ma­tion about weed con­trol – did any­one attend?

No one attended the meeting

10. Boat­ing safety course – Mark

Mark sent a note to Peter regard­ing this years course

Wait­ing to hear back from him

Mark to send a note to Jack Mason as well

Need to pick a date soon

11. Spring kick-off social – March 30th

Paid for rental of Rod and Gun Club

E Board Mem­bers to con­tribute the Appetizers

E Board mem­bers to arrive at 6 pm to set up

Social event – 7pm to 10 pm

Invi­ta­tion to mem­ber­ship to be sent this week

Tina will ask Drew to get the tro­phy and have new win­ner inscribed

12. Meet­ing con­cern­ing zon­ing at 169 West Main

No one attended the meeting

Look­ing to get the zon­ing changed to Busi­ness Zone from rural busi­ness. The uses that would be allowed under the busi­ness zon­ing would be about the same as cur­rently allowed.

13. New Business

Dis­cussed var­i­ous events for 2013:

Annual Meet­ing – 7 pm on May 20th at Tina’s – E Board to discuss

fur­ther at April E Board Meeting

Fam­ily Fun Day – after beach closes for the sea­son due to construction

in the Spring

Fish­ing Derby – May/June

Save the Date email once we final­ize dates for upcom­ing events

14. Next meeting?

Mon­day, April 8th – 7:00 pm, Tina’s

Motion for adjournment:

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Tina

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End time: 8:34 pm

Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association

Exec­u­tive Board Meet­ing Minutes

Jan­u­ary 22, 2013

Atten­dees: Mal­colm, Tina, Patty, Frank, Brian, Drew, Mark, Mike

Start time: 7:04 pm

1. Review and vote to accept min­utes from Novem­ber 5th meeting.

Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Patty

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2. Treasurer’s Report – Dues rec’d?

$1,169.05 – One mem­ber­ship, Oakhurst Street, new house

Opened new account at bank at Price Chop­per, Web­ster First Fed­eral Credit Union

3. Carol Esler to attend meet­ing to address exec­u­tive board con­cern­ing pro­tect­ing lake views when new con­struc­tion takes place

Carol did some research on the inter­net and talked to

Claire Wright from Zon­ing Board

View pro­tec­tion – Zon­ing Board would like it to come from the Lake Association

Carol would like to raise com­ments at Gen­eral Meeting.

Her research included Vari­a­tions in land, cre­at­ing a view shed pro­tec­tion through con­ser­va­tion, sim­i­lar to his­toric preservation

National Trust for His­toric Preservation

Solar pro­tec­tion

Laws as close as Cambridge

Noth­ing in regards to views

Can be writ­ten as to take views into consideration

Pro­tect­ing older neighborhoods

Preser­va­tion Law Reporter

Con­ser­va­tion restric­tion would be an Over­lay on top of cur­rent Zon­ing restric­tions, hard to rescind any­thing not deemed to be needed any longer, this is not some­thing that is being acted on or sup­ported by the LMPA.

Tina sug­gested that Carol put together an email to go out to the mem­ber­ship to find out what is the will of the neighborhood

LMPA has 300 email addresses

Per­haps for a sub­com­mit­tee for addi­tional research, Carol to head the com­mit­tee of Lake Asso­ci­a­tion mem­bers inter­ested in the cause.

4. Fund raising

Try to get cor­po­rate sponsors

Mike to talk EMC, Bank, Collela’s and Price Chop­per for donations

5. Dam Advi­sory com­mit­tee – Update

Mike and oth­ers signed up for Dam Advi­sory com­mit­tee through

town web­site

Mark and Frank to sign up too

6. Mod­ify let­ter to EMC to express the need to look at the future of the com­plete par­cel owned by EMC.

Mal­colm started the let­ter tonight. Updat­ing to what is applic­a­ble now, will get out to every­one before the end of the week.

7. Pre­pare report to be sub­mit­ted to Con­ser­va­tion Comm. concerning

the results of the more exten­sive draw down.

Mal­colm to work on this after “State of the Lake” com­mu­ni­ca­tion goes out to membership

8. Pre­pare Annual review of 2012, “State of the Lake”, for LMPA members

Mal­colm will work on this next after EMC Let­ter, but hope­fully this week for board to review

9. Friends of White­hall Annual meet­ing – Feb­ru­ary 5th, 7:30, Woodville Bap­tist Church. Guest speaker From DCR to present infor­ma­tion about

weed con­trol.

Mal­colm, Brian, Tina, Patty, Frank

Tina to send to mem­ber­ship and reminder day before.

10. New Business

Beach update: Prices of con­struc­tion have gone up

Entrance way to new bathhouse

Some land­scap­ing

Beach swim­ming area has to be 3–4 feet max­i­mum depth

Park­ing lot to be done through the town

Play­ground will be 2nd , 3rd phases

ADA ramp com­pli­ance being researched

Should be 2nd phase

May do some con­struc­tion after beach is opened

Vol­ley­ball court possibly

Annual Win­ter Social? March 30th, Tina to call Rod and Gun Club for availability.

11. Next meeting?

Mon­day, March 4th

7:00 pm

Tina’s house

12 .Motion to end meeting:

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Tina

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Time ended: 8:25 pm

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

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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

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Meet­ing end: 8:25 pm