The Hop­kin­ton DPW, Con­ser­va­tion Com­mis­sion, Parks & Rec. Dept., in con­cert with the Advi­so­ry Group, will spon­sor two Pub­lic Forums for Hop­kin­ton res­i­dents on Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 9, 2016 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 27, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  Forum loca­tion for both meet­ings to be at Hop­kin­ton Town Hall, Room 215.

A for­mal Com­pre­hen­sive Weed Man­age­ment and Con­trol Plan will be devel­oped for con­trol and mon­i­tor­ing of nox­ious and inva­sive weed prob­lems spe­cif­ic to Lake Maspenock.   Hop­kin­ton res­i­dents are urged to par­tic­i­pate in the Pub­lic Forums and the online Sur­vey on the Town’s web­site in order to pro­vide feed­back, ask ques­tions and increase their aware­ness about ben­e­fits and eco­log­i­cal impact from pro­posed meth­ods of weed man­age­ment.  Town wide pub­lic under­stand­ing and sup­port of the Plan is crit­i­cal at Town Meet­ing for approval and financ­ing of the Weed Con­trol Plan.

Online Sur­vey:

http://kwiksurveys.com/s/I5qy2QZO

Upcom­ing Advi­so­ry Group Meet­ings, Pub­lic Forums and addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion will be post­ed in Town Hall and on the Town web­site; http://www.hopkintonma.gov/home/government/towncalendar