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Hart Pond Association

Hart Pond Association. Spring Meeting - May 7, 2011. Agenda. Minutes from previous meeting – 10/30/10 Treasurer’s Report Treatment options Funding options Update on application for CPC funding Aquatic control progress. Long term health of Hart Pond Status of the HPA Stream Teams

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Hart Pond Association

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  1. Hart Pond Association Spring Meeting - May 7, 2011

  2. Agenda • Minutes from previous meeting – 10/30/10 • Treasurer’s Report • Treatment options • Funding options • Update on application for CPC funding • Aquatic control progress • Long term health of Hart Pond • Status of the HPA • Stream Teams • Hart Pond watershed • Education and outreach • Fund raising • Annual budget / dues • New by-laws

  3. Minutes From 10/30/10 Meeting • Topics • buoys • dam • boat ramp • weed survey • annual budget for the board • Decisions • buy Kate t-you present • remove all boards from dam • buy watershed map and voter registration lists • send cards • approved annual budget for board spending • Decisions (continued) • street captains (thank you Katie Dinning, George Kacek, Dan Ralls, and Norman Benson) • fund raising • news letter • Action Items • research weed control options • research funding sources • Agenda Items for Next/This Meeting • dues • present research results • town contribution • by-laws

  4. Treasurer’s Report Checking Account Balance 10/25/2010 = $4,698.27 Receipts Motor Sale $300.00 Dues $465.00 Interest $ 1.17 Total receipts = $766.17sub total: $5464.44

  5. Treasurer’s Report Disbursements Aquatic Control Technologies $1835.00 • Survey $500.00 • Permit $1000.00* • Abutter’s List $35.00* Voter’s registrations $35.00 Thank you Gift for Kate $25.00 Refreshments (fall mtg.) $62.96 Cards for members $10.54 Conference (Congress of Lakes and Ponds) $53.30 Postage $220.00 Labels and seals $19.10 Paper $97.73 Ink cartridges $91.99 Total disbursements $2050.62 * To be reimbursed by CPC

  6. Treasurer’s Report Checking Account May 5, 2011 $3413.82 Savings Account Balance April 14, 2011 $ 942.55 Total May 5, 2011 $4,356.37

  7. Weed Situation

  8. Funding Sources Investigated HPA contacted over 35 organizations, most do not provide funding but are informational resources including: CLCT, CISMA, SuAsCo, OAR, Chelmsford Water District, MIPAG, & COLAP

  9. CPC Application / Town Meeting • Good News! • $25,000.00 approved by town • ONE TIME ONLY! • We need to find money for all future treatments of the pond

  10. Aquatic Control Progress • Notified abutters via certified mail (April) • Submitted NOI with Chelmsford Conservation Committee on May 3, 2011 • Meeting planned to submit NOI with Westford Conservation Committee on May 11, 2011 • State DEP license to apply chemicals requires Order of Conditions from towns • No federal permit required this year • First treatment probable for late May / early June • Permits good for three to five years, can be extended for nominal fee

  11. What we have learned • Invasive weeds • 2000 survey = spotty coverage of fanwort • 2004 survey = 80% coverage of fanwort • 2005 - $50K treatment • 2010 survey = spotty coverage of fanwort and curly leaf pondweed • Invasive weeds are managed, not eradicated • Requires annual survey and treatment • Algae blooms • Caused by too much phosphorus in water • Hart Pond = 0.051 mg/L (>5X the recommended limit) • Copper sulfate treatment only knocks back the algae • Only real cure is to reduce the phosphorus to <0.01 mg/L • Educate watershed residents (newsletter) • ID point sources (stream teams)

  12. Future Health of Hart Pond • Comprehensive LakeManagement Plan • Invasive weeds • Nutrient load andalgae blooms • Pollution • Community education • Cost $10K-$15K/year • Funded through state and federal grants, fund raisers, and HPA members • Grants require data collection (stream team), matching funds, and tax exempt status

  13. To Receive Grants From State or Federal Sources Tax Exempt Status Stream Teams Volunteers collect water samples from Hart Pond and tributaries Data required for grant application Minimum 12 samples at $71.00/sample = $2,556.00 Only way to identify point sources of phosphorus • Requires incorporating the association • Applying for Tax Exempt Status with the IRS • Takes 12 to 18 months • Costs about $3,000.00 plus ongoing $185.00 renewal fee for NFP corp.

  14. Hart Pond Watershed Westford Chelmsford

  15. Hart Pond Watershed • 545 private residences • 97 businesses

  16. Education and Outreach • New attitude • Town beach • Bike path • Hart Pond is no longer “the best kept secret in Chelmsford” • Newsletter – twice annually to 650 addresses • Picnic – people won’t care about Hart Pond if they don’t know about Hart Pond • Get involved – stream teams, fund raisers, COSS, etc.

  17. Fund Raisers • Pearl’s Premium Grass Seed • Golf tournament • Talent show • Clean up – pledges per lb. of trash collected • Recycling printer cartridges • Yard sale • Cocktail cruises • Suggestions?

  18. Preliminary Budget with Grants

  19. Preliminary Budget no Grants

  20. New Dues

  21. Questions / Discussion

  22. Additional Topics • New By-Laws • Cell Tower • Boat Ramp

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