Lake Buel District Board Meeting

December 7, 2022

 464 Main Road, Monterey

Members present:  Chris Hassett, Mark Amstead, Wayne Dolby, Kyle Pierce, and John Halbreich.  Other Present: Pete Hagen, Ginny Hyde & Doug Hyde.

Meeting was called to order by Chair, Mark Amstead at 6PM.

A motion was made, seconded and so voted to approve the minutes of August 17^th as prepared.

New Business:

Ginny & Doug Hyde were present to discuss dredging, email list and bylaws.  Mr. Doug Hyde mention that per the bylaws dredging is allowed.  Mrs. Ginny Hyde had a letter to read to the Board from Mr. Jerry Weinstock who was not able to be present.  Mr. Weinstock letter touch on the bylaws that were established in 1986 and that the Board should follow them, dredging should occur in the North Bowl, and the Board should look into the dash system.  Mrs. Hyde emailed the Board some information regarding bylaws, dash and dredging methods, boat access ramp, measures lakeside residents can take to protect the lake, and grants, fundraising, that she and Mr. Weinstock have been researching.

1. Bylaws – clearly cover seeking methods to address weeds and dredging.
2. Dash & Dredging – Mr. & Mrs. Hyde, Mr. Weinstock and Mr. Dolby were guest of Dr. Mike Germain’s boat to observe the dash program in action on Lake Garfield, and met Mr. Matt Vogt, New England Aquatic Services.  Dredging will have some logistical issue and require extensive permitting, and financing.
3. Boat Access Ramp – Mr. Doug Cameron, Department of Fish & Game Public Access met the Hyde’s and will speak will an engineer assigned to the site.  Mr. Cameron will also contact DCR to remove the large Styrofoam penguin.
4. Measures residents can take to protect the lake – water results need to be posted so people can be enlighten with some actions that they can take to combat insects and weeds in their own property.
5. Grants/Fundraising – There are substantial Federal & State grants available to preservation of lakes and there is many ways to fundraise.  

Mr. Wayne Dolby mentioned that the dash system is two divers are pulling weeds by hand via a suction which goes up a tube into bags, unto a screen boat.  This is done is small areas at a time.  Cost is $2000.00 to $3,000.00 an day – 1 person on the boat and 2 divers.  Mrs. Hyde mentioned that dredging is silt and dash is weeds.  It was also mention that silt is a problem.  The District is currently just cutting the weeds.  Mrs. Hyde will keep researching.  

Water Testing/ Water Level:

Mr. Amstead mentioned that the water level is up and the dam boards have been removed.  Mr. Amstead also has contact Mr. Chris Bloom, trapper, who will only be available on weekends.

Any Other Business:

The Board reviewed the bylaws regarding deed property rights, since it has come to the Board’s attention that a few owners are not in the tax billing system and want to pay the District taxes.  Per the bylaws it states that property owners that have deed rights pay taxes to the District, the Board can’t give property rights since they don’t own the property.  The Board recommends the property owners contact a lawyer.

The Board discussed using Zoom for future meetings, and are willingly to accept Zoom platform, but will need someone to run the Zoom for each board meeting.

Mr. Pete Hagen will submit a letter to the Lake & Ponds Associates (LAPA) on the behalf of the District.  The Board reviewed the letter and approved submitting the letter to LAPA.  The Board thanked Mr. Hagen for completing.

Mrs. Kyle Pierce will order the gift certificate to the Old Mill for Mr. David Ziegler.

Next meeting is scheduled for January 19^th 2023, 6PM at the Pierce residence – 464 Main Rd, Monterey.

A motion was made, seconded and so voted to adjourn at 8:21 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Chretien, Clerk

NOTICE OF MEETING & AGENDA

Lake Buel District

                                                                              Mark Amstead, Chair

Lake Buel District Board Meeting

August 17, 2022

Hassett – 168 Peter Menaker Road, New Marlborough

Members present:  Chris Hassett, Mark Amstead, Wayne Dolby, Kyle Pierce, and John Halbreich.  Guest: Pete Hagen.

Meeting was called to order by Chair, Mark Amstead at 6PM.

A motion was made, seconded and so voted to approve the minutes of March 14^th as amended.

A motion was made, seconded and so voted to approve the minutes regarding tax – May 28^th as amended.

A motion was made, seconded and so voted to approve the minutes of Annual Meeting May 28^th as amended.

Water Testing/ Water Level:

The Board reviewed and discussed the most recent report.

Mr. Hassett & Mr. Amstead mentioned that the water level is low by 4 to 5 inches and downstream of the dam is lower, water is being held back.

It was mentioned that an email blast (no reply feature) was used only one (1) time sent out back in 2019 regarding sending in proxies, due to COVID.  Mr. Amstead mentioned that Shannon Amidon has the email list and is ready to update the list. 

Lake Health:

The Board members have noticed that the weeds are in good shape this year and the lake is clean.

New/Any Other Business:

Mr. Halbreich mentioned that a letter was sent to the Board from the New Marlborough Fire Department regarding rescue vehicles accessible around the lake.  

Mr. Amstead mentioned that a questionnaire was sent to the Board from Lake & Ponds Associates (LAPA) and that the response was done the questionnaire was seeking someone who was knowledgeable about fishing.

The Board discussed the large Styrofoam that has a penguin on it that is in the lake.  Mr. Hassett will ask the owners to remove it from the lake.

It was mentioned that all permits have been filed and all set for the fireworks display on September 3^rd.  The rain date is September 4^th.

Next meeting is scheduled for December 7^th 2022, 6PM at the Pierce residence – 464 Main Rd, Monterey.

A motion was made, seconded and so voted to adjourn at 7:44 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Chretien, Clerk

I have been told by several committee members that given this late notice it won’t be possible to zoom the meeting tomorrow night. At this point they have not been able to confirm whether or not the meeting site has wi-fi or cell service. They will be discussing providing this platform at future meetings.

Ginny,

Attached is the amended agenda.  A typo was input on the agenda for the meeting address.

Kathy

In regards to your questions about zooming for this meeting. I have been told that the zoom platform will not be available at this time. In regards to questions about the location, the location has been changed to one of the committee members homes.

LAKE BUEL GOOGLE GROUP

for those residents of the Lake Buel Tax District who did NOT receive a link to the google group:
Scroll down on this site to the September 7, 2022 posting. Note the flyer to be filled out & returned to the tax collector. You can either download & print that notice or take a picture of it. Fill the info out & send it back to the tax collector via email or USPS. Once received we will then send you a link.

The Lake Buel Prudential Committee will be having their next meeting on : December 7, 2022 @ 6:00 PM It will be held at the home of a Committee Member. If you have any questions please call New Marlborough Town Hall.

For those living within the Lake Buel District: If you returned the completed form requesting to join the LB google group along with your tax bill or if you contacted me & requested to join, you should have received an email notification that you have been added to the group list.The message would have come from: lake-buel+noreply@googlegroups.com. The subject line is:You have been added to Lake Buel. If you are confident that you submitted the form, please check your inbox & spam folder. If you still don’t see it, please reply & we will figure it out. NOTE THIS APPLIES ONLY TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE LAKE BUEL TAX DISTRICT!