TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON
CONSERVATION – LAKE COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011
7: 00 P.M.
EATON E. SMITH MEETING ROOM – TOWN HALL
MINUTES
1. Call to Order
Present: Peter Zawisza, Allen Petel, Nancy Selavka, Irene Curtis and Joe Carbonell.
Absent: Mark Niosi, Michael Brogan, Michael Rose
Also present: Jennifer Carducci, Recording Secretary.
This regular meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m.
2. Seating of Alternates
No alternate were seated.
3. Approval of Minutes – March 10, 2011
A motion was made by Ms. Curtis to approve the minutes as written, seconded by Ms. Selavka, Vote: Yes: 5; No: 0, motion passed.
4. Communications and Liaison Reports - None
(Discussed after number 6A)
5. Public Comments - None
6. Old Business
A. Sub-Committee Report on Education
Vice Chair Patell gave an overview of the pamphlet being worked on. Cost for insertion in publications may be prohibitive. Printing of considerably less may be more effective, since strategic placing may be more useful. When a final copy is ready, a copy will be sent to Commission members. When finished it will be placed around Town and at Town Hall.
Mr. Carbonell passed around “Be Kind to Your Lake”, (made part of these minutes), an educational sheet. Mr. Patell will ask Ruth Plummer if these can be put up at the boat launch; it will be placed at the marina as well.
B. Update on Watershed Signage Plan
Chair Zawisza presented the new “Entering Watershed Area”, made by Home Team Supplies. (If “Don’t feed the water animals” were to be made, a sign like this would be very visual. Park and Rec. will be consulted.) The permits for Rte. 66 and Rte. 196 need to be done. Chair Zawisza will speak with Keith Hayden.
C. Discussion on Purchasing a Lake Watershed Topographic Model for education purposes (future steps)
Vice Chair Patell found a watershed area map in the Town Clerk’s office and a topographic map of the lake bed; sent to Mr. Howard in Ohio to begin the model process. The size will be 30 x 36”; scale 1” = 500’, grade 540’. They take a satellite map of the area and put it on top. The price is $4,200 and will be finished within 3-4 weeks. Finance Director Jylkka was to send a 50% deposit and a purchase order.
4. Communications and Liaison Reports
Mr. Patell spoke of Loos Pond. The dam was not a man-made dam and was there when the Loos’ owned it. Since then there has been beaver issues. There is a Connecticut DEEP Recreational Trails Grants Program. If we could persuade Park and Rec to put a natural trail around the dam, we may be able to get a grant to reconstruct the dam. There have been concerns about parking.
Josh and Emily Wilson approached P & Z with a soil type overlay for our GIS system.
The Town does not; however, have the software (cost estimated at $5,000). Vice Chair Patel asked the Commission if this could be considered as an item we may be interested in committing to.
The fertilizer ordinance was discussed at the April meeting, and P&Z is now seeking information regarding the Federal statute.
The Pine Brook Culvert Project will be beginning soon.
The Hope Church is building a 12,000 sq. ft. building on Rte. 66 near the Marlborough town line. They are planning to utilize rain gardens and detention basins on the project. The site will be sewered.
Park and Rec sought to gain approval of the Park concept. It will be done in phases and each phase will require its own permit. The jetty will be left and the boat launch will be moved a little north.
In June, Park and Rec went before P&Z with the Airline Trail project. It will be wheel-chair accessible and will go to the Municipal Parking Lot. Many educational opportunities will be available when the project is finished by winter.
Theater Square will be hooked up to the drainage system in the near future.
Mr. Patel gave a quick overview of the Lake Cleanup Day. $114.62 food; $440 for shirts. Very good turnout, a lot of help. All Waste charged $415 for the 30-yard container. Collected and taken to the Transfer station were 35 tires and two trucks full of metal, among other things. Donations were: Paul’s -50 pair of gloves; Ace- 5 pair; Center Pack Store-ice; Stop & Shop $25; Friends of Lake – Water; Library Bank $35, Savings Institute $150 plus water; Mather and Pitts gave all condiments for food. There were approximately 80 people involved. There was a sandwich board in front of the Park.
The effort was a great success.
7. New Business
- Announcement of training date & time with Dr. Ken Wagner for water quality sampling (scheduled updated date)
(Some agenda items were left on from previous agendas)
Ms. Selavka will contact Mr. Wagner regarding possible trainer training, after previous members of the “sampling crew” and previous volunteers are contacted regarding interest. Mr. Carbonell will ask the Friends of the Lake for volunteers.
- Review of new wetlands maps for Town
Mr. Patell mentioned that the wetlands map on the website is from 1974. Hopefully in the future, developers would provide their data on the appropriate software and it could simply be added to our system. The Town needs interface software.
Ms. Curtis stated she was told that the basins at Seven Hills do not hold water. Mr. Patell explained that they are so big there was not even enough water. The problem does not seem to be the detention ponds.
The efficiency of the three new style catch basins on the east side of the Lake was discussed. Also mentioned was the frequency of the cleaning of the basins around the Lake.
After a brief discussion of aeration systems, dredging ponds, paving dirt roads, etc., it was decided that a priority list of projects for Lake improvement should be formulated.
C. Researching potential grants for Water quality improvement & conservation purposes
Information from Kerry Nielson will be researched.
D. New Direction of the Conservation-Lake Commission
Commissioners’ status was discussed. Projects and agenda items for next month’s meeting were discussed.
9. Public Remarks - None
10. Adjournment
A motion was made by Mr. Carbonell to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Patell, vote unanimous in favor, motion passed, meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Carducci
Recording Secretary
All handouts are made part of these minutes and are available at Town Hall.
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