From John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com Thu Feb 2 18:58:50 2006 From: John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com (John Ciolfi) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:58:50 -0500 Subject: [Fomp] Advisory Committee Public Hearing and Morses Pond Message-ID: Dear Friends of Morses Pond, This coming Wednesday evening, we need your support at the: Advisory Committee Public Hearing February 8th, 7:00pm Main Library, Wakelin Room This is an important meeting for FOMP. We are asking people attend to show support for Morses Pond. This is the last meeting before the Morses Pond warrant article is presented at Town Meeting in March. A lot of work has gone into creation of a compressive management plan for Morses Pond and we need your help to ensure success. At the public hearing Advisory receives citizens' input on any of the warrant articles that will come before Town Meeting at the end of March. These articles include the Morses Pond management plan. Advisory will not be discussing budgets or other actions, but will be listening to the speakers' points of view. Therefore having FOMP make a good impression is important. Subsequently, the Advisory Committee (as advisors to Town Meeting Members) consider/discuss each article and vote to recommend or not recommend favorable action. This is ultimately published in a book that it mailed to all Town residents before Town Meeting. A lot has happened in the past few months. The Comprehensive Plan for the Management of Morses Pond was completed in November 2005. It is quite extensive (186 pages in 13 Meg). The funding highlights from this plan are attached below. http://www.morsespond.org/studies/comprehensive_plan_for_the_management_ of_morses_pond_nov_2005.pdf The full Plan calls for the expenditure of $2.26 million over 5 years. The NRC, DPW and Recreation committees have already made their presentations to Advisory and CPC. The CPC http://www.wellesleyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_CPC/index, in December 2005, after a public hearing, voted to fund a new harvester ($250,000) pending that the full plan passes town meeting. Several FOMP members attended this meeting and we believe our presence helped persuade CPC to support the plan. The next major milestone will be the public hearing before Advisory, where we'd like to get FOMP members and people interested in Morses Pond to speak to the value of Morses Pond for Wellesley and why Advisory should recommend at Town Meeting that the Plan be funded. Even if you do not plan on speaking, your presence will be valued as most likely Advisory will ask for a show of hands as to how many people are in attendance for a particular article. Those who would like to speak, please e-mail fompofficers at morsespond.org, to help coordinate on speaking points. After the Advisory public hearing, there will be no more meetings or presentations until the article (Article 21 on the Warrant http://www.wellesleyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_Clerk/Warrant.pdf) is put forth at Town Meeting. There are actions that FOMP can take in the interim between the Public Hearing and Town Meeting in March. These include contacting Town Meeting representatives, writing an article and/or letter to the Townsman, sending mailings, contacting the town departments (wellesleyadvisory at comcast.net, cpc at ci.wellesley.ma.us, nrc at ci.wellesley.ma.us), or whatever. However, anything we do should be organized and a coordinated effort. If you'd like to help with this, please e-mail fompofficers at morespond.org. Thank you. http://www.morsespond.org Cost ($) over Time Element FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 Total Core Elements (planned management) Professional Lake Manager $20,000 $51,000 $52,020 $53,060 $54,122 $230,202 Water Clarity Phosphorus/sediment Inactivation Design, permitting, other support $20,000 $20,000 Construction $133,000 $133,000 Operation $25,000 $25,500 $26,010 $26,530 $27,061 $130,101 Monitoring $7,000 $7,140 $7,283 $7,428 $28,851 Subtotal $311,952 Dredging Area 1 Design, permitting, other support $100,000 $100,000 Construction $500,000 $500,000 Monitoring $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 Subtotal $650,000 Education Website design and population $30,000 $20,000 $50,000 Brochure $30,000 $30,000 Updates/expansion $4,000 $4,080 $4,162 $12,242 Monitoring $5,000 $6,000 $7,000 $18,000 Subtotal $110,242 Bylaw review and enhancement Bylaw review and development $50,000 $25,000 $75,000 Subtotal $75,000 Low impact development Design, permitting, other support $50,000 $20,000 $20,000 $10,000 $100,000 Construction - Town demonstration $25,000 $25,000 Construction - Private parties Private Private Private $0 Monitoring $3,500 $4,000 $4,500 $5,000 $17,000 Subtotal $142,000 Rooted Plants Enhanced harvesting Design, permitting, other support $40,000 $40,000 Equipment purchase $250,000 $250,000 Operation $20,000 $56,000 $57,120 $58,262 $59,428 $250,810 Monitoring $3,000 $3,060 $3,121 $3,184 $12,365 Subtotal $553,175 Manual harvesting/benthic barriers Design, permitting, other support $10,000 $10,000 Hand harvesting labor Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer $0 Hand harvesting support $5,000 $5,000 Benthic barrier materials Private Private Private Private $0 Benthic barrier labor Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer $0 Monitoring $1,000 $1,020 $1,040 $1,061 $4,122 Subtotal $19,122 Selective planting Design, permitting and other support $10,000 $10,000 Planting $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 Monitoring $4,000 $4,000 $8,000 Subtotal $168,000 Total $548,000 $432,000 $740,370 $281,877 $257,445 $2,259,692 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.morsespond.org/pipermail/fomp/attachments/20060202/2e6c9bb9/attachment-0001.html From John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com Wed Feb 8 09:21:51 2006 From: John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com (John Ciolfi) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:21:51 -0500 Subject: [Fomp] Advisory Committee Public Hearing and Morses Pond Message-ID: Hi, Reminder: the Advisory Committee Public Hearing is tonight. At the Advisory meeting several people will be speaking to the benefits of the Pond for the town and our views on why the town should support the management plan. To avoid redundancy, we'd like the people who've been closely following the planning process to speak first. We have no set order on who's going to speak. Listen to each person and if your views weren't heard please share them with Advisory. As for speaking, keep the message clear, concise, and positive. Thank you http://www.morsespon.org ________________________________ From: John Ciolfi Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 6:59 PM To: 'fomp at morsespond.org' Subject: Advisory Committee Public Hearing and Morses Pond Dear Friends of Morses Pond, This coming Wednesday evening, we need your support at the: Advisory Committee Public Hearing February 8th, 7:00pm Main Library, Wakelin Room This is an important meeting for FOMP. We are asking people attend to show support for Morses Pond. This is the last meeting before the Morses Pond warrant article is presented at Town Meeting in March. A lot of work has gone into creation of a compressive management plan for Morses Pond and we need your help to ensure success. At the public hearing Advisory receives citizens' input on any of the warrant articles that will come before Town Meeting at the end of March. These articles include the Morses Pond management plan. Advisory will not be discussing budgets or other actions, but will be listening to the speakers' points of view. Therefore having FOMP make a good impression is important. Subsequently, the Advisory Committee (as advisors to Town Meeting Members) consider/discuss each article and vote to recommend or not recommend favorable action. This is ultimately published in a book that it mailed to all Town residents before Town Meeting. A lot has happened in the past few months. The Comprehensive Plan for the Management of Morses Pond was completed in November 2005. It is quite extensive (186 pages in 13 Meg). The funding highlights from this plan are attached below. http://www.morsespond.org/studies/comprehensive_plan_for_the_management_ of_morses_pond_nov_2005.pdf The full Plan calls for the expenditure of $2.26 million over 5 years. The NRC, DPW and Recreation committees have already made their presentations to Advisory and CPC. The CPC http://www.wellesleyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_CPC/index, in December 2005, after a public hearing, voted to fund a new harvester ($250,000) pending that the full plan passes town meeting. Several FOMP members attended this meeting and we believe our presence helped persuade CPC to support the plan. The next major milestone will be the public hearing before Advisory, where we'd like to get FOMP members and people interested in Morses Pond to speak to the value of Morses Pond for Wellesley and why Advisory should recommend at Town Meeting that the Plan be funded. Even if you do not plan on speaking, your presence will be valued as most likely Advisory will ask for a show of hands as to how many people are in attendance for a particular article. Those who would like to speak, please e-mail fompofficers at morsespond.org, to help coordinate on speaking points. After the Advisory public hearing, there will be no more meetings or presentations until the article (Article 21 on the Warrant http://www.wellesleyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_Clerk/Warrant.pdf) is put forth at Town Meeting. There are actions that FOMP can take in the interim between the Public Hearing and Town Meeting in March. These include contacting Town Meeting representatives, writing an article and/or letter to the Townsman, sending mailings, contacting the town departments (wellesleyadvisory at comcast.net, cpc at ci.wellesley.ma.us, nrc at ci.wellesley.ma.us), or whatever. However, anything we do should be organized and a coordinated effort. If you'd like to help with this, please e-mail fompofficers at morespond.org. Thank you. http://www.morsespond.org Cost ($) over Time Element FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 Total Core Elements (planned management) Professional Lake Manager $20,000 $51,000 $52,020 $53,060 $54,122 $230,202 Water Clarity Phosphorus/sediment Inactivation Design, permitting, other support $20,000 $20,000 Construction $133,000 $133,000 Operation $25,000 $25,500 $26,010 $26,530 $27,061 $130,101 Monitoring $7,000 $7,140 $7,283 $7,428 $28,851 Subtotal $311,952 Dredging Area 1 Design, permitting, other support $100,000 $100,000 Construction $500,000 $500,000 Monitoring $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 Subtotal $650,000 Education Website design and population $30,000 $20,000 $50,000 Brochure $30,000 $30,000 Updates/expansion $4,000 $4,080 $4,162 $12,242 Monitoring $5,000 $6,000 $7,000 $18,000 Subtotal $110,242 Bylaw review and enhancement Bylaw review and development $50,000 $25,000 $75,000 Subtotal $75,000 Low impact development Design, permitting, other support $50,000 $20,000 $20,000 $10,000 $100,000 Construction - Town demonstration $25,000 $25,000 Construction - Private parties Private Private Private $0 Monitoring $3,500 $4,000 $4,500 $5,000 $17,000 Subtotal $142,000 Rooted Plants Enhanced harvesting Design, permitting, other support $40,000 $40,000 Equipment purchase $250,000 $250,000 Operation $20,000 $56,000 $57,120 $58,262 $59,428 $250,810 Monitoring $3,000 $3,060 $3,121 $3,184 $12,365 Subtotal $553,175 Manual harvesting/benthic barriers Design, permitting, other support $10,000 $10,000 Hand harvesting labor Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer $0 Hand harvesting support $5,000 $5,000 Benthic barrier materials Private Private Private Private $0 Benthic barrier labor Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer $0 Monitoring $1,000 $1,020 $1,040 $1,061 $4,122 Subtotal $19,122 Selective planting Design, permitting and other support $10,000 $10,000 Planting $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 Monitoring $4,000 $4,000 $8,000 Subtotal $168,000 Total $548,000 $432,000 $740,370 $281,877 $257,445 $2,259,692 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.morsespond.org/pipermail/fomp/attachments/20060208/ddcb6179/attachment-0001.html From jbherring at comcast.net Fri Feb 17 20:07:44 2006 From: jbherring at comcast.net (Barry Herring) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:07:44 -0800 Subject: [Fomp] Special meeting 2/27 (Mon.) 7:30 Message-ID: <43F67360.3020202@comcast.net> Dear Friends: Thanks to all who spoke for the Morses Pond Plan at the Advisory hearing Wednesday, Feb. 8, we anticipate a favorable vote for the Plan by Advisory. Now FOMP must focus attention on the Town Meeting coming up at the end of March. For that purpose I have scheduled the Arnold Room of the library for *Monday, Feb. 27 at 7:30*. So far we have proposals for a direct mailing to Town Meeting members, and for meetings with at least the Precinct B members to explain the Plan. We have only six weeks time in which to convince the Town to adopt the Plan. Come to the meeting and contribute your time and ideas. Barry Herring Chairman