From jbherring at comcast.net Thu Jan 4 15:29:01 2007 From: jbherring at comcast.net (Barry Herring) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:29:01 -0800 Subject: [Fomp] FOMP Call to action on Wednesday, January 10 Message-ID: <459D638D.1010302@comcast.net> Dear Friends of Morses Pond: The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) will be hearing public comment at 7:30 pm on Wednesday January 10 on a proposal to use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds for Morses Pond preservation. I encourage any interested party to attend. Public speaking is optional. Here is some background on the proposal before CPC: In 2005 the Morses Pond Ad Hoc Committee finalized a $2.1 million 5-year plan for restoration and preservation of Morses Pond. At the 2006 town meeting, the members voted FY2007 funding of $250,000 from CPA for a new weed harvester, and about $75,000 from general revenues for operation of the harvester and other Morses Pond needs. The remainder of the Morses Pond Comprehensive Plan remains unfunded. The Natural Resources Commission (NRC) will be making various proposals at the upcoming town meeting to further fund the Plan. One of those proposals is to use CPA funds for the Alum Dosing Station at an estimated construction cost of $133,000. Before going to town meeting, CPA proposals must first be approved by the CPC, for which the Jan. 10 hearing is the next step. It's worth noting that the bid process for the new harvester is complete, and the winning bid came in at $184,110, nearly $66,000 under the original estimate. Although NRC can't keep those savings, the money does go back into the CPA fund for other projects and would represent almost half of the new request by NRC. Please come to the meeting and stand up for Morses Pond. You are also invited to attend the FOMP executive committee meeting the night before (Jan. 9) at 7:30 pm in the Arnold room of the main library, where we'll discuss the Jan. 10 hearing, among other subjects. Barry Herring FOMP Chairman From c.lunger at comcast.net Thu Jan 4 12:47:21 2007 From: c.lunger at comcast.net (Cathy Lunger) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:47:21 -0500 Subject: [Fomp] FOMP Call to action on Wednesday, January 10 In-Reply-To: <459D638D.1010302@comcast.net> Message-ID: <000b01c73028$65e9e180$6401a8c0@Cathsplace> Thanks Barry for the info and I'm really glad to see that this is moving forward! I see that the meeting is going to be in the Great Hall at the Town Hall. They are also going to discuss the remediation of solid waste contamination at the Sprague Fields and possibly installing natural or synthetic turf. I just hope that we can make a strong presence at the meeting as I'm sure that the "turf wars" could take up a lot of time at the meeting and I'd like to make sure that our voice is heard. Cathy -----Original Message----- From: fomp-bounces at morsespond.org [mailto:fomp-bounces at morsespond.org] On Behalf Of Barry Herring Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 3:29 PM To: FOMP at morsespond.org Subject: [Fomp] FOMP Call to action on Wednesday, January 10 Dear Friends of Morses Pond: The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) will be hearing public comment at 7:30 pm on Wednesday January 10 on a proposal to use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds for Morses Pond preservation. I encourage any interested party to attend. Public speaking is optional. Here is some background on the proposal before CPC: In 2005 the Morses Pond Ad Hoc Committee finalized a $2.1 million 5-year plan for restoration and preservation of Morses Pond. At the 2006 town meeting, the members voted FY2007 funding of $250,000 from CPA for a new weed harvester, and about $75,000 from general revenues for operation of the harvester and other Morses Pond needs. The remainder of the Morses Pond Comprehensive Plan remains unfunded. The Natural Resources Commission (NRC) will be making various proposals at the upcoming town meeting to further fund the Plan. One of those proposals is to use CPA funds for the Alum Dosing Station at an estimated construction cost of $133,000. Before going to town meeting, CPA proposals must first be approved by the CPC, for which the Jan. 10 hearing is the next step. It's worth noting that the bid process for the new harvester is complete, and the winning bid came in at $184,110, nearly $66,000 under the original estimate. Although NRC can't keep those savings, the money does go back into the CPA fund for other projects and would represent almost half of the new request by NRC. Please come to the meeting and stand up for Morses Pond. You are also invited to attend the FOMP executive committee meeting the night before (Jan. 9) at 7:30 pm in the Arnold room of the main library, where we'll discuss the Jan. 10 hearing, among other subjects. Barry Herring FOMP Chairman _______________________________________________ Fomp mailing list Fomp at morsespond.org. http://www.morsespond.org/mailman/listinfo/fomp From jbherring at comcast.net Wed Jan 10 15:12:30 2007 From: jbherring at comcast.net (Barry Herring) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:12:30 -0800 Subject: [Fomp] FOMP needs you tonight at CPC hearing Message-ID: <45A548AE.7050307@comcast.net> Dear Friends of Morses Pond: This is a reminder about tonight's Community Preservation Committee hearing, where Morses Pond preservation funding will be on the agenda. The meeting is at 7:30 pm in the Great Hall of the Town Hall. The CPC has been asked (by the Natural Resource Commission) to fund the remaining $1,033,000 of capital costs, however, we don't expect to get all of that. We would like to see at least enough to fund the Alum Dosing Station, which would remove phosphorus (due to lawn fertilizer run-off) so that algal growth in the pond would be reduced. The dosing station would require $150,000 approximately. Please come, and tell the CPC why it is important that they should continue funding the Comprehensive Plan for the Management of Morses Pond. Regards, Barry Herring FOMP Chairman