From John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com Tue Mar 17 21:22:43 2009 From: John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com (John Ciolfi) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:22:43 -0400 Subject: [Fomp] Hydro-raking Meeting Notes Message-ID: Hydro-raking Meeting Notes. March 11, 2009. Town Hall. On March 11, 2009, Jack Fitzgerald, the Field Operations Manager, and Gerry Smith, the President and founder of Aquatic Control Technology, INC. presented the "Hydro-raking Shore Improvement Program at Morses Pond". The Program has been organized for abutters of Morses Pond who wish to improve their shorelines. A hydro-rake is a machine that will rake up invasive plants including their root systems, leaves and other debris, and may help to improve the Pond overall. The Natural Resources Commission, Wetlands Committee has provided a permit to allow hydro-raking the Pond shoreline including the shoreline of abutters. Aquatic Control Technology's presentation can be found at: http://www.morsespond.org/fomp/meetings/2009_0311_hydro_raking_morses_pond.pdf A sign-up form containing more details, including cost, can be found at: http://www.morsespond.org/fomp/meetings/2009_0311_hydro_raking_morses_pond_sign_up.pdf Note that the sign-up form is an agreement between an abutter and Aquatic Control Technology but the Friends of Morses Pond is sponsoring the program and is handling the funds. The deadline is April 8. The hydro-raking process consists of permitting, transporting the hydro-rake to/from the pond, operating the hydro-rake, transporting the raked material to the shore, and disposing of the material at an appropriate composting site. Since the Recreation Department is paying to bring the hydro-rake to clean up the Town Beach, abutters do not have to absorb this cost. The Town's weed harvester will be used to transport the raked material to shore so it can be collected and transported to the Recycling & Disposal Facility. The Department of Public Works is only charging for labor and not use of equipment. Thus, each abutter will be paying only for the operation of the hydro-rake by their house and the Town labor to transport the harvested material. Some abutters have expressed an interest in more than the standard two hours of hydro-raking. You can call Fred Fortmiller at 781-235-3090 if you have any questions and particularly if you want to arrange for a representative from Aquatic Control Technology to visit your property to find out if more than two hours of hydro-raking might be appropriate for your shoreline. . Please sign up by April 8th. Hydro-raking will start early in May. Friends of Morses Pond http://www.morsespond.org P.S. These notes can be found on our web site, http://www.morsespond.org/fomp/meetings/2009_0311_hydro_raking_meeting_notes.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.morsespond.org/pipermail/fomp/attachments/20090317/8b59f33b/attachment-0001.html From John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com Thu Mar 19 15:06:14 2009 From: John.Ciolfi at mathworks.com (John Ciolfi) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:06:14 -0400 Subject: [Fomp] Shoreline Improvement, hydro-raking program - update Message-ID: Friends of Morses Pond, Abutters, and Participants; At the Morses Pond Management Committee Meeting today, there was discussion and decisions reached regarding the Shoreline Improvement, Hydro-raking Program, as follows: 1. Mike Pakstis, Director of the Department of Public Works, graciously announced that the cost for the collection and composting of hydro-raked material, does not have to be included in the fee for participating in the Hydro-raking Shoreline Improvement Program. Since the fee included the anticipated DPW cost, the fee will be reduced. Look for the announcement regarding the fee reduction. Participants can get a refund if you have already passed in the sign-up form with the fee amount previously requested. As mentioned at the Friends of Morses Pond hydro-raking meeting, a contingency has been added to the fee and after the Program is completed, participating abutters will still receive rebates on a pro rata basis if much of the contingency is not spent. 2. The Department of Public Works anticipates that equipment for the collection and composting of hydro-raked material will be available at Morses Pond ready to participate in the Hydro-raking Program on or about May 11, 2009. Cordially, Fred Fortmiller (781-235-3090 and fortmiller at comcast.net) Morses Pond Hydro-raking Shoreline Improvement Committee ----------------------------------------- Hydro-raking Meeting Notes. March 11, 2009. Town Hall. On March 11, 2009, Jack Fitzgerald, the Field Operations Manager, and Gerry Smith, the President and founder of Aquatic Control Technology, INC. presented the "Hydro-raking Shore Improvement Program at Morses Pond". The Program has been organized for abutters of Morses Pond who wish to improve their shorelines. A hydro-rake is a machine that will rake up invasive plants including their root systems, leaves and other debris, and may help to improve the Pond overall. The Natural Resources Commission, Wetlands Committee has provided a permit to allow hydro-raking the Pond shoreline including the shoreline of abutters. Aquatic Control Technology's presentation can be found at: http://www.morsespond.org/fomp/meetings/2009_0311_hydro_raking_morses_pond.pdf A sign-up form containing more details, including cost, can be found at: http://www.morsespond.org/fomp/meetings/2009_0311_hydro_raking_morses_pond_sign_up.pdf Note that the sign-up form is an agreement between an abutter and Aquatic Control Technology but the Friends of Morses Pond is sponsoring the program and is handling the funds. The deadline is April 8. The hydro-raking process consists of permitting, transporting the hydro-rake to/from the pond, operating the hydro-rake, transporting the raked material to the shore, and disposing of the material at an appropriate composting site. Since the Recreation Department is paying to bring the hydro-rake to clean up the Town Beach, abutters do not have to absorb this cost. The Town's weed harvester will be used to transport the raked material to shore so it can be collected and transported to the Recycling & Disposal Facility. The Department of Public Works is only charging for labor and not use of equipment. Thus, each abutter will be paying only for the operation of the hydro-rake by their house and the Town labor to transport the harvested material. Some abutters have expressed an interest in more than the standard two hours of hydro-raking. You can call Fred Fortmiller at 781-235-3090 if you have any questions and particularly if you want to arrange for a representative from Aquatic Control Technology to visit your property to find out if more than two hours of hydro-raking might be appropriate for your shoreline. . Please sign up by April 8th. Hydro-raking will start early in May. Friends of Morses Pond http://www.morsespond.org P.S. 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