Lake Garfield Working Group Meeting Minutes 7/22/21

LAKE GARFIELD WORK GROUP DRAFT MINUTES – MEETING OF JULY 22, 2021

                TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:

1. MEMBERSHIP – DISCUSSED THE APPOINTMENT/RAPPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MEMBERS BY THE TOWN. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT KYLE PIERCE AND RICHARD JAFFE BE APPOINTED AS OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE WORK GROUP BY THE TOWN.

1. KEEPING OF MINUTES – STEVE SNYDER REPORTED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH TOWN ADMINISTRATOR MELISSA NOE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE AND HE INFORMED HER THAT HE IS WORKING ON IT AND HE WILL FOLLOW UP.  GREG CARNESE INDICATED THAT HE WILL SEE IF HE HAS KEPT COPIES OF ANY NOTES/RECORDS OF MEETINGS AND WILL LOOK FOR ANY PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED MINUTES FROM SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT HE MAY HAVE SAVED.

1. DASH – DIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN THE WATER FOR SUCTION HARVESTING OF MILFOIL WEEDS FOR 1-2 WEEKS IN AUGUST AND THEN AGAIN IN THE FALL AND FINALLY AGAIN, NEXT MAY, 2022. MICHAEL GERMAIN AGREED TO FOLLOW UP TO DENNIS LYNCH REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE PERMIT FOR DASH.

IT WAS NOTED AND APPRECIATED THAT FRIENDS OF LAKE GARFIELD HAD CONTRIBUTED AN ADDITIONAL $13,500 TO SUPPLEMENT THE $30,000 APPROPRIATED AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN FOR DASH.

KEN WAGNER, LAKE SCIENTIST SURVEYED THE MILFOIL IN THE SPRING OF 202O/2021.NOTE – THE DATES NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

1. GRANT STATUS – THERE HAVE BEEN UPDATES REGARDING THE STATUS OF VARIUOUS GRANTS IN ARTICLES IN THE MONTEREY NEWS, INCLUDING THE 604B GRANT AND COMMENTARY FROM COURTNEY MOREHOUSE FROM THE BERKSHIORE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, INCLUDING USE OF RAIN GARDENS. DENNIS LYNCH. DENNIS LYNCH WAS NOT AT THIS MEETING, BUT HE CAN PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE VARIOUS GRANT APPLICATIONS AND STATUS.

1. LAKE HEALTH CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED AND LAKE GARFIELD IS ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST LAKES IN THE BERKSHIRES. FLG CONTINUES TO MONITOR CYANOBACTERIA. E. COLI  LEVEL MONITORING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THIS SUMMER.

1. THE NEXT MEEETING OF THE LGWG IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12^TH AT 7:00 PM.