Late Management Committee Meeting Agenda

Hinsdale Lake Management Committee Agenda

February 27, 2024, 6:00 PM

Hinsdale Town Hall Community Room, Hinsdale MA 01235

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Meeting ID: 822 0395 9425    Passcode: 891165

Open meeting  

Secretary’s Report – Approve the January meeting minutes 

Discussion on Dock Bubbler/Circular Fan Ice-eater

1. Second aerator on Lake Ashmere, south basin near offshore beach
2. Woman and her dog fell through thin ice near dock circular fan ice-eater
3. Public correspondence and social media response
4. Correspondence with DEP, Conservation Commission, Select Board/Admin, Pittsfield
5. History of Lake Management efforts over the last two years – options moving forward
6. Open Public Comment
7. LMC discussion and vote on our recommendations to Select Board, LMC actions moving forward

Plunkett Reservoir: 

Notice of Intent submitted for herbicide treatment

Update on Dam / Spillway Engineering project

Update on site visit with GenH, hydro power proposal – visited Plunkett and Belmont Reservoirs

Open public comments on other issues not on agenda pertaining to Plunkett Reservoir 

Ashmere Lake:  

Correspondence – Water level discussion with Pittsfield State Forest Supervisor

Open public comments on any issues not on the agenda pertaining to Ashmere Lake  

Report on January Newsletter – Survey Results and feedback.  Next Newsletter: Dock Bubbler/Survey?

Discussion on Lake Management 2025 Budget Inputs and Town Report 

Review of Solitude Lake Management 2023 EOY Reports

Any new business not reasonably anticipated before posting agenda.

Meeting Adjournment