2016 PLPA Annual Meeting July 23, 2016 Deerfield Town Hall - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2016 PLPA Annual Meeting July 23, 2016 Deerfield Town Hall Deerfield, NH

Meeting Agenda • PLPA Business meeting (9 to 10) • Watershed Restoration Project Workshop (10 to 12) • Presentation of findings and recommendations • Breakout Sessions

PLPA Business Meeting • Approval of 2015 Annual Meeting Minutes • Introduction and Election of Officers • Treasurer’s Report • Eagle Scout Project • Lake Host Program • Mooring Field

Introduction and Election of Directors and Officers • Board Positions Chariman – Tom Brennan President - John Duffy 1st VP - Vacant 2nd VP - Tere Bowen-Irish Recording Secretary - Charon Pinard Corresponding Secretary - Carol Smiglin Treasurer - Andy Hotaling • Program / Activity Directors (non elected positions) Lake Host Program - Holly Martin Weed Watchers – Liz Garlo Webmaster – Onni Irish Ponderings - Linda Brennan VLAP - Chuck Reese, Jim Creighton Fins ‘n Fun – Andy Partridge Canoe Club – David Sachs Boat Parade – May Erwin & Teresa Piazza

9 District Directors 1 8 1 Dam District (#2-16) - Mike Beaudoin 2. Veasey District (#17-30) – Vacant 7 3. West District (#31-47) - Toni Duffy 2 4. South Cove District (#48-60) - Krist Nelson 5. Loon Cove District (#61-79) - Liz Garlo 6. Pout Point District (#80-104) - Sue Higgins 6 7. Broad Cove District (#105-125) - Roger Shaw 3 8. Ledges District (#126–145) - Janice Poltak 5 9. North District (#146-#1) - Knox Turner 4

Election of Officers July 23 2016 PLPA District and Board Nominations – (elected positions) Chairman – Tom Brennan • President - John Duffy • 1st VP - vacant • 2nd VP - Tere Bowen-Irish • Recording Secretary - Charon Pinard • Corresponding Secretary - Carol Smiglin • Treasurer - Andy Hotaling • Dam District (#2-16) - Mike Beaudoin • Veasey District (#17-30) – vacant • West District (#31-47) - Toni Duffy • South Cove District (#48-60) - Krist Nelson • Loon Cove District (#61-79) - Liz Garlo • Pout Point District (#80-104) - Sue Higgins • Broad Cove District (#105-125) - Roger Shaw • Ledges District (#126–145) - Janice Poltak • North District (#146-#1) - Knox Turner •

Special Report – Informational Kiosk

Eagle Scout Project Informational Kiosk My name is Tyler Reese and I am a Boy Scout in Deerfield Troop 138. I am currently working on the rank of Eagle Scout and my proposed project is a informational kiosk located by the Pleasant Lake dam on Gulf Road.

The kiosk would display information on invasive species and how to prevent their transmission into Pleasant Lake, information on the Lake Host program, updates on the Gulf Road construction project and any other general PLPA information.

The kiosk would be located behind the telephone pole close to the cement wall of the dam

Some pictures of other kiosks to show the basic idea

I have not yet decided on the type of material to be used for the posts of the kiosk and I would like to get some feedback from the PLPA on whether they should be wooden or granite. Granite posts would be sturdier and maintenance-free, but far more expensive than wooden posts. Using wooden posts, my total costs should be around $600- $800 and using granite posts the total cost should be around $1300-$1500. I hope to have a portion of my material donated by local businesses.

If you are interested in helping with my project in any way, please see me personally after the meeting. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Lake Host Report

Lake Host Program Category 2016 2015 Difference Volunteer Hours 430 348 +82 Boat Count 1500 1283 +217 Paid Lake Hosts $2,490 $2,912 ($422) Spent to date Cash equivalent for $9,926 $7,949 + $1,977 volunteers Each year, our Grant money is based on the number of boats we inspect. That’s why our volunteer program is so important, because the more volunteers we have, the more boats we can inspect. Paid Hosts primarily cover the launch starting late Friday morning through Sunday evening and holidays. Volunteers cover the launch during the week and during peak periods if additional support is required.

Lake Host Program This year we have 3 paid lake hosts and 23 volunteers as follows: Paid Lake Hosts: Tara Bush (1 yr) Maggie Plante (7 yrs) Alex Ulin (1 yr s paid host, volunteered last year) Volunteers: Mike Beaudoin (5 yrs) Andy & Harry Hotaling (2 yrs) Jeanne Blais (7 yrs) Claude Levesque (10 yrs) Bob & Jackie Blanchard (14+ yrs) Holly & Glenn Martin (7 yrs) Linda & Tom Brennan (7 yrs) Charles & Loretta Monteverdi (5 yrs) Kendall Bush (1 yr) Andy Partridge (14 yrs) Doug Chamberlin (14 yrs) Charon Pinard (6 yrs) Stan Clark (14 yrs) Janice Poltak (5 yrs) Jan Cote (7yrs) Greg (Rudy) Rudzinsky (1yr) Joe Freitas (5 yrs) Carol Smiglin (7 yrs) Please join me in thanking these energetic paid Lake Hosts and our incredible volunteers for their efforts in protecting the quality of the lake and, ultimately, your investment

Lake Host Program Ideally we would love to be able to expand our coverage even further by covering the boat launch full time: Monday through Sunday from 6 am – 6 pm. • Generally the shifts are 2 hours weekly, • if you can cover even 1 hour either weekly or monthly, every little bit will help. • If you are interested in volunteering we have sign up sheets available at one of the tables or please contact Holly Martin at hollyglennmartin@icloud.com

Mooring Field Committee Report

Petition for Mooring Permits Pleasant Lake Located within the towns of Deerfield and Northwood, New Hampshire

l Why this petition? The board of the Pleasant Lake Preservation Association (PLPA) has been asked by many residents to clarify why the public mooring field adjacent to Fish and Game’s boat launch continues to grow. Many questions revolve around safety, navigational, environmental and encroachment issues. l How did the PLPA approach these issues? As a result the PLPA formed a Mooring Field committee of four (consisting of 3 lake front property owners and an off-lake user/contributor to the lake) to investigate and give form to the issues relevant to the NH Department of Safety. The committee enjoined two additional advisors, from the NH Lakes Association and a resident of nearby Bow Lake.

Who is being considered? The PLPA acknowledges the following stakeholders: 1) Waterfront property owners on Pleasant Lake 2) Property owners on Gulf Road and all feeder roads to Gulf Road 3) NH Fish and Game Department 4) Dam Bureau, Department of Environmental Services 5) NH Department of Environmental Services (broadly) 6) Town of Deerfield, Police Department 7) Town of Northwood, Police Department 8) NH Marine Patrol 9) The public at large and right to access

What are the specifics? What are the hazards to public safety? There are 7 areas of concern. 1) Moorings do not have safe distances between boats within the field to accommodate changing weather conditions. 2) Moorings are placed far from shore as the field has grown outwardly into standard navigation zones, a particular hazard for night navigation. 3) Moorings restrict the waiting area for boats using the launch to leave at the end of a day.

What are the specifics? What are the hazards to public safety? There are 7 areas of concern. 1)4) Moored Boats are often very near shore, within a few feet of the actual Dam. With a drawdown from the Dam, boats, often inadequately anchored, could be potentially drawn into and collide with the Dam.

What are the specifics? What are the hazards to public safety? There are 7 areas of concern. 1)5) Moored watercraft, from pontoon boats to ski boats, have a track record of breaking loose from or dragging their inadequate moorings across the lake. Many times property owners on the lake seek to intercept drifting boats before they do harm to private docks, other watercraft, and shoreline vegetation. If a boat is rescued from crashing ashore, what is the responsibility of a waterfront property homeowner to accommodate a rescued boat until the Marine Patrol arrives? What recourse do waterfront property owners have when an owner does not claim a boat in a timely manner?

What are the specifics? What are the hazards to public safety? There are 7 areas of concern. 1)6) No regulation or oversight exists for the current mooring field. It grows at will, without parameters for safety or good practice in an already congested area of boat activity, in an area designated solely for boat launching by virtue of the type of available parking permitted by Fish and Game.

What are the specifics? What are the hazards to public safety? There are 7 areas of concern. 1)7) Because there is no parking for mooring field boat owners, along with people who come simply to swim in the launch/dam shoreline, the number of cars parked illegally along the side of Gulf Road, in private roads, driveways, lawns and fields, mooring field proposes a direct threat during key weekends to the safe flow of traffic on Gulf Road and the rights of private citizens to secure their own property.