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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

3 2 4 5 8 7 6 1 9

1 Dam District (#2-16) - Mike Beaudoin

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

District Directors

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

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.

Eagle Scout Project Informational Kiosk

The kiosk would display information on invasive species and how to prevent their transmission into Pleasant Lake, information

• n 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

• r 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 Spent to date

$2,490 $2,912 ($422)

Cash equivalent for volunteers

$9,926 $7,949 + $1,977

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

lWhy 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.

lHow 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

• f 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

• f 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

• wners, 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.

What does the petition mean for me if it is approved?

Who can apply for a mooring? A property owner, or a group or association which owns shorefront property. Moorings are not granted for deeded beach rights or right of ways. How many moorings am I entitled to?

• None. Water is a public resource held in trust by the state,

therefore, there are no entitlements to moorings. Permission may be granted to a property owner for one or more moorings when application is made and certain criteria met.

What does the petition mean for me if it is approved?

Are existing moorings grandfathered?

• No. Existing moorings may be permitted in their existing

locations provided such moorings comply with the provisions of the mooring law.

What does the petition mean for me if it is approved?

What does this cost? There is no application fee. Once an application has been approved, the applicant will receive a mooring permit. The applicant is charged $125.00 for each mooring for the first year of the permit. The following years the costs are as follows for each mooring: Individual Mooring Permits - $25.00 a mooring. Congregate Mooring Permits - $50.00 a mooring. Public Mooring Permits - $25.00 a mooring.

What does the petition mean for me if it is approved?

Is this permit permanent? Yes, as long as ownership remains the same and the lease does not expired on moorings issued off of leased shore

• frontage. However, mooring permits are not transferable.

The permit expires once the property is sold. How does a Marine Patrol Officer on patrol know if my mooring is approved? All moorings must display the current year's decal on the mooring buoy above the water line. If no decal is displayed the marine patrol will issue a warning. If the owner does not comply the mooring will be cut and the boat towed at the

• wner's expense.

What's next?

Sign the petition. For a timely submission, we need those now. A public hearing will be announced, once the petition is submitted. We need to hear your stories as they relate to the 7 issues

• f safety, or photos that speak at least a hundered words if

not a thousand. If you need to explore the petition in its entirety, it will be posted on the Pleasant Lake web site: pleasantlakenh.org

Petition for Mooring Permits Thank you.

Opportunities to Participate

TASK DESCRIPTION CONTACT

Marketing, Communications and Education

Create and/or coordinate informational and educational outreach to all watershed stakeholders including association members, watershed residents, members of the town(s) boards and commissions, NH Lakes, DES, SNHPC and other friends of the Lake using the PLPA Web site, Ponderings and Mail blasts and Events. Tom and Linda Brennan

Lake Hosts

Support the Lake Host Program by volunteering to spend some time during the week at the boat launch located on Gulf road. Any amount of time you could spend, even just 30 minutes or an hour a week would be welcome. Holly Martin

Weed Watchers

Spend some time during the summer season periodically inspecting a specific section of our shoreline looking for invasive species. Training provided. Liz Garlo

Water Quality Testing

We are looking for folks that would be interested in helping with water sample collection and being ready to fill in as needed. Training provided. Jim Creighton and Chuck Reese

Municipal Planning and Land Conservation

Work with the towns of Deerfield and Northwood to collaborate on watershed related issues including; Conservation, Ordinances, Enforcement of land management practices John Duffy

Watershed Restoration Projects

The watershed restoration plan will identify the critical factors that can improve the quality of our lake and surrounding watershed. The task remains to find the resources to make the necessary improvements John Duffy, Tom Brennan, Ann Scholz and Tim Mallette

Grant Response Team

Respond to opportunities for Grants that provide funding for Lake and Watershed related projects. Moose Plate Grant SNHPC

BMP Team Special Projects

Join a team to work on special projects to make improvements in the watershed, on the shoreline and in the lake itself. Gulf Road Project Watershed BMPs Shoreline BMPs, PSU Project

Fundraising

The towns of Northwood and Deerfield help fund the Lake Host Program on Northwood Lake. We need a group of people that will pursue financial support for the Lake Host and other Programs on Pleasant Lake from both Northwood and Deerfield. John Duffy Over the years several people have proposed and implemented fund raising projects. We could use more fund raising champions.

For more information Visit our Website pl pleas asan antlak akenh.o nh.org

• Learn more about the Watershed Restoration Project
• See what you can do today to help protect the quality of our Watershed
• Check out programs and events that you can get involved with

PLPA 2016 Annual Meeting

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