Amston Lake District
Board of Directors Special Meeting Minutes
January 29th, 2010 7:00 p.m.
ALA Clubhouse, 16 Wood Acres Road, Amston, 06231
I. Call to Order
7:03 pm
Present: Dave O’Brien, Pres., Mark Paul, VP, Ray DeCormier, Treas, Sherri-Ann Martin, Clerk, John Connor, Scott Forgue, Dave Martin, Dave Moorcroft
Absent: Laurel Hennebury
II. Review and Discuss Legal Services Proposal from Robinson & Cole LLP
D. O’Brien – Handout of Notes to Board - attached
D. Martin – Handout of Notes to Board – attached
D. O’Brien read engagement letter from Robinson & Cole, LLP;
The firm is to provide a memorandum of the possible strategies to consider if the town of Lebanon votes against the sewer project for Amston Lake and once a strategy is chosen, to provide communications to the appropriate parties that we are trying to protect Amston Lake
Per D. O’Brien, L. Hennebury had sent an email to him stating her support for proceeding with the attorneys
III. Act Upon Legal Services Proposal from Robinson & Cole LLP
Dave O’Brien made a motion to employ the legal services of Robinson & Cole, LLP, not to exceed $3000, for a legal strategy inclusive of communications to appropriate agencies, with board approval of communications.
John Connor, seconded the motion.
Vote For:
R. DeCormier, S. Forgue, J. Connor, D. Moorcroft, M. Paul
Vote Against:
D. Martin, S. Martin
Motion passed 5 - 2
IV. Review and Discuss Duck Pond Issues
D. Moorcroft: water is seeping through the rock walls of the duck pond dam, there is a sink hole which he keeps filling with crushed stone, sand bags are placed on the front edges of the dam and have slowed leakage through the side walls of the dam
Karl Acimovic, our dam engineer, has suggested a geothermal solution, D. Moorcroft would like to try staking down impermeable fabric and adding a weir board system to have more control over water levels, C. Wool discussed barometric clay and hydraulic cemenT
V. Act Upon Dock Pond Issues
All were in agreement that more research needs to be done and the board needs to get a list of our options to review and to determine effective, cost conscious solutions. Add to the Agenda for the next regular board meeting.
VI. Adjourn
Dave Martin made a Motion to adjourn
Mark Paul seconded the motion
the motion passed unanimously
the special meeting ended at 8:35 pm
Respectfully Submitted by,
Sherri-Ann Martin
amston lake tax district
clerk