Lakes and Waterways Commission

RECEIVED By Ellie at 8:46 am, 3/15/21 City of Amesbury Lakes and Waterways Commission Meeting Agenda for 3-18-2021 7:00 PM This meeting will be conducted under the ‘Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law G.L. c.30A, §20’, signed on March 12, 2020. Location: Virtual Dial in: 571-317-3112 Access Code: 411 658 901 To submit a public comment, you can email the chair ahead of time tpmpmurphy@gmail.com or dial-in to the meeting. I. Administrative Business A. Call to Order B. Provide for minutes C. Review of past minutes (February) II. Engineer’s update A. Engineer’s report B. Stormwater Management Plan guidance (See III.C) C. Recent correspondence III. Current Business A. Membership status i. Chair anyone? ii. Art O’Dea and Kate Mallory status B. Meeting with Open Space Committee i. Report on Meeting with Angela Cleveland, Jonathan Sherwwod, etc. ii. Joint meeting with mayor tentatively scheduled 3/29/2021 at 7:00PM C. Stormwater Management Plan Revision Review i. Process ii. subsection preferences? IV. Conservation Commission Activity Update V. Website update efforts A. By laws i. Revision of Section 2 sent to Mayor’s Office, no response yet. B. Website Content i. Watershed Management Plan added  February 18, 2021, Page 2 ii. Waterways Assessment a) Drafts to Pete b) Talk about next step for drafts. VI. New Business A. Status of Harbor Management Plan Revision. VII. Goals/ mission discussion followup A. Lawn Care Companies and fertilizers and herbicides near water bodies B. With ConComm—Home owners’ guidelines (pointing to resources) i. Review Lake Attitash Welcome Packet. VIII. Waterbodies A. Merrimac River i. Sewer Overflow efforts status ii. PFA Tracking (Local, State, National) B. Powow River i. Water Quality Testing issue C. Lake Gardner i. Status of beach project ii. Lake Gardner Association updates iii. Parking Lot access issues (See III.B.2) D. Lake Attitash Association and lake status i. Request for change in order of conditions ii. Nicol Farm iii. Water Testing E. Clarks Pond i. Inspection this year F. Tuxbury Pond G. Meadowbrook Pond H. Patten’s Pond I. Park Pond, J. Bailey Pond IX. Review Action Items X. Next meeting: April 15, 2021