Regular meetings of the Richmond Pond Association have usually (but not always) been on the 4th Tuesday of the month, usually at Richmond Town Hall. Meetings are usually scheduled April through October, and additionally only as needed. Special Note - Because of measures implemented to reduce the spread of Coronavirus, RPA meetings for the 2020, 2021 & 2022 seasons were held via the Zoom online platform; it is likely that the meetings will continue this way for the foreseeable future. Links to the next RPA Zoom meeting are posted below and will be communicated to RPA website subscribers by email as related plans are solidified.
Meeting dates for 2024 will be Tuesdays as follows: 4/30, 5/28, 6/25, 7/23, 8/27, 9/24 and 10/22. All except the annual meeting/picnic in July or August will be held at 7:00 pm via Zoom.
4/1 Target date to complete pond's refill to normal level, after winter draw-down
4/30 RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom.
Topic: 4/30/24 RPA Meeting
Time: Apr 30, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Richmond Pond Association Meeting Agenda
7:00 pm, Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Welcome – Louise
Approval of RPA minutes of October 24, 2023 meeting – Doreen
Approval of RPA Annual Report 2023 – Doreen
Updated RPA contacts lists – Doreen & Miles
Updates from Town Hall – Town Hall/Library building; remediation of Camp Russell detention basins; installation of kayak dock; pond-related budget earmarks; boat launch road update; other… - Danielle
Financial report & approval of fiscal year 2025 budget – Laura
RPA participation in & confirm volunteer for Awarding Committee for Anita Chapman Scholarship Fund - Louise
Appointment of additional alternates – Doreen / Louise
Project updates & other developments at the pond:
Goose management – Will anyone lead this this year? - Laura, Danielle, Cam, Matt
Weeds – Status of permitting initiatives & potentials for 2024 weed treatments – Doreen, Jonna & Jim
Invasive plant update - Miles
Beach, tributary & cyanobacteria testing update – Jonna, Bruce, Louise, Ken?
Camp season plans for Camp Russell & Camp Arrow Wood - Cam & Matt
Recent developments around the pond (community association reports) – Doreen, Louise, Jonna, Laura
Educational initiatives with Richmond Consolidated School students – Louise
Historical records consolidation and storage – Ken
Pond history book sales update – Kerry
RPA website - Bruce
Projects still needing volunteers - Facebook, Richmond Record (articles/photos) - Louise & Ken
Odds & ends:
Trout stocking - Ken
LAPA-West’s spring lake & pond management symposium / Solitude webinars
Need a president!!!!
Other announcements
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Memorial Day weekend - Richmond Town Beach daytime vehicle access opens; no lifeguards.
Father's Day - Richmond Town Beach opens to the public, at least 11 am to 5 pm, daily, hopefully with lifeguards.
July - Weed Mapping Survey to be performed in July. Please be hospitable to the surveyors around your property. This survey will allow for development of a Weed Management Plan of Action for Richmond Pond, which has been on hold due to Natural Heritage constraints for the past two summers. If aquatic herbicide treatment of invasive weeds occurs in the future, the pond would be closed for the one day of treatment, with no swimming, boating or fishing that day -- no herbicide treatment or weed harvesting is planned for the summer of 2023. Further details will be provided as they become available.
11/1 - Winter lake level draw-down begins - to be reduced 1" or 2" per day until drawn down by 2 feet. (Refill to occur in early spring, so pond is back to normal level by April 1st.)
NOTES: Dates of pond weed treatments and events held at Richmond Pond and open to the public will be added to this calendar as they are scheduled, and the RPA is notified.
Please let us know about scheduled pond activities that are open to the public, so we can consider posting them here. See details at bottom of the Links page for submission details.
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