Annual Meeting 2015

2015 Annual Meeting

The WWC 2015 annual meeting was held on Monday, July 13, 2015 at the Meredith Community Center.

The President reported on previous conservation projects involving the Snake River and the Fogg Hill Wetlands. Additionally, he discussed the Waukewan and Winona Restoration effort as well as the Volunteer Lakes Assessment Program (VLAP) in which volunteer homeowners collect and send samples of lake water from Winona and Waukewan to Concord for analysis and recording. WWC provides financial support to the VLAP program to pay for the analysis of the water.

The By-laws were amended to change the definition of a quorum at WWC Directors meetings to be a majority of the Directors. Previously a quorum required five Directors be present.

You may download a copy of the Draft minutes of the annual meeting. The final version will be available after the WWC 2016 annual meeting approves the minutes.

Hawkins Brook EcoTrail

Ray Moritz described the Hawkins Brook EcoTrail being developed by the Greater Meredith Program Committee. The trail will begin beside the Meredith Village Savings Bank, proceed along the brook, and then continue on to connect with the school complex and Prescott Park. The project is now ready for detailed design phase, which will be followed by fund raising. He noted that the WWC Directors fully support this project and believe that having an EcoTrail starting from downtown Meredith will be a good addition for the town. He also noted that the WWC has offered assistance to the Greater Meredith Program Committee to help the project reach a successful completion.

Waukewan and Winona Restoration Plan

Pat Tarpey, Executive Director of the Lake Winnipesaukee Association and Director of the Waukewan & Winona Lake Study Advisory Committee, gave a very informative presentation of the Waukewan and Winona Restoration Plan, starting with the 2005 plan and moving up to the work of the Waukewan & Winona Lake Study Advisory Committee. Ms. Tarpey discussed the report of the Committee’s retained experts FB Environmental Associates, and their findings concerning types and source of lake contaminants, especially phosphorus. Sixty four sites were identified in the report, primarily involving run-off into the respective water bodies, and their on-going efforts to prioritize and remediate the most egregious offending sites. This work will be the basis for a grant application for site remediation.

Ms. Tarpey concluded her remarks by encouraging all members to visit the Committee’s website, which includes background history and data supporting research and projects included in her presentation for lake management and preservation.