Pond Study Committee

Ad Hoc Pond Study Committee

Mission: To study the Echo Hill South pond and recommend to the EHS Board possible actions to conserve it as a community property. 1999 Committee Structure:

Harry Brooks, Chairman	32 Hickory Ln	256-8831
Joseph G. Kunkel, Director,	74 Stony Hill	253-3391
Charles K. Gillies, Director	16 Cranberry	253-9232
Linda Marston	10 Moss Ln	253-3318
Mary McCarthy, Director	12 Cranberry Ln	256-1612
Howard Reep	33 Hickory	256-0935
Jackie Tuthill	12 Thistle Ln	253-3638

Meeting Agenda and Reports:

Informal Meeting with Amherst Town Conservation Commission.

Report

Visit of the Amherst Town Conservation Commission to our EHS Pond.

Report

On March 23, 1999 Harry Brooks agreed to be the Chairperson of the Pond Committee.
On Jan. 25, 2000 Chuck Gillies reported to the EHSA Board of Directors on a Seven Point Plan for improvement of the EHSA ponds. The board approved the Plan's structure and charged Chuck to produce a brief proposal to be submitted to the Amherst Conservation Commission for their consideration.
The Pond Committee on further reflection and advice from local environmental consultants reduced the 7-point-plan to a 5-point plan.
On March 22, 2000, the Amherst Conservation Commission voted unanimously to approve our 5-point-plan with the condition that the water work be done while the pond was near its lowest and there was no outflow from the pond.
By August 26, 2000, the Pond was still overflowing due to the wet summer.

A New Initiative 2003 Forward

2003 Committee Structure:

Bob Tuthill, Chairman	12 Thistle Ln	253-3638
Charles K. Gillies, Director	16 Cranberry	253-9232
Jackie Tuthill	12 Thistle Ln	253-3638
Mike Malone	19 Hickory Ln.	253-2353

By May, 2004, the The Pond Committee had proceded with a plan to dredge the pond. The plan was explained to the EHSA residents in its April 2004 Newsletter by Mike Malone and at the Annual Meeting by Mikie Marcus our environmental consultant.