ECHO HILL SOUTH ASSOCIATION

Notes on meeting with members of the Conservation Commission,
examining our ponds, May 22, 1998, 8:30 AM

Present for the Conservation Commission:  Jim Scott, Karen
Searcy, Bob Cummings and Jim Ellis.
Present for the EHSA Board and/or Pond Committee:  Chuck Gillies,
Joe Kunkel, Howard Reep, Anne Tiberio and Bob Tuthill.

Members of the Conservation Commission were given a tour of the
ponds, beginning at the outflow on Stony Hill, covering the park
area southwest of the south pond, examining the inflow at 16
Cranberry and the delta forming at the north end of the north
pond and then walking along the brook behind 12 and 14 Cranberry.
EHSA members described their interest in stopping the 
deterioration of the ponds and making them more attractive for 
residents.  Jim Scott, for the Commission, summarized with the 
following: (1) we should write up a one page description of what 
we want to do to submit to the Commission, which clearly has 
jurisdiction over the matter; (2) the Commission will locate 
particulars of the statutes for our guidance; (3) he said that 
some clearing out and some variety of flow regulator at the 
outflow would be O.K. and (4) that a path all the way around the 
pond would not be acceptable.

Notes by Charles K. Gillies
5/22/98