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NEIGHBORING LAKE ASSOCIATIONS MEET

Phoebe Hardesty of the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District, and her staff invited representatives of various lake associations to meet and discuss common problems and come up with possible solutions. 

 Linda Laskey, co-President of TLIA, attended one such meeting on April 15, during which time Code Enforcement Officers (CEO’s) from four communities discussed their roles. Representatives from Thompson Lake, Taylor Pond, Sabattus Lake, Allen Ponds and Lake Auburn were also in attendance to listen to the CEO’s who saw their work as 1) being approachable and being able to assist citizens through the permitting process, 2) one who checks on site work to insure that soil is being contained, etc, 3) one who educates Boards and citizens on land ordinances, enforces Town ordinances and  responds to complaints.

 Other issues included the facts that 1) CEO’s cannot respond to anything on a private road…that is the Sheriff’s Department’s territory.  2) If evidence shows that soil has been removed from a site, the DEP must be called. 3) Complaints or calls re: boating matters should go to the Game Warden of the local Department of Inland Fisheries and 4) Vegetative buffers are a must within 100 feet of the shoreline.

 The meeting ended with ways in which property owners can work with the CEO’s.  Linda will present those ideas at the Annual Meeting on July 10.