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for the month of May 2013
 
  May 2     Fresh Pond Wake Up and Weed
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Help us restore and maintain biologically diverse urban habitats at Fresh Pond by removing invasive plants and also planting natives. Learn about plants and listen to birds sing as you dig in the dirt. Training, tools, and friendly neighbors provided. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Questions? Contact Deb at 617.349.6489 or dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
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  May 6     Fresh Pond Volunteer Night
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come help us restore and maintain biologically diverse habitats at Fresh Pond. Monday nights. We supply the training, tools, good company, and singing birds. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Dress for digging in the dirt. Questions? call Deb at 617.349.6489 or email dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For more information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
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  May 6     Treatment Plant Tour
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
 

Timothy MacDonald, Director of Water Operations, will lead tours of the City’s beautiful treatment facility on the first Monday of most months (2nd Monday in September). Find out how water that falls as rain in the suburbs 10 miles west of Cambridge is transported to Fresh Pond and then tested, treated and delivered to the city.

For information on additional Monday night events at Fresh Pond click here.

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  May 8     Monthly Water Board Meeting
  5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  NOTICE OF MEETING
In accordance with requirements of Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 39, Section 23A, the Cambridge Water Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 between 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm on the Second Floor Conference Room, Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility, Cambridge Water Department, 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02138. If you require a sign language interpreter or other auxiliary aid or service, please notify Linda Vierboom, Administrative Assistant (tel: 349-4771), at least two weeks in advance. Such request can also be made through the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities at 349-4672, 472-0235 (TTY / TDD).
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  May 9     Fresh Pond Wake Up and Weed
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Help us restore and maintain biologically diverse urban habitats at Fresh Pond by removing invasive plants and also planting natives. Learn about plants and listen to birds sing as you dig in the dirt. Training, tools, and friendly neighbors provided. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Questions? Contact Deb at 617.349.6489 or dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
   Learn more>

  May 13     Fresh Pond Volunteer Night
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come help us restore and maintain biologically diverse habitats at Fresh Pond. Monday nights. We supply the training, tools, good company, and singing birds. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Dress for digging in the dirt. Questions? call Deb at 617.349.6489 or email dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For more information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
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  May 13     Volunteer Training with NEWFS
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
 

Attend a slide show with a New England Wildflower Society plant expert, then take a walk in the Reservation to locate invasive and native plants. Find out how volunteers, in partnership with NEWFS, maintain and restore healthy, biologically diverse habitats at Fresh Pond. Parking passes available.

To volunteer at Fresh Pond:
Meet at the Water Department parking lot on
Mondays 5:30 - 7:30 pm (April through October)
Thursdays 10:00 am - noon (April through November)

Find a Fresh Pond Volunteer Stewards flyer here.

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  May 16     Fresh Pond Wake Up and Weed
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Help us restore and maintain biologically diverse urban habitats at Fresh Pond by removing invasive plants and also planting natives. Learn about plants and listen to birds sing as you dig in the dirt. Training, tools, and friendly neighbors provided. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Questions? Contact Deb at 617.349.6489 or dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
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  May 16     Fresh Pond Master Plan Advisory Board Meeting
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
 

Fresh Pond Reservation Master Plan Advisory Board

May 16, 2013 Agenda

Meeting time: 6 PM

Location: Water Treatment Facility 250 Fresh Pond Pkwy

Meeting Chair: Janice Snow

Meeting minutes: TBD

 

Item 1: Review Agenda

Item 2: Meeting Minutes

            April 18, 2013 Minutes

 

Item 3: Manager’s Report (C. Norton)

 

Item 4: Planning for Fresh Pond Day June 8
 Advisory Board sign up

 

Item 5: Interim Signage Review

Sign Types: Entrance Signs; Area ID Signs; Restoration and Maintenance Signs;
Rules and Regulations;

Sign Locations

Next Signage & Public Information Committee Meeting Date

Relevant Master Plan Sections: IX. A & D; XIII B.

Item 6: Update on Golf Course Landscape (Paul Ryder)

Item 7: Planning Advisory Board Meetings for Sept 2013- June 2014

Setting Dates

Preliminary Agendas

Item 8: Public Comment

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  May 20     Fresh Pond Volunteer Night
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come help us restore and maintain biologically diverse habitats at Fresh Pond. Monday nights. We supply the training, tools, good company, and singing birds. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Dress for digging in the dirt. Questions? call Deb at 617.349.6489 or email dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For more information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
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  May 20     Upper Watershed Tour with Dave Kaplan
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
 

David Kaplan, Watershed Supervisor, will guide you on a walking tour of a redevelopment project in the Upper Watershed. Find out how development directly impacts water quality in Hobbs Brook and Stony Brook reservoirs. Transportation provided to registered participants. For more information on Monday Night Events at Fresh Pond, click here.

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  May 23     Fresh Pond Wake Up and Weed
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Help us restore and maintain biologically diverse urban habitats at Fresh Pond by removing invasive plants and also planting natives. Learn about plants and listen to birds sing as you dig in the dirt. Training, tools, and friendly neighbors provided. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Questions? Contact Deb at 617.349.6489 or dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
   Learn more>

  May 27     Fresh Pond Volunteer Night
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Come help us restore and maintain biologically diverse habitats at Fresh Pond. Monday nights. We supply the training, tools, good company, and singing birds. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Dress for digging in the dirt. Questions? call Deb at 617.349.6489 or email dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For more information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
   Learn more>

  May 30     Fresh Pond Wake Up and Weed
  Walter J Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Help us restore and maintain biologically diverse urban habitats at Fresh Pond by removing invasive plants and also planting natives. Learn about plants and listen to birds sing as you dig in the dirt. Training, tools, and friendly neighbors provided. Meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Dept parking lot. Questions? Contact Deb at 617.349.6489 or dalbenberg@cambridgema.gov. For information on volunteering at Fresh Pond click here.
   Learn more>

 
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