LYME/OLD LYME — UPDATED @9:45am with details of RLA post on Town of OL website. This evening, Tuesday, April 19, the Rogers Lake Authority (RLA) will meet in the Old Lyme Town Hall’s Meeting Room at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting is likely to draw a large crowd as the contentious topic of the proposed No-Wake zone on Rogers Lake is on the agenda.
In a post dated April 5, and published on the Town of Old Lyme website, the RLA notes that it, “… works to promote health and safety in and on Rogers Lake. The RLA coordinates water testing of the lake water; coordinates bids for weed mitigation; and schedules lake patrol personnel for the summer months to enforce safety, regulation and ordinance adherence.”
The statement adds, “A significant level of confusion exists within the community surrounding proposed “slow-no wake” buoys the RLA has been investigating. To clear up confusion, a summary update has been prepared.”
View the summary update at this link.
The full agenda for the meeting is as follows:
Old Business:
- Read and approve minutes from March 9, 2022, meeting.
- Update on Finance Board meetings for 21/22 and 22/23 expenditures.
- Detail review of 21/22 budget and expected expenditures.
- Review of need for State boat launch attendant.
- Possible DEEP training.
- Review of patrol boat and launch attendant recruitment.
- Presentations canceled.
- CT Agricultural Experiment Station.
- UCONN alewife study.
- Finalize draft of Ordinance revision changes for submission to DEEP.
- No Wake buoy deployment requires ordinance approval.
New Business:
- Update of signage at boat launch.
- Purchase of new sandbar buoy.
- Plan for Spring Newsletter
- Any other new business.
- Public Comment.
The Town Hall is located at 52 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT.
Editor’s Note: For more on this story, read Rogers Lake Authority meets Tuesday on proposed ‘no wake’ ordinance by Jodi Alberti and published April 18 in The Day.