Worromontogus Lake Association

319 GRANT FALL 2009 REPORT

Sept 2009  Report on progress of 319 grants to road assn. and private property owners. By Patt Williams

The 319 Grant is coming to a close.  The collaboration with the City of Augusta has worked and worked well.  We have enjoyed working with Mr. Jerry Dostie who is the City’s representative to our Technical Committee and with both Gerard Roy and Dan Nichols who have handled administrative functions for the City.  The result has been a smoothly operating project that has major road projects on The Albee, Hayes Landing, Tasker, Woodard, Young Roads; at the WLA Landing and at four homeowner sites.  We have nearly fully utilized the project’s funds in both the grant’s project’s and technical assistance lines.  We have come to the point where we have more applicancations than we have funds available and thus, no more application are being requested.  This project has involved the time and energy of a number of WLA members and Friends.  We need to thank Mr. John Pucciarelli, Chair of the Technical Committee (T.C.), Mr. Dennis Curtis of the T.C., Dr. Melissa Laser of the T.C., Cindy Eurich of the WLA Landing Committee, all WLA members who spent lots of time on this project.  We also need to recognize Mr. Josh Platt of the Kennebec County Soil and Water Conservation District (KCSWCD) who worked long and hard to make these projects into the successes that they are.  A special thanks to the KCSWCD for agreeing to provide whatever services necessary, beyond those funded in the grant, as in-kind contributions to assure the success of the project as a whole.