Water Quality Committee Meeting Wednesday, August 20, 2025 06:00 PM Casco Community Center

Regular Meeting

• 1.Review and approval of the meeting agenda 

• 2.Approval of minutes from July 23, 2025

• 3.Public Participation for non-agenda items

Old Business

• 4.Review of action items from the previous meeting

• 5.Discussion of Water Quality Plan funding section (20 minutes)

• 6.Maggie Shannon: Exploration of funding opportunities for education

• 7.Maggie Shannon: Addition of action steps and priorities for executing education and outreach within the plan

• 8.Eileen: Discussion with John Weismann about using drone footage to document shoreline conditions, including requiring before-and-after photos for permitted construction within the shoreland zone

New Business

• 9.Next steps for drafting the Water Quality Plan:

  a. Formatting considerations

  b. Level of detail required

  c. Assigning sections for drafting based on previously discussed outlines

• 10.Sarah: Outreach to Coffee Pond residents regarding the creation of a pond association

• 11.Sarah: Contact LEA, Lake Stewards of Maine, or Portland Water District to learn about their approaches to managing lakes and streams

Adjournment

Reminders to the Attending Public: Committee meetings are open to the public, but the public may not speak unless recognized by the Committee Chair or Vice Chair in their absence. Except during a public hearing, comment time is limited to 2 minutes per speaker during public participation or on agenda items. Matters related to personnel will not be heard. 

Future meeting dates (subject to change) 

September 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Water Quality Committee Meeting