Montgomery Dam, Warrant Article 7, draft wording
The Select Board will consider the wording of the Town Warrant for June on Tues, April 15, during their regular meeting. The full list of the draft Warrant Articles is available as part of that Select Board packet starting on page 32. Article 7 relates to the future of Montgomery Dam. That draft wording is as follows.
Shall the Town vote to authorize the removal of the Montgomery Dam and spillway (Tax Map 120 Lots 278 and 283) to return it to a free-flowing river system that aligns the cascade to its original underlying ledge channel, allows for fish passage with adaptation updates to the Harbor Park sea wall, and implements resilience measures to manage flood waters and sea level rise at the Head of the Inner Harbor in a manner generally consistent with Scenario C of the Findings and Recommendation of the Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee; with the following conditions: 1) The Town is authorized to fund the work only from non-property tax revenue sources e.g. grants and private donations; and, 2) Any portion of the project impacting Harbor Park shall be subject to the approval of the Library Board of Trustees as stipulated in the deed of gift from Mary Louise Curtis Bok to the inhabitants of the Town of Camden?
NOTE: The full Report of the Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee (MRCAC) is available at the Town office and on the Town website. Detailed information of all the MRCAC work and documents may be found at www.megunticookrivercac.com, which includes recordings of approximately 30 MRCAC meetings, 14 newsletters, more than 250 online survey responses, meetings with many standing Camden committees and Camden Library Trustees, 10 expert-led online presentations, engineering reports, and 2019 and 2021 River Feasibility Reports prepared by the nation-wide consulting firm InterFluve. Design review by the Library Board of Trustees shall be done in accordance with the design principles of Olmsted Brothers and expressed wishes of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, as identified in the Library Board of Trustees’ April 2024 statement on Harbor Park, which can be found on the Camden Public Library website.