Vote NO on Article 7 to save Montgomery Dam and Waterfall!
June 10th at the Public Safety Building. Absentee ballots available on May 12.
The Ballot Language
ARTICLE 7 - final text, as modified at the Select Board meeting April 15, 2025:
Shall the Town vote to authorize the removal of the Montgomery Dam and spillway (Tax Map 120 Lots 278 and 283) to return the river to a free-flowing river 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.