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Lake Martha Lake Association Meeting Minutes Monday, August 11, 2003 The meeting was called to order at 7:22pm at the home of Frank Summers – 7376 9th Street SE. There were 10 people representing 9 member households in attendance. The minutes from the
July 14th meeting were questioned in regards to the reported decision of
collecting payment from those who took advantage of the weed treatment, yet
hadn’t paid the 2002 Association dues. The reported decision was correct.
Acceptance of the minutes will be voted on at the next meeting provided
that there is a quorum present. Joy Morris created a
yearly invoice/reminder for the current Treasurer to use for collecting the Lake
Association dues, plus a reminder for those unpaid members that took advantage
of the weed treatment group rate discount this year.
The total number of member households that have paid to date are 21.
She also reported that after depositing some dues & paying Mike
Rydberg for the Copper Sulfate algae treatment, the checking and savings
accounts have a total of $1,700.85. Dave Tabbut was able
to give a hospitality report – Bill & Kaye Erickson have moved into the
Brunn’s house (they purchased two of the Brunn’s three lots), Paul Merz
& Amanda Raskowiak purchased & are building on the Brunn’s channel
lot. There is a house being built
next to the Willhite’s. Jeannie Tregaskis said that someone should confirm that the Hospitality
Committee sends these new residents the “welcoming cookie package”.
Dave Tabbut suggested that someone should also notify the garbage company
of the new residents for the group discount (a benefit of the Association
membership). Jeannie Tregaskis
& Angela Miller reported that the Annual Picnic planning is right on track. Angela Miller
reviewed the Lawn Care Group Discount research & decisions.
She will reconnect with Green Side Up to get all of the details for those
interested in the service. Frank Summers stated
that being a Lake Association member is like having a Happenings Book – it has
many benefits. Dave Tabbut
suggested that an updated member list be sent to the companies that the
Association currently receives group discounts from, such as the garbage
company. Frank suggested that a
group discount from Miller’s for sand should be researched. Nancy Halagan said that 3 yards can be dumped 15 feet above
the high water mark without a permit. She
also stated that the permit is $500.00, which is needed if a certain number of
loads are dumped at one time. Frank
mentioned that an Entertainment/Discount Committee should be formed.
Jeannie Tregaskis said that maybe a group discount on cellular could be
researched. Nancy thought of a
group discount on cable. She also suggested to increase the Association membership fee
to $50.00. Bill Tregaskis was
invited to a town meeting by Tom _______, who was concerned with the development
& sewer capacity of our area. The sewer line that was installed last Fall has a limited
capacity – 192 houses. It is also
only a 4-inch pipe, so any development has to be spread out for the pipe to
accommodate. The slots on the sewer
line that are not hooked up, but have already been paid for are reserved
indefinitely. Dan Frump then
concluded that it would be impossible for our area to be a “run-away”
development. Bill agreed. Mike Rydberg said that new pipes would have to be installed
for any additional houses over the 192 limit.
Mike asked if the topic of road paving was mentioned at the town meeting.
Bill said no. One of the
previous presidents of the Lake Charlotte Lake Association told Mike that
$50,000.00 was suppose to have been set aside for paving of Halsey many years
ago & said that someone should review old town meeting minutes for
confirmation. Dan Frump said that
it was actually the County that decided the Farmington extension needed to be
paved & so they paid for it to be done. Mike Rydberg stated
that we will have to find a new server for the website.
He will call a couple of contacts. Nancy
Halagan asked if having a website would be worth having to pay a server fee,
since there is light traffic on it. Bill Tregaskis
brought up the fact that a new Cutter Boat Committee may have to be created, as
we have not had any suggestions all season from the current committee as what to
do with the cutter boats. Mike
Rydberg said that he had spoke with a member of the Cedar Lake Association who
showed some interest in wanting the boats as they also have a major curly leaf
problem. That lake is 80 acres, 150
residents, and their dues are $100.00 per household, so they have plenty of
money to buy & repair the boats. Someone
stated that the boats need to be removed from the lake before it freezes, unlike
last year, to prevent more damage. Dan Frump said that if we can sell them, just have Mike get a
bid. Jeannie Tregaskis
asked Mike Rydberg how the algae treatment went.
Mike said that he used a burlap sack to distribute 200 lbs. of copper
sulfate in a perimeter of Gary Jackson’s to Rob Johnson’s houses.
He said that for a while the lake was turquoise, but it hasn’t changed
the look – “it’s still the color of money”.
He also said that Copper Sulfate kills the algae, that it is not a
pre-emergent. Dan Frump thought
that the lake looks good for August. Mike
said that it took him about 2 hours to apply & that he would recommend that
next year we do it ourselves rather than have Midwest Aqua Care do it. In response to the
Lake Association participation question, Nancy Halagan mentioned that people may
be use to paper correspondence, compared to e-mail & suggested that the
Association minutes & meeting notifications be distributed to everyone’s
black boxes. Angela Miller said
that Dorothy Brede, the preceding Secretary, was doing e-mail before she took
over the position. Plus, she had distributed a meeting schedule to all boxes
before the first meeting of this season. Mike
Rydberg said to change the night of the meetings – Friday’s could make it
more of a social event. Dave Tabbut
said to put a link in the e-mails to the website. |
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