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Pleasant Lake Association
General Meeting Minutes 
August 26, 2006

Minutes of Pleasant Lake Improvement Association General Membership meeting, Sat Aug 26, 2006.

Officers present:  President Sedey, Vice President Bayer, Treasurer Markstrom, Sec. Peterson, Board Members K Lundeen, Hauskin, Iverson

Officers not present:  Board Members V Lundeen, Obinger

Treasurers Report:  Current balance: $5,383.58.    Lake expenditures for weed control  $4,400.00

Membership:  91 out of 124 property owners.

Lake Restoration Rep Tom Snook shared info on curly leaf and herbicides.   17 acres of the west end were treated this year and up to 39 acres may be allowed by the DNR in the future.   35 property owners were allowed to treat the lake in front of their property this year under the Association permit.  Additional owners did treat the lake for weeds and paid the $40 permit cost. Next year all permit requests should go in on the same form to avoid any extra costs to property owners.

Clearwater River Watershed Dist. Merle Anderson shared with the group the restrictions that should be followed after treatment.   Do not drink the water and do not water the lawns with lake water for 5 days.  Many area lakes reported a high number of fish kill early this season and this was due to the rapid warm-up in shallow areas this spring.   These fish did not move into the deeper areas soon enough.   Grant moneys  for buffer programs are available for lakes addressing runoff storm waters and streams.  Endowment program  explained.   An area lake is working with the Clearwater River Watershed  in order to return the lake to a safe level of water quality.   This lake has only recently developed this problem and it could now cost up to $750,000 to get under control and $80,000 annually to maintain it.   It pays to be aware of the quality changes in our lake to avoid such large problems and costs that could happen. 

City road projects on East Lake Drive and Pleasant St. discussed.  The landing at the end of Pleasant St. will remain city property and will have a curb friendly access.  This is one of three public landings on the lake and seldom used.

Dues: Motion by Bill Johnson 2nd. by Mary Iverson to have dues run from Jan to Jan starting this coming January.  Passed.  We hope to get the city and county to participate in the weed control project.  Their involvement will determine the amount of dues we will be asking the membership to pay for what will be a yearly program in order to control the water quality of the lake. Dues notification will be sent out prior to Jan 1, 2007.

Election of officers:   Boardmember Hauskin did not seek re-election.    Elected to the Board are John Sedey, Jim Peterson, Dr. Jonathan Strohschein.  Thank you to Donny for his years of service.

Initiative Foundation Healthy Lakes and Rivers Partnership grant will be pursued. Motion by Julie Sedey, 2nd by Bob Markstrom. Passed.  This is training and grant money we may be eligible for.   President Sedey and Treasurer Markstrom attended one informational meeting and now need other members to participate.  Interested parties should contact President Sedey.  This could bring in as much as $7,000 if we are selected and can present an acceptable plan. The training would take place in Nov and in March.  6 to 8 people are needed.

Rep Dean Urdahl was present and offered his help on any concern we may have.  Dean has been very helpful to the lake association in the past and a big "Thank You" goes out to him.

Loon Report:   Mary Iverson reported that the local Loons started with 3 eggs, went to 2 babies, and then to one baby.    Baby and parents are doing fine.   Review of floating raft will be done this Fall and repairs or changes will be made at that time..

Interest in having a boat parade during the 4th of July festival was visited.  This year there was none and it would appear we just need a coordinator.  Any volunteer should contact President Sedey.  

Unattended, blighted property resulting in escalating, unsafe rodent concerns visited.   Corinna Township has been informed of this situation many times over the years and can assist when items are abandoned outside of the fence or if the fence falls apart.   In the past lawyers have attempted to correct this mess to no avail.  All we can do is to report any unsafe situation we observe to the township or county sheriff. 

Minnesota Pollution Control study of our lake completed last year is available to anyone interested.  You may call Matt Lindon at 1-800-657-3864 or e-mail him at  matthew.lindon@state.mn.us.