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Pleasant Lake Association
Board Meeting 
Minutes - March 17, 2012


Pleasant Lake Board Mt. 3-17-12   Saturday, 9:00 am

 

Present:   Chairman Sedey, Vice Chairman Hogberg, Treasurer Arfsten, Sec. Peterson, Directors:  Hable, Mader, Froehlich
Not Present:   Directors Warner, Lundeen

1.  Minutes of past board meeting,2-18-12, read and approved.

2.  Treasurers report:  $5,307 balance. Outstanding bill to Wenck Associates for $1,620. $50 received from Annandale Embroidery for product commission. 

3.  Membership:   43 home owners have joined the association as of this date.  About half of these members have contributed additional money for the Water Quality Improvement program.  

4.  Web site:   Maggie Nilson has transferred all lake news and meeting minutes to the new site.   Any news, history, pictures or items of interest should be sent to Maggie and she will post on the site.   This can be a very important tool for our association. 

5.  Wenck Report:   Board reviewed the report.   Aquatic vegetation diversity finding 24 different species.  90% of sample areas found at least one species.   Curly leaf  pondweed is abundant and expanding in the lake.  Eurasian water milfoil was not found in the lake.

6.  501c3 status:   Froelich will contact Mike Nelson for info on obtaining this nonprofit status and report back to the board at the May meeting. Motion to proceed with application by Froelich, 2nd by Hable, Passed

7.  DNR:   Froelich will contact the DNR with the Wenck results to see if additional acres on the lake can be treated.

8.  Lake Restoration of Rogers:   Hogberg will contact our past provider with the Wenck results to get a bid and deadline for treatment. Motion by Arfsten, 2nd by Hable, Passed to allocate up to $5,000 for permit and treatment.

9.  $700 DNR Permit:   Sedey will contact DNR on the Individual Treatment Program deadline for this current year.  Motion Froelich, 2nd Hable, Passed

10. Flier:  Notification of May general meeting will be sent out to all home owners.  Notice to include: dues reminder, election of officers, meeting date, time & location, lake history request for newsletter, weed study info, and picnic save the date info.

11.  July 4th Boat Parade:   Hogberg will chair this event once again.  $100 budget MSP.

12.  Annual picnic:   Aug 11th , Saturday - Maders will chair once again.   Theme ideas and donations are all welcome.  

13.  New lake map reviewed and corrected.

14.  Discussed blighted property on north side.   There appears to be an attempt to clean-up by owners.  Peterson will visit and see if any association action is warranted.     

15.  Newsletter:  Staff hope to have the next edition out early summer.  There have been many positive comments about the last edition, history is a favorite of most readers.