These minutes are made available pending
Approval by the Board of Director’s
EAGLE LAKE-PAW PAW ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING
Call To Order: President Skip Youngblood called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM
Members Present: President Skip Youngblood; Vice President Chuck Cubbage; Treasurer Pat Cubbage; Secretary Doug Dorgan; Collins Cove Rep Ruth Wilkinson; Eagle Lake Campers Rep Skip Youngblood; Eagle Lake Park Rep Chuck Cubbage; Eagle Lake Sub Rep Brian Hansen; Hoodrije Shores Rep Ken Nielsen; At-Large Member Gary Sargent.
Members Absent: Palmer Beach Rep David Baker; Trails End Rep Harold Finley; Keepsake Shores Rep. Casey Bush; Web Master Barb Kohl.
Gary Sargent advised that he would be the At-Large Member in place of John Tapper.
Minutes: Minutes of the December 9, 2003 meeting were approved on motion by Skip Youngblood and second by Ruth Wilkinson.
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer reported a balance of $715.77 in the account with all bills paid, including member’s subscription to The Michigan Riparian magazine for 2004 of $478.50 and the Lake Association’s membership in Michigan Lake and Stream Associations for 2004 of $155.00.
Committee reports:
Government: No report
Finance: Dues will remain at $15 for 2004 and continue to include The Michigan Riparian subscription. Some property owners have already made payment for this year.
Health and Safety: The “Water Safety Matters!” sign we posted at the public access site has been removed and will be replaced.
Water Quality: Chuck Cubbage has been communicating with Professional Lake Management regarding monitoring survey work during 2004 for our weed management effort. If he is unable to secure a workable arrangement with them he plans to contact WMU to determine if there might be a student program interested in the work. Chuck also advised he discussed collection of the special assessment with the Township and learned there were some extended payments still due and there should be sufficient remaining funds to cover EnviroScience’s final billing. Approval to make final payment will not be given until EnviroScience provides the final report that was due after last falls assessment. EnviroScience has been invited to attend the Annual Meeting June 26.
Chuck measured the lake level last week and advises it is up 13 inches higher from last fall but 19 inches below the spring 1998 high level.
Newsletter: Items for inclusion in a newsletter to be issued following the April 13 meeting were discussed. Among other items the Board Members agreed to include in were ads from property owners and outside business to help offset some of the cost of the newsletters. To further reduce the cost of providing the newsletter it will be prepared so that it can be printed “in House” by board members and hand delivered by the area representatives to full time resident property owners. Only recipients who do not live around the lake full time will receive the newsletter by mail.
Nominating Committee: no report
Web Site: All past meeting minutes that are available should now be posted on the web site.
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Next Meeting Date: Tuesday April 13, 2004.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 7:57 PM on motion by Pat Cubbage second by Ruth Wilkinson.
Doug Dorgan
Secretary