VAN BUREN CONFERENCE CENTER

TUESDAY September 11, 2007

Call to Order: President Chuck Cubbage called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM

Members Present: President Chuck Cubbage; Vice President Skip Youngblood; Treasurer Pat Cubbage; Secretary Doug Dorgan; Keepsake Shores Rep Jerry King; Collins Cove Rep Ruth Wilkinson; Eagle Lake Campers Rep Skip Youngblood; Eagle Lake Park Rep Chuck Cubbage; Palmer Beach Rep David Baker; Eagle Lake South Shore Rep Brian Hansen; Hoodrije Shores Rep Ken Nielsen; At-Large Member Gary Sargent; Webmaster Harold Gravatt. Trails End Rep Tony Herd was represented by Mike Johnson.

Members Absent: None.

Guests: Ed Lindsey from Palmer Beach and Dane Terrill and Joe Miazgowicz from Flowerfield Enterprises.

Chuck Cubbage introduced Dane Terrill and Joe Miazgowicz who made a presentation about “Compost Tea” as an alternative to chemical based fertilizers for lawn and garden care. The Compost Tea is “brewed” using organic material and organic additives suspended in oxygenated water. Application is necessary within a few hours unless the brew is aerated to maintain the oxygen level. Because of the natural action of the organic materials there is no runoff from the soil to the lake water allowing the material to remain active in the soil long after the application and avoiding lake contamination with chemical materials from standard fertilizers. Applications are made similar to the four step programs used for chemical fertilizer applications. Depending on previous fertilizer applications used, it can take six months to a year to show results. Additional information is available from Flowerfield on their website www.wormwoma.com, by calling them at 269-327-0108 or through materials handed out by Dane and Joe.

Minutes: Minutes of the June 12, 2007 Board meetings were reviewed, a motion was made and seconded to approved the minutes as presented, motion carried. The annual meeting minutes were provided to the Board members for review but not approval. Ruth Wilkinson suggested they be review by each Board member at their leisure and any corrections, additions or deletions be provided to the Secretary via email.

Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer advised a balance of $3,448.01 with all bills paid. Dues payment to Michigan Lake and Stream Associations will be due before year end. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Treasurers report as presented, motion was approved.

Committee reports:

Government: No report.

Finance: No report.

Health and Safety: Dave Baker and Ed Lindsey mentioned a wayward diving raft that had been floating in their cove all summer and not reclaimed. If anyone knows of someone who is missing this raft please ask them to retrieve it.

Water Quality/Sewer Feasibility Study: Returns for the survey presented to the property owners on Cora, Three Mile and Eagle lakes will be tabulated at the Township hall on September 18 and Chuck Cubbage will be present. Chuck noted the wording of the survey had been provided by the lake associations and that most of the people he had spoken with around Eagle lake had a positive response to the possibility of an alternative system to the standard sewer system. The standard sewer system was not expected to receive many positive responses due to the high cost.

Ruth Wilkinson noted the cost presentation at the August 25 meeting indicated a lower cost if Eagle lake did something separate from the other lakes.

Newsletter: Chuck recommended a newsletter around October to advise property owners of the results of the survey that could include other items, such as the Compost Tea alternative.

Nominating: No report was necessary.

Web Site: Harold Gravatt was introduced as the new ELPPA Webmaster.

Old Business: None

Next Meeting Date: The next meeting of the Board is scheduled for October 9, 2007 at the Conference Center. Further meetings will be scheduled at that meeting.

Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:09 PM.

Doug Dorgan, Secretary