These minutes are made available pending

Approval by the Board of Director’s

EAGLE LAKE-PAW PAW ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING

VAN BUREN CONFERENCE CENTER

TUESDAY MAY 6, 2008

Call to Order: President Chuck Cubbage called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM

Members Present: President Chuck Cubbage; Vice President Skip Youngblood; Treasurer Pat Cubbage; Secretary Doug Dorgan;; Eagle Lake Campers Rep Skip Youngblood; Eagle Lake Park Rep Chuck Cubbage; Eagle Lake South Shore Rep Brian Hansen; At-Large Member Gary Sargent; Hoodrije Shores was represented by Doug Dorgan.

Members Absent: Keepsake Shores Rep Jerry King; Collins Cove Rep Ruth Wilkinson; Palmer Beach Rep David Baker; Trails End Rep Tony Herd; Webmaster Harold Gravatt.

Minutes: Minutes of the April 15, 2008 Board meeting were reviewed, a motion was made and seconded to approved the minutes as presented, motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer advised a balance of $3,292.62 with all bills paid. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Treasurer’s financial report as presented, motion was approved.

The Treasurer noted there were 34 responses to the post card mailing asking property owners to pay the annual dues of $15. Only two post cards came back so far, one without postage.

The MLSA spring lake associations meeting is May 24 at the Decatur library, the fall meeting is September 27. The fall seminar is October 22 at the Lawrence Conference Center. Anyone interested in attending should talk to Chuck Cubbage.

Committee reports:

Government: No report.

Finance: No report.

Health and Safety: A wave runner towing a water skier without a spotter came close to some docks and the skier jumped over one of the docks this last weekend. Regulation violations by the wave runner operator of operating to close to the docks, towing a skier without a spotter, and the danger of the skier trying to jump over a dock were all noted.

Blockage of the public access ramp by a contractor’s equipment while working on a property owner’s dock and beach was noted to have occurred the day of the meeting. Trident Dock and Dredge from Watervliet, MI was the contractor. The contractor was told to remove his equipment immediately.

Water Quality: Chuck Cubbage reported on his attendance at the Gates Drain meeting April 27 and that arsenic in Briggs Pond was the issue being addressed. Because Gates Drain flows into Briggs Pond all beneficiary property owners of Gates Drain could be assessed a portion of the cost to clean up Briggs Pond, a cost that could run $500,000 to $4,000,000. While a recent court decision supported those intending on Gates Drain beneficiaries to pay a portion of the cost, the issue is not finalized. A motion was made, seconded and approved to contribute $100 to any group that seeks to take action to stop or minimize the assessment of this cost on the Gates Drain property owners. Chuck will be staying abreast of the issue and make the contribution if and when appropriate.

A property owner recently sought the services of Professional Lake Management to chemically treat their beach area to control EWM and other aquatic plants. PLM contacted Chuck and he has spoken with the property owner who was unaware of our efforts to control the EWM with weevils.

Chuck advised he had received information that the official level of Eagle Lake was 753 feet, Christie Lake 757 feet and Three Mile lake 753 feet.

Newsletter: A draft copy of the proposed newsletter prepared by Chuck Cubbage was shared with those in attendance and they were asked to review and advise Chuck of any additions, deletions or changes. Flowerfield Enterprises, the firm marketing Compost tea, agreed to do half the mailing cost; it is possible Allied Waste would do the other half. Doug Dorgan will check with Ken Nielsen.

Nominating: No report was necessary.

Web Site: Harold Gravatt has made some recent updates to the Eagle Lake Paw Paw web site with information on the weevils and compost tea.

Old Business: None

New Business: The annual meeting was scheduled for June 28 at 10:00 AM with a breakfast starting at 9:00 AM. Gary Sargent, Skip Youngblood and Brian Hansen agreed to be a committee to handle the breakfast. The breakfast and meeting information will be included in upcoming newsletter with a request that people bring their own chairs.

EnviroScience asked for permission to again harvest milfoil from our lake for reproduction of weevils in their laboratories returning the weevils taken later this summer and at locations where they are most needed.

Next Meeting Date: The next meeting of the Board is scheduled for June 10, 2008 at the Conference Center. Further meetings will be scheduled at that meeting.

Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 7:49 PM.

Doug Dorgan, Secretary