Long & Crooked Lakes Association Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, June 8, 2015

 

 

Present

Greg Koenigs, President

Judie Manea, Vice-President

Dan Torgersen, Secretary/Treasurer

Doug Kantor, Webmaster

Jim Sorenson, Immediate Past President

Bob Payne:  Environmental Director

 

Absent:

Brian Nickolauson, Lake Management Plan Director

 

 

1.        Membership on the Board

a.       Greg Koenigs will not run for re-election.  He will contact some people to see if they would be willing to become President.

b.      Dan Torgersen will run for re-election as Secretary/Treasurer.

 

2.       Web Hosting Renewal

a.       Doug said Web Hosting renewal, due 7/14/3015 is $83.88.

b.      Domain registration, due March 2016, is $17.99

c.       Board approved the expenditure.

d.      Doug also offered to set up a Facebook account and a Twitter account.  Board approved this action.

e.      Doug may want to note these actions at the Annual Meeting.

 

3.       Water Clarity

a.       Ken takes water clarity readings.  Greg will ask that he make a report at the Annual Meeting.

 

4.       Slot Limits

a.       Slot limits for Bass only are in effect currently but will expire at the end of 2015.  We have three options:

                                                               i.      Do nothing and they will expire.

                                                             ii.      Renew for 10 years.  This will require a Public Meeting (the Lake Association Meeting does not qualify as a Public Meeting) which will be called by the DNR Department of Fisheries.  The contact person is Joe Stewig, phone 763-675-3301, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

                                                            iii.      Renew in perpetuity.  This also would require a Public Meeting.   If this were done, a decision to abolish the slot limit could be done at any time.

b.      Bob Payne will make a presentation at the Annual Meeting.

 

5.       Water Levels

a.       The Ordinary High Water Mark is 975.5 feet.

b.      At the 2014 Annual Meeting, a proposal was made to have a member of the Board contact the DNR and get their recommendation as to what the lake level should be and when to post and take down No Wake signs.  This was done.  The DNR will make no recommendation about when a No Wake advisory sign be posted or taken down.

c.       The lake level today is 0.24” above the Ordinary High Water Level (OHW).  The highest level to date in 2015 was 6.96” above the OHW.

d.      After discussion, the Board approved a proposal to be presented by Greg at the Annual Meeting that when the lake level is 10” or more above OHW, the No Wake advisory sign will be posted.  When the lake level falls back to 6” or less above the OHW, the No Wake Advisory sign will be taken down.

 

6.       Long Lake Outlet

a.       The beavers have been back.  Dan and Dave Weeres have taken the dam down twice.  Dave hired a trapper who got the necessary DNR trapping permit.  He was unsuccessful because someone sprung the traps.  The trapper tried this over a 10 – 14 day period and the traps kept getting sprung.

b.      Dave contacted Brian Mies, the DNR Conversation Officer (320-398-8000, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).  Brian was quite upset since this is illegal.  He said he was going to interview property owners next to and near the outlet and ask for their help in catching the person.

 

7.       Acquatic Invasive Species

a.       Jerry Finch sent out information on the Stearns County Acquatic Invasive Species project.

b.      It was the opinion of the Board that the two lakes are not big enough to warrant action.  Further, there is no problem currently.

c.       Bob Payne may want to address this at the Annual Meeting.

 

8.       New Outlet for Long Lake

a.       The initiative to create a second outlet for Long Lake that was discussed at the 2014 Lake Association Meeting is dead. 

b.      Greg will bring this up at the Annual Meeting, but no action is required.

 

9.       Dues

a.       Current checking account balance is $4,694.44.  Expenditures over the past 5 years have averaged $335.  Expenditures YTD 2015 are $48.

b.      Dues have been $20 per household since at least 2010.

c.       Board decided to keep dues at $20.00 per household.

 

10.   Annual Meeting.  The 2015 Annual Meeting will be at 4:30 pm on Sunday, July 12, 2015 and will be held on the Koenigs’/Steinkraus beach.

a.       Ann and Julie will distribute flyers announcing the meeting.

 

11.   The meeting was adjourned at 9:01 pm.

 

 

Submitted by Dan Torgersen