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Monday, July 19, 2010 Community Building Karen Dixon, President, called the meeting of the MWLA Board to order at 9:39 a.m. Members present: Karen Dixon, Marilyn Gabert, Greg Holt, Jack King, Tom Joseph, Jim Banovetz, Fred Theisen, Merry Perkins, Eleanor Butler Members absent: Bob Becker, Jim Reichert, Jean Rein Guest: Barry Hopkins Approval of Agenda Motion made by Merry, second by Jim B. to accept the agenda as presented. Motion passed. Approval of Minutes Motion made by Jim B, second by Merry to accept the minutes of the June 21, 2010 meeting with stated corrections. Motion passed. Approval of Financial Report Motion made by Fred, second by Merry to accept the financial report. Motion passed. Adopt 2010 –11 Budget – Discussion on new budget. Administrative committee will fine tune it one more time and present at the Annual Meeting. Correspondence - 6-18-10 received letter from Manson Insurance re: FBI Investigation - 7-13-10 received letter from Bob Kovar re: water levels - 7-14-10 sent letter and check to Leif Williams re: NLES Outdoor Education Program funding ($690.00) - July – received several emails asking for information about water levels (Mark Collar, Mark Dolan, Matt Dahlquist, Steve Roecklein) – answered by Karen and/or Jack Old Business Papoose update – Barry reported that Kevin Gauthier will be in town August 3 to look at Papoose Bay. February 1 is the deadline for the grant to help clean up Papoose Bay. The Papoose Bay Association hopes to use the company Onterra with Jim Hayman. They will need a letter from the MWLA stating we will be the fiduciary for the grant money. AIS guides – Invasive Species Field Guides were donated around town – 10 copies to Discovery Center, 3 copies to the library, 1 is on display at the Chamber and 5 are at Enzymes for potential buyers. We also plan to donate some to NLES. Colorama donation – Marilyn delivered a check to Rita Mazur at Blue Bayou for $150.00 for Relay for Life for use of her pier and facility for our Colorama pontoon rides. Rita was very appreciative. New Business Expenditures – Motion by Fred, second by Merry to donate $250 to the Fire Dept for their help with the 4th of July trout pond, $150 to the library for use of the conference room for our meeting space, and $60 for an ad in the Musky Classic flyer. Motion passed. Memorial – Motion by Karen, second by Fred to donate $100 to the library as a memorial for Ken Jastrab. Wild Rice Lake problem – This was a pre-meeting discussion. Jim B. brought photos of the massive amounts of Elodea and Coontail that have washed up on their shoreline. He will try to seek help from the DNR. Jack King – announced that he is resigning from his position on the Board as Immediate Past President. Committee Reports: Public Communications Public Communications Coordinator – There was discussion on who will take over Julie King’s duties, with webpage info, emails and newsletters. Motion made by Jack to contract with Scot Bertz at webworklife. The motion died having no second. Motion by Merry, second by Greg to pay our current webmaster, Jeff Bolander, and continue to use his service for our web page, get an ad hoc committee together to go over the material Karen has on webpage designers and make a recommendation to the Board at a later meeting. Motion passed with Jack in opposition. Ad hoc committee – members Karen, Merry, Greg, and Julie, chosen to make recommendation to Board on a web designer. Newsletter – Was sent out on June 25 with membership renewal forms. Community Outreach: July 4th – T-shirt sales were $726 on the 4th of July. There was discussion on whether we want to continue to provide the trout pond for children, it takes a lot of people power and costs a lot of money. Karen will talk to Jodi about the possibility of applying some room tax money towards next year’s trout pond. Annual Meeting Planning – Karen passed out a worksheet and we reviewed everything we need for our Annual Meeting on Saturday, July 31. Saturday morning set up – Fred, Greg, Marilyn, Karen, Bill, Merry. Tom will pick up the sound system from Discovery Center. Julie will take care of all the advertising – posters, ads, paper, TV. Fred is taking care of all the food. Barb LaPorte will donate ¼ barrel of beer and give us the wine at cost. Barry said if we run out of singles and fives, we could get some from him at the Pea Patch. We found out that if we are giving away beer and wine rather than selling it, we don’t need a picnic license. Water Ecology and Safety: Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Tom reported that Amber Gray is the new AIS coordinator. She was a naturalist in New York. They’ve hired Ryan Rashkey to do Clean Boats, Clean Water (CBCW) boat landing monitoring. However, we are still behind on our CBCW hours to apply towards the grant. So, please consider volunteering. We will also check to see if the Musky Classic boat landing workers can get training and log in their hours for CBCW. Amber will be available at our Annual meeting. Tom handed out a “captain, crew and volunteer” list for lake monitoring. On August 3 there will be a meeting at 1:00 pm at Discovery Center with Kevin Gauthier from the DNR. At 2:00 pm they will talk with Kevin about Papoose Bay. Tom and Karen will attend. Fred and Jim B. may be able to attend. Curly Leaf Pond Weed has been found in two locations, one on Island Lake in the bay marked by a milk jug and one in Rice Creek by the eagle’s nest. Tom brought a sample to help us with identification. It’s a good time to look for Purple Loosestrife as it’s in bloom right now. Tom or Amber will take up to 7 volunteers out on the Discovery Center pontoon to help train for monitoring the lakes. Fawn Lake and Stone Lake still need captains. August 4 is an all day Lake Steward workshop at the Lake of the Torches Casino. Karen, Tom, and Greg will attend. Tom will check with Julie about the possibility of sending out an email alert regarding AIS in Island Lake and asking again for volunteers for boat monitoring and lake monitoring. Administrative Government Relations Rest Lake Dam – Jack reported that the DNR’s Environmental Assessment will not come out until late summer of 2011. With the amount of rain we’ve had, the level of the water above the dam is now 8’6” and there is water over the docks below the dam. We received a letter from Bob Kovar in regard to the dam. There was a response from Jack and Greg. Karen will respond to Bob’s letter. Greg handed out a draft resolution to the MCDF. We will take it home to digest and continue discussion at our next meeting. Plan Commission –Town Board – There was no PC meeting. The Town Board announced that the MWLA found Curly Leaf Pond Weed in Island Lake. They are waiting for the engineering report for the bike trail, but think they might get the grant. Next Meeting - The MWLA will meet on Monday, August 23 at 9:30 a.m. at the Library. Motion by Tom second by Merry, to adjourn the meeting at 11:45 a.m. Motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Marilyn Gabert, Secretary For more information about the MWLA or to join the MWLA: MWLA
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