Lawrence A. Brown Says:
We need to get a huge lawn sign campaign going. I’m talking about all around the lake and around the city. I’ll agree to pledge up to $1000 if I can get another 9 people to match my pledge.
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Board Meeting – June 5, 2008
Board Meeting – June 5, 2008
Agenda: Native Re-Vegetation, Bacteria Signage Devils Lake Plan.
Visitors: Raylene Erickson PADL Recording Secretary, Randy Weldon
Minutes: Mentions in Devils Lake Plan discussion that our lake is not a high priority for several years
Links: Complete Agenda, Complete Minutes
Agency Contacts
He listed contacts he has sent letters to seeking input and participation.
Septic tank revitalization. Part of the plan would be to provide for a septic tank program with inspections to identify failed systems and potentially obtain support to revitalize them with a revolving, low-income DEQ grant that individuals could apply for. He stated that about 30 to 50 percent of homes on the lake still have septic tanks. Discussion continued regarding the method of obtaining permission for inspections and other issues. Septic Tank Revitalization should remain in the plan, it was determined; however, the entity under whose auspices the monitoring and administering would be is an issue.
Total Maximum Daily Load Process.
In speaking with the DEQ, Robertson confirmed that Devils Lake is not on their immediate priority list; however, it could be in two or three years. They are currently involved in other coastal lakes. In order for the process to be easy, Robertson recommended following existing protocol. The plan would identify sources of nutrients and then create a management plan to reduce them. Model what was done previously, and then attempt to improve the process. This might include modeling software, finding septic tanks and basically analyzing the lake.
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Board Meeting – May 1, 2008
Board Meeting – May 1, 2008
Agenda: Devils Lake Plan, Budget
Visitors : Bill Sexton, Raylene Erickson PADL Recording Secretary, Tom Moore
Budget Committee: Mitchell Moore, Doug Pirie
Minutes: Budget committee discussion a couple of brief comments on SolarBees.
Links: Complete Agenda, Complete Minutes
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Board Meeting – April 3, 2008
Board Meeting – April 3, 2008
Agenda: Native Re-Vegetation, Cynobacteria Monitoring Program
Visitors: Ursula Sperry from DSL, Raylene Erickson-PADL Recording Secretary, Kerry Richards, Property Owner
Minutes: Discussion about the Devils Lake Plan suggest that it needs to cover more than just SolarBees. A board members suggests that they would need to determine after the SolarBee installation if they had any impact on controlling vegetation.
Links: Complete Agenda, Complete Minutes
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Board Meeting – March 6, 2008
Board Meeting – March 6, 2008
Agenda: Native Re-Vegetation
Visitors: Doug Pirie, Don Sell, Ursula Sperry from DSL, Kevin Erickson
Minutes: In the discussion related to Native Re-Vegetation Jack Strayer said the Board might want to consider the fact that SolarBees might not control the weeds, unless the SolarBee people can produce a study to that effect. They might be more beneficial for controlling cyanobacteria.
Links: Complete Agenda, Complete Minutes
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Special Meeting – February 17, 2008
Special Meeting – February 17, 2007
Agenda: No Agenda is available Titled Goal Setting Workshop
Visitors : None
Minutes: A goal setting meeting that includes items such as; Write press releases for the local newspapers that will lay the groundwork for the public to accept the need for the District to do something about the cyanobacteria and the weed control, i.e., SolarBees. Request a SolarBees brochure from Mr. Eilers that will enable the District to “sell” the idea of their purchase and installation to the public, then all other entities who need to approve the installation. Considerable discussion about SolarBees, minutes are a transcript and make interesting reading.
Links: Complete Agenda, Complete Minutes
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Filed under DLWID, Meeting Reports
