February Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting

Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes
February 12, 2014

Members present include Walt Samson, Tim Langer, Todd Gress and Chairman Rick Gainar.

Meeting called to order at 2PM at the Association Office.

Items discussed:

1. Discussion of Walt’s early work on a project to create a database for all lake measurements and samples taken over the years. Walt advises that the MS Excel spreadsheet is large and unwieldy and will require adjustments for samples captured in the past versus the future. A copy of Walt’s “Lake Roaming Rock Compendium of Lake Sampling Readings” was provided for review.
2. Grand Lake St. Mary’s restoration activities as they pertain to internal release of phosphorus were discussed. Chemical treatment is primarily used to reduce phosphorus in order to bring the lake under control. Controlling nutrients in the watershed is their long-term goal. Dredging is employed at a rate of <1% of the lake per year solely to improve the depth in waterways for safe-boating.
3. The recent closing of our lake drain was ordered by the Village in order to prevent the ice from coming into contact with the sewage pipe that crosses a shallow cove. Unfortunately, this brings to an end our plan to remove as much high phosphorus water after the fall mixing as possible.

Our next meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 2:00PM. Our regular meeting date is the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Association Office so mark your calendars!

Meeting was adjourned at 3:30PM

by RD Gainar on December 13, 2013