Lake Management Plan

by R.D. Gainar, CEBS LMC Chairman

For those of you who were unable to attend the Lake Depth Control Sub-Committee meeting on October 28, 2013 describing the Dredge Plan, you also missed a presentation and discussion of our Lake Management Plan. The following are highlights of the Lake Management Plan:

The first step of the Plan involved reorganizing the Lake Management Committee into separate groups to allow more residents to participate and to focus attention on phosphorus and nutrients, Read more

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March Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting

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

Members present include Dave Emick, Tim Langer, Gil Kendrac and Chairman Rick Gainar. Also present were Dell Rogers and Ed Baitt.

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

Items discussed:

  1. Rick Gainar described the development of the Lake Roaming Rock Data Base on which Walt Samson and Rick are currently working. It is an MS Excel spreadsheet containing all lake measurements and samples taken over the years. Read more
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Lake Depth Improvement Sub-Committee Workshop Report

spud-barge500px Workshop was open to the membership.

Guests were from Lake Erie Ship Repair & Fabrication, LLC of Jefferson, OH. Mr. Joseph Crane (President) and Mr. Justin Gee (Vice President) shared with us the history of the company and presented pictures of their past construction projects. This company was chosen by the committee and voted by the Board to accept their bid for a spud barge and 2 hopper barges for the Lake Dredging Project.

After the meeting, questions were Read more

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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 Read more
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Letter from Marty Hilovsky of EnviroScience

Dear Friends and Residents of Roaming Shores:

My name is Marty Hilovsky and I’m President of EnviroScience, a Stow Ohio environmental consulting firm. For the past ten years I’ve had the privilege of working for your community doing a variety of lake management studies and tasks.

I was asked to sit in on a public meeting held by the Association’s Lake Management Committee to discuss plans for dredging sections of the lake. There were a number of great questions Read more

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The Annual Fall Turnover Algae Bloom

by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS Chairman, LMC

Did anyone notice the huge algae bloom during the last week of October? That’s because the lake “turned over”. “Turnover” is an annual phenomenon in deep, stratified lakes like ours. Cold, dense water holds at the bottom of the lake during warm weather while lighter, warm water floats nearer the surface above it. The fuel that spikes the algae bloom is phosphorus, the primary enemy of good water quality. While there was Read more

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November Lake Management Committee Report

Lake Management Committee Report by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS Chairman, LMC

The Lake Depth Improvement Sub-Committee workshop meeting was held on October 28 in the Clubhouse to discuss the details of our Dredge Plan. Members of this committee made a formal presentation to approximately 75 residents in attendance that asked many good questions and commented on their concerns. The Committee’s slide presentation and handouts are currently available on our website for those who weren’t able to attend.

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November Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes

Lake Level Control Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes November 13, 2013

Members present include Gil Kendrac, Dave Flaum, Dave Emick, Todd Gress, and Chairman Rick Gainar. Also present was RRA Board Member Dell Rogers.

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

Items discussed: 1. Discussed the recent lake turnover event that occurred on or about 10/24/2013 and the subsequent algal bloom. O2 and temperature data collected on 10/4/2013, while the lake was still stratified, was compared to data Read more

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Sept & Oct Lake Mangement Committee Report

Lake Management Committee by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS Chairman, LMC

August and September were very busy months for the Lake Management Committee (LMC). As you may remember, three sub-committees were created in August in order to 1) attract more residents so that work on several complicated subjects can be done simultaneously, and 2) take advantage of the many professional disciplines our residents have to offer. Significant attention will be paid to water quality on the Lake Sediment Control Sub-Committee Read more

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Lake Depth Improvement Sub-Committee – Phase 1 Report

Phase 1 Report:

Preliminary Dredging Meetings

  • May
    • Grand Lake St. Marys: Shallow water State Lake in western Ohio currently undergoing a massive hydraulic dredging operation. Started in 1964.
    • Lake Lakengren: Private lake association in western Ohio currently undergoing a mechanical dredging operation. Met during OLCA (Ohio Lake Communities Association) conference.
  • June
    • Army Corp of Engineers: Met to learn which permits would be required for dredging.
    • EPA: Met to discuss dredging.
    • ODNR: Met to discuss dredging.
    • Roaming Shores Village: Met Read more
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