JLPOA Board Plans Summer Fun, Continues Work on Protecting the Lake


The board of the Johnson Lake Property Owners Association met on May 5th. Click "Read More" to read the minutes from the meeting.

JOHNSON LAKE BOARD MEETING
MAY 5TH, 2007


The meeting was called to order by President, John Okerstrom at 9:10 AM. The meeting was held at Lois and Roy Hansen’s. In attendance were Linda Satorius, Fred Weber, Bob and Carol Polkinghorn, Randy Wick, Linda Parish, Sharon Okerstrom, Dick and Joan Golding and Roy and Lois Hansen. Dan Young was absent.

Summer activities were discussed. Should we have a picnic, social gathering, etc. Pot lucks were vetoed, social gatherings were agreed upon. Joan Golding volunteered to chair the committee to look into venues and dates. Lois Hansen and Linda Parish agreed to be on the committee.

The 4th of July parade all agreed we should have. Mel Paulson should lead it, if he doesn’t want to, John Okerstrom will.

We need to form a nominating committee for new Board members. Bob Polkinghorn, Joan Golding, Linda Satorius and Fred Weber’s terms are up. Linda Satorius agreed to chair this committee. We all are to email her names of people we think should be nominated, after asking them if they would like to run. The names should be presented at the Annual Meeting on June 2nd to be voted upon.

Sharon Okerstrom reported on the results of the fund raising questionaire. It appeared that most people liked the embroidered T-shirt with the loon and Johnson Lake on it. The screen printed one is an option too. Jeri Slachta had agreed to make them for us (the embroidered ones) at a cost to us of approximately $7.50 per shirt. A hooded sweatshirt was mentioned too. Sharon also said she would check with her son, Norm, about having beer and wine glasses and mugs also. Jeri will be on Sharon’s committee. Orders will be taken at our Annual Meeting, June 2nd.

Renae Paulson, our new Forest Ranger, would like to make a very short presentation at our Annual Meeting, speaking about wild fire threats, etc. The Board agreed it would be a good idea, John will contact her.

Bob Polkinghorn made a motion to raise our dues from $10.00 per year to $20.00. Randy Wick seconded. It passed unanimously. Dick Golding prepared an article for approval to raise our dues from $10.00 per year to $20.00 to be put in our Spring newsletter. The motion will be voted on at our Annual Meeting.

The newsletter needs to get out really quickly. Articles should be sent to Carol ASAP. Linda Parish will ask the Aune’s if they would do the”Getting to Know You” one.

We need to have 2 people at the landing at busy times (to be researched) to educate people on keeping their boats free from weeds, and also showing them the kinds of things we want to keep out of our lake. The Clean Boats, Clean Water Program of the DNR has now taken over what we started—getting a grant to help fund the monitor at the access. We are only the second lake to get a monitor with many following our example. There are also questions we are supposed to ask, what kind of motor, what lakes do they fish, etc. All this information will be used by the DNR to better support our lakes. We also have to have a minimum of 70 volunteer hours to qualify for the grant. Any hours you use for work for Johnson Lake should be reported to John Okerstrom to be submitted. A chair did not come forward. Randy Wick said that he couldn’t chair this committee this year but would each and every year hence. Frank Albarado was mentioned as being instrumental in getting volunteers at Devil’s Lake access. John will ask him to come to our lake and speak to us on the best way to get volunteers and what they should do.

Fred Weber reported on the Over-flight. He was here when it was done—the passes were between 500 to 1000 feet. The results showed nothing really suprising. We have slides and a CD plus a notebook of pictures and what problems there are on each site. He suggested we provide “ground truthing”—on site checking of concerns-also helping with suggestions.

Also found: set backs were too close, possible wetland fill, insuffient green plants in the water, too many impervious areas, We need to develop storm water management (rain gardens, rain barrels, downspouts on gutters), make berms, and he suggested bringing in muskrats and beavers (which did not go well with the Board).

Fred was disappointed with the report, thought there would be more in it, we do need to ask Alan about how we can pin point leaking septic systems and people dumping gray water.

Roy Hansen introduced the monitor system at the access. In fact we were able to see a boat launching at our access during the meeting. The monitor is working, there will need to be a few changes in its operation as Eric Lindberg is modifying the circuit board that runs the monitor. Currently the camera is on all the time on weekend days and only a few selected hours during the week. The battery will run down if the camera is on all of the time. Eric hopes to have the circuit next week that will turn the camera on only when there is a boat being launched or picked up. Other future modifications include the addition of a light so night launches can be captured. Eric has found that high speed DSL is required to upload the video to his server. Roy has low speed DSL but it will cost $25.00 more a month to get the high speed. The Board voted to pay the Hansen’s $25.00 a month, not to exceed $300.00 a year for the use of their DSL. There will be 2 signs at the launch that will explain the function of the monitor. One has been designed by the committee that is working with the DNR grant and the other needs to be designed by the Guardian task force. The Guardian task force needs to meet and determine what the sign will say.

We also need a disposal system. Should we get a garbage can, bury it and put a grate on top so only small weeds can fit through?

Roy Hansen said that he got a 13 ½ foot secci reading last week. Much better than last Fall.

John thanked Bob Polkinghorn, Roy Hansen and Dick Golding for all their help with this project—it was quite a feat getting it in and working by fishing opener!

The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 AM.

Respectfully submitted,



Joan Golding, Acting Secretary for Dan Young

P.S. Lois Hansen, Treasurer, reported after the meeting that we have 65 paid members out of 118 members.

There is $1,105.81 in the General Account and
$5,664.12 in the Guardian Account

Posted: Fri - May 11, 2007 at 07:54 AM      

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