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Meeting called to order at 7:03 PM

Board Members Present: Del Shoopman, Lacy Minard, Cece Stramsak, Pat Betcher, Alex Nikora, Teresa Rolland

Guests: Doug Macha, Tom and Laurie Petts, Burns Rolland.

Minutes of Last Meeting: Cece Stramsak made a motion to accept the minutes from the last meeting and was seconded by Lacy Minard. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Lacy Minard made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and was seconded by Alex Nikora. Motion passed.

Special Events Reports:

A. Fishing Contest: John sent Cece the final report and checks will be mailed to the winners this week.

B. Halloween Party: Pam printed a report thanking everyone who helped out with the event and giving us the turnout. It was much better then last year and very fun!

C. Christmas Lights Contest: Derek was absent but the judging will take place December 15th between 7 and 10.

Beach/Pavilion Maintenance Report: Alex reported that everything is in and buttoned up for the winter.

Park Lot Maintenance: Everything is quiet on the lots. The fence on K Lot was not well received on the adjacent property. 500 walleye and 400 crappie were stocked in the lake.

Scouting Report: Teresa let us know that the Scouts had their Court of Honor at the park with a great turnout this year. They camped at Wolverine campground this fall. Coming up is a lock in at the rec center. The Scouts helped Alex with the picnic tables and buttoning up the park lot.

Barnes Lake Improvement Board: Burns informed us that it was $32K this year for lake spray expenses. The dredge project is wrapping up, there’s seed on Lot G and Oliver’s lot. Our Secci disk reports are back and the numbers are improving. The watershed study will be posted to the BLC website soon.

Old Business:

A. Lawsuit: Pat outlined the agreement between the Thompsons and the BLC. A brief overview is that he may use the driveway for egress only, and we will be paid a reparation amount within 6 months of the judgement. A complete outline of the overview will be posted at a later date after the settlement goes through.

B. Overview of the Agreement: A motion was made by Alex Nikora to have a new survey done of the park lot to mark the easement not to exceed $1400 and was seconded by Teresa Rolland. Motion passed.

C. Message Board: Derek was absent.

D. BLC Welcome Packet: Teresa and Dee are still working on it.

E. Park Lot Issues: The trees on E Lot will be removed when Steve is able, 3 60lb bags on stones were dropped on the culvert at G Lot, no work done on P Lot retaining wall yet.

F. Road Commission @ Lakeshore and Hillside: Storm work will be done at the corner but we still don’t have a lot of detail from the road commission.

G. Website Info Additions: The lost and found will be coming soon for spring. Deerfield Township will be amending it’s laws for vicious dogs in the future and we put the dog waste ordinance in the mailer. This spring will be a good time to launch an advertisement page on the website.

New Business:

A. Forest Place: Multiple lots are encroaching on Forest Place. Maintaining control of the drain and the health of the lot helps the lake. Burns would like to avoid another dredge since the last one was so difficult from start to finish. The road commission doesn’t have a record of ownership so the BLC will work on getting the deed, surveying the lot, and then send out encroachment letters. Davis will do the survey at a discounted cost to us. Alex Nikora made a motion to have the lot surveyed for $200, seconded by Teresa Rolland and the motion carried.

B. Broken Cameras: Some of the beach and pavilion cameras are failing and need to be replaced. Alex priced the cameras at around $230. Lacy Minard made a motion to buy new cameras with the cost not to exceed $250 and was seconded by Teresa Rolland. Motion passed.

Correspondence: none

Cece Stramsak made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Lacy Minard. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 8:13 PM.

The next meeting is April 5th, 2023 at the beach pavilion.

Respectfully submitted, Lacy Minard

Meeting called to order at 7:03 PM

Brian Menard led the meeting participants in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance

Introductions of Board Members and Guests present

Additions to Agenda

Moment of Silence for two residents who passed away

Minutes of the Last Meeting: Derek Morey made a motion to accept the minutes of the last meeting and was seconded by Brian Menard, all said “Aye”, motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Cece Stramsak presented. Brian Menard made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report and was seconded by Derek Morey and Teresa Rolland, all said “Aye”, motion carried.

Regarding the beach area, it will be closed as of 10/15/2022 and the buoys will be removed on 10/31/2022 by Alex Nikora. There may be an issue stocking fish in the Spring.

Regarding Park Lot K, the fence was erected and this was paid for by area community members.

There are 61 watercraft registered for 2023.

Park Lot E and the dead trees thereon was once again discussed and it was agreed that they should come down before Winter.

Park Lot G – Still experiencing the same issues with kids throwing the large stones into the water. Prevention measures were discussed.

The erosion of Park Lot P persists and has not yet been corrected.

The Boy Scouts reported, via Teresa Rolland, that the 1st camp at Morey Outpost was a great weekend. 4 Webelos joined, 4 Sunday night meetings have been held, one scout graduated to Eagle Scout and they’ve planned for a Tawas Point camp later this year.

Burns Rolland discussed the Barnes Lake Improvement Board topics: May stay with Clark for the lake spraying, Oliver’s land was leveled and the lot with the spoils from the dredging was as well. The ruts on G lot need to be restored. Pam added that she is still trying to get answers from the Road Commission regarding their near-future plans for the roads around the lake.

No other items were brought to discussion.

Motion to adjourn was made by Cece Stramsak, seconded by Brian Menard.

Meeting called to order at 7:03 PM

Board Members Present: Pam Reid, Del Shoopman, Lacy Minard, Cece Stramsak, Pat Betcher, Derek Morey, Brian Menard, Alex Nikora, Teresa Rolland

Board Members Present: Pam Reid, Del Shoopman, Lacy Minard, Cece Stramsak, Pat Betcher, Derek Morey, Brian Menard, Alex Nikora, Teresa Rolland

Guests: Scott and Theresa Herrick, Tom and Laurie Petts, Ed and Sue St. Pierre, Cory and Travis Compeau, Burns Rolland.

Additions to Agenda: We discussed adding a lost and found to the BLC website (everyone was in favor), people depositing dog waste into other people’s garbage cans or not picking it up in yards (we’ll put a notice in the Observer), and unsupervised kids causing damage to park lots.

Minutes of Last Meeting: Cece Stramsak made a motion to accept the minutes of the July meeting and was seconded by Derek Morey. Motion carried. There are no August minutes this year due to the meeting being canceled on account of the power outage.

Treasurer’s Report: Brian Menard made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and was seconded by Derek Morey. Motion passed.

Membership Update: We closed out the year with 220 members. Discussion ensued about how to garner more members.

Bills for Payment: Cece let us know there was a DTE bill for $70.24 and DeLong charged us $100.

Special Events Reports:

A. Coffee Hour: The next coffee hour is 9/17. Tom and Laurie Petts will be taking over for the Morey’s.

B. Beach Concert: The concert was a huge success. It was well attended and everyone had fun.

C. Barnes Lake Observer Summer/Fall: The articles are due September 12th. We will add a note about the lost and found and dog waste. Discussion ensued about whether to send this issue to everyone or only members. A roll call vote about where to send it resulted in a “nay” by all members of the board except for Dereck Morey who voted to send to everyone. There were more ideas shared about garnering new membership including welcome packets to all the new residents or a BOGO membership promotion.

D. Annual Picnic: This year’s picnic was up 13 guests and made $368 more than last year. It was a great event that was fun for everyone (minus the ridiculous heat). Pat took some great feedback from the attendees.

E. Halloween Party: Pam will begin calling around in October for volunteers. Since we scheduled around a lot of the other community events, we should have good attendance.

Beach/Pavilion Maintenance Report: The estimates we’ve gotten to fix the building are sky high so that’s an ongoing process. The gate has helped keep a large number of nonresidents out this summer. The ramp and dock were damaged by the barge used for dredging but the cement has been fixed and the dock will be soon.

Park Lot Maintenance: Alex reported that he’s been so grateful for the help on the park lots. Trees have fallen on G and M lot and have been taken care of. The trees on E lot have a quote from Steve Lovasz of $800 to remove. A motion was made to approve $800 to remove the two trees on E lot by Alex Nikora and was seconded by Lacy Minard. Motion carried.

Scouting Report: Teresa let us know that the Scouts had their Court of Honor in August. They’ll have a campout September 9-10 at the Morey’s. They’ve had 4 new Webelos attend the meetings and hope that they will crossover.

Barnes Lake Improvement Board: Burns informed us that we’ve had 4 sprays total this year. The purple loosestrife is still spreading and we need to take it out. In regards to the dredging, the bag burst on Oliver’s property and the damage was quite bad. The dredging company and insurance are currently sorting that out. The spoils from the dredge will be distributed back into the watershed at some properties around the lake. The rest of the dredge money will help restore Oliver’s yard. The cooperative lake management program will continue with more samples.

Correspondence: A thank you card from Bob Dismuke’s family

Old Business:

A. Lawsuit: We will find out tomorrow about the the trial dates.

New Business:

A. Free dues: Burns Rolland asked if we could as a club allow free dues for Oliver for the next 5 years since he’s been so accommodating about the use of his property for the dredge. Dereck Morey made a motion that the BLC pay for 5 years of dues for Oliver. A roll call vote ensued and it was unanimously voted through. Motion carried.

B. Road Commision: Questions were asked about what or when the road commission was going to work on the roads. Ray Hayes is still waiting on approval from the state. It was suggested that people can attend meetings at the township hall to get info and voice concerns.

Derek Morey made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Brian Menard. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 8:06 PM.

The next meeting is October 5th at the beach pavilion.

Respectfully submitted, Lacy Minard

Meeting called to order at 7:03 PM

Board Members Present: Pam Reid, Del Shoopman, Lacy Minard, Cece Stramsak, Pat Betcher, Derek Morey, Brian Menard, Alex Nikora, Teresa Rolland

Guests: Doug Macha, Burns Rolland, Deanna Hartwell.

Minutes of Last Meeting: Alex Nikora made a motion to accept the minutes of the last meeting and was seconded by Del Shoopman. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: We have 210 members to date. Deanna Hartwell and Teresa Rolland would like to help with getting welcome packets and information to new residents. Brian Menard made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report and was seconded by Pam Reid. Motion passed.

Bills for Payment: None

Special Events Reports:

• A. Coffee Hour: June 18^th was well attended. At the next coffee hour on July 16^th Derek will be looking for new volunteers to run coffee hour.
• B. Beach Concert: His band for July 16^th has a scheduling conflict so he’s looking for a new one. If not, another activity will be planned.
• C. July 4^th Weekend: 
  • Fireworks: Everyone agreed that the fireworks show was great and that there was less traffic on the lake this year. In 2023 the show will be on July 1^st and discussion took place about the rising cost of fireworks. Derek Morey made a motion to rebook with the same company as last year for the fireworks show and was seconded by Brian Menard. A roll call vote took place with all board members saying “Aye” and the motion passed.
  • Home Décor Contest: Del is going from 10 winners to 8 through default since 2 of the homes are not BLC members.
  • Bike Parade: Teresa reported that the only issue she has was people trying to launch boats at the start of the parade. At the beginning of the parade there were 5 kids and 7 adults but more joined in and at the end there were 13 kids. Lots of golf carts participated.
• D. Annual Meeting: Pam reviewed our outline for the annual meeting and we discussed setting up.
• E. Annual Picnic: Melinda Bradley and Carolyn Costello will take over the raffles. Pat and Alex will work together on set up and Linda Zukonik will organize volunteers. Pat’s daughter will run the kid’s games.

Beach/Pavilion Maintenance Report:  Alex shared suggestions on how to fix and stop the rot on the back wall of the building. He’s getting quotes on fixing the outside and is looking into steel siding for the walls.

Park Lot Maintenance:   On Park Lot K one of the neighbors has offered to put $300 towards a fence to keep the neighbor on the other side out. There has been a lot of conflict there this year and Alex is hoping that a fence will help. He will let us know once he gets a quote.

Barnes Lake Improvement Board:  Burns let us know that the dredge is scheduled to start tomorrow or Friday. They’ll start by laying the pipe this week. We will most likely have one more spray for weeds this year to keep them at bay.

Correspondence:  John Nowak reached out to the club wondering if there was someone he could rent a boat from on August 16 to the 18. Lacy Minard said she’d get back with him in the event she could help out.

Old Business:

• A. Lawsuit: August 19^th at 9 AM a meeting has been set up and we will have a date for the hearing.

New Business:

• A. Alcohol: Teresa brought up the concern that one of the houses was handing out alcohol during the bike parade. The club felt that since this was a private household that we weren’t sponsoring it wasn’t cause for alarm.
• Garage Sale: Brian brought up the low number of people that participated in the sale this year. Discussion ensued about ways to keep people informed about the events around the lake. We will work on putting up a bulletin board at the beach, adding QR codes to park lot signs, and look into who mans the Facebook page.

The Annual Meeting will be on July 9th, 2022 at 10 AM. The next monthly meeting will be on August 3^rd, 2022 at 7 PM

Derek Morey made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Del Shoopman. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 8:18 PM.

Respectfully submitted, Lacy Minard