MEETING MINUTES - March 2021
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TENMILE LAKES ASSOCIATION MEETING 03/03/2021
Online Zoom Meeting, Start Time: 6 pm
ATTENDEES
Alan Whitney, Debbie Newman, Greta Krost, Renee Towan, Jim Towan, Blume Bauer
AGENDA
Minutes from February 2021
● Minutes approved
President’s Report
• To be discussed later in the meeting
Vice President’s Report
● Absent
Secretary’s Report
● Thank you Blume for taking notes at February meeting!
Member at Large Report
● Absent
TLBP Report
• Waiting for update on lake aeration project. Formal requests are being put in. Nothing new from last meeting.
• Acquisition of wetlands – Still pending.
Outreach Committee
• Earth Day clean up, presume a barge on N and S Lake and Wulfy Beach – First weekend in May.
o Jim will reach out to Julie to find out when she will be back and other details.
o Renee will reach out to Mike Mader of Wulfy Beach Clean up
o Renee will reach out to the Riders Association in Lakeside, who may want to help with clean up.
• Large of item pick up – Likely in Aug, because we can social distance.
• July 4, 2021 - unsure
o Suggestion for raising money for Fireworks. Go to main Lakeside business and reach out to people (social media and word of mouth).
Membership Report
• Should we make a contributing member vs non-contributing member?
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• The difficulty is that we do not have a membership officer to no keep track of memberships/paid/reminders. Blume and John have a spreadsheet that the last membership officer. Membership Officer is responsible Recruitment/payments/email reminders.
• Bi-laws – a member does not have to pay to be a member, therefore people in the facebook group can be counted as members.
• Table motion to approve/disapprove paid memberships.
o Jim will talk to John and Blume about membership spreadsheet.
o Greta will ask about automation/database.
Old Business
Tenmile Creek Restoration: Functioning
Algae Report – TLBP may do another check.
Lake Gauge Report
• Today 11.7’ 3/03/2021, for comparison 10.5’ 3/13/2020
Life Jacket Station at County Docks
• Renee/Alan discussed TLA designing and building the structure using existing posts. Must get Marine Board and County approval. Renee said getting grant money was a more complicated process.
Wake Signs
• Asking Tribe if TLA can put wake signs on their property on N Lake. (Old Easter Seals Camp).
• Osprey, N Lake, Ringos, County Docks have been given signs.
• Jim talked to Lake Sherriff and he recommended putting the signs up in the canal posts.
• Alan will get more signs.
New Business
• No new business.
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Treasurer’s Report - submitted by Debbie Newman, treasurer TLA expenses:
expenses: none
expenses: none
income:
income:
dues 97.50(paypal gets 2.50)
dues 97.50(paypal gets 2.50)
donation 293.10 (
donation 293.10 (paypal gets 6.90)paypal gets 6.90)
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total income: 390.60
total income: 390.60
balance in checking acct:42,695.85
balance in checking acct:42,695.85
balance in savings acct: 1.00
balance in savings acct: 1.00
cash on hand: 49.67
cash on hand: 49.67
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total:
total: 42,746.5242,746.52
total donations for creek restoration: 80,445.26
total donations for creek restoration: 80,445.26
raffle tickets : 630.00
raffle tickets : 630.00
total expenses for creek restoration: 53,289.90
total expenses for creek restoration: 53,289.90
total donated for 2021 fireworks: 3208.81
total donated for 2021 fireworks: 3208.81
submitted by Debbie Newman, treasurer TLA
submitted by Debbie Newman, treasurer TLA