President’s Report:: The $6,000 Community Grant to MLIF to care for the lake was approved.
Committee Reports:
Fundraising: The new fundraising letters will be going out soon.
Stormwater Drainage Project (SDP): The additional money to complete the Third Lane Stream Restoration Project was approved with the Town referendum in May. The project will begin later this summer.
Egg Addling: Four goos eggs were addled.
Drawdown and Spillway: The drawdown worked as expected. The tarp was then pulled up before the herbicide treatment as per our permit.
Lake Management:
* The CT Lake Survey took place May 24 and 25, 2016.
* The lake was treated by Pond and Lake Connection (PLC) on 5/26. Our permit applications were submitted to the State on 12/23/15 but the permits were only received on 5/23/16.
* We have a major concern about the lateness that MLIF (and our management company PLC) receives its treatment permits. This is the third consecutive year we have had a major problem. We really need to be treating the nuisance aquatic weeds in late April – we were a month late again this year, increasing the biomass at the bottom of the lake. Neighboring lakes received their permits in a timely manner. The Board discussed actions to expedite the permits.
