Lake Owassa Community Association

Board of Governors meeting

August 9, 2009

Meeting was held at 34 Bauer Road and was called to order 9:00 am by J. Roman.

Board Members present: K. Murphy, D. Miller, D. Bell, B. Batastini, A. Retz, B. Hope, and R. Earle

Also Present: T. Roman, J. Weintraub, J. Servidea, B. McDowell, S. Fischer, and S. Weissman.

Motion was made, seconded, and passed to accept the minutes.

Secretary’s report was presented with Bank and CD Balances in the amount of $94,002.78, and Fishing Club Balance of$ 4,779.48.

Paid Members to date are 260.

COMMITTEES

Recreation: Newsletter is out. The news letter has had a lack of information from committee members. The necessity of continuing with a newsletter was discussed, with the conclusion that it is a valuable tool to get information and proxies out to the membership. Many members do not have computers so we need hard copies. C. Berei and A. O’Connor have done a wonderful job with the newsletter, but perhaps we need to go back to a simpler format.

Water: Coliform results were discussed and the results are good. B. Batastini will test for total phosphorous on Monday.

Archives: B. McDowell looked at the archives to locate old minutes and said only a few spotty pieces of the minutes were there. J. Weintraub said that he has all the minutes from 1950’s up to August of 1990. J.Roman has minutes from 1995 until present. After some discussion it was decided that the minutes should be digitized and put in the safe deposit box. S. Weissman will take a small section of the minutes and try to digitize them. J.Weintraub will give the remainder to B. McDowell to put in the archives.

OLD BUSINESS

By-law Review: On Going

Les Holland Memorial: The plaque will be installed on next weekend by J. Gately. There was a discussion about an informal memorial on Echo Island. J. Roman will contact the immediate family to see what dates are good for them. The general population does not know about the memorial. We will decide in the future what date works best.

Hill Top Dock Application from 7/19/09: Adjoining neighbors of Deer park and Pond Lilly Paper Streets have requested certain documents from off lake dock applicants. The Board does not require most of the requested documents from any other lake members applying for a dock. We do request a drawing and explanation of any changes in topography of the lake’s edge in all applications, but not to scale. This is different since the off lake applicants do not own the paper streets they want to put docks on. Approval from neighbors is not something the board requires, but likes to have so neighbors can work things out in an amicable manner. We must weigh adjoining neighbor’s rights, as well as providing access for off lake members. Applicants and neighbors should appear at the September 19, 2009 Board Meeting to present any concerns and evidence of historical usage that they have. The secretary will look through off Lake Member’s folders for any documentation of their lake access. S. Weissman suggests that we should get as much history as we can before the next meeting.

Theuret Dock Application from 7/19/09: The water Bouncer was returned.

Budget: The proposed budget for FY-10 was presented by D. Miller. Conservatism was applied according to generally accepted accounting principles. We have a surplus this year due to reduction in taxes, and reduced spending in other areas.

Motion was made, seconded and passed to accept the budget as presented with the exception of an increase for weed treatment in the inlet.

Nominating Committee Report: The committee consisting of C. Doremus, B. McDowell, F. Grossman, and J. Weintraub (chair) have agreed on nominations to fill the three seats up for a vote at the August General Membership Meeting. The three year terms of D. Bell, D. Miller and B. Hope end August 31, 2009. D. Miller, and B. Hope, do not want to run for another term. The committee recommends D. Bell, D. Mintz, and J. Servidea for a three year term each. All three have agreed to accept.

Motion was made, seconded and passed to vote all proxies submitted to the secretary for the three members nominated by the committee.

Lazlo: K. Murphy expressed concern regarding exactly what actions will be taken with Mr. Lazlo’s boat in the future. There has been good intent in the past but the boat keeps sinking. J. Roman will send a letter N. Lazlo and his daughter reminding them to take all necessary precautions to keep boat from sinking. Another occurrence would result in a long term suspension of boating privileges.

Boehm: After more discussion on this recurring subject it was decided that no application was necessary.

Motion made, seconded and passed that the Boehm dock application be withdrawn due to revisions of the original plan. An application is not required since the dock was replaced with like and kind.

Tree removal: Scheduled for September.

Umbrella policy: Looking into coverage.

Dock Application: J. Roman will change wording of the dock application to include trampolines, or trampoline like surface will not be allowed.

Soil Conservation District: Work is on- going. B. McDowell will call Green Acres for a map showing property lines so we can decide how to best protect the beaver dam and control access to it. J. Weintraub, D. Mintz, B. McDowell, K. Murphy, and D. Miller will meet to work on this.

Kenning Boat: Model and serial numbers are missing from the motor. Transom bracket is for a 60HP not a 50HP. K. Murphy wrote a letter that needs to be sent to G. Kenning with a cover letter similar to the one sent to Pelligrino several years ago. A. Retz suggested that letter be sent to her grandson since she is very elderly, and he is the one who the boat is registered to and is the one who drives it. S. Fischer will alter the Pellegrino letter to accommodate k. Murphy’s suggestions and e-mail to J. roman to mail as a cover letter

NEW BUSINESS

Newsletter concerns: It was questioned that the newsletter is lacking in information. Should we go paperless? As discussed in the past, a lot of people are not on line. We will continue with the paper version.

Island Pine Trees: Te beavers are eating the trees on the Echo Island. T. Roman will wrap the trees.

General Meeting Prep: J. Servidea will head the proxy table with J. Weintraub assisting. Proxies will be voted by the president. If two Board members object, the proxies will be voted by majority of board members present.

Parisi: S. Weissman will send a letter to R. Parisi from the President that his removal of the beaver dam would require trespassing, and he would be subject to damages to Lake Owassa and Culvers Lake. Only B. McDowell, F. Grossman and T. Roman have permission to cross A. Miller’s’ property to clean flumes. No other LOCA member has permission to trespass. Property owners have stated that they will join with us to pursue trespassers. R. Parisi was told by Fish and Game he could remove a beaver dam if it was causing damage to his property, if it is on his property. We will continue to clean flumes regularly. B. McDowell suggests that we hire a trapper to trap some of the beavers. The committee will continue to work on this.

Snapping Turtles: J. Roman spoke to N. Burns about her Son’s friends trapping turtles. She was appalled and assured us it would stop.

Hilltop Meeting: All parties will be invited to appear at 10:30. This will be a mediated meeting allowing direct presentation to the Board their views and concerns.

It was brought to our attention that L.Ferraro is building a house to rent. We need to look at this carefully, since only 1 family can use a membership.

There being no more business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 11:08.

Respectfully submitted by S. Fischer, LOCA secretary/Treasurer