ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

JULY 28, 07

OSPREY LAKE P ROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION

 

 

  1. MEMBERS PRESENT: WAYNE/CAROLE DANNEHL, BOB/BIRGITTA PELLANT, RICHARD/CAROL KNAUEL, DON/MILLIE SWANSON, DARON SANDBERG, BRIAN FOLLETT, PJ SCHAEFER.  GUESTS: BRIAN SWANSON, ED AND KAREN DELAPORTE

 

  1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:15PM.

 

  1. ITEMS DISCUSSED

 

    1. DON SWANSON MOVED WE ELECT THE SAME OFFICERS AS THE PAST YEARS…MOTION CARRIED…PRESIDENT WAYNE DANNEHL, VP PJ SCHAEFER, SEC/TREAS BOB PELLANT.

 

    1. CURRENT BUDGET BALANCE IS $1719. 36. WE PAID $750 FOR WALLEYES TO THE LCO AND $1350 TO SAWYER COUNTY AS OUT PART OF THE MILFOIL ERADICATION THIS SPRING. THE DNR HAS ABOUT $2000 LEFT IN THE GRANT AND WE HAVE $1200 IN MILFOIL FUNDS IN THE TOTAL.

 

    1. ABOUT 8 ACRES IN 06 AND 6 ACRES IN 07 WERE TREATED FOR MILFOIL.  A HANDOUT FROM KRISTI MAKI,  SHOWING TREATED AREAS,   WAS DISTRIBUTED.  PJ EXPLAINED SOME OF THE PAGES.  HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM CALLAHAN LAKE OWNERS WHO SENT HIM INFO REGARDING MAKING OUR POA MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR TAX DEDUCTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO MILFOIL CONTROL FUND.

 

    1. PJ REPORTED THAT IN ORDER FOR OUR MILFOIL GRANT TO BE RENEWED, A PLANT SURVEY MUST BE DONE.  THIS WAS DONE LAST SUMMER SO WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT.

 

    1. REZONE FOR NORTH END OF LAKE.  THOMPSON/SWANN ASKED THAT THE APPLICATION BE TABLED UNTIL SEPT 18, 07 AND THEY WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES.  WAYNE WILL NOTIFY MEMBERS AS SOON AS THE NEW PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED. IF HIS PROPOSAL GOES THROUGH IT WILL INCREASE THE # OF LOTS TO 70 AND HE WANTS TO PUT IN 35 BOAT SLIPS.

 

    1. CAROLE GAVE A REPORT ON THE ROUND  LAKE WATERSHED STUDY WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME.  TWO OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY CONSERVATION DEPT ON AUG 6.  THE LCO TRIBAL BOARD WILL MEET AND MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.  CAROLE WILL ATTEND TO GIVE OSPREY LAKE POA PERSPECTIVE. ALL WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNTY BOARD SOON.  WE WILL SUBMIT A LETTER ASKING THAT THEY SHOULD “LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE.”

 

    1. CAROL K. ASKED ABOUT SETTING LIMITS FOR JET SKIS, ETC.  IT WAS DECIDED THAT NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THIS TIME.

 

    1. PJ EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO THE VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA  (VHS) PROBLEM IN FISH, WALLEYES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR STOCKING THIS YEAR.  HE SUGGESTED THAT IF OUTHER LAKES DON’T PURSUE STOCKING, THE TRIBE’S SUPPLY WILL BE SO GREAT THERE IS A POSSIBLITY OF BUYING THEM AT A CHEAPER RATE.  VHS DOES NOT AFFECT HUMANS, BUT WOULD KILL ANY FISH –IT COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR ANY LAKE WHERE IT TOOK HOLD.

 

MEETING ADJOURNED….If you have additions or corrections to these minutes, let us know.

 

Letter to be sent to Land and Water Conservation Dept. for their meeting:

 

Sawyer County Land and Water Conservation Dept.:

       Re:  August 6, 2007 meeting  to consider Round Lake Watershed Management Plan Options. 

 

The Osprey Lake Property Owners urge that any plan for the Round Lake Watershed reflect natural conditions and require minimal management.  We are opposed to any dredging of Osprey Creek below the Carlson Rd dam and any large-scale removal of beaver dams below Osprey Lake.

 

Wayne Dannehl, President