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2014 - Archibald Lake Association

Annual Meeting

6/28/14 1Townsend Town Hall

Welcome to the

Archibald Lake Association

2014 Annual Meeting

We are All Keepers of Archibald Lake


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Agenda Saturday June 28, 2014 9:30am

1. Welcome / Call to Order/Summary of Meeting / Update on Constitution,

Lake District, Fishing Committees - Dick Rankin, President

2. Minutes - Kathy Wiggins, Secretary (Summary in Handouts),

3. Treasurer’s Report (Including future projections): Steve Fleming, Treasurer

(Full report in handout)

4. Membership Report – Betsy Nock

5. Volunteer Opportunities – Betsy Nock / Kathy Wiggins

6. Board Elections – Dick Rankin

7. 2014 Summer EWM / FR Update & Plans – Steve Fleming

8. Social Events for 2014 – Betsy Nock

9. Introductions - Amanda Strick, County AIS Coordinator

10. Additional New Business/Questions/Concerns /Summary- Dick Rankin

11. Motion to Adjourn – Dick Rankin


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Welcome / Call to Order – Dick Rankin

Welcome to the Archibald Lake Annual Meeting for 2014!

• THANK YOU for sharing your time & interest in Archibald Lake!

• Objective today -- share information, make decisions, hear your thoughts /

concerns

• Archi Times and website (www.archibaldlake.com) contain many regular

topics – we won’t cover them here (ie: CB/CW, Adopt-a-Shoreline, Social, Fund

Raising…).

• Elections – 3 board members leaving. Consider self-nomination. We need

good people!

Note: Please save your questions and comments until the end of each topic.

http://www.archibaldlake.com/


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2013 Annual Meeting Minutes Summary– Kathy Wiggins

Full minutes are in your handout

• Original $20,000 EWM grant has been spent

• Board elections: Richard Dvorak, Mark Hesselink, Brandon

Harter

• Constitution change proposal tabled; committee formed

• Lake District investigation committee formed

• EWM manual removal program successful

• Flowering rush treatments resumed

• WDNR fishing report presented

• Fishing projects and fisheree discussed

Discussion / Motion to Approve the Minutes?


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Treasurer’s Report – Steve Fleming

More budget information is in the handout

2013 Income & Expenses (2013 Year End Balance = $17,047)

• Income - $8,482 ($4,443 dues, $4,029 from fund raising)

• Expense - $2,402 (Picnic, printing/mailing, conventions, memberships, etc)

• All Flowering Rush expense offset by WDNR Grant ($6,259)

• $11,772 EWM expense due to grant running out (Survey/Chemical Treatment)

2014 Budgeted Income/Expense (Current = $21,414)

• Estimated Income - $23,591 (Includes $13,446 EWM/FR grant payment)

• Estimated Expense - $20,636 (Includes $13,446 EWM/FR expenses)

• Estimated 2013 year end balance - $20,005

• We are back on track to bring in more than we spend!

Discussion / Motion to Approve the Budget?


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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Year-end ALA Balance

Assumptions• Starting Balance at the end of 2013 - $17,047

• Anticipated Yearly EWM Expenses - $7,400

• Anticipated Yearly Flowering Rush Expenses - $7,300

• Remaining on EWM Grant - $20,000

• Remaining on FR Grant - $21,388


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2014 Membership Report – Betsy Nock

2013 Membership 154

2014 Membership 155

Welcoming Our New Members

Brad Orr and Diane Conde

Scott Dercks

Kristy Hall

Peter Orr

Tonya Herman and Randy Orth

Mark Stumpf


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HELP WANTED

Job Description: Volunteer

Experience Needed: None, we will train you.

Length of Assignment: Short Term Commitments

You can choose the level of involvement

Benefits: Families can work together

Self satisfaction guaranteed

Meet new people

Great Volunteer party

We Are All Keepers of Archibald Lake

Be a Star Volunteer.


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Board of Directors Elections – Dick Rankin

The two members whose terms end have decided to leave the board:

Steve Fleming and Dick Rankin

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

TIME and CONTRIBUTIONS!!!

Current Member whose term ends:

• Steve Wagner

Current volunteers:

• Kevin Springob

• Joyce Warnacut

Volunteers from the floor?

Terms are for 3 years.

VOTE


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EWM– Steve Fleming

Status

• EWM is back at a manageable level

• We received an additional $20,000 WDNR grant

• 2013 survey did a great job of finding EWM

• 2013 chemical treatment and manual removal were very effective

• Following three pages show three maps of where we were one year

ago to where we are now.


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EWM– Steve Fleming

EWM at the Beginning of 2013

Large Areas Were Chemically Treated, Small Areas Were Manually Removed


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EWM – Steve Fleming


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EWM – Steve Fleming


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EWM Plan for 2014 & Lessons Learned – Steve Fleming

1. It all starts with finding the plants

• New survey company, Onterra, provides a more thorough

survey and better technology. Three surveys per year.

1. Pretreatment

2. Early Summer

3. Peak Biomass in late Summer.

• Adopt a Shoreline remains critical

2. For small colonies – manually remove

3. For colonies that cannot be manually removed, chemically treat

We treated / manually removed all known EWM locations in June, 2014


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Thanks you very much for all those who volunteer!

EWM Management is ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES!

It is here to stay….we need to manage it!

We are sure there is more EWM than is shown on the map

• Learn to identify EWM!

• If people are working around your dock removing plants,

offer to help. Offer to help carry away plants if nothing

else.

• Get involved!

We continue to learn!!

EWM Manual Removal


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Flowering Rush – Steve Fleming

Goal: Do research to find method for managing flowering rush.

Once found, utilize the method throughout Archibald Lake

Accomplishments

• 2011 – Did chemical trials with two chemicals (Renovate Max G and

Aquathol K).

• 2012 results: Renovate Max G saw a 59% reduction in plant

density. Aquathol K, no significant reduction

• 2013 – Repeated trials with larger areas of Renovate Max G and

Diquat

• Map showing 2013 treatment areas is on the next page

• 2014 results: 62% reduction with Renovate Max G and 86%

reduction with Diquat


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6/28/14 17Townsend Town HallDiquat (3 Acres)

Renovate Max G (2.5 Acres)

1st Treatment (All areas) completed 6/10/13

2nd Diquat treatment to same location – 8/26/13

Control


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• Control Area– No Change

year to year

• Max G – 62% reduction.

2011 was 59%. Minimal

reduction in emerged

plants

• Diquat – 86% reduction.

Requires 2 treatments per

year to be effective.

2013 – 2014 Flowering Rush Treatment Results

Leaf Count Data before and After Treatment


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Renovate Max G – Before / After Treatment

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Before Treatment

(2011)

3 Year After Treatment

(2014)


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Diquat - Before Treatment

After Treatment


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Flowering Rush - Summary of What We Learned to Date

• Renovate Max G

• Works well for submerged plants (77% reduction)

• Small impact on emerged plant if you catch it early (25%)

• Probably due to waxy coating that forms on plant when it emerges

• Diquat

• Works well on submergent and emergent plants (86%)

• Requires two treatments per year to impact rhizomes

• The second is in the summer when natives are growing more.

• Current research indicates 3-5 years of treatment is necessary to deplete

rhizomes

• Sent rhizomes and leaf materials to Montana and Switzerland for biocontrol

analysis. At least 8 – 10 years off…..if it works


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2014 Flowering Rush Treatment


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Summary of Invasives– Steve Fleming

• Eradication is an unlikely outcome for EWM or Flowering Rush

• There will likely be more invasives

• Our best course of action is:

1. Don’t let it get in – Clean Boats / Clean Waters

2. If it does get in, find it early and keep it small – Adopt a

Shoreline and Surveys – Don’t slack off here!

3. If it gets established – More aggressive approaches, like

chemical treatment are required.

4. Continue manual removal efforts for small areas on all

invasives


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2014 Social Events – Betsy Nock

• Annual Picnic: Sat, August 9

Walleye Lane: Market and Vosters Back Yards

• Annual Volunteer Picnic: Sat, August 23

Appleton Lane: Nock and Boyer Front Yards

• Golf Outing/End of Season Dinner: Sat, Sept 13

McCauslin Brook Country Club, Lakewood

• Brat Fry Dates Lakewood SUPERVALU – Contact Tim Counihan if

interested in helping with cooking or serving.

Thursday July 3,

Saturday July 12

Saturday August 23

Friday September 12


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Introductions

• Amanda Strick – Oconto County AIS / Lakes

Coordinator


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Meeting Close – Dick Rankin

• Topics From the Floor

• Final Comments

• Motion to Adjourn

Documents

Welcome to the Annual Meeting Archibald Lake Association 2014 …archibaldlakehomeowners.com/2014 annual meeting slides.pdf · 2014-08-28 · 2014 - Archibald Lake Association Annual