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AgendaItemDiscussion
Decision/Recommendation/Action
CALLTOORDER AlTaylorcalledthemeetingtoorderat7:00
AGENDA Noadditionstotheagenda. Agendaapproved.
MINUTES Minuteswereapprovedasamended.(FrankEnglish,JimMrozinski&LeeNordlohwerenotpresentattheJanuarymeeting.LengthofLawrencemarriagestillincontention.)
Cappermoved,P.Lawrenceseconded;motionapproved.
FINANCIALREPORT ¢ JimSimons,CouncilTreasurer,reportedthattherehadbeennoexpendituresduringthepreviousmonth.Fundbalances:Endowment:$145,695.83(nochange);Annual:$43,661.54(increaseof$85.40);Wetlands:$6,113.19(nochange).Theproposed2017-18budgetwassubmittedforapproval.DiscussionregardingamountrequiredforthePlanUpdateandimpactonbottomline.Capperrequestedmoreinformation/detail.Ervinobservedthattheallocatedamountsweregenerousandwouldlikelyresultin$10,000notbeingspent.Reedpointedoutthat"membershipincome"hadalreadybeenaccountedforin"donations"resultinginthe2017Add.columntotalling$25,548.(SeeAttachedrevisedbudget)
Reedmovedtoaccepttheproposedbudget;T.Lawrenceseconded.Approved.TaylorwillinviteLauraHeintzelmantothenextmeetingtodescribefinancialrelationshipandcurrentfundstatus.
COMMITTEEREPORTS ¢ NominatingCommittee-Noreport
¢ Education&OutreachCommittee-Noreport.
¢ Membership-PatLawrence,MembershipChair,saidthatReedandErvinscheduledameetingwithLauraHeintzelman(MCCF)toclarifylanguageontheremittanceenvelopetomakesureinstructionswerecorrect.TheMembershipletterisbeingdrafted.TaylorofferedtoaddinformationaboutthemembershipdrivetotheOnekamawebsitewhichwillincreasethenubmerofcontactsby1,000.Ervinwilldraftlanguageandsendittohim.
Ervintocompletemembershipletter.ErvintosendcopytoTaylortopostontheOnekamawebsite.
¢ Fundraising-InSusanHalloran'sabsence,Ervinreportedthatplanswereunderway.July22isthedate;Aren'shomeisthelocation.HalloranandReedareseekingacaterer.TaylorepointedoutthatTed&Pamarenshadgenerouslyandgraciouslychangedtravelplansinordertobepresentattheevent.
NEWBUSINESS ¢ WaterQualityandEnvironmentalMonitoring/e-coliUpdate-Reedsaidthatanewlydevelopedtesthadbeenreleasedwhichreportse-colitestingsamplesin6hoursinsteadoftheprevious24hourturnaround.Althoughtherehasbeennoevidenceofe-colipresentinPortageLake,Reedrecommendedthatwecontinuetestingashasbeendonesince2013atfoursites.TheTownshipbudgeted$5,000forthistesting.QuestionwasaskediftheLakeManagercouldperformthistask.
itwasreportedthatfivegovernmentalentities(Arcadia,BearLake,Pleasanton,OnekamaTownshipandBearLakeVillagehaveagreedtoseekfundingfromtheUSDepartmentofAgriculture,RurualDevelopmentfortheinstallationofamunicipalsewagesystem.Severalcommunitymeetingshavebeenscheduled.
OLDBUSINESS ¢ WatershedPlanUPDATE-Briefreportonactionstakentostageworkrequiredfortheupdate.ReedreportedthatitwasunlikelythatwereceivedthegrantweappliedforfromtheDEQastheannouncementsweretobemadeinDecember.Assumptionisthatwewillfootthebillourselvesorlookforadditionalsupportelsewhere.
¢ Swimmers'Itch-Noreportisavailableuntilfinaldataisanalyzed.Lawrencesaidthatitwasabouthalf-completeand,inhisview,therearesomeinconsistenciesalreadinthefindings.
Absent:JimMrozinski,FrankEnglish,HerbLennon,SusanHalloran
PortageLakeWatershedForeverDRAFT
Present:TedLawrence,JimSimons,KaylaKnoll,PatLawrence,MaryReed,AlTaylor,KathyErvin,LeeNordloh
CouncilMeeting-February28,2017-FarrCenter,Onekama
¢ BenzieCountyConservationDistrict(BCCD)Request-
¢ ManisteeWatershedPartnershipNewsletter-ReeddistributedcopiesofthenewsletttertoCouncilmembers.
¢ Website-ReedwillbemeetingwithMSCreativetoupdatethesite.Dataon2017useshouldbereadyforourMarchmeeting.
¢ Updates:ManisteeConservationDistrict(MCD)-KaylaKrollreportedthattheirannualmeetingwasasuccessandthatpiessoldlikehotcakes.SheannouncedtheSpringTreeSalebisscheduledforApril(21-22?).Treessoldwouldonlybenatives;nofruittreesthisyear.SaidthatnowisthetimetotrimoaktreesbutthatfurtherinformationwasavailableLRBOI-Noreport
PUBLICCOMMENT None
ADJOURN Themeetingwasadjournedat8:27 LeeNordlowmovedtoadjourn;JamieMeisterseconded.Approved.
NEXTMEETING:March