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Minutes of GOLA General Meeting July 2, 2016 | |
GOLA Meeting Memorial Weekend May 26, 2018 Introductions of the board Old Business 1. Goodrich Lake Monitoring George Kohan volunteered to do the lake monitoring on Goodrich. 2. Bob Stock was appointed by the board to fill the open Goodrich board position until the next election. 3. Beaver Paid down payment on a beaver, person never contacted us again Goodrich North west side lot where beaver has taken down a lot of trees OB- At least four trees 4. Welcome Bag Available to all members who paid their dues New Business 1. Fall 2017 minutes to approve Approved 2. Financial Report Approved 3. GOLA used to be incorporated Requirement for non-profit, lapsed No charge for renewing this status Board recommends renewing the status, purchase a commercial liability at a small cost. No tax implications File with State of MN 501 C = Federal Filing Will talk about this at the summer meeting. Donations for services Take a look at filing status (non-charitable, 501c) Dues & Services = Not deductible Approved to get corporate status and commercial liability insurance 4. Bouys Over 40 years old The red one completely gave out The green one is almost done. Motion on the floor to get new ones through the lake association Approx. $300 apiece to be determined Look into style for the shallow water Replace the chain and concrete block We can choose the signage for the bouys Shallow Water No Wake George: Would like to take the old green one Timeline: Approx. to get by 4th of July 5. Garage Sale Volunteer: Lynette Bourcy Email Lynette for details and suggestions 6. Meeting Locations for Summer 2018 Legion leased their space to another group for possibly hosting breakfast New location at the Presbyterian Church in Crosslake September meeting, church has a conflict so the meeting will be held at the DNR Administrative Office in Crosslake (Pull into the campground, small building on left) New Business 1. Tamarack Road: Will it ever be extended to cty road 36? No one knows anything about this. Pine Creek Road is a private road and is not maintained by the city 2. Speed on Bonnie Lakes Road Police Chief said he would bring out a portable speed tracking sign. Would it be a possibility to have a permanent speed tracking sign? Mike R will look into the cost of this and get more details for Crosslake section of the road (Not Fairfield Township) 3. Fish in Goodrich Gill Net from DNR on Goodrich Had probably 7-8 nets out (approx. 300 feet apart) DNR Did this 150 crappies from 11- 14.5 150 Blue Gills 9-11.5 Big Walleyes (one female and one male) Did not get a report on any northerns Bass can swim in and out of these nets, do not have good numbers on them On DNR website, they eventually post the results This is done every three years Add northern pickling recipe into the next newsletter 4 Invasive Species If you see any, let a board member know the sooner we see it, the better it would be for the lake. 5. Cleaning Station Individual lakes can have at the boat launch Board looking into additional information to see what cost is like. 6. Crosslake Cleaning Station Available at no cost to anyone that would like to use it 7. July Meeting: Collect a petition to Fairfield Township for speed limit sign Need a dead end sign/ no outlet sign needed on Bonnie Lakes Road 8. General Fund Question: Has there been any thought from the general fund with it being so high, can we move some of it into the fish fund? --Revisit in summer meeting DNR needs to know by August for the October fishing dumping DNR can help support how many fish should/could be supplied into the lake General concern is the amount of money in the account. 9. Bear Mother + 3 cubs Getting into peoples garbage & bird feeder Submitted by Jamie Borne |