Fall 2015

The summer is rapidly winding down - the evidence is the removal of docks and boats, and the closing of vacation homes around the lake. It was a great summer, and a busy one for your Association. Because of a growing concern about aquatic invasive species, your Board, at its July meeting, created a new committee to investigate, evaluate and report. Messrs. O’Farrell and Mahoney, Board members, were appointed co-chairmen, and they have subsequently recruited several additional volunteers to help them. (If anyone wants to join their efforts, contact John or Ed directly.) This Aquatic Invasive Species Committee presented a proposal to the Board that the Association initiate efforts in three areas: a township ordinance requiring a boat wash at the public landing, a study of what a boat wash would entail, and a public education effort on the subject generally. These three goals have been subsequently advanced - principally in the drafting of an ordinance which was submitted to, and discussed with township board members in early September. Discussions with the township will continue, and the Committee will report on progress. The Board thanks the Committee for its efforts.