朗g Lake A§§OCiation Meeting Agenda

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● Meeting calIed to o「der by」eff KさPP, Association President, at 9:与9 a.m.

● Pledge of AIIegiance recited by a龍endees.

. 1ntrodu鴫tion of O榔cers. o術cers present were int「oduced and 」eff Kapp anれOunCed that 」udy Ashby has taken ove「 as Treasurer

due to the untimeIγ PaSSing ofしynda BIaising.

● Review of oId minutes: Motion to accept by 」eff Kapp and seconded by Mjke Shoemaker. Motion approved.

・ lnt「odudion of new residents ~　One rleW reSident was at the meeting: Kevin (and Pat「icia) Booker who附ye onしakesho「e Drive.

● introdu(貼On Of Street Reps置The street reps were introduced. The list of street reps is on website.丁heir role is to be a tiaison面th

the Assaciation. 1f you have ideas, queStions, ConCemS, use the street reps as the first point of contact.

● TreasurYrePOrt: The TreさSurer’s report was made ava胎ble in a handout. Motionto accept was made by Russ Wagner and seconded

by Ruth Orr. Motion app「oved, 」eff Kapp asked ifanyone had an opinion aboutgetting a creditordebit card to paytheAssociation’s

b鵬. Itwasdecided to geta debit ca「d.

. Newsle償er: lt wasさnnOunCed that the newsietter is available on Facebook and Biglake.o捕ne. The scheduIe of lake events is also

on Biglake○○輔ne.

● Website: Dou畠SawYe「 is the webmaste「 and can put information for you on Biglake.o輔ne.

COMMITT離REPORTS

' Can Colle劇on: 」im Bye輔ne -」im announced that he can no Ionger do the can collection due to a change !n jobs. We are looking

forvoIunteers to pick up ca鴨and take to recycling. 」im said Metal X in Fort Wayne has the best price. Can collection is the first

Sunday of every month (during summer). The Association thanked 」im Byerline for helping with can co=ection for so Iong.

. 109 Sign update: MeI N亜- ‡5 forγOur meSSageS On the Bigしake sign on lO9.丁hankYOu, MeI, fo「 puttiれg uP the sign updates.

・耽gs: Amerjcan flags are available for pu「chase through CaroI Martin for ;25. There was a sign-uP Sheet for interest in Bigしake

鵬gs -簿5 estimated cost.輔nimum of 50 flags need to be purchased. Contact Cyndi Kapp ifyou are interested.

. Fishing Derby: Ruth Orr led the ch潤ren’s fishing derbγ in 2018, She beIieves it should now be discontinued. 19-21 peopIe

Participated, and very few kids. It costs the Association quite a bit of money. She be購eves it has run its course. 」eff Kapp made a

motion to discontinue kids’fishing derby at this time and was seconded by B航Deruiter. Motion app「oved,

. Poker RunこThe Poke「 Run w紺be on Father’s Day weekend thjsyear (Saturday, 」une 15 @ 10 am〉. 」an Berghoffwants to run the

Poke「 Run every other yearand is Iooking fo「 a voIunteer to run it on the otheryears. It made almost $1,300 net喜ast year置We

need help with the Poker Run. 1t takes Iots ofvolunteers to run.

. Firewo「ks: Matt Auriti and 」QSh Thomas - Fireworks are scheduled for 」uIy 6. Mayれeed voIuntee「s to help repiace decking on the

floヨtS before that weekend.

・ Flo刷a: The日ot潤w紺be he!d 」uly 6. ln 2018, Mike andしisa Stephens donated money for the prizes for the FIot朝a winners, aS

W副as the Association. The Stephens want to denate again. The questian was pesed whethe「 we wさnt tO have the FIot鵬again

this yea「 and 」e惰Kapp recommended the Association donate $225. Motion was made by B紺De面ter to have the FIot鵬thisyear

and for the Association to donate $225 and was seconded by 」oanne §avyer, Motion approved.

● ComhoIe Toumament: Rex Brower aれnOunCed that this w紺be Rex and 」ody’s last year to run the c○rn hole tournament and Rex

WOれdered if it hadn’t run its course as we=. He stated it is a good way to get to knowYOur neighbors. They did it for lO years.

Thank you, Rex and 」ody.

・ PassibIe activities: Asked about interest in a bus trip down to the Ark by Cincinnati. Another possib!e activitY mentioned was

dinner night out - gO tO different homes around the lake for dinner/drinks/dessert.

● Pan⊂ake breakfast: This year the pancake breakfast wi= continue to be at 5554 Highpoint Drive.しisa No= : Sked for meれey SO We

Can buy our own equipment so we don’t have to borrow it,しast year, We bought a gr冊This year we wou刷ike to purchase mixers

and mixing bawIs章　No cost estimヨte γet, but want qua)itγ bowIs and mixers. Ruth Orr made motion for seOO for the purchase of

bowIs and mixe「s and Dee Bishop seconded. Motion app「oved.しisa asked for morevolunteersto help"しisa also would撮e parties

With big orders to let them know ahead oftime and when you w紺be arriving to make the process go smoothly.

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● Safety Issue‥ 」an Berghc,苗wanted to bring up a safety issue regarding the lake. She has a lot of things wash up on her shore. She

asked that everyoれe te旧hei「 neighbors to secure their items so they don,t float away from shore. Boats could 「un over them and

SOmeOne COuld get injured.

●師e hydrants: Tom Bishop -Tom thanked Nancy and Dave Emerick and Ray Knight fo「 heip in getting bids and with communication

With the Noble County Fire Department regarding hydrants. Quote forthe kit is $22.50 per hydrant. Company doing inst訓ations

are hard to find. Found one compさnythat w紺charge ;1.200 insta蝿tion per hydrant and recommendingth「ee: On boat ramp at

Goss`s・ On Highpoint to cover lst and 2nd basin and on GroveIand on the 3rd basin・ To continue the process, We need to: get

approval from the Association, formaIize the bid process, meet With inst訓er, talk to the property owners where the hydrants w紺

be Iocated and get something lega‖n writing (Bearしake had people ripping them out after instalIation when the houses were later

SO聞・ We need to esta軸sh an installation time frame. The Noble CoIInty Fire Department w紺comel out once a year to blow out.

Additional maintenance w紺be the co§t Of the Association. Grant money may be avaiIable (;3,000). We need to talk to Crooked

しake輸they w紺benefit and maybe w掴help面th cost. Tom Bishop wouk=ike to see与hydrants, but 3 hydrants are recommended.

We` maY need DNR pemission if we do a hydrant at the pu輔c boat ramp′ Which w紺be more time consuming becau§e Of working

With DNR to get permission. 80 feet is the current quote. It w紺be $30 per foot afte「 that. Theしake Enhancement fund would be

used. Motjon made to continue with the process of getting fire hydrants by B潮Deruite「 and §eCOnded by Ann Tu「ner. Motion

approved.

. Recreational vehicIes and p「ide committee: Per Noble County law′ 〃At no time sha‖ a recreational vehicIe be occupied or used for

iiving, SIeeping, Or home business purposes for more than three銅l days per caIendar month.” 」e惰Kapp made avaiぬble forms

rega「din富who to contact if someone is in vialation. A discussion was held rega「ding whether it was a week.

1f you ca" Noble County and compIain about homes in disrepair or abandoned, they w紺do something. If you don′t c訓, they潮I

not know and w紺do nothing.

● By_しaw Comm耽tee: The Associatien By-laws were updated and updates passed out Iast year for review by Association members,

」eff Kapp moved to accept the updated By-Iaws and Bob Perry seconded.

・ Repiacement of Lake Buoys: 」im (Bye描ne - The cost of replacing entire buoys 「anges from ;450 - ;500. 」im has found sleeves that

Can gO OVer the cu「rent buoys, One Sleeve for each side. He has also found the sola捕ghts to go oれtOP and the caps,霜00 tota‖s

the estimated cost using the sIeeves, SOia川ghts and caps. St紺ooking for final purchase place. Canada company is not ge請れg

backto」事m.

● Becoming a Code501酬句O昭anizatio鵬Dave Smith - Applications for 501(3胸StatuS have been sent in‘ 501酬C"s a wa場やr

the gove「nment to recognize Bigしake Association as a nonp「ofit organization. Whenever we tlγ to aPPly for grants for d碓e「ent

things with the state, ifyou are IIOt a 501(3)(C), yOu gO tO the bottom ofthe Iist and the money調nS Out before they get to you.

. Lake Enhancement: Dave Smith - The Watershed Foundation applied for a grant for us for Sell Ditch to do half of the two・Stage

ditch, Which f批ers much more sediment.

We test 8 sites on the Iake right now.しast year′ We had no E.coli above the Iimit. We exceeded nitrogen and phosphorous only

OnCe last year when a farmer had made a pile to spread and it rained and Dave happened to check the levels the next day. The

Watershed Foundation pays for 2 test sites - SeiI Ditchさnd outlet・ We are going to add l more test site this year輸drainage from

WoIf,s Retreat into our lake.

Dave asked for !875 from Lake Enhancement to cover the E.co容i testing. Motion made by Dave Smith and seconded by Russ Wagner.

Motion approved:

Someone asked why the Iake was draining more quickly this spring, Dave explained debris was cleaned out downstream which

heIps the lake drain more quickIy.

● Donations: DさVe SmithAeff Kapp己Sked for donations to: The Watershed Foundation ・丸000; Noble Township Fire Department -

;250; and Big Lake Church for use oftheir facility - $50. Motion was made for these donations by Russ Wagner and seconded by

B紺De「uiter. Motion approved.

. Motion to Adjoum: 」e惰Kapp made a motion to adjourn and Melodγ Nu臨econded. Meeting adjourned.

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