Crystal Lake Improvement Association (CLIA)

Board of Directors Meeting

March 7, 2018

Call to Order

The meeting was held at Lakeview Bank on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, and called to order by Rick Bowles at 7:10 pm.

Board Members in Attendance

Rick Bowles, Beth Breeden, Mike Hughes, Jon Vinovich, Kyle Bahr, John Currie and Pat Leitschuh

February Minutes

John will review and edit initial February minutes for any non-essential information and forward to the board for a final review and posting to the website. A motion was made to approve the amended meeting minutes by Rick, seconded by Pat and unanimously approved.

Business Meeting

• Finance Report:1) the treasurer’s report for the month of February was reviewed. Our beginning bank balance as of 1/31/18 was $55,483.91. After interest earned of $23.20 and checks of $20.34, our current balance as of 2/28/18 is $55,486.77. A motion was made by John to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Jon and unanimously approved.
• Request to Move Buoys at Swimming Beach: Following up on a discussion from the February board meeting, Rick introduced a proposal to request the City of Burnsville to move the swimming buoys at the west end of the swimming beach to allow boaters to beach their boats and have access to the concession stand. It was determined that the buoys would need to be moved 30’ plus to accommodate the beaching of up to 3 boats at any given time and hopefully, be implemented for 2018. A motion to forward this request to the City of Burnsville was made by Rick, seconded by John and unanimously approved by the board.
• Annual Mailing:The mailing arrived in homes by 3/1 with resident responses due by 3/15. Thanks to Rick and Beth for coordinating and executing the mailing. Rick will contact Greg early next week to check on the participation levels. That will determine whether a follow-up email will need to be sent out prior to the due date of 3/15.
• Annual Meeting:1) Rick will be working on the PPT presentation for our Annual Meeting prior to departing on vacation and forward to the board. Members are asked to update their section(s)) of the presentation and return to Rick prior to the next board meeting on 4/11.

  2) Rick visited and noted that the Burnhaven Library meeting space is very accommodating. Rick asked for someone to bring coffee and cookies to the meeting for up to 50 attendees; Jon volunteered. Bottled water will also be provided.

• April Board Meeting Update:Since Rick will be traveling for our next scheduled board meeting on 4/4, the board agreed to move the meeting back one week to Wednesday, 4/11 at 7pm. 
• Culvert Cleaning: Following up from discussion at the February meeting, John noted that he is passionate about resolving the issue of the ‘seeping’ culvert beneath the land bridge to Maple Island. He feels that removing debris from this culvert will improve water circulation between Maple Island Bay and Mystic Bay, and reduce the accumulation of weeds, algae and odor. John offered to work with Mike in communicating and resolving this issue with the City.
• Communications/Website:1) Kyle forwarded the link to the new website for board member review and feedback on 2/27. Everyone is encouraged to review our current website as well as the new site to assist Kyle with content. Kyle will present the new website to members at our annual meeting.

  2) John suggested adding website graphics (e.g. masthead) to brand all future communications to members. Kyle and John will review further.

• Fish Management:Kyle presented an updated fish stocking proposal for this coming spring (the majority of board members approved the numbers via email the past few weeks). This proposal includes spending $3,120 for 164 lbs. of 4-8” walleye (approx. 3,200) and $1,020 for 4-6” crappie (approx. 1200), a total of $4,140 to be funded by the CLIA. Kyle passed this proposal by the DNR and they stated the density of stocking was appropriate for our lake.

  2) The DNR has agreed to increase their stocking of hybrid Muskie in Crystal Lake by 50% for 2018. In addition, Crystal Lake has been added to the DNR’s list of lakes for stocking of any surplus walleyes from their fisheries.

  3) Stocking is scheduled to occur after ice out in April and shared with members at our annual meeting.

Adjourn

The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mike, unanimously approved and adjourned at 8:40pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Leitschuh

Secretary