LAKE BEULAH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

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Regular Meeting Notice

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

7:00 p.m. - East Troy Town Hall

1. Election of Officers:  Chairperson, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer
2. Approve Meeting Minutes from the August 11, 2009 Regular Meeting
3. Approve payment of Commissioners' stipend for the past year:  $3,000 to Chairperson, $2,500 each to Treasurer and Secretary, and $1,500 each for elected Commissioners and appointed Commissioners.
4. Weed Harvesting/Equipment Status Report and possibly take action on the matter.
5. Status Report on Well #7 and possibly take action on the matter.
6. Commissioner/Public Comments
7. Adjourn Open Session to convene in Closed Session, pursuant to Wis. Stats. §§ 19.85(1) & (g) to allow District Commissioners to confer with legal counsel and deliberate regarding water well litigation strategy.
8. Re-Convene to Open Session to consider and act upon any matters discussed in Closed Session.
9. Adjourn

The pumping season for the Lake Beulah Management District just concluded very successfully.  All but three properties in the first third of the district have been pumped.  Those not pumped will be contacted and brought into compliance early next year.  I would like to thank all who have cooperated in this procedure.  We have been able to review the systems for everyone that was pumped and have brought the few exceptions to the attention of the property owners.  In all cases they were dealt with and have been rectified. 

Otto Jacobs has done a very professional job and will be continuing the program next spring with the second third of the district.  I have received no complaints and I want to thank everyone at Otto Jacobs for a job well done.

Wishing everyone a happy holiday season,

Commissioner Dave Bitter

The Town Board of the Town of East Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin approved ordinance No. 2008-05 prohibiting aeration to protect the public health, safety and welfare from the potential adverse effects which may arise from the use of aerators on the lakes in the Town of East Troy.

LBMD and LBP&IA work with the DNR on Water Quality Monitoring  

The Lake Beulah Management District has been awarded a $10,000 Lake Planning Grant from the Wisconsin DNR to monitor water quality changes that could occur once Well #7 begins pumping water from the sand and gravel aquifer that feeds Lake Beulah. 

The grant timetable covers costs for water sampling and analysis conducted by the US Dept. of Interior Geological Survey and the Wisconsin State Hygiene Laboratory from April 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009. 

Thanks to generous member donations to the Lake Beulah Protective and Improvement Association, the Association agreed to contribute $5,434 to cover water sampling and analysis costs incurred prior to the start of the grant program. 

Bob Nauta, Vice President and Principal Hydrogeologist of RSV Engineering Inc. says that "the water quality data that are being collected will be valuable.  Based on the sampling events that have been conducted, we know that the lake is a healthy, hard-water lake.  This means, among other things, that the lake water can defend itself from nutrients, such as phosphorus, which cause a loss in lake quality.  It also means that groundwater is a very strong source of the lake's water, and that a reduction in this source could increase the lake's susceptibility to impact from nutrients.  Therefore, as the East Troy municipal well 7 goes on line, it will be very important to continue to monitor the water quality, to identify potential adverse impacts caused by the well."