Monday, September 12, 2016

Minutes of Annual Meeting - by Trish Bantle

Minutes from the Pigeon Lake Association Meeting on 9/2/2016

The picnic and meeting was hosted by Karen and Les Watters. In attendance were:

Linda Auchue
Trish Bantle
John and Jane Donner
Doug and Julie Hayes
Andrew Hong
Marge Hotter
John and Diana Hutter
John and Sandy MacLaughlin
Marilyn Miller
Mary Ringelstetter
Lance and Susan Ritchie
Liz Wandrey and Dave

John called the meeting to order and announced his attention to retire from the board. Trish Bantle volunteered to take on the duties of President. The group voted to approve. Linda Auchue volunteered to take the position of Vice President which the group also voted to approve. Audrey Hutter was not in attendance but communicated that she would like to step down from her position as Secretary/Treasurer. Susan Ritchie volunteered to take over the treasurer’s position while Sandy MacLaughlin volunteered to be secretary. Lance Ritchie volunteered to take the depth readings and report them to the state. 

Trish started a discussion regarding some of the issues that have come up over the past year that could affect both the quality of the lake itself as well as the quality of life on the lake. These issues include the potential sale of the Pigeon Lake Field Station and development of that land, the effect of the gravel pit on the aquatic plants in the lake, the noise level of the gravel pit and the legislative changes regarding building set backs on class 3 lakes. 

Lance and Susan Ritchie brought up some of the ways they are approaching these types of issues on Bear Lake. Lance also mentioned the dark color of the water in Pigeon Lake is from the decaying vegetation. It should clear up in a year or two. 

Trish suggested putting together an information folder for new lake residents. There are quite a few properties for sale on the lake and it would help to inform new residents about where the loons nest, the boating rules, etc. There were incidents this summer involving boats chasing the loons and parking on the island to swim.

Les communicated information regarding boating operation and safety rules. The narrows should be a no wake zone. 

Please take a moment to thank John MacLaughlin for the time he spent as President and all the work he put into keeping the group informed and the association together. It was a much longer tenure than he had intended when he took it on and we all appreciate his willingness to stay until someone else stepped up. 

John mentioned that Jim Auchue passed away last May. Jim served as Vice President for the association and was very committed to preserving the quiet and natural beauty of the lake, along with the fish population. 

Dan Iverson passed away on August 21st. A link to his obituary is below:



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