Lake Minnewashta   

As you may know, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, with help from Minnesota Waters, selected the Lake Minnewashta Preservation Association for training that will guide our association through the process of creating a comprehensive Lake Management Plan (LMP). The LMP addresses all aspects of our lake and provides the opportunity to create a comprehensive guide to addressing the top priorities for our group. Additionally, we are eligible for $2400 in funding that we will apply to improving the quality of the lake.

As part of the Lake Management Plan program, the LMPA is hosting a community visioning session to seek your input! Please join us on May 14th at Faith Lutheran Church (corner of Minnewashta Parkway and Highway 5) from 9:30 a.m – 12:00 noon

We will be discussing and asking for your input on the lake management plan and the action plans we should be taking on topics, such as:

· Invasive species
· Fisheries
· Runoff and erosion

As part of the lake management plan program, a few LMPA members attended a day-long training session which provided funding information, while broadening our horizons and increasing our knowledge of our lake and what we can do to “enhance” its quality. We look forward to sharing information about this program with you and hearing your input!

We hope to see you on May 14th !

Please contact Paul Quarberg at pquarberg@gmail.com to confirm your attendance or for more information.

You are invited to attend the LMPA Annual Meeting on Thursday March 10th at 7PM at the Faith Lutheran Church. We will share what we’re doing in greater detail and again ask for your input, feedback and support.

Agenda:
2010 in Review
The Zebra Mussel Threat
2011 Strategies and Plans
Questions and Answers

Please plan to join us and bring along your friends and neighbors. And please forward this invitation to them as well, the more who receive this information and attend the meeting, the better.

Date: Thursday, March 10th , 2011
Time: Check in between 6:30 and 7PM.
The meeting will start at 7 PM
Place: Faith Lutheran Church located on the corner of Minnewashta Parkway and Highway 5

The 1st Annual End of Summer Pot Luck Dinner and Garage Sale will be held at Camp Tanadoona on Sunday October 10th from 4-7 PM. This will be a great opportunity to visit with your lake neighbors, meet some new ones, and reminisce about this summer and summers past. It will also be a wonderful opportunity to discuss the lake, in general, and talk about the future direction of the Lake Minnewashta Preservation Association.

Garage Sale

There will also be a Lake Equipment Garage Sale, where you can get rid of unwanted lakeshore items and/or buy needed equipment. Please only bring photos of larger items.

Raffle

We have also secured some wonderful raffle items to be given away to some lucky attendees! But you must attend in order to win!

What To Bring?

Hot dogs and brats will be provided. Please bring a dish to share and BYOB.

Please RSVP!

Please RSVP to Helen Gunther by Friday, October 8th.
  Click here to RSVP via email,
  or call 612-986-4073.

The next LMPA board meeting is planned for Tuesday September 14th at 7:00 PM at the Gunther’s house. Please confirm your attendance. Our address is 3628 Hickory Lane, Chanhassen. Please park along Red Cedar Point if there is no room in our driveways. Thanks

The last meetings minutes are available online for reference. Please print and bring your own copies if you want to refer to them.

I sketched out a preliminary Agenda below. We have a lot to cover so each topic has to covered in brief. With a board of 12 people, we should be able to share ownership of things and not overload just a few people so please be prepared to take on your share of responsibility at this meeting and in the future. I’ve take the liberty to assign speakers for this first pass so please contact me individually if I’ve overreached my assumptions of ownership. Please be prepared to speak on your assigned topic and bring a hard copy of your summary to the meeting.

· Approval of last meeting’s minutes (All)

· Lake Stewardship report

o 2010 Lake treatment recap (Pete Plucinak)

o Recap of meeting with lake consultant Dick Osgood (Dave Peterjohn)

o Zebra Mussel update (Dave)

o 2011 strategy (we need an ongoing owner to drive)

· Finances

o Financial report (Steve Gunther/Jim Ross)

o Recap of Minnesota Waters fundraising seminar (Steve Aldritt)

o Minnesota Waters grant discussion (Scot Lacek)

o 2011 budget discussion (all)

· Membership growth

o Neighborhood captain organization status (Dave Peterjohn)

o Membership status (we need an ongoing owner to drive membership)

· Communication and Education

o Lake guidebook status and release plans (Steve Aldritt)

o Communication plan (we need an owner to drive this)

· Social Activities

o Fall LMPA picnic plans (Helen Gunther)

· Administrative Activities

o Updated bylaws proposal (we need an owner to drive this)

o 2010/2011 Calendar (Steve Gunther)

· New Business

· Date, time and place for next meeting

· Adjourn