Committee Reports

Minutes of the SDL&S Meeting – March 13, 2008

                     Approved April 10, 2008

The SDL&SA 2008 Planning Meeting was held at EDWDD offices on March 13, 2008.

The meeting was called to order at 1 pm by President Jerry Myers with 6 persons in attendance:   Don Marquardt,  Jerry Myers,  Trudie Myers, and Dick Neish

                     Jay Gilbertson, and Ardis Neish

Absent:  Ken Stange, LeRoy Stohr, Skinny Krull, and William Soulek

I.    MINUTES/AGENDA:   The March 13 agenda was approved with the addition under New Business of “Target Dates for Major Goals”.   The December 13, 2007 meeting minutes were approved as written.

II:  FINANCIAL REPORT:

1.   Director’s expenses and checks written Dec.07 through Feb.08 were received and approved.

2.      The financial reports as of February 29,2008 were discussed and approved.

3.     There are no contracted jobs for 2008.  The equipment sales are under way.  The Dempster yard is available for our use as long as we need it, with payment of rent and an agreement to keep the grass and weeds mowed.

III  OPERATIONS:

    1.   Faulkton-A bill of money still due will be sent but it was noted that a lawyer may be

    necessary for additional payment.

    2.   Hanson-Some negotiation is still ongoing concerning costs in fixing an oil leaking

           cylinder while they were renting our equipment, and also trailer house rental.

    3.   Flandreau Wetland-There is still some talk of building a walkway and an Observation   

          Deck as well as asphalt which will be negotiated with the City of Flandreau.  Also under    

          discussion are a campground and a waterwheel.   Continued planning will be included in

          our April 10^th meeting.

    4.   Big Stone-Our small dredge and Back Hoe are still on location there.  Don will contact  

          Mr. Dalsin about removal of these items because DENR will not allow any more dredging

          to be done there.

    5.   Excess Equipment Sales-Dick will take the excess radio 2-way equipment to a

          “Ham fest” in Sioux City in May to be offered for sale. Don will contact operating dredge companies for the sale of the dredges.

    Jerry will contact a local auctioneer to sell tools from the Dempster.

IV.  COMMITTEE REPORTS:

   1/2.    Membership/SPLASH:   The Splash will be sent with membership forms, a request for

            dues, and a due date on the label.  Also some separate bills will be sent.

     3.    Corothers Foundation Update:   There is now  $1,975.00 in the account.  Approval was

            given for preparing a new flyer that might be placed in appropriate places  to encourage

           donations to the foundation.  It was decided  that once the foundation was financially able

           to use interest payments, it would fund at least one scholarship to the Oak Lake Science

           Camp.  Until then, we are to encourage our lake associations, schools, and local

           organizations to finance students.  The teachers will be encouraged toward this end at the

           upcoming Water Festivals.   Trudie agreed to supply Dick with 2 brochures to be taken to

           the Chester school science teacher.

  4.      I&E Subcommittee:  Jerry’s continued involvement in this organization was discussed but

           no decision was made.  Don agreed to investigate previous action and what can be done

           toward information and education through such avenues as Splash and the WEB.

  5.      WEB Site: -There has been approximately 18,000 hits since December.

Permission has been received from Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Great Plains, and others to reprint articles from their WEB sites.

6.     Water Board: -The Task Force has not met since November because of

illness of key persons.  The Board of Water and Natural Resources will meet in Pierre in 2 weeks.  The report on the condition of SD Waters is being prepared and is now in draft form and has been distributed for comments.

    7.   Lake Liaison:  No report on Lake Liaison

    V.   OLD BUSINESS:

1.   No meeting reports

VI.   NEW BUSINESS: 

            1.   Upcoming Meeting-EDWDD will hold their April meeting in Castlewood.  There

                  have been 2 vacancies on the Board, so petitions are being advertised for.

Huron Water Festival – May 6, and Brookings - May 13.

2.     Status of Water Related Projects:  No Report

3.     Jeanne Fromm reported on Lake Monitoring.  I was noted that SDL&SA has been involved very actively in Citizen monitoring since 1993 with very satisfactory results.  Jeanne discussed the checking of transparency levels, phosphorous and chlorophyll levels.  She also discussed recruitment of volunteers and their training, equipment and costs, and a need for bacteria count monitors.

4.     Target Dates for Major Goals-Discussed were ways to get more lakes involved in

      SDL&SA.  A meeting with the leader of the Minnesota Confluence was suggested to

      acquire some new ideas.      Dick made a motion for the May 1 as the dismissal date

      for all employees of SDL&SA,  Motion was seconded and carried.    A June 1 date

      was picked for discontinuation of all Workman’s Comp. and Employee liability

      insurance.

5.   Next Board meeting will be April 10, at 1 pm.   Meeting  adjourned at 4:50 pm

Respectfully,

Ardis Neish, secretary                                                                                                                                                           

SOUTH DAKOTA LAKES AND STREAMS ASSOCIATION

Board Meeting - December 13th, 2007

Approved 3/13/08

   The December 13, 2007 SDL&SA Director's Meeting was called to order at 1:15pm at the EDWDD offices.  In attendance were:   Don Marquardt, Jerry Myers, Ken Stange, and Jay Gilbertson.

  I.  MINUTES/AGENDA: The December 13th Agenda (to be condensed due to bad weather and limited attendance) and the November 8th Minutes were approved as written.

  II. FINANCIAL REPORT:

1. Checks written in November 2007 were approved

2. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable were reviewed , discussed, and approved.

 3. Our outlook at this time is to sell surplus equipment.

III. OPERATIONS:

   1. Don gave a brief report summarizing the status of all projects not closed.

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

  1. Membership: No report.

  2. SPLASH: The Winter SPLASH will be sent out before year-end.

  3. Foundation Update: No Report.

  4. I&E Subcommittee: Discussion regarding future involvement in this committee by SDL&SA was voted tabled until next meeting.

  5. WEB Site: No Report.

    6. Water Board/Non-Point Source Update: Brief report given by Jay.

  7. Lake Liaison: No Report.

V.  OLD BUSINESS:

  1. No meeting reports

VI. NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Next meeting will be March 13th 2008 at the EDWDD Office in Brookings. Meeting adjourned at 2:20 pm (bad road conditions).

     Respectfully,

          Don Marquardt/Jerry Myers, Acting Secretaries.

SOUTH DAKOTA LAKES AND STREAMS ASSOCIATION

Board Meeting  -  November 8,  2007  

Approved Dec 13, 2007

  The November 8, 2007 SDL&SA Director's Meeting was called to order at  1:43pm at the EDWDD offices.  In attendance were: Dick Neish, Don Marquardt, Jerry Myers, Trudie Myers, Ken Stange, Jay Gilbertson and Ardis Neish.

I.  MINUTES/AGENDA: The November 8 agenda and the October 11 minutes were approved as written.

  II. FINANCIAL REPORT:

1. Checks written in October 2007 were approved

2. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable were reviewed , discussed, and approved.

3. Our outlook at this time is to sell surplus equipment, which will require extensive research to evaluate, explain and describe various items.

III. OPERATIONS:

1. Don will do a records search concerning work on Lake Faulkton.

2. Lake Hanson work is finished. Their lake association is pleased with the work done and had good luck using the equipment.

3. Flandreau Wetland project needs some finishing touches.

4. The SPLASH carried a very good article on the Big Stone Project.

5. It was discussed that a catalogue of the equipment to be sold should be prepared to make selling easier.

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

  1. Membership: Trudie's son's company has become a member of SDL&SA.

  2. SPLASH: The Winter SPLASH will contain some in-depth reports.  Also extra membership brochures will be sent out as a reminder for 2008 memberships.

  3. Foundation Update: There are no new foundation funds.  It was discussed to reach out to communities via Boy & Girl Scouts,  4-H, Water Festivals, etc.

  4. I&E Subcommittee: I&E Sub-Committee will meet on November 26th at 2pm. They will be reviewing 4 projects for funding.  It was noted that Jay is no longer their chairman.  They have discussed reviewing their mission, goals and objectives.  Jay will now be concentrating on the committee to review environmental quality standards.

  5. WEB Site: Trudie and Ken discussed some difficulties with accessing the WEB.

 6. Water Board/Non-Point Source Update: We received an agenda of the Board of Water and Natural Resources meeting which will be held tomorrow, Nov. 9th, in Pierre, starting at 1:00pm.  State Water Plan applications, SWARMS recommendations, and Omnibus funding were briefly discussed.  The Non-Point Source Task Force will be meeting on December 4 in Pierre at 9am with 10 project applications to consider.  It was also noted that Coordinator, Dennis Clark will be retiring in January. The neglect of testing area waters, where swimming is allowed, was discussed. Those who are interested in CoCoRaHs weather gauges were advised to go to the CoCoRaHs WEB site for installation information and use, and reporting of information data.

  7. Lake Liaison/Storm Drain Awareness/Adopt-A-Lake/Stream: Dick distributed  "Cabin Life" magazine information to all the directors to take back to their lake associations.

V.  OLD BUSINESS:

  1. No meeting reports

VI. NEW BUSINESS:

  1. EDWDD meeting will be held next Thursday with a speaker from Minnesota about recurring problems in their lakes and info on lake water clean-up.

  2. Legislation is forthcoming on radical changes in Water Development Districts.  It is felt they would operate more efficiently if they were defined by watershed areas.

  3. Next meeting will be Dec. 13 at the Ram Pub in Brookings.

     Note: In Post-Meeting discussions, it was decided that the pre-meeting place will be at the Pavilion, and the Board meeting will be at the East Dakota Water Development District Office (same time and place as usual).  

     Meeting adjourned at 3:48pm.

     Respectfully,

          Ardis Neish, secretary.

    SOUTH DAKOTA LAKES & STREAMS ASSOCIATION

            Board Meeting  - October 11, 2007

                      Approved November 8, 2007

The October 11th, 2007 SDL&SA Director's Meeting was called to order at 1:19pm at the Lakeview Resort on Lake Poinsett with six directors in attendance in attendance:  Dick Neish, E.C."Skinny" Krull, Trudie Myers, Jerry Myers, Don Marquardt, and Ardis Neish.

  I.  AGENDA AND MINUTES: The agenda for today and the minutes of the September 13th meeting were accepted as written.

II. FINANCIAL REPORT:(Don Marquardt)

     1. Checks written were reviewed and accepted.

    2. The various financial reports were approved.

    3. The outlook for the Association was declared, "Pretty good"; with a report that the $50,000 from Lake Hanson should be received soon.

III. OPERATIONS REPORT: (Don Marquardt/Jerry Myers)

     1. The Lake Faulkton affairs are still under negotiation and it was suggested that adding interest to the late bills might be an incentive.

    2. The Lake Hanson project will start demobilization October 15th, which will take about 2 weeks.

    3. The Flandreau Wetland Project was praised by Linda Hilde and asked "to be given a tour of the area".

    4. The Big Stone Project is finished and the MudCat dredge is being stored there for the winter.

    5. The sale of excess equipment is being planned.  We reviewed pictures of all the saleable items.  More detail about each item will be necessary before advertising.

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

    1. Membership (Jerry Myers)- There is one new membership since last meeting, Jim & Edith StClair from Brant Lake.

    2. SPLASH (Jerry Myers) will be published and in the mail next Wednesday.  Limited copies were available at the meeting.

    3. Foundation (Trudie Myers)- Trusts were discussed as a way to get more money for the Foundation.   

    4. I&E Subcommittee (Jerry Myers)- The $500 a quarter proposal from I&E to support SPLASH and Web will be considered by their board October 25, and if funded, would start in January, 2008.

    5. WEB Site (Trudie Myers) - Use of the WEB was encouraged.  New items are now being published as they are made available. We now have a HIT count on articles to judge what articles are of most interest.

    6. Water Board/Non-Point Source - No report

    7. Lake Liaison/Storm Drain Awareness/Adopt-A-Lake/Stream - No report. 

V. OLD BUSINESS:

     1. It was reported that EDWDD now has set aside funds to purchase 96 CoCoRaHS weather gauges.  It was also recommended that Jerry request 5 of these for our directors along with instructions on the installation, and reporting procedures.

     2. Skinny reported on seeing an unusually large flock of Wood Ducks near his home on Lake Pelican.

VI. NEW BUSINESS:

     1. No upcoming meetings were discussed.

     2. Skinny reported on a very successful venture to provide campfire kits for local Boy Scout Troops.

     3. The next Board Meeting will be on Thursday, November 8th at the Ram Pub in Brookings at 12 pm.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm

            Respectfully,

           Ardis Neish, secretary

              SOUTH DAKOTA LAKES AND STREAMS ASSOCIATION

                          Board Meeting    -   September 13, 2007

                                Approved October 13, 2007

     The September 13th, 2007 SDL&SA Director's Meeting was called to order at 1:05 PM at the EDWDD meeting room with six in attendance.   In attendance: Dick Neish, Don Marquardt, E.C.[Skinny] Krull, Jerry Myers, Trudie Myers, and Ardis Neish

I. AGENDA AND MINUTES: The agenda was accepted as written.  The minutes of the August 9, 2007 Director's Meeting was accepted as written.

II. FINANCIAL REPORT:  

  1. The checks written in August 2007 were reviewed, discussed, and accepted.

   2. The Balance Sheet. Profit & Loss, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable, were reviewed, discussed, and compared with Aug. of 2006. The reports were accepted.   

   3. The sale of equipment was discussed.  Also discussed was the pay schedule of the Chapter 11 loan.

III. OPERATIONS REPORT:

   1. Lake Faulkton.  Don will seek status of money still owed us, as a result of early performance guarantees on this project.

   2. The Lake Hansen contract is still short $54,000.  The Lake Hanson Lake Association Board is now operating our dredge and plans to continue till October 15th.  They have received some financial support from the James River Water Development District.

   3. There has been no further activity on the Flandreau Wetland Project. Awaiting word from Whitecaps.  Payment has approved, but is waiting for cashing of a CD. 

   4. There has been much publicity on the Big Stone Lake Project.  The project dredging has been completed.  There has been some non-SDL&SA work done and a misunderstanding connected with this work.  It was noted that the dredging crew did an exemplary job of following the work permit.  Mr. Dalsin has done a fine job of restoration of the damage done by a track-hoe that was used after SDL&SA had finished their work.

   5. Motion by Dick for a broker's fee of 10% to anyone, for the approved sale of surplus association equipment, which will be identified by the executive director.  Motion was seconded and passed.

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

   1. A request for donations and memberships will be sent out in December. This will also give Trudie a chance to send foundation membership applications.

   2. See I&E

   3. The John M. Corothers Clean Water Foundation has $1425.00 on deposit. This includes donations from lake Poinsett Water project, Mr.& Mrs.Wittmeier, John Corothers and the Drs. Jerry & Trudie Myers.

    4. A  $500.00 request has been placed with I&E Grant for financing the publishing of "SPLASH" and support of the WEB site.

   5. As of August 9th the WEB site has been updated.  There have been 431 hits.  Trudie is working on establishing some interesting links to other sites.

   6. No report

   7. The need for more active directors was voiced.  There needs to be a person in charge of each branch of SDL&SA education projects.  It was decided to contact Janie Wittmeier for news of happenings on their lake.

V. OLD BUSINESS:

   1. A thank you from the Gordon Bjork family was read.   

   2. The visit with Jim StClair on shoreline restoration on Brant Lake was reported on.

   3. Skinny gave a short report on the shoreline situation on Lake Pelican, It's needs and some goals.

VI. NEW BUSINESS:

   1. No future meetings outside of the SDL&SA regular scheduled meeting were discussed.

   2. Jerry has been in contact with Mike Williams' office. 

   3. Next Board meeting will be on October 11, 2007 at 12:00 at Lake View Resort on Lake Poinsett.

   Meeting adjourned at 3:23 PM.

                Sincerely,

                Ardis Neish, Secretary  

                  SOUTH DAKOTA LAKES & STREAMS ASSOCIATION

                            Board Meeting   -  August 9,  2007

                                APPROVED September 13, 2007

The August 9th, 2007  SDL&SA Director's Meeting was held at the EDWDD meeting room with 7 in attendance.

In attendance: Dick Neish, E.C. Krull, Jay Gilbertson, Trudie Myers, Jerry Myers, Don Marquardt, Ardis Neish

I. AGENDA & MINUTES: The meeting was called to order at 1 PM. The Agenda and minutes from July 12th were accepted as written.

II FINANCIAL REPORT:    

1. Director's expenses were accepted and checks written in July, 2007 were approved.

2. The balance Sheet, profit & Loss, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable for July 2007 were reviewed and discussed.

3. The future outlook of dredging was discouraging.

III OPERATIONS:   

1. The lake Faulkton Project has over $8,000 still owed, with a possible breach of contract.  There will be a meeting with a lawyer next Tuesday morning.

2. The Lake Hanson negotiations are still pending.  It is felt that DENR is using the wrong pond size in their measurements.  SDL&SA was shorted approximately $60,000 because we weren't allowed to finish the contract.  Negotiations are on going with Lake Hanson Association. A possibility of letting Lake Hanson Association use our dredging equipment through Oct. 15th with all expenses being paid by the Lake Hanson Association was discussed. It was the consensus of the board to allow Lake Hanson Assn. to use our dredging equipment, employing only experienced dredge operators, approved by SDL&SA.

3.  The Flandreau Wetland Education Tour was held on Aug.5th with 13 in attendance.  11 surveys were collected with an indication that the Education Center Tour was very well done.  New insight was learned, education opportunities were enjoyed and appreciated.  Dr. Gary Larson's speech and expertise were definitely noted with a "Thank you",  "Interested", and "Awesome".  A request to White Caps has been made to fund further educational opportunities.

4.  The Big Stone Project is going well.  There are 4 days left of dredging.  The Mud Cat is working well with the  6-inch pipe.  The Bay looks beautiful!

5.  Dick brought pictures of some washout on Brant Lake.  265 feet of shore-line that possibly needs work done to rebuild; and try to eliminate further shoreline wash away from ice and waves.

6.  Discontinuation of dredging in South Dakota was discussed.  The board decided to sell selected dredging equipment including the large dredging equipment.  Our intent is to keep the smaller construction equipment to assist members where possible, and to keep our employees on payroll to assist with the equipment sales, in addition to operating the equipment.

IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

1. Membership – We have 2 potential corporation members since last meeting.   

 2. SPLASH – Fall SPLASH will be shorter than usual, because of the website taking on more regular updates and by linking to national and global news events.

 3. WEB Site - The WEB site is being up-dated by Trudie with assistance from Ken. It was requested that all board members go through the website and advise Trudie what they would like eliminated, up-dated, or added.  It now contains local Lake news, and national, global lake news. The meeting minutes will be displayed as draft copy until approved at the next meeting.  There were 130 hits since July 30th.

 4. Water Board/Non-Point Source Update - No report on Water Board or Non-Point Source.

5. Lake Liaison/Storm Drain Awareness - No Report

6. Adopt-A-Lake/Stream Programs - No Report

7. Foundation Report - The John Corothers Foundation has opened an account at 1st Bank & Trust, with the majority of the funds being transferred to ING checking, with a 4.5% interest rate.  There is a total of $1,245.00 in funding available.  A By-Laws change was suggested denoting that the 2nd signature should be an appointed member of the Corothers Foundation.

V. OLD BUSINESS:

1. A meeting on the outlet gates on Lake Poinsett, the diversion ditch gates, and the Boswell Dam was held with a representative from Governor Round’s office.  It was suggested that regulations should be set up on opening and shutting of the gates, with extensive monitoring at all times.   

2. Jay encouraged that our Board should have a member on the I&E Subcommittee.  Discussion followed and Jerry decided to continue as a member of the I&E Subcommittee.

VI. NEW BUSINESS:

1. Lake Poinsett Water Project District Board will meet August 23^rd at 7:00 at the Living Waters Conference Room on Lake Poinsett.   

2. The CoCoRaHs Network was explained and encouraged.  CoCoRaHs is the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.  It is a non- profit community based, high density network of individual and family volunteers who take daily measurements of rain, hail and snow in their backyards.  We were encouraged, as an as