DEPUTY SUPERVISOR WATERHOUSE CALLED MEETING TO ORDER AT 7 PM WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI, COUNCILMAN FAZIO, COUNCILMAN O’ NEAL. ALSO PRESENT ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN DAVID MITCHELL, ESQ, AND JIM NILES
JAIMEE KRANZ- GAVE REPORT ON WEBSITE MANAGEMENT. THE AGREED UPON 10 WEEKS HAS BEEN REACHED. JUNE 14 2021 ON FACEBOOK REACHED 13, 600 PEOPLE, INSTAGRAM 1768 , UP TO 500 LIKES ON FACEBOOK AND 261 ON INSTAGRAM ( 70% WOMEN) REACH GOES AS FAR AS INDIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM . ALL MONEY IS NOT USED UP YET.
DEPUTY SUPERVISOR ASKED IF SHE WOULD WORK UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 13TH SO THE BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION GOING FORWARD.
RESOLUTION 129 OF 2021 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY DEPUTY SUPERVISOR WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN O’ NEAL TO CONTINUE AGREEMENT WITH JAIMEE KRANZ FOR WEBSITE MANAGEMENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 13TH BOARD MEETING. COUNCILMAN FAZIO RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR AYE, NONE OPPOSED. CARRIED 3- 0.
DEPUTY SUPERVISOR INTRODUCED JIM NILES, CHAIRMAN OF ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. HE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED FOR A BOARD SEAT. ALSO TRACEY CLOTHIER, GRANT WRITER FOR THE TOWN. AND DAVE WICK, LAKE MANAGER FOR LAKE GEORGE. ON ZOOM IS MR. SULLIVAN OF SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT.
TONIGHT IS AN OPEN FORUM REGARDING THE HEALTH OF THE TOWN’ S LAKES. TOWN BOARD GOALS:
THE TOWN LOST THE HARVESTING BOAT THIS YEAR.
FORMING A COMMITTEE WITH 2 BOARD MEMBERS HEADED BY JIM NILES, MEMBERS OF THE LAKE LUZERNE ASSOCIATION, MEMBER FROM SECOND LAKE, THIRD LAKE, FOREST LAKE AND LAKE VANARE.
INVASIVE SPECIES TAKING OVER THE LAKE, MILFOIL AND 2 OTHER PLANTS TRACY CLOTHIER COMPILED A 110 PAGE REPORT IN 2020
TO SET 5, 10 AND 20 YEAR PLANS TO KEEP THE HEALTH OF THE LAKE AS PRISTINE AS IT IS TODAY.
NO HAND HARVEST THIS YEAR, BUT GOING FORWARD IT WILL BE HAND HARVESTING AND OTHER THINGS.
KURT TEKOLSTE – CAMP TEK RD , 2 YEARS AGO C- SLAP WAS STARTED. WATER QUALITY TESTS ARE TAKEN AND SENT TO THE STATE FOR ANALYSIS. THE LAKE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE LAKE LUZERNE ASSOCIATION HAS FUNDED THE TESTING. MILFOIL IN THE COVE IS REACHING THE SURFACE NOW. THE TOWN SHOULD LOOK INTO APA APPROVAL FOR PROCELLACOR TREATMENT.
DAVE WICK- NYS IS BEHIND OTHER STATES WITH THE USE OF PROCELLACOR. MINERVA LAKE WAS TREATED. A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS IN, TREATED 43 OF 80 ACRES AND 3 MONTHS LATER AND COULD NOT FIND A PLANT. SNYDER LAKE HAS HAD OUTSTANDING RESULTS. PROCELLACOR DISSIPATES QUICKLY; MINERVA LAKE TREATMENT COST $30,000
PERMITS ARE REQUIRED AND COULD TAKE 8 WEEKS.
DARRIN FRESHWATER INSTITUTE CAN LIKELY GET YOU IN 2 WEEKS FOR A PLANT SURVEY. APPROX $4,000.
GLENN- MINERVA DID A PLANT SURVEY AND FOUND NO MILFOIL. USES A LOW CONCENTRATION OF CHEMICAL 10 PARTS PR BILLION.
HAND HARVESTING IS THE FOLLOW UP AS PART OF YOUR PLAN.
HOWARD SCHAFFER- VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LAKE ASSOCIATION. ASSOCIATION HAS WORKED ON THE LAKE FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND IS ENCOURAGED BY THE MOMENTUM SHOWN BY THE TOWN. YEAR ROUND AND SEASONAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THAT THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE TOWN IN GREAT PART DEPENDS ON THE LAKE. OTHER PARTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE EROSION CONTROL, AWARENESS, WASHING BOATS. BUDGETS- SHORT AND LONG TERM.
DAVE WICK – DISCUSSED PROFESSIONAL LAKE MANAGER TO GUIDE PLAN ALONG.
COUNCILMAN FAZIO- DISCUSSION OF HOW IMPORTANT THE TRIBUTARIES FEEDING THE LAKE.
IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT IN THE PAST, LAKE VANARE AND FOREST LAKE DOES NOT HAVE INVASIVE SPECIES.
DISCUSSION REGARDING BACTERIA AND ALGAE BLOOM CAUSED BY TOO MUCH HEAT AND NUTRIENTS,
LAKE GEORGE PARK COMMISSION HAS STUDIED IMPACT OF DISTANCING FROM
COUNCILMAN LEWANDOWSKI DISCUSSED RUNOFF INTO THE LAKE FROM THE STREETS, FERTILIZERS, ETC.
IT WAS MENTIONED THAT A SURVEY WAS DONE 10 YEARS AGO IN FOURTH LAKE AND FOUND NO INVASIVE SPECIES. THERE ARE NO MOTORBOATS WHICH HELPS.
TRACEY CLOTHIER- YOU NEED A PLANT SURVEY IN TWO WEEKS. CALL LARRY EICHLER. SOLITUDE CAN WRITE THE APPLICATION.
THE USE OF PROCELLACOR REQUIRES A FOLLOW UP PROGRAM.
CONWAY- 20 YEARS AGO THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE WAS TREATED WITH RENOVATE. IT WORKED WELL. HAND HARVESTING WAS A COMPONENT OF THAT.
ART HAVIGHORST- ADVISED TO HAVE A LAKE MANAGER . 5 YR PLAN. SOME ENFORCEMENT IS NEEDED . DISCUSSED LAKE SIDE CLEARING AND CONSTRUCTION.
APA WILL NOT ALLOW ANYTHING UNLESS YOU SHOW A PLAN WITHOUT CHEMICALS. WE HAVE TO BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2022 WITH A PLAN ASSUMING A PERMIT IS NOT APPROVED.
NOTE: 17 PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THIS MEETING VIA ZOOM.
VANARE RESIDENT STATED WATER LILIES HAVE TAKEN OVER IN LAKE VANARE. VANARE IS 37 ACRES.
COPPER SULPHITE CHEMICAL IS NO LONGER USED
HOWARD SHAFFER- DISCUSSED TIME CONSTRAINT FOR PLANT STUDY.
RESOLUTION 130 OF 2021 – RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FAZIO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN O’ NEAL THAT THE BOARD PASS AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO PROCEED WITH THE NECESSARY PLANT STUDY IN LAKE LUZERNE. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. NONE OPPOSED. CARRIED 4- 0.
RESOLUTION 131 OF 2021- RESOLVED UPON A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.FAZIO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WATER HOUSE TO HIRE TRACEY CLOTHIER AS LAKE MANAGER. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. NONE OPPOSED, CARRIED 4- 0
DISCUSSED THE CREATION OF A BUDGET LINE TO FUND. $41, 000 CAME FROM THE COUNTY.
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO VOTE ON A LINE STOP. HE HAS A SECOND QUOTE FOR 4, 000 ANOTHER FOR$ 8, 000 AND FROM NEW JERSEY A QUOTE IS COMING.
MOTION BY DEPUTY SUPERVISOR WATERHOUSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FAZIO TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
