ECC Meeting Minutes February 13, 2024

The meeting was attended by Dave McCoy, Nick Connor, Shari Berry, Bruce Berry, and Dave Vanness.  The meeting was held on February 13, 2024.

ECC Liaison:  Debbie Lambert

Completed Tasks:

  • N/A

Action Items:

  • Review 2024 budget.
  • Discuss 2024 tasks for contractors
    • Legacy Landscaping
      • Mowing – LBHOA signed a 3 year contract
      • Shoreline pruning – evaluate 2023 pruning
      • Fall cleanup – scheduled for fall 2024
      • Path repair – identify area around lake in need of repair
      • Erosion control on the east path?  ($3,000-$4,000)
      • Other tasks?
    • Nellen Tree Service
      • Review proposal for 2024 tree management options
    • Aquatic Biologists
      • Review proposal for 2024 lake management options
        • Beach treatments 2024
        • Treatment of aquatic vegetation around perimeter of lake
        • Application of phosphorous reducing pellets
        • Digital mapping
        • Milfoil treatment evaluation – ongoing
    • Marek Landscaping
      • Two invasive species treatments in 2024
  • Radek focus February through March
    • Re-grade east beach boat areas with sand before boats come out this spring
    • Clean beaches (rake, remove any algae piles, etc)
    • Prune trees and shrubs around beaches where appropriate – potential to remove some trees recommended by Nellen
    • Maintain flower beds (throughout community) and rain garden with emphasis on:
      • Weeding
      • Maintenance:  this includes:
        • Thinning out flower beds
        • Transplanting flowers to other beds
        • Transplanting flowers to shoreline in areas that are currently bare
  • Any other tasks for 2024 that are not included in the budget?
  • Greg Rizzo has let us know that he no longer wishes to be on the  ECC.  Therefore, we need to assign someone to be the lead for sand (ordering) – Bruce Berry?

Upcoming Items

  • Order sand for east beach regrading (Radek to regrade east beach boat storage in February or March)
  • Legacy Landscaping – path repair
  • NellenTree Service – start maintenance pruning ASAP
    • Identify trees that Radek can take care of
  • Aquatic Biologists – start treatments as determined by weather

New Standards

  • ECC has full authority for mooring placement but needs to follow the boat mooring request procedure approved in 2022.  The board will not be involved moving forward.
  • ECC members need to use the Lake Brittany emails

ECC Assigned Roles

  • …Nellen Tree Service (tree maintenance) – Nick Connor
  • Legacy Landscaping (general landscaping) – Nick Connor
  • Aquatic Biologists (lake management) – Nick Connor
  • Marek Landscaping (invasive species in shoreline) – Dave McCoy/Nick Connor
  • Radek communication – Dave Vanness
  • Burn debris by shed – Dave Vanness
  • Boat mooring requests – Shari Berry
  • Mulch – Andrea Katz
  • Sand – Bruce Berry
  • Path repairs – Bruce Berry
  • Radek time sheet – Dave Vanness
  • Answering community concerns – As Needed

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