Environmental Committee VDOE July 21
Committee members in attendance: Jane Gunn, Patti Aliventi, Paula Doyle, Adam Leiser
Absent: Larry Leonard Public in attendance: None
Meeting was not filmed Call to order 8:02am
Adam motion to approve agenda – second Jane vote yes 4-0
Adam motion to approve minutes of 7/7 – second Paula vote yes 4-0
Adam informs committee that questions were sent to John Cooley – no answer yet
Not urgent to get answers
BOC authorized purchase of two extra boards for the dam – boards to be cut to size
July 29th at 9am is VLAP testing at Geneva Beach – Adam will attend – TBD on others
John Cancelarich has resigned from the committee
Adam announces that he was authorized by the BOC to respond on Facebook to the conversation about weekly beach testing – simply to write the exact wording of the motion
Paula wonders if the dam management plan should be done in the Environmental Committee
Adam discussed proposed pond level management – Paula asks who would be in charge of administration of proposed pond level management – answer is unknown
Paula is concerned that this management plan is too much of a management job
Paula isn’t comfortable endorsing this
Jane says she wants more questions answered
Adam agrees
Leak in dam discussed
BOC has not discussed following up with DES about the potential failure of the dam
Questions for Charlie Krautman – Can you tell us more about the leak you identified? What are the implications? Should we be discussing a fix, replace? What’s your advice?
Paula says it should be done in person. Can we do it in person? Should it be on the phone? Everyone agrees to try it in person.
Paula wonders who should be part of meeting. Patti thinks it’s environmental committee and BOC.
Adam says we should thank Charlie for the report.
Outhouses – Nancy is to send the committee what she has on outhouses removal.
Should the VDOE supply bear proof garbage cans in the district?
Most affordable long term option may be to reconstruct outhouses and get bear proof garbage cans so we can pump outhouses in the future.
Environmental Committee wants the information from DES regarding outhouse removal.
EPOA should be notified that the BOC voted to not pay for the testing.
EPOA asked to comb the lake. Have we gotten a response?
Paula asks about the process to get information to and from the BOC – Adam explains that it will all be happening between the chair of the committees and the administrator.
Paula reached out to Dr. James Thoule(?) and has not heard back regarding storm water management
Nordell Gagnon may be attending a BOC meeting in the future. He has been contacted.
Patti discusses Big Porridge Pond Preservation Assocation – August 10 at 2pm. Nobody on the committee is planning to go. Jay Buckley has said he would go. Jane asks what the purpose of the association is. Nobody is certain but Paula thinks Jay may know.
Porridge Shore runoff – Kevin Ackert reached out to the BOC and asked to meet with Adam. Adam informs committee he will be happy to meet with Kevin. Adam will inform committee when that meeting will occur. Adam will try to make it a daytime meeting.
Adam says multiple beaches need sand – maybe we need to have erosion control on the beaches? Adam raises the question of what does committee want to do? Should the BOC find out if someone in the district has a background or knowledge on this? Maybe some money should be allocated?
Patti and Jane said they will look and learn and report back to the Environmental committee regarding sand runoff in rainstorms. Neither Jane nor Patti will be contacting anyone: just fact finding
Nothing to report on Thusis because water levels are too high
Adam motion to adjourn – second Patti --- Vote 4-0
Next meeting is 8pm on 8/5 in the Lodge
Minutes taken and submitted by Adam Leiser