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May 25, 2022 - LLIA Annual Meeting Minutes: 2022_LLIA_Annual_Meeting_Minutes.pdf and Recorded Video

Despite some windy conditions, we had over 100 people come out to enjoy the luminary trail and tree burn.  

Next year we'll need some more help, so please consider helping out for a few hours the afternoon of the event for setup. Creating the trail is a bit of a daunting task where many hands can make light work.  

Big thanks go out to this years volunteers:

• Dana and John Johnson plus their nephews for helping to make the trail and for hosting a firepit and other fun stuff
• Jake Shaver for providing traditional ice luminaries for the main firepit
• Luke Broghammer for christmas tree collection and Logan Broghammer for luminary take down
• Mike Battaglia, Dale Swanson and Larry Valtinson for hosting additional fire pits along the trail.
• Sam Hickman for luminary setup and take down assistance
• Jason Scott for safety committee assistance

Thanks to all who joined our Annual Meeting this evening, especially our guests; New Brighton Mayor, Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, and RCWD Lake and Stream Specialist, Matt Kocian.

The meeting was recorded and available to be viewed HERE

For anyone interested in getting more involved in the association within our Board of Directors or any feedback, please email us at llianewbrighton@gmail.com. 

Thanks for all your support ~ we can't continue to improve the lake without you.

Just a quick heads up on a StarTrib article that came out yesterday regarding the carp status on Long Lake; New tools in fight to remove carp

They referenced 1,000 carp were removed at the electronic fence located by the trestle bridge over Rice Creek and another 7,000 via the box nets.  That's approximately 80,000 pounds of biomass and took quite a bit of human muscle to fill boats and load the carp into trailers ~ a much worse job than our annual Clean Up Day (which is scheduled for the Saturday after Labor Day, btw!). 

I visited the landing while they removed the box netted carp and took a picture of one of the trailers ~ yuk!

We're lucky to have focus on our lake and we hope these mitigations will continue to improve water quality.  I'll keep you posted as I learn more.

Quick follow up on the boat recovery yesterday.  Ramsey County Sheriff was able to recover a 17' Bayliner Inboard/Outboard yesterday just off the public beach.  With a good buff and some Sea Foam we could have it back on the water by next summer.  

Andy Combites posted some pics and information at Facebook > Neighborly New Brighton

Thanks to Adam Gerber for sending the pic below.  

BE SAFE!

John

I'm always amazed at how much trash we collect on Clean Up Day and this year is no different.  Thank to the following volunteers:  The Scott Family, the Hickman Family, the Gunderson Family, the Matkaiti Family, Dale Swanson, the Klines, the Beckmans, Gary Erickson, Dave Rubash (and Eli), Nikolas Kohler, Gail Hain, Luke Broghammer, and Grant Hanson.  Hopefully I didn't miss anyone.  

Special thanks to Owen and Elsa Scott who suffered multiple bee stings!

Clean Up Day is the Saturday after Labor Day, so next year it will be on September 11.  Many kids have service projects assigned through school to memorialize 9/11 and this is a great way to complete the project.  

I'm always amazed at how much trash we collect on Clean Up Day and this year is no different.  Thank to the following volunteers:  The Scott Family, the Hickman Family, the Gunderson Family, the Matkaiti Family, Dale Swanson, the Klines, the Beckmans, Gary Erickson, Dave Rubash (and Eli), Nikolas Kohler, Gail Hain, Luke Broghammer, and Grant Hanson.  Hopefully I didn't miss anyone.   Special thanks to Owen and Elsa Scott who suffered multiple bee stings! Clean Up Day is the Saturday after Labor Day, so next year it will be on September 11.  Many kids have service projects assigned through school to memorialize 9/11 and this is a great way to complete the project.  Trash on lakeshore along Beach Road

Pile of trash collected and some of our awesome volunteersPile of trash collected and some of our awesome volunteers We found this interesting bracelet.  If you lost this over the summer, please contact LLIA for it's safe return.  found this interesting bracelet.  If you lost this over the summer, please contact LLIA for it's safe return.   Bee ground nest - this isn't trash - leave it alone!ground nest - this isn't trash - leave it alone!

RCWD contracted with Blue Water Science to have our delineation map completed on June 22.  We have provided it to Lake Restoration and encourage you to contact them if you'd like your lake shore or dock treated when they're on the lake.

Note that some of the red and yellow areas of the north basin were not circled as part the treatment ~ in those ares, milfoil appeared very unhealthy and determined not to be worth the money to treat.

Lake Restoration will be out in the next few weeks to treat approximately 5 acres with Diquat, the same product they used last year.  I'll keep you posted when I hear of a specific date.

More information regarding our weed treatment process can be found here: 

• LLIA AIS Treatment
  
• Individual Lake Owner AIS Treatment
  

Be SAFE during the upcoming 4th weekend!  Make sure your guest know the rules of the lake if they take out your jet skis or otherwise.  

- John