Minutes for Trustee Work Session- September 4, 2014

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The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District

Board of Trustees Work Session

Thursday, September 4, 2014 – 2:30 p.m.

3222 Kimball Avenue

Waterloo, IA

Lake Delhi Trustee Priorities for 2014-15

Prioritized by Order of Implementation

(Votes in parenthesis)

 

18 – Lake bed clean up

11 – Dredging plan

11 – Dam restoration, maintenance, operations and safety

5 – Water quality

4 – Volunteer help and management

4 – Seeking funding

1 – Communications

Public access and amenities

 

Vision and Mission

Overall Vision: Restore Lake Delhi as a recreational lake to pre-2010 flood condition.

Mission: The Lake Delhi Trustees collectively serve as the public governing and policy board of the Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District; a 357e organization as defined by Iowa Code.

 

 

 

 

Key Goals for 2014-15

1. Lake Bed Clean up – Implement a lake bed clean-up plan before the lake is back

  • Remove all trees
  • Start with the lower portion first (by dam) 
  • Work on getting remaining docks and lifts removed
  • Educate owners about dos and don’ts regarding vegetation removal via a series of seminars

PM – Todd   Nucleus group – Brian Hughes, Chris S., Mary, Laurie,

 

 

2.  Dredging Plan – Develop a dredging plan in fall of 2014. 

  • Identify key areas for the dredge after the survey work is complete
  • Prepare a timeline for the dredge areas
  • Determine what a safe recreational depth is for the lake
  • Outline a cost estimate for dredging
  • Determine what part can be dredged in the dry and which parts dredged in the wet
  • Include representatives from all areas of the lake 

Nucleus team – Todd, Steve, Pat, Mary, Dan Kimball – pick PM from the team. 

 

3.  Dam Construction – Complete construction of the dam within the resources that have been raised. 

  • Manage initial lake use upon refilling and communicate the process and safety to all lake users 
  • Prepare a plan for passing initial debris through the gates
  • Outline all operating costs – equipment, volunteers (hired or unpaid), start-up contract

PM – Pat with committee/team

 

 

4. Water Quality – Develop a strategy for water quality that exceeds minimum standards of the DNR. 

  • Define what is meant by water quality
  • Macro issue – Water quality issues are shared by other lakes in Iowa – consider a broader coalition to address with legislators 
  • Micro-issue – define some specific water quality issues for Lake Delhi, outline all the progress that has been made, and communicate this broadly

Mary will convene a group, including the Water Quality Team and Todd and Cory Groth. PM will come from the Water Quality Team.

 

5. Volunteer Help – Broaden volunteer participation in lake restoration.

  • Invite everyone on the lake to volunteer, but be more specific about what is needed and when 
  • Create a master list of expertise, resources and skill sets of lake residents and cabin owners 
  • Incorporate the road associations in the volunteer work
  • Each team or project will have a volunteer coordinator

PM – discussed, but not assigned since each team or project will have a volunteer coordinator

6. Seeking Funding – Seek additional funds for lake restoration.

  • Create an estimate of all project funding needs by the end of 2014
  • Learn about funding sources for each of the projects
  • Determine the ongoing need for lobbying/advocacy efforts
  • Base fundraising strategy on project needs

PM – Steve  Team members – Laurie and Todd (will put out a call for more volunteers)

 

7. Finance – Continue to work toward development of an overall budget to better convey the complete financial position.

  • FEMA updates should be provided to lake residents as available

PM – Larry, with team members Laurie, Lamont, Marilyn, Jim and Tom

 

8. Communications – Continue ongoing external and internal communications.

External –

  • Work toward a more consistent pattern of circulating the VOICE, with a target of once monthly 
  • Create a simpler VOICE, but seed additional content
  • Always refer VOICE readers to the website for regular updates

Internal –

  • Need updates at each Trustees meeting on all 8 goal areas (or state as 6 goal areas and finance and communications)
  • Report what was accomplished
  • Outline what is planned for the following month
  • List committee members on each report
  • Deal with rumors as they are circulated

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