Borough of Mountain Lakes

Lakes Management Advisory Committee

Issues May 2004

• Review of the Lakes walk, inspection tour by Committee and Borough Manager. Focus on the new dams and dam work.

• Committee reviewed the cleaning project and the removal of recently deposited plant material.

• The Committee moved to support the Manager in a proposal to Council to draw down Mountain and Wildwood lakes in late September to perform maintenance. Planned total of two feet drawn down. In preparation for hurricane season the lakes are usually drawn down one foot in the late summer. The draw down will cease about 11/1/04 to allow for normal replenishment during the winter.

• Discussion of Canal cleaning.

• The Manager noted to the Committee that there will be increased police patrols of the beach areas to control dog access and other non-permitted access.

• The USDA has begun addling goose eggs. Culling last year seems to have helped: only four nests found now. USDA will review the culling program for this year.

• The Committee unanimously approved a motion of support for continuing a goose culling program.

• Manager reported on behalf of Allied Biological that there had been early algae growth in all the lakes.

• Discussion of recent Allied Biological reports; how detritus moves in the lakes; impact of flooding.

• Discussion of Wildwood dike plantings and Allied Biological planting capacity.

• Discussed fecal coliform baseline measurement. Virtually nil in April.

• Discussed non-native fish in Mountain Lake. (Golden Shiner or Notemigonus crysoleucus.)

• The Committee discussed communication with Borough residents. Discussion of Home & School Bulletin for June; possible flyer; Web site.