Borough of Mountain Lakes
Lakes Management Advisory Committee Meeting
11/2/10
Present:
Chair: Susan Ferguson
Members: Bailey, Dewing, Mesicek, Tippy, Wexler
Borough Manager: Barry Lewis
Council Liaison: George Jackson
Allied Biological: Glenn Sullivan
Borough DPW Director: Mark Prusina
Member of the public Bill Albergo.
Meeting called to order @ 7:34 PM
Chair:
4October
Meeting minutes – Accepted
4Discussion
of annual walk.
4
Discussion of December Meeting and Allied Biological presentation.
Borough
Manager:
4
Discussion of dam work. Fiberglass
spillway boards due tomorrow. Council Liaison asked when the Mountain Lake dam
would be done.
4 Manager
discussed lowering of lake levels now proceeding. Some delays due to siphoning
issues. Discussion of permit wording
that allows reduced level maintenance until December 1.
4Discussion
of Canal clean-up. DPW Director
discussed issues of access, damage to access properties, removal of items
accumulated in Canal, disposal of spoils, all related to the Canal. All weather dependent. Council Liaison asked whether the
Director had access points arranged.
Council Liaison asked whether the Borough had a priority list by cost, focused
on Grundens Pond. The Manager
answered that he anticipated that the entire project could be done within
budget. Some budget discussion
followed. Council Liaison asked
that the Manager bring the Council up to date on budget and priorities. Return to discussion of dam work.
Allied
Biological:
4Brief
discussion of Allied Biological equipment in cleaning tasks.
New
Business:
Old
Business:
4The Cove
as part of the Centennial projects.
Remove invasive barberry etc.
Discussion of process.
Suggestion of emergent plants as well as the barrier plants. Discussion of need to prevent erosion
and runoff. Allied Biological said
that the ideal for the local micro-biome and wildlife would be water around the
boulders at the edge of the land and emergent vegetation on the lake side.
Discussion of vegetation at the Birchwood/Crystal
spillway. Borough to discuss
issues with Converse engineering.
Next Meeting: Decmber 7, 2010
Meeting adjourned @ 8:31 PM