Borough of Mountain
Lakes
Lakes Management
Advisory Committee Meeting
2/05/08
Present
Chair: Susan Ferguson
Members: Bailey,
Dewing, Markus, Mesicek, Mimberg, Tippy, Wexler
Borough Manager: Joe
Tempesta
Council Liaison: Blair
Wilson
Allied Biological: Glenn
Sullivan
Meeting called to order at 7:35
Chair
- December
minutes- approved
- Confirmed
early-December mailing to lakefront homeowners of:
- Letter
from Borough Manager Webb and Committee Chair Ferguson suggesting
reduction in use of fertilizers and planting of lakeside buffers to
mitigate persistent filamentous algae
- Allied
Biological article on same subject entitled ‘An Opinion on Fertilizers’
Manager
Birchwood Lake
- Work
on retaining wall stone façade suspended.
Project will resume when DEP permit for lowering water level is in
place
- Joe
will verify date for insertion of boards to begin lake refill for summer
swim season
- Pier
heights have been lowered
Sunset Dam: Converse Consultants working on design prep work
Allied Biological
- Described
recent DEP changes
- Provided
overview of recent industry conference
- Confirmed
that nitrogen, contained in all fertilizers, was primary cause of
excessive filamentous algae in WW Lake last summer
New Business
- Extensive
discussion of possibility of soil testing samples of land abutting
Wildwood Lake, and possibly other lakes
- Purpose
to determine, more specifically: nature of runoff into Wildwood Lake; and
possible solutions to filamentous algae problem
- J.
Mesicek will consider the issues further and make recommendation at March
meeting
- MLHS
Environmental Club, while small, may be able to help out if testing takes
place
- Extensive
discussion of strategies to communicate to all residents 2008 guidelines
for stewardship of all lakes. R. Mimberg to update 2007 mailing
- D. Dewing
to explore possible ways to incorporate Lakes Management knowledge and
stewardship in district school curriculum