Big Bald Lake Cottagers’ Association Annual General Meeting September 26, 2015
Agenda • 2014 AGM Minutes • 2014-2015 Financials • President's Report • Membership Report • FOCA Overview • Lake Water Quality Testing Report • Social Committee Report • Volunteers Needed • Election • Questions / Issues
2014/2015 Year-Ending Financials 2014/15 Expenditures 2014/15 General Operating Fund Beginning Balance $ 12,173.98 FOCA Membership $ 531.25 2014/15 Membership fees $ 3,780.00 Website Hosting $ 95.88 2015/16 Membership fees $ 1,085.00 Spring Educational Raffles, Donations, Bank $ 50.00 Meeting & BBQ $ 245.96 Directory Advertising $ 190.00 Regatta $ 101.40 Total $ 17,278.98 Winter Carnival $ 420.81 Total $1,395.30 Total BBLCA Assets As of June30, 2015 $15,883.68 Bank Balance As of Sept 2015 $15,981.43 As of Sept 2014 $16,788.98
President’s Report • introduced on-line payment and 3 year membership discount • continued with E.coli water quality testing promote good environmental and safe boating practices • • monitor and report on environmental and municipal issues • started calendar of local events on our website • issue regular news emails and Facebook updates • provided popular social events with over 100 people at the educational meeting and the regatta • conducted contests: boat show, cottage show, BBL Beaver, composting • provided prizes at our AGM and educational meeting • produced and distributed Kids at Play signs for all roads work with other cottage associations: • North Pigeon Lake Ratepayers' Association, Cavendish Community Ratepayers Association Inc., – Harvey Lakelands Commonland Owners Association work with other organizations such: • Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA) and the Kawartha Lake Stewards – Association (FOCA), Kawartha Land Trust (KLT), Kawartha Conservation Blue Canoe Program Promote a Sense of Community! •
Membership • 72 Members in 2012; 86 Members in 2013 • 126 Members in 2014 (approx. 50%) • 111 Members in 2015 and counting • 33 Members pre-paid for 2016 (24 for 2017) • 257 households (approx. 43% are members) • 1/3 rd of payments received this fiscal year were electronic • 167 Households on email distribution list • Road Reps needed • Door-to-door campaign in July/August; email in September
Who is FOCA? FOCA is the only province-wide voice for Ontario waterfront property owners FOCA’s Mission: To protect thriving and sustainable waterfronts across Ontario
What is FOCA working on? Acting as an information bridge between policy-makers and our members Connecting community groups with each other, and with resources FOCA sits at the table where individuals cannot
Past Year in Review � FOCA raised the early battle cry over � FOCA sat as an official intervenor costs with the new Ontario Provincial into Ontario Energy Board rate Police billing model hearings related to Hydro One’s rate application for 2015-2019 � Introduced the FOCA Aquatic � Worked on broad-scale issues Invasive Species Prevention and Monitoring Program affecting the Great Lakes , spoke at and attended international � Alerted members about their voting coalition meetings, submitted EBR rights in the Provincial and Municipal comment on development plans, elections , including alternate voting by and participated in workshops and mail or online summits across the province � Continued the Lake Partner Program partnership, of volunteer water quality monitoring on Ontario’s inland lakes
NEW Member Benefit! First group insurance plan for cottagers Available exclusively to FOCA members www.cottagefirst.com
Phosphorus Testing • Total phosphorus concentration are ideally used to interpret nutrient status in Ontario lakes, since phosphorus is the element that controls the growth of algae in most Ontario lakes . Increases in phosphorus will decrease water clarity by stimulating algal growth. In extreme cases, algal blooms will affect the aesthetics of the lake and/or cause taste and odour problems in the water. • Many limnologists place lakes into three broad categories with respect to nutrient status. Lakes with less that 10 µg/L TP are considered oligotrophic. These are dilute, unproductive lakes that rarely experience nuisance algal blooms . Lakes with TP between 10 and 20 µg/L are termed mesotrophic and are in the middle with respect to trophic status. These lakes show a broad range of characteristics and can be clear and unproductive at the bottom end of the scale or susceptible to moderate algal blooms at concentration near 20 µg/L. Lakes over 20 µg/L are classed as eutrophic and may exhibit persistent, nuisance algal blooms. • In Big Bald Lake, phosphorus is low because it is precipitated out of the lake during warm weather by the action of algae. This precipitate, called marl, forms soft, powdery sediments.
Phosphorus Results - 2014 The spring of 2014 was very late, cold and wet after a record-breaking long, cold winter. The summer followed suit, being cool and wet. Everyone noticed that there was less aquatic plant growth near them, probably due to the long period of thick ice and snow coverage.
Phosphorus Results and Analysis Date Sample 1 (µg/L) Sample 2 (µg/L) Average (µg/L) 2014-05-10 16.4 16 16.2 2014-06-20 12 12 12 2014-08-01 10.8 10.8 10.8 2014-09-03 8.4 8.6 8.5 Phosphorus levels in 2014 showed similar patterns to other years: • Phosphorus levels in May are low in all the Kawartha Lakes, about 10 ppb, probably due to a flushing of the Trent-Severn Waterway by low-phosphorus water from the north. • In most Kawartha Lakes, phosphorus rises throughout June and July, then decreases somewhat through August. • Phosphorus levels in midsummer rise as water flows downstream.
E.coli Results 2005-2015 E.coli RESULTS / Annual Average Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Sites sampled 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Test dates 6 7 5 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 6 Total tests 36 42 30 36 36 30 24 36 36 30 36 Max. E.coli level, single test 17 12 25 56 19 22 12 121 42 77 121 Tests over 10 3 2 1 8 3 1 1 6 6 5 13 Notes: 100 Ecoli/100ml is the public beach closure level The Kawartha Lake Stewards Association (normally requests) retests at 50 Ecoli/100ml of water Saunders Bay tested over 10 – 4 out of 6 times, with the highest being 121, retest results were: 0, 7, 5, 6, 10 Jump Rock tested consistently well last year and this July, but had scores of 19 and 136 in August, no retests requested
E.coli Results 2014-2015 Location 06-Jul 20-Jul 30-Jul 11-Aug 20-Aug 30-Aug Average 1. Catalina Bay 11 14 31 3 51 35 24.2 2. Richards Bay 2 1 3 0 74 1 13.5 3. Jump Rock 1 4 1 2 19 136 27.2 2015 4. Narrows 5 7 0 5 29 9 9.2 5. Saunders Bay 6 13 9 *121 63 36 41.3 6. May Bay 4 0 1 5 4 0 2.3 Location 09-Jul 24-Jul 31-Jul 12-Aug 25-Aug Average 1. Catalina Bay 21 3 2 34 5 13.0 2. Richards Bay 7 1 31 18 1 11.6 2014 3. Jump Rock 3 2 3 0 1 1.8 4. Narrows 4 2 4 2 2 2.8 5. Saunders Bay 77 1 0 25 0 20.4 6. May Bay 8 0 1 6 1 3.2 * Saunders Bay was retested 5 times on August 14; results were 0, 7, 5, 6, 10
E.coli Summary from Doug Eddy It has been an interesting season for E-Coli counts on Big Bald Lake. We have had several quite high readings at a few of our sample sites over July and August. The samples were taken roughly every 10 days for an 8 week period. My views are purely layman observational. For the month of July the readings were low across the six sample locations. Following July, there was then a spike in counts at all sites with exception to May Bay which remained low the entire summer. Keep in mind that all of the high readings for the most part were below the standards for municipal beach closings but may have been above our acceptable lake standards. The higher readings ranging from 31 to 136 took place at Saunders Bay, Catalina Bay, Richards Bay and Jump Rock Bay. These levels fluctuated over the August weeks and Saunders Bay was actually retested within two days of a high result and scored below 10 in the 5 samples drawn. As to an explanation from a layman’s viewpoint, I suggest the following could be indicators: • Warmer weather period prior to sampling • Wind speed and post heavy rainfall (runoff) • High concentration of waterfowl in certain locations • Heavy human leisure use (Jump Rock Bay) • Density of weeds and algae
Social Committee Report
Upcoming Events Educational Meeting Fall Road Clean-up Saturday, June 25, 2016 Saturday, October 3, 2015 Community Yard Sale Santa Claus Parade Saturday, July 2, 2016 Saturday, December 26, 2015 Scavenger Hunt Regatta Winter Carnival & Sunday, July 31, 2016 Chili Cookoff Saturday, February 13, 2016 Outdoor Movie Night Saturday, September 3, 2016 Earth Day Weekend Road Clean-up AGM Saturday, April 23, 2016 Photo Contest Winner Reveal Saturday, September 24, 2016
Santa Clause Parade
Winter Carnival
Educational Meeting & BBQ
Community Yard Sale
Scavenger Hunt Regatta
Movie Night
Clean up Days
Photo Contest Landscape Fun in the Sun Wildlife
Social Expenses and Budget
Volunteers make it happen!
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