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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 General Operating Fund

Beginning Balance $ 12,173.98 2014/15 Membership fees $ 3,780.00 2015/16 Membership fees $ 1,085.00 Raffles, Donations, Bank $ 50.00 Directory Advertising $ 190.00 Total $ 17,278.98

2014/15 Expenditures

FOCA Membership $ 531.25 Website Hosting $ 95.88 Spring Educational Meeting & BBQ $ 245.96 Regatta $ 101.40 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)
• 1/3rd 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

FOCA’s Mission: To protect thriving and sustainable waterfronts across Ontario

FOCA is the only province-wide voice for Ontario waterfront property owners

Who is FOCA?

Acting as an information bridge between policy-makers and our members Connecting community groups with each other, and with resources

What is FOCA working on?

FOCA sits at the table where individuals cannot

Past Year in Review

FOCA raised the early battle cry over costs with the new Ontario Provincial Police billing model Introduced the FOCA Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention and Monitoring Program Alerted members about their voting rights in the Provincial and Municipal elections, including alternate voting by mail or online FOCA sat as an official intervenor into Ontario Energy Board rate hearings related to Hydro One’s rate application for 2015-2019 Worked on broad-scale issues affecting the Great Lakes, spoke at and attended international coalition meetings, submitted EBR comment on development plans, and participated in workshops and 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

• f 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

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.

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

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 74 1 13.5

• 3. Jump Rock

1 4 1 2 19 136 27.2

• 4. Narrows

5 7 5 29 9 9.2

• 5. Saunders Bay

6 13 9 *121 63 36 41.3

• 6. May Bay

4 1 5 4 2.3

2015 2014

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

• 3. Jump Rock

3 2 3 1 1.8

• 4. Narrows

4 2 4 2 2 2.8

• 5. Saunders Bay

77 1 25 20.4

• 6. May Bay

8 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

Fall Road Clean-up Saturday, October 3, 2015 Santa Claus Parade Saturday, December 26, 2015 Winter Carnival & Chili Cookoff Saturday, February 13, 2016 Earth Day Weekend Road Clean-up Saturday, April 23, 2016

Educational Meeting Saturday, June 25, 2016 Community Yard Sale Saturday, July 2, 2016 Scavenger Hunt Regatta Sunday, July 31, 2016 Outdoor Movie Night Saturday, September 3, 2016 AGM 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

Fun in the Sun Landscape Wildlife

Social Expenses and Budget

Volunteers make it happen!

Volunteers Needed

• Environmental Committee members
• Social Committee members or

event volunteers

• Road Reps

Election

• Treasurer
• Social Director
• Membership & Volunteer Director

• Questions?
• Emerging Issues?
• Key priorities for 2015-2016?