VP Report
This year will be a very busy time for your Board of Directors. The main topic will be the preparation for a dredging plan for Lake Somerset. Our lake is in actually an "impoundment", meaning it is a man made lake created by blocking the outlet of a stream and thus creating a large body of water. The natural tendency of this type of "lake" is to fill the impoundment with sediment. This requires a program to periodically remove this sediment to maintain the usage of the lake in those affected areas.
Lake management (water quality, dredging and aquatic management) will, as always, be a major concern of the board.
We also plan on updating the West Park to the level of the other parks, and a maintenance program on the pole barn.
I would like to address the issue of respect. 1% of our members are making problems for the others. There are reports of trash left on the ice, abuse of the leaf and brush area, night lighting that shines in neighbors windows, dogs that run free and/or not picking up after your dogs, and trash, weeds, vehicles and other junk on property. We want to maintain our property values and the quality of life at Lake Somerset. We all need to make the effort to this end.
Association assessments are due May 1. Please send your check as soon as you receive your notice. Boat stickers are available now, so don't wait for the last moment to get yours.
Lastly, I can't encourage you enough to get involved. Come to the monthly meetings, volunteer to work on committees, and/or volunteer to be on the Board. This is your lake community. Let's make it the best place on earth.
Jim MacRitchie
Vice President
Boat Parade
Sunday, July 4
Annual Picnic
Saturday, July 17
(Rain Date July 18)
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