Amberley: Dave Cooper, Nigel Bellchamber, Carolyn Carter
Bogies: Allen Trow
Cedar Grove: Rod Dervis
Green Acres: Bill Parsons
Horizon View: Audry and Roly Bourbonniere
Huron Sands: Dan Congdon, Roger Watt
Huron Sands North: Heinz Puhlmann
Huron Shores: Irene Howard
Kintail: John Moore, Frank Sleinbach
Lakeland Estates: Tom Chauvin, Wess Sommers
Linfield: Harry and Judy Cieslar
Maple Grove: Bob Houston
Mid-Huron: Mike McKeon, Beth Ross
Port Albert: Glen Gardner
Port Albert North: Mike McElhone
Shamrock: Bruce Robertson
Sunset: Barb and Eric Holmes
(unspecified): Grant Chisholm
ACLA Business Session
Minutes of 2003-09-06 meeting approved.
Treasurer's Report (Carolyn Carter) -- Financial
statement distributed. Program expenses are depleting the fund balance.
Will seek $15/member contribution for 2005 from each cottage
association.
Steering Committee (Dave Cooper) -- Could use a few more volunteers
to distribute the work.
Next meeting -- tentatively set for August 28.
Information Session
Guests from ACW Council: Ben VanDiepenbeck (Reeve),
Doug Fines (Colborne ward), Marilyn Miltenberg (Ashfield ward)
Source Water Protection (Nigel Bellchamber) -- A commission
has been formed as a consequence of the O'Connor "Walkerton" inquiry, to
make recommendations to the Minister of the Environment. There are three
committees (technical, nutrient management, implementation). It is
expected that it will take 2 to 3 years to develop the plan, and 5 to 10
years to implement all aspects of it.
Beach Water Testing (Harry Cieslar) -- Huron County Health Unit says
the data from the past 10 years indicates no major changes. The Unit has
hired two students for this summer's testing program, which is the most
extensive ever done in Ontario ... it will do all 20 public-area beaches,
at least 2 times and as much as 5 times a week. Plans also include use of
information from satellite maps of pollution outflows.
Taxes (Dave Cooper) -- County and Township spending has
increased significantly over the last 4 years. Due to the increasing
selling prices of cottage properties, the tax base is shifting to the
lakefront.
ACW garbage collection -- Changes have been made to transfer points
in Horizon View, Huron Shores, Port Albert, and Sharpes Creek.
Stream and DNA testing (Mike McElhone) -- The 2003 stream-testing
report will be added to the ACLA website; testing will continue this
summer. The DNA-testing news release got local, provincial, and national
coverage; will have a proposal for the September meeting as to how best to
continue.
Wind turbines (Heinz Puhlmann) -- Canadian Renewable Energy
Corporation is preparing to construct about 40 wind turbines at 500m
intervals along a N-S line through Ashfield and Colborne wars about 500m
inland of the lake.
Gas Storage (Heinz Puhlmann) -- The Port Albert natural-gas well is
depleted and the site will be used as underground storage.
ACW Council update (Ben VanDiepenbeck) -- This year's 3% tax increase
was necessary to meet costs. The trend to increasing lakefront
property-assessment values is not something Council can control. The cost
to cottagers to pay ACW for maintenance on unassumed roads may be more
than the cost of upgrading the road in order to have ACW assume
maintenance. Those interested in receiving a cost estimate are invited to
contact the ACW office.
Recorded by: Roger Watt. Last updated: 2004-05-31.