President, Walter Broughton called the meeting to order at 11:00. Twenty:two people attended. Walter reminded everyone that Emily Krafjack would be speaking at the Chapel at 7:00. She will discuss the gas industry's role in our changing community.

The minutes of the August 14th meeting were read. The estimated profit for Lake Carey day was changed from $1,000:3,000 to $1,000:1,500. The minutes were approved with this correction.

Treasurer's Report Checking : $10,054.79 and Savings : $31,754.49.

President's Report Walter read the letter he wrote to Brian Grove, Senior Director of Corporate Development for Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC. In it he again invited Grove to speak at the lake and requested Chesapeake do a baseline testing of the lake water.

Walter distributed copies of the results of the Secchi disk and fecal coliforms testing. (He was unable to do so at the August meeting because his printer refused to print.) See attached. He reviewed the results again. Additional coliforms tests will be performed this week. We will pursue the idea of posting ' Please Don't Feed the Ducks or Geese ' signs at Franks.

Walter identified the dam as our major responsibility. He thanked Ed Hetzel for removing the stop logs (i.e., boards) before Hurricane Irene. Because of this, there was very little damage around the lake. Walter asked for volunteers to receive instruction on this process, so there are others who could handle the responsibility. The following volunteered: Chris Ziemba, Ron Tanner, Art Tinner, Bill Martin, Ken Price, and Barbara Beane. As required by DEP's Dam Safety, we have an Emergency Action Plan in place to be followed when the dam fails or is in danger of failing.

Walter reviewed the Dam Inspection Report drafted by Chuck Givler. Dr. GIvler recommends:

• completing a topographical survey of the site and its boundary lines;
• a site meeting be held with Dam Safety to discuss upgrades and repairs;
• developing a plan to address seepage, spillway capacity, abutment depressions, bulging gabions and proper riprap on the upstream face;
• cleaning and filling joint in the apron;
• regular mowing of the right bank and abutment.

Audit Committee No report

Lake Carey Day No report. Chris asked Walter if he would be interested in giving a presentation on the history of Lake Carey next year. He said he would.

Membership There are presently 115 members, the same as last year. The committee formed at the August meeting has not yet begun to make phone calls.

Walter showed Lake Carey flag stickers that Linda Pallis has made. He suggested a $5 donation for each.

Chris Ziemba reported that 12 families participated in the yard sale. Each is being asked for a 10:15% donation. A motion was made by Bob Spigarelli to continue to sponsor an annual Labor Day weekend yard sale. It was seconded by Kathy Keefe. It passed unanimously. Chris and Ginny Tinner agreed to work on future yard sales.

Property Committee Ron Tanner showed one of the new Lake Carey signs and reported that they are ready for installation. Gene Skrynski has volunteered to prepare the ground for post holes with his backhoe.

Ed Hetzel reported that the bids are in for the catchment basins. We received one at our P O box, but he didn't know how many were sent to Princeton Hydro. They will be reviewed and hopefully, work will begin soon.

Safety Committee Kathy Keefe reported that boats should continue to move in a counter clockwise direction. She has noted an increase in heavy truck traffic around the lake. Water and stone trucks are not supposed to be traveling on 4 digit state roads (e.g., SR 1003) unless they have a local delivery. She suggested that when trucks are seen, we should call the company and the state police to report them.

Water Quality Fred Lubnow and Ed Hetzel have completed the baseline water testing required to establish the effectiveness of the catchment basins once installed.

Chris Ziemba suggested that we lower the level of the flow pond an additional two feet. Ed Hetzel stated that he plans to remove the stop logs around October 1 to lower the lake two feet for the winter. Chris felt that additional lowering would kill the milfoil and dry out the area around Frank's. Ed said that it would have to be siphoned and that DEP would have to approve it. He estimated the cost to be about $1,000. Chris made a motion to request that DEP approve the additional lowering of the lake. Bob Spigarelli seconded it. There was much discussion of the need to consult all property owners affected. The motion failed with a 4:16 vote.

Deb Tierney made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Kathy Martin seconded it. The meeting was adjourned at 12:35 P.M.

Respectfully submitted, Ginny Tinner, Secretary

The LCWA monitors water quality in the small and large lakes on an ongoing basis. We routinely report the results of those tests to the membership at Association meetings and in the Newsletter.

The data below were reported at the August 2011 and again in the September meeting. Walter Broughton noted that such data should be read and interpreted with care:

First, when reviewing the Secchi data, please take into account the following:

• Secchi disk measures of water clarity are widely used and commonly regarded as a good general measure of eutrification.
• It is best to compare Secchi results taken in the same month; even then variations in rainfall, temperature and sunlight will produce different readings when the levels of nutrients on which algae feed are the same.
• All measurement is subject to measurement error; we're fortunate that much of this series was collected by Ed and others who have been trained to do so.

Similarly, please keep in mind the following when reviewing the fecal coliforms results:

• Measures of fecal coliforms have been widely used since the 1920s as an indicator of bacterial pollution. They are present in the gut of warm blooded organisms (including dogs, geese and ducks); many fecal coliforms themselves, however, are harmless.
• The officers informed DEP promptly of both the first and second readings above 200; DEP manifested no interest on learning the readings were not taken at a public beach. They also cautioned us that the source could be dogs or water fowl, as well as human waste.
• The officers did additional testing of the entire small lake; the results indicated that unacceptable levels of fecal coliforms were only found at Frank's Marina::and were seemingly declining.
• Fecal coliforms quickly die in open water. Water fowl, however, excrete pellets which sink into the mud where the bacteria continue to live. When the mud is stirred up, they are released into the water.
• Ducks and geese winter over and continue to congregate near Frank's; the mud in this area is routinely disturbed by marina traffic.
• Wastewater problems at the Inn or on the Causeway would likely lead to high readings downstream of these locations as well as at Frank's.
• Again, all measurement is subject to measurement error; we're fortunate that Ed is trained to sample lake waters.