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2 <br />9-17-2024 CBLID Annual Meeting Minutes Draft 9-30-2024 <br /> <br /> <br />Last year we applied for a grant from the MN DNR but were not awarded one. We have received grants <br />in the past but they are becoming harder to get with more competition from more lake associations. We <br />will continue to apply for the DNR grants. <br /> <br />Chalupsky put forward a “Motion to Approve the financial statements for the period ending August 31, <br />2024.” 2nd by Kennefick. <br />VOTE by voice of all District property owners present with one vote per property. All who voted, voted <br />Aye, Nays 0. MOTION PASSES. <br /> <br />VII. Unfinished Business <br /> None <br /> <br />VIII. New Business <br />A. 2024 Aquatic Plant Survey and Treatment of Carman Bay <br />Kieper discussed the 2024 Aquatic Plant Survey for Carman Bay that was recently completed. This is <br />the District’s year-end scorecard measuring the outcome in managing the two known aquatic invasive <br />plants, Curlyleaf Pondweed (CLP) and Eurasian Watermilfoil (milfoil or EWM) in the District. The <br />field work is complete, and the full report, called a Point Intercept Survey, will probably be available <br />in October and soon after posted on the CBLID webpage on the City of Orono’s website. While the <br />full report is not yet available, the data is available now. The objective as per the Lake Vegetation <br />Management Plan is controlling and maintaining CLP and EWM to frequencies below 20% occur- <br />rence during the year of treatment. 2024 milfoil occurrence is at 12%, and CLP is 1% (see attached <br />“2024 Aquatic Plant Survey Results”). See also the table summarizing 7 years of Aquatic Plan Sur- <br />veys (see attached “2018-2024 Aquatic Plant Survey, Summary Results”) that includes CLP and <br />EWM results. <br /> <br />Kieper summarized the 2024 season treatment. The 2023 Curlyleaf Pondweed (CLP) and Eurasian <br />Watermilfoil (milfoil or EWM) forecast for 2024 was for 25 acres of CLP and 8 acres of EWM. <br />However, the 2024 pre-treatment surveys determined there were 3 treatable acres of CLP (see at- <br />tached “CLP Delineation Survey 2024”) and 43 treatable acres of EWM (see attached “EWM Deline- <br />ation 2024” and “EWM Management Plots 2024”). The full delineation reports will be posted on the <br />CBLID webpage. An historical summary of CLP and EWM treatment acreages from 2020 to 2024 <br />are on page10 (“2024 Carman Bay Treatment Update”) of the August 20, 2024 Board Meeting <br />Minutes that are posted on the CBLID webpage. <br /> <br />PLM, our professional applicator, developed and submitted a treatment plan to the MN DNR to mini- <br />mize disruption to the native plant community and our budget. The DNR approved the plan targeting <br />approximately 19 acres of milfoil in a shallower part of the Bay with ProcellaCOR. ProcellaCOR is a <br />very costly but systemic and selective treatment that targets and kills the milfoil plant and root. The <br />remaining 4 milfoil areas were treated with Diquat. Diquat is significantly less expensive, kills only <br />the contact areas (plant but not the root) and is a broad-spectrum herbicide. <br /> <br />ProcellaCOR has a 3-year guarantee when a minimum of 10 contiguous acres are treated, valid the <br />year of the treatment and for two subsequent years. With the guarantee, next season we can rotate to <br />treat a different area with ProcellaCOR. This year’s plan to treat one site with ProcellaCOR and four <br />sites with Diquat exceeded our seasonal herbicide treatment budget by $3,846. <br /> <br />160