Big Bald Lake Cottagers’

Association

Annual General Meeting

September 23, 2017

Agenda

• 2016 AGM Minutes

• 2016-2017 Financials

• President's Report

• Membership Report

• Lake Water Quality Testing Report

• Social Committee Report

• Photo Contest Winners

• Volunteers Needed

• Issues

• Election

• Questions / Other Issues

2016/2017 Year-Ending Financials

2016/17 General Operating Fund 2015/16 2014/15

Beginning Balance 13,934.60 15,883.68 12,173.98

2014/15 Memberships - - 3,780.00

2015/16 Memberships 35.00 3,255.00 1,085.00

2016/17 Memberships 3,080.00 1,730.00 -

2017/18 Memberships 1,260.00 675.00 -

2018/19 Memberships 545.00 60.00 -

2019/20 Memberships - - -

Raffles, Donations, Bank 135.35 70.00 50.00

Directories 385.00 190.00

Total 18,989.95$ Total 22,058.68$ 17,278.98$

2016/17 Expenditures 2015/16 2014/15

FOCA Membership 573.50 653.37 531.25

FOCA on line fees 107.55 0.00 0.00

Website Domain/Advertise 156.76 180.57 95.88

Insurance 2,097.36 999.00 0.00

Water Testing 300.00 710.00 0.00

Safety Signs 0.00 689.30 0.00

Directories -1,910.00 2,027.22 0.00

Meetings, Postage,Supplies 61.92 20.27 0.00

Donations 814.50 1,060.00 0.00

Spring BBQ 0.00 430.00 101.40

Regatta -640.46 1,238.62 245.96

Movie Nite 147.86 40.73 0.00

Paddleboard Seminar -75.00 0.00 0.00

Land Between 1,480.00 0.00 0.00

Welcome Baskets 591.31 0.00 0.00

Sign Board 97.29 0.00 0.00

Photo Contest 83.80 0.00 0.00

Winter Carnival 80.00 75.00 420.81

Total 3,966.39$ 8,124.08$ 1,395.30$

Total BBLCA Assets 15,023.56$ 13,934.60$ 15,883.68$

As of June 30, 2017 As of June 30, 2016 As of June 30, 2015

Cash Balance To-Date 16,321.10$ 18,882.52$ 14,151.03$

2017 Calendar Year Expenses

2017 2016 2015

FOCA Membership 573.50 579.84 615.85

FOCA On-line fees 106.42

Website & Domain 0.00 180.57 95.88

Website Advertising 156.76 -35.00 0.00

Insurance 1,048.68 1,048.68 999.00

Water Testing 300.00 300.00 410.00

Safety Signs 0.00 0.00 689.30

Directories 0.00 -267.78 0.00

Meetings, Postage, Supplies 82.59 20.27 0.00

Boyd Island Donation 0.00 1,000.00 0.00

Donations -1,004.00 0.00 0.00

Land Between Starter Kits 1,000.00 0.00 0.00

Sign Board 97.29 0.00 0.00

Prizes 0.00 135.00 0.00

Spring BBQ 0.00 0.00 395.96

Welcome Baskets 804.28 0.00 0.00

Pot Luck 147.37 0.00 0.00

Paddleboard Seminar 662.00 0.00 0.00

Hot Dog Cooker 659.29 0.00 0.00

Regatta 532.44 41.54 2,040.02

Movie Nite 174.98 178.85 40.73

Winter Carnival 280.00 0.00 420.81

Total Expenses 5,621.60$ 3,181.97$ 5,707.55$

President’s Report

• Held an on-line auction and raised $2,500! Thank you to Bob & Laura Saunders for donating their cedar strip canoe and to Dave Stanyar for his generous bid.

• We obtained $1300 in sponsorships to pay for regatta t-shirts.

• Hosted a shoreline gardens workshop and planted a demonstration site with native plants. We worked on grants with The Land Between to obtain funding so that there was no cost to the association.

• We obtained funding from BEAN, the Biodiversity Education and Awareness Network to pay for 12 of our 37 native plant starter kits which we distributed to workshop participants on Big and Little Bald Lakes and to demonstration site volunteers on Buckhorn Lake.

• Sponsored a stone on memory lane to help raise funds for the new Cenotaph at the Buckhorn Community Centre.

• Surpassed 300 likes on our Facebook page.

• We presented at the FOCA conference last November.

• We attended the public quarry meeting and met with quarry representatives re expansion of the Stonescape quarry.

Membership

• 72 Members in 2012; 86 Members in 2013

• 126 Members in 2014; 131 Members in 2015

• 138 Members in 2016

• 113 Members in 2017

• Activities are up / Membership is down

• 140 members is a reasonable goal

• 257 households (approx. 45% are members)

• Over 200 subscribers on email distribution list

• THIS YEAR 5 SITES WERE TESTED ON 6 DIFFERENT DATES

BETWEEN JULY 3rd AND SEP 5th

• OVERALL, E.COLI LEVELS WERE VERY GOOD AT ALL SITES

• ONE SPIKE IN SAUNDERS BAY AFTER LABOUR DAY LONG

WEEKEND. WAS RETESTED SEP 11th BY TAKING 5 SAMPLES

• RETESTING RESULTED IN GOOD LEVELS

E.COLI TESTING FOR 2017

TEST SITES

* Saunders Bay retested 5 times on Sept 11th - Results were 3,10,4,2,6

FOUR OF THE TEN STREAMS ENTERING BIG BALD DO SO IN THE NORTHWEST BAY.

MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THIS AS A TEST SITE FOR 2018 TO MONITOR RUNOFF.

Phosphorus Tester Needed

Please consider volunteering as our Phosphorus Tester

Duty Details

• Test Phosphorus & Water Clarity

• one location - mid-lake

• once per month - May to October - starting 2018

• must have own boat

• testing supplies received in mail from Lake Partner Program

• mail samples to Lake Partner Program

Training & Support

• training is provided

• procedures are posted to Kawartha Lake Stewards

Association website

• Kawartha Lake Stewards & Lake Partner Program provide

support

Importance of monitoring Phosphorus levels & water

clarity

• we need to track the health of our lake and take action

before serious problems arise

• high phosphorus levels increase algae and weed growth

Phosphorus and Secchi Depth Results

Phosphorus and Secchi Depth testing is done from one location in the centre of the lake and results are available in the spring of the following year. Phosphorus levels exceeding 20 parts per billion (ppb) are of concern since at that point algae growth accelerates. We had some particularly high results in 2016. This may have been due to the hot summer, but we can all do our part to reduce phosphorus in the lake. Prevention of algae blooms, particularly blue-green algae, is critical if we are to have safe water for drinking and swimming. A wide variety of factors are linked to the formation of blooms, but the most significant ones are increased nutrient input to lakes, and a number of specific meteorological conditions such as high water temperature, low rainfall/precipitation and reduced wind speeds.

Shoreline Gardens Project

Shoreline Workshop

Fifty-two people attended the Shoreline Gardens Workshop at the Buckhorn Community Centre led by. Leora Berman, The Land Between. The RBC Blue Water Project funded the workshop and the BBLCA made a donation to TLB.

Native Plant Starter Kit Distribution

Native Plant Starter Kits were distributed to workshop participants. We obtained a grant from BEAN – Biodiversity and Education Network to pay for 12 of the 37 starter kits. The BBLCA donated 25 starter kits.

Demonstration Site

Congratulations to Sue Flanagan who won our draw for the demonstration site.

Leora Berman, The Land Between, designed the demonstration site, ordered the plants and coordinated the planting. A big thank you to our volunteers who came out to help with the planting, to John Boyce for picking up and delivering the plants and to Sue & Paul Flanagan for providing lunch for everyone. It was a beautiful day for planting.

This project was funded by the RBC Blue Water Project.

Social Committee Report 2016-17

New:

Welcome Baskets:

• Great success, basic costs are equivalent to a 1 year

membership – encourages joining and community

New moonlight walk on the ice

New Contests

• Find the Beaver Contest Won by Diane Gardner

• Surpassed 300 likes on our facebook page – cookie

from our welcome basket given as prize – Won by

Catherine Selinger

New Pot Luck for Canada Day replaced Educational

Meeting

• Small turnout but a fun gathering.

New Season End bash added before Movie Night

New Paddle board lessons with SUP

• After a no show on the original date a new date was

arrived at and we refunded everyone. Fun event for

all ages attending.

Social Committee Report 2016-17

On Going:

Santa Claus Parade was moved to New Year’s Eve

from Boxing Day – great turnout!

Winter Carnival

• Finally warm weather, great turn out

• NEW award for Chili Contest won by Bruce Wells

•

Beaver Sinking Ice Contest

• Won by Don Cuttell

Philrick Road Cleanup

• Greatly reduced debris and attendance so probably

only need to do this every other year

Regatta – the Bluebeards Won!

• 13 t-shirt sponsors

• Bought a hot dog maker from the canoe auction

revenue

• Marley’s donated the hotdogs

• New Water challenge

• New Random Acts of Kindness

• New getting our youth involved in volunteering so

they don’t age out of the fun

Movie Night & End of Season Bash

• NEW: Art project – what does the cottage mean to

you?

• NEW: Games for young and old

• NEW: Location

• Movie: The Great Outdoors