Board Members Present: Dr. Bill Faber, Margaret Flolid, Pete Hanson, Darline Molde, Wally Pantzke. Gordy

Schenian, Dan Surma, Tom Trutwin

The Meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by President Bill Faber.

A motion was made by Pete, seconded by Wally, to approve the minutes as printed and posted on the web site. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Wally, seconded by Gordy, to approved Treasurer Margaret’s print- out of transactions made from November to present. Motion carried.

Dan stated that he has no reports of floating bogs this spring. The water level might be a little higher than last fall, but there has been no significant change.

Bill reported that the DNR is now very concerned with the presence of curly leaf pondweed in the lake plus the growth of Eurasian water milfoil. The DNR will do another milfoil survey during the growing season, which will be in July. Any treatment to be implemented must also be done in late July-early August. Bill will investigate types of treatment, projected costs, etc.

Wally reported that the Morrison County Management Plan is only in draft form and will be competed in the near future.

Residents of Crookneck Lake are proposing to establish a “Lake Improvement District”, an innovative five year lake upkeep program to include exotic weed control. For the first year, the county would assess each lot on Crookneck $97.23, which will appear on the real estate tax bill. Their five-year goal is raise $75,000 for use in controlling lake weeds.

The fiscal year, January 1^st -December 31, 2004, found the highest membership in our association’s history--322 paid memberships.

June 18^th, 2005 is the date reserved for our meeting at the Scandia Valley Town Hall. Donuts, rolls, and coffee will be served during the registration hour from 9:00-10:00 A.M. Coffee will be the compliments of Lincoln Lakes Reality.

The Board will ask approval from the membership to change the “Bog Fund” to “Healthy Lake Fund” in order to include weed control along with the bog removal project.

Property owners are encouraged to frequent the web site. Dale is continuing to do a great job in getting pertinent information on the web. THANKS Dale!

Our association will receive $800.00 for the completion of our Lake Management Plan upon implementation. Lake Alexander is eligible for an additional $5000.00 in grant monies when a proposal as to how the monies will be used is submitted to the Initiative Foundation. Bill will be talking with Chuck Forss and Don Hickman to obtain further information.

This winter, members of the St. Cloud Muskies, Inc worked on the public accesses and on the ice, cleaning all the areas by picking up litter, etc. In March, officials from the St. Cloud Chapter met with Bill and stated they are planning to adopt the west public access on Lake Alex and will continue to oversee its cleanliness.

This chapter also wishes to donate $500.00 to our association, with no strings attached. Since there was no objection .from the membership at the 2004 annual meeting for accepting help from Muskies, Inc., the Board agreed to accept the monies and designate its use towards our Aquatic Management Plan

The Newsletter will be sent only to all paid members; property owners that did not pay the 2004 membership dues will receive only the dues notice. Upon payment, the Newsletter will be mailed to them.

Suggestions for a speaker included 1}Chuck Forss, Water Manager for Morrison County, 2) someone that could speak on the Lake Improvement District program, or 3}contractors that deal with treatment of exotic weeds. Tom will contact Professional Lake Management personnel to find out availability of a speaker.

Board members have received inquiries concerning the purchase of Lake Alexander wearing apparel. Tom volunteered to chair this project. A motion was made by Pete, seconded by Gordy to purchase 100 embroidered sweatshirts to be sold at local business places and at the annual meeting as a fund raising project. Motion carried.

Tom will investigate the cost and availability of short-sleeved T-shirts to be ordered at a later date.

The next Board Meeting will be held at the Scandia Valley Town Hall on May 18^th, 2005 at 6:00 P.M.

A motion was made by Wally, seconded by Dan, to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8: 00 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Darline Molde, Secretary