Lake Jackson Citizens Association

General Meeting

25 MARCH 2009

I. Call to Order

A. 7:32 pm

II. Review of Minutes

A. Adopted 7:34 pm

III. Treasurer’s Report

A. Motion to amend, accept (see Marianne’s report)

IV. Old Business

A. Committee Reports

Road

1. Hal – New contracts in place (well-funded)

2. $15,000 allocated for snow removal; only used $15,000 u used

3. $71,000 to carry over into tar and chip next year

4. May/June timeframe for tar and chip

5. Lester/Purce road disconnect – Hal suggests going to County mapping to solve problem

6. Park Authority wants Dam building area for canoe launch – LJCA should write a letter to the PWC requesting the land not given to Park Authority for reasons of LJCA material storage

a. Table this issue until next time

b. ACTION – Jason to request draft letter to county

Event

1. Chris Forness – 16 May is yard sale at LJCA Firehouse

Beautification

1. Scott wants new chair for committee

2. Motion to have a clean-up day April 2 May

a. Geri to provide bags to Jason, who'll pick them up at her house and take to the Firehouse at 0900 and distribute. Bags to be dropped on intersecting streets of McGrath and Cobb Roads, picked up by Bill in his trailer.

B. Missing dock at Shady Beach

1. No motion passed to bring it to vote; issue is dead.

C. Gates

1. Cobb to be repaired

2. Thanks to Pete Sheil for temporary repair

3. Knox boxes not yet installed – retrieve 15 keys from LJVFD

4. Parking Control at Ramps (tabled January meeting until March)

a. Two letters Board Opposed

b. Motion adopted to keep controls as they are, problems to be taken up at July meeting; publish parking expectations on boat ramp.

D. Document Storage in LJFD

1. Set -up a conference room upstairs, sort all dam documents out

2. Send files to Manassas Museum (Hal and Hillary)

E. LJCA Website

1. lakejacksonva.com

2. Text message – need mass number list

F. Membership mailing drive

1. Forrest to get a new postal mailing list from tax records of the district

2. All in Lake Jackson to get a letter and membership form

3. Table this until website is augmented.

V. New Business

A. President Vacancy

1. Publish names of nominees on website

2. Motion to nominate Tina for presidency

3. Need

B. Going electronic

1. Need webmaster; Richard will keep

C. Heron – Need someone to take it over. Hillary will do April

D. Chris to ask Cathy Davis about using LJVFD electronic sign for LJCA announcements

E. Make a kiosk for announcements to place on Northpoint mailbox cluster

Meeting schedule for this year - 3/25, 5/28, 7/23, 9/24, 11/19 (elections)

Key exchange - Change locks April 4

VI. Open forum

Beaver damage – contact county with problems

Motion adopted for Beautification Committee to pay for $400 of sand at Big Beach

Scott to sink three poles at Big Beach (far right side) for boat tethering

ACTION: put out notice for next meeting

ACTION: Jason bring image map of Lake Jackson, foam-mounted on 5/27 meeting