Springville Pond Management
Committee Meeting

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
6:30 p.m.

Members Present: Patrick Martin, Fred LaRosa, Mike Kochinski, Steve Anderson, Tom Davies

Others Present: Dan Mahoney, Village Administrator; Nancy Turyk and Jen McNelly, UWSP Center for Watershed Science and Education; and Randy Slagg, Portage County LCD

1. Call to order. Meeting was called to order at 6:31 p.m.

2. Election of a Chairperson. Mr. Mahoney called for a nomination from the floor of a Chairperson.

Mr. Davies nominated Mr. Martin as the next Committee Chair. Mr. LaRosa seconded the nomination. There being no further nominations Mr. Davies moved to close the nominations and elect Pat Martin as Committee Chair for the coming term. Mr. LaRosa seconded and the motion carried.

Mr. Mahoney stated that Jason Nafe has been appointed to the committee but was unable to attend tonight's meeting. He also noted the Village President appointment of David Worzella to the Committee will be approved at the next Board meeting on June 2, 2010.

3. Welcome and introduction of those present.

4. Approval of minutes of meeting April 27, 2010. Mr. Kochinski moved to approve the minutes of April 27, 2010 meeting as printed. Mr. Davies seconded and the motion carried.

5. Video and discussion on shoreline management. Jen McNelly went through a video on shoreline management; discussion on shoreline management was also held.

6. Review of the Citizen Survey responses. Jen McNelly stated that 1126 survey forms were mailed out to homeowners within the watershed area. Of the 1126 mailed 220 were received back with responses. Breakdown of the 220 is as follows:

*181 responses were from individuals within the watershed area, but not on the pond;
* 32 were individuals on the pond;
* 3 were from outside the watershed area; and
* 4 did not respond with a location.

The following areas were addressed on the survey: recreation, wildlife, fishing, aquatic plants, water quality, watershed land management and shore land management. The results of the survey can be found on the Portage County website www.co.portage.wi.us . Click on County Info, Portage County Lakes, Springville Pond, and click on the survey button.

Mr. Martin asked if signage could be available in the Pond area stating that individuals need to wash their boats prior to leaving the pond. Mr. Mahoney will look into the Shore Land Zoning Ordinance to see if this is addressed.

Discussion was held on how to get out information to educate pond landowners. Some of the vehicles which could be used would be:
*Mailings to pond owners
*Village website
*Village newsletter
*Set up a demo site on Village land (wastewater lift station was a suggested site)
*Welcome packet mailed to new pond landowners (UWSP extension would be willing to help with the Welcome Packet)
*Workshop on site
*Hook up with McDill Pond on general shoreline restoration (1,000' of shoreline is required for planting grant monies).

Mr. Martin stated that we need to do an updated survey on fisheries and also an update on the fishery management plan. Mr. Turyk stated that an ultimate goal on fish population would be to determine what is keep able or catch able. Mr. Martin felt that a catch and release policy would be good. Mr. LaRosa asked what type of fish could be stocked that would not eat the trout.

Mr. Anderson stated that the pond is an asset to the Village. He noted that so many families fish from the Village land or the dock and felt that people would support efforts more if they could use the pond and catch fish. Question was asked if the committee wants to explore fish cribs in the deep end of the pond. At the present time aquatic plants are serving as habitant.

7. Discussion and identification of topic goals, objectives and suggested actions. Ms. McNelly went over the goals/objectives of the Management Plan;
*Under Aquatic Plants and Aquatic Invasive Species-Goals- action 2 was removed since the committee will not be doing a drawdown as part of the Plan. Objectives - add that information to riparian landowners on invasive species and how to combat them will be provided through welcome packets, newsletter and Village website; add action addressing signage at pond regarding rules and regulations in porting boats.
*Under Shore Lands-Goals/Objectives - Action 3 pursue shoreline improvement and funds for improvements to prevent and/or repair shore land restoration along Springville Pond. Remove action 5 entirely. Balance of goals and objectives will remain intact.

8. Set next meeting date/time and agenda content. Next meeting July 20th, 6:30pm. Topics of discussion: Water Quality and Build Out. Following meeting will address Water Levels and Plan.

9. Mr. LaRosa called for adjournment of the meeting at 8:45pm. Mr. Davies seconded and the motion carried.

Submitted by Bonnie Wiczek