ROCK LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION                                                              Board Meeting Minutes, Nov. 14, 2007                       
Present:  Milt Strauss, Johanna Chworowsky, Larry Clark, Scott Johnson, Ron Niedfeldt, Stan Smoniewski, Tom Pezzi, Patricia Cicero, and visitors Carl Glassford and Bob Wardall
Secretary’s Report: Minutes were submitted by Milt and approved.
Treasurer’s Report:  In Jim’s absence, Milt presented a modified Treasurer’s Report. This included the “Report from Bank Balances” which was distributed. Milt explained that the report reflected expenditure for sampling costs from the Lake Management account which will soon be exhausted.  Patricia stated that additional payments relating to the Lake Management Plan could be made from the RLIA checking account and then be submitted to the State DNR for reimbursement.
Correspondence: Correspondence was received from Gerry Miller relating to erosion damage to the trails at Tyranena Park. It was decided that Johanna and Scott would walk the trails and report back to the Board.
Joint Rock Lake Committee: Stan reported on the following items from the Committee:

• Swales are being cut into Shorewood Hills Road in an effort to mitigate run-off issues.
• The Committee was discussing priorities on the Management Plan for Rock Lake.
• The Committee was working on developing a website that will be linked to the Town (Town of Lake Mills) website.

Public Relations Committee: Johanna distributed the new RLIA polo shirts to members who had requested shirt(s). Everyone was pleased with the new polo shirts. Great job Johanna!

• Johanna stated that the PR committee would be meeting in the near future.
• Johanna stated that the “Making Waves” column in The Leader may be returning to the paper, and members should consider submitting articles relative to The Association or Rock Lake issues for publication.

The remainder of the meeting was spent on the continuing review of priorities from the Management Plan for Rock Lake (see attached).
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m., after a motion was made by Johanna.
Submitted by: Thomas Pezzi

Here are items that emerged from the October and November meetings relative to discussion of the Management Plan for Rock Lake as RLIA implementation goals.