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Board and Owners Meeting minutes online

Updated 5/13/08

Winter Meeting minutes and hand outs posted

4/14/08

Temporary Channel Dredging - Spring 2007

Did you know that Anchor Pointe along with Meinke Marina and Jerusalem Township are working with the Lucas County Commissioners to try to get a permanent improvement to our Harbor?

As part of the co-operation between Anchor Pointe and Meinke the channel was Side Cast Dredged this spring to allow boaters safe access to the lake and marinas.

This is a temporary measure only since only a side cast permit was issued to the marina and the sediment piled along the west side of the channel will eventually wash back into the channel.

Long term dredging must be done by the Army Core of Engineers, but with reduced water levels and shoaling (which according to a study recently done is occurring at 6-8 inches per year) something had to be done this spring if boaters were to use either facility. Unfortunately the Army Core had no monies in their budget for our channel this year so it came down to a private effort to maintain a Federal channel.

Call or write to your representative or the Lucas County Commissioners and let them know how important lake access is to you.

 

Board meeting, Treasurers notes: 2007 Budget Set

During the October and November board meetings marina finances were reviewed.

Despite fairly major increases in some expenses such a s employee health care and Lucas County sales taxes, the board was able to maintain PAR values at the same level as 2006.

The board decided to also continue the Capital Replacement/Improvement portion of  the PAR. This has been in place for the past 2 years and so far has funded the major dock replacements on J-Bank, and this year a major roof repair and re-coating on building 3 which previous boards had tried to do for over 4 years. We are gradually putting back into the marina after many years of abuse and neglect.

Thanks for all those who supported the service department this year. It was the significant increase in service income which offset our increased expenses and allowed us to keep PAR values the same for 2007. I have posted a link in the owners area for those that want to download the 2007 budget.

 

 Volunteer Group

Those of you who did not attend the May board meeting missed an interesting presentation. A group of volunteer owners have been getting together trying to come up with ways to make our marina more attractive, functional and hopefully a more enjoyable place to boat.

At the May meeting they shared with the board and owners their ideas for improvements to the marina appearance at the entrance, office and Dock house. They also talked about several events in the planning stage, shared efforts and activities with the Dock House, and several money raising and community events.

Watch this news area for more information. In the near future we will set up a couple of web pages just for their activities

If you want to know more or become involved, contact this group of energetic owners at Due to email abuse please contact this group via the office.

Where my Capital Improvement Dollars go?

Once the remaining boats were hauled out and most of you were safely at home in the warm, work continued at the marina replacing the worse of the J bank "sinking" docks. To date most of the damaged docks West of the Condo have been replaced. More are on order for installation once the winter ice melts.

 

Do you ever wonder wonder how the existing docks have failed? Over the 25+ years since these docks were first installed water and ice have taken their toll.

Very little metal is left to make repairs.

 

 

 

 

Many of the docks are corroded, ripped and torn below the water line.

 Some such as this one were so full of water the crane we hired could not lift them.

 

 

 

 

In addition to the docks completed on J-Bank, a large section of the main H-I floater has also been replaced over the winter.

 

It is hoped to continue this work in the spring before launch is under way, and replace several sections of the J bank docks East of the Condo.

Plan on attending the Annual meeting.

The Annual Anchor Pointe Meeting will be held on Saturday March 31st. The meeting will be held at St. Charles as usual. Look for a mailing in the next fee weeks with more information.

Looking to try your hand at web design? 

Help Wanted - to keep the web site information current, requires 1-2 hours/month to add board and finance information, plus a little extra once in a while to add photos and advertise marina events. Contact webmaster@anchorpointe.org

 

 

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