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June 2025 Meeting Minutes

(Minutes are subject to approval at the July 2025 meeting)

Lake Garda Improvement Association

Board Meeting Minutes: June 10th, 2025

7:00 pm Farmington Senior Center

Board Members:

Present: P. Anthony, C. Castrogiovanni, R. Cyr, M. Duchow, , L. Gezelman, S. Manafort,

C. Scully, A.J. Singh.

Absent: J. Cragin, R. Frey, J. McNeill.

Quorum present? Yes

Proceedings:

• Meeting called to order at 7:03 pm by President, L. Gezelman
• Board President LG called for items of new business.
• Motion to approve the May meeting minutes motion by, second .

Treasurer’s Report – Report presented by A.J. Singh and will be placed on record.

Tax Collector Report: Report presented by M. Duchow. The report will be placed on record.

Lake Report: Next lake treatment will be June 11th.

Event Committee Report: N/A

Old Business:

Follow-up on a discussion on kids trespassing and fishing on lake property. The parents have been notified.

New Business:

Rio Road – Tree trimming will be happening in the month of June. This will be done by Eversource contractors.

A member contacted the president about road conditions. The board agreed that we should not be involved as it is a town of Farmington matter.

R. Cyr asked a question about how many trail makers we have left.

Some signage discussion was had.

Follow-up question from S. Manafort about erosion control around the lake. The president is following up with leads.

Public Comments:

Marie Simard had questions about the mowing process in relation to the mowing control.

An additional question was asked about parking stickers. Parking stickers will not be used going forward.`

Joe Sullivan asked a question about celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the lake. More research is needed to confirm.

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 by C. Castrogiovanni. Seconded by A.J. Signh . Motion passed.

Next meeting is July 12^th at Children’s Beach.

Respectively submitted by P. Anthony

May 2025 Meeting Minutes

Lake Garda Improvement Association

Board Meeting Minutes: May 13th, 2025

7:00 pm Farmington Senior Center

Board Members:

Present: M. Duchow, R. Frey, S. Manafort, C. Scully, A.J. Singh, L. Gezelman, C. Castrogiovanni, J. McNeill, R. Cyr

Absent: J. Cragin, P. Anthony

Quorum present? Yes

Proceedings:

• Meeting called to order at 7:05 pm by President, L. Gezelman
• Board President LG called for items of new business.
• Motion to approve the April meeting minutes motion by R. Cyr, second M. Duchow. Motion passed

Treasurer’s Report – Report presented by A.J. Singh and will be placed on record.

Tax Collector Report: Report presented by M. Duchow. The report will be placed on record. M. Duchow reported that one new household was added and two accounts that were in collections have been paid off.

Lake Report: First lake treatment will occur in the next 6-weeks.

Event Committee Report: J. McNeill reported that the Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny was successful with 25- 30 children attending. The committee hosted a Trail Day. J. McNeill presented rules for private events on LGIA beaches. A plant walk event was discussed.

Old Business: None

New Business:

Sidewalks – sidewalks on Monce Road from the end of Westside Blvd toward Rio are in the que to be funded by grants from The Town of Burlington in FY 25-26

Boat Racks R. Castrogiovanni reported that the boat racks are filling fast. Battistoni racks have a waitlist of two. Moore racks will fill up soon. More boat stickers are needed. Motion to approve $200 to print more boat stickers made by M. Duchow seconded by J. McNeill passed.

A survey of LGIA land around the dam revealed some concerns about property lines around the dam.

Dam is due to its five year inspection estimated cost from Macchi Engineering, LLC is $3,250. Motion to approve quote J. McNeill second R. Cyr passed.

More trees to cut down – remove tree on Pine Street and Pond Street. Estimate is $1,550. Motion to approve by S, Manafort second by J. McNeill. Motion passed. L. Gezelman proposed removing 5 trees near the dam. Estimated cost of $3,800. Proposal on hold.

Print more handbooks tabled.

Turtle gate – an unknown person cut an opening in the fence by the dam to allow a turtle to pass through, damage estimate is between $300 and $500. Motion to approve estimated costs by S. Manafort seconded by R. Cyr. Motion passed.

L. Gezelman reported that the cost to spread the sand that was delivered at the beaches is $900 motion to approve R. Cyr seconded by S. Manafort passed.

Public Comment:

Beach Concerns- Ellis reported that teenagers who are not LGIA members are parked in cars at Battistoni Beach. Also, concerns were expressed by the board and non-board members around non-LGIA members using the beaches and taking boats and canoes and using them as well as some non-members fishing from private docks. Ellis also told a non-resident that they can’t use the beach or lake. A non-member has also claimed to have been fishing at the lake for over 10 years. It was suggested that the board could print flyers to be put on non-member cars.

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:31 by C. Castrogiovanni seconded by S. Manafort. Motion passed.

Next meeting is June 10^th at Battistoni Beach. July meeting will be held at Children’s Beach and the August meeting will be held at Moore Beach.

Respectively submitted by C. Scully filling in for P. Anthony

Friday, August 24, 2018 Lake Treatment – Lake Closed to Swimmers until Saturday, August 25, 2018