From the Michigan Department of Health, Branch/St.Joseph/Hillsdale County
The Lake Diane Community Association has been notified by the Director of Environmental Health of Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph CHA that tests of Lake Diane final results have come back as non-detect for harmful toxins.
Thank you to the community for reporting this to community health agency and for all those in the community that helped communicate the information.
All residents of Lake Diane welcome to participate in the Annual Picnic and potluck August 12th at the Shelter House. This is a community wide event and is open to anyone in the community. (1pm ~ 6pm)
Vollyball Tourney (teams needed)
Cornhole Tourney (teams needed)
Kids Games (at 2pm)
Corn and Hotdogs will be served courtesy of our Lake Diane Community Association from 1pm until they run out
The Shelter House is located at the end of East Diane Drive.
Rain Date is Sunday at 1pm
For the handful of areas that need additional weed treatment (as well as those who paid up later) there will be spot respraying on Tuesday, July 11th. Location specific signage will be posted.
The winners of the inaugural Golf Cart Parade have been published
Uncle Sam on Ski’s
First Place : Uncle Sam on Ski’s
2ND Place
Second Place: Red Truck
Third Place:
Congratulations to all the participants. Thank you to the volunteer coordinators and judges for making this years parade fun for all!
See the rest of the parade photos here: https://www.lakediane.org/portfolio/1947/
To ensure that your area is sprayed for weeds, please make sure to submit payment by May 20, 2023.
Your return and payment is all you need to continue to authorize spraying of your waterfront area. For members, this is included in your annual dues, for non-members, this is an individual payment.
The LDCA board has moved the April meeting from 04/08/2023 to 04/15/2023 and it will take place at the Territorial Table and Tavern – 9:00am. Goose Egg roundup to help manage the goose and lake bacteria level will take place after the meeting.
In the 1960s, the lake we know of now as Lake Diane was terraformed from the dredging and flooding of lowlands that surrounded two natural lakes. See our History for more. Below is a picture roughly showing what was (according to old maps) and what is now according to the Hillsdale GIS system. Enjoy this mix of history and present.
 Information about Lake Diane’s Aquifer |
Public Meeting: AquaBounty Receipt of Wastewater Discharge Permit Application (Williams Co.) Monday, September 12, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM North Central Local High School, Varsity Gymnasium 400 Baubice Street, Pioneer, Ohio 43554 |
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Ohio DNR Details : https://epa.ohio.gov/about/media-center/events/public-meeting-aquabounty-NPDES-Application Williams County (OH) Alliance info : https://www.facebook.com/wmscoa/ Background: Lake Diane is part of the Michindoh Aquifer. Being Aquifer spring fed, our lake ecology and health is directly dependent upon groundwater for sustainability. Please be sure to share your voice regarding the extraction of millions of gallons of water from our ecosystem for salmon farming. |
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This information is being brought to you by LDCA but is not in the jurisdiction of LDCA.
Lake Diane Community Residents;
Good Day:
It has come to the attention of the Lake Diane Community Association Board that a notice is circulating regarding rental properties on the lake.
First let me state that the notice is not being circulated in mail boxes by the LDCA Board. We, along with all members present at the annual meeting, were provided the information this past June, but have not reviewed, nor had discussions on the information as a board.
Secondly, any notifications to lake residents for information such as this would be direct mailed to all Lake Diane residents.
Finally, each property has specific deed restrictions for your individual property. We find that most deed restrictions do contain specific language regarding trailer and commercial or rental properties. We suggest that you review your property’s specific deed restrictions to ensure that you are in compliance.
We hope this clears any mis-understanding.
Warm Regards
Jerry Agrusa
LDCA Board President
Annual Meeting
June 12, 2021
BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:
Roger Giallorati, President
Jim Watt, Treasurer
Kim Byrne, Secretary
Kevin Mack
Jerry Agrusa
The Pledge Of Allegiance was recited.
The meeting was called to order by President, Roger Giallorati at 10:15am.
The minutes from the May 15, 2021 meeting were read. The minutes were approved as written, with one comment from an attendee. Karen Watt informed the meeting that Jim Watt also searched for goose eggs.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS:
The floor was opened for nominees for LDCA Board of Directors Trustees with five positions available.
Nominees were: Kevin Mack, Jim Watt, Jerry Agrusa, Arda Bucher, Nancy Bell and Al Vitous. Jim Watt made a motion that nominations be closed. Roger Giallorati seconded the motion. A vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously. Elected by vote of the members in attendance were nominees Kevin Mack (for a three year term), Jim Watt (for a two year term), Jerry Agrusa (for a two year term), Nancy Bell (for a one year term) and Al Vitous (for a one year term).
TREASURERS REPORT:
Jim Watt presented the Treasurers report. The report was approved as written.
The Proposed Budget for 2021-2022 Fiscal Year was presented. Roger Giallorati made a motion that the (attached) proposed budget be approved. Kim Byrne seconded the motion. A vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously.
NEW MEMBER ACTIVITY:
To date there are 204 members.
AQUATIC LIFE:
Jim and Roger collected goose eggs for the goose egg collection and nest destruction program. There were only 12 eggs collected, despite several searches. There are currently many geese on the lake. Next year we will solicit more help and ask property owners to report nests.
Lake weeds were treated the week of June 2nd, 2021. Clarke Aquatic will be returning to address trouble areas. Al Vitous volunteered to survey the lake to highlight areas that need to be re-treated.
Al Vitous requested that the “NO WAKE” buoy be placed further out from the channel leading into Chickadee Cove. Kevin responded that the placement of the buoy must be approved by the HCSD.
Arda Boucher has completed a class for water testing. She will be conducting the testing this year.
PARKS:
JoEllen Wright was thanked for her donation to the parks with the proceeds from the wine crawl held each Labor Day weekend. There was discussion that this year’s proceeds fund two pickleball parks at the shelter house park. Kevin will work to obtain an estimate.
Kevin has made several repairs over the past year to playground equipment. The new play structure at the shelter house park will need to be re-stained.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Garage Sales – June 19th
*Fireworks – July 2nd, with a rain date of July 4th
Golf Outing – July 24th
Annual Picnic – August 7th
*Wine Crawl – September 4th
*LDCA non-sponsored event
OLD BUSINESS:
The road project has not yet begun. It is scheduled to begin next week. Prep will take 4-6 weeks, with paving taking 2 weeks. The speed of travelers once the road is paved is a real concern.
NEW BUSINESS:
Nothing new to report.
At 11:08 Roger made a motion to adjourn. Jim seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted:
Kim Byrne, Secretary
