Beach Club Update
Several of our beach clubs suffered significant tree and fence damage from the tornado that occurred in July. The worst damage was Council Hill followed by Spirit Island, Sunrise, Mallard Bay, Deer Path, and Blue Heron. Immediately following this event, our LLPOA outside crew, led by Dave Walton, assessed the damage to each beach club, and his crew immediately worked to the best of their ability to safely open paths so our members could access their boats. While several of the beach clubs that suffered minor damage may be cleared and cleaned by our outside crew, the more heavily damaged sites need to have a professional tree service company with the proper training and equipment, complete this work. We obtained the service of a professional tree removal service. However, his crew is also engaged with chipping hundreds of loads of branches that were brought into the compost site by our members, their contractors, and the county highway crew. For this reason, clean up at the beach clubs was delayed. We had to balance the need for this work to be completed quickly, with the cost the LLPOA would have to assume for the chipping and beach club cleanup. This contractor, taking on all of this work, was the best financial decision.
According to our contractor, the sites mentioned above are scheduled to be completed by September 1st. The other beach clubs with less damage, will be handled by our outside crew. However, with their additional responsibilities, this may take some time to complete. Please know, though, that any location that may pose a safety hazard to our membership will be addressed quickly. Also, while we are also trying to restore the access paths to their original condition, there may be a continuing inconvenience if not all of them can be opened to their original state.
We understand how this has affected our beach club members by limiting some of the common activities you have enjoyed prior to the tornado. This includes uninterrupted access and complete use of the site. However, please know that we are doing the best we can to balance this need along with the safety of our members and the financial impact this work is having on our budget.
Should you have any questions, do not hesitate in contacting any of our committee members.
Sincerely,
Gregg Malmstrom, Chair – 414.807.4162
Steve Savage, Member – 920.733.5591
Darin Tiedt, Member – 262-758-6235
Dave Walton – 715-799-3317
P.S. Also note that our new LLPOA website will have a dedicated page for important beach club information and updates and an official site for communications.