Minutes Tuesday — May 26, 2009

Attendees:
Gayle GarmanRichard FlemingKaren SchurrEllen HewittBrian DeLucaMarcia NormanKris FullerMary Lou Knox

Monitoring Report

1. King County Small Lakes Stewardship Program has dropped monitoring on half of the lakes (from 44 to 20 lakes). SPU pays for analysis. Green Lake now has 1 rather than 2 monitoring stations.
2. Rainfall – spring has been off and on rainy, but fall was quite dry.
3. Temperature – the lake stays cold at the bottom if no storms occur to mix the water up.

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Minutes
Tuesday — March 24, 2009
Prepared by: Richard Fleming

7:00 Introductions – 7 members present. No new attendees.

7:25 Announcements and Updates

1. Kevin Stoops, Seattle Parks & Recreation. Not present. Comments to Gayle:
   1. SPU inspecting the surface water treatment vaults at the SW end of the lake next to the Small Craft Center, and will repair and replace baffles and separators as necessary.
   2. SP&R will proceed with improving drainage and placing artificial turf on fields 2 and 7 at Lower Woodland Park as part of the mayor’s acceleration of planned construction activities. Construction this summer.

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Meeting Notes
October 28, 2008

Attendees:
Ron HorningMarcia NormanEllen HewittKris FullerBrian DeLucaRob ZissetteDon TorcasKevin StoopsRichard FlemingGayle GarmanMartin Muller

A. Water skiing Issue

On Oct 23, five of 6 Park Commissioners recommended ending the special permit allowing waterskiing on Green Lake (the Board President only votes to break a tie). The Parks Board received and reviewed 170 comments on the issue. On Oct 27, Superintendent Gallagher agreed with the Board and ended the special permit, meaning there are no exceptions to the Seattle Municipal Code: power boats can be on Green Lake only to protect human safety and for rescues. Supt Gallagher sent a Thank-you letter to FOGL, which Ellen put on the website.

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Meeting Notes
August 26, 2008

Attendees:
Kevin Stoops (Seattle Parks & Recreation)
Sheila Harrison (contracted engineering firm)
Rick Johnson (Seattle Public Utilities)
Frank McDonald (Seattle Public Utilities)
Jerry SemrauRichard FlemingMarcia NormanMary Lou KnoxGayle GarmanKris FullerRob ZisetteEllen HewittBill Wilson (new)

A. Water Inputs to Green Lake
Richard Fleming, FOGL

1. Local street drains around Green Lake empty into the combined sewers and bypass the lake. Most water entering Green Lakes comes from rain on the lake surface. Storm water entering Green Lake comes via the Densmore Drain. The Densmore Drain carries runoff from as far north as Bitter Lake and from along Aurora Ave to the City boundary at N 145th. The Densmore Drain overflows into Green Lake after long or intense storms.

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Meeting Notes
May 27, 2008

Attendees:
Kevin Stoops (Seattle Dept of Parks and Recreation)
Brian DeLucaMarcia NormanRichard FlemingRob ZisetteKaren SchurrGayle GarmanEllen HewittMartha Leigh

Introductions began at 7:05: Recording Secretary Kris Fuller was sick and unable to attend, Brian DeLuca volunteered to take notes. Also absent was Mary Lou Knox, Treasurer, who sent a written report.

A. Monitoring report
Richard Fleming

Monitoring Committee Report: Richard reported there had been little rainfall but that total rain for the water year (Oct-Sept) was comparable to prior years because of the 3+inches that fell during the Dec. 2-3 storm. The Level 2 monitoring from kayaks has begun for 2008. He and Gayle collect water quality samples on alternating Monday mornings from two mid-lake stations, one in front of the Hearthstone, where the Lake is deepest, and another south of Duck Island, where the weed-harvester used to be moored. Water temperatures increased from 13C (55F) on May 5 to 17C (63F) on May 19. Secchi depths decreased from 3.4 m (11.2 ft) to 2.8 m (9.2 ft). Graphing these data show they are comparable to data collected at this time in previous years (2005-2007). Ellen asked Richard to forward the graphs for the website.
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Meeting Notes
March 18, 2008

Attendees:
Tricia Shoblom (Washington Dept of Ecology)
Sally Abella ( King County DNR),
Ingrid Wertz (SPU)
Kevin Stoops (Seattle Parks)
Karen SchurrRichard FlemingGayle GarmanKris FullerEllen HewittSusie OversbeeSteve QuartermanRob ZisetteDoug MartinMarcia NormanMary Lou KnoxMike Cornell

A. Five years of Green Lake Monitoring – What can it tell us?
Sally Abella (King County Small Lakes Stewardship Program)

1. FOGL volunteers began sampling as part of King County Small Lakes Progarm in 2003 taking water level, Secchi depth and temperature weekly at the end of the dock by paddleboat rental (Level 1 sampling). These data have been collected by Billings Middle School students and their teacher, Rebecca Timson, for the past year. In 2005 FOGL added Level 2 sampling, water samples are collected at two mid-lake stations (by Richard and Gayle using kayaks) and the samples are analyzed at the Metro water quality laboratory. These samples are collected 12 times each summer, about every other week from May through Oct. Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) funds Green Lake’s participation in the program.

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Meeting Notes
February 19, 2008

Attendees:
Corinne DeLeone (Seattle Public Utilities)
Samual Murchie (VOW)
Frank McDonald (Seattle Public Utilities)
Ingrid Wertz (Seattle Public Utilities)
Paul Chasan (Green Legacy Initiative)
Doug MartinJulie ClarkCole ClarkLiz HersethSteve QuartermanJake LynchKaren SchurrGayle GarmanRobin AmadonRichard FlemingMary Lou KnoxKevin StoopsKris FullerMichael Cornell

A. Monitoring report
Richard Fleming

1. December 2-4, 2007 – 6 inches of rain fell in 40 hours (3.7 inches in 4 hours on the morning of December 3).
2. Photos show water gushing out of the Densmore Drain; the grate fastenings were bowed and the SW grate corner was loosened. It looks like sediment that washed out of the drain was deposited as a 2 ft deep delta near the SE corner of the vault.

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Minutes
November 20 2007

Attendees:
Katie Vail (Billings Middle School)
Gayle GarmanRichard FlemingEllen HewittKaren SchurrMary Lou KnoxRebecca TimsonKevin StoopsRob ZisetteMarcia NormanKris Fuller

Standing Committee Reports

Monitoring – Richard Fleming – Report from Katie Vail, and Rebecca Timson of Billings Middle School.

1. Katie – Lake level, goose count, precipitation, weather, and air are monitored. Heavy metals were found in sediment sample from construction project in GL village. Phosphates are found in air around the lake.
2. Alum Treatment – Kevin Stoops of Seattle Parks and Recreation
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Meeting Minutes
October 16 2007

Attendees:
Shane and Tracy Morris (new friends)
Shane StevensonTracy MorrisBrian DeLucaRichard FlemingEllen HewittKaren SchurrKris FullerMarcia NormanGayle Garman

1. Treasurers Report ( Mary Lou Knox is away) No change in checking or savings.
2. Web Master Report by Ellen Hewitt
   The theme is now autumn pictures taken by Karen, and by Ellen’s son, Paul. Ellen e-mailed Martin. Muller, who used to live near the lake, and asked for a new story about autumn/winter birds. Last year he wrote a story on widgeons for us.

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Meeting Minutes
September 18, 2007

Attendees:
Douglas Dorling, guest-Northwest Aquatic Ecosystems:
“Measuring the Effects of Solarbee Systems in Lake Steilacoom”
Gayle GarmanRichard FlemingEllen HewittMarcia NormanKaren SchurrKris Fuller

Meeting opened at 7:15pm.

1. Treasurers Report (Mary Lou Knox is away)
   

   Checking Account	(9-1-07)	$1031.80
   Checking Account	(9-18-07)	$1031.80	no deposits
   Savings Account	(8-31-07)	$1287.58
   receipts		$225.00	(T-shirts) $75.00 (Donation) $150.00
   Savings Account	(9-18-07)	$1512.58

2. Website Report – Ellen Hewitt
   Pictures are moving from the Milk Carton Event to fall pictures. Martin Muller may send some fall bird pictures. Ellen asked Michael Cory to do a turtle story, but he has not responded yet. Joan Burton may give us a hiking story.

   Notes: The Pied Bill Grebes have hatched one chick which is surviving. Some spam has been getting through our website. Captcha is a spam resistant method we could try.

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