January 14, 2026
NLIA 2026 Kick Off Meeting - Status of the Lake - February 5th @ 5:30pm
All North Lake residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Ed Molesky from AquaLink, NLIA's Lake Management Consultant, will be presenting and will review the 2025 Water Quality Report. The Report is available for your review in the Downloads section below.
Please mark your calendars and use the below link to join on
February 5th at 5:30 pm.
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If anyone has questions for our Lake Management Consultant, kindly forward to president@nlake.org prior to January 30th. We will provide to Aqualink in advance so they are prepared to discuss.
Status of the Lake Meeting Agenda - February 5, 2026 - 5:30pm
1. Aqua Link – Lake Mgmt Consultant Discussion - Ed Molesky
a. Water Quality Report Review/Presentation
i. Current status/comparisons to historical data
ii. Trends > currently all Positive!
b. Proposed Treatments for 2026
i. Testing
ii. Baseline treatments
iii. Diffuser maintenance
c. Questions
i. Submitted Questions
ii. Additional Questions
d. PALMS Grant Request Status
2. NLIA Business
a. 2026 Budget Ratification
i. Aqualink Proposal – Membership Discussion/Approval
b. NLIA Committees
c. 2026 Summer Meeting Schedule
d. PALMS Conference - 2/25 and 2/26
January 9, 2026
President's 2026 Kick Off Message and Upcoming Events
As we turn the calendar to 2026, we are reaching out to provide you with some updates about the North Lake Improvement Association. As you may know, there have been some changes in the NLIA officers and Board members for the next 2-year period. We want to start by offering our sincere gratitude to those NLIA officers and Board members who previously served for their commitment and efforts to the Association and to North Lake.
The new Board has already been meetng and discussing our priorities for the upcoming year. As always, subject to overall membership input the following high level priorities have been established.
1. Continued Engagement of a Lake Management Consultant
We believe that the direction last year produced positive results and our recommendation is that we continue to engage AquaLink as our lake management consultant. While that is the recommendation,
the final decision on moving forward belongs to the membership. As such, we are planning a virtual meeting to be held on February 5th @ 5:30 pm. Additional information about the meeting will be forthcoming.
2. 2026 Budget Establishment/Fundraising
The below attached letter include our proposed 2026 Budget/Comparison to 2025 actual expenses. Based on historical membership numbers and the ongoing operating costs including lake management, our
proposed 2026 budget is $34,000 or an average of about $550 per household membership. There is no plan to increase the membership fee but there will be an increased focus on direct fundraising/donations as well as our special events (July 4th drawing and the basket raffle).
3. Membership Communication/Engagement
We will endeavor to focus on improving the communication and engagement of the members. The NLIA Board is in place to serve the members, and we are committed to assuring that the concerns and ideas of membership are considered. To that end, the board is establishing 3 standing committees to which interested members are invited and encouraged to join. The committees are:
• Water Quality
• NLIA Finance: Membership and Fundraising
• Executive/Administrative
This letter is the “kick off” of our 2026-year membership and fund-raising drive. We hope that if you are a current member that you will renew your membership. If you are new to the lake or perhaps not a member for a while, we would like to welcome you to the North Lake Improvement Association. We also hope that you will consider making an additional contribution to help support the Association. Remember all donations are tax deductible.
We are excited about the future of our Association and of our wonderful North Lake community.
Sincerely,
Bob Ochs
NLIA President
Implementing Programmatic Water Management at North Lake
Recommendation: The NLIA Board recommends implementation of a systematic lake monitoring program, to be conducted on an ongoing basis, beginning Summer 2024. It is further recommended to engage Aqua Link, Inc. to conduct this program in accordance with their proposal dated February 1, 2024, including 3 testing events, with subsequent analysis and reporting, at a total cost of $5,200 during CY2024. More information on Aqua Link can be found at https://aqualinkinc.com/lake-monitoring-1
Background: Amid concerns about lake water quality during Summer 2023 – especially harmful algal blooms (HABs) which may serve to limit lake activities, NLIA Membership charged the Board with securing a lake management consultant who would help us develop a strong, shared understanding of issues affecting our lake water quality and direct appropriate measures to promote healthy lake water quality.
With this objective in mind, requests for proposal were solicited from numerous industry service providers, and seven proposals were received. These proposals highlighted the rather extraordinary cost of bona fide, independent lake management consultants (e.g., a baseline cost of $23,575 per year for the lowest cost provider). Engaging these services would demand an extraordinary and sustained increase in operating funds. This may merit further consideration, but a more immediate, actionable approach seems best.
Most RFP respondents promoted use of their company-specific products and services – akin to our current relationship with Clean-Flo. Aqua Link, Inc. also offers a robust array of company-specific products and services. However, unique among RFP respondents, Aqua Link, Inc., expressly proposed systematic monitoring as a foundation for any lake management program. Notably, this approach is consistent with proposals received from bona fide, independent lake management consultants as well as Board member learnings at recent lake management workshops.
Aqua Link, Inc., enjoys a very positive reputation among lake associations, with strong connections to the Pennsylvania Lake Management Society (PALMS). Their proposed lake monitoring program constitutes a constructive step in the desired direction. Further, establishing a relationship with Aqua Link, Inc., may prove to satisfy our need for lake management consulting.
Aqua Link, Inc. has proposed other, specific means of improving lake conditions, including reducing HABs. Yet, for 2024, any lake management activities implemented through the end of Summer 2024 must not conflict with the grant-supported program now in progress. This precludes any supplemental addresses to any HABs which may occur during Summer 2024. Notwithstanding this restriction, we would seek to engage Aqua Link, Inc., as soon as possible during Summer 2024 to help us better understand HABs and – armed with results from our lake monitoring program – to develop a shared sense of how best to address HABs at North Lake going forward.
Prepared by the Water Management Committee
Clean-Flo Report North Lake 2023 (pdf)
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