2023 UPDATE | Surface water & Planning & Zoning

Planning & Zoning  | Team Leader Steve Frazier

This year we have seen several new cabins/homes startups with all construction having building permits and no variances that we are aware of. We urge those of you that are making renovations and/or new construction to contact Aitkin County Environmental Services (Planning and Zoning) before commencing on projects. The LLPOA has planning guides to help you as we all work together to protect our lake in a law abiding manner.

Surface Water Use (No Team Leader) | Steve Frazier:

As a lake association the LLPOA strives to bring members together to cooperate and to follow best practices for protecting Lone Lake. This year we have not received any specific complaints but members have expressed two general concerns and they are boats cruising and water sports too close to shore, and concerns about wake boats. 

 To keep peace in our lake community we continue to urge the following best practices:

  1. Cruise around the lake at least a depth of six feet as to not disturb the lake bottom, but also far enough from lakeshore owner’s docks to allow them their privacy.

  2. Water skiing and tubing, etc., please stay out in deeper water—- further from shore to prevent wave wash of the shoreline.  

  3. The U of M St. Anthony Falls research lab recommends best practices for wake boats of 425 feet (more than a football field) from shore to prevent wave wash. The LLPOA recommends we all cooperate and conduct wake boat activities in the middle of the lake’s two bays and not in shallow areas or in the narrows between the bays. 

Former President Steve Frazier looks back at 2023

All in all it was a quiet, successful and historic year for the LLPOA in 2023. All of our association events came off without a hitch! We have 127 members as of August and we thank you for your support and membership in our lake association. Member turn out for events was outstanding.  

This year was historic in the sense that I completed my 22nd year as LLPOA President and at a full capacity annual meeting retired. We transitioned to new leadership. Joining us is new President Tiffany Frazier, new Treasurer Linda Szymanski, Barb Dusbabek as AIS Team Leader and Bob Burgmeier as Director at Large. Re-elected continuing board members were Beth-Anne Rowe as Communications Director and David Scott as Water Quality Team Leader. 

Thank you for all the fun, friendship and challenges we have shared over the years and I look forward to serving for two years as Past President and hopefully providing wise counsel to our new leaders.