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Sustainability, parks and airport authorities report updates on tree plantings, lake treatment and events
Summary
Council members reported updates from the Sustainability Commission, Park Board and Airport Authority at the Sept. 2 La Porte Common Council meeting.
Council members on Sept. 2 summarized recent commission and board activity for La Porte residents.
Councilwoman Hoffman reported the Sustainability Commission met Aug. 26 and discussed a Rotary Club donation that will likely fund tree plantings along the Chessie Trail in the fall, with a ribbon-cutting planned in spring. She said 74 acres of lake water were treated at a cost of $50,000 and that the Lake Association is recruiting new members (household membership $50; business $150). Hoffman announced the Sustainability Commission’s next meeting for Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in Council Chambers.
Councilwoman Ficus reported the Park Board met Aug. 20 and received an update on Clear Lake from Justin of Aquatic Weed Control; two visual surveys found no Eurasian milfoil. Ficus said Marquis Electric won the contract for replacement of a three-phase transformer at Beachwood Golf Course; the transformer had been problematic for about three years. The Park Board unanimously agreed to let the park department scrap a John Deere mower and a copy machine, approved parking-on-grass and ATV use for the Dune Brook Dragon Boat races on Sept. 6 at Stone Lake, and approved attendance for staff at the Indiana Park and Recreation Association convention. The Park Board’s next meeting is Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. at the park office.
An Airport Authority representative reported the authority’s upcoming events, including an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Sept. 14 from 7 a.m. to noon to benefit local scouting troops and discovery flights and World War II reenactors planned for the event; the next Airport Authority meeting is Sept. 10 at 5:15 p.m. at the airport.
These reports were presented during the council’s standing-committee reports portion of the agenda and involved no formal council action.
The council also announced schedules for other boards and commissions, including a Traffic Commission meeting on Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. at the police station and a Plan Commission meeting on Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers.
