Evergreen Shores Homeowners Association
The Evergreen Shores Homeowner Association of Shoreview, Minnesota was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1985. The ESHA mission is to maintain the quality of water in Kerry Ponds, to enhance the enjoyment of the water and to develop a sense of place and community within Evergreen Shores.
Some people will be accessing our pond systems in the coming weeks for sediment testing, which is a preliminary step in the City of Shoreview led sediment removal project.
Keep working on maintaining your shorelines if you are capable, every little bit of effort helps our pond quality.
The first half of the second Algaecide Treatment is scheduled to take place this Thursday, 7/30. We can expect the second half and last treatment to occur about two weeks after that (mid-August).
You may also remove any dead weeds with a rake to avoid feeding our ponds more nutrients. Please help us continue to act and maintain our shoreline so we can enjoy our ponds to the fullest.
Everyone – A few updates as we head into a holiday weekend:
a. Lake Restoration will perform the other 1/2 algaecide treatment next week (likely the later half of the week depending on weather).
b. We’ve had some reports of swimmers itch. The algaecide chemical being used (copper sulfate) for our treatments is at the maximum amount allowed. Copper sulfate can kill snails if they’re hit with a high enough dose, which will help with the swimmer’s itch problem. But, it’s safe to say the snails will never be eradicated from the ponds (nor will all of the ducks and geese). Below is a link from the MN DNR website about swimmer’s itch.https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/swimming/swimmersitch.html
c. Our ponds is not a designated swimming beaches by the state, county or the city. However, some homeowners choose to swim in the ponds. A team took the initiative to test the water for E coli bacteria. The state guidelines can be found here: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/bacteria
MN states that swimming beaches should not exceed more than 88 per 100 mL in any one sample. Our sample areas were:
– 47.1 (Evergreen Ponds by Bucher Park),
– 56.1 (Sherwood Ponds – middle of the water),
– 326 (Sherwood Ponds – at the inlet next to Sherwood). We’re talking to the city about what they can do to address this one.
– 44.1 (Western part of Evergreen Ponds)
Again, our ponds are not designated swimming beaches and thus any decision to swim in the ponds is the decision of the individual homeowner.
Everyone the first water treatment will be June 16-17 (weather permitting) for those homeowners who provided the required DNR signature form by the deadline to participate in this season’s chemical treatments. Please note that the treatment company is targeting to be out on Tuesday, June 16 and the crew will probably be out for two days. During treatments, if you have any questions or feedback at all, please call Lake Restoration directly at (763)428-9777 and ask to speak with Chad Hadler.
Everyone – This is the presentation from tonights board meeting. Thank you for all those in attendance.
Attached is the DNR from for treatment. Please complete and either mail it to
ESHA 395 Bucher Ave Shoreview MN 55126
Or… email it to: evergreenshoresha@gmail.com
2020 Dues are $105.
Everyone – In respect to everyone’s safety the board decided to do this annual meeting virtually. It can be challenging to manage who’s talking with large virtual sessions. We greatly appreciate everyone’s input and ask that you use this form for submitting questions: Question Submission
We will also talk about a treatment plan and need the attached form completed and mailed to ESHA 395 Bucher Ave Shoreview MN 55126.
ANNUAL MEETING: On May 14th, the ESHA board will host a virtual annual meeting. We will be joined by Tom Wesolowski from the City of Shoreview to discuss the recent sediment analysis study.
Virtual Meeting: May 14th @ 7pm. To join, either click the link below or use the dial in.
Join with Google Meetmeet.google.com/qsy-kugu-dsg
Join by phone+1 617-675-4444 PIN: 776 343 240 2639#
WATER SURVEY: We are also asking everyone to complete a water quality survey ahead of the annual meeting. The survey can be found here: Water Survey
To ensure we have your correct information, please use this form to submit your name, email and address. We use this list to send updates on the association. Thank you!
ASSOCIATION CONTACT UPDATE FORM
The original letter sent to association members can be found here.
Everyone – We’ve just been informed that the next water treatment is happening July 1 & 2. We apologize for the timing close to the 4th but there were compelling reasons for this date. The treatment has no restrictions on swimming or fishing and the treatment will have fully taken effect by the 4th. Thanks – ESHA Board.