BEAA Board Meeting Minutes October 2025
Minutes Bald Eagle Area Association Annual Meeting Agenda
Oct 23th, 2025 7pm @Boatworks in White Bear Lake
34 attendees that checked in
President Meg Rapheal
Welcome, call meeting to order 7:04pm
Steve McComas Blue Water Science
- Presentation (will be posted on website)
- Overprovided of surveys, treatments, and assessments of the lake this year
- Slides showed comparison of surveys, treatments, and assessments over the years.
- Shared information on Curly leaf, Milfoil and good native plants
Matt Kocian Lake and Stream Specialist; Rice Creek Watershed District
- Presentation (will be posted on website)
- Water quality: current assessment of phosphorus; inflows into Blad Eagle Lake
- UofM Wake Boat study: provided study insight and overview. Video was provided of the study.
- You can find the study on U of M website via search.
Zebra mussel update: Chris Hiniker Was not able to attend; Brad Mason (board member) provided overview
- Zebra mussels were initially found in Bald Eagle Lake 2018
- This year had the biggest increase
- Steve McComas shared zebra mussels have a 7-8 year cycle, they then eat most of the algae food supply, algae/food supply becomes minimal, and zebra mussels die down until algae food supply returns. They cycle continues
BEAA Board
- BEAA Treasurer Report – Treasurer Katie Haskins/Jack Jungbauer
- 2025 Balance Sheet and PL summary
- BEAA General business – President Meg Rapheal
- Summary of 2025 activities/goals –
- Dues paying homeowners – 31% in 2025 (49% in 2024)
- Continuation of our Shoreline Restoration partnership with Rice Creek Watershed with a funding of $25K
- Continuation of the boat launch inspection participation
- Continuation of our Zebra Mussel inspections
- Continuation of Music on the Lake
- Hosting our Annual Dinner at Dellwood (119 registered attendees) (2026 dinner will be April 30th)
- BEAA Slate – President Meg Rapheal
- Retiring; Jen Anderson, Laura Shepler, Jack Jungbauer, Joe Boeser. THANK YOU !!
- Presentation of the 2025 BEAA Slate;
- Officers
- President - Meg Rapheal and Cory Huberty, VP - Chris Harding, Treasurer - Katie Haskins, Secretary - Katie Philippi
- Members at large
- Brad Mason, Bridget Cavanaugh, Allison Drusch and Janel Woods
- Motion to 2025 slate : approved by attendees
- Welcome new officers, Cory Huberty (President) and Chris Harding (VP)
- Welcome new Board members; Allison Drusch and Janel Woods
- 2026 term expiring; Meg Rapheal (T2), Katie Philippi (TI), Brad Mason (T1)
- 2027 term expiring: Bridget Cavanaugh (T1) and Katie Haskins (T1)
- 2028 term expiring: Cory Huberty (T1), Chris Harding (T1), Allison Drusch (T1) and Janel Woods (T1)