Message from the President
The 24th annual holiday boat parade will take place on December 13. We will start at 6:15 PM on the far west side of the lake.
Johns Lake is currently at a decent level. It is at roughly 96 feet (NAVD88) which is about 15.6 inches below the normal high-water mark so we should be able to handle large amounts of rain in case we get a hurricane this month. The official hurricane season ends on November 30. Additionally, we probably have enough water to get us through the Winter drought season.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently added 800 hydrilla eating carp to Johns Lake which is great news! Hydrilla will always be a problem for Johns Lake. Although it is bad in some parts of the lake there is much less of it now than normal. We currently have a lot of Eel Grass and Eurasian Watermilfoil.
Although our lake is very healthy, let’s continue to be careful when fertilizing our yards and don’t remove the non-invasive plants on your waterfront. These plants provide natural filtration for the lake.
I would like to thank Elisabetta Garcia for serving as a board member for several years. She recently left the Board for family reasons. If anybody wishes to join the JLA Board, please send me an email and say why you would like to be on the Board.
If your neighbors are not on our email distribution list, please have them go to our website www.johnslakeflorida.com and sign-up.
I hope you enjoy our newsletter and hope to see you on the lake!
Rick Stuebing
President, Johns Lake Association
We elected new officers for the Johns Lake Improvement Association in
January. The new board is made up as follows:
President – John Schmidt (Johns Cove)
Vice President – Rick Stuebing (Johns Lake Homesites OC)
Secretary/Treasurer (combined) – Ann Megler (Magnolia Island LC)
Communications – Jason Nadrowski (Johns Cove)
Martin Davis (Deer Island)
Don Hickman (Johns Lake Homesites OC)
Frank Dreano (Johns Landing)
We are working on several issues and have plans to do a better job communicating, setting up a proactive website, and add value to our stakeholders. We’d like to be a proactive one stop shop rather than having you to reach out to all the various agencies, counties, towns, and so on.
There are several examples of Lake Associations in the County/State that do a great job of this for their lakes. We believe that as the lake continues to be more populated with residences that we can also educate and provide valuable information to new or prospective owners.
One of the immediate actions is to make sure we have a good contact list for lake and near lake owners who utilize the lake, so we may need help from HOA’s. We’ll certainly make sure the HOA presidents and agencies are kept informed. Please feel free to forward or provide added contacts for us. Let us know if you have any questions/comments.