Hickory Lake Campground Cooperative Association

Just a reminder that the annual election is now underway. Check your email for the link to your secure ballot.

The scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors for October 29th has been canceled.

The Hickory Lake Campground Cooperative Association Annual Meeting will occur on Tuesday October 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM Central Time via Google Meet. Official notification was sent to all members via eMail on September 8, 2024. Meeting links and the meeting agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.

Septic Check and the county inspector were at the campground yesterday surveying and assessing the grounds for the RV dump station tank removal.  One thing they did observe is that vehicle traffic has been driving over, and boats are being parked on top of a part of the second drainage pit on the East side of the overflow lot.  This pit does extend to the West beyond the current fenced area.  I had Mike move the boats that were parked in the area and rope it off for now, fencing will have to be installed later this year or in the spring.  

Please do not drive into the roped off area.  I have included a map (not to scale) of the area from 2005 when this part of the system was installed to give everyone an idea of the location.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out.

Unfortunately fall is just around the corner so I wanted to send out an email with the scheduled shutdown dates so everyone can put it on their calendar and hopefully we can get a good group of volunteers.  

Pool Closing

September 2nd at sundown

Midnight Sun will winterize the pool on 9/5

Docks Out:

10/5 8:00 AM (weather permitting)

10/12 8:00 AM (backup date)

Water Off to Sites:

10/13 8:00 AM

Fall Cleanup:

10/19 9:00 AM

We need as many volunteers as we can get.  Hiring out a lawn service in the spring and fall to clean the grounds would cost several thousand dollars.  We have rakes, tarps, and dumpster size bags.  If you have leaf blowers, push or riding mowers, or other items that can assist please feel free to bring it to the campground.

Water Off to Shower House:

10/27 9:00 AM

This is entirely weather dependent as cold, frost, or snow could alter the timeline.

As many of you know there is a large septic tank removal project in the works, hopefully the work can commence in November, but if the timeline gets moved up it could alter some or all of these dates.  If it does change I will let everyone know.

FInally, road restrictions go into effect on October 15th.  Vehicle/trailer combinations are not allowed on the campground roads from this date until May 1st without prior board approval.  The idea is to not have the roads torn up due to wet conditions from rain, snow, melting snow, etc.  This year with the planned septic tank removal and the uncertainty around the timeline, I would strongly suggest that anyone wishing to remove their trailer from the campground do so prior to this date as once the project commences the entrance will be dug up with no vehicle access to the main campground.  As this project comes more into focus I will send further updates.

Until then, let’s enjoy the last bits of summer.  It goes by way too fast…

The meeting originally scheduled for September 8, 2024 has been canceled. There will be a budget meeting held on August 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM.

The area around the south slips have been added to the permit issued by the DNR, the area is outlined below. In addition, the DNR has clarified that if members want to pull weeds for personal use (the example given was a table centerpiece), this is allowed without a permit.

A permit was issued by the Minnesota DNR for manually pulling weeds. While it was not what we had hoped, the beach area in it’s entirety can have the weeds pulled manually. The image below shows the only areas that weeding will be allowed for the 2024 season.

First of all, Hazelwood Corp was out on Tuesday and installed new games in the game room.  We will be installing additional lighting in the game room on Saturday but it is currently fully operational.  The new games are Duck Hunter, Crusin USA, and the old favorite the claw machine.  MS Pac Man and the Pool Table are still in the game room as well.

The other good news is that with the nice weather anticipated for the weekend, the pool will be opening on Friday after Mike does the cleaning and testing.  Mike and Haley worked most of the day last Sunday cleaning the pool, the pool deck, and the furniture and Mike did a great job this week of getting it balanced and ready to go.

Just a reminder that there are members who have paid to charge their boats in the overflow lot. There are reserved spaces so that extension cords are not run across the lot. Signs are posted to mark the areas.