Broward Office of the Inspector General

Investigative Memorandum

From: SA Steve Grenier Date: 09/01/2016

File Ref. No. Tip No. 1061
Subject: Receipt of email chain
Reviewed by: '«■

Date:

On September 1,2016, the tipster, Oliver Kamm, forwarded a 29-page email string for the period
from August 17 through September 1, 2016. The emails, which were sent to the village council,
include his assertion that the lake has not been properly maintained and is an imminent health
hazard, that the village has not been connected to a municipal sewer system as was contemplated
many years before, and the village is not complying with its 1989 land use regulations. Kamm
further insists that when he was still a councilmember, the other councilmembers would not
discuss the condition of the lake or other matters with him by email or at any time other than at a
council meeting, based on their incorrect application of the Sunshine Laws. Mayor Caroline
White replied to Kamm on August 27 (after he resigned from the council), on September 1,
2016, that the village had taken a number of steps to correct the lake issues, and more steps were
contemplated.

The referenced emails are attached to this memorandum and were saved to the G-drive.

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Grenier, Steven

From: Oliver Kamm <okamm@mac.com>

Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 6:45 PM
To: Caroline White
Cc: LAZYLAKE123@aol.com; LindaCat0748@aol.com; kevinmahon@comcast.net; Regore74
@aol.com; Jim Ratliff; boisseau@bellsouth.net; John And Sally Beausau;
rkwillard@gmail.com; edixieman@aol.com; DDoody@cityatty.com;
MAugustin@cityatty.com
Subject: Re: Broward County EML: Lazy Lake DNA source tracking results
Attachments: signature.asc

Caroline —

For the sake of transparency, I will share with the rest of the email list the complete change exchange you and I
had regarding the ethical and legal obligations of a municipal government that is has knowingly cosigning on
not taking action on very serious health and safety issues.

You know that I am personally very fond of you however, this might as well all be above board. I’m sorry to
have to send this out.

Truly, I am.

My concerns regarding — as you know in detail — the responsibilities and failing of the council we discussed
privately, I think it only right that all the information be available to everyone who is a stakeholder.

I have done extensive research, spoken with experts, offered both the direction I received from the BEPA, the
Department of Health, Code Compliance, Broward Department of Health, and the Drainage District, and
suggestions - all of which were dismissed out of hand.

No one cares.

So - do what you must — but this can’t continue.

My response to you from 8/27/26 below:

Begin forwarded message:

From: Oliver Kamm <okamm@mac.com>

Subject: Re: Broward County EML: Lazy Lake DNA source tracking results
Date: August 27, 2016 at 11:53:56 PM EDT
To: Caroline White <cwhitepa@me.com>

Caroline,

i
First - thank you for responding. I appreciate it. And I’m very sorry about the fire and I know
you must have a lot on your plate.

I guess your response misses the biggest issue though. If it takes 11 days to get a response from
anyone to my first email, we have an inherent structural Municipal problem. I’ll be frank — the
biggest problem is Joe having grossly abused his power as Clerk to run the Village basically any
way he chose, apparently for as long as anyone can remember. The more I realized the
implications of him not having shared ANY regulation with a single member of the council,
the more I realized we were all just puppets in a game he is playing. The cards were staked
against the council having any measurable influence on the Village as all ruled were per Joe’s
“memory” rather than what was codified in the Charter and Land use regulations.

I know you and I agree — the issues with the lake are important. And I know you have the best
of intentions.

Bust I cannot stress strongly enough that a lack of response from anyone to the health concerns
that are in need of immediate address: the mosquito problem and our complete lack of a plan or
coordination with the county with a mosquito plan. I can’t make this with any finer a point. I
have a compromised immune system, and while I’m not pregnant, the effects of mosquito bourn
disease is not a joke and cannot be adjourned until the next meeting.

There is no point person, and no one willing to either, a.) do the legwork or b.) pay for it. And at
the very least there is no way for the village to communicate with residents.

I have found my experience on the council, which I had preciously enjoyed, completely futile
and wasted once I realized Joe had knowingly kept relevant information from us that hindered
our decision making process. In my first meeting I asked about Lake Doctors and was only given
a brusk blow off. And then after being mocked by Sally who isn't smart enough to realize that
when she said she had no reason to read the land use document, that this is a fundamentally
unfair system that has no checks and balances and no concern for the well being of th community
as a whole. As I said at the time — I ave the highest assessment and a taz incread will fall row
heavily on me than anyone else, but when the council is basically filled with a crooked clerk, two
brain dead members who have no interest other than their own and no qualifications given there
insignificant experience in Municipal government as well as lack of concern for the regulations,
and John — this is an unacceptable way to run a municipality.

Joe is not the king and does not get to steer any substantive conversation into a haze of
misinformation. When I think that he essentially wasted 7 moths from when I inquired about the
trees — and then the real asskicer, implying the late Mrs. Benson and her surviving family were
responsible — and wasting Code Enforcement budgeted money to harass them — when he as
Clerk knew full well thats was not even their property if infuriating. To target the least fortunate
members of the community because of his pride in keeping a $35,000,000 budget — is stomach
turning.

As far as the research — I have done a ton. You are right — the problem is not simply lack of
sewers for the houses that are not connected, it is aeration, lack of beneficial bacteria and the
years of decomposing waste at the bottom of the lake. See my letter from 11 days ago. It fleshes
out the issues and proposes solutions. I have met with 3 different lake companies and done hours
and hours of research. We need a professionally managed plan.

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Caroline — lets face facts. The current pool of potential council members is woefully inadequate
to have a functioning municipal government. The current board will have three voting members
who have stated they do not care about the land use regulations (unless it serves Joe’s plans —
i.e. his refusal to let his neighbor rebuild a structure he did;t like)

It is at the very least unethical and I would venture to say that since it was willful withholding of
relevant regulations, including not speaking up when a proposal was made to do a sewer
feasibility study, his withholding of the relevant regulations that REQUIRED one was most
likely criminal.

I have no interest in seeing Joe prosecuted — but I refuse to stand by and have the council not
function for the benefit if the community and actively work against any program to clean and
restore the cesspool we call a lake. I’m tired of apologizing to guests for how disgusting it looks
and I most certainly am nt willing to have my health threatened by the lack of action. There is
only so much I can do. We need a mubiciplal response to address is immediately. Full stop.

Anything short of that is negligent.

I don;t envy your position as Mayor at this juncture but i am not please that you have not
excerscised your power to call an emergency meeting. No quorum? Then we are not in a position
to govern ourselves.

I mean none of this personally, but you at the very least should call an emergency meeting (I’m
not being an alarmist — read the CDC webpages for the guidelines for mosquito abatement in
the ramp up of a pandemic that has already affected both counties surrounding us) if there is no
quorum there is no quorum. But to not call a meeting in the face of the current bog and breeding
ground outside my house, and every piece of lake that is stagnant — including the bat ramp and
whatever else I am not in a position to go out and look at myself is not right. And it is not fair to
the neighbors and it is not fair to me.

I know we were and are volunteers, this does not negate the fact that we have absolutely no
backbone of communication, or way to respond nimbly to avoid a crisis. We have people so
ignorant of the ethics laws that they think any email communication between Council member
outside of a public meeting are illegal and refuse to address business matters in emails that
involve ALL members of the council. They are not illegal — the are available if requested as
publicly accessible documents.

The mishandling of the Villages resources is going to stop. I haven’t done anything other than
send th letters you ave seen, however if Joe ends up seated as a councilman and no measurable
progress is madden short order I will escalate this.

Caroline I think you are awesome and I really like you and bear you absolutely no ill will. I
know you are in a tough spot but....

The other members of the council who knowingly choose to disregard the regulations and the
gross violations Joe has committed ar a different story. They either prove me wrong by acting
like a group of adults capable of managing a village in short order, or I will file more complaints
with the sate regarding their behavior the they can shake a stick at.

OK, I’m as tired of writing this as you are of reading it. :-)

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 Know this is not about you, but I m serious when I tell you my health concerns and the ability of
Village government to oversee or coordinate with the county on a plan of action needs to be
addressed now. We don;t have the luxury of time..

All my best and with apologies for the headache I am certain giving you at this very minute,

Oliver

This as you know can not be a fudntioning municipal government as there is no quorum and

On Sep 1, 2016, at 3:36 PM, CAROLINE WHITE <cwhitepa@me.com> wrote:

Oliver,

Be assured that I share your concerns about serious health issues relating to residents. We are
not ignoring you. We have a meeting next week and the issue can be addressed then. Solving
this problem is going to require technical expertise and advices from experts. Making decisions
about the best way to spend taxpayer dollars requires that we as a group not only become better
educated about the issue and the possible solutions but also to evaluate which approaches and
professionals can execute on a a comprehensive plan within our budget. We all have a stake in
this. Since we were not able to have a meeting in August, this will be our first opportunity to
meet, discuss the problem, and work toward a collegial consensus on how to proceed.

Begin forwarded message:

From: CAROLINE WHITE <cwhitepa@me.com>

Subject: Re: Broward County EML: Lazy Lake DNA source tracking
results

Date: August 27, 2016 8:14:44 PM EDT

To: Oliver Kamm <okamm@mac.com>

Oliver, sorry I cannot respond to this tonight. We had a fire at the business today
and am trying to help my business partner whatever I can do. As to the Algae, I
have been educating myself on it so as not to misunderstand or make any
missteps. It is my understanding that step 2, stocking the lake with algae eaters is
happening or has already happened. Stage one of course was clearing the debris
island and overgrown wild hibiscus from behind your property. I also believe in
the importance of caring for the lake.
I believe there is more going on than just Septic service on a few houses. Many
years have passed with abundant fronds, leaves, pine needles and bark, etc being
discharged into the lake and wonder if the natural springs may be clogged or
disturbed by this accretion. Just trying to learn about it while life has thrown me a

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basket full of things to do.I'm not intentionally dragging my feet and I do
appreciate that you keep the issue live and in the forefront.
I too believe in the importance and priority of this project.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 27, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Oliver Kamm <okamm@mac.com> wrote:

Would anyone care to explain why the tax increase via millage
agreed and approved by the entire council at the last council
meeting I attended is not reflected in the statement I received from
the Broward County Assessors Office?

It lists the same rate of 4.7931 which we were all in agreement was
inadequate to meet the neglected maintenance that the village is
responsible for. We voted for and approved an increase. Was this
changed and for what reason?

The unfunded mandate required by law will not be solved

maintaining the status quo.

Please advise.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 25, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Oliver Kamm

<okamm@mac.com> wrote:

I am not shocked but I am incredibly disheartening

that the "elected" municipal officials — The same
people who expect us to trust them to run our
town — and take responsibility for health and safety
issues -have absolutely no response to yet another
health issue involving our community except for
casual disregard for the right thing to do.

Has any action taken on any of the issues that I

raised?

Or is this going to be another case of where we got

a report back from testing the water that recorded
unhealthy conditions -which I alerted everyone I
the council to - and not a single member of
municipal government bother to respond. Even
when I informed them that the Broward
County Department of Environmental Protection
had warned us that with over 20,000 colonies of
fecal coliform’s, (the limit for surface water is 400)
and that we had an obligation to tell the citizens that
the water was unsafe to Swim In or for recreational
purposes. Not a single person was willing to
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take stand to say that it was correct to inform
everyone else of the contamination of the lake.

I have to say I’m really disgusted by the behavior of

our"" elected” officials handling of a situation like
this. Mr. Fedora has once again proven by not
handing out the rules and laws to incoming council
members that he intends rule this town by his own
whim and whimsy.

The fact that we have two married couples who

represent the entire town in municipal government,
several of which have no clue as to what the
guidelines actually are for Communications outside
of meetings, and continuously tried to manipulate
other members of the council and the mayor to
either hire their preferred contractors, or not take
action when it would be economically
disadvantageous to them, goes against the very
concept that I would hope municipal government is
there to stand up for, rather than be in insiders club
of people with similar interest with absolutely no
concern for the community as a whole.

When I raised this issue, one of the members of the

council replied that she had no use for the laws and
regulations as they relate to LazyLake and had no
interest in reading them. I pointed out that as the
governing law as a municipal officials she might
want to take a look and see what we are in fact
tasked to do. Can I be the only person in Lazy
Lake to find this odd?

The fact remains in my opinion that Mr. Fedora

knowingly after being repeatedly asked to
provide me with copies of the charter and
regulations -- and having never done so in the year
plus that I serve on the council, only finding them
while assisting another citizen to go through the
records -- which Mr. Fedora try to attempt to keep
him from doing it until I volunteered to stay.
Assisted by Mayor White - mr. Fedora had
suggested to them that they need to pay a
councilmember to stay to access the records.

Again am I the only one who finds it odd there's no

published regulations, Mr. Fedora as the tm
institutional memory " of the town was able to steer
all Conversations and debate to his advantage and
to others disadvantage as he saw fit regardless of
what the regulations in fact are.
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When I brought up to the council the issue of the
unmaintained trees initially I was told by Mr.
Fedora that it was Mrs. Benson's problem Mr.
Fedora in fact called Code Enforcenent and had
them go to Mrs. Benson's, and scare her daughter
half to death, when — as somebody who's lived here
for as long as he has, not to mention the Clerk. As
the clerk he should've known that this was clearly
Village property, and the overgrown were the
Village's responsibility to maintaining .

Instead we ran around in circles for seven months

until I checked the appraisals records and found out
the property in question in fact belongs to the town
of lazy Lake not to Mrs. Benson and she was in no
way responsible for trimming the trees that are not
on her property. Why we wasted seven months on
this I do not know but I’m not willing to wait seven
months to resolve the fact of the lake is disgusting
and a health hazard.

As I understand it Mr. Fedora is resigning from his

position as village clerk, which he has held for
years, to serve in the council. In spite of his tireless
work on behalf of the community, I seriously
question whether a man who has no respect for the
regulations or the process the council should
function under, is an appropriate person to serve on
the council and lead us forward when we face
serious environmental issues.

In addition to for God knows how long Mr. Fedora

and his wife have been the only two signatories on
the bank account for Lazy Lake.

I can only imagine this provides at best an improper

appearance and should've been addressed
previously. Having looked over the bank statements
in the files I saw no reason to think they've done
anything untoward, however it does give the
appearance of impropriety at the very least.

I seriously question the legality of having to

married couples who represent two households
having controlling votes in the council due to the
fact if there's no one else eligible as I understand it
to even run.

As I've stated no one is more opposed to being

annexed by Wilton Manors than I am.
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However my faith in the current municipal
government having been involved in it is about
zero. While I can single out a single councilman
who I think doesn't fact have the best intentions,
and is always treated others with a great deal of
respect, however he is one of the people not hooked
up to the sewer, who also voted to not find the
feasibility study as we required to do under the
land-use regulations filed with the county years ago.

Again we can chalk this up to maybe excusable due

to the fact that Mr. Fedora neglected to supply
anybody with the regulations or with the land-use
plan to know what the hell we were supposed to do.

I will just say this I find it unacceptable there's been

no response to any of my emails from the municipal
government addressing this — and the idea that we
can't address issue outside of scheduled meetings is
preposterous.

As I mentioned in my last letter the Mayor is given

the power to call emergency sessions of the council
which I'm assuming they've chosen not to do
because there's been no public notice. With new
reported cases of zika in Palm Beach County today,
I find this lack of response to be utter disregard for
the health and safety of the neighbors and fellow
community members that they are sworn to protect.

While Broward county does have oversight, they

generally defer to municipalities to at least
coordinate with them a mosquito control plan. Since
everyone on the council seem to be opposed to
joining up with anything having to do with any
other form of government, having rejected the idea
ofjoining the league of cities of Broward, the
Florida league of cities, or any other group that
might help us, I would seriously doubt that any
action has been taken whatsoever.

Is it ultimately the reason I resigned from the

council. Having presented them with the regulations
and land-use plan, and being told by several council
members that they had no use to read it and didn't
care, I realized it was impossible to convince people
who don't want to have an honest in open process to
do even what is required by municipal regulation -
it was pointless of me to continue -- especially

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without another vote to counter the voting block at
the far end of Lazy Lane.

While I apologize for the tone of this if it comes off

harsh /- the sentiment is 100% heartfelt and legally
grounded.

The current Council is proven themselves incapable

of following the regulations and charter, so if we're
gonna live in a Banana Republic ruled by two
families were no dissent is tolerated, what purposes
it to have me there trying to do what I believe is
best for the community?

Which it turns out also lined up with what the

village decided in 1989 was the best for the
community, however was completely disregarded.

Again I find this lack of municipal response to be

abhorrent and reeking of self interest.

If this is not the case prove me wrong, if not please

allow us to transfer to a government system we can
adequately meet the needs of the community.

Oliver Kamm
2210 Lazy Lane
Lazy Lake FL, 33305
okamm@mac.com
917-400-7972
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WX
DailvHistorv.asp?ID=KFLLAZYL2

On Aug 21, 2016, at 10:50 PM, Oliver Kamm

<okamm@,mac.com> wrote:

Dear Mayor White,

In light of the email dated August 18,

2016,1 urge you to call as Special
Meeting of the Council, under your
powers in Article III Section 4. to
approve plan of action relating to the
lake and the environmental issues at
hand.

Given my experience — with the

well intentioned — but incredibly
slow process getting the
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trees, neglected for 10 years
trimmed, 1 do not think these issues
can wait.

The lake is filthy, stagnant in many

places and a health hazard given the
Zika outbreak . I do not think we are
in a position to kick the can down the
road and have this take another 8
months for anything to begin in
earnest.

This is my notice as per Article I,

Sec. 4.5 of the Village of Lazy Lake
Charter, to investigate the matter of
unhealthy conditions in the lake, and
to cure said problems . I urge you to
investigate and inform the
community in a timely manner of
what actions the Village is taking.

I don't mean this as a joke. We have

a real problem. I am doing my best
to clear standing water where I can,
but with a potential pandemic in
neighboring county, and mosquitos
everywhere on my property, we do
not have the luxury of waiting for the
next meeting to decide to look into
the issue, report back at the meeting
after that table it for discussion
and argue about the implementation,
and do something in 9 months.

I know first hand that as a

municipality, we are not the most
nimble in responding, however given
the seriousness of the issues, this one
can’t wait for months.

Seriously - for those of us with

health issues this is far from funny.

It does’t matter if I make sure each

of my Bromeliads its treated. w?e
have a mosquito breeding ground
here. I do treat them, as well as
filling in every tiny thimble full of
standing water I can find (it only
takes a the cup of a leaf for them to
breed.) I've filled in about 10
to
boulders in my yard to eliminate
puddles, but it does;t matter when
the lake is stagnant.

Ive also sent about 10 requests to

spray from Broward County but have
yet to see anyone come by.

I’ll look forward to hearing back.

Sincerely,

Oliver Kamm
2210 Lazy Lane
Lazy Lake FL, 33305
okamm@inac.com
917-400-7972
http://www.wunderground.com/weat
herstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?!^
FCFLLAZYL2

Begin forwarded
message:

From: Oliver Kamm

<okamm@mac.com>
Subject: Fwd:
Broward County
EML: Lazy Lake
DNA source
tracking results
Date: August 18,
2016 at 1:58:02 PM
EDT
To:
nLAZYLAKE123@a
ol.com”
<LAZ YLAKE123@,a
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<Regore74@aol.com
>, Jim Ratliff
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<iimratliff@earthlink.
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"boisseau@bellsouth.
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<boisseau@bellsouth,
net>, Caroline White
<cwhitepa@mac.com
>, John And Sally
Beausau
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<rkwillard@gmail.co
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edixieman@aol.com.
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m

Dear Neighbors,

At long last we
received the report
form the BEPA on the
lake.

As you san see, the

bacteria levels for
fecal coliform are
from canine, not
human sources.

Before I continue I’d

just like to let
everyone know that
for personal reasons I
resignedfrom the
council, and am no
longer a voting
member. Although I
do care deeply about
our community, it was
not something I am
able to do.

I would however like

to take this moment to
stress to the Mayor
and current members
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of the council that we
have at our disposal,
passed down to us
from councils past, a
very well researched
and thought out
Village ofLazy Lake
Comprehensive Plan,
dated 1989 that I will
attach. It is, as I
understand the most
current and certified
by the County and It
stresses many things
that I believe we
should be doing
better.

If the current council

decides to change
these regulations, so
be it, but the status
quo does not reach the
level that our
predecessors
envisioned for our
special community.
And it appears that it
is the most current
law of the land, and if
not should at least be
a guide for what we
should do and what
we should expect to
receive — as well as
give — as a
Municipality.

To summarize (and
again I stress this is
my personal opinion)
there are a few pieces
I would like to see us
do more of.

The number one goal

of the plan is
preserving the single
family residential
character of the
community.
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 Immediately after
they begin to discuss
our responsibilities
and duties
regarding maintenanc
e for the lake — about
which they go into
great detail. I can only
speak for myself—
but after struggling
for 6 months to get
the trees
trimmed, that had
literally cut off my
house from the rest of
the lake, and the level
of resistance and lack
of transparency, we
are falling far short of
what they had
envisioned and what
we are doing. We do
not stock the lake
with grass eating carp
(though we at one
point had a permit and
thought it a good idea
to codify it on paper),
we have not (until this
summer) maintained
the trees, the water
had not been tested in
years. No one seems
to be able to recall the
last time the lake was
actually cleaned.

My biggest concern
lies in the ability of
the Council to
function (or to have
previously
functioned) without
using the charter and
Land Use plan as a
guide. There is no
information for
incoming council
members presented
upon election, or
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much direction. Since
finding these in the
file and confirming
with the clerk they are
accurate, and still in
force, I feel like much
of my time was
wasted

We were supposed to
have done a
feasibility study years
ago about getting the
remaining houses that
are on septic attached
to the sewer, however
when the same idea
was proposed by a
resident this year it
was shot down and
killed without, in my
opinion, the interests
of the greater
community taken into
consideration. While I
applaud the hard work
of the current council,
I cannot condone us
ignoring what was,
and is , specified to
preserve and conserve
in their words “Lazy
Lake’s primary
amenity.”

Even without this

information at the
time I was personally
unhappy with the
decision of the
council to veto a
resident’s proposal for
a $3000.00 feasibility
study for attaching the
remaining houses to
the sewer.

Juts to note, I have

always tried
be involved in civic
service as a volunteer
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in the communities I
live in. I enjoy it and I
find it rewarding. I
do have experience in
municipal finance. I
served on the Town of
Provinetown,
Massachusetts
Finance Committee
working with a $12
million budget, a
shrinking year round
job market, lack of
affordable housing,
and I was involved in
many tough decisions
and debates. The
issues that came
before us were
complex and
multifaceted. We had
25% of our budget
going to the school
system which had
shrunk down to 40
students in the high
school — down from
450 in the mid
1950’s. We had to
advise the town body
on closing of the
Provincetown High
School, not a popular
idea where the school
was one of the few
year round employers,
but we had reached
close to parity on the
student/teacher ratio.
It was not feasible to
continue. I was also
around for the
discussions and
debates in moving
most of the town to a
municipal sewer,
including grants,
loans and bonds, as
well at betterments
and assessments.

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Given my experience
I personally was not
pleased that this
proposal was
dismissed as I
recall that “spending
$3,000.00 will mean
spending
$200,000.00.” It was
not an accurate
characterization in my
opinion of the grants,
knowledge, research
and help available
from the County, the
State and at the
Federal level. It was
understood 30 years
ago that moving
away form septic was
in our best interest.
As a village.

We have had a permit

since 1989 to have
triploid grass carp “to
maintain the
ecological balance of
the lake ” They were
concerned with
possible nitrogen and
phosphorous
contamination
(primarily from
fertilizers) which our
current testing ruled
out. And while this
genetic testing does
seemingly rule out
human contamination,
I personally don't see
that many dogs
pooping around the
lake.

When I inquired abut

this from BEPA
yesterday I was told
that in fact it can be
buildup from many
animals, not just
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canine, and the worst
spot is by the boat
ramp, (the fecal
coliform levels by my
house and at the other
end of the lake at
Joe’s don’t sound
great to me though
either.)

I asked on a general
level what they
suggested to properly
maintain the lake
— and Patricia said
“You should hire a
lake maintenance
company and put in
aerators, general
maintenance and
upkeep”

She chuckled when I

told her we already
had a lake
maintenance
company. Clearly
they are not up to the
task.

I have researched
aerators, lake flows
and placements, and
our current system is
woefully inadequate
for the size and
irregular shape of our
lake.

I would urge the

council to begin an
aggressive use of
dredging,
maintenance and both
beneficial bacteria
and aeration that
covers areas other
than just the center of
the lake. For a lake
our size we and
shape, we would need
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at lest 4 aerators and
possible six. I met
with other lake
services who
suggested that to
make sure that areas
that are currently
stagnant and full of
sludge have the
opportunity to
naturally
process through
aeration and
circulation, instead of
deferring necessary
maintenance until we
end up with
unsustainable bills.
(as was the case with
the overgrowth of
trees on town
property that cut off
me end of the lake
entirely.)

As a homeowner and
voter, (and the house
most recently and
highly assessed I
believe) I understand
that we need to bite
the bullet and raise
taxes, if we choose to
stay an independent
municipality.

I have expressed to
the Council, that in
my opinion the
current participation
level is not adequate
enough to sustain
staying independent.
There will be 3
households that have
all of the voting
power for the
village, I believe if
the current situation
remains.

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On a personal level I
would like to thank
Joe for his many years
of hard work and his
institutional memory
that many of us on the
council did not
possess. He has been
an incredible asset to
the town and worked
tirelessly—■ pretty
thanklessly— fora
long time to make
sure we stay
independent.

I believe this place in

incredibly special,
and I am lucky to call
it my home. Nothing
would please me
more than to have
enough of a varied
and involved and
selfless volunteers to
make this happen. I
do not want to live in
Wilton Manors. Or be
taxed by them, or
policed by them. I
like that we are quirky
and unique. It is a big
part of what drew me
here. I love the
history I have come
across ( see Betty
Bailey’s awesome
Lazy Lake letterhead
at the end of the
report with the
budget,) and I am a
proud Lazy Laker,
however in my
personal opinion and
from my
observations, we
cannot continue to
maintain ourselves as
a municipality the
voting will essentially
be two sets of married
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 couples who are
neighbors. And it it
my guess they also
have little desire to
get off septic and on
to sewer, however I
am not a mind reader
so that is speculation.

I put this out there in

an effort to have a
workable and civil
conversation about
the future of Lazy
Lake. As current
residents, voters,
renters, and and / or
owners, we are doing
a disservice to our
past — and to the
future of our oasis by
sweeping these issues
under the rug.

Attached are some

links to pictures from
right now of what my
end of the lake looks
like. Both the
incredible
recovered view —
and the layers of
sludge and muck and
organic material that
are decaying slowly
and are not beneficial
for the lake. As you
notice (or I sure have
already) the lake is
significantly lower
lower than two years
ago.

Although the report

says the lake is not
fed by any sources,
the people I consulted
suggest that it is in
fact somehow fed,
and the sludge is a

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likely cause of
blockages.

Regards,

Oliver Kamm
2210 Lazy Lane
Lazy Lake FL, 33305
okamm@mac.com
917-400-7972
http://www.wundergr
ound.com/weatherstat
ion/WXDailvHistory.
asp?ID=KFLLAZYL
2

Link to Village of
Lazy Lake
Comprehensive Plan

https://www.dropbox.
com/s/v6tkqe257srx3
qx/VoLL%20Leg%20
St%20of%20FLQCR.
pdf?dl=0

Lin to The Charter

of Lazy Lake

https ://www.dropbox.
com/s/v6tkq e257srx3
qx/VoLL%20Leg%20
St%20of%20FLQCR.
pdf?dl=0

Link to Email to
Village Clerk in
January 2016 re:
Tree overgrowth
(filled with typos)

https://www.dropbox.
com/s/ra2tc0p 1 dpcwu
vg/Trees%20in%20La
ke%20at%202210%2
0Lazy%20Lane%20L
azv%20Lake%20FL
%2033305.pdf?dl=0

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Link to 2210 Lake
Pics Today with
Sludge, but restored
access to lake:

https://www-dropbox.
com/sc/mdi49hvqq7b
bvim/AACCakvB8z3
qR6sZAX61BapWa

Begin
forwar
ded
messag
e:

From:
"Holo
wecky,
Patrici
a”
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CKY
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Subjec
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Browa
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Count
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EML:
Lazy
Lake
DNA
source
tracki
ng
results
Date:
August
17,
2016 at
11:12:
27 AM
EDT

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To:
'Oliver
Kamm'
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m@ma
c.com>
Cc:
"Suare
z-Hale,
Ileana"
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REZH
ALE@
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Good
Mornin
g
Oliver,

Please
see the
attache
d
report
with
the
results
from
the
DNA
source
tracking
analyse
s at
Lazy
Lake. If
you
have
any
questio
ns in
regards
to the
report,
please
feel
free to
contact
me. An
invoice
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for the
bacteri
a
samplin
gand
DNA
source
tracking
analyse
s will
follow
in the
coming
weeks.

I hope
that the
informa
tion
provide
d will
assist
the
Lazy
Lake
commu
nity
with
their
water
quality
concern
s. If
you
would
like to
discuss
any
further
testing,
please
be sure
to
contact
the Lab
Manag
er,
lleana
Suarez-
Hale at
(954)
519-

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(5)brow
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Regards

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