LAKE PLACID WATERFRONT COMMUNITY

CULP Board members and volunteers will begin cleanup / clearing of the lake’s main channel by Zipp Camp on April 5 and 6 2025. Board members are enlisting any individuals who own and can operate skid steer equipment and has already secured the use of 3 – 4 skid steers. The plan is for this is to be mostly mechanical however we will need able bodied volunteers to chain saw a few trees and help remove vegetation that the equipment can not get to, especially along the waters edge.

This is our second such clean up in the area and plans are for it to go quick but cannot be accomplished without community support. If you assisted with the initial clean up of this area you witnessed how much work can be done by our lakefront community and the camaraderie developed meeting and working alongside your neighbors.

It is getting close to the completion of the new dam and having water in our lake, so cleanup like this is essential to the enjoyment of our lake. We simply cannot get this done without substantial lakefront community support, physical or financial to accomplish any cleanup. Mark your calendars and plan on helping clear the lake main channel.

CULP Board of Directors

According to the notes from the March 2025 engineering construction meeting held on March 13, 2025, and attended by Keith Strimple of the Lake Placid WCID, the substantial completion of our new dam is now estimated to be July 5, 2025. Folks, this is coming soon and is now a little over 90 plus days before the expected increase in our lake’s water level will begin.

Many of our lake front community have made temporary improvements such as docks and stairs and where clearing has occurred there are burn piles. The very last thing our lake front community needs is for any of these structure / piles to break loose and impede the operations of our new dam as they begin testing the dam and ultimately filling Laker Placid. As a key reminder, any debris removal by Sundt or damage to the dam gates will result in change orders to the contract and increase construction costs to US. I for one feel we are already paying enough for the luxury of a new dam and the return of our beautiful lake, and this is one additional cost that we as lake front property owners can collectively control and avoid.

Each waterfront property owner needs to assess the area of their lake front and begin the removal of grown-up vegetation which could impede your access to the lake. Plans should be made by each lake front property owner to remove burn piles and other debris and dismantle all temporary docks/stairs/structures from the riverbed prior to the substantial completion date of July 5, 2025. If you wait until the water levels begin to rise it may be very challenging or impossible to address these issues.

This should be a community effort by all the lakefront property owners. If you have neighbors who cannot clean up vegetation for health reasons or due to their age, help them out. Contact your property owner’s association or any CULP Board member to assist in the marshaling of potential resources to assist those neighbors in need.

Everyone, this is the last big effort to get your debris cleaned up so that you will be able to enjoy your lake front property as early as possible. Also, not a bad idea to take advantage of the less than sweltering heat during April and May.

CULP is developing plans to clean up / clear areas of the main channel in the coming weeks so please follow our Facebook page for further announcements.

CULP Board