The Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District Board of Directors held a Regular Meeting on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the FLLCSD Community Building at 400 Fallen Leaf Lake Road. The meeting was also available via Zoom and phone.
The agenda included a consent calendar covering administrative items such as minutes approval, policy updates (email communications, conflict of interest, travel), and an engagement letter for new accounting services. Fire Department items address personnel pay rates and out-of-district response terms.
Discussion items included reports from the Fallen Leaf Lake Conservation Coalition and concessionaire Big Blue Hospitality, a preliminary budget presentation for FY 2026/27, an update on District revenues and expenses, and a proposal to increase slip rental fees effective January 2027. The Board also considered delegating authority to the General Manager for payments to the District’s tax attorney regarding a pending IRS matter.
The meeting concluded with a closed Executive Session at noon covering two legal matters.
Documents
During this meeting the Board discussed whether to increase the Boat Slip Rental fees. A copy of the draft resolution identifying the proposed fee increase amounts be accessed at the following link: https://fllcsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DRAFT-Slip-Fee-Resolution.pdf
Download the Meeting Minutes (DRAFT2) here: https://fllcsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260523-FLLCSD-BOD-Minutes-DRAFT2.pdf
Download the Agenda here: https://fllcsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-23_AGENDA-Regular-Meeting-1.pdf
Download the Board Packet here: https://fllcsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Board-Packets/2026/2026-05-23_BOD_Meeting_Materials.zip
Download the Ad hoc committee on fund-raising report here: https://fllcsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Join_the_Fallen_Leaf_Foundation_CSD-5.23.26.pdf
Download a PDF copy of the president’s remarks here: https://fllcsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Presidents-Remarks-5.23.25-rev1.pdf
Watch the Zoom recording here: https://youtu.be/ZGDePeuCnng
President’s Remarks
Good morning. Today’s meeting is already our 4th board meeting this calendar year. We also conducted a community workshop on Measure E in March and a town hall on the budget in April that were extremely well attended with over 50 residents participating in each session. This team has been working at a pretty furious clip with six critical meetings in less than five months, but given the significance and sheer variety of things that need to be addressed, I think the full court press has been justified. We have a lot to share with you today, and we will address the topics of public interest first so as not to keep you all waiting while we’re in executive session. Wherever possible, that will be this board’s practice so that you all can get back to enjoying the splendor outside.
I want to start with gratitude: for this absolutely amazing place, for our very talented and dedicated public servants, for our extremely committed volunteer board, for the family and friends who support all of us, and for the community that is surrounding us right now — both physically in the room and on Zoom. There are truly so many people who deserve individual recognition, but for the moment I want to focus on our staff. Chief Sauer and General Manager Ashton have done a heroic job in the last five months to get the CSD ready for the 2026 summer season. The two of them have been doing everything from soup to nuts — without any administrative support since March — collaborating extremely well to meet new challenges that arise just about every week. This community is benefiting greatly from having two people, each with deep and different expertise, working tirelessly on our behalf. Thank you, Chris and Don, for everything you’re doing. I also want to thank your wives Bonnie and Anne who have sacrificed a lot of family time recently so the two of you can focus on all of us.
Change is always hard, even when it’s moving in a positive direction. There will be short term pain for long term gain as we adjust our business model in light of our financial reality. We believe it’s very important to the FLL community that we control our own destiny within the CSD’s current scope of authority, and you need to know that is not guaranteed at this moment. We need everyone to pitch in to make the CSD a self-sustaining proposition. It will take a village, or in this case a lake, but together we can get it done.
I’ll close by reminding everyone, including myself, that this is a marathon not a sprint. We are striving for excellence but not expecting perfection. I want to remind everyone that we have only one full time and one part-time staff member, and the board is all volunteer. As a leadership team, we must rigorously prioritize what we chose to tackle because the list is very long and only continues to grow. Public safety is always our primary concern, and we’re very focused on the budget which is the main conversation for today. We have made some major progress, and there are still difficult decisions ahead. We are very grateful for your engagement today, and we ask you to also become our advocates — please tell your lake friends, neighbors and extended family to join one of our meetings or watch the recording later online. We are publishing it within two business day of each meeting and providing copies of presentations that are shared to encourage even broader participation and make it easier for everyone to follow along. The staff and board are also very accessible (we’ve already had many 1:1 meetings and returned countless emails and phone calls) so please feel free to reach out. We’re all looking forward to see a lot of you this summer!
Thank you.
Karen Sipprell, FLLCSD Board President