Category: From the Board

The SLIA Board will have members from Fremont Township and Lake County Stormwater Management available at our March board meeting to answer questions about the dam project, costs, and funding. We encourage everyone to attend this meeting on March 20th at 7:30pm at Countryside Fire Station (801 S. Midlothian).

At a board meeting a few months ago, we learned that police in neighboring sub-divisions had started ticketing people riding golf carts on the streets. Apparently, Lake County does not have an ordinance that allows golf carts on sub-division roads, but there was an option to allow this in Sylvan Lake if we were to become a Golf Cart Community. The board reached out to Alicia Dodd, Fremont Township Highway Commissioner, and asked if this was a possibility and what requirements were needed. The board discussed the requirements and decided it was worthwhile to pursue, since we have several members that use golf carts in Sylvan Lake.

The ordinance requirements were submitted by Fremont Township and approved by Lake County, and the Golf Cart Community signs have been installed at both our entrances. Sylvan Lake South is excluded because golf carts are not allowed on state roads (Gilmer and Midlothian).

Our members are now allowed to use golf carts within our subdivision as long as they adhere to the approved ordinance.

For a list of these requirements, please see page 3 of the enacted ordinance located on our website.

Golf Cart Community Ordinance

Countryside Fire Department is still restricting meetings onsite due to COVID, so our January board meeting will be online via Zoom.

Moving forward, please get the location details for our monthly board meetings from our event calendar located here: https://slia.net/calendar/

We’ll try to get the calendar updated at least one week prior to each meeting.

Regards,
SLIA Board

Hope you all are well! Please take note of the following for 2021 SLIA Association Dues.

1. The invoices will going out in the mail tomorrow
2. Terms are net 60. This means they are due by 3/1/21. Any payments made with a postmark after 3/1 will begin accruing administrative fees.
3. If for some reason you don’t get your invoice in the mail, please contact me or simply mail your check to Sylvan Lake Improvement Association 781 S. Midlothian Rd., Mundelein, IL 60060
4. If there are any suspected errors or questions regarding your invoice, please contact me (and be nice)

Happy New Year (see ya’ 2020 – you won’t be missed)
Ed Meltzer – SLIA Treasurer

Pontoons Available
With the deconstruction of our broken raft at the beach, we have pontoons available for anyone that would like to take them.  They’re located next to the beach shed near the grill.  We’ll keep them for the next week, but then will look to have them removed by Groot or someone else.  

Boats on Beach
Also just a friendly reminder that all watercraft at the beach, except those stored on the boat rack or behind the shed on the other side of the stored piers, must be moved to either your home or an easement by Sunday Nov 15.  They can return to the beach on Mar 15, 2021.  We appreciate your cooperation in keeping the beach as clear as possible during the winter months.

Next Board Meeting
Our next monthly board meeting will be held next Wed, Nov 18 @ 7:30pm at the Countryside Fire Department.  

Countryside has a few rules for us to follow:
– Face mask/face covering must be worn while within the building.
– All visitors must sign in at the entrance.
– Visitors must have their temperature checked and logged at the entrance.
– Modified Training Room Capacity
   *  Station 1: Max Occupancy 22  

All our events can be viewed on our SLIA Events web page: https://slia.net/calendar/

As previously communicated, the lake was to be lowered on Oct 1 in order for members to work on their shorelines and help reduce ice damage over the winter.  One board has been removed from the dam, but there are some rocks mortared around the last remaining board that would require some excavating to remove.  Fremont Township would rather leave it as is for now. 

The lake is lowered as much as possible, so everyone can begin their shoreline work.

Sincerely,
SLIA Board

Members,

Updates to the Rules and Regulations have been published and made effective August 19, 2020. Changes are as follows:

• Section 3.A.11 was added to reflect when boat ownership changes.
• Section 3.E was updated to reflect adjusted pier square footage requirements for single and multiple connected lots, new Boat Lift requirements, Floating Raft distance requirements, and general language updates for consistency.

The Rules and Regulations document can be found here.

Sincerely,
SLIA Board

Due to a number of factors including not being able to serve food/drinks and COVID-19 group size and social distancing requirements, we won’t be able to hold the Oktoberfest event this year.  

We hope you can still enjoy Oktoberfest at home by putting on your favorite lederhosen, breaking out some polka, and tossing back a pint.  Feel free to post those pictures on the Sylvan Lake Facebook page 🙂   

Stay safe everyone.

Sincerely,
SLIA Board

We hope you’re enjoying the summer and taking advantage of everything Sylvan Lake has to offer.  We have an opportunity to help with shoreline erosion this fall and wanted to give you ample time to prepare.

Normally, our lake is slightly lowered prior to the winter season, however, this year our lake will be lowered an estimated 11 inches on October 1.  This will be done by removing two boards from our dam, which will be added back in the spring.  We encourage all lakefront members to inspect your shoreline and use October for work on improving erosion control, removing old debris, fixing piers and enhancing your shoreline. 

We appreciate everyone for keeping their shorelines and lake in beautiful condition!

Respectfully,
SLIA Board