Dear all, we do experience some winter damage on our roads of which some are public. Especially Beaumont and our Entrance Area are public roads and are being maintained by the road commission. Please call 877 858 4804 on weekdays between 07.30am to 4.15pm or after hours in case of emergency at 248-858-4895 and report the road hazard such as potholes etc.
Further details can be found here: Highland Township – Road Issues (highlandtwp.net)
Dear members and friends,
Thank you for your active participation in our first 2023 General Members Meeting this Monday. Good dialogue and as always, it is good to so see many of you that are interested in our community. Please find the presentation and the Draft Meeting Minutes on our website in the member area. Please klick here to get to the login and registration site*.
Members Area | Beaumont’s Seven Harbors White and Duck Lake Association (7-harbors.org)
Also, please find below the link to the details and context for our May 1st, 2023 Special Members Meeting at the Highland VFW, 7pm , the voting rules and the proxy form download for the voting on the Future of South Beach on the evening of May 1st, 2023.
*Please contact us for any question about your registration to ensure you have access to this important information.
It is now time to bring the issue of boat slips, or no boat slips on South Beach to a vote by the General Membership. The question is: Do we want to completely remove boats from South Beach or do we want to allow 2 docks with 4 total boats on South Beach beginning with the 2023 season starting in May?
Here is some background for the discussion:
This past season, 2022, there were 2 boats assigned to South Beach, and there were 2 additional slips on South Beach that were not assigned to anyone, awaiting the outcome of a general member vote.
There are currently 37 assigned boat slips, 3 open boat slips, plus the 2 more unassigned slips on South Beach mentioned above. As of today, there are only 3 boat slips open.
There are currently 22 people on the boat slip waiting list.
The current boa slip and waiting list can be found here: Boat Slips | Beaumont’s Seven Harbors White and Duck Lake Association (7-harbors.org)
The voting during the Special Member Meeting on May 1st, 2023 will be for the following subject: Will the general membership approve to have 4 boats on 2 docks on our Outlot Southbeach of 7 Harbors. It will be a Yes or No Vote by handing in a voting ballot which will be issued at the night of the voting.
If the General Assembly votes NO slips allowed on South Beach, then:
Since we have 2 open slips, we accommodate/relocate the displaced slip holders who were on South Beach this past season. In this case, only 1 member from the waiting list would get a boat slip.
If the General Assembly votes YES, 4 total slips on 2 docks allowed on South Beach, then:
The 2 people who had slips on South Beach do not have to relocate. Plus, we can fill 5 additional total spots with people from the waiting list: 3 to fill the open slots, and 2 to fill the currently unassigned slips on South Beach, giving South Beach a total of 4.
Further information:
Below is the rule which governed beach boat slips from the By-Laws, revised 3/14/94, Article 10, Regulations Covering Use Of Out-Lots, part K:
“No new docks may be built on the North and South Beach lots on the lake front. Presently there are three sufficiently sized docks on the North Beach which should provide sufficient spaces for all interested “Current” members.
Voting Rules and Proxy Download can be found here
Note: that the above statement regarding docks on beaches was removed from the by-laws by the board in the summer of 2021.
All 7 Harbors voting, and proxy rules apply. The majority vote of all submitted and valid votes will be considered as the final result and be in effect 24 hours after the publication of the results on our website www.7-harbors.org.
To all our members with a boat slip or members that are on the waiting list.
Please remember to pay you membership dues by latest March 1st, 2023 as every year. This is mandatory so we can ensure that all boat slips are assigned correctly following our HOA rules.
To pay your dues please follow this link for further information and the different options you can pay the dues for the 2023 Season.
Thank you to everyone that has paid their dues already.
Dear Members of 7 Harbors,
Our friends from the Wine Basket have discovered a possible concern that might affect more of you, if you had to replace your well within the past 6 months because it has gone bad.
Backround: The DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) installed the big pump unit across the street from the Wine Basket. And ever since then there has been nothing but problems after problems. The unit is supposed to blow ear underground so the underground contamination will rise above ground evaporates in the air. To do that, it means Vibration from the strong air being pumped into the underground, is disturbing the Wells in the area by breaking up the ground and loose sand will enter the well and severely. damaging the well and in some cases replacing them.
MR. Dean, who lives next the pump house, where they installed the unit two years ago, had his well replaced and had the State paid for it by proving that the air pump is what caused his well to go bad.
Nick offered to collect any information from you and to find out how many homes in the neighborhood who had there well replaced in the last year, so he can have the STATE.
open an Investigation to this problem.
I you had any issues with your well and as a result you had to replace it in the past 6 months, please contact Nick Haddad niko228@yahoo.com at the Wine Basket.
Thank you, Nick and our friends, from the Wine Basket for bringing this to our attention. There are no guarantees or commitments to anyone of us based on this information. By providing your details and information, it will allow to potentially start and official investigation to get to the bottom of the problem. Any legal or other efforts, you might decide to take are your own responsibility.
Dear members and friends, Happy New Year 2023 to all of you. We would like to reach out to you to announce that your 2023 membership dues can be paid beginning January 2023 at any time.
We have made some improvements to our electronic payment options and as a result, we have been able to reduce the fees that are provided by the bank by 0.5% for every transaction. You can either send a check to our treasurer at any time or use the electronic payment option with all major credit and debit cards at your convenience.
For regular checks, please send a signed check per mail to:
Beaumont’s Seven Harbors White and Duck Lake Association
Attn: Treasurer
P.O. Box 70
Highland, MI 48357
You can find our annual membership dues by following this link
If you would like and prefer to use electronic payment options, please sign into our members area and select Pay Dues, Make Payments & Donations in the top menu. Here you can select your membership dues and pay easily by credit or debit card.
To all our current boat slip owners, please remember that your dues have to be fully paid and current by March 1st, 2023 at the latest to ensure you can continue to enjoy the life at the lake with your boat and a slip.
To all of you that have selected to go paperless, you should have received an email with your current Membership dues statement from our Treasurer. Please check your junk email as well if you have not received an electronic PDF statement yet. Everyone, that still would like to receive hardcopies per regular mail should get their statements in the upcoming days.
Want to go paperless too?? Go to the members area and edit your account preferences to receive future communication, newsletters, statements and updates per email only.
For questions to the current 2023 dues, fees and payments or past dues, please contact our Treasurer Sharon Carry or for any question about your access to our membership area Winni Schoeb
The entire board would like to wish you a Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023. Thank you to all of you for a great 2022 and all your support you have given to your community.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, your family and friends!!! Enjoy this festive event!!!!
Hello community,
I hope everyone is safe with these weather conditions.
I just asked Sean, who is always helping us and working with our community with snow plowing during the winter, to take special care of the roads and he is putting salt on our roads as we speak.
He also will keep an eye open this weekend since the snow days are not over yet.
The salt barrels are up at all intersections and please if you see an icy spots, please take the shovel and put some sand on those spots especially at the intersection and the front entrance area when you go on Duck Lake road.
Please drive slow and be careful at all times!! I already saw people driving too fast and missing their turns and underestimating the time it takes to stop their cars. Please Slow Down!!!!
Stay safe and warm!!
Winni
To anyone that wants to have some free wood and would like to support our community to keep things clean and nice. We have some bigger wood logs in our neighborhood and if you know anyone that is looking for some free wood to burin for a bon fire please message us.
You will have to cut the wood before taking it away due to the size of the logs. The wood is located on West Clarice Ave in Highland TWP in the 7 Harbors Duck and White Lake Community. Message me, if you are interested.