The below is the address provided by Laura Methot, GMLLOA President at our Annual General Meeting held on July 21, 2025.

 

Welcome and thank-you all for attending the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Greater Molega Lake Lot Owners Association.  Please join me in welcoming our new members.  

 

In today's update I’ll focus on five topics: 

1. Growth of our association 

2. Good Neighbours

3. Invoicing & what to do when you sell

4. A policy update regarding culverts

5. Board Changes

 

Growth of our Association

The number of developed properties has increased by about 35% since 2019. When combined with the increase in members who are living fulltime and the expectation among many residents to have the roads maintained at a level unheard of in years past, has resulted in the volunteer board struggling to meet the needs of the membership. 

The GMLLOA needs to transition to a professionally managed status, as volunteers cannot sustain the workload. 

 

A working committee has been struck to develop role descriptions for a General Manager and a Bookkeeper. Funding for this next fiscal year will come out of Association reserves. Once the ROQ takes over collection of road fees, the additional funding from decreased bad debt will cover the necessary funding in years to come. 

 

Good Neighbours

We get all kinds of communications from lot owners through the info email and by word of mouth. Complaints include things like:

• Noise from late night parties, generators running 24X7, and even random fireworks 

• Public urination around neighbours and children

• Encroaching and cutting trees on neighbouring properties

• Messes left on beaches, boat launches, and along roadways 

• There are also increasing concerns about streetlights in driveways or other bright lights being left on all night. This can disrupt nocturnal species, making hunting and navigation more difficult for them. It discourages calling and breeding in some species, and it makes it hard for your neighbours who may value the darkness and the starry night sky our area is known for.

 

The GMLLOA Good Neighbour’s policy asks that we all 

 

• Respect the quiet times as set out by the Region of Queens. No loud noise between the hours of midnight and 7 AM.

• Respect your neighbour’s privacy, property, and serenity.

• Respect the wildlife here as this is their home too.

 

The GMLLOA Board is not a community mediator. We encourage lot owners to talk to neighbours directly. If issues cannot be resolved, then contact the Region of Queens. You can email the general address with attention to Bylaw Enforcement or call the main office and ask to be directed to Kelley-Anne or the Land Use & Bylaw Enforcement Department.

 

Our Good Neighbours policy and the Cottagers Code can be found under the Residents dropdown menu on the GMLLOA homepage.

 

Invoicing & what to do when you sell

Keeping up to date on all the property changes in the area is a constant struggle.  Please make sure to send notice to accounts@gmlloa.ca if you sell a property, and with any questions about your account.  Your invoice identifies your PID in the “Ship to” field.  This PID should be referenced when making inquiries on your invoices. 

 

If you have not provided an email address for us to send invoicing and other communications to, please do so as using traditional mail is both time consuming for volunteers and expensive, requiring money better spent on the roads.

 

Culverts

Private driveway culverts that are missing, poorly maintained, or were inadequate when installed are a growing problem. 

1. Without a proper culvert, water can’t flow under the driveway so it spills over the road surface leading to erosion of the roadbed, washouts, and rutting — especially during heavy rain or spring thaw, 

2. If a culvert fails or is missing, the surrounding soil can collapse, weakening the road structure, and

3. Inadequate culverts allow sediment and debris to accumulate in ditches clogging drainage paths, increasing maintenance costs, and contributing to flooding or ice buildup in colder months.

 

Identifying and upgrading inadequate culverts is one of the most cost-effective ways to protect our roads. 

 

A special culvert committee updated the policy which we’ll be posting on the website in coming weeks. This update is based on provincial standards which have been adapted to fit our GMLLOA environment. 

 

You will be contacted if your driveway has been identified as in need. Please contact us via email at info@gmlloa.ca if you need guidance and we can talk through the process.

 

Board Changes

Please join me in thanking outgoing board member Bruce MacInnis. Bruce has served as Association Treasurer for 5 years and has been instrumental in upgrading and professionalising our financial systems. He has also played a critical role, along with our past-president Dwayne Primeau, in getting the proposed road levy bylaw on the table with the ROQ. Per our bylaws, his replacement will be voted upon by the board from the elected board members during the first meeting of the new board in September.

 

Today we’re excited to be welcoming three new board members. Even with the slate of directors we have today we still have room for volunteers. The South Road Chair has been vacant for 2 years, and we need to find a replacement for Bruce in the Treasurer Role. Please feel free to put your hand up at the later vote on directors or contact me following the meeting to express your interest. 

 

Please join me in thanking all board members for all they do, and thank you all for participating in this AGM.