Hello! Here are the specifics for the Annual Community Clean 2026. This year it will be held on April 25th – Saturday and April 26th – Sunday, at McGowan Park (South end of 142nd Ave – by the pickle ball courts) from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am until all dumpsters are full, or 4:00 pm, which ever happens first.  You must check in before dumping your items.

Rules are simple:  Only one (1) load per lot will be allowed until 12:00 noon on Sunday.  If the dumpsters are not yet full at that time, then any lot – on a first come basis – may bring another load until all dumpsters are filled. 

Please check in with volunteers at the event prior to dumping your rubbish.

To check in you will need to know your lot number or your address as identification.  Only community members may participate.

NO household garbage (food waste, etc.), yard waste, animal waste, tires, (See Note 1) car batteries, microwaves, TVs or any electrical appliances, computers, printers or fax machines, or paint cans  (unless the cans are dried out), or any type of accelerants are allowed.  Not large furniture such as couches, stuffed chairs, bed frames, etc. or mattresses. 

To ensure proper disposal, rubbish will be checked prior to dumping.  If you have any questions about what is allowed to be dumped, please check with the attendants before unloading.

There will be a separate trailer for Metal items (i.e. appliances, lawn mowers, etc.) check before putting in dumpsters. Lawn mowers must have the oil and gas REMOVED prior to leaving on trailer.

Please Note:  You do not need to be current in your assessments to come to the Clean Up, and if you know a member who has rubbish, but is unable to bring it due to medical issues or lack of a vehicle, please call or contact call Dave Tyler – (253)732-3683. Please do this prior to the clean-up so we can make pickup arrangements, if we have volunteers who will do this.

(1) This year we are taking car batteries ONLY – have them set on the driveway behind the dumpsters.

Sunday if there is room we can take couches, chairs and mattresses can be taken this year on Sunday only if there is room.

05/28/2026 – Just posted three missing Minutes of the LOTW Board Meetings.

02/02/2026
This notice is going onto the Web Page to inform all members that a small amount of bleach is being added to the water supply, for routine maintenance of the plumbing system.

LAKE OF THE WOODS COMMUNITY CLUB
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 12, 2026

PLACE: Key Peninsula Civic Center Whitmore Room

Meeting was called to order at 6:40pm

Board Executives present:

President: Karen Gore
1^st VP Water: Dave Tyler
2^nd VP Maintenance: Keith Burke
Secretary: Anna Hernandez-French
Treasurer: Barbara Dommert-Breckler

All Board Members present – Liz Hickman, Karen Gore, Anna Hernandez-French, Dave Tyler, Frank Benson, Barbara Dommert-Breckler, Jason Steinbrecher, Keith Burke, Bill Poulos

Board Members absent – Garett Lebby, Amie Schippa

Community Members Present –Missie Hodson, Carl Hodson, Tiphany Lopez-Steinbrecher, Nancy Poulos

December minutes accepted– MMSP

December financials not yet available

Reports:

President – No report

1^stVice President– Water System
Water  system good and running well
Still working out transfer switch issues – factory sending someone out

2^ndVice President – Maintenance 
Landscape contract worked out, KB amended to add mowing frequency
Once weather is better signs will go up
Playgroup equipment to go up once it arrives (weather permitting)
Should we have dog poop bag dispensers in the neighborhood? DT says they’ve been tried in the past and haven’t worked out, with kids taking bags
Pierce County Sherriff time invoices will be coming into the LOTW mailbox

Secretary – No report
Treasurer – No report

Committee Reports:
Compliance
Lot 204 – nearly resolved
Lot 251 – still receiving complaints but DT is working with them
Lot 103 – still on hold, DT to check if owner is still in hospital
Items to investigate – #1 – cars parking too close to street corners

Events – Christmas light contest winners posted

Old Business

• RE: New playground equipment – Check being cut to pay for playground equipment
• Installation detail – Tripple Play does installations, LOTW preps site in advance
• Discussions – The Demolition of old equipment should be done sooner rather than later due to risks
• Lots 216-217 foreclosure – Properties getting cleaned up
• Leins haven’t yet been waived – our lawyer looking into why LOTW hasn’t been paid

New Business:

• $20K CD rolled over for 1 year at 2.75% interest
• Assessment overpayments – 1^st business day of February each year notice to go out to all accounts 1.5 years overpaid or more, including remediation options – MMSP
• Discuss the details of the landscaping contract at our February Board meeting
• Community discussion question – What types of communications should go out to members and how? – for example, fireworks bans (those should be flagged to Compliance Committee)

Meeting adjourned at 7:29

Minutes submitted by Secretary Anna Hernandez-French