FOBC gets most of its information on Lake Petit Dam from Georgia Open Records Requests (GORA). Property Owners get most of their information from Scott Auer and the Big Canoe Board of Directors, who get their information from our current Engineer, Goesyntec. What I am about to announce is Very Bad News. […]
FOBC has obtained responses to Open Records Requests that include the latest Draft of the Lake Petit Dam Emergency Action Plan (“EAP”). For people in Big Canoe, Cove Lake and Marble Hill area just wanting to know if their property is in the Impact Zone in the event the Petit Dam were to fail, there is a smaller 6 page excerpt that lists the parcels…. […]
The Board recently revealed that repairs to the Dam will run $4.5 Million. FOBC Sources now say this may be closer to $7 Million, and that even more engineering studies (and subsequent work) not previously estimated may be required. A new letter from GA Safe Dams finally puts in writing that the Geosyntec Seismic Study from 1998 was NEVER ACCEPTED by the State, and that as part of the new Permit Requirement for current work, GSD will first require a redo of the Seismic Study… […]
Work on Lake Petit Dam to be accelerated, including the price tag and expenditure schedules, and as a consequence the POA Board raises monthly assessments by $30; Scott Auer gets caught in another whopper of a Lie; Georgia Safe Dams issues the Big Canoe POA with a compliance report deadline. […]
A review of previously received Georgia Open Records Act (“GORA”) Responses reveals an internal email from the Georgia Safe Dams Primary Engineer requesting Lake Petit Dam Camera & Dive Reports. Seven (7) months later the reports are still not available for review to either Ga Safe Dams, nor the public. What is in the Reports? FOBC Investigates. […]
Ga Safe Dams just issued a Non-Compliance Letter dated May 20, 2021 (5 Pg Pdf) to the Big Canoe Property Owners Association. This same day in the May 20 Board Meeting, General Manager Scott Auer was asked about the letter. His response is below…. […]
While an update article highliting the increasing severity of the threat looming at Lake Petit is still being prepared, one recently received internal email document regarding Lake Disharoon really stood out, and is now being released publicly. It contains information not previously shared with Big Canoe Property Owners by Management. […]
When our family heard that the Swim Club Lake had been drained, my wife thought it would be a nice educational experience to take the kids to see what it looked like. My eight year old daughter’s initial reaction was to ask what had happened to the fish and tadpoles….. They died. The lake was drained in rapid and uncontrolled fashion. […]
This is the 6th Installment on our Series about Lake Petit Dam. We release several never before seen documents of substantial legal impact, including Insurance Consequences, Liability Consequences, and of course the Consequence that Lake Petit is about to be substantially drained, possibly to the bottom. All of this also has a Financial Consequence, which the POA isn’t fully representing to property owners. […]
A Virtual Town Hall Meeting was called in Big Canoe to update residents regarding the situation with the Lake Petit Dam. In a move typical of Big Canoe leadership, regional residents from the surrounding area were not notified, nor invited to attend, even though this situation greatly affects them… All they missed was a Pep Rally filled with spin and misrepresentations. […]
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