Announcements

LVIA 2025 Annual Meeting

Proposed 2026 Budget & Board Candidates

The LVIA Annual Meeting is coming up on August 11th. We hope you are able to attend.  Here are some highlights you don’t want to miss:

• • • As always, we will report on Lakewood Village finances, and we will vote on the Proposed 2026 L VIA Budget at the 2025 Annual Meeting.

    • We have s ix (6) Board positions to fill this year. We have nine (9) candidates running for the LVIA Board this year! Thank you to all that decided to run and help make Lakewood Village a better place to live!

    • Each Board Committee will report on their achievements in 2025. Some major achievements include dredging to save the Brendel Lake boat ramp access, new entrance sign lighting, and updates to our email system, directory, and electronic voting system.

In addition, the Board will report on events such as White Lake Township meetings, weed harvesting in our lakes, community events like Octoberfest, voting in our annual meeting election, and many others. We also use the email list to send our own Waterlog newsletter to the membership each month.

Here is the summary of the Proposed 2026 LVIA Budget:

Board Candidates

We have six (6) Board positions to fill this year. We have nine (9) candidates running for the LVIA Board this year! Thank you to all that decided to run and help make Lakewood Village a better place to live!  

We asked each of the candidates to answer three questions:

1) How long have you lived in Lakewood Village?

2) Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years?   

3) Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board?    

Here is the list of Candidates running for the 2026 LIVA Board.  You can vote for up to six (6) candidates from this list.  The electronic ballot has the same questions and answers for each candidate… simply click on “Details” to the right of each candidate’s name on the ballot.

Mike Cleary

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village? 

 I have lived in Lakewood Village for over 32 years. 

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years? 

 I served as Treasurer on the Lakewood Village Board for 4 years in the mid 1990’s

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board? 

I saw the board was looking for a treasurer after the previous treasurer retired. I have the time and the familiarity with the Lakewood Village accounts/accounting and believe I can add value to the community. 

Tim Flum

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village? 

5 years +.

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years? 

Yes, 6 months.

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board? 

I love helping out in the community, for the neighborhood or the neighbors. I am very handy and love helping out with different projects. I love having input about the community and decisions about this neighborhood. I have met a lot of people in this neighborhood; we all just want what's best for all of us.

Andy Kozicki

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village?

I have lived in Lakewood Village since 1974. 

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years?   

I have served on the board for a quite a few years. 

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board?    

I have always been concerned about keeping the water in our lakes safe and fun to use. I have learned a great deal over the years about what it takes to do this. I would like to continue to serve our community in this capacity. 

Bruce Larson

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village? 

 On and off for 55 years.

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years? 

30 years on and off the board.

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board? 

To help maintain the quality of our home ownership.

Brian Lovejoy

1.     How long have you lived in Lakewood Village? 

19 Years.

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years?

20 years.  That's correct, I was an LVIA Board Member before my family and I actually lived in the Village.  We bought a home in Lakewood Village, tore it down and built a new one.  During construction, I was asked to join the board and have been a member ever since.

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board? 

I have been in the Real Estate Business for over 30 years. I bring considerable knowledge to the Board regarding Real Estate Law and property value.  For most of us, our homes are our biggest investments. I want to serve on the LVIA Board to make sure our investments in this neighborhood are protected by working to make sure Lakewood Village remains a Great Place to Live!

Bill Prestanski

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village?

We purchased in Sept. 2019 and moved in Dec. 2019.

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years?   

         No service on the LVIA board.

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board?    

I feel that my service would provide new insights for our area regarding basic economic issues and housekeeping rule adherence.

Denise Sanborn

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village? 

We moved into the village in August of 1973. My parents were involved with several events and at that time I did not understand the importance of involvement. We live there as a family until end of my second year at MSU. My dad got transferred again. His name was John Duprey, and mom was rose Duprey, and I had 6 siblings all in school. Knew the Evan’s, Epps and several others. 

1. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years? 

Never served on LVIA board. However, I have been  President of Lakes  Chamber, President  of Milford Rotary, Board member of Milford chamber, president of the Milford Business Association, president and cofounder of Christmas in April (changed their name) and president and cofounder of the Milford farmer’s market. Also, currently  a director of Milford memories.  Which is my real reason to want to be on board and meet great people in the area. 

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board? 

I explained above why I would like to be on the board for opportunity to learn more and meet people where I live. I recently retired and work part time more a little more time on my hand. I feel I could add value to the board and learn things too.

Denise Terry

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village?

         I have lived in Lakewood Village for 26 years.

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years?   

I have served on the board a few different times.  Initially the social committee.  I have also managed pavilion reservations on and off over the years.  Recently I worked with the 1st president to organize a committee to collect email addresses for all of our residents in order to electronically deliver the Waterlog and save our neighbors a few thousand dollars.  I am also working in membership to reach out to our new neighbors and introduce them to all the neighborhood has to offer.

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board?    

I want to be on the board  to be in touch with the challenges our village faces and to help where I can.

Jen Towler

1. How long have you lived in Lakewood Village? 

Almost 7 months. 

2. Have you served on the LVIA Board before?  If so, for how many years? 

N/A

3. Why do you want to serve on the LVIA Board?  

I want to serve on the Board because I care about this community and want to help maintain the quality of life we all enjoy here. I want to be an active member of the community. I want to be a part of neighborhood improvements, activities, and communications.

NOTICE to Speeders in Lakewood Village

Lakewood Village Speeding Issue Update 10/9/24

Focused Patrol

We asked the White Lake Township Police to strictly enforce the speed limit in Lakewood Village. They have just completed a two-week Focused Patrol where they deployed the radar trailer four times and had police cars with radar enforcement deployed five times between 9/16/24 through 9/28/24. Officers were deployed for approximately 30 minutes at random times from noon until 4 pm. Here is a summary of the results:

·         In August we reported that the speeding issue was significant on Biscayne (primarily on the straight section near Sunset), whereas Ellinwood was at a high level of speed compliance.

o   Biscayne: approximately 30% of the cars were speeding with approximately 4% of the vehicles going dangerously fast, meaning they were faster than 30 MPH.

o   Ellinwood: approximately 10% of the cars were speeding, the vast majority were low risk, meaning they were less than 30 MPH.

·         The results of the Focused Patrol are as follows: (see tables below)

o   Biscayne: approximately 23% speeding, 2% going dangerously fast

§  One citation was written for a 37 in a 25 zone

o   Ellinwood: approximately 6% speeding, again less than 30 MPH.

·         This is a move in the right direction, but still too many dangerously fast on Biscayne.

o   7% improvement of cars speeding

o   2% improvement of vehicles going dangerously fast

o   However, there were a few more cars above 35 MPH!

·         Next steps:

o   Do another Focused Patrol to see if we can get a higher percentage of compliance.

§  Radar trailer results will be used to judge the progress

§  Ask for stricter enforcement

§  Our goal would be to get Biscayne to 90% compliance, like Ellinwood

·         Bottom line: There was improvement!! We will continue our efforts with WLTPD.

Update on the Radar Sign

At the Annual Meeting we discussed the possibility of deploying a radar sign (AKA a “Your

Speed” sign). White Lake Township has a sign-on loan from the Transportation Improvement Association (https://tiasafety.us ) that they would let us use temporarily. The Road Commission for Oakland County has requirements for the type and mounting of those signs. After investigating the cost and effort to utilize one of those signs, we have tabled the issue for now and will rely on the radar trailer and Focused Patrol efforts of the WLTPD.