A public meeting was held on Feb. 25 to discuss plans for treating Twin Lakes’ Lake Lorene. Included in this meeting were the Department of Ecology and the city of Federal Way.

The issue with this man-made lake is algae bloom, something that is apparently  caused by an excess amount of nutrients, particularly phosphates, which is a substance found in fertilizer.

Last year, the Twin Lakes Homeowner’s Association spent $40,000 to treat Lake Lorene with the understanding from the vendor that this expensive action would resolve the algae bloom for three to five years. It lasted three months.

During the recent meeting, I asked the vendor who has been hired by the Twin Lakes Homeowner’s Association how much was the proposed treatment and his services costing homeowners. A Homeowner’s Association official interrupted the vendor with a direction not to answer my question.

If this isn’t a pertinent question for discussing a plan of action, then what is? What is the official afraid of?

This Homeowner’s Association leader has a fiduciary obligation to all the homeowners of Twin Lakes, not just those who live on one of the two lakes as he does, and we have a right to know how our funds are being used. What say you?

Jim Triller, Federal Way