The decision was made to allow Grand Traverse County to complete a wider study of the lake's health, township board members said. The herbicide has been used in the lake since 1997. Milfoil is a non-native aquatic plant that can spread quickly in dense weed beds, spoiling the water for boating and swimming. The two century-old cottages to be restored once were part of the neighboring state hospital campus. Last year, the Pavilions restored one of the cottages, known as Evergreen, into 28 studio and one-bedroom apartments that were fully occupied within a few months of completion late last summer.
Work is ready to begin on the second cottage, to be called Hawthorn.
He had pleaded guilty May 8 to the charge in return for dismissal of a charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a child under 13. Montoya molested the child between September and December 1999, before he was charged with failing to register as a sex offender. He pleaded guilty last year to not registering in Kalkaska County for a 1987 conviction in California, where he molested a child under the age of 14. Sex offenders are required to register whenever they move to a new location in Michigan. Daniel Steven Bachelor faces up to a year in jail on the misdemeanor charge.