Minutes of Regular Meeting # 777 Held in the Lake Elmo City Council Chambers
Thursday, July 26, 2007 

MANAGERS PRESENT:  Lincoln Fetcher, President; Dave Bucheck, Vice President; Don Scheel, Secretary, Dale Borash, Treasurer; and Duane Johnson, Manager

OTHERS PRESENT:  Earth Evans, Lake Road Extension, Woodbury

CALL TO ORDER President Fetcher called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. The meeting was being held in the conference room of Attorney Marshall=s office building because the City of Lake Elmo was holding a special meeting in the Council Chambers.

ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no announcements.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES After discussion of the minutes of the July 12, 2007 meeting, motion was made by Scheel and seconded by Fetcher to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion carried unanimously.

ENGINEER=S REPORT Permit Request: Lake Road Extension, Woodbury Engineer Hanson presented information on a project located at Lake Road and Manning Avenue, Woodbury (about 1/4 mile south of the 30^th Street South/Manning Avenue intersection in Afton) in part of the NE 1/4 Section 23, Township 28 North, Range 21 West. The purpose of the project is to extend Lake Road to Manning Avenue and construct a turn lane on Manning Avenue.

After discussion, motion was made by Borash and seconded by Bucheck to approve Permit # 2007-20 with the engineer=s suggested standard conditions. Motion carried unanimously.

SECRETARY=S REPORT Secretary Scheel reported that the mail had been distributed.

INSPECTOR=S REPORT Inspector Roemmich reported on his activities since the last meeting. He reported that the developer of the Rock Point Church has requested the return of the full amount of the Letter of Credit in the project. After discussion, the managers agreed that a partial return of the letter of credit could be possible, but only after Inspector Roemmich visits the site, as scheduled on Monday, July 30^th.

ATTORNEY=S REPORT Attorney Marshall said he had nothing new to report.

TREASURER=S REPORT Treasurer Borash distributed copies of the Administrative and Program Budgets for Fiscal Year 2007 dated June 30, 2007, and the Treasurer=s Report dated July 26, 2007. After discussion, motion was made by Borash and seconded by Scheel to approve the Treasurer=s Report. Motion carried unanimously.

ENGINEER=S REPORT (Cont.) Permit Request: Paul and Mary Anderson, Silver Lake Shoreline Stabilization, North St. Paul President Fetcher excused himself from the discussion of this permit on Silver Lake in North St. Paul because of its close proximity to his home.

Engineer Hanson presented information on a project located at 2612 Swan Avenue, North St. Paul, Minnesota, in part of the SE 1/4 Section 1, Township 29 North, Range 22 West. The purpose of the project is to plant a vegetative buffer along 42 feet of the property owners= 100-foot long Silver Lake shoreline.

This project has already been completed. In Engineer Hanson=s memorandum regarding the project, he said that even though the project is a great improvement from the previous condition, the site still does not conform to the VBWD buffer rule. Engineer Hanson reminded the managers that the Andersons also requested funding for the project through the BMP cost-share program. In discussion, Treasurer Borash questioned whether VBWD should fund projects that are good projects, but that don=t conform to VBWD rules. Attorney Marshall suggested that until a BMP program is in place, the issues should be handled case by case. The managers agreed with this. After much discussion, motion by Bucheck and seconded by Johnson to approve Permit # 2007-19 with the engineer=s suggested conditions, and that the completed prior work will be subject to a 50 % rebate upon presentation of costs; and any future work should be discussed with the VBWD before any project proceeds. Motion carried with a vote as follows: Bucheck, Yes; Scheel, Yes; Johnson, Yes; Borash, No, with Fetcher abstaining.

Permit 2007-10: Water Quality Study of Long, Sunfish, Mud (Acorn), Eagle Point, and Horseshoe Lakes This study had been authorized by the managers earlier this year. Engineer Hanson had sent a memorandum to the managers regarding the progress of the water quality study, and included his recommendations for the completion of the study. Engineer Hanson asked the managers for direction. The managers agreed with the engineer=s recommendations, and directed him to complete the work as outlined in the memorandum.

President Fetcher, Engineer Hanson, and Inspector Roemmich had all individually visited the site and at this meeting, discussed the status of the demolition derby track with the managers. President Fetcher said he had talked to Steve Anderson, Washington County Agriculture Society, and discussed the VBWD=s needs. President Fetcher followed up the discussion with an e-mail to the managers. Engineer Hanson will be meeting with Steve Anderson next week to review the project and the VBWD requirements.

MANAGERS= REPORT Next Meeting - August 9, 2007 President Fetcher said he will not be present at the next meeting, and Vice President Bucheck said he may have a conflict, but will do his best to attend the meeting. Manager Johnson said he is not sure of his plans on the 9^th of August, but will contact the recording secretary as soon as he knows.

2008 Budget Treasurer Borash said that Amanda Goebel, with Washington County, will need presentation information of the VBWD 2008 budget before the Board of Commissioners on September 15^th. The managers agreed that this will be possible.