Minutes of Regular Meeting
# 793 Held in the
Lake Elmo City Council Chambers
Thursday, April 24, 2008
MANAGERS PRESENT: Lincoln Fetcher, President; Dave Bucheck, Vice President; Don Scheel, Secretary; Dale Borash, Treasurer; Ray Lucksinger, Manager
MANAGERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: John Hanson, Barr Engineering; Ray Marshall, Attorney; Ray Roemmich, Inspector; and Karen Schultz, Recording Secretary
STAFF ABSENT: None
OTHERS PRESENT: Rusty Schmidt, Washington Conservation District
CALL TO ORDER President Fetcher called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS President Fetcher announced that Angie Hong, the District Educator, will hold a Master Gardener Training session on Raingardens on April 29th at 7:30 pm at the Lakeland City Hall. Anyone interested in attending, should contact Angie Hong. There is no cost to attend.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES After discussion of the minutes of the April 10, 2008 meeting, motion was made by Bucheck and seconded by Borash to approve the minutes as distributed. Motion carried unanimously.
ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Added to the agenda: Under Managers - VBWD-RCD BMP Cost Share Program; East Metro Water Resources Contract; Annual Disclosure of Economic Interests; under Engineer - Silver Lake Bioretention Site Weeding.
PUBLIC FORUM There was no discussion in the Public Forum segment of the meeting.
SECRETARY
=S REPORT Secretary Scheel said he had distributed the mail.INSPECTOR
=S REPORT Inspector Roemmich reported on inspections that he has made since the last meeting.ATTORNEY
=S REPORT Attorney Wolle provided the maintenance agreement on the Oakdale Station for the managers= signature. President Fetcher signed the document.CHANGE IN ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS At this time President Fetcher authorized a change in the order of agenda items.
MANAGERS
= REPORT VBWD-RCD BMP Cost Share Contract After discussion of the BMP Cost Share Contract between VBWD and the Ramsey Conservation District (RCD), President Fetcher said he will contact Tom Petersen at the RCD to get the RCD-approved contract for the VBWD attorney to review, and for the VBWD managers to sign.Washington Conservation District VBWD BMP Cost Share Contract Rusty Schmidt, with the Washington Conservation District, was present to discuss the VBWD BMP Cost Share Program. Rusty reported that there are 40 project requests on his desk, and 20 of them are in the VBWD.
Rusty reviewed three different projects with the managers, explaining the individual concepts of each project. After discussion, motion was made by Scheel and seconded by Borash to approve the Gary Anderson project in Afton. Motion carried unanimously.
The managers and Rusty Schmidt agreed that a subcommittee needs to be established, to review the projects and decide which projects to approve. Before the next meeting, President Fetcher and Vice President Bucheck will discuss the process for ranking grant applications.
ATTORNEY
=S REPORT (CONT.) BWSR Performance Review and Assistance Program Attorney Wolle had provided to the managers a memorandum regarding Metro Watershed District Performance Standards. In the memorandum, Attorney Wolle pointed out several areas of the VBWD performance standards that need updating. The managers made no decisions at this meeting, and will discuss the issue at the next meeting.TREASURER
=S REPORT Treasurer Borash distributed copies of the Administrative and Program Budgets for Fiscal Year 2008 dated March 31, 2008, and the Treasurer=s Report dated April 24, 2008. After discussion, motion was made by Borash and seconded by Scheel to approve the Treasurer=s Report. Motion carried unanimously.ENGINEER
=S REPORT Silver Lake Bioretention Site Weeding Engineer Hanson had mailed to the managers copies of a draft letter addressed to the North St. Paul City Manager regarding the Silver Lake Bioretention Site Vegetation Management. After discussing the letter, motion was made by Borash and seconded by Fetcher to make some revisions to the letter, and to authorize President Fetcher to sign the letter.MANAGERS
= REPORT (CONT.) Next Meeting-May 8, 2008 The managers expect to have a quorum for the next meeting.Public Information Meeting for Residents of Sunfish Lake Keith Pilgrim, Barr Engineering, will make a brief presentation to the Sunfish Lake residents at the next meeting. The public hearing on Sunfish Lake Improvement Projects will be held on May 22, 2008.
East Metro Water Resources Education Program (EMWREP) Contract President Fetcher said he attended a meeting on April 21, 2008, at 3:00 at the Washington Conservation District Office to discuss the three-year contract. President Fetcher said he had attended the EMWREP advisory board meeting on the 21st of April to discuss renewing the contract, and the contract changes. District Educator Angie Hong had e-mailed the meeting notes to the managers who have e-mail, and President Fetcher gave a paper copy to Manager Lucksinger.
ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Borash and seconded by Bucheck at 9:47 pm to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ Don Scheel, Secretary
Don Scheel, Secretary
Minutes Approved by Mangers 05/08/08