ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no announcements.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES After discussion of the minutes of the September 11, 2008 meeting, motion was made by Scheel and seconded by Lucksinger to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion carried unanimously.

ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS No items were added to the agenda.

PUBLIC FORUM There was no discussion in the Public Forum segment of the meeting.

WASHINGTON CONSERVATION DISTRICT Jay Riggs was present to report to the managers that the lake monitoring is continuing, and that eight BMP projects are completed, and 21 projects are underway. He also reported that the Township of West Lakeland has signed documents to become a partner in the EMWREP program.

The purpose of the project is to construct a 0.75-mile long 12-foot wide gravel driveway, an approximately 5,000-square foot footprint home, an 1,100-square foot garage, a 1,300 square foot pool pavilion, and three sets of stormwater runoff ponding areas.

Permit Request: FedEx Ground Expansion, Mahtomedi Engineer Hanson presented information on a project located at 7 Long Lake Road (between I-694, Long Lake Road, Century Avenue, and Echo Lake Avenue), Mahtomedi, in part of the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 31, Township 30 North, Range 21 West and part of the N 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 6, Township 29 North, Range 21 West. The purpose of the project is to expand the existing facility on the 74-acre site by adding several parking and loading areas, a guardhouse, a repair garage, a truck service garage, and one stormwater management pond.

Permit Request: Joy Park Phase I Improvements, Maplewood Engineer Hanson presented information on a project located along the south side of Joy Road between Century Avenue and Bellaire Street, Maplewood, in parts of the south quarter of the northeast quarter and north quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 7, Township 29 North, Range 21 West.

The purpose of the project is to construct a half mile long, 10-foot wide bituminous bike path with six adjacent depressions for stormwater runoff treatment, remove a concrete picnic area pad, reconstruct the existing boat ramp parking lot, and construct four rainwater gardens and one bioretention basin adjacent to it, and provide 650 feet of shoreline restoration and four access points for Silver Lake along the park, west of the reconstructed parking lot. The project involves filling 3,770 square feet of wetland buffer. The Wetland Conservation Act requires 8,484 square feet of wetland mitigation. Excess wetland credits are proposed to be utilized for a future project.

Permit Request: Inlet Dredging of City Pond 39 (Markgrafs Lake Court and Club 3^rd Addition), Woodbury Engineer Hanson presented information on a project located north of 391-405 Leeward Trail (Southeast of Hudson Road and Lake View Drive), Woodbury in part of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 2, Township 28 North, Range 21 West.

The purpose of the project is to remove accumulated sediment at the inlet of a stormwater pond.

Ravine Stabilization Projects Engineer Hanson distributed to the managers a table of the bids received for the ravine stabilization projects on Valley Creek. Engineer Hanson stated that one of the bidders had not included all of the necessary documents in its bid packet at the time of the bid closing. Because of that, the next highest bidder has voiced his concern via fax within 50 minutes of the bid opening and an original was hand-delivered within 90 minutes of the bid opening.

After much discussion with Attorney Marshall, the managers agreed that the late submission of information was merely a matter of form, and not of substance constituting some immaterial defect in a bid. Attorney Marshall deemed the temporary omission immaterial because the effect on price, quantity, quality or delivery is negligible when contrasted with the total cost or scope of the supplies or services being acquired.

Motion was made by Fetcher and seconded by Scheel to accept the Frattalone bid for the Ravine Stabilization projects on Valley Creek, and to authorize Engineer Hanson to execute the necessary contract documents. Motion carried unanimously.

Long Lake Water Quality Improvement Project Engineer Hanson distributed to the managers copies of the table of the bids for the Long Lake Water Quality Improvement Project, and recommended that the managers award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder. After discussion, motion was made by Fetcher and seconded by Scheel to accept the bid from Teemark, the lowest bidder, and to authorize Engineer Hanson to execute the contract for the associated documents for the Long Lake Water Quality Improvement Project. Motion carried unanimously.

Sunfish Lake Water Quality Improvement Project Engineer Hanson distributed to the managers copies of the table of the bids for the Sunfish Lake Water Quality Improvement Project, and recommended that the managers award the bid to the one and only bidder. After discussion, motion was made by Borash and seconded by Fetcher to accept the bid from Lake Restoration Company, and to authorize Engineer Hanson to execute the contract for the associated documents for the Sunfish Lake Water Quality Improvement Project. Motion carried unanimously.

Woodbury 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Woodbury Surface Water Management Plan, Grant 2030 Comprehensive Plan, White Bear Lake 2030 Comprehensive Plan, and Oakdale 2008-2030 Comprehensive Plan    Engineer Hanson had mailed to the managers draft comment letters for the above plans. After discussion of all the draft letters, motion was made by Fetcher and seconded by Borash to approve the comment letters for the Woodbury 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Woodbury Surface Water Management Plan, Grant 2030 Comprehensive Plan, White Bear Lake 2030 Comprehensive Plan, and Oakdale 2008-2030 Comprehensive Plan. Motion carried unanimously.

Consent Agenda Approval Motion was made by Borash and seconded by Fetcher to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

The only consent agenda item was for manager approval of an $800 individual grant for Bob Meier of 4678 Olson Lake Trail, Oakdale, for a rainwater garden upstream of Lake Olson. This replaces a previously approved $500 plant grant.

Volunteer Recognition/40^th Anniversary Event After much discussion, the managers agreed that the Volunteer Recognition/40th Anniversary Event would be cancelled.

Minnesota Waters Conference President Fetcher announced the dates for the Minnesota Waters Conference in the River Center in St. Paul. The conference will be held October 27 - 29, 2008. Motion was made by Fetcher and seconded by Borash that expenses and costs will be reimbursed for any manager attending the Minnesota Waters Conference on October 27 - 29, 2008. Motion carried unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Borash and seconded by Scheel at 9:05 pm to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

Don Scheel, Secretary