Thirty Lakes Watershed District
Board of Managers Meeting
Monday, June 9, 2008

Board Present:  D. Armstrong, J. Hampl, K. Svee, B. Yund.  Absent:  T. Ebnet.

Also present were Rick Johnson and County Commissioner Rosemary Franzen of the Advisory Committee, and Thirty Lakes Staff M. Peisch and T. Lauer.

The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m. by Vice President D. Armstrong in the office of the Thirty Lakes Watershed District, 17064 Commercial Park Road, Brainerd, MN.

Agenda:  MOTION BY HAMPL/YUND THAT THE AGENDA BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Secretary’s Report:  MOTION BY YUND/HAMPL THAT THE MINUTES OF THE May 28, 2008 MEETING BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Monthly Bills:  Action postponed until A. W. Research Laboratory bill can be discussed with Alan Cibuzar.

Advisory Committee:  Letters of resignation were received from Glen Gustafson and Bill LaTour.    It was noted that copies of the resignations will be forwarded to Bob Albrecht, Chairman of the Advisory Committee.

Rosemary Franzen addressed the Board on the matter of the resignations.

MOTION BY HAMPL/YUND THAT LETTERS OF APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE AND DEDICATION BE SENT TO GLEN GUSTAFSON AND BILL LATOUR.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Gilbert Lake:  K. Svee has been in contact with Craig Nathan to arrange a meeting between the Watershed District Board and the members of the Gilbert Lake Association.  Tentative dates of Tuesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 26 were suggested.  The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.

K. Svee suggested that the Board of Managers consider holding one regular meeting per month in the evening.

Jolly Rogers Cooperative Community:  It was noted that one of the Permit Conditions required the planting of trees, and this has not been done.  Currently Jolly Rogers is construction large storage buildings that are not included in the original stormwater plan.  D. Armstrong and J. Hampl will look into the situation in greater detail.

A. W. Research Laboratories Task Report:  The Task Report for May was reviewed by the Managers.

A. Cibuzar introduced Richard Sobiech, a Civil Engineer who will now be working with A. W. Research and Kristin Dupre, also a member of the A. W. Research staff.

An update of the Werring Procedure progress was given to the Managers. 

There was discussion about the Drahos property and further testing of the wetland outlet to North Long Lake.  D. Armstrong will conduct a fly-over and look for access points in the wetland.

Cibuzar explained that in order to hire a crew to operate his experimental airplane, a 135 license is required from the FAA.  D. Armstrong will draft a letter to the FAA and submit it to the Managers for approval at the next meeting.

Geologic Atlas:  MOTION BY HAMPL/YUND THAT A FULL REPORT ON A CD BE REQUESTED FROM TODD PETERSON, WITH WOULD INCLUDE GIS DATA FOR THE GEOLOGIC ATLAS COVERING THE MOST RECENT WORK DONE IN CROW WING COUNTY.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Representative James Oberstar:  Cibuzar reported that he had listened to a presentation made by Jim Oberstar regarding transferring Federal Funds to the Corp. of Engineers for local use.  It was also discussed that Federal Funds be distributed to Watershed Districts or Lake Improvement Districts for use in managing invasive species such as Eurasion Water Milfoil.

MOTION BY HAMPL/YUND THAT A. CIBUZAR BE AUTHORIZED TO SPEND UP TO ONE HOUR DRAFTING A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO OBERSTAR.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Pelican Lake Stormwater Project:  The Managers reviewed a short Power Point presentation prepared for the public information meeting June 14, 2008.

Policy & Procedure:  M. Peisch presented a new On-site Check List with the suggestion that it be completed on all properties inspected by the Watershed District.

MOTION BY HAMPL/YUND THAT THE ONSITE CHECKLIST BE COMPLETED AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FOR EACH INSPECTION AND FURTHER, CLAIMS FOR ONSITE INSPECTIONS OR ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS WILL NOT BE PAID WITHOUT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AS REQUIRED.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Iven’s on the Bay:  K. Svee suggested consideration be given to a Raingarden or Shoreline Buffer project at the highly visible location of Iven’s on the Bay.

Lake Edwards Resort (Randy Pedersen, RanJan Properties):  A. Cibuzar presented the report for the stormwater ponds in 2007.  The ponds are working properly.

MOTION BY YUND/SVEE THAT FINAL APPROVAL BE GIVEN FOR PERMIT #04005 ISSUED TO RANJAN PROPERTIES, LLC.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

Policy for Projects:  The topic of cost sharing in joint projects will be on the agenda for June 23, 2008.

MOTION BY YUND THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED AT 12:35 P.M.