RLAA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

RLAA Board of Dire= ctors Meeting Minutes &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; 3/8/2006

Meeting Locatio= n: = The Lookout Bar & Grill in Map= le Grove

Time= : 6:30 pm

Directors prese= nt at the meeting:

Chuck Berger &= nbsp; Steve Cady &nb= sp; Mark Mitchell = ; Matthew Coumbe

George Schneider &= nbsp; Wade Quale &n= bsp; Eric Lind &nb= sp; = Tom Dechmann

Jim Malone &= nbsp; Jami Stromberg

(Absent - Roger Ol= son, Bob Cremers, Nika Rybinski, Rich Von Lehe)

Agenda Items

Annual Meeting Planning - Need to choose Date & Time, Location= , and Agenda

~~Members selected Wednesday evening, April = 19th starting at 6:00 pm. Dinner will be part of the meeting (as was last year) and paid for by RLAA if that member pays dues.~~
Chuck later brought it to our attention th= at April 19^th will be the monthly LQC meeting, of which George would need to attend. Based on that date conflict, April 20 (Thursday= ) or April 26 (Wednesday) will be offered as an alternate meeting date. Ge= orge will poll the members and get a response back to everyone within the = next week.
Meeting venue will consist of a dinner for= mat. Tom Dechmann and Matt Coumbe volunteered to find a location, make the reservation, and inform the Board with results.
Meeting Agenda will consist of<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>:

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Presidents Report

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Secretary Report

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; iii. &= nbsp; Treasurer Report

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Election of new Officers

· = Bob Cremers

· = Jim Malone

· = Roger Olson

· = Wade Quale

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; Overview of Drawdown Request

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; Vote on proposal from Steve McComas for Aquatic Plant Surveys<= /o:p>

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; vii. &= nbsp; Miscellaneous

Other possible speakers at Annual Meeting<= o:p>

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Kent Kiewatt from Friends of Elm Creek<= o:p>

Rice Lake Management Plan - Review where we are at, what issues shou= ld be addressed next, and how our plan fits into the scope for available fun= ding from the City LQC.

Directors agreed that Jim Storland's work on the Plant Surveys in 2005 was not sufficient, especially since the DNR may not accept any of his data since it did not conform to the necessary guidelines.
Reviewed the proposal from Steve McComas (= Blue Water Science) for doing plant surveys in 2006. Steve has a very good association with the DNR and his data is accepted. The Directors agre= ed we should have Steve do the surveys this year, but need to clarify certain points of his proposal first, including the concern that the = data must support a drawdown request if needed:

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; DNR mentions 4 surveys per season; Steve is offering 2. Check with = both parties to come to agreement what will be accepted as necessary information= to be valid. (Chuck)

<= i> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; A request for LQC funding for $1,800 of the $2,800 total has been submitted (George).

The DNR West Metro Fisheries Manager (Daryl Ellison) has informed RLAA that a 2^nd aerator will be nece= ssary if we conduct future drawdowns. We need to look into getting that 2nd unit sometime this summer so we are prepared for = Winter 2006-2007 in the event we do a drawdown.
LQC Lake Improvement Project funding submi= tted by George Schneider for 2006 assistance on these projects, each of whi= ch fits into the current objectives of the LQC:

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Aquatic Plant Surveys - $1,800 ($2,800 total)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Algae Control with Herbicide (if necessary) - $1,500 ($6,000 total cost in 2005)<= o:p>

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Algae control with Cornmeal & Barley Straw (if necessary) - $2,000 (est. total cost $5,000)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Treat Curlyleaf Pondweed with Aquathol-K (if necessar= y) - $1,500 ($5,000 total in 2001)

RLAA member signatures for expected Drawdo= wn and Algae Treatments: It was discussed that the Annual Meeting, but way of the Dues Notices, would be a good time to get members to sign petitio= ns to approve of both a Drawdown and Algae Treatments, if necessary. This could be built into the Dues form and returned with payment to RLAA.<= o:p>
City of Maple Grove Parks Department will be planting trees along I-94 near the NW corner of the lake this year.

Administrative

Steve said the finances are becoming tight= er, even with the dues increase imposed last year. We'll need to prioriti= ze what really needs to be done if dues collection does not improve.
RLAA used to be incorporated; should we pu= rsue filing the necessary paperwork and fees to do so again? Board tabled = this for now and will review it in the near future.

Action Items

George Schneider will poll the Directors for revised Annual= Meeting date of either April 20 or 26.
Chuck Berger will speak with Steve McComas to revise the Aquatic Plant Sur= vey proposal to insure it will be accepted by the DNR for the sake of using the data towards a drawdown request.
Tom Dechmann and Matt Coumbe will find a restaurant that can handle our meeting group. They will ma= ke the necessary reservations and coordinate food choices.
George Schneider will follow up with Dr. Peter Sorenson from= University of <= st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Minnesota regarding Carp redu= ction programs.

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Meeting was adjourned= at 8:50 pm.

Minutes compiled by George Schneider (RLAA Secret= ary)

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