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Home My WebLink About08/16/00 MINUTES OF THE LAKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE August 16,2000 I. CALL TO ORDER The Lake Advisory Committee (LAC) meeting was called to order at 6:54 p.m. Members present: Marianne Breitbach, Chuck Gerlach, Kate Haggerty and Lauren Huntington. Members absent: Roger Soderstrom and Rick Warner. Others present: Lani Leichty, Water Resources Coordinator and Marv Mirsch of the Prior Lake Association. II. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 17,2000. MOTION BY GERLACH, SECONDED BY HUNGTINGTON TO APPROVE THE MAY 19, 2000, MEETING MINUTES. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. III. NO-PHOSPHORUS ORDINANCE STATUS Leichty updated the committee on the status of the no-phosphorus fertilizer ordinance. He mentioned that a summary version of the ordinance would be approved and published in the paper with several minor clarifications added. The group was asked what methods they suggested for getting the message out to the public and businesses regarding the new ordinance. Some of the suggestions were to send notices to grocery stores, tree nurseries, hardware stores and any other place that might sell bag fertilizer. Gerlach suggested that we ask businesses to stock no-phosphorus fertilizer and try to implement a City rebate to get people to buy it. He mentioned that an uninformed public is dangerous. If there is money in the proposition, people will buy it. Mersch's suggestions were: 1) publicizing the no-phosphorus ordinance by posting yard signs on peoples property that are using no- phosphorus fertilizer, 2) having information at Community Fest on September 18, 2000, and 3) placing a notice in the information kiosk at Lakefront Park, Huntington suggested that a poster be placed in stores so that people can read a summary of the ordinance requirements. Haggerty suggested that handouts be placed at booths during Community Fest and letting Boy Scouts looking for a project hand out notices to local stores. Breitbach suggested placing a notice on the local cable channel. IV. SALT FILLED SAND MIXTURE DISCUSSION The next topic of discussion was the impact salt-filled sand mixtures have on water quality. Huntington mentioned that she searched the Internet to find out if there were any negative effects on water quality from using salt for road de-icing purposes. She mentioned that during her search that she could not find anything harmful. She volunteered to do the following: 1) write a letter to the Minnesota Department of Transportation requesting 16200 Eagle Creek Ave. S,E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER information they have gathered on this topic, and 2) contact past Lake Advisory Member Paul Trapp, who works for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, to see what information can be gathered form that agency. Breitbach mentioned that she had recently heard a radio program talking about salty lakes and the positive aspects of having salt in the water. Mirsch suggested that City staff get an opinion from the City Attorney as to what the legal ramifications might be from using sand mixtures with no salt additive concerning public safety. Mirsch also said that Grays Freshwater Institute is a good place to look for this type of information. v. NEW BUSINESS Leichty asked the committee if they had any opinion about changing the meeting date to the third Tuesday of the month and meet at the library. There were no objections to the suggested changes. Selections of the Chair and Vice-Chair positions are due to Council by September. MOTION BY BREITBACH TO RE-ELECT WARNER AS CHAIR AND HAGGERTY AS VICE-CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR. MOTION SECONDED BY GERLACH. UPON A VOTE, MOTION PASSED UNA NlMO USEL Y. 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