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MINUTES OF THE LAKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
May 17, 2000
I. CALL TO ORDER
The Lake Advisory Committee (LAC) meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by Chair
Warner, Members present: Marianne Breitbach, Kate Haggerty, Lauren Huntington and
Rick Warner. Members absent: Chuck Gerlach, Roger Soderstrom and Paul Trapp.
Others present: Lani Leichty,
II. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
MOTION BY HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY BREITBACH TO APPROVE THE MEETING
MINUTES OF APRIL 19, 2000. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
III. DISCUSS COMPREHENSIVE LAKE MANAGEMENT PLAN (CLMP)
The committee addressed City Council comments from the May 15, 2000, Council meeting.
The first comment from City Council regarded the possibility of a third public access on Prior
Lake. The committee questioned whether or not it was in the LAC's scope or position to
address this in the CLMP. This is starting to overlap into the Parks Advisory Committee's
jurisdiction. Leichty mentioned that spoke to the Department of Natural Resources about
this issue. They said that there are no plans to add a third public access on Prior Lake, but
that they would like to see additional parking spaces provided. They own a parcel of land
by the DeWitte Avenue access. DNR considers this a mute issue until the City approaches
them about adding more parking spaces. Access around the lake was addressed in a study
completed in 1994 by the LAC entitled "Lake Access Study". Past policy since that time has
been to look at individual occurrences as they arise. Further study into accesses will be
done on an as-needed basis, or as directed by Council.
The following issue discussed was no-phosphorous fertilizers. The committee thought that
there are many business's that carry low or no-phosphorous fertilizer that this is a non-issue
as far as availability, The question of odor is no longer an issue. LAC recommendation of a
non-phosphorous ordinance will stand in the CLMP. When the no-phosphorous ordinance
is drafted, more detail can discussed at the time as to how commercial applicators will be
handled.
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The next comment discussed was boats with ballast. The committee posed the question, "If
boating is occurring when the lake is just below the no-wake elevation, and they are going
back and forth in front of a residence causing shoreline erosion, is there something the
sheriff could do about this?" Leichty said more than likely there is nothing the sheriff could
legally do if no laws were being broken, but the sheriff would have to answer that question.
The LACs general opinion about this subject was that it is a shoreline erosion issue, which
is addressed in the CLMP. The comment was brought up that any boat on the lake can
make large wakes depending on how many people are in the boat and the speed of the
boat. Another comment raised was that the public opinion survey conducted last year made
it very clear that people don't want more regulations on the lake, but more enforcement of
the existing laws.
At the City Council meeting the Mayor asked the committee to once more look at lowering
the no-wake elevation. After much discussion the group considered this to be a shoreline
erosion issue, which will be examined in the shoreline erosion survey. If the survey
determines that the current levels are harmful to the lake and there are significant areas that
are impacted by high-water, this issue can be re-addressed.
The use of road salt adjacent to the lake was discussed next. Alternative compounds were
mentioned along with using sand only. On steep sloped streets safety can be an issue if
only sand is applied. Leichty mentioned that the streets around the lake are swept first
each year by the public works department. Huntington volunteered to investigate the
impact road salt can have on fresh water lakes. The LAC will consider making this an
objective under "Water Quality" if it is warranted. The committee also brought the idea of
either purchasing another street sweeper or renting one in order to more quickly sweep
sand and debris from streets adjacent to the lake before the runoff season begins.
MOTION BY BREITBACH, SECONDED BY HUNTINGTON TO ACCEPT THE REVISED
COMMENTSITEXT AS DISCUSSED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSL Y.
The implementation schedule was the last item about the CLMP discussed. Warner
suggested adding an issue column next to each action item so that it would be easier to
interpret. Other suggestions were to add costs associated with the staff time that was listed
and to point out that time schedule was dependent upon Council approval and a resource
plan in-place no later than July 3, 2000.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Leichty mentioned that Paul Trapp would stepping down as a LAC member. He recently
moved out of the corporate City limits and was therefore no longer valid to serve on the
committee.
Leichty showed a proposed milfoil budget for the year 2000. There was discussion as to
drop the newsletter this year, After some debate it was decided to leave the newsletter in
and consider treating the entrance to Crystal Bay if there is a problem with this area.
MOTION BY HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY HUNTINGTON TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED
MIL FOIL BUDGET. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSL Y
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v. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY HUNTINGTON, SECONDED BY BREITBACH TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
MOTION PASSED UNA NIMO USL Y. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:07 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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