Lake Quality Commission

Lake Quality Commission Agenda January 15, 2020 Mayor’s Conference Room The Lake Quality Commission (LQC) meeting will commence at 6:30 pm in the Mayor’s Conference Room at the Maple Grove Government Center, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway, Maple Grove, MN, 55369. ITEM ACTION REQUIRED CALL TO ORDER Call to order by Chairperson Fahrenbruch at 6:30 p.m. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Introductions Introduce commissioners and students; 5 minutes for public comment 2. Swearing in of Councilmember Jaeger shall give the Oath of Office to Commissioners Commissioner Bergstrand. 3. Approval of Minutes Approve minutes from the November, 2019 LQC meeting 4. Ethics Training Mr. Justin Templin, Attorney for the City of Maple Grove, will provide ethics training for commission members. Members are required to execute the Code of Ethics Disclosure Form for 2020. 5. Election of Officers Nominations of Commissioners and action will be taken on the positions of Chair and Vice Chair of the Lake Quality Commission for 2020. 6. Area Reports 7. 2020 Work Plan Draft and approve the 2020 LQC Work Plan. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FUTURE MEETINGS: February 19, 2020 – TBD based on work plan ADJOURNMENT  LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 20, 2019 CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Lake Quality Commission (LQC) was held on November 20, 2019 at the Maple Grove Government Center, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway, Maple Grove, Minnesota. Becky Fahrenbruch called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. Commissioners Present: Becky Fahrenbruch, George Schneider, Joe Randall, James Braselton, Steve Lane, Dan Vogtman, Sharon Martin-Kotula, Ben Zaker, Kurt Paulsen, Mike Newman. Commissioners Absent: Nancy Bergstrand Others Present included: City Council Member LQC Liaison Karen Jaeger, Derek Asche and Mark Lahtinen. APPROVAL OF MINUES Minutes of the October 16, 2019 meeting of the Lake Quality Commission were reviewed for accuracy. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Steve Lane and seconded by George Schneider. All approved. AREA REPORTS Joe Randall – Several mergansers seen. George Schneider – Rice not totally frozen. Aerator is in but on yet on. James Braselton – Nothing to report. Steve Lane – Ice in November 7...record is 11/3 or 11/4. Becky Fahrenbruch – Water high. People out on ice already. Karen Jaeger – Nothing to report. Dan Vogtman – Nothing to report. Sharon Martin-Kotula – Ice in on Edward Lake. Ben Zaker – Nothing to report. Mike Newman – Nothing to report. Kurt Paulsen – Ice on Pike on 11/10. FISH LAKE The Environmental Review Committee met on October 7th, 2020 to review SUBWATERSHED and provide comment on the DRAFT Fish Lake Sub-watershed Assessment. ASSESSMENT Staff is anticipating some additional comments from a Fish Lake Area Residents Association (FLARA) member. The assessment documents options both in the watershed and the lake itself improve lake water quality. Derek suggested that this be tabled this until the January LQC meeting to allow for the additional comments from FLARA. Becky Fahrenbruch made a motion that this be tabled until the January LQC meeting. Mike Newman seconded. All in favor. INFORMATIONAL An application to fund the Weaver Lake Sub-watershed Assessment has been ITEMS submitted to from Hennepin County. Staff expects to learn in early 2020 if the assessment will be funded. Sharon Martin–Kotula mentioned that Edward Lake was weed-choked this year. Perhaps a vegetation management plan is needed or weed harvesting. Becky Fahrenbruch mentioned out that there was a fire in the Eagle/Pike cattails caused by some errant fireworks. FUTURE MEETING The December Gathering was planned for December 18 at Claddagh. The next LQC meeting will be on January 15, 2020. ADJOURNMENT A MOTION WAS MADE BY STEVE LANE TO ADJOURN THE NOVEMBER 20, 2019 MEETING OF THE LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY BECKY FAHRENBRUCH. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:17 P.M.  LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT TO: Lake Quality Commission (LQC) FROM: Derek Asche, Water Resources Engineer DATE: January 8, 2020 SUBJECT: DRAFT 2020 WORK PLAN In January of each year, the LQC prepares a work plan outlining the topics and subjects for consideration over the course of the year. Historically, the LQC has included Lake Improvement Program (LIP) applications, the required Maple Grove Municipal Separate Storm Sewer (MS4) Annual Meeting, and lake tours in the work program. Additionally, topics of interest, projects, guest speakers, and/or environmentally relevant issues have been included as well. A DRAFT work plan is provided as Table 1 for discussion purposes. Table 1. DRAFT 2020 LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN February LIP Process and Steve McComas Lake Monitoring Report March LIP Review and Approval April NPDES MS4 Annual Meeting and presentation May Fish Lake Alum Report and Presentation? June Lake Tour? July No Meeting – Maple Grove Days August Lake Tour? September Lake Tour? October Lake Quality Commission Mission Statement Review and Comment? November Fish/Rice Carp Removal Report and Presentation? December Winter/Holiday Gathering RECOMMENDATION: I recommend the LQC draft their 2020 Work Plan.