Lake Quality Commission

Lake Quality Commission Agenda January 20, 2021 WebEx The Lake Quality Commission (LQC) meeting will commence at 6:30 pm via WebEx. To join the meeting: Meeting link: https://logis.webex.com/logis/j.php?MTID=mfcbbccf8b5a5995c21ca5306cfeaefa0 Meeting number: 177 062 2331 Password: 2PMpTmSPA35 Host key: 117492 Join by phone +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Chicago) +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access code: 177 062 2331 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 Commissioners Zaker and Schneider. 3. Area Reports 4. Approval of Minutes Approve minutes from the December 16, 2020 LQC meeting 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 2021. 6. 2021 Work Plan Draft the 2020 LQC Work Plan. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FUTURE MEETINGS: February 17, 2021 – TBD based on work plan ADJOURNMENT  MAPLE GROVE LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION DRAFT MINUTES DECEMBER 16, 2020 CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Lake Quality Commission was held on December 16, 2020 via Webex. Becky Fahrenbruch called the meeting to order at 6:34pm. Commissioners Present: Becky Fahrenbruch (Chair) Eagle Lake George Schneider Rice Lake Joe Randall (Vice Chair) Fish Lake James Braselton At Large Steve Lane Cedar Island Lake Nancy Bergstrand Weaver Lake Karen Jaeger Council Liaison Commissioners Absent: Kurt Paulson Pike Lake Sharon Martin Kotula Edward Lake Ben Zaker At Large Others Present: Derek Asche City Staff Mark Lahtinen City Staff Dave Spatafore Fish Lake Resident APPROVAL OF Minutes of the October 21, 2020 meeting of the Lake Quality Commission were MINUTES reviewed for accuracy. MOTION TO APPROVE by Schneider, second by Randall. With all in favor the motion was APPROVED. AREA REPORTS Weaver – Bergstrand noted a person fell through the ice and needed to be rescued. The person is understood to be ok. Fish – Randall noted the lake froze on December 3rd or 4th. Ice is approximately 4” thick. Lots of waterfowl are present. Rice – Schneider noted the planned drawdown was cancelled after DNR noted the Blandings Turtle may be present. The aerator has not started yet. Council Liaison Jaeger mentioned swans were present is a couple of open areas. Eagle – Fahrenbruch noted the ice near shore is 3-4 inches thick. Many ducks and geese present in open water areas. Three or four skating rinks have been made.  North Arbor – Schneider inquired why North Arbor seems to be last lake to freeze. Lahtinen responded that North Arbor is deep and requires extended freezing temperatures to completely freeze over. STORM WATER Asche provided a presentation of the City of Maple Grove Storm Water Pollution POLLUTION Prevention program as required annually by the MS4 Permit. Asche included PREVENTION information on the six minimum control measures, impaired waters and total PROGRAM maximum daily loads, and changes to future MS4 Permits. Comments from the Fish Lake Area Residents Association (FLARA) were discussed and included as part of the official record. Comments included a request to enhance local street sweeping to reduce sediment, nutrient, and chloride loading into areas lakes. Council Liaison Jaeger noted a salt pile behind Cub Foods that was messy. Braselton thought sweepers came late and pulverized the leaves. Asche responded that the October snow delayed street sweeping until after it warmed up in November. Fahrenbruch said that the leaves fell late this fall. MISCELLANIOUS Kurt Paulson James Braselton are stepping down from LQC. Asche thanked them for their service and noted how committee members often contribute at the expense of time with family. Asche and the City of Maple Grove are grateful for their service. The carp and northern pike tagging in Fish and Rice Lake was discussed. Dave Spatafore indicated that six northern pike were left to be tagged and there has not yet been a congregation of carp to net. The market for carp has been hampered in 2020 by COVID. Typically the sale of carp helps offsets the netting costs. FUTURE MEETING: January 20, 2021 ADJOURNMENT MOTION TO ADJOURN by Schneider, second by Bergstrand. With all in favor the motion was APPROVED.  LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT TO: Lake Quality Commission (LQC) FROM: Derek Asche, Water Resources Engineer DATE: January 13, 2021 SUBJECT: DRAFT 2021 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 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 2021 Work Plan.