Lake Quality Commission

MAPLE GROVE LAKE QUALITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 17, 2021 CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Lake Quality Commission was held on March 17, 2021 via Webex. Becky Fahrenbruch called the meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. Commissioners Present: Becky Fahrenbruch – Chair - Eagle Lake George Schneider – Rice Lake Steve Lane – Cedar Island Lake Nancy Bergstrand – Weaver Lake Sharon Martin-Kotula – Edward Lake Joe Randall – Fish Lake Joe Ruegsegger – At Large Commissioners Absent: Ben Zaker – At-Large Guarav Uppal – At Large Others Present: City Council Member LQC Liaison Karen Jaeger Dave Spatafore – Fish Lake Derek Asche, City of Maple Grove Mark Lahtinen, City of Maple Grove APPROVAL OF Minutes of the February 17, 2021 meeting of the Lake Quality Commission were MINUTES reviewed for accuracy. MOTION TO APPROVE made by Schneider, second by Bergstrand. With all in favor the motion was APPROVED. AREA REPORTS Weaver Lake, Nancy Bergstrand – Quiet, nothing to report. Rice Lake, George Schneider – Aerator ready to be turned off. Eagle Lake, Becky Fahrenbruch – No open water. Quiet. Edward Lake, Sharon Martin-Kotula – Aerator is operating. Swans and ducks present. Cedar Island Lake, Steve Lane – Aerator is operating but will be turned off soon. Fish Lake, Joe Randall & Dave Spatafore – an attempt was made to net and remove carp on March 2, 2021. 1,200 feet of net was deployed and encircled the  congregated carp. When pulling the net it caught a lawn mower allowing most of the carp to escape. Approximately 200 carp were caught. 2021 WORK PLAN MOTION TO APPROVE by Schneider, second by Lane. With all in favor the motion was APPROVED. OATH OF OFFICE Joe Ruegsegger was sworn in by Councilmember Jaeger. 2021 LAKE Asche presented a synopsis of the Lake Improvement Program (LIP) and noted IMPROVEMENT that staff was recommending the LQC approve total funding from the city PROGRAM (Individual Lake Applications + Basic Annual Programming) of $56,513.40. The LIP applications were presented individually by the submitters and were discussed by the committee. Additional funding was recommended by the committee as follows: 1. Increase Eagle/Pike education by $200.00 2. Increase Weaver Lake Boat Launch Electricity – CD3 project by $1,286.60 3. Increase Fish Lake AIS inspections by $1,600 4. Add new item – Teal Lake Aeration funding in the amount of $300 5. Increase Adopt-A-Drain funding by $100.00 MOTION TO APPROVE the 2021 LIP budget of $60,000 made by Randall, second by Schneider. With all in favor the motion was APPROVED. RICE LAKE MOTION TO APPROVE by Lane, second by Martin-Kotula. With all in favor the SLALOM COURSE motion was APPROVED. INFORMATION Asche noted that LQC can participate in Maple Grove Days in 2021 if there are ITEMS volunteers to assist with the project. FUTURE April 21, 2021 MEETING: ADJOURNMENT MOTION TO ADJOURN by Schneider, second by Martin-Kotula. With all in favor the motion was APPROVED. 7:45 p.m.