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Karth Lake Improvement District Board <br /> Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting October 22, 2019 <br /> <br />Call to Order/Roll Call <br />The meeting convened at: 6:30 PM <br /> <br />Present: <br />Board Members: Tony Peleska, Chair; Gary Gerding, Secretary; Aisha Elmquist; <br />Gail Graff; Linda Hansohn; Kathy Johnson; Susan Johnson <br />Staff Liaison: Todd Blomstrom Public Works Director <br />Karth Lake Residents: Renee Marino; Jason Rahn; Subree Subramanian; <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> <br />1. Approval of Agenda <br />The agenda was approved as written. <br /> <br />2. Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting: The minutes of the previous <br />meeting on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 were approved as written. <br /> <br />3. Public Inquiries: None <br /> <br />4. Old Business <br />4.1. Reduce nutrients and debris that flow into storm drains; Illicit Discharge follow- <br />up report. – Gary Gerding: A Girl Scout, Kathryn Wacker, has volunteered to do a <br />demonstration project of the “Adopt a Drain” program for the Karth Lake watershed. <br />The Girl Scouts and Rice Creek Watershed District sponsor this project. Similar <br />organizations are sponsoring this program across MN and the U.S. Kathryn, working <br />with other Girl Scouts will: stencil storm drains; recruit Karth Lake watershed residents <br />to “Adopt a Drain” to keep free of debris; and raise awareness of the need to keep <br />nutrients out of gutters and storm drains through flyers and yard signs. Kathryn will <br />receive a Gold Award for completing this project successfully. <br /> <br />Kathryn (and her parents Janet and Grant) attended the Karth Lake Nite to Unite on <br />August 6, 2019 to present the “Adopt a Drain” program, sign up neighbors to “Adopt a <br />Drain,” and distribute several brochures explaining how and why to keep nutrients from <br />entering storm drains. Seven neighbors signed up online (using a computer that Kathryn <br />brought) to Adopt a Drain in the KL Watershed. (See photos at end of minutes.) <br /> <br />Kathryn has distributed door-hangers with information about the “Adopt a Drain” <br />program and how to help. She and a team of Girl Scouts will stencil drains throughout <br />the Karth Lake Watershed this weekend. The stencil will have a picture of a fish and say: <br />Dump No Waste – Drains to Lake. <br />