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Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization <br />4701 Highway 61, White Bear Lake, MN 55110 <br />Telephone 651-429-8522; Fax 651-429-8579; email: office@vlawmo.org <br />Meeting of December 8, 2005 <br />Commissioners Present: <br />Lino Lakes <br />Jeff McDowell <br />Gem Lake <br />Paul Emeott <br />North Oaks <br />John Youngstrom <br />St. Paul Water Utility <br />Steve Haselmann <br />Vadnais Heights <br />White Bear Lake <br />Mark Burch <br />White Bear Township <br />The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair, Jeff McDowell at 7:40 A.M. <br />Also Present: Dave Schuler & John Blackstone, SPRWS, Joe fox, Ramsey CD, Joel Schilling, Paul <br />Nelson, HDR. <br />Agenda. Motion was made by Steve Haselmann and seconded by Paul Emeott to approve agenda. <br />Minutes. A Motion was made by Haselmann, seconded by John Youngstrom to approve the minutes <br />from the previous month as submitted. All aye. Motion Rqssed. <br />Chair — <br />Treasurers Report. Stephanie went over the end of the year report. The Board reviewed the <br />monthly expenses. A Motion was made by Haselmann, seconded by Emeott to approve the <br />Treasurer's report. Vote: all aye. Motion passcd. <br />Comforts of Home (Gun Club Road) Exemption Request <br />This site in White Bear Lake has about 40% wetland. All but 355 square feet had been avoided <br />on the plan. Staff and members of the TEP have reviewed the request and find it to meet criteria <br />for the Deminimis exemption of the Wetland Conservation Act. Approval is recommended with <br />the a condition. A Motion by Haselmann, seconded by McDowell to approve the Deminimis <br />exemption as submitted with the following conditions: the applicant must follow the wetland <br />rectification process (MN Rules 8420.0540, Subp. 5 as outline in WCA for all areas of temporary <br />wetland impact adjacent to the retaining walls. <br />Vote: All aye. Motion Passed. <br />Levy Authority - Joel Schilling <br />Joel Schilling reviewed his Memo. He recommended the third option — that VLAWMO pursue <br />designation as a special purpose tax district under 275.066. Special taxing district is cost <br />prohibitive. Some difficulties that may be encountered were discussed. The Board discussed <br />metro wide effort but decided not to pursue it at this time. <br />Jeff asked if we should add our name to House File 1496 from last year or introduce our own. <br />We understood from our Rep. Bev Scalze that Rep McNamara would pursue this more <br />aggressively if bipartisan support is available. Joel feels we are about 60% of the way there. <br />Mark Burch favored merging effort in the interest of efficiency. Rep Scalze recommended going <br />