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Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization 4701 Highway 61, White Bear Lake, MN 55110 Telephone 651-429-8522; Fax 651-429-8579; email: office@vlawmo.org Meeting of February 12, 2006 Commissioners Present: Lino Lakes Jeff McDowell Gem Lake Paul Emeott North Oaks John Youngstrom St. Paul Water Utility Steve Haselmann Vadnais Heights Mark Bigelbach White Bear Lake White Bear Township Paul Peterson The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair, Jeff McDowell at 7:40 A.M. Also Present: Mark Burch, White Bear Lake, Susan Rani, Vadnais Heights Dave Schuler & John Blackstone, SPRWS, Joe Fox, Ramsey CD, Joel Schilling Schilling Consultant Services. Agenda. Motion was made by Jim Johnston and seconded by Mark Bigelbach to approve agenda as amended. Vote: all Aye. Motion passed. Minutes. A Motion was made by Paul Emeott; seconded by Steve Haselmann to approve the minutes from the previous month as submitted. All aye. Motion ap ssed. Chair — Paul Emeott said the intention of his agenda additions was to make VLAWMO a more efficient and effective organization. Additions included creating a policy book for VLAWMO, authorizing a GIS update of our tax capacity, population and area figures, discussion of the summer intern, maintenance work, bookkeeping update and office enhancement. He would also like to split the budget into operations and projects or capital. He asking for a volunteer to help set up maintenance. Mark Bigelbach offered to help with maintenance. Paul would also like the explore helping with the policy manual. Treasurers Report. The Board reviewed the monthly expenses. A Motion was made by Jim Johnston, seconded by Haselmann to approve the . Treasurer's report. Vote: all aye. Motion passe d. Citizen's Lake Monitoring Discussed the highlights. The Board expressed a desire to thank the volunteers, will bring options to the next meeting. The Board requested information on an insurance rider for the next meeting. Comforts of Home. The applicant has returned to VLAWMO because the office element of this project had not been fully designed. They are seeking approval of a wetland replacement plan for 1,827 s.f. of wetland fill (including the previously approve Deminimis exemption fill area). Mitigation is proposed on site. Mike Graham, Graham Environmental discussed the functional level of both the impacted wetland and the mitigation wetland. The mitigation wetland if installed as planned is anticipated to have a higher functional assessment. Jim Falkner discussed the need for the changes that are aesthetic and economic. The mitigation plan was discussed. Temporary impact would result in the retaining wall installation. They will plant buffer mix below the boulder wall.