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GLWMO Meeting Minutes October 27, 2005 Page 3 relationship of the fund balance and future funding requests of Roseville and Shoreview. No action was necessary for the Financial Report. C. Bills C-1 No bills were presented for consideration. D. Other Business D-1 Review Proposed 2006 Budget The Board reviewed the Proposed 2006 Budget provided with the agenda. Board member Branch suggested the fina12006 budget reflect an additional $1,000 for a curly leaf pondweed survey of Lake Owasso given this year's aquatic plant survey occurred too late in the year to make an accurate evaluation. Board member Soderbeck asked if the graphs for Lake Owasso could be updated to determine if action levels have been hit. He suggested that if the action levels had been reached the budget would be inadequate for a diagnostic study to determine the cause(s). There was continued discussion regarding the potential of a shoreland restoration demonstration project with partnership by Ramsey County, Shoreview and GLWMO on the north shore of Lake Owasso near the boat launch,. and the subsequent consensus that the Proposed 2006 GLWMO budget include an additional 10 00 for the GLWMO share of a project. D-2 RWMWD Work Program Update Cliff Aichinger, RWMWD, distributed updated charts of historic water quality trend data for Owasso, Wabasso and Snail Lakes. There was also discussion regarding RWMWD staff comments regarding accessibility of the GLWMO plan via the website (needs to be pdf format) and decreasing the downloading time for the average user. There was a suggestion about including a hit counter to/from the GLWMO site. Cliff suggested that GLWMO could leverage significant public education and outreach resources through financial support of the Metro Media Campaign. There was discussion amongst the Boardmemebers and consensus that the Proposed 2006 GLWMO Budget include an additional $4,000 allowance for support/participation with the Metro Media Campaign. With modifications made at the meeting, the final Proposed 2006 GLWMO Budget totals $36,000, assumed to be split through requests to the Cites of Roseville and. Shoreview. There was confirmation of the next meeting date of January 26, 2006, at S:OOpm in the Grass Lake Room in the lower level of Shoreview City Hall. The terms of Roseville Board members Branch and. Mogg technically expire on December 31, 2005, with one of the vacancies shifting to the City of Shoreview. Each City Council will be required to make one appointment to fully staff the GLWMO Board in 2006. E. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Meeting Minutes taken/prepared by Mark Maloney, City of Shoreview City of Shoreview, 4600 Victoria Street. North, Shoreview, MN 55126