Pelican Group of Lakes Improvement District
Cormorant Town Hall 8:00AM
July 7, 2007

Directors Absent: Jenkins, Poolman, Stueness, Uglem

Directors Present: Ostbye, Duemeland, Manuel, Peltier, Wheeler

Others Present: Moriya Rufer, Dave Majkrzak, Rocky Swanson

President Ostbye called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

The minutes from the June 2, 2007 meeting were reviewed. Peltier moved that they be approved as written. Manuel seconded the motion and the motion passed.

The motion to approve the agenda with the spelling of Manuel corrected was made by Peltier, seconded by Wheeler and subsequently passed. The Agenda as approved is attached.

The financial statement for the year 2007 was presented by Manuel and reviewed by the Board. Wheeler moved that the statement be accepted and approved as prepared, Peltier seconded the motion and the motion passed.

The proposed 2008 budget was presented by Manuel. Budgeting for internal phosphorus loading monitoring and storm event time-integrated composite monitoring and the cost thereof were discussed. Peltier recommended that this monitoring be included in the proposed 2008 budget. Peltier then moved to approve the 2008 budget with the changes proposed in the discussion. Duemeland seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Moriya Rufer reported on the organic matter in the Pelican Point culvert water discharge following removal of beaver damns upstream, the success of the summer lake seminars, the updated lake management plan and preliminary 2008 special project ideas. The phosphorus has been high in the Pelican Point culvert discharge following the removal of damns but according to a limnologist at the MPCA it should not cause much of an impact to the water quality of the lake overall. Some of the organic matter can be manually removed by the property owners near the culvert. The first summer seminar session which was a discussion about shoreline restoration was very well attended. Moriya has updated all of the graphs in the Lake Management Plan with the 2006 monitoring data. She intends to put this online and keep it updated annually. She is investigating a grant involving matching funds for shoreline restoration. She would also like to do some comparisons of macroinvertebrates in the lake inlets vs. center if of the lake in the Pelican Group of Lakes, map the algal blooms and types and do more educational seminars in 2008. The Board thanked Moriya for her efforts and the expertise that she has brought to the organization.

Dave Majkrzak reported on a Forum article dated June 22, 2007 detailing the change in the EPA acceptable arsenic levels in drinking water. The acceptable level has been significantly lowered. Arsenic in drinking water is a concern for many lake property owners. Water samples can be brought to RMB for testing.

The Annual Meeting of the Pelican Group of Lakes Improvement District will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at Fair Hills. Voting will commence at 8:00 AM and the meeting will begin at 9:00 AM. Denny Tollefson has agreed to be a candidate for the vacancy created by the expiration of Poolman's term. Duemeland and Ostbye will be running for re-election.

The other items under new business were briefly discussed.

There was no Mosquito Abatement Meeting.

The meeting was adjourned by President Ostbye.

Respectfully submitted,

Lisa J. Wheeler