Lake Lemon Conservancy District

SRP Freeholder Committee Meeting Minutes

Brown County Library

April 16, 2005

The April 16, 2005 meeting of the SRP Freeholder Committee was held at the Brown County Library and was called to order by LLCD Board Chairman Marty Mann at 11:10am.

Committee Members present: Hank Berman, Gene Niednagel, William Weber, Michael Grady, Gail Tala, Mike Sonneborn, Jim Scrimager, Rob Caserotti, Dave Keller, Ed Roehling, Larry Polley, Roger Watkins. Also present: Marty Mann, LLCD Chairman; Larry Ritter, LLCD Vice-Chairman; Bob Madden, Manager; Coleman Smith, Board Recorder; Rachel Atz, CBU Representative; and LLCD Freeholders (see attached sign-up sheet). Absent: Mark Moser and Boyd Sturdevant.

I. OPENING COMMENTS

• Marty Mann updated the committee on the SRP history.
• The LLCD has received $100,000 from the DNR Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program to be used for the dredging initiative.

II. Goals of the Sediment Removal Program:

• Protect the long-term health of the lake.
• Provide improved access to the lake.
• Improve the safety of the lake for recreation.

III. Charges for the SRP Committee:

1. Recommend and prioritize sediment disposal sites.

2. Recommend and prioritize sediment removal areas within the lake.

3. Recommend and prioritize funding options.

· The SRP Committee will provide guidance to the LLCD Board of Directors.

· Recommendations made by the committee are not binding, but will be heavily considered by the Board.

IV. Sources of Information for the committee:

• A survey may be sent to freeholders to get input for the committee to consider.
• Bathymetric survey has been completed by ReMetrix, Inc. from Indianapolis
• The bathymetric survey has been uploaded into GIS
• LLCD employees and Board members will be present at some meetings, but are not voting members.
• The Lake Biologist and Manager will be at all meetings to provide technical support, if necessary

V. Selection of Committee Chair

• Mann explained the committee chair will need to attend all LLCD Monthly Board meetings to provide progress reports to the Board.
• The chair will need to dedicate time to the project by attending other meetings, field trips, etc.
• The chair will make sure the committee follows procedural guidelines for the meeting process.
• Committee meetings will take place once a month for the next seven to nine months.
• Upon discussion of selecting a committee chair, interested candidates will email their “bios” to the LLCD office. Those bios will be distributed to all committee members via email.
• The chairman will be selected at the next SRP Freeholder Committee meeting on May 4^th at the City of Bloomington Utilities at 5:30pm (Room 100B).