Lake Lemon Conservancy District

SRP Freeholder Committee Meeting Minutes

CBU Headquarters

May 4, 2005

The May 4, 2005 meeting of the SRP Freeholder Committee was held at the City of Bloomington Utilities and was called to order by LLCD Board Chairman Marty Mann at 5:45pm.

Committee Members present: Hank Berman, Gene Niednagel, William Weber, Michael Grady, Gail Tala, Mike Sonneborn, Rob Caserotti, Dave Keller, Ed Roehling, Larry Polley, Roger Watkins, Mark Moser, and Boyd Sturdevant. 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: Jim Scrimager and Dennis Friesel.

I. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON

• Weber and Grady, both interested in the chair position, reviewed their bios for the committee.
• Tala discussed the potential for committee co-chairs. The committee discussed the option.
• The committee voted 10-3 to have a single chair head the committee.
• William Weber was elected chairman by secret ballot.
• Mike Sonneborn (nominated by Larry Polley) was elected vice-chairman of the SRP Committee. Others nominated included: Mike Grady nominated by Mark Moser (Grady then removed his name from consideration) and Ed Roehling nominated by Roger Watkins.

MOTION BY SONNEBORN TO APPROVE APRIL 16, 2005 MINUTES. SECONDED BY TALA. ALL “AYES.” MOTION CARRIED.

MOTION BY CASEROTTI TO FOLLOW MEETING PROTOCOLS FOLLOWED BY THE LLCD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SECONDED BY ROEHLING. ALL “AYES.” MOTION CARRIED.

II. SRP DISPOSAL SITE PRESENTATION:

• Roger Kottlowski, Commonwealth Engineers, reviewed the potential sediment disposal sites. (See SRP Binder for flow chart and map of sites.)
• There are 15 potential disposal sites around the lake. One (1) acre of property can be used to dispose of approximately 8,000 cubic yards of sediment.
• The site should be within close proximity to a water outlet.
• An 8-10 inch dredge can remove approximately 15,000 - 20,000 cubic yards of material annually (500 yds/day).
• There are three types of dredges

1. Horizontal dredge
2. Cutter-head dredge (Roger recommends)
3. Excavator (ex. Dick Payne’s barge)

• An “in-water” disposal site will require additional permitting from the Army Corps of Engineers.
• Weber suggested that each committee member visit the potential disposal sites to get a better idea of each site’s feasibility.

III. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

IV. NEXT MEETING DATE AND ADJOURNMENT:

• Next SRP meeting will be held on June 1, 2005 at 5:30pm. The meeting will be held at the City of Bloomington Utilities office on Morton Street.

MOTION BY WATKINS TO ADJOURN AT 8:00PM. SECONDED BY ROEHLING. ALL “AYES.” MOTION CARRIED.