7:00 PM, Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Wayzata City Hall

LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AGENDA
7:00 PM, Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Wayzata City Hall
1.
CALL TO ORDER
2.
ROLL CALL
3.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4.
CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENTS, Vice Chair Green
 Administer Oath of Office to David Lang- New LMCD Board Member (Minnetrista)
5.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES- 10/8/14 LMCD Regular Board Meeting
6.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
A) Audit of vouchers (9/25/14 and 10/16/14 - 10/31/14)
B) September financial summary and balance sheet
C) Draft letter to be forwarded to LMCD Member Cities regarding Board appointments for 2015
7.
PUBLIC COMMENTS- Persons in attendance, subjects not on the agenda (limited to 5 minutes)
8.
PUBLIC HEARINGS- None
9.
OTHER BUSINESS
A) 2014 Final Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) Harvesting Program Report
B) 2014 Lake Minnetonka Shoreline Boat Storage Count Report
10.
UPDATE FROM STANDING LMCD COMMITEES
11.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT
12.
ADJOURNMENT
ITEM 6B
LMCD MONTHLY CASH FLOW CHART
SEPTEMBER, 2014
Administration
2014 General Revenue/Expense
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$-
Revenue (That Month Only)
Expense (That Month Only)
2014 General Ending Cash
$350,000
$300,000
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$-
General ending cash
Budget (16% of 2014 Annual Admin. Expenses)
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Gnegory S" ilJlybeck, EXECUTIVE DIREC1-OR
October 24,2014
TO:
LMCD Member Cities
FROM:
Greg Nybeck, Executive Director
SUBJECT: Appointment of 2015 Board
Members
It is approaching the time of the year when terms for some members of the Lake Minnetonka
Conservation District (LMCD) Board of Directors will expire. Terms on the LMCD Board run from
February 1't through January 3l't of the following year. The state enabling J-MCD legislation calls for
Board members to be appointed by their respective member city for a three-year term. There is no
applicable term limits for Board members.
Because the application of the LMCD ordinances are inherently unique and it takes some period of time
for new Board members to come up to speed, it would be difficult and undesirable to have all terms expire
at the same time, possibly ending up
with a completely, or mostly, new Board. The LMCD has, therefore,
requested the 14 cities to stagger the terms by appointing five members the lhrst year, five the second year,
and four the third year (5-5-4). We realize that some of the cities prefer to make all their appointments
yearly: however. this is not consistent with the LMCD enabling act. The cities do have the ability to
recall their member anytime and appoint another for the remainder of a 3-year term if the need arises.
Below is a list of the cunent Board members; under which the year in January their term expires:
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Dan Baasen-Wayzata
Jay Green - Mound
David Gross - Deephaven
Ann Hoelscher Victoria
Gary Hughes --Spring Park
Anne Hunt- Minnetrista
Andrew McDermott - Orono
Fred Meyer- Woodland
Jeff Monis- Excelsior
Gregg Thomas- Tonka Bay
2016
Dennis Klohs- Minnetonka Beach
Sue Shuff- Minnetonka
2017
Rob Roy- Greenwood
Deborah Zorn- Shorewood
In order to achieve the goal of staggering Board member appointments to the fullest extent possible,
the LMCD requests the following cities appoint Board members for the terms noted. All terms will
begin in X'ebruary, 2015:
Deephaven
Excelsior
Minnetrista
1 Year
3 Years
1 Year
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To protect and preserve Lake Minnetonka.
LMCD Member Cities
October 24,2014
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Mound
Orono
Spring Park
Tonka Bay
Victoria
Wayzata
Woodland
3 Years
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Year
3 Years
3 Years
2 Years
3 Years
1 Year
No action needs to be taken by the Cities of Greenwood,
Shorewood.
Please advise our offrce if for some reason your records
a spreadsheet that summarizes each Board member,s
Beach, and
lso, enclosed is
September
information is intended for review bv vour citv
Your prompt attention and cooperation in processing this
is appreciated.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING ATTENDANCE RECORD
OCTOBER 9, 2013 TO SEPTEMBER 24,2014
NUMBER
MEMBER CITY
BOARD MEMBER
TOTAL
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
AT'TENDED
RATE OF
ATTENDANCE
Deephaven
David Gross (1019113-1019/13) & (419114-9124114\
Kent Carlson (1113113 - 3126114\
12
7
15
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80%
78%
Excelsior
Jeff Morris (Ol9l13 - 9124114\
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25
100%
Greenwood
Rob Rov (019113 - 9124114\
19
25
76%
Minnetonka
Sue Shuff n0l9l13 - 9124114\
23
25
92o/o
Minnetonka Beach
Dennis Klohs (10/9/13 - 9124114\
23
25
92%
Minnetrista
Anne Hunt (019113 - 9124114\
15
25
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Mound
JaV Green (1019113
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25
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Crono
Andrew McDermott (019113 - 9124114\
24
25
960ft
Mark Sylvester (10/9/13 - 2112114\
Julie Moore Ql26h4 - 2126114\
Deborah Zorn Bl12l14 - 9124114\
7
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1
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17
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Sprinq Park
3ary Huqhes n0l9l13 - 9124/14\
25
25
100o/c
Douq Babcock (019113 - 4123114\
Jeff Clapp (5114114 - 9120114
Greqq Thomas (9124114 - 9124114\
14
79o/c
Tonka Bay
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9124114\
Victoria
Ann Hoelscher (1019113 - 9124114\
Wavzata
Dan Baasen
Woodland
nu9l13 - 9124114\
Fred Mever (Ol9l13
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James Doak (2112/14 - 419114\
1
10
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25
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2014
LAKE
MINNETONKA
SHORELINE
BOAT STORAGE
COUNT
2014 Shoreline Boat Storage Count
Page 3
The following percentages highlight the change in multiple dock licensed watercraft
storage from the 2012 boating season (see “Conclusions/Trends” for further evaluation):
Runabout
5%
Cruiser
-2%
Sailboat
-1%
Pontoon
22%
Houseboat 233%
Charter
Fishing
PWC
Aircraft
Misc.
-25%
-2%
-24%
0%
5%
The City of Mound has communicated to LMCD staff that there were 514 watercraft
stored within the Mound Commons Docking Program in 2014. The bays that the
watercraft were located within are highlighted by an (*) in Appendix B and C. Further
breakdown of the 514 watercraft are detailed below:
Priest Bay
Cooks Bay
West Upper Lake
Phelps Bay
Black Lake
32
59
4
119
59
Emerald Lake
Seton Lake
Harrisons Bay
Jennings Bay
West Arm
1
34
149
53
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The various watercraft stored for the Lost Lake Villas are included in the multiple dock
count and outlined within the individual watercraft categories as that site has a separate
multiple dock license that is managed by LMCD staff.
Docks With Three or More Watercraft and Empty Slips: The LMCD initiated the
documentation of docks with three or more watercraft and empty slips in 1999.
Appendix D highlights the number of sites that stored three or more restricted
watercraft, as well as those maintaining empty slips for the 2014 boating season: three
watercraft (355), four or more watercraft (137), and empty slips (1,099). This compares
to the 2012 statistics of 407 (-13% decrease); 218 (-37% decrease); and 891 (23%
increase), respectively. Further comparison of the below statistics are offered under
“Conclusions/Trends.”
Year
2014 *
2012
2010
2008
2006 *
2004 *
2002 *
2000
1999 *
Average
3 Boats
355
407
360
332
376
398
401
355
279
363
* High Water Declared
4 Boats Empty Slips
137
1099
218
891
207
773
188
1102
269
490
242
602
238
476
186
254
168
409
206
677
2014 Shoreline Boat Storage Count
Page 4
Historical Multiple and Riparian Shoreline Storage: Appendix E highlights historical
multiple dock and riparian shoreline counts conducted by the LMCD from 1971 to 2014.
CONCLUSIONS/TRENDS
The 2014 boating season offered an unusual year in performing this inventory based on
the additional minimum wake restrictions. Staff initiated the inventory of watercraft
seven days later than usual to accommodate for adjustments in watercraft storage and
dock structures that were taking place around the Lake. Based on the data collected
from the 2014 Lake Minnetonka Shoreline Storage Count, the following conclusions and
trends are offered:
1. The following highlights the percentage change in watercraft storage from 2012 for
both the riparian and multiple dock storage counts (as compared to the individual
counts provided above).
Runabout
Cruiser
Sailboat
Pontoon
Houseboat
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2%
-7%
0%
8%
8%
Charter
Fishing
PWC
Aircraft
Misc.
-25%
13%
-28%
67%
-12%
Watercraft storage decreased by 517 (10,691 in 2012 to 10,174 in 2014). Based
on the inability to operate above minimum wake, staff believed the reduction in
cruisers and personal watercraft (PWC) made sense, as well as the increase in
pontoons and fishing boats.
2014 Shoreline Boat Storage Count
Page 5
•
Although the houseboat, charter and aircraft make up less than 1% of the total
watercraft stored, the percentages for houseboats and aircraft are higher due to
their slight increase (11 and 2, respectively). The five aircraft documented were
from riparian sites only.
•
In 2012, staff reported a large increase in miscellaneous watercraft, which was a
result of the smaller sail boats being interpreted as a miscellaneous watercraft
vs. sail boat (as typically documented). In 2014, staff returned back to the
consistent way of counting that watercraft under the sailboat category. To this
end, the 2014 miscellaneous watercraft count of 1,481 should more be compared
with the 2010 count of 781 (a 90% increase) based on the recent popularity of
paddle board use. Although miscellaneous watercraft, i.e., canoes, paddleboats,
etc., are typically stored on shore and may, at times, be over 16 feet in length,
staff counts them as an active miscellaneous watercraft regularly used on the
Lake. This year offered many bright colored paddle boards (at times six to a
dock), in which staff believed this contributed to a more normal increase in
miscellaneous watercraft vs. a comparison to the 2012 data.
2. The current methodology has been consistently utilized since 1998 (i.e., use of a
flyover survey in 1996, etc.). Taking those past years into consideration (19982014), the current total storage count of 10,174 is 4% higher than the ten year
storage count average of 9,777. Statistics to this comparison is offered below:
Year
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1999
1998
Runabout/Cruiser
5611
5725
5369
5816
5982
5634
5977
5964
5380
5186
Average
5664
•
Sailboat
Pontoon Houseboat
627
674
25
627
625
14
674
558
13
693
521
12
629
574
20
655
557
17
728
560
24
773
490
25
719
477
31
720
461
32
685
550
21
Charter
15
20
21
22
17
15
30
29
26
20
Fishing
811
717
746
768
995
986
1007
764
785
732
22
831
PWC
Aircraft
925
5
1284
3
1064
4
1062
2
1277
0
1015
1
1086
8
811
4
639
2
644
4
981
3
Misc.
1481
1675
781
1337
784
854
1089
659
738
809
Total
10174
10690
9230
10233
10278
9734
10509
9519
8797
8608
1021
9777
As of 2012, staff has been documenting the number of PWC within each bay, as
well as the number of sites storing such watercraft and whether a site with three
or four watercraft maintained one, two, or three PWCs. Of the 925 PWCs
documented within the above chart, 862 were stored throughout 579 riparian
sites (acknowledging 54 of those were categorized by the City of Mound within
their Commons Docking Program). Additionally, of those sites that maintained
three or four watercraft, 111 sites stored one PWC, 184 stored two PWCs, and
13 sites stored three plus PWC.
3. There was no significant change for sites storing three and four or more watercraft at
a site. However, in reviewing the chart on page 3, you will note the consistency in
figures between 2014 and 2008; specifically the number of empty slips. The 1,099
empty slips could well be attributed to the high water levels. Although high water