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LMCO Board of Directors September 25, 1991 D. Resolution to Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. Martinson moved, Bjoriin seconded, to instruct the staff to prepare a formal resolution to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District petitioning them to move into the next phase of the Upper Watershed District Long Lake sub-watershed plan. Motion carried. response to a ^ estion from Rascop, Cochran stated there would be no cost to the LMCD. 3. ENVIRONMENT F i: % 5• % V ^ A. Eurasian Water Milfoil Task Force, Chair Reese 1) Operation Progress. Reese reported the season is over. 2) Preliminary financial summary. The program cost to date is $99,750 against a budget of $250,000 and actual receipts of $143,000. 765 acres were cut at a cost of $130 per acre based on the preliminary direct costs. Funding consisted of $63,000 from the cities, $30,000 from the DNR, $45,000 from private citizens and $5,000 miscellaneous. in view of the savings in 1991, Reese would anticipate income requirements not to exceed $200,000 in 1992. Reese and the executive director are scheduled to meet with Hennepin County 9/.26/91 to support a $71,000 matching grant application. During the earlier fee schedule discussion there were comments about the harvesting creating fragmentation which spreads the milfoil. Reese responded that the weed fragments by itself and there is also substantial fragmentation from the normal watercraft use of the Lake. Reese said there is no quick fix to the milfoil problem. At White Bear Lake, their Conservation District has undertaken the task of pulling the weed by hand, diving, one lady being among the divers. Reese reported the DNR is finding, at their roadside checks, that a high p^j^centage of boats traveling to northern lakes, are transporting milfoil ,, The use of SONAR in Libbs Lake, a small 25 acre area, destroyed all aquatic plant growth. He added that he had not heard of any fish kill from the use of SONAR. Zebra Mussel: Neil Costagna, LMLOA, expressed the hope that the LMCD will require hot water wash downs of boats entering the lake from outside areas during special events. Hurr said it would be difficult to enforce considering the number of accesses to the Lake. Foster mentioned information he has heard that the sebra mussel is also transported by water fowl. Babcock commented that the sponsors of the Don Shelby Bass Tournament very responsive to the LMCD request that their participants be advised of the need for a hot water wash down of their boats. This was to destroy Zebra Mussel larvae if a boat had been in the Mississippi River where one Zebra Mussel was found near LaCrosse.