COON LAKE COMMUNITY <fc SENIOR CENTER MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES

APRIL 12,2004

Madam President Kathy Paavola called the meeting to order. Roll was taken. Absent was Diana Saenger.

ANNOUNCEMENTS......Stephanie Jensen and Brian Schultz have purchased the Tap and Grill and renamed the

business Hook's Roadhouse. Business will be open in about 2 weeks and will serve food. Website is ww.hook'sroadhouse.com.

SECRETARY'S REPORT......Copies were available. Joe Morgan made a motion to forgo reading of the report but

Kathy requested that some of the minutes should be read because people are not reading minutes for corrections. Laura read minutes. Marge had a correction that the ticket refund should be $1,210.89. Joe made a motion to accept the minutes as read with the one correction and Colleen seconded. Motion passed.

TREASURER'S REPORT.........Marlene Colleen

Copies were available. Checking $1,002.08, mission savings $31,747.11, mission checking $5,039.78, Cans for Kids $205.30. Also, Cans for Kids, just gave another check for over $100.00. Bank loan is $20,819.70, and the short term loan balance is $890.87. Kathy and Marlene went to the lock box and there was nothing in box and since no refund can be given, we will keep until end of year. Membership amounts will be given at next meeting. Jane made motion to accept the report subject to audit and Don seconded. Motion passed.

GAMBLING REPORT.....Marge reported for the month of March. Gross receipts $47,933.00, net receipts $10,612.00, cash long/short $36.00, net profit $3,098.68. Allowable expenses are for Hook's Roadhouse estimate $1,000.00, Ben's Wholesale $2,500 to $3,000, MDR tax $132.93, New Market meat raffle $2,000 to $2,500 and Old Republic Work Comp $120.00, phone and fax $22.94. Tara made a motion to accept allowable expensed and Laura seconded, motion passed. Don made a motion to accept gambling report subject to audit and Joe seconded, motion passed.

OLD BUSINESS————. SENIOR REPORT.....None

YOUTH COMMITTEE....Tara reported that about 37 children attended the Easter Party and they had lots of fun and even had some new volunteers. Tara suggested that maybe a ticket for one free breakfast could be given as a prize. Michelle and Tara are putting a youth council together and will try to have a meeting on cleanup day at 9:00am. This will be to discuss upcoming issues such as the float, park, parties, etc. This will also help the children manage the Cans for Kids projects. Joe will make a sign and place on the dumpster on cleanup day to have the cans placed in the project bin. Kathy would like to see if some of the trash could be picked up on lakeshore by the youth committee on cleanup day and Michelle will suggest that during the meeting . Bert brought up a concern about the minibikes tearing up the lawn at the center and also there was a concern about the ballpark field. Joe suggested to just call the police when there is a disturbance. The question was asked why did not everyone get the newsletter and Kathy will make sure they all get mailed out to members. A motion was made to give out 5 free breakfast in the newsletter by Don and was seconded by George? . Motion passed. Kathy will try to locate the stamp to use for the free breakfast slip.

DOCK REPORT....Kathy reported that the memberships were coming in okay. There are a few new members. Kathy is also checking out the dock space for the center and bar/grill. Kathy also asked Brad in maintenance about filling in the space by the landing they can't fill it in. Kathy will try to find out what the Center can do to improve the landing. Mike suggested Greg Thompson at Anoka Cty. be contacted with regards to the landing issue as he is a conservation specialist. Kathy stated that Hovi has not returned a call. Kathy suggested we place the Center dock in the landing space. Mike suggested placing posts and chains. George made a motion that the Center dock be place on the landing area and have the bar dock next to it. Motion seconded by ————. Motion passed.

DANCE.....Tara reported there is an adult dance on Friday, April 23. There will be a DJ. There will be card games and darts. Donations will be accepted and BYOB. Michelle asked if there was any funds available for decorating. Mike suggested purchase lights and leave up permanently and he could place on a dimmer switch. Laura made a motion to allow up to $100 for lights and Don seconded. Motion passed.

RECYCLE DAY.....April 17 at East Bethel Ice Arena. April 24 is Coon Lake recycle day.

RENTAL REPORT.....Kathy is getting requests for rentals for 2006.

CANS FOR KIDS....On the day the chairs were delivered, the Morgans, Koglers, Mr. Francis, took in

the cans and received $106.50. Also, thanks to Mr. Barrett, Mr. Paavola, and Mr. Morgan for picking

up 25 cases of chairs.

FUNDRAISER.....Kathy has taken the shirt order in and did order some extra. She also ordered a different hat and some children shirts. Since Kathy has been so busy, she has not ordered the magnets but they will be taken care of. Penny reported that the Band will be playing for the pig roast and the meat has been ordered.

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CLEANUP...Mike walked with his dog and picked up 2 bags of trash along the curve, and Marge also

walked the road and picked up 2 small bags of litter.

SIGN AT T....Kathy will work with Heidi Murphy about getting the posts. She would like the sign done before Memorial Weekend. Marge will get the size for the posts and that Heidi can start to paint the sign. Hook's will be placing there own sign.

MEMBERSHIPS...Mike asked if we will be holding dock spaces for homeowners that have places for sale and Kathy stated no, if they have not renewed. Discussion ensued on ownership of the land for the dock spaces. Kathy will check on this information.

NEW BUSINESS-

SEWER AND WATER..........Kathy would like to welcome our special guests tonight, members of the East

Bethel City Council, Mayor Greg Hunter, and Utilities . Mayor Greg Hunter spoke regarding the possibility of putting in water and sewer in Coon Lake Beach. The Mayor introduced members of the Sewer Board. Kathy explained that many people can not update their sewer system to meet standards and there are health issures and water/lake quality issues and she believes that time has come to update. This community was started around 1925 and consisted of cabins. Now there are several failed septic systems and the need for sewer and water. Allan Doff? is a regional planner for Ham Lake and the environmental officer for the Army. Allan reported on the health and safety issues and environmental issues . He stated that the bottom line is money and the time is now as interest rates are low, property values in increase, but so will taxes, environmental costs would be less now than the cost to fix the lake water at a later date, and now there is political backing at this time for the economic support. This plan would connect to the hwy 65 plans along with a water treatment plant. This would be a permanent solution and should be done ASAP.

Discussion ensued on the cost per lot. Allan stated that expected cost per lot is $10,000 to $15,000. There are grants and programs and could be utilized to help reduce the cost. Bert questioned if it would cost per foot per lot or would everyone be charged same amount without lot size considered. Bert also asked if this is only for Coon Lake or would other areas be included. The assessment would be spread out over a period of years per Allan. Allan stated that the grant process involves median of cost of homes and environmental issues. Bert asked if people could pick or choose to go on city sewer. This has not been decided. Kathy mentioned that some people can't sell their house because septic system has failed and they are not able to bring a new system up to code. Marge stated there are more older homes than new homes in the beach area. Laura questioned how the metering would be done but that would be decided . Joe Morgan asked where the water would come from. There would be a water tower built.

Chad People? did a petition in Hiawatha and the homeowners were 5 to 1 in favor. Steve Voss in an environmental engineer. He stated that hwy 65 is going to be done with sewer/water and Coon Lake would connect to Hwy 65. The state will be testing all state lakes for quality and it will cost more in the future to put in place. Verna is on a task force and she stated cost could be paid for in several ways. It was suggested that Coon Lake do their own petition or assessment ASAP and make a decision as to what people want to do. The city is advertising for an engineer now . If Ham Lake goes ahead with plan, this could lower cost for Coon Lake. The more townships that put in sewer, the lower the cost per homeowner. we need to have an answer in the next 2 months.

Much discussion took place with suggestions and questions. We would probably do sewer prior to having the roads redone in 2007 because of the cost. People will have to pay to have the pipes from the property line to the house and will probably have to pay to have the old systems removed. Kathy will try to get copy of petition and then we will do a petition . Laura and Tara have volunteered to help with the petition.

MILFOIL/LAKESHORE UPDATE............Bill Boyer stated that Lakeshore Drive will have loads of dirt

dumped soon and will be paved. They will probably go with Lake Restoration to treat the lake around May 15. There has been no survey on lakeshore for milfoil. There should be a joint venture on assessment to cover cost of milfoil with East Bethel at 58%, Ham Lake at 27% and Columbus at 14%. 3,500 walleyes were released in the lake last Saturday. City Parks has purchased trees and will place 3 tree rings at enter park. Joe Morgan stated he is getting his driveway done when Lakeshore Drive is being done by the same company at a very good price.

Joe made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Bert seconded. Meeting adjourned.

Laura Slor secretary.

SIGN IN MEETING

APRIL 12,2004

1. KATHY PAAVOLA

2. GEORGE PAAVOLA

3. BERTHOKKANEN

4. JANE MORGAN

5. ANNKOGLER

6. JOE MORGAN

7. MIKE HARRIS

8. PENNY BERENS

9. DICK BULLOCK

10. MARLENE COLLEEN

11. LAURA SLONIKER

12. MARGE BARRETT

13. DON KOGLER

14. VERNA FINDORFF

15. JARED NELSON

16. JIM GATZ?

17. TARA NELSON

18. CLAY CLAUSER

19. CARLA CLAUSER

20.MICHELLE GOLDEMAN

21. DICK BARRETT

22. DAN GESIMO

23. JIM SZYKULSKI

24. MICHAEL BERRY?

NONMEMBER.........NONE