Ann Lake Watershed Alliance June 14, 2025 10:00 AM

Agenda

ALWA Identity Statement: Concerned citizens using civic governance as an approach to policy making that produces the sustainable civic infrastructure needed to govern for the common good.

ALWA Purpose Statement: To develop the civic imagination and organize the civic capacity and infrastructure needed to partner with local government and restore the waters of Ann Lake to the MPCA standards for nutrients and to protect and preserve the water quality of the Ann Lake watershed.

 Civic Standards:

1. All those impacted by the problem are stakeholders and help define the problem in light of civic principles and the realities of their situation.
2. All stakeholders are accountable for contributing resources (leadership/time, knowledge, constituencies and dollars) to solve the problem.
3. All stakeholders are engaged in decision-making and policy-making that contributes to the common good.
4. All stakeholders implement policies grounded in civic principles in the places where they have the authority to act.

Meeting Purpose: To conduct the organizations business as it relates to the common good of water quality and community support.

June 14, 2025     Agenda

                10:00 – 10:05     Negotiate the June 14, 2025, Agenda.  Review and accept the Outcomes for                                                           May 10, 2025.                   

                10:05 –10:10      Treasurer Check-in for April and May, 2025

                10:10 –10:15       Correspondence—Mary Poelman at Soil and Water email update

                10:15 –10:45       Check –in on Old Business

                                                Civic Organizing:  Ann Lake Township Meeting

                                                Bingo update and Thank Yous

                                                     Discuss the July 26, 2025 date and County Fair

                                                Water Sampling—Continue or discontinue

                                                Roadside cleanup update

                10:45 – 10:50      Check-in on New Business: 

                                                Elections for Vice President and Treasurer

               10:50 – 10:55       Good to the Order  

                10:55 – 11:00      Evaluation

                11:00 –11:10       Fifty Cent and Incentive Drawings.