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APPLICATION FORAPPOINTMENT TOORONO <br />LAKEIMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD <br />APPLICANT INFORMATION <br />Name: Thomas (Tom) BinsfeldCityof Residence: ElkRiver, MN <br />Address: 13230 Island View Dr. NWEmployer: EnviroServe <br />StatementofInterest:Pleasestatebriefly whyyouareinterested inserving ontheOrono Lake <br />Improvement Districtforwhich youaresubmittingthis application. <br />Myfamilyand Ilive onLakeOrono andseethe needfor aLakeImprovement Districtin orderfor <br />thelaketobemaintainedatthe highestqualitypossible. Withasignificant amountofprofessional <br />experience working withenvironmentalandwaterquality improvementprograms, specifically with <br />dredgingprograms, Ibringthetechnicalexpertise tothediscussions about ourlake. Iwouldliketo <br />represent myfellowlakeresidentsontheOronoLakeImprovementDistrict (OLID) board. <br />RelevantExperience:Please describe youreducational, professional, civic, orcommunity <br />participation, whichmay berelevantinservingonthisboard/commission. <br />Iam aseasonedenvironmentalprofessional thathasasubstantialamount of experience. I have a <br />Master'sDegree inEnvironmentalEngineering. Ihaveover20 (twenty) yearsofexperienceinthe <br />EnvironmentalandHazardous Materialsfields. I wastheQualityAssurance Managerforthe <br />Hudson River Remediation & Dredging project inUpstateNewYork(2010-2014). AstheQuality <br />ManagerIdirectedtheQualityAssuranceprogramthrough thetracking, monitoringandquality <br />conformance evaluation ofin-river & landbased operations suchas: sediment removal, sediment <br />backfill, shorelinetreetrimming, debris removal, dredging, backfillingand capping, bank <br />stabilization, habitatrestoration, lockpassages, transport, unloading andprocessing ofover500,000 <br />cubic yardsof dredgedsediment per year. Myteam andImanaged approximately2.5MMcubic <br />yardsofdredgedsediment overthecourseoftheprogram. <br />I havealsoworkedwitha numberofLakeImprovement Districtswhile IwasworkinginUpstate <br />New York (2005 – 2017) including theLakeChamplain Improvement District <br />http://www.lcbp.org/) onavariety ofprojectssuch asAquaticInvasiveSpecies reduction projects <br />aswellasefforts toreducethephosphorous impactsin thelake. Ialsoworkedonanumber of <br />impaired waterbodiesinthefollowingdrainagebasins; MohawkRiver, TheUpperHudsonRiver,