The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm in the County Board Room at the Carver County Government Center, 602 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN 55318

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET. (Please allow time for the packet to load as it contains 222 pages).  Some items, may not be included in the FULL PACKET  due to their length. These are linked through hyperlinks in the Executive Summary for that item.   The FULL PACKET does not include the invoices presented for payment or the "information only" portion at the end of the agenda.  The Adminstrator's Report is a separate document.  The meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of individual agenda items:

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • April 17, 2019 Agenda

3. Citizen Input on Non-agenda Items:     

   • Citizens may address the Board of Managers about any item not contained on the regular agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allowed for the Forum. If the full 15 minutes are not needed for the Forum, the Board will continue with the agenda. The Board will take no official action on items discussed at the Forum, with the exception of referral to staff or a Board Committee for a recommendation to be brought back to the Board for discussion or action at a future meeting.

4. Consent Agenda

   1.  Approval of Minutes for February 20, 2019 regular meeting (The Board did not reach a quorum at the March 20, 2019 meeting, so there are no minutes for 3-20-2019)

   2. Receive and file February 2019 and March 2019 Financial Reports

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Minnesota Department of Revenue - sales tax on 2018 sale of dredge material

      2. Daniel Hron - February 2019 office rent

      3. Rinke Noonan - December 2018 legal services

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - February & March 2019 copier lease payment

      5. Liberty Mutual Insurance - Annual Surety Bond payment

      6. Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Sample testing of Ike's Creek for Chloride

      7. Scott County SWCD - Q4 2018 monitoring services

      8. Dakota County SWCD - Q4 2018 monitoring services

      9. HDR Engineering - website maintenance

      10. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - November 2018 Technical Services for geomorphic assessment of Trout streams

      11. Frenette Legislative Advisors - January & February 2019 lobbying expense

      12. Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Sample testing of Ike's Creek for Chloride

      13. Rinke Noonan - January 2019 legal services

      14. US Bank Equipment Finance - April 2019 copier lease

      15. Daniel Hron - March 2019 office rent

      16. Metro Sales, Inc. - copier service agreement payment

      17. Frenette Legislative Advisors - March 2019 lobbying expense

      18. US Bank Equipment Finance - May 2019 copier lease payment

      19. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - January 2019 technical services

      20. US Geological survey - payment for Fort Snelling stream gauge

      21. Naiad Consulting, LLC - December 2018 & January 2019 Administrative services

      22. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial - Preparation of February 2019 meeting minutes

      23. Carver County WMO - 2019 service for monitoring in Carver County

      24. Carver County Finance Department - Q1 2019 financial services

   4. Authorize Agreement between the LMRWD and the Dakota County SWCD for Metro-area Watershed Based Funding

   5. Authorize Agreement between the LMRWD and the Dakota County SWCD for 2019 monitoring

   6. Authorize Agreement between the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District and the Scott Soil and Water Conservation District for Monitoring, Technical, Education and Other Conservation Services

   7. Receive and File 2018 Annual Monitoring Report from Scott SWCD

5. New Business

   1. Metropolitan Airport Commission Report

   2. Presentation of 2019 Dakota County Monitoring Report

   3. Presentation of 2019 Carver County Monitoring Report

   4. 2019 Metro Children Water Festival

   5. Request from Freshwater Society for sponsorship

   6. 2019 Chimney Pines Cost Share Application

   7. Request from Minnesota River Congress

6. Old Business

   1. MAWD Dues

   2. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

      3. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   3. Watershed Management Plan

   4. 2019 Legislative Action

   5. Education and Outreach Plan

   6. LMRWD Projects

      1. Eden Prairie Area #3 Stabilization

      2. Riley Creek Cooperative project - Lower Riley Creek

      3. Seminary Fen ravine stabilization project

      4. East Chaska Creek ( Carver County - Watershed Based Funding)

      5. Schroeder Acres Park (Scott County Watershed Based Funding)

      6. Shakopee Downtown BMP Retrofit (Scott County Watershed Based Funding)

      7. PLOC (Prior Lake Outlet Channel) Restoration (Scott County Watershed Based Funding)

      8. Dakota County Fen Gap Analysis and Conceptual Model (Dakota County Watershed Based Funding)

      9. Hennepin County Chloride Project (Hennepin County Watershed Based Funding)

      10. Vegetation Management Plan

      11. Sustainable Lake Management Plan - Trout Lakes

      12. Geomorphic Assessment of CarverTrout Streams

      13. Spring Creek Cost Share

      14. West Chaska Creek Re-meander

   7. Local Water Management Plans

      1. Shakopee Surface Water Management Plan

      2. Savage Comprehensive Plan

   8. Project Reviews

      1. City of Burnsville - Industrial Equities - 250 River Ridge Circle North

      2. City of Burnsville - United Properties - 12400 Dupont Avenue North

      3. Burnsville - Kraemer Mining

      4. Dakota County - MN River Greenway

      5. City of Shakopee - Jackson Township AUAR

      6. City of Eden Prairie - C. H.  Robinson

      7. City of Burnsville - Burnsville Sanitary Landfill

      8. City of Eden Prairie - Peterson Wetland Bank

      9. City of Chanhassen - TH 101 Improvements

      10. City of Savage - 12113 Lynn Avenue

      11. Cities of Richfield/Bloomington - TH 77 & 77th Street underpass

      12. MPCA - MN River TSS TMDL

      13. City of Bloomington - MN Valley State Trail

      14. Hennepin County - CSAH 61 - Flying Cloud Drive

      15. MNDOT - I494/TH 5/TH 55 Mill & Overlay project

      16. MNDOT - I35W Bridge Replacement

      17. MNDOT - I494 from TH169 to Minnesota River

      18. City of Shakopee - Amazon Fulfillment Center drainage

      19. MAC/LMRWD/MCWD boundary realignment

      20. Fort Snelling - Dominion Housing

      21. USACOE/USFWS - Bass Ponds, Marsh & Wetland

   9. MPCA Soil Reference Values - No new information to report since last update

7. Communications

   1. Administrator Report

   2. President

   3. Managers

   4. Legal Counsel

   5. Engineer

8. Adjournment

Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is 7:00pm, Wednesday, May 15, 2019