The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm (CDT) in the County Board Room at the Carver County Government Center, 602 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN 55318.  The Board will hold this meeting in person. The meeting may be joined virtually by clicking on the link below:

The meeting may be joined by telephone by calling 1-408-418-9388, meeting number (access code): 2554 674 8858. Meeting password: i9CURpApf49 (49287727 from phones and video systems).

Members of the public with questions about participating in the meeting interactively or presenting comments for the Citizen Input on Non-agenda Items are asked to contact Linda Loomis at 763-568-9522 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com.

Contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis, at naiadconsulting@gmail.com if you would like to be placed on the agenda distribution list.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET.  (this is a large file and may take some time to load) 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.

Members of the public are asked to contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis at 763-568-9522 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com, if they want to receive notification of meetings, links to meeting materials or if they have any questions.

1. Call to Order

     Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

     August 17, 2022

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 July 20, 2022, Regular Meeting
   2. Receive and file July 2022 Financial report
   3. Approval of invoices for payment
      1. CLA (Clifton Larson Allen, LLP) – July 2022 Financial Services
      2. Scott Soil & Water Conservation District - Q2 2022 monitoring, TACS and SCWEP services
      3. Dakota Soil & Water Conservation District - Q2 2022 monitoring, TACS and Education services
      4. Rinke Noonan, Attorneys at Law - July 2022 Legal Services
      5. Young Environmental Consulting Group - July 2022 Engineering, Technical and Education Services
      6. US Bank Equipment Finance - August 2022 copier lease payment
      7. TimeSaver Off-site Secretarial – Preparation of July 2022 meeting minutes
      8. Naiad Consulting, LLC – July 2022 Administrative services, mileage and expense reimbursement
   4. Receive and file June 2022 Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
   5. Accept report from 2021 Cost Share application - Sarazine, 11451 Landing Road, Eden Prairie and authorize reimbursement
   6. Authorize payment to Coalition for a Clean Minnesota River Water Storage Initiative

   7. Approve and authorize execution of agreement between MN Friends of the Refuge and the LMRWD

   8. Approve Cost Share Application for 11533 Palmer Circle, Bloomington

   9. Approve Cost Share Application for 1033 Sunnyridge Drive, Carver

   10. 2022-2023 Liability Insurance Quote

5. Public Hearing
   1. Presentation of 2023 Proposed Budget and Preliminary Certification of Tax Levies Payable 2023
6. New Business
   1. ​​​Presentation of LMRWD 2020-2022 Permitted Projects Inspections Report
   2. Close-out of 2020 Lower MN River Dredge Management Grant
   3. MAWD
   4. Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Bylaws
7. Old Business
   1. FY 2022-23 Watershed Based Implementation Funding
   2. Audit and Financial Accounting Services
   3. Cost Share Application for 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail - no new information since last update
   4. City of Carver Levee - no new information to report since last update
   5. Dredge Management - no new information to report since last update
   6. Watershed Management Plan
      1. Revisions to LMRWD Rules
      2. Update of LMRWD Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan Section 4 - Implementation Plan
   7. 2022 Legislative Action - no new information to report since last update
   8. Education and Outreach
   9. LMRWD Projects (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)
      1. MN River Corridor Management Project
      2. Spring Creek
   10. Permits and Project Reviews (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)
       1. LMRWD Permit Renewals
       2. Ivy Brook Parking Northeast  (LMRWD No.2022-027)
       3. Reliakor (LMRWD No. 2022-029)
       4. RSI Marine  (LMRWD No. 2022-031)
       5. 10521 Spyglass Drive/Hoekstra  (LMRWD No.2022-026)
       6. Permit Program Summary
       7. Burnsville Future Quarry Lake Study
       8. 535 Lakota Lane, Chanhassen - work without a permit
       9. Omry Senior Living Permit Amendment (LMRWD No. 2021-040)
   11. MPCA Soil Reference Values - no new information to report since last update
8. Communications
   1. Administrator Report
   2. President
   3. Managers
   4. Legal Counsel
   5. Engineer
9. Adjournment - Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is 7:00 PM, September 21, 2022