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.  The Board will hold this meeting in person.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET.  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 763-545-4659 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 

   1. Oath of Office - Laura Amundson - Hennepin County Term expires 2/29/2024

   2. Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • August 18, 2021 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 dicussion or action at a future meeting.

4. Consent Agenda

   1. Approval of Minutes for July 21, 2021  regular meetings 

   2. Receive and file July 2021 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Blackstone Contractors LLC - final payment for East Chaska Creek project less retainage

      2. Daniel Hron - July 2021 office rent

      3. Inter-Fluve, Inc. - first payment on alternative review/validation project

      4. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law - May 2021 legal services

      5. Coalition for a Clean Minnesota River– 2nd installment of payment for Water Storage Initiative

      6. Frenette Legislative Advisors - June 2021 legislative services

      7. TimeSaver Off-Site Secretarial – preparation of May 2021 meeting minutes

      8. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - May 2021 Technical services and Education & Outreach services

      9. Carver County - Q2 2021 financial services

   4. Authorize payment of invoice #2 for Area #3 from Inter-Fluve

   5. Receive and File Citizen Advisory Committee July 2021 meeting minutes

   6. Authorize payment of invoice from Freshwater for LMRWD share of Nonyphenol investigation

   7. Approve and authorize letter to BWSR regarding Watershed Based Funding

   8. Authorize execution of Amendment to Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Metropolitan Council and the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District for monitoring of Ike's Creek for Chloride

5. Public Hearing

   1. Public Hearing to adopt the Preliminary Proposed 2022 Budget and Preliminary Certification of Tax Levy Payable 2022

6. New Business

   1. I-35W Frontage Trail Cost Share - Burnsville

   2. Burnsville ravine stabilization cost share

   3. Audit and Financial Services

7. Old Business

   1. Cost Share Application for 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail - no new information to report since last update

   2. City of Carver Levee 

   3. Remote meeting participation

   4. Dredge Management

      1. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

   5. Watershed Management Plan

      1. Rules Update

   6. 2021 Legislative Action - no new information since last update

   7. Education and Outreach

      1. Tour of LMRWD Projects update

   8. LMRWD Projects (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)

      1. Eden Prairie Study Area #3

      2. MN River Gully Inventory

   9. Permits and Project Reviews (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)

      1. Caribou Coffee - Savage

      2. Shakopee Flats

   10. 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 - The Board meeting scheduled for September 1, will be cancelled.  Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is 7:00pm, Wednesday, September 15, 2021.