The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm in the County Board Room of the Carver County Government Center (2nd floor), 602 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET (minutes and 2017 Annual Report will be added later). It does not include invoices presented for payment, the Administrator's report or the "information only" portion at the end of the agenda.  The meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of the individual agenda items:

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • August 15, 2018 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 May 16, 2018, June 13, 2018 and July 18, 2018 regular meetings

   2. Receive and file July 2018 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Barr Engineering - No-rise evaluation and model

      2. Culligan Bottled Water - bottled water for LMRWD office

      3. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law - for May 2018 legal services

      4. Ames Construction, Inc. - for construction of Riley Creek Bank Stabilization

      5. Freshwater Society - for LMRWD contribution to Phase 2 landslide study

      6. US Bank Equipment Finance - August 2018 copier rental

      7. Naiad Consulting, LLC - for April 2018 admin services & expenses

      8. Redpath and Company, Ltd. - for annual audit of 2017 financial records

      9. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial Services - for preparation of July 2018 meeting minutes

5. Public Hearing

   1. 2019 Preliminary Budget and Certification of Levies Payable 2019

6. New Business

   1. Recognition of contributions by Yvonne Shirk to LMRWD

   2. 2017 Annual Report

   3. Call for Public Hearing

7. Old Business

   1. 10831 Quebec Avenue South, Bloomington - Cost Share Application

   2. 2018 Financial Audit

   3. Engineering Services Update

   4. Dredge Management

      1. Review process for funding of maintenance of Navigation Channel

      2. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

         1. Special Benefits Study Pertaining to the Maintenance of the 9-foot River Channel

         2. Dredge Site Cost Analysis Memo

      3. Private Dredge Material Placement

   5. Watershed Management Plan

   6. 2018 Legislative Action

   7. Education and Outreach Plan

   8. LMRWD Projects

      1. Eden Prairie Area #3 Stabilization

      2. Riley Creek Cooperative Project with Riley/Purgatory/Bluff Creek WD

      3. Seminary Fen ravine stabilization project

      4. Analysis of Dakota County Monitoring

      5. East Chaska Creek - CSAH 61 & TH 41 Transportation improvements

   9. Project Reviews

      1. I494/Mendota Bridge MNDOT Drainage project

      2. City of Chaska - Formacoat

      3. City of Eden Praire - Peterson Residential Development

   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. Adjourn

Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is Monday, September 17, 2018 and will be held at the Scott County Law Enforcement Center at 301 Fuller Street South, Shakopee, MN