NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AND PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATION OF TAX LEVY FOR THE LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §13D.021, meetings of the Board of Managers currently are being convened remotely by teleconference and/or video-teleconference. Members of the public interested in attending the hearing and/or presenting comments are asked to contact Linda Loomis at 763-545-465972 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com, by 4:30 p.m. August 19, 2020 to be placed on the participation list and be provided with instructions for video access. To participate in the meeting by telephone, please call 1-408-418-9388, Access code: 126 966 7983#.

The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm.  The meeting will be held on WebEx by Cisco.  For instructions on how to participate please contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis by email at naiadconsulting@gmail.com or by phone at 763-545-4659.

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 meeting minutes from May will be posted when they are complete.  In addition, the May financial report is not available and will be posted when it is complete.  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

   • August 19, 2020 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 June 17, 2020 and July 15, 2020 regular meeting 

   2. Receive and file July 2020 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Frenette Legislative Advisors - June 2020 lobbying services

      2. Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District - Q1 2020 monitoring services in Scott County

      3. Manager Hartmann - 1st half 2020 per diem payment & expenses

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - July & August 2020 payment on copier lease

      5. Naiad Consulting, LLC - April & May 2020 administrative services & expenses

      6. Redpath and Company - 2019 financial audit services

      7. Time Savers Offsite Secretarial Service - for preparation of May 2020 meeting minutes

   4. Agreement for Legal Services

   5. Agreement between LMRWD and Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC for Professional Services

5. Public Hearing 

   1. Public Hearing on the Proposed 2021 Budget and Preliminary Certification of Tax Levy Payable 2021 (Total Attachments)

      1. Executive Summary

      2. 2021 Proposed Budget

      3. Explanation of 2021 Budget Line items

      4. Notice of Public Hearing

      5. Resolutions 20-05 through 20-08 Preliminary Certification of Property Tax Levies for Taxes Payable 2021 and Approval of 2021 Proposed Budget

      6. Resolution 20-09 - Approving Mid-year Budget Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2020 and Authorizing District Administrator to Implement Same

      7. CIP Spreadsheet

      8. Work plans for CIP Projects

      9. Table of historical LMRWD levies

6. New Business

   1. ​Report on Gully Inventory and Condition Assessment

7. Old Business

   1. 2020 Metro Children's Water Festival

   2. City of Carver Levee

   3. Remote Meeting Participation - no new information to report since last update

   4. Dredge Management

      1. Private Dredge Material Placement

      2. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   5. Watershed Management Plan

   6. 2020 Legislative Action

   7. Education and Outreach Plan

   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 Stabilization

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

      1. Freeway Landfill and Dump

      2. Fort Snelling Upper Post Housing Project

      3. Prairie Heights

   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

Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is 7:00pm, Wednesday, September 16, 2020