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.  (The November meeting minutes, annual report and administrator's report will pasted as they become available.)  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 Annual Report will be posted as a separate link and is not include in the FULL PACKET.  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

   • December, 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 November 20, 2019 regular meeting 

   2. Receive and file November 2019 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Freshwater Society - for 2019 Master Water Steward

      2. Daniel Hron - for November 2019 office rent

      3. Braun Intertech Corporation - Area 3 inclinometer readings

      4. Coalition for a Clean Minnesota - Sponsorship for MN River Congress

      5. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law - October 2019 legal services

      6. Naiad Consulting, LLC - September 2019 administrative services & expenses

      7. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial - September 2019 meeting minutes preparation

      8. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - September 2019 technical services

      9. Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District - Q3 monitoring in Dakota County and Cost Share

      10. Redpath and Company Ltd. - Final billing for 2018 financial audit

      11. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - October 2019 technical services

   4. Adopt 2020 Final Budget and Certify final levy to Counties

   5. Approving the Transfer of Lower Minnesota River Watershed Districi funds from the General Fund to the Nine (9) Foot Channel Fund

5. New Business

No new business

6. Old Business

   1. 2018 Annual Report

   2. Remote Meeting Participation

   3. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

      3. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   4. Watershed Management Plan

   5. 2020 Legislative Action

   6. Education and Outreach Plan - No new information since the last update.

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

      1. East Chaska Creek Stream Bank Stabilization

      2. Seminary Fen Restoration area C2

   8. Local Water Management Plans

      1. City of Shakopee

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

   10. 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, January 15, 2020