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. The meeting will be held on WebEx by Cisco.  Members of the public interested in attending the meeting and/or presenting comments are asked to contact Linda Loomis at 763-545-4659 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com, by 4:30 p.m. December 16, 2020 to be placed on the participation list and be provided with instructions for video access.

The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm.  To participate in the meeting by telephone please call 1-(408)-418-9388, access code 126 575 2121#.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET.  The FULL PACKET does not include the invoices presented for payment, the "information only" portion at the end of the agenda, or the Administrator's Report.  The meeting materials are available as PDFs of individual agenda items.

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • December 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 November 18, 2020 regular meeting 

   2. Receive and file November 2020 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Frenette Legislative Advisors - October 2020 Lobbying expense

      2. Rinke Noonan, Attorneys at Law - September 2020 legal services

      3. Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District - Q2 2020 monitoring, cost share and technical services

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - November 2020 payment on copier lease

      5. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial - for preparation of August 2020 meeting minutes

      6. Young Environmental Consulting Group - For August 2020 technical services

   4. Motion to authorize execution of Addendum to Recording Secretary Service Agreement with TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. dated October 22, 2020

   5. Approve 2021 Meeting Calendar

   6. Approve 2021 Cost Share Restoration and Water Quality Improvement Grant Program

   7. Adopting 2021 Budget & Certification of property tax levy payable 2021

5. New Business

   1.  Presentation by Friends of the Minnesota Valley and Izaak Walton League

6. Old Business

   1. Report from MAWD

   2. Cost Share Application - S. Mueller, 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail - no new information to report since last update

   3. City of Carver Levee - no new information to report since last update

   4. Remote meeting participation - On hold until COVID-19 health emergency has passed

   5. Dredge Management

      1. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

   6. Watershed Management Plan - No new information to report since last update

   7. 2021 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. Eden Prairie Study Area #3 - update

   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. 77th Street Underpass

       2. Canterbury Crossing

       3. Carver County State Aid Highway 11 (CSAH 11)/Jonathan Carver Parkway

   11. 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 20, 2020