The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm (CST) 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. The meeting may be joined virtually by clicking on the link below:

The meeting may be joined by telephone by calling 1-408-418-9388, meeting number (access code): 2553 114 2683; Meeting password QiWkCggS422 (74952447 from phones and video systems).

Members of the public with questions about participating in the meeting interactively or presenting comments for the Citizen Input on Non-agenda Items or for the public hearing are asked to contact LMRWD Administrator, Linda Loomis, at 763-545-4659 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com.

Some Managers may participate from remote locations.  Please check back to see where other locations may be.  Please be aware if you choose to participate at/from a remote meeting location the meeting begins at 7:00pm Central Standard Time.

Contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis, at naiadconsulting@gmail.com if you would like to be placed on the agenda distribution list.

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 763-568-9522 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
      Joseph Barisonzi, term of office expires, 2/28/2024
   2. Roll Call
2. Approval of the Agenda

     February 15, 2023 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 January 18, 2022 Regular Meeting
   2. Receive and file January 2023 Financial report
   3. Presentation of invoices for payment
      1. Clifton Larson Allen, LLC (CLA) – Financial services through December 31, 2022
      2. Daniel Hron - January, February and March 2023 office rent
      3. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law – December 2022 legal services
      4. Scott County SWCD – Q4 2022 monitoring, TACS & Education services
      5. Carver WMO – 2022 monitoring, TACS & Education services
      6. Frenette Legislative Advisors – January/February 2023 Legislative Services
      7. HDR Engineering, Inc. – Web services through Jan 28
      8. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. - Preparation of January 18, 2022 meeting minutes
      9. Managers’ Per diem payments, mileage, and expense reimbursement
      10. US Bank Equipment Finance – January 2023 payment on copier lease
      11. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC – December 2022 technical, and Education & Outreach services
      12. Naiad Consulting, LLC – January 2023 Administrative services, mileage and expenses
      13. 4M Fund - December 2022 Bank Service Fee
   4. Receive and file December 2022 Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
5. New Business
   1. No new business
6. Old Business
   1. 2021 Financial Audit - update will be provided at the meeting
   2. Cost Share Application for 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail - no new information to report since the last update
   3. City of Carver Levee - no new information to report since the last update
   4. Dredge Management
   5. Watershed Management Plan - no new information to report since last update
   6. 2023 Legislative Action
   7. Education & Outreach
   8. LMRWD Projects (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)
      1. No projects require action this month
   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. Permit Renewals
      2. 3rd Street West Bridge Replacement (LMRWD No. 2022-042)
      3. Interstate 35W Resurface and Auxiliary Lane Project (LMRWD No.2022-041)
      4. Permit Program Summary
      5. 535 Lakota Lane, Chanhassen
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, March 15, 2023.