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 amd December meeting minutes and administrator's report will posted 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 meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of individual agenda items:

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • January, 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 20, 2019 and December 18, 2019 regular meetings 

   2. Receive and file December 2019 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Frenette Legislative Advisors - for November 2019 lobbying services

      2. Daniel Hron - for December 2019 office rent

      3. Metro Sales, Inc. - for maintenance contract on copier

      4. Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District - 2nd quarter 2019 & 3rd quarter 2019 monitoring expenses

      5. US Bank Equipment Finance - for December copier lease payment

      6. Frenette Legislative Advisors - for December 2019 lobbying services

      7. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law - November 2019 legal services

      8. Naiad Consulting, LLC - October 2019 administrative services & expenses

      9. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - November 2019 technical services

   4. Designation of 2020 official newspaper

   5. Designation of Data Practices Compliance Official

   6. Order Preparation of 2019 Annual Report

   7. Authorize solicitation for proposals for legal, technical and professional consultant services

   8. Authorize execution of agreement with Dakota County SWCD for monitoring services

5. New Business

   1. No new business

6. Old Business

   1. Remote Meeting Participation - no new information since last update

   2. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

      3. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   3. Watershed Management Plan

   4. 2020 Legislative Action

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

   6. 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 stablization

      2. Seminary Fen Restoration area C2

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

   8. 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, February 19, 2020