The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm in the County Board Room of the Carver County Government Center (2nd floor), 602 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET (minutes will be added later). It does not include invoices presented for payment, the Administrator's report or the "information only" portion at the end of the agenda.  The meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of the individual agenda items:

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • July 18, 2018 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 May 16, 2018 and June 13, 2018 regular meetings

   2. Receive and file June 2018 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Barr Engineering - No-rise evaluation and model

      2. Burns & McDonnell - March 2018  engineering services

      3. US Bank Equipment Finance - July 2018 copier rental

      4. Frenette Legislative Advisors - April, May & June legislative retainer

      5. Steinkraus Development LLC - for July office rent

      6. Naiad Consulting, LLC - for April 2018 admin services & expenses

5. New Business

   1. USGS

   2. 2019 Preliminary Budget

   3. 2018 Financial Audit Services

6. Old Business

   1. Engineering Services Update

   2. Dredge Management

      1. Review process for funding of maintenance of Navigation Channel

      2. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      3. Private Dredge Material Placement

   3. Watershed Management Plan

   4. 2018 Legislative Action

   5. Education and Outreach Plan

   6. LMRWD Projects

      1. Eden Prairie Area #3 Stabilization

      2. Riley Creek Cooperative project - Hennepin County Flying Cloud Drive/CSAH 61 reconstruction project

      3. Floodplain Lake Coring Project with Freshwater Society

      4. Seminary Fen ravine stabilization project

      5. Analysis of Dakota County Monitoring

      6. East Chaska Creek - CSAH 61 & TH 41 Transportation improvements

   7. Project Reviews

      1.  I494 Drainage

      2. City of Chaska - MCES L-71 lift station project

      3. City of Eden Prairie - Abra Auto Body

   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. Adjourn

Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is Wednesday, August 15, 2018