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.  Meeting will be held in person beginning with the July 21, 2021 meeting.

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 763-545-4659 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. Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • July 21, 2021 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 dicussion or action at a future meeting.

4. Consent Agenda

   1. Approval of Minutes for June 16, 2021  regular meetings 

   2. Receive and file June 2021 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Daniel Hron - June 2021 office rent

      2. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law - April 2021 legal services

      3. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - April 2021 Technical services and Education & Outreach services

   4. Receive and File Citizen Advisory Committee June 2021 meeting minutes

5. New Business

   1. Presentation of Preliminary 2022 Budget

6. Old Business

   1. Cost Share Application for 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail - no new information to report since last update

   2. City of Carver Levee 

   3. Remote meeting participation

   4. Dredge Management

      1. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

   5. Watershed Management Plan - no new information to report since last update

   6. 2021 Legislative Action

   7. Education and Outreach

      1. Tour of LMRWD Projects

      2. Creek and River Crossing Signage update

      3. City Partnership Update

      4. School Partnership Update

   8. 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

      2. East Chaska Creek

      3. MN River Gully Inventory

   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. Core Crossing Apartments

      2. Fort Snelling Upper Post Redevelopment Extension Request (LMRWD No. 2020- 113)

      3. Trunk Highway (TH) 13 Project Review SP 7001-128 (LMRWD No. 2021-025)

      4. Burnsville Sanitary Landfill

      5. Trunk Highway (TH) 169 Pedestrian Bridge Wetland Boundary and No-Loss Application

   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, August 4, 2021 and Wednesday August 18, 2021