The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm (CDT) 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 107 9311. Meeting password: M3p6k6i2jFe (63765642 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 are asked to contact Linda Loomis at 763-568-9522 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com.

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.  (this is a large file and may take some time to load) 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

Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

     June 15, 2022

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 April 20, 2022, and May 18, 2022, Regular Meetings

   2. Receive and file April and May 2022 Financial report

   3. Approval of invoices for payment

      1. Studio Lola – Final invoice for sign project

      2. Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District – Q1 2022 monitoring services

      3. Metro Sales, Inc. – payment for maintenance agreement for copies

      4. TimeSavers Off-Site Secretarial, Inc. – Preparation of April and May 2022 meeting minutes

      5. Naiad Consulting, LLC – May 2022 administrative services, mileage & expenses

      6. Clifton Larson Allen – May 2022 financial accounting services

      7. Rinke Noonan – May 2022 legal services

      8. US Bank Equipment Finance – June 2022 copier lease payment

      9. Inter-Fluve - March 2022 Study Area #3 services

      10. Young Environmental Consulting Group – May 2022 Engineering, Technical and Education & Outreach services

   4. Receive and file March 2022 Citizens Advisory Committee meeting minutes

   5. Reimburse City of Shakopee for Targeted BMP Study for Downtown Shakopee

   6. Reimburse Carver Watershed Management Organization for West Chaska Creek re-meander project

5. New Business

   1. 2023 Budget

   2. Seminary Fen well Sealing

6. Old Business

   1. Audit and Financial Accounting Services

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

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

   4. Dredge Management

      1. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

   5. Watershed Management Plan

   6. 2022 Legislative Action

   7. Education and Outreach

   8. 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

   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. LMRWD Permit Renewals

      2. Minnesota MASH and 130th Street Extension (LMRWD No. 2021-033)

      3. CenterPoint Energy - Oak Street North (Chaska) (LMRWD No. 2022-021)

      4. 535 Lakota Lane, Chanhassen - work without a permit

   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, July 20, 2022.