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): 2560 080 2876; Meeting password ctMdmTsk566 (28636875 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 763-545-4659 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com.

Some Managers may participate from remote locations. One remote location will be the South Conference Room of the Arizona Senior Academy located at 13715 E Langtry Ln; Tucson, AZ 85747.  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. Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

     March 16, 2022

1. 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 January 19, 2022, and February 16, 2022 Regular Meetings

   2. Receive and file February 2022 Financial reports

   3. Approval of invoices for payment

      1. Financial Reports were not available in time for the meeting

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

   5. Authorize payment to City of Burnsville for Willow Creek Bank Stabilization

   6. Authorize execution of Affidavit of Trespass

   7. Receive and file Annual Report from the Scott County Water Education Partnership

   8. Authorize payment to Inter-Fluve for Invoice 21-04-21-02

5. New Business

   1. Presentation by Carver County WMO of 2022 Monitoring Program

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 - See 2022 Legislative Action for update

   4. Dredge Management - no new information since last update

      1. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

   5. Watershed Management Plan

   6. 2022 Legislative Action

   7. Education and Outreach - no new information since last update

   8. LMRWD Projects (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)

   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. 2022 MBL Nicollet Crossing

      2. Ivy Brook East

      3. Ivy Brook West

      4. MN River Greenway Pedestrian Bridge Temporary Crossing

      5. Canterbury Park Eastern Development EAW Review

   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, April 20, 2022.