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. (Please allow time for the packet to load as it contains 148 pages).  Some items, may not be included in the FULL PACKET  due to their length. These are linked through hyperlinks in the Executive Summary for that item.   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

   • March 20, 2019 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 February 20, 2019 regular meeting

   2. Receive and file February 2019 Financial Reports

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Minnesota Department of Revenue

      2. Daniel Hron - February 2019 office rent

      3. Rinke Noonan - December 2018 legal services

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - February & March 2019 copier lease payment

      5. Liberty Mutual Insurance - Annual Surety Bond payment

      6. Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Ike's Creek sample Chloride testing

      7. Scott County SWCD - Q4 2018 monitoring services

      8. Dakota County SWCD - Q4 2018 monitoring services

      9. HDR Engineering - website maintenance

      10. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - November 2018 Technical Services for geomorphic assessment of Trout streams

   4. Authorize Agreement between the LMRWD and the Dakota County SWCD for Metro-area Watershed Based Funding

   5. Authorize Agreement between the LMRWD and the Dakota County SWCD for 2019 monitoring

   6. Authorize Agreement between the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District and the Scott Soil and Water Conservation District for Monitoring, Technical, Education and Other Conservation Services

5. New Business

   1. Presentation by Scott SWCD of 2018 monitoring results

   2. 2019 Metro Children Water Festival

   3. Request from Freshwater Society for sponsorship

   4. 2019 Chimney Pines Cost Share Application

6. Old Business

   1. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

      3. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   2. Watershed Management Plan

   3. 2019 Legislative Action

   4. Education and Outreach Plan - no new information to report since last update

   5. LMRWD Projects

      1. Eden Prairie Area #3 Stabilization

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

      3. Seminary Fen ravine stabilization project

      4. East Chaska Creek ( Carver County - Watershed Based Funding)

      5. Schroeder Acres Park (Scott County Watershed Based Funding)

      6. Shakopee Downtown BMP Retrofit (Scott County Watershed Based Funding)

      7. PLOC (Prior Lake Outlet Channel) Restoration (Scott County Watershed Based Funding)

      8. Dakota County Fen Gap Analysis and Conceptual Model (Dakota County Watershed Based Funding)

      9. Hennepin County Chloride Project (Hennepin County Watershed Based Funding)

      10. Vegetation Management Plan

      11. Sustainable Lake Management Plan - Trout Lakes

      12. Geomorphic Assessment of CarverTrout Streams

      13. Spring Creek Cost Share

      14. West Chaska Creek Re-meander

   6. Project Reviews

      1. CenterPoint Energy - sign replacement

      2. Burnsville - Kraemer Mining

      3. Dakota County - MN River Greenway

      4. City of Shakopee - Jackson Township AUAR

      5. City of Eden Prairie - C. H.  Robinson

      6. City of Burnsville - Burnsville Sanitary Landfill

      7. City of Eden Prairie - Peterson Wetland Bank

      8. City of Chanhassen - TH 101 Improvements

      9. City of Savage - 12113 Lynn Avenue

      10. Cities of Richfield/Bloomington - TH 77 & 77th Street underpass

      11. MPCA - MN River TSS TMDL

      12. City of Bloomington - MN Valley State Trail

      13. Hennepin County - CSAH 61 - Flying Cloud Drive

      14. MNDOT - I494/TH 5/TH 55 Mill & Overlay project

      15. MNDOT - I35W Bridge Replacement

      16. MNDOT - I494 from TH169 to Minnesota River

      17. City of Shakopee - Amazon Fulfillment Center drainage

      18. MAC/LMRWD/MCWD boundary realignment

      19. Fort Snelling - Dominion Housing

      20. USACOE/USFWS - Bass Ponds, Marsh & Wetland

   7. 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 17, 2019

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