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): 2559 819 8474. Meeting password: QuJZbHtx728 (78592489 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 Daylight 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.  (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

     May 18, 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 Regular Meetings

   2. Receive and file April 2022 Financial reports

   3. Approval of invoices for payment

      1. Clifton Larson Allen – April 2022 financial accounting services

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

      3. Safeguard – fees to order checks for LMRWD checking account

      4. HDR Engineering, Inc. – December 2021 to April 2022 website services

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

      6. Naiad Consulting, LLC – April 2022 administrative services, mileage & expenses

      7. State of MN – publication of advertisement for firms interested in being  included in a pool

      8. Rinke Noonan – April 2022 legal services

      9. US Bank Equipment Finance – May 2022 copier lease payment

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

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

5. New Business

   1. Metro Children's Water Festival Sponsorship

   2. 14th MN River Congress Sponsorship

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

   4. Dredge Management - No new information to report

      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. Trout Streams Gaps Analysis and Management Plan

      2. Lower Minnesota River Floodplain Model Feasibility Study

   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 130^th Street Extension (LMRWD No, 2021-033)

      3. Chaska TH 41/CSAH 61 Improvements (LMRWD No. 2022-014)

      4. Prior Lake Outlet Channel 2022 Bank Stabilization (LMRWD No. 2022-017)

      5. 535 Lakota Lane, Chanhassen - work without a permit

   10. MPCA Soil Reference Values 

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, June 15, 2022.