PLEASE NOTE THE DATE  OF THIS MEETING!!!

Monday, November 19, 2018; 7:00pm

County Board Room

Carver County Government Center

602 East 4th Street

Chaska, MN 55318

A continuation of the September 17, 2018 Public Hearing is scheduled at this meeting - See item #5

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 full packet to download as it is 112 pages) The FULL PACKET does not include the September 17, 2018 and the October 24, 2018 regular meeting minutes. Nor does it include "information only" portion at the end of the agenda.  The Adminstrator's Report is a separate document and has not yet been posted.  The meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of the individual agenda items:

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

   • November 19, 2018 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 September 17, 2018 and October 24, 2018 regular meetings

   2. Receive and file October 2018 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. ​​Burns & McDonnell - July & August 2018 Engineering services

      2. Star Tribune - Publication of 2019 Budget public hearing notice

      3. State Department of Administration - publication of Request for proposals for engineering and legal services

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - November 2018 copier rental

      5. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - August 2018 technical & engineering services

      6. Coalition for a Clean Minnesota River - sponsorship of 11th Minnesota River Congress

      7. Daniel Hron - November 2018 office rent

      8. Metro Sales - payment copier maintenance service agreement

      9. Rinke Noonan - September 2018 legal expenses

      10. Star Tribune - Publication of 2nd notice for 9-foot channel public hearing

      11. Naiad Consulting, LLC - August 2018 administrative services & expenses

      12. Time Saver Off Site Secretarial - preparation of August meeting minutes

      13. HDR Engineering, Inc. - website maintenance

      14. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - September 2018 technical & engineering services

   4. Dakota County Landscaping for Clean Water Grants

   5. 2019 Agreement with Time Saver Off-site Secretarial

5. Public Hearing - Continued from September 17, 2018

   1. The matter of the Nine Foot Channel Permanent Disposal Sites Acquisition and Development Basic Water Management Project

• Estimate of Probable Cost; Cargill East River (MN - 14.2 RMP) Dredge Material Site

• Special Benefit Study Pertaining to the Maintenance of 9-Foot River Channel in the Minnesota River

1. New Business

   1. MAWD Annual Meeting

   2. Set dates for 2019 meetings

   3. 2018 Cost Share Application - Carver County

2. Old Business

   1. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      3. Private Dredge Material Placement

   2. Watershed Management Plan

   3. 2019 Legislative Action

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

   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 Trout Streams

   6. Project Reviews

      1. Carver County 2040 Comprehensive Plan review

      2. Scott County 2040 Comprehensive Plan review

      3. City of Chanhassen - TH 101 Improvements

      4. MPCA - MN River TSS TMDL

      5. MN Valley State Trail - EAW (Environmental Assessment Worksheet)

      6. Hennepin County - CSAH 61 - Flying Cloud Drive

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

      8. MNDOT - I35W Bridge Replacement

      9. MNDOT - I494 from TH169 to Minnesota River

      10. City of Shakopee - Amazon Fulfillment Center drainage

      11. MAC/LMRWD/MCWD boundary realignment

      12. Fort Snelling - Dominion Housing

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

   7. MPCA Soil Reference Values - No new information to report since last update

3. Communications

   1. Administrator Report

   2. President

   3. Managers

   4. Legal Counsel

   5. Engineer

4. Adjourn

Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is Wednesday, December 19, 2018