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.  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 Annual Report will be posted as a separate link and is not include in the FULL PACKET.  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

   • November, 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 October 16, 2019 regular meeting 

   2. Receive and file October 2019 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Freshwater Society - for Road Salt Symposium Sponsorship

      2. Daniel Hron - for October 2019 office rent

      3. City of Chaska - reimbursement of construction costs for Seminary Fen Ravine stabilization

      4. Frenette Legislative Advisors - October 2019 lobbying services

      5. Pace Analytical Services, LLC - for summer Chloride monitoring of Ike's Creek

      6. Rinke Noonan Attorneys at Law - September 2019 legal services

      7. Naiad Consulting, LLC - August 2019 administrative services & expenses

      8. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial - August 2019 meeting minutes preparation

      9. US Geological Survey - for MN River Sediment Monitoring

   4. Receive and file informal comment letter from the City of Eden Prairie

   5. Notice of multi-year engagement with Redpath for Financial Audit Services

   6. Authorize execution of Dredge funding agreement

   7. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. - Addendum to Recording Secretary Service Agreement

   8. Receive and File Letter from BWSR dated September 27, 2019

   9. Approval of 2020 Cost Share and Water Quality Restoration Program

5. New Business

   1. Set 2020 meeting dates

   2. LMRWD Data Management

   3. 2018 Annual Report

6. Old Business

   1. MAWD Annual Conference

   2. Remote Meeting Participation

   3. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

      3. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   4. Watershed Management Plan

   5. 2020 Legislative Action

   6. Education and Outreach Plan - No new information since the last update.

   7. 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 Restoration

      2. Targeted BMP's for Downtown Shakopee Area

      3. Prior Lake Outlet Channel Realignment/Wetland Restoration

   8. Local Water Management Plans

   9. Project Reviews (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)

      1. City of Chanhassen - TH 101 realignment

   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, December 18, 2019