The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm in the County Board Room of the Carver County Government Center (2nd floor), 602 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET (minutes will be added later). It does not include invoices presented for payment, the Administrator's report or the "information only" portion at the end of the agenda.  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

   • October 24, 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 July 18, 2018, August 15, 2018 and September 17, 2018 regular meetings

   2. Receive and file September 2018 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. ​​Scott County SWCD - 2018 Q2  monitoring services

      2. Bruce Bergo - 2018 Cost Share Program

      3. US Bank Equipment Finance - October 2018 copier rental

      4. Rinke Noonan - July 2018 legal expenses

      5. Star Tribune - Publication of August 26, 2018 public hearing notice

      6. Carver County Finance Department - Q3 accounting services

   4. Metro-area Watershed Based Funding Grant Agreement

   5. Lower Minnesota River Dredge Management Grant Agreement

   6. Approval of new copier lease

   7. Master Water Steward

   8. Chimney Pines HOA 2018 Cost Share report

   9. Bergo 2018 Cost Share report

5. New Business

   1. Presentation of Sedimentation Accumulation in the Floodplain of the Lower Minnesota River Watershed by Dr. Carrie Jennings

   2. 2019 Cost Share Program

6. Old Business

   1. Dredge Management

      1. Review process for funding of maintenance of Navigation Channel

      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 update since last 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. MN Valley State Trail - EAW (Environmental Assessment Worksheet)

      2. Hennepin County - CSAH 61 - Flying Cloud Drive

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

      4. MNDOT - I35W Bridge Replacement

      5. MNDOT - I494 from TH169 to Minnesota River

      6. City of Shakopee - Amazon Fulfillment Center drainage

      7. City of Eagan - Stormwater Management Plan, Water Quality & Wetland Management and Comprehensive Plan

      8. City of Eden Prairie - Aspire Eden Prairie 2040 Draft Plan

      9. City of Lilydale - 2040 Draft Comprehensive Plan

      10. MAC/LMRWD/MCWD boundary realignment

      11. Fort Snelling - Dominion Housing

      12. 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. Adjourn

Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers is Monday, November 19, 2018