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 minutes from the August 2019 Board meeting.  The FULL PACKET also 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

   • September, 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 July 17, 2019 and August 21, 2019 regular meeting 

   2. Receive and file August 2019 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Frenette Legislative Advisors - July 2019 lobbying services

      2. Daniel Hron - August 2019 office rent

      3. Padelford Packet Boat Company - Boat Rental for MN River Tour

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - September 2019 copier lease payment

      5. Daniel Hron - September 2019 office rent

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

      7. US Bank Equipment Finance - October 2019 copier lease payment

      8. WayPoint Insurance Advisors - D & O Insurance Annual Premium

      9. Western National Insurance - Casualty Insurance Annual Premium

      10. Naiad Consulting, LLC - June 2019 Administrative Services & Expenses

      11. Tierney Brothers, Inc. - Fee for remote meeting system design

      12. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial - June 2019 meeting minutes preparation

      13. US Geological Survey - MN River sediment monitoring

      14. Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District - Q2 Dakota County monitoring

      15. HDR Engineering, Inc. - 1st half 2019 website maintenance

      16. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC - July 2019 Technical Services

5. New Business
   1. Election of Officers
6. Old Business

   1. MAWD

   2. 2018 Audit Report update

   3. 2019 Cost Share Grants extension requests

   4. Bloomington Request regarding mapping of Ike's Creek and its tributaries

   5. Remote Meeting Participation

   6. Dredge Management

      1. Funding for dredge material management

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

      3. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

   7. Watershed Management Plan

   8. 2020 Legislative Action

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

   10. LMRWD Projects (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)

   11. Local Water Management Plans

       1. Shakopee Surface Water Management Plan - no new information since last update

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

   13. 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, October 16, 2019