Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §13D.021, meetings of the Board of Managers currently are being convened remotely by teleconference and/or video-teleconference. Members of the public interested in attending the meeting and/or presenting comments are asked to contact Linda Loomis at 763-545-4659 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com, by 4:30 p.m. September 16, 2020 to be placed on the participation list and be provided with instructions for video access. To participate in the meeting by telephone, please call 1-408-418-9388, Access code: 126 071 6665#.

The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm.  The meeting will be held on WebEx by Cisco.  For instructions on how to participate please contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis by email at naiadconsulting@gmail.com or by phone at 763-545-4659.

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 meeting minutes from August 2020 will be posted when they are complete.  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, 2020 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 August 19, 2020 regular meeting 

   2. Receive and file August 2020 Financial Report

   3. Presentation of invoices for payment

      1. Frenette Legislative Advisors - for July 2020 lobbying services

      2. Daniel Hron - for July office rent

      3. Rinke Noonan, Attorneys at Law - June 2020 legal services

      4. US Bank Equipment Finance - August 2020 payment on copier lease

      5. Chimney Pines HOA - payment of 2019 Cost Share - Storm Water Buffer

      6. Renae Larson - payment for 2020 Cost Share - rain garden installation

      7. Lori Rathjen - payment for 2019 Cost Share - prairie restoration

      8. HDR Engineering, Inc. - for updates to LMRWD website rules pages

      9. TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial - for preparation of June 2020 meeting minutes

      10. US Geological Survey - Q3 payment for sediment survey

      11. Young Environmental Consulting Group - For May 2020 technical services

   4. Receive and file letter from City of Eden Prairie dated August 13, 2020

5. New Business

   1. Presentation by Carver County WMO of 2019 monitoring results in Carver County

   2. Election of Officers

   3. Call for an EAW on Yellow Medicine County Ditch 9

   4. Cost Share Application - S. Mueller, 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail

6. Old Business

   1. Request from Friends of the Minnesota Valley

   2. City of Carver Levee

   3. Remote meeting participation - no new information to report

   4. Dredge Management

      1. Vernon Avenue Dredge Material Management site

      2. Private Dredge Material Placement

   5. Watershed Management Plan

      1. Approve Municipal Permit for Eagan

      2. Approve Municipal Permit for Chanhassen

      3. Approve Municipal Permit for Mendota Heights

      4. Approve Municipal Permit for Bloomington

   6. 2020 Legislative Action

   7. Education and Outreach - Update will provided at the meeting

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

   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. Greystone Headquarters/Canterbury Park

      2. Guaghan Demolition Plan

      3. Quarry Lake Improvement Project

   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, October 21, 2020