The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm (CDT) in the County Board Room at the Carver County Government Center, 602 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN 55318.  The Board will hold this meeting in person. The meeting may be joined virtually by clicking on the link below:

The meeting may be joined by telephone by calling 1-408-418-9388, meeting number (access code): 2555 899 3722. Meeting password: bTJyWePP238 (28599377 from phones and video systems).

Members of the public with questions about participating in the meeting interactively or presenting comments for the Citizen Input on Non-agenda Items are asked to contact Linda Loomis at 763-568-9522 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com.

Contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis, at naiadconsulting@gmail.com if you would like to be placed on the agenda distribution list.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET.  (this is a large file and may take some time to load) 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 meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of individual agenda items.

Members of the public are asked to contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis at 763-568-9522 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com, if they want to receive notification of meetings, links to meeting materials or if they have any questions.

1. Call to Order

     Roll Call

2. Approval of the Agenda

     September 21, 2022

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 17, 2022, Regular Meeting
   2. Receive and file August 2022 Financial report
   3. Approval of invoices for payment
      1. CLA (Clifton Larson Allen, LLP) – August 2022 Financial Services
      2. Metro Sales - payment on copier service agreement
      3. HDR Engineering, Inc. - Website services through August 29, 2022
      4. Barr Engineering Co. - MPCA Soil Reference Value Policy Review
      5. Daniel Hron - September 2022 office rent
      6. Frenette Legislative Advisors - August/September 2022 legislative services
      7. TimeSaver Off-site Secretarial – Preparation of August 2022 meeting minutes
      8. Naiad Consulting, LLC – August 2022 Administrative services, mileage and expense reimbursement
      9. Rinke Noonan, Attorneys at Law - August 2022 Legal Services
      10. US Bank Equipment Finance - September 2022 copier lease payment
      11. Star Tribune - Publication of 2023 levy certification hearing meeting notice
      12. Young Environmental Consulting Group - August 2022 Engineering, Technical and Education Services
      13. Daniel Hron - October 2022 office rent
   4. Authorize reimbursement for Cost Share Project at 4624 Overlook Drive
5. New Business
   1. ​​​Election of Officers
   2. Cost Share Application from Sutton Place Two Condo Association
6. Old Business
   1. LMRWD Bylaws
   2. Audit and Financial Accounting Services
   3. Cost Share Application for 10745 Lyndale Bluffs Trail - no new information since last update
   4. City of Carver Levee - no new information to report since last update
   5. Dredge Management
   6. Watershed Management Plan
   7. 2023 Legislative Action
   8. Education and Outreach
   9. LMRWD Projects (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)
      1. Area #3
      2. MN River Corridor Management Project
      3. Spring Creek
   10. Permits and Project Reviews (only projects that require Board action will appear on the agenda.  Informational updates will appear on the Administrator Report)
       1. LMRWD Permit Renewals
       2. Gedney Treatment Pond Decommissioning (LMRWD No. 2022-024)
       3. Freeway Landfill Expansion (LMRWD No. 2020-105)
       4. City of Burnsville Municipal LGU Permit (Surface Water Management Plan and Ordinance Controls Review)
       5. City of Eden Prairie Code Amendment Review
       6. Permit Program Summary
       7. 535 Lakota Lane, Chanhassen - work without a permit
   11. 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 7:00 PM, October 19, 2022